fulham were promoted to the premier league in 2001.
when were fulham promoted to the premier league?
2001
al-fayed bought the freehold of west london professional football club fulham f.c. for £6.25 million in 1997. the club was purchased via bill muddyman's muddyman group. his long-term aim was that fulham would become a fa premier league side within five years. in 2001, fulham took the first division (now football league championship) under manager jean tigana, winning 100 points and scoring over 100 goals in the season. this meant that al-fayed had achieved his objective of fulham becoming a premier league club a year ahead of schedule. by 2002, fulham were competing in european football, winning the intertoto cup and challenging in the uefa cup. fulham reached the final of the 2009–10 uefa europa league and continued to play in the premier league throughout al-fayed's tenure as owner (which ended in 2013).
mohamed al-fayed
on 7 june 2011, it was announced that jol had signed a two-year contract to take up the vacant post at premier league side fulham, after mark hughes' departure. he joined the club almost a year after nearly becoming their manager before hughes' appointment. "i am very happy to join fulham. it is a club with good, solid foundations and a great fan base," he said. "i am looking forward to being part of the fulham family and thank the chairman for the trust shown in me." jol's first game in charge of fulham was the uefa europa league first round first leg against faroese side nsí runavík on 30 june 2011, fulham winning 3–0. jol's first premier league game in charge was at home against aston villa on 13 august 2011, the game ending in a 0–0 draw. in his first season with the club, he led them to ninth place in the premier league, collecting 52 points, one point off of fulham's record points tally in the top division. they claimed some notable scalps during the season, including victories over arsenal, newcastle united, and liverpool, plus a credible 2–2 draw against eventual league champions manchester city. they also earned two solid draws against london rivals chelsea and beat local rivals queens park rangers firstly 6–0 at home and then 1–0 away.
martin jol