In their 4th consecutive Premier League season, the Cottagers achieved a 11th place finish for the second season in a row. Despite losing 16 games and drawing only three, the 14 games won is the joint most in the club's Premier League history.
After two relegations in three years, Marco Silva has overseen the re-establishment of Fulham as a successful and stable Premier League side, breaking the Whites' record points tally and achieving back to back 11th place finishes.
The 2025/26 season saw another season that was mixed with sustainability and missed chances.
Similar to last season, Fulham flirted with the European positions throughout the season but were denied a first European campaign in over a decade due to a combination of inconsistency and a lack of killer instinct in the final third.
While the emergence of Josh King and Harry Wilson's season stood out as positives, the frustration around missing out on Europe was only amplified by the remarkable season Bournemouth, Brentford and Brighton enjoyed.
In a season filled with twists and turns, here our five games that stood out from a Fulham perspective.
Burnley 2-3 Fulham - Harry Wilson Announces Himself
After bveing beaten at Craven Cottage 2-1 by Crystal Palace the week before, Fulham arrived in Lancashire in 15th place and only four points off the relegation zone.
With relegation fears starting to surface, confidence was further dented by the fact that Fulham had not won at Turf Moor since
After Emile Smith Rowe's early goal had been cancelled out by Burnley's Lesley Ugochukwu, Calvin Bassey restored Fulham's lead following a pinpoint Harry Wilson cross.
This game reinforced the importance of Bernd Leno, with the German making countless saves to deny Scott Parker's Clarets.
This was the game when the rest of the league began to appreciate and take note of Wilson's form and quality.
Wilson's curling finish to secure the game took his tally to seven goals and four assists in his last eight games for club and country at the time, as he transitioned from a peripheral super sub to Fulham's Welsh Wizard.
Fulham 2-1 Chelsea - West London Bragging Rights Secured
Fulham fans had been forced to wait 17 years to beat Chelsea. Then three wins came along in three years.
Despite Liam Delap’s equaliser, goals from Fulham's Welsh Wizard and Raul Jimenez secured West London bragging rights over the 10-man Blues, who had Marc Cucurella sent off.
Beating Chelsea as a Fulham supporter is the footballing equivalent of achieving peak life, but this victory failed to act as a springboard to kick on, as inconsistency continued to bring Fulham's potential ambitions down.
Excluding Manchester City, Fulham are capable of beating any team on their day, but too often defeats and disappointments occur against teams the Whites are expected to beat.
Therefore, the significance of this victory to the overall campaign was gradually eroded by other results.
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Fulham 0-1 Southampton - A Costly Cup Opportunity Missed
Since promotion in 2022, Fulham have reached two FA Cup quarter-finals and a Carabao Cup semi-final.
With a starting team that contained Tom Cairney, Oscar Bobb, and Samuel Chukwueze, many surely thought Southampton's 9-game unbeaten run would end at Craven Cottage.
Ross Stewart had other ideas! His 90th-minute penalty set up a quarter-final with Arsenal despite his side having only five shots compared to Fulham's 24.
This was when I first noticed cracks appearing in the relationship between Silva and the Fulham faithful.
Despite a string of seasoned Premier League players starting, this was very much a second-string Fulham side, and with Europe seemingly out of the picture at the time, Silva was criticised for underestimating the challenge Southampton posed, which directly resulted in another trophyless season.
This game perfectly fits that famous old phrase: “massive missed opportunity.”
Fulham 0-1 Bournemouth - The Day The European Dream Ended
The day the European dream all but died.
Most home fans arriving at the Cottage that day knew nothing less than a Fulham win would end any continental aspirations.
With Bournemouth reduced to 10 men, Joachim Andersen decided trips to Italy were not for him, and his avoidable red card changed the dynamics of a game Fulham had been dominating.
Rayan's deflected second-half shot gave Bournemouth the win, despite Josh King smashing his shot against the bar in the last minute.
The performance characterised the last couple of months of Fulham’s season: plenty of possession but lacking any attacking fluidity or penetration.
Wolves 1-1 Fulham - 11th again ole ole
While the Chelsea win in January was peak life, this game unfortunately crystallised the inconsistency that has plagued Fulham's campaign.
In order for Fulham to take the European challenge to the final day, they would have to win at Molineux and hope Brentford didn't win, alongside defeats for Brighton and Everton.
Extremely unlikely, right?
Typically, all those results that needed to happen materialised, and Fulham let themselves down again, needing a cool Antonee Robinson penalty to save them from an embarrassing defeat.
While the Bournemouth heartbreak did contain some positives, this game was the definition of a snooze fest and highlighted the urgent need to reshape and reinvest in the attacking areas for next season.
