2008–09 Portsmouth F.C. season

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During the 2008–09 football season Portsmouth played their sixth consecutive season in the highest tier of English football, the Premier League. Thanks to the exploits of the previous season, Portsmouth achieved European football for the first time in their footballing history, thanks to an FA Cup win over Cardiff City; they competed in the UEFA Cup. They also participated in the Charity Shield, against Manchester United on 10 August 2008, at Wembley Stadium, eventually losing on penalties. This was the first time since 1996 that a team outside of the "Big Four[broken anchor]" had competed in the competition.

Portsmouth
2008–09 season
OwnerAlexandre Gaydamak[1]
ManagerHarry Redknapp (to 26 October 2008)
Tony Adams (to 9 February 2009)
Paul Hart (caretaker manager)
StadiumFratton Park
Premier League14th
FA CupFourth round
League CupThird round
Community ShieldRunners-up
UEFA CupGroup stage
Top goalscorerLeague: Peter Crouch (11)
All: Peter Crouch (16)
Highest home attendance20,540 vs. Manchester Utd
(25 August 2008)
Lowest home attendance18,111 vs. Blackburn Rovers
(30 November 2008)
Average home league attendance19,325

Transfer summary

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Date Pos. No. Name From Fee
DF   James Hurst   West Bromwich Albion Compensation
FW   Gaël N’Lundulu   Paris Saint-Germain Compensation
DF 32   Djimi Traoré   Rennes Loan return
MF   Gauthier Mahoto   Le Havre Compensation
MF 25   Glen Little   Reading Free
1 July 2008 FW 26   Ben Sahar   Chelsea Loan[2]
FW   Nadir Çiftçi   ADO Den Haag Compensation
FW 9   Peter Crouch   Liverpool Undisclosed fee (estimated £11M)
4 August 2008 FW   Omar Koroma   Banjul Hawks Nominal[3]
DF 3   Younès Kaboul   Tottenham Hotspur Undisclosed fee (estimated £5M)
21 August 2008 MF 11   Jerome Thomas   Charlton Athletic Nominal (variable on appearances)[4]
DF 30   Armand Traoré   Arsenal Loan
DF 39   Nadir Belhadj   Lens Loan
GK   Jon Stewart   Weymouth Free
MF   Khaleem Hyland   San Juan Jabloteh Non-contractual agreement
MF   Pablo Navas-Alors   Barcelona Free
MF   Torric Jebrin   Hearts of Oak Undisclosed fee
DF   Dan Bennett   Plymouth Argyle Free
DF 2   Linvoy Primus   Charlton Athletic Loan return
DF 39   Nadir Belhadj   Lens £4,400,000
DF 20   Martin Cranie   Charlton Athletic Loan return
20 January 2009 MF 14   Jermaine Pennant   Liverpool Loan[5]
MF 6   Hayden Mullins   West Ham United Undisclosed fee (estimated £1–2M)
MF 26   Pelé   Porto Loan
FW   Omar Koroma   Norwich City Loan return
1 February 2009 FW 29   Theofanis Gekas   Bayer Leverkusen Loan[6]
MF 33   Angelos Basinas   AEK Athens Undisclosed fee (estimated £1.2M)
FW   Danijel Subotić   Zulte Waregem Loan return
FW   Andréa Mbuyi-Mutombo   Zulte Waregem Loan return
MF   Florent Cuvelier   Mouscron Compensation
DF   Luke Wilkinson   Bristol City Compensation
DF   Callum Reynolds   Basingstoke Town Loan return
FW   Carl Walshe   Home Farm Compensation
Date Pos. No. Name To Fee
FW 9   Milan Baroš   Lyon Loan return
DF 3   Lucien Aubey   Lens Loan return
FW 34   Franck Songo'o   Real Zaragoza Contract expired
MF 11   Sulley Muntari   Internazionale Undisclosed fee (estimated £12.75M)
4 August 2008 FW   Omar Koroma   Norwich City Loan[7]
FW   Danijel Subotić   Zulte Waregem Loan
GK 31   Asmir Begović   Yeovil Town Loan
DF   Joel Ward   AFC Bournemouth Loan
MF 30   Pedro Mendes   Rangers £3,000,000
FW   Andréa Mbuyi-Mutombo   Zulte Waregem Loan
MF   Khaleem Hyland   Zulte Waregem Loan
28 August 2008 DF 2   Linvoy Primus   Charlton Athletic Loan[8]
MF 29   Jean-Francois Christophe   Southend United Loan
DF 20   Martin Cranie   Charlton Athletic Loan
MF 36   Matt Ritchie   Dagenham & Redbridge Loan
MF   Jordan Hughes   Bognor Regis Town Work experience
FW   Louis Castles   Bognor Regis Town Work experience
MF   Torric Jebrin   Zulte Waregem Loan
MF   Billy Goddard   Bognor Regis Town Work experience
MF 6   Lassana Diarra   Real Madrid Undisclosed fee (estimated £21M)
FW 26   Ben Sahar   Chelsea Loan return
MF 29   Jean-Francois Christophe   Southend United Nominal
MF 36   Matt Ritchie   Dagenham & Redbridge Loan extension
FW 14   Jermain Defoe   Tottenham Hotspur Undisclosed (estimated £15.75M)
DF 24   Richard Duffy   Millwall Undisclosed fee
DF 32   Djimi Traoré   Birmingham City Loan
MF 25   Glen Little   Reading Loan
FW   Ryan Gazet Du Chattelier   Bognor Regis Town Work experience
FW   Louis Castles   Bognor Regis Town Work experience
DF   Callum Reynolds   Basingstoke Town Loan

