This article lists every season of Fulham Football Club from their first professional season in the Southern Football League Division 2, up to the present day. It details the club's achievements in major competitions and the top scorers in the league for each season. The table is correct up to the 2025–26 season.
Seasons SeasonLeagueFA CupEFL CupEurope / OtherTop scorer(s)DivisionPldWDLGFGAPtsPosPlayer(s)Goals 1898–99 SL Div 2L 22 6 4 12 36 44 16 10th —Freddie HopkinsonGeorge Sheeran9 1899–1900 SL Div 2 20 10 4 6 44 23 24 2nd 1QDavid Lloyd14 1900–01 SL Div 2 16 8 0 8 38 26 16 5th —Tommy Meade16 LL Div 1 20 8 3 9 37 35 19 6th 1901–02 SL Div 2 16 13 0 3 51 19 26 1st —Tommy Meade29 1902–03 SL Div 2 10 7 1 2 27 7 15 1st 5QDavid LloydTommy Meade9 1903–04 SL Div 1 34 9 12 13 34 35 30 11th R1Harry Fletcher15 LL Prem 12 3 1 8 10 29 7 6th 1904–05 SL Div 1 34 14 10 10 46 34 38 6th QFWillie Wardrope26 WL Div 1 20 7 3 10 29 32 17 6th 1905–06 SL Div 1 34 19 12 3 44 15 50 1st R2Willie Wardrope14 WL Div 1 20 5 5 10 23 32 15 10th 1906–07 SL Div 1 38 20 13 5 58 32 53 1st R2Walter Freeman16 WL Div 1A 10 7 1 2 16 9 15 1st 1907–08 Div 2 38 22 5 11 82 49 49 4th SFRobert Dalrymple19 1908–09 Div 2 38 13 11 14 58 48 37 10th R2Fred Harrison13 1909–10 Div 2 38 14 13 11 51 43 41 7th R2Fred Harrison14 1910–11 Div 2 38 15 7 16 52 48 37 10th R1James Smith11 1911–12 Div 2 38 16 7 15 66 58 39 8th QFBert Pearce21 1912–13 Div 2 38 17 5 16 65 55 39 9th R1Tim Coleman20 1913–14 Div 2 38 16 6 16 46 43 38 11th R1Bert Pearce14 1914–15 Div 2 38 15 7 16 53 47 37 12th R2Harry Lee16 1915–16rowspan=4 colspan=9 —Will Taylor21 1916–17 —Gordon Hoare23 1917–18 —Harry Morris24 1918–19 —Johnny McIntyre16 1919–20 Div 2 42 19 9 14 61 50 47 6th R1Donald Cock25 1920–21 Div 2 42 16 10 16 43 47 42 9th R3Barney Travers11 1921–22 Div 2 42 18 9 15 57 38 45 7th R2Barney Travers17 1922–23 Div 2 42 16 12 14 43 32 44 10th R1Frank Osborne10 1923–24 Div 2 42 10 14 18 45 56 34 20th R2George Edmonds13 1924–25 Div 2 42 15 10 17 41 56 40 12th R2Bill Prowse16 1925–26 Div 2 42 11 12 19 46 77 34 19th QFAlbert Pape11 1926–27 Div 2 42 13 8 21 58 92 34 18th R4Johnny Tonner13 1927–28 Div 2 42 13 7 22 68 89 33 21st R3Sid Elliott26 1928–29 Div 3S 42 21 10 11 101 71 52 5th R2Jimmy Temple26 1929–30 Div 3S 42 18 11 13 87 83 47 7th R4Bill Haley21 1930–31 Div 3S 42 18 7 17 77 75 43 9th R3Jim Hammond14 1931–32 Div 3S 42 24 9 9 111 62 57 1st R3Frank Newton43 1932–33 Div 2 42 20 10 12 78 65 50 3rd R3Frank Newton27 1933–34 Div 2 42 15 7 20 48 67 37 16th R3Jim Hammond15 1934–35 Div 2 42 17 12 13 76 56 46 7th R3Jim Hammond22 1935–36 Div 2 42 15 14 13 76 52 44 9th SFJim Hammond15 1936–37 Div 2 42 15 13 14 71 61 43 11th R3Ronnie Rooke19 1937–38 Div 2 42 16 11 15 61 57 43 8th R3Ronnie Rooke17 1938–39 Div 2 42 17 10 15 61 55 44 12th R4Ronnie Rooke21 1939–40 Div 2 3 0 1 2 3 6 1 — —Ronnie Rooke27 1940–41rowspan=6 colspan=9 —Ronnie Rooke24 1941–42 —Ronnie Rooke30 1942–43 —Ronnie Rooke23 1943–44 —Ronnie Rooke32 1944–45 —Ronnie Rooke27 1945–46 R3Ronnie Rooke33 1946–47 Div 2 42 15 9 18 63 74 39 15th R3Ronnie Rooke13 1947–48 Div 2 42 15 10 17 47 46 40 11th QFArthur Stevens11 1948–49 Div 2 42 24 9 9 77 37 57 1st R3Bob Thomas 23 1949–50 Div 1 42 10 14 18 41 54 34 17th R3Bob Thomas10 