2013–14 Fulham F.C. season


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The 2013–14 season was Fulham's 116th professional season and their 13th consecutive season in the top flight of English football, the Premier League. They also competed in the League Cup and the FA Cup. Fulham were relegated from the Premier League, finishing in 19th place. They also exited the League Cup in the fourth round and the FA Cup in the fourth round.

Fulham
2013–14 season
ChairmanShahid Khan
ManagerMartin Jol
(until 1 December 2013)
René Meulensteen
(until 14 February 2014)
Felix Magath
(from 14 February 2014)
StadiumCraven Cottage
Premier League19th (relegated)
FA CupFourth round
(lost to Sheffield United)
League CupFourth round
(lost to Leicester City)
Top goalscorerLeague:
Steve Sidwell (7)
All:
Steve Sidwell (8)
Highest home attendance25,700
(2 November vs Manchester United, Premier League)
(1 February vs Southampton, Premier League)
(26 April vs Hull City, Premier League)
Lowest home attendance10,139
(4 February vs Sheffield United, FA Cup, Fourth round replay)
Average home league attendance24,977
Date Pos. Name From Fee Source
16 May 2013 RB   Sascha Riether   1. FC Köln £1,300,000 [1]
22 May 2013 CB   Fernando Amorebieta   Athletic Bilbao Free [2]
22 May 2013 CM   Derek Boateng   Dnipro Dnipopetrovsk Free [2]
4 June 2013 GK   Maarten Stekelenburg   Roma £4,000,000 [3]
4 June 2013 MF   Ange-Freddy Plumain   Lens Free
19 August 2013 MF   Scott Parker   Tottenham Hotspur £3,500,000
1 September 2013 DF   Elsad Zverotić   Young Boys Undisclosed
31 January 2014 MF   Ryan Tunnicliffe   Manchester United Undisclosed
31 January 2014 MF   Larnell Cole   Manchester United Undisclosed
31 January 2014 DF   John Heitinga   Everton Free
31 January 2014 FW   Konstantinos Mitroglou   Olympiacos £11,000,000
Date Pos. Name From Length Source
7 August 2013 MF   Adel Taarabt   Queens Park Rangers 30 June 2014 (recalled on 30 January 2014)
16 August 2013 ST   Darren Bent   Aston Villa 30 June 2014
24 December 2013 MF   Clint Dempsey   Seattle Sounders FC 3 March 2014 [4]
30 January 2014 MF   William Kvist   VfB Stuttgart 30 June 2014 [5]
31 January 2014 MF   Lewis Holtby   Tottenham Hotspur 30 June 2014
Date Pos. Name To Fee Source
19 May 2013 MF   Simon Davies   Solva Free [6]
1 July 2013 DF   Chris Baird   West Bromwich Albion [7]
1 July 2013 FW   Mladen Petrić   West Ham United Free transfer
1 July 2013 GK   Mark Schwarzer   Chelsea Free transfer
1 July 2013 GK   Csaba Somogyi Released
1 July 2013 MF   Tom Donegan Released
1 July 2013 FW   Corey Gameiro   Sydney FC Free transfer
1 July 2013 FW   James Musa Released
1 July 2013 FW   Richard Peniket   Tamworth Free transfer
1 July 2013 DF   Alex Smith   Swindon Town Free transfer
6 September 2013 MF   Kerim Frei   Beşiktaş €3,150,000 [citation needed]
31 January 2014 DF   Philippe Senderos   Valencia undisclosed
31 January 2014 DF   Aaron Hughes   Queens Park Rangers Free transfer
Date Pos. Name To Length Source
3 July 2013 DF   Dan Burn   Birmingham City 30 June 2014 (recalled on 2 January 2014) [8]
27 August 2013 GK   Marcus Bettinelli   Accrington Stanley 30 June 2014
15 January 2014 FW   Bryan Ruiz   PSV 30 June 2014
31 January 2014 FW   Dimitar Berbatov   Monaco 30 June 2014

Overall transfer activity

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For the purposes of this totaliser, Frei's fee has been converted into pounds and rounded to two significant figures.

