2008–09 Portsmouth F.C. season

Portsmouth F.C.
2008-09
League	Premier League
Manager	Harry Redknapp Tony Adams Paul Hart (caretaker manager)
League position	14th
Top Goalscorer	Peter Crouch (18)
FA Cup	Fourth round
League Cup	Third round
Community Shield	Runners-up
UEFA Cup	Group stage
Highest home attendance
Lowest home attendance
Previous season	← 2007-08
Next season	2009-10 →

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" had competed in the competition.

Transfer summary

In

Pos.	No.	Name	From	Fee
DF		James Hurst	West Bromwich Albion	Compensation
FW		Gaël N’Lundulu	Paris Saint-Germain	Compensation
DF	32	Djimi Traoré	Stade Rennes	Loan return
MF		Gauthier Mahoto	Le Havre	Compensation
MF	25	Glen Little	Reading	Free
FW	26	Ben Sahar	Chelsea	Loan
FW		Nadir Çiftçi	ADO Den Haag	Compensation
FW	9	Peter Crouch	Liverpool	Undisclosed fee (estimated £11,000,000)
FW		Omar Koroma	Banjul Hawks	Nominal
DF	3	Younes Kaboul	Tottenham Hotspur	Undisclosed fee (estimated £5,000,000)
MF	11	Jerome Thomas	Charlton Athletic	Nominal (variable on appearances)
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
MF	14	Jermaine Pennant	Liverpool	Loan
MF	6	Hayden Mullins	West Ham United	Undisclosed fee (estimated £1-2,000,000)
MF	26	Pelé	Porto	Loan
FW		Omar Koroma	Norwich City	Loan return
FW	29	Theofanis Gekas	Bayer Leverkusen	Loan
MF	33	Angelos Basinas	AEK Athens	Undisclosed fee (estimated £1,200,000)
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

Out

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 £12,750,000)
FW		Omar Koroma	Norwich City	Loan
FW		Danijel Subotić	Zulte Waregem	Loan
GK	31	Asmir Begović	Yeovil Town	Loan
DF		Joel Ward	Bournemouth	Loan
MF	30	Pedro Mendes	Rangers	£3,000,000
FW		Andréa Mbuyi-Mutombo	Zulte Waregem	Loan
MF		Khaleem Hyland	Zulte Waregem	Loan
DF	2	Linvoy Primus	Charlton Athletic	Loan
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 £21,000,000)
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 £15,750,000)
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

Appearances

Goalkeepers

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

No.	Name	Position	Date of Birth	Nationality	League App.	Domestic Cups	UEFA Cup App.	Goals Scored	Assists	/
3	Younes 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

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

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

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	England	0	0	0	0	0	0 / 0

Results

Premier League

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

2	Portsmouth	0–1	Manchester United
		Report	Fletcher 32'

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

4	Portsmouth	2–1	Middlesbrough
	Defoe 59', 86'	Report	Mido 24'

5	Manchester City	6–0	Portsmouth
	Jô 14' Dunne 20' Robinho 57' Wright-Phillips 59' Evans 78' Fernandes 83'	Report

6	Portsmouth	2–0	Tottenham Hotspur
	Defoe 34' (pen.) Crouch 68'	Report

7	Portsmouth	2–1	Stoke City
	Crouch 25' Defoe 51'	Report	Fuller 48'

8	Aston Villa	0–0	Portsmouth
		Report

9	Portsmouth	1–1	Fulham
	Crouch 61'	Report	Dempsey 87'

10	Liverpool	1–0	Portsmouth
	Gerrard 76' (pen.)	Report

11	Portsmouth	1–2	Wigan Athletic
	Kranjčar 82'	Report	Zaki 45' (pen.) Heskey 90'

12	Sunderland	1–2	Portsmouth
	Cissé 4'	Report	Belhadj 51' Defoe 89' (pen.)

13	West Ham United	0–0	Portsmouth
		Report

14	Portsmouth	2–2	Hull City
	Crouch 20' Johnson 63'	Report	Turner 54' Windass 89'

15	Portsmouth	3–2	Blackburn Rovers
	Crouch 49' Defoe 53' Davis 79'	Report	Derbyshire 62' Tugay 67'

16	West Bromwich Albion	1–1	Portsmouth
	Greening 39'	Report	Crouch 58'

17	Portsmouth	0–3	Newcastle United
		Report	Owen 52' Martins 77' Guthrie 89'

18	Bolton	2–1	Portsmouth
	Taylor 1' Gardner 3'	Report	Crouch 20'

19	Portsmouth	1–4	West Ham
	Belhadj 8'	Report	Collison 20' C. Cole 67' Bellamy 70', 83'

20	Arsenal	1–0	Portsmouth
	Gallas 81'

21	Tottenham	1–1	Portsmouth
	Defoe 70'		Nugent 59'

22	Portsmouth	0–1	Aston Villa
			Heskey 21'

23	Fulham	3–1	Portsmouth
	A. Johnson 14' Nevland 71', 80'	Report	Nugent 84'

7 February 2009 24	Portsmouth	2–3	Liverpool
17:30	Nugent 62' Hreiðarsson 77'	Report	F. Aurélio 69' Kuyt 85' Torres 90'

25	Portsmouth	2–0	Manchester City
	Johnson 70' Hreiðarsson 75'

26	Stoke	2–2	Portsmouth
	Beattie 78' (pen.), 80'		Kranjčar 75' Shawcross 90'

27	Portsmouth	0–1	Chelsea
			Drogba 79'

28	Middlesbrough	1–1	Portsmouth
	King 90'		Crouch 30'

29	Portsmouth	2–1	Everton
	Crouch 22, 75'		Baines 4'

30

Hull

0–0

Portsmouth

31	Portsmouth	2–2	West Bromwich
	Kaboul 33' Kranjčar 65'		Greening 48' Brunt 62'

32	Portsmouth	1–0	Bolton
	Kanu 78'

33	Manchester United	2–0	Portsmouth
	Rooney 9' Carrick 82'

34

Newcastle

0–0

Portsmouth

35	Portsmouth	0–3	Arsenal
			Bendtner 13', 41' (pen.) Vela 56'

36	Blackburn	2–0	Portsmouth
	Gamst Pedersen 31' McCarthy 58' (pen.)

37	Portsmouth	3–1	Sunderland
	Utaka 60' Bardsley 68' (o.g.) Traoré 88'		Jones 59'

38	Wigan	1–0	Portsmouth
	Rodallega 26'

Premier League results summary


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

Source: Barclays Premier League

UEFA Cup

23 October 2008	Braga	3–0	Portsmouth	Estádio AXA, Braga
20:15 UTC+1	Aguiar 8' Rentería 46' Alan 87'	Report		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

References

External links

2008–09 Portsmouth F.C. season at ESPN

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