Statistics

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Appearances

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Goalkeepers

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No. Name Position Date of Birth Nationality League App. Domestic Cups UEFA Cup App. Clean Sheets Goals conceded   /  
1 David James Goalkeeper 01-08-1970   England 36 4 5 9 (+4) 55 (+16) 2 / 0
21 Jamie Ashdown Goalkeeper 30-11-1980   England 0 0 1 1 0 0 / 0
31 Asmir Begović Goalkeeper 20-06-1987   Bosnia and Herzegovina 2 0 0 0 2 0 / 0

Defenders

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No. Name Position Date of Birth Nationality League App. Domestic Cups UEFA Cup App. Goals Scored Assists   /  
3 Younès Kaboul Central Defender 04-01-1986   France 17 (3) 2 (1) 1 (1) 1 (+1) 1 4 (+1) / 0
5 Glen Johnson Right back 23-08-1984   England 29 2 4 3 6 (+3) 9 (+3) / 1
7 Hermann Hreiðarsson Left back/Central Defender 11-07-1974   Iceland 19 (4) 1 (2) 2 (1) 2 (+1) 0 7 (+1) / 0
15 Sylvain Distin Central Defender 16-12-1977   France 38 4 5 0 0 2 (+1) / 0
16 Noé Pamarot Utility Defender 14-04-1979   France 11 (4) 1 (1) 3 (1) 0 0 1 (+2) / 1
23 Sol Campbell (c) Central Defender 18-09-1974   England 32 3 4 0 0 1 (+1) / 0
30 Armand Traoré Left back/Left-sided Midfielder 08-12-1989   France 14 (5) 2 (1) 6 0 2 (+2) 0 / 0
35 Marc Wilson Utility Defender 17-08-1987   Ireland 3 (1) 2 (1) 1 0 0 (+1) 1 / 0
39 Nadir Belhadj Left back/Left-sided Midfielder 18-06-1982   Algeria 21 (8) 4 3 (2) 2 3 (+3) 2 (+3) / 1

Midfielders

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No. Name Position Date of Birth Nationality League App. Domestic Cups UEFA Cup App. Goals Scored Assists   /  
6 Hayden Mullins Defensive midfielder/Sweeper/Right Back 27-03-1979   England 15 (2) 0 0 0 0 1 / 0
8 Papa Bouba Diop Defensive midfielder/Central Defender 28-01-1978   Senegal 15 (1) 0 3 (1) 0 1 5 / 0
14 Jermaine Pennant Right-sided midfielder 15-01-1983   England 9 (4) 1 0 0 3 0 / 0
18 Arnold Mvuemba Central Midfielder/Right-sided Midfielder 28-01-1985   France 1 (5) 2 2 (2) 0 (+1) 0 0 / 0
19 Niko Kranjčar Attacking midfielder/Left-sided Midfielder 13-08-1984   Croatia 16 (5) 2 1 3 (+1) 3 2 / 0
22 Richard Hughes Defensive midfielder 25-06-1979   Scotland 17 (3) 2 4 0 0 3 (+2) / 0
28 Sean Davis Defensive midfielder 20-09-1979   England 31 (1) 2 4 (2) 1 3 (+1) 5 / 1
33 Angelos Basinas Defensive midfielder 03-01-1976   Greece 3 0 0 0 0 0 / 0