Summer:   £8,800,000

Winter:   £11,000,000

Total:   £19,800,000

Summer:   £0

Winter:   £2,500,000

Total:   £2,500,000

Summer:   £8,800,000

Winter:   £8,500,000

Grand Total:   £17,300,000

Fixtures and results

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Competition Started round Current
position / round 		Final
position / round 		First match Last match
Premier League — — 19th 17 August 2013 11 May 2014
League Cup 2nd round — 4th round 27 August 2013 29 October 2013
FA Cup 3rd round — 4th round 4 January 2014 4 February 2014

Updated to match played 11 May 2014
Source: Competitions

Premier League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
16 Hull City 38 10 7 21 38 53 −15 37 Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round[a]
17 West Bromwich Albion 38 7 15 16 43 59 −16 36
18 Norwich City (R) 38 8 9 21 28 62 −34 33 Relegation to Football League Championship
19 Fulham (R) 38 9 5 24 40 85 −45 32
20 Cardiff City (R) 38 7 9 22 32 74 −42 30

Source: Barclays Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Play-offs (only if needed to decide champion, teams for relegation or teams for UEFA competitions).[9]
(R) Relegated
Notes:

  1. ^ Hull City qualified for the Europa League third qualifying round as runners-up of the 2013–14 FA Cup since winners Arsenal qualified for Champions League.
Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
38 9 5 24 40 85  −45 32 5 3 11 24 38  −14 4 2 13 16 47  −31

Last updated: 11 May 2014.
Source: BBC Sport

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Updated to match(es) played on 11 May 2014. Source: Statto.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Appearances and goals

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Last updated 11 May 2014
No. Pos Nat Player Total Premier League FA Cup League Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK   NED Maarten Stekelenburg 21 0 19+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
3 DF   NOR John Arne Riise 25 0 17+3 0 1+1 0 3+0 0
4 DF   NED John Heitinga 14 1 14+0 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
5 DF   NOR Brede Hangeland 27 0 23+0 0 2+0 0 2+0 0
6 MF   DEN William Kvist 8 0 7+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
7 MF   ENG Steve Sidwell 41 8 36+2 7 1+1 1 0+1 0
8 MF   SUI Pajtim Kasami 35 3 20+9 3 4+0 0 1+1 0
9 MF   MLI Mahamadou Diarra 4 0 4+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
10 MF   GER Lewis Holtby 13 1 11+2 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
11 MF   SWE Alexander Kačaniklić 29 1 15+8 1 3+0 0 2+1 0
13 GK   ENG David Stockdale 26 0 19+2 0 3+0 0 2+0 0
14 MF   GRE Giorgos Karagounis 19 1 6+8 0 2+0 0 3+0 1
15 DF   ENG Kieran Richardson 32 4 28+3 4 1+0 0 0+0 0
16 MF   IRL Damien Duff 18 0 9+6 0 1+1 0 1+0 0
17 DF   ENG Matthew Briggs 2 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
18 FW   GRE Konstantinos Mitroglou 3 0 1+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
19 MF   ENG Ryan Tunnicliffe 3 0 2+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
20 FW   COL Hugo Rodallega 17 6 6+7 3 2+0 0 1+1 3
21 MF   ENG Larnell Cole 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
22 DF   MNE Elsad Zverotić 9 0 5+1 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
23 MF   GHA Derek Boateng 5 0 2+1 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
24 MF   IRN Ashkan Dejagah 25 6 13+9 5 1+1 1 1+0 0
25 FW   ENG Cauley Woodrow 6 1 5+1 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
26 FW   ENG Patrick Roberts 2 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
27 DF   GER Sascha Riether 33 0 30+1 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
28 MF   ENG Scott Parker 32 2 27+2 2 1+0 0 2+0 0
30 FW   NED Chris David 3 1 0+1 1 2+0 0 0+0 0
32 MF   USA Clint Dempsey 7 0 4+1 0 2+0 0 0+0 0
33 DF   ENG Dan Burn 12 0 6+3 0 3+0 0 0+0 0
34 MF   FRA Ange-Freddy Plumain 2 0 0+0 0 0+2 0 0+0 0
35 DF   VEN Fernando Amorebieta 26 1 20+3 1 2+0 0 0+1 0
36 MF   POR Mesca 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
37 MF   DEN Lasse Vigen Christensen 2 0 0+0 0 0+2 0 0+0 0
38 GK   PHI Neil Etheridge 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
39 FW   ENG Darren Bent 29 6 11+13 3 2+0 2 1+2 1
43 FW   SWE Muamer Tanković 6 0 1+2 0 2+1 0 0+0 0
45 FW   FRA Moussa Dembélé 3 0 1+1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
46 DF   ENG Josh Passley 2 0 0+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0
Out on loan
9 FW   BUL Dimitar Berbatov 19 5 18+0 4 0+0 0 1+0 1
10 FW   CRC Bryan Ruiz 14 1 8+4 1 0+0 0 1+1 0
Left Permanently
4 DF   SUI Philippe Senderos 15 1 12+0 1 1+0 0 2+0 0
18 DF   NIR Aaron Hughes 17 0 11+2 0 2+0 0 2+0 0
19 MF   MAR Adel Taarabt 16 1 7+5 0 0+1 0 3+0 1

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by squad number when total goals are equal.

