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2008–09 Portsmouth F.C. season

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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

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.

Transfer summary

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In

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Date Pos. No. Name From Fee
DF England James Hurst England West Bromwich Albion Compensation
FW France Gaël N’Lundulu France Paris Saint-Germain Compensation
DF 32 Mali Djimi Traoré France Rennes Loan return
MF France Gauthier Mahoto France Le Havre Compensation
MF 25 England Glen Little England Reading Free
1 July 2008 FW 26 Israel Ben Sahar England Chelsea Loan[2]
FW Turkey Nadir Çiftçi Netherlands ADO Den Haag Compensation
FW 9 England Peter Crouch England Liverpool Undisclosed fee (estimated £11M)
4 August 2008 FW The Gambia Omar Koroma The Gambia Banjul Hawks Nominal[3]
DF 3 France Younès Kaboul England Tottenham Hotspur Undisclosed fee (estimated £5M)
21 August 2008 MF 11 England Jerome Thomas England Charlton Athletic Nominal (variable on appearances)[4]
DF 30 France Armand Traoré England Arsenal Loan
DF 39 Algeria Nadir Belhadj France Lens Loan
GK England Jon Stewart England Weymouth Free
MF Trinidad and Tobago Khaleem Hyland Trinidad and Tobago San Juan Jabloteh Non-contractual agreement
MF Spain Pablo Navas-Alors Spain Barcelona Free
MF Ghana Torric Jebrin Ghana Hearts of Oak Undisclosed fee
DF England Dan Bennett England Plymouth Argyle Free
DF 2 England Linvoy Primus England Charlton Athletic Loan return
DF 39 Algeria Nadir Belhadj France Lens £4,400,000
DF 20 England Martin Cranie England Charlton Athletic Loan return
20 January 2009 MF 14 England Jermaine Pennant England Liverpool Loan[5]
MF 6 England Hayden Mullins England West Ham United Undisclosed fee (estimated £1–2M)
MF 26 Portugal Pelé Portugal Porto Loan
FW The Gambia Omar Koroma England Norwich City Loan return
1 February 2009 FW 29 Greece Theofanis Gekas Germany Bayer Leverkusen Loan[6]
MF 33 Greece Angelos Basinas Greece AEK Athens Undisclosed fee (estimated £1.2M)
FW Switzerland Danijel Subotić Belgium Zulte Waregem Loan return
FW Belgium Andréa Mbuyi-Mutombo Belgium Zulte Waregem Loan return
MF Belgium Florent Cuvelier Belgium Mouscron Compensation
DF England Luke Wilkinson England Bristol City Compensation
DF England Callum Reynolds England Basingstoke Town Loan return
FW Republic of Ireland Carl Walshe Republic of Ireland Home Farm Compensation

