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Fulham's final route

Take a look at Fulham's route to the Europa League final, which started all the way back in July.

Fulham will play the biggest match in their history when they take on Atletico Madrid in the Europa League final in Hamburg on 12th May.

Take a look back at the Cottagers' route to the final. 30/7/2009 FK Vetra 0 Fulham 3 Third qualifying round first leg The Cottagers made their first European game since 2002 one to remember as goals from Danny Murphy, Bobby Zamora and Seol Ki-Hyeon gave Roy Hodgson's side a significant advantage over Lithuanian minnows Vetra. 6/8/2009 Fulham 3 FK Vetra 0 (Fulham win 6-0 on aggregate) Third qualifying round second leg Dickson Etuhu got the ball rolling in front of over 15,000 fans at Craven Cottage before an Andy Johnson brace ensured that Fulham went through to the next round. 20/8/2009 Fulham 3 FK Amkar Perm 1 Play-offs first leg Johnson was ruled out for a month following a horrific shoulder barge halfway through the victory which came courtesy of a strike from the former Crystal Palace man, Clint Dempsey and Bobby Zamora. 27/8/2009 Amkar Perm 1 Fulham 0 (Fulham win 3-2 on aggregate) Play-offs second leg Locals dressed in Grim Reaper costumes to try to scare the Fulham team upon their arrival but the 1-0 defeat ensured that Fulham scraped into the group stages. 17/09/2009 CSKA Sofia 1 Fulham 1 Group stages Hodgson was accused of neglecting the competition by making wholesale changes for their first group match, but they still came away from Bulgaria with a creditable draw thanks to Diomansy Kamara's 65th-minute leveller. 1/10/2009 Fulham 1 Basel 0 Group stages Hodgson's side moved to the top of Group E with a cool finish from captain Murphy. 22/10/2009 Fulham 1 Roma 1 Group stages Brede Hangeland's towering header gave Fulham the lead but Marco Andreolli struck in the 94th minute to deny Fulham, who had been reduced to 10 men after Stephen Kelly was dismissed in the second half. 5/11/2009 Roma 2 Fulham 1 Group stages Hodgson was left fuming with the officials as his nine-men side were beaten by John Arne Riise and striker Stefano Okaka, who would go on to join the Cottagers on loan in January. 3/12/2009 Fulham 1 CSKA Sofia 0 Group stages Zoltan Gera's first European goal of the campaign meant that a victory in Basel in their final group match would seal Fulham's passage to the last 32. 16/12/2009 Basel 2 Fulham 3 Group stages Zamora continued his fine form in front of goal to put Fulham ahead. The Swiss hit back to level at 2-2 before Gera grabbed the winner to put Fulham through after finishing the group stage in second place. 18/2/2010 Fulham 2 Shakhtar Donetsk 1 Last 32 first leg Calls for Zamora to be given an international cap gathered more pace after he rifled a 20-yard shot in off the woodwork to give Fulham the edge against the holders. 25/2/2010 Shakhtar Donetsk 1 Fulham 1 (Fulham win 3-2 on aggregate) Last 32 second leg Brede Hangeland's first-half header was enough to stun the Ukrainian side, who despite their dominance, could not find the crucial second goal required to take the game to extra-time 11/3/2010 Juventus 3 Fulham 1 Last 16 first leg Fulham's European adventure looked to be over as they were outclassed in Turin by a Juventus side blessed with attacking flair and clinical finishing. 18/3/2010 Fulham 4 Juventus 1 (Fulham win 5-4 on aggregate) Last 16 second leg Possibly the most memorable night in Fulham's history. David Trezeguet's second-minute opener gave the Cottagers a seemingly impossible task but Zamora and Gera (2) found the net before Dempsey's delicate chip dumped 10-men Juve out. 1/4/2010 Fulham 2 Wolfsburg 1 Quarter-final first leg Alexander Madlung's last-minute header left the tie delicately poised after Zamora and Damien Duff had put Fulham ahead against the Bundesliga champions. 8/4/2010 Wolfsburg 0 Fulham 1 (Fulham win 3-1 on aggregate) Quarter-final second leg Twenty one seconds was all it took for Zamora to extinguish any lingering hopes the Germans had of making the last four as Hodgson's team notched up yet another creditable scalp. 22/4/2010 Hamburg 0-0 Fulham Semi-final first leg Fulham drove for 17 hours aboard a bus to Germany and then parked it in front of the Hamburg goal to come away with a solid platform going in to the second leg. 29/4/2010 Fulham 2 Hamburg 1 (Fulham win 2-1 on aggregate) Semi-final second leg Fulham had to come from behind once more to secure their progression. They went behind to a Mladen Petric free-kick before Simon Davies levelled and Gera hammered home with 14 minutes remaining to guarantee Fulham their place in the final.