Fulham goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer has heaped praise on his teammates for showing a real strength of character to progress to the Europa League final.

The West London club fell behind after 22 minutes but managed to hit back with two second-half goals to book their place in the May 12 final where they will meet Atletico Madrid.

Schwarzer praised both his teammates and manager Roy Hodgson for producing such a massive part of the club's history.

"This team has got an unbelievable amount of spirit and character to come back from a goal down," said the Australian.

"They really did rock us and it took us a while to get going again.

"He [Hodgson] has been fantastic since day one when I arrived at the club, and every player can vouch for that."