Forwards

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No. Name Position Date of Birth Nationality League App. Domestic Cups UEFA Cup App. Goals Scored Assists   /  
9 Peter Crouch Centre forward 30-01-1981   England 38 4 5 (1) 13 (+5) 5 2 / 0
10 David Nugent Centre forward 02-05-1985   England 13 (3) 3 0 3 1 1 / 0
17 John Utaka Right winger 08-01-1982   Nigeria 4 (14) 1 (1) 1 1 1 1 / 0
27 Nwankwo Kanu Centre forward 01-08-1976   Nigeria 3 (14) 0 (3) 2 (3) 1 (+1) 1 (+1) 0 / 0

Others

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Includes players who have yet to feature prominently and former players.

No. Name Position Date of Birth Nationality League App. Domestic Cups UEFA Cup App. Goals Scored Assists   /  
2 Linvoy Primus Central Defender 14-09-1973   England 0 (1) 0 0 0 0 0 / 0
4 Lauren Right back 19-01-1977   Cameroon 0 0 0 0 0 0 / 0
6 Lassana Diarra Defensive midfielder 10-03-1985   France 11 (1) 0 2 0 (+1) 0 3 / 1
11 Jerome Thomas Left-sided midfielder 23-03-1983   England 0 (2) 0 0 0 0 0 / 0
14 Jermain Defoe Centre forward 07-10-1982   England 17 (2) 0 4 7 (+2) 4 (+1) 4 (+1) / 0
20 Martin Cranie Utility Defender 23-09-1986   England 0 2 0 0 0 0 / 0
24 Richard Duffy Right back 30-08-1985   Wales 0 0 0 0 0 0 / 0
25 Glen Little Right-sided midfielder 15-10-1975   England 4 (1) 0 2 (1) 0 0 (+1) 0 / 0
26 Pelé Central Midfielder 14-09-1987   Portugal 0 0 0 0 0 0 / 0
26 Ben Sahar Centre forward 10-08-1989   Israel 0 0 0 0 0 0 / 0
29 Theofanis Gekas Centre forward 23-05-1980   Greece 0 (1) 0 0 0 0 0 / 0
29 Jean-François Christophe Defensive midfielder 27-06-1987   France 0 0 0 0 0 0 / 0
32 Djimi Traoré Left back/Central Defender 01-03-1980   Mali 0 0 0 0 0 0 / 0
36 Matt Ritchie Left-sided midfielder 10-09-1989   Scotland 0 0 0 0 0 0 / 0

Competitions

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Community Shield

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Portsmouth lost the 2008 FA Community Shield 3–1 on penalties against 2007–08 Premier League winners Manchester United after the match finished 0–0 after 90 minutes on 10 August.[9][10] It was Pompey's second game against United in the space of two weeks.

10 August 2008 Manchester United 0–0
(3–1 p)
Portsmouth Wembley Stadium, London
15:00 BST Report Attendance: 84,808
Referee: Peter Walton (Northamptonshire)[A]
Penalties
Tevez  
Giggs  
Carrick  
  Diarra
  Defoe
  Mvuemba
  Johnson

