<P> 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 . </P> <P> 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 . </P> <P> Fulham reached the final of the UEFA Europa League in 2010 . To date they are the club with the highest number of seasons in the top flight (25) without having achieved a single honour . Their highest position in the English football league system was 7th in the Premier League in 2008--09, while their lowest position was 17th in the Third Division (by then the fourth tier) in 1995--96 . </P>

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