Fulham F.C. are a member of the European Club Association, having qualified three times for European competition, qualifying for the UEFA Intertoto Cup after their inaugural season in the Premier League, and the UEFA Europa League twice.
They played in the inaugural edition of the competition after their club-best seventh-place finish in the 2008âÂÂ09 Premier League season, and qualified again for the 2011âÂÂ12 Europa League via England's Fair Play berth. Fulham are unbeaten at home in European competition, in 23 games, with a record of 17 wins and six draws, second to Ipswich TownâÂÂs European record.
On 18 February 2010, Fulham's home unbeaten run in European competition stretched to 13 games when they beat UEFA Cup holders Shakhtar Donetsk of Ukraine 2âÂÂ1 at Craven Cottage in the Europa League Round of 32 first leg, with goals from Zoltán Gera and Bobby Zamora. In Fulham's 46 games in all European competitions, (excluding the 2010 UEFA Europa League Final lost in extra-time) they have only lost seven of them (all away): 2âÂÂ1 to Hertha BSC, 1âÂÂ0 to Amkar Perm, 2âÂÂ1 to Roma, 3âÂÂ1 to Juventus, 1âÂÂ0 to Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, 1âÂÂ0 to Twente and 1âÂÂ0 to Wisà Âa Kraków.
After defeating Juventus on 18 March, Fulham advanced to the quarter-finals against reigning German champions VfL Wolfsburg. On 1 April, Fulham defeated the Germans 2âÂÂ1 in the first leg of the two-legged home-and-away series. Bobby Zamora and Damien Duff scored within five minutes of each other in the second half, while Wolfsburg defender Alexander Madlung scored two minutes from time to cut the deficit in half. One week later at Wolfsburg, Zamora struck again, this time in the first minute to give Fulham an overall 3âÂÂ1 lead in the series. Wolfsburg were unable to overturn the two goal deficit, and Fulham advanced to the semi-finals of the competition. On 22 April, following a long coach trip due to flights being grounded because of the Icelandic volcano, Fulham played out a 0âÂÂ0 draw against Hamburger SV in the first leg of their semi-final in Hamburg. On 29 April, they then beat Hamburg 2âÂÂ1 at Craven Cottage to secure a place in the final.
On 12 May, Fulham lost 2âÂÂ1 after extra time to Atlético Madrid in the final. Fulham went 1âÂÂ0 down, though it ended 1âÂÂ1 after 90 minutes thanks to a Davies equaliser to force extra time. Diego Forlán, however, scored the winner on the 116th minute to clinch the game for the Spanish team.
Fulham qualified for the 2011âÂÂ12 UEFA Europa League by virtue of the Fair Play league. They started their campaign in the first qualifying round, beating NSàRunavÃÂk, followed by a win over Crusaders in the Second qualifying round. A 3âÂÂ1 aggregate win over Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk saw them into the group stages, where they were drawn against Twente, Odense and Wisà Âa Kraków in group K. They were knocked out of the tournament when Odense equalised for a 2âÂÂ2 draw in the last second of the final group game, leaving Fulham stranded in third, with Kraków going through along with Twente in first.
<small>Source: uefa.com<br />Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against. Defunct competitions indicated in italics.</small>