Premier League

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Matchday1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundAHAHAHHAHAHAAHHAHAHAAHAHHAHAHAHHAAHAHA
ResultLLWWLWWDDLLWDDWDLLLLDLLLWDLDWDDWLDLLWL
Position20201510141087779998878101112131617171716181715151614141414151414
Source: WorldFootball.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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17 August 2008 1 Chelsea 4–0 Portsmouth London
13:30 J. Cole   12'
Anelka   26'
Lampard   45' (pen.)
Deco   89'
Report James   45+1' Stadium: Stamford Bridge
Attendance: 41,468
Referee: Mike Dean
25 August 2008 2 Portsmouth 0–1 Manchester United Portsmouth
Report Fletcher   32' Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 20,540
Referee: Chris Foy
30 August 2008 3 Everton 0–3 Portsmouth Liverpool
15:00 Baines   88' Report Defoe   12', 69'
Johnson   40'
Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 34,418
Referee: Mark Halsey
13 September 2008 4 Portsmouth 2–1 Middlesbrough Portsmouth
Defoe   59', 86' Report Mido   24' Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 19,425
21 September 2008 5 Manchester City 6–0 Portsmouth Manchester
  14'
Dunne   20'
Robinho   57'
Wright-Phillips   59'
Evans   78'
Fernandes   83'
Report Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium
Attendance: 40,238
Referee: Alan Wiley
28 September 2008 6 Portsmouth 2–0 Tottenham Hotspur Portsmouth
Defoe   34' (pen.)
Crouch   68'
Report Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 20,352
5 October 2008 7 Portsmouth 2–1 Stoke City Portsmouth
Crouch   25'
Defoe   51'
Report Fuller   48' Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 19,248
18 October 2008 8 Aston Villa 0–0 Portsmouth Birmingham
Report Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 37,660
26 October 2008 9 Portsmouth 1–1 Fulham Portsmouth
Crouch   61' Report Dempsey   87' Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 19,233
29 October 2008 10 Liverpool 1–0 Portsmouth Anfield, Liverpool
Gerrard   76' (pen.) Report Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 43,378
1 November 2008 11 Portsmouth 1–2 Wigan Athletic Portsmouth
Kranjčar   82' Report Zaki   45' (pen.)
Heskey   90'
Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 18,416
8 November 2008 12 Sunderland 1–2 Portsmouth Sunderland
Cissé   4' Report Belhadj   51'
Defoe   89' (pen.)
Stadium: Stadium of Light
Attendance: 37,712
15 November 2008 13 West Ham United 0–0 Portsmouth Upton Park, London
Report Stadium: Boleyn Ground
Attendance: 32,328
22 November 2008 14 Portsmouth 2–2 Hull City Portsmouth
Crouch   20'
Johnson   63'
Report Turner   54'
Windass   89'
Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 20,240
30 November 2008 15 Portsmouth 3–2 Blackburn Rovers Portsmouth
Crouch   49'
Defoe   53'
Davis   79'
Report Derbyshire   62'
Kerimoğlu   67'
Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 18,111
7 December 2008 16 West Bromwich Albion 1–1 Portsmouth West Bromwich
Greening   39' Report Crouch   58' Stadium: The Hawthorns
Attendance: 24,964
14 December 2008 17 Portsmouth 0–3 Newcastle United Portsmouth
Report Owen   52'
Martins   77'
Guthrie   89'
Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 19,416
20 December 2008 18 Bolton Wanderers 2–1 Portsmouth Bolton
Taylor   1'
Gardner   3'
Report Crouch   20' Stadium: University of Bolton Stadium
Attendance: 19,884
26 December 2008 19 Portsmouth 1–4 West Ham United Portsmouth
13:00 Belhadj   8' Report Collison   20'
C. Cole   67'
Bellamy   70', 83'
Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 20,102
Referee: Steve Bennett
28 December 2008 20 Arsenal 1–0 Portsmouth Holloway, London
Gallas   81' Report Stadium: Emirates Stadium
Attendance: 60,092
Referee: Alan Wiley
18 January 2009 21 Tottenham Hotspur 1–1 Portsmouth Tottenham, London
Defoe   70' Report Nugent   59' Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 36,011
Referee: Steve Bennett
27 January 2009 22 Portsmouth 0–1 Aston Villa Portsmouth
Report Heskey   21' Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 19,073
31 January 2009 23 Fulham 3–1 Portsmouth Fulham, London
A. Johnson   14'
Nevland   71', 80'
Report Nugent   84' Stadium: Craven Cottage
Attendance: 23,722
7 February 2009 24 Portsmouth 2–3 Liverpool Portsmouth
17:30 Nugent   62'
Hreiðarsson   77'
Report Aurélio   69'
Kuyt   85'
Torres   90'
Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 20,524
14 February 2009 25 Portsmouth 2–0 Manchester City Portsmouth
Johnson   70'
Hreiðarsson   75'
Report Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 20,018
21 February 2009 26 Stoke City 2–2 Portsmouth Stoke-on-Trent
Beattie   78' (pen.), 80' Report Kranjčar   75'
Shawcross   90'
Stadium: Britannia Stadium
3 March 2009 27 Portsmouth 0–1 Chelsea Portsmouth
Report Drogba   79' Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 20,326
14 March 2009 28 Middlesbrough 1–1 Portsmouth Middlesbrough
King   90' Report Crouch   30' Stadium: Riverside Stadium
Attendance: 24,281
Referee: Martin Atkinson
21 March 2009 29 Portsmouth 2–1 Everton Portsmouth
Crouch   22', 75' Report Baines   4' Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 20,388
Referee: Peter Walton
4 April 2009 30 Hull City 0–0 Portsmouth Kingston upon Hull
Report Stadium: KC Stadium
Attendance: 24,802
Referee: Chris Foy
11 April 2009 31 Portsmouth 2–2 West Bromwich Albion Portsmouth
Kaboul   33'
Kranjčar   65'
Report Greening   48'
Brunt   62'
Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 20,376
Referee: Mike Dean
18 April 2009 32 Portsmouth 1–0 Bolton Wanderers Portsmouth
Kanu   78' Report Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 20,158
Referee: Phil Dowd
22 April 2009 33 Manchester United 2–0 Portsmouth Stretford, Manchester
Rooney   9'
Carrick   82'
Report Stadium: Old Trafford
Attendance: 74,895
Referee: Peter Walton
2 May 2009 35 Portsmouth 0–3 Arsenal Portsmouth
Report Bendtner   13', 41' (pen.)
Vela   56'
Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 20,418
Referee: Lee Mason
9 May 2009 36 Blackburn Rovers 2–0 Portsmouth Blackburn
Pedersen   31'
McCarthy   58' (pen.)
Report Stadium: Ewood Park
Attendance: 24,234
Referee: Mike Riley
18 May 2009 37 Portsmouth 3–1 Sunderland Portsmouth
Utaka   60'
Bardsley   68' (o.g.)
Traoré   88'
Report Jones   59' Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 20,398
Referee: Alan Wiley
24 May 2009 38 Wigan Athletic 1–0 Portsmouth Wigan
Rodallega   26' Report Stadium: JJB Stadium
Attendance: 17,696
Referee: Phil Dowd