Last updated on 11 May 2014
Rank No. Player Premier League League Cup FA Cup Total
1 7   Steve Sidwell 7 0 1 8
2 39   Darren Bent 3 1 2 6
20   Hugo Rodallega 2 3 1 6
24   Ashkan Dejagah 5 0 1 6
5 9   Dimitar Berbatov 4 1 0 5
6 15   Kieran Richardson 4 0 0 4
7 8   Pajtim Kasami 3 0 0 3
8 28   Scott Parker 2 0 0 2
9 4   Philippe Senderos 1 0 0 1
10   Bryan Ruiz 1 0 0 1
11   Alexander Kačaniklić 1 0 0 1
14   Giorgos Karagounis 0 1 0 1
19   Adel Taarabt 0 1 0 1
4   John Heitinga 1 0 0 1
10   Lewis Holtby 1 0 0 1
35   Fernando Amorebieta 1 0 0 1
# Own Goals 2 0 0 2
TOTALS 40 7 5 52

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number.

N P Nat. Name Premier League League Cup FA Cup Total Notes
                       
3 DF   John Arne Riise 2 1 3
4 DF   Philippe Senderos 3 1 4
4 DF   John Heitinga 3 3
7 MF   Steve Sidwell 5 1 6
8 MF   Pajtim Kasami 5 1 6
9 FW   Dimitar Berbatov 3 3
9 MF   Mahamadou Diarra 1 1
10 MF   Lewis Holtby 2 2
11 MF   Alexander Kačaniklić 1 1
14 MF   Giorgos Karagounis 1 1 1 3
15 MF   Kieran Richardson 5 5
16 MF   Damien Duff 1 1
18 DF   Aaron Hughes 2 2
20 FW   Hugo Rodallega 1 1
22 DF   Elsad Zverotić 1 1
23 MF   Derek Boateng 2 1 3
24 MF   Ashkan Dejagah 5 5
26 FW   Patrick Roberts 1 1
27 DF   Sascha Riether 3 3
28 MF   Scott Parker 6 1 7
30 FW   Chris David 1 1
35 DF   Fernando Amorebieta 6 1 1 7 1
46 DF   Josh Passley 1 1

|} Last updated: 11 May 2014
Source: 11v11
Ordered by  ,   and  
  = Number of bookings;   = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card;   = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

Player Date Received Offence Length of suspension
Sascha Riether 6 November 2013 FA charge for violent conduct[10] 3 Matches Liverpool (A), Swansea City (H), West Ham (A) (Premier League)
Fernando Amorebieta 22 March 2014 Sent off vs Manchester City 1 Match Everton (H) (Premier League)
  1. ^ "Sascha Riether agrees permanent deal with Fulham". Sky Sports News.
  2. ^ a b "Fulham sign Derek Boateng and Fernando Amorebieta". BBC Sport. 22 May 2013.
  3. ^ Veysey, Wayne (3 June 2013). "Fulham agree Stekelenburg fee as Roma chief admits keeper is headed for London". Goal.
  4. ^ "Dempsey deal sealed". Fulham F.C.
  5. ^ "Transfer window: William Kvist joins Fulham on loan from Stuttgart". BBC Sport. 30 January 2014.
  6. ^ Rhys, Steffan (10 September 2014). "Simon Davies signs up for his village team after earning £30,000 a week as Premier League star and Wales captain". Wales Online. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
  7. ^ "Fulham confirm Mark Schwarzer is to leave the club". The Guardian. 1 July 2013.
  8. ^ "Burn's Birmingham Loan || Fulham Football Club". Retrieved 20 December 2014.
  9. ^ "Premier League Handbook Season 2013/14" (PDF). Premier League. pp. 96–97. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 January 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2013.
  10. ^ "Football Rules & Governance – Riether suspended". The FA. 6 November 2013. Retrieved 8 November 2013.