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- Fulham Football Club is an English professional football team based in Fulham in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. The club was formed in West Kensington in 1879 as Fulham St Andrew's Church Sunday School F.C., shortened to Fulham F.C. in 1888. They initially played at Fulham Fields before a move to Craven Cottage in 1896; the club played their first professional match in December 1898 and made their FA Cup debut in the 1902–03 season. The club competed in the Southern Football League between 1898 and 1907, when they were accepted into the Football League Second Division. Having spent much of their history outside the top division, the team gained promotion to the Premier League in 2001. They spent more than ten seasons in the top flight, and reached the final of the UEFA Europa League in 2010. In 2014 they were relegated to the Championship. They have since spent one further season back in the Premier League in 2018–19 but suffered an immediate return to the Championship. Since the club's first competitive match, 966 players have made an appearance in a competitive match, of which 500 have played only a handful of matches (including substitute appearances); all players who have made fewer than 25 appearances for the club are listed below. Harry Arter, Ivan Cavaleiro, Ibrahima Cissé, Luca de la Torre, Marcelo Djaló, Tayo Edun, Fabri, Tyrese Francois, Anthony Knockaert, Alfie Mawson, Josh Onomah, Matt O'Riley, Harrison Reed, Bobby Decordova-Reid, Steven Sessegnon and Martell Taylor-Crossdale are the current squad members who have played less than 25 matches for Fulham. Arter, Cavaleiro, Francois, Knockaert, Onomah, Reed, Decordova-Reid and Taylor-Crossdale have all made their Fulham debut during the 2019–20 season, with Francois, Onomah and Taylor-Crossdale all making their first appearance most recently in Fulham's League Cup tie against Southampton F.C. on 27 August 2019. (en)
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