Final league table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
12 Stoke City 38 12 9 17 38 55 −17 45
13 Bolton Wanderers 38 11 8 19 41 53 −12 41
14 Portsmouth 38 10 11 17 38 57 −19 41
15 Blackburn Rovers 38 10 11 17 40 60 −20 41
16 Sunderland 38 9 9 20 34 54 −20 36
Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results summary

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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
38 10 11 17 38 57  −19 41 8 3 8 26 29  −3 2 8 9 12 28  −16

UEFA Cup

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Group stage

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Wolfsburg 4 3 1 0 13 7 +6 10
  Milan 4 2 2 0 8 5 +3 8
  Braga 4 2 0 2 7 5 +2 6
  Portsmouth 4 1 1 2 7 8 −1 4
  Heerenveen 4 0 0 4 3 13 −10 0
Source: RSSSF
Matches
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23 October 2008 Braga   3–0   Portsmouth Braga,Portugal
20:15 UTC+1 Aguiar   8'
Rentería   46'
Alan   87'
Report Stadium: Estádio AXA, Braga
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Darko Ceferin (Slovenia)
27 November 2008 Portsmouth   2–2   Milan Fratton Park, Portsmouth
20:05 UTC+0 Kaboul   62'
Kanu   73'
Report Ronaldinho   84'
Inzaghi   90+2'
Attendance: 20,403
Referee: Serge Gumienny (Belgium)
4 December 2008 Wolfsburg   3–2   Portsmouth Volkswagen Arena, Wolfsburg
20:45 UTC+1 Džeko   3'
Gentner   23'
Misimović   74'
Report Defoe   11'
Mvuemba   14'
Attendance: 21,015
Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)
17 December 2008 Portsmouth   3–0   Heerenveen Fratton Park, Portsmouth
19:45 UTC+0 Crouch   40', 42'
Hreiðarsson   90'
Report Attendance: 19,612
Referee: Richard Havrilla (Slovakia)

Top scorers

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References

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