1950–51 Div 1 42 13 11 18 52 68 37 18th QFBob Thomas14 1951–52 Div 1 42 8 11 23 58 77 27 22nd R3Bedford Jezzard8 1952–53 Div 2 42 17 10 15 81 71 44 8th R3Bedford Jezzard35 1953–54 Div 2 42 17 10 15 98 85 44 8th R4Bedford Jezzard39 1954–55 Div 2 42 14 11 17 76 79 39 14th R3Bedford JezzardBobby Robson23 1955–56 Div 2 42 20 6 16 89 79 46 9th R4Bedford Jezzard27 1956–57 Div 2 42 19 4 19 84 76 42 11th R4Roy Dwight25 1957–58 Div 2 42 20 12 10 97 59 52 5th SFRoy Dwight22 1958–59 Div 2 42 27 6 9 96 61 60 2nd R4Johnny Haynes25 1959–60 Div 1 42 17 10 15 73 80 44 10th R4Graham Leggat18 1960–61 Div 1 42 14 8 20 72 95 36 17th R3 R1Graham Leggat23 1961–62 Div 1 42 13 7 22 66 74 33 20th SF R1Maurice CookGraham Leggat14 1962–63 Div 1 42 14 10 18 50 71 38 16th R3 R4Maurice Cook15 1963–64 Div 1 42 13 13 16 58 65 39 15th R4 R2Graham Leggat15 1964–65 Div 1 42 11 12 19 60 78 34 20th R3 R3Rodney Marsh17 1965–66 Div 1 42 14 7 21 67 85 35 20th R3 R4Graham Leggat16 1966–67 Div 1 42 11 12 19 71 83 34 18th R4 R4Allan Clarke24 1967–68 Div 1 42 10 7 25 56 98 27 22nd R4 QFAllan Clarke20 1968–69 Div 2 42 7 11 24 40 81 25 22nd R4 R2Brian Dear7 1969–70 Div 3 46 20 15 11 81 55 55 4th R1 R2Steve Earle22 1970–71 Div 3 46 24 12 10 68 41 60 2nd R1 QFLes Barrett15 1971–72 Div 2 42 12 10 20 45 68 34 20th R4 R2Steve Earle11 1972–73 Div 2 42 16 12 14 58 49 44 9th R3 R2Steve Earle15 1973–74 Div 2 42 16 10 16 39 43 42 13th R4 R3Viv Busby11 1974–75 Div 2 42 13 16 13 44 39 42 9th RU R4Viv Busby11 1975–76 Div 2 42 13 14 15 45 47 40 12th R3 R3 Anglo-Scottish Cup RUJohn Mitchell10 1976–77 Div 2 42 11 13 18 54 61 35 17th R3 R3 Anglo-Scottish Cup GSJohn Mitchell19 1977–78 Div 2 42 14 13 15 49 49 41 10th R3 R1 Anglo-Scottish Cup QFJohn Mitchell9 1978–79 Div 2 42 13 15 14 50 47 41 10th R4 R2 Anglo-Scottish Cup GSChris Guthrie13 1979–80 Div 2 42 11 7 24 42 74 29 20th R3 R2Gordon Davies15 1980–81 Div 3 46 15 13 18 57 64 43 13th R4 R1Gordon Davies18 1981–82 Div 3 46 21 15 10 77 51 78 3rd R2 R4Gordon Davies24 1982–83 Div 2 42 20 9 13 64 47 69 4th R4 R2Gordon Davies19 1983–84 Div 2 42 15 12 15 60 53 57 11th R3 R3Gordon Davies21 1984–85 Div 2 42 19 8 15 68 64 65 9th R3 R3Robert Wilson11 1985–86 Div 2 42 10 6 26 45 69 36 22nd R3 R3 Full Members' Cup R1(S)Dean Coney12 1986–87 Div 3 46 12 17 17 59 77 53 18th R3 R2 Associate Members' Cup QF(S)Dean Coney10 1987–88 Div 3 46 19 9 18 69 60 66 9th R1 R2 Associate Members' Cup PR(S)Leroy Rosenior20 1988–89 Div 3 46 22 9 15 69 67 75 4th R1 R1 Associate Members' Cup PR(S)Gordon Davies14 League play-offs SF 1989–90 Div 3 46 12 15 19 55 66 51 20th R2 R2 Associate Members' Cup PR(S)Clive Walker13 1990–91 Div 3 46 10 16 20 41 56 46 21st R2 R1 Associate Members' Cup R1(S)Gordon Davies6 1991–92 Div 3 46 19 13 14 57 53 70 9th R1 R1 Associate Members' Cup QF(S)Gary Brazil14 1992–93 Div 2 46 16 17 13 57 55 65 12th R1 R1 Football League Trophy R2(S)Sean Farrell12 1993–94 Div 2 46 14 10 22 50 63 52 21st R1 R2 Football League Trophy SF(S)Gary Brazil14 1994–95 Div 3 42 16 14 12 60 54 62 8th R2 R2 Football League Trophy R2(S)Simon Morgan11 1995–96 Div 3 46 12 17 17 57 63 53 17th R3 R2 Football League Trophy QF(S)Mike Conroy9 1996–97 Div 3 46 25 12 9 72 38 87 2nd R1 R2 Football League Trophy R1(S)Mike Conroy23 