Fulham goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer says they'll embrace any chance of playing in Europe again.

The Cottagers could qualify via the Fair Play Award again this season.

"At the end of the day, playing in Europe is fantastic and I'm bitterly disappointed that we got knocked out in the last group game," Schwarzer told fulhamfc.com.

"For me it was a big big disappointment that I couldn't take part in it and also for my team-mates because you don't come back so early and just come for a jolly up, you know once you are back you are 100% focused and you want to go far in the tournament.

"We had tremendous success in 2009 and we wanted to go on and try and get somewhere near that and to be knocked out in the group stages is bitterly disappointing."