1997–98 Div 2 46 20 10 16 60 43 70 6th R3 R2 Football League Trophy R2(S)Paul Moody15 League play-offs SF 1998–99 Div 2 46 31 8 7 79 32 101 1st R5 R3 Football League Trophy R2(S)Geoff Horsfield15 1999–2000 Div 1 46 17 16 13 49 41 67 9th R5 QFLee Clark8 2000–01 Div 1 46 30 11 5 90 32 101 1st R3 QFLouis Saha27 2001–02 Prem 38 10 14 14 36 44 44 13th SF R4Barry HaylesSteed MalbranqueLouis Saha8 2002–03 Prem 38 13 9 16 41 50 48 14th R5 R4 UEFA Intertoto Cup WSteed Malbranque6 UEFA Cup R3 2003–04 Prem 38 14 10 14 52 46 52 9th QF R2Louis Saha13 2004–05 Prem 38 12 8 18 52 60 44 13th R5 QFAndy Cole12 2005–06 Prem 38 14 6 18 48 58 48 12th R3 R3Collins John11 2006–07 Prem 38 8 15 15 38 60 39 16th R5 R2Brian McBride9 2007–08 Prem 38 8 12 18 38 60 36 17th R3 R3Clint Dempsey6 2008–09 Prem 38 14 11 13 39 34 53 7th QF R3Andrew Johnson10 2009–10 Prem 38 12 10 16 39 46 46 12th QF R3 UEFA Europa League RUBobby Zamora8 2010–11 Prem 38 11 16 11 49 43 49 8th R5 R3Clint Dempsey13 2011–12 Prem 38 14 10 14 48 51 52 9th R4 R3 UEFA Europa League GSClint Dempsey17 2012–13 Prem 38 11 10 17 50 60 43 12th R4 R2Dimitar Berbatov15 2013–14 Prem 38 9 5 24 40 85 32 19th R4 R4Steve Sidwell8 2014–15 Champ 46 14 10 22 62 83 52 17th R4 R4Ross McCormack17 2015–16 Champ 46 12 15 19 66 79 51 20th R3 R3Ross McCormack21 2016–17 Champ 46 22 14 10 85 57 80 6th R5 R3 League play-offs SFTom Cairney12 2017–18 Champ 46 25 13 8 79 46 88 3rd R3 R2 League play-offs WRyan Sessegnon15 2018–19 Prem 38 7 5 26 34 81 26 19th R3 R4Aleksandar Mitrović11 2019–20 Champ 46 23 12 11 64 48 81 4th R4 R2 League play-offs WAleksandar Mitrović26 2020–21 Prem 38 5 13 20 27 53 28 18th R4 R4Bobby De Cordova-Reid52021–22Champ46279101064390 1st R4R3Aleksandar Mitrović43 2022–23 Prem 38 15 7 16 55 53 52 10th QF R2Aleksandar Mitrović14 2023–24 Prem 38 13 8 17 55 61 47 13th R4 SFRodrigo Muniz9 2024–25 Prem 38 15 9 14 54 54 54 11th QF R3Raúl Jiménez12 2025–26 Prem 38 15 7 16 47 51 52 11th R5 QFHarry Wilson10
Overall Seasons spent at Level 1 of the football league system: 31 Seasons spent at Level 2 of the football league system: 57 Seasons spent at Level 3 of the football league system: 18 Seasons spent at Level 4 of the football league system: 3
Key
Pld – Matches played W – Matches won D – Matches drawn L – Matches lost GF – Goals for GA – Goals against Pts – Points Pos – Final position
Prem – Premier League Champ – EFL Championship Div 1 – Football League First Division Div 2 – Football League Second Division Div 3 – Football League Third Division Div 3S – Football League Third Division South SL Div 1 – Southern League Division One SL Div 2 – Southern League Division Two SL Div 2L – Southern League Division Two (London section) LL Prem – London League Premier Division LL Div 1– London League Division One WL Div 1 – Western League Division One WL Div 1A – Western League Division One Section A n/a – Not applicable
5Q – Fifth qualifying round PR – Preliminary round GS – Group stage R1 – First round R2 – Second round R3 – Third round R4 – Fourth round R5 – Fifth round QF – Quarter-finals SF – Semi-finals RU – Runners-up W – Winners (S) – Southern section of regionalised stage
WinnersRunners-upPromotedRelegated
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