Out

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Date Pos. No. Name To Fee
FW 9 Czech Republic Milan Baroš France Lyon Loan return
DF 3 France Lucien Aubey France Lens Loan return
FW 34 Cameroon Franck Songo'o Spain Real Zaragoza Contract expired
MF 11 Ghana Sulley Muntari Italy Internazionale Undisclosed fee (estimated £12.75M)
4 August 2008 FW The Gambia Omar Koroma England Norwich City Loan[7]
FW Switzerland Danijel Subotić Belgium Zulte Waregem Loan
GK 31 Bosnia and Herzegovina Asmir Begović England Yeovil Town Loan
DF England Joel Ward England AFC Bournemouth Loan
MF 30 Portugal Pedro Mendes Scotland Rangers £3,000,000
FW Belgium Andréa Mbuyi-Mutombo Belgium Zulte Waregem Loan
MF Trinidad and Tobago Khaleem Hyland Belgium Zulte Waregem Loan
28 August 2008 DF 2 England Linvoy Primus England Charlton Athletic Loan[8]
MF 29 France Jean-Francois Christophe England Southend United Loan
DF 20 England Martin Cranie England Charlton Athletic Loan
MF 36 England Matt Ritchie England Dagenham & Redbridge Loan
MF Northern Ireland Jordan Hughes England Bognor Regis Town Work experience
FW England Louis Castles England Bognor Regis Town Work experience
MF Ghana Torric Jebrin Belgium Zulte Waregem Loan
MF England Billy Goddard England Bognor Regis Town Work experience
MF 6 France Lassana Diarra Spain Real Madrid Undisclosed fee (estimated £21M)
FW 26 Israel Ben Sahar England Chelsea Loan return
MF 29 France Jean-Francois Christophe England Southend United Nominal
MF 36 England Matt Ritchie England Dagenham & Redbridge Loan extension
FW 14 England Jermain Defoe England Tottenham Hotspur Undisclosed (estimated £15.75M)
DF 24 Wales Richard Duffy England Millwall Undisclosed fee
DF 32 Mali Djimi Traoré England Birmingham City Loan
MF 25 England Glen Little England Reading Loan
FW Australia Ryan Gazet Du Chattelier England Bognor Regis Town Work experience
FW England Louis Castles England Bognor Regis Town Work experience
DF England Callum Reynolds England 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 Yellow card / Red card
1 David James Goalkeeper 01-08-1970 England England 36 4 5 9 (+4) 55 (+16) 2 / 0
21 Jamie Ashdown Goalkeeper 30-11-1980 England England 0 0 1 1 0 0 / 0
31 Asmir Begović Goalkeeper 20-06-1987 Bosnia and Herzegovina 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 Yellow card / Red card
3 Younès Kaboul Central Defender 04-01-1986 France France 17 (3) 2 (1) 1 (1) 1 (+1) 1 4 (+1) / 0
5 Glen Johnson Right back 23-08-1984 England England 29 2 4 3 6 (+3) 9 (+3) / 1
7 Hermann Hreiðarsson Left back/Central Defender 11-07-1974 Iceland Iceland 19 (4) 1 (2) 2 (1) 2 (+1) 0 7 (+1) / 0
15 Sylvain Distin Central Defender 16-12-1977 France France 38 4 5 0 0 2 (+1) / 0
16 Noé Pamarot Utility Defender 14-04-1979 France France 11 (4) 1 (1) 3 (1) 0 0 1 (+2) / 1
23 Sol Campbell (c) Central Defender 18-09-1974 England England 32 3 4 0 0 1 (+1) / 0
30 Armand Traoré Left back/Left-sided Midfielder 08-12-1989 France France 14 (5) 2 (1) 6 0 2 (+2) 0 / 0
35 Marc Wilson Utility Defender 17-08-1987 Republic of Ireland Ireland 3 (1) 2 (1) 1 0 0 (+1) 1 / 0
39 Nadir Belhadj Left back/Left-sided Midfielder 18-06-1982 Algeria 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 Yellow card / Red card
6 Hayden Mullins Defensive midfielder/Sweeper/Right Back 27-03-1979 England England 15 (2) 0 0 0 0 1 / 0
8 Papa Bouba Diop Defensive midfielder/Central Defender 28-01-1978 Senegal Senegal 15 (1) 0 3 (1) 0 1 5 / 0
14 Jermaine Pennant Right-sided midfielder 15-01-1983 England England 9 (4) 1 0 0 3 0 / 0
18 Arnold Mvuemba Central Midfielder/Right-sided Midfielder 28-01-1985 France France 1 (5) 2 2 (2) 0 (+1) 0 0 / 0
19 Niko Kranjčar Attacking midfielder/Left-sided Midfielder 13-08-1984 Croatia Croatia 16 (5) 2 1 3 (+1) 3 2 / 0
22 Richard Hughes Defensive midfielder 25-06-1979 Scotland Scotland 17 (3) 2 4 0 0 3 (+2) / 0
28 Sean Davis Defensive midfielder 20-09-1979 England England 31 (1) 2 4 (2) 1 3 (+1) 5 / 1
33 Angelos Basinas Defensive midfielder 03-01-1976 Greece 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 Yellow card / Red card
9 Peter Crouch Centre forward 30-01-1981 England England 38 4 5 (1) 13 (+5) 5 2 / 0
10 David Nugent Centre forward 02-05-1985 England England 13 (3) 3 0 3 1 1 / 0
17 John Utaka Right winger 08-01-1982 Nigeria Nigeria 4 (14) 1 (1) 1 1 1 1 / 0
27 Nwankwo Kanu Centre forward 01-08-1976 Nigeria 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 Yellow card / Red card
2 Linvoy Primus Central Defender 14-09-1973 England England 0 (1) 0 0 0 0 0 / 0
4 Lauren Right back 19-01-1977 Cameroon Cameroon 0 0 0 0 0 0 / 0
6 Lassana Diarra Defensive midfielder 10-03-1985 France France 11 (1) 0 2 0 (+1) 0 3 / 1
11 Jerome Thomas Left-sided midfielder 23-03-1983 England England 0 (2) 0 0 0 0 0 / 0
14 Jermain Defoe Centre forward 07-10-1982 England England 17 (2) 0 4 7 (+2) 4 (+1) 4 (+1) / 0
20 Martin Cranie Utility Defender 23-09-1986 England England 0 2 0 0 0 0 / 0
24 Richard Duffy Right back 30-08-1985 Wales Wales 0 0 0 0 0 0 / 0
25 Glen Little Right-sided midfielder 15-10-1975 England England 4 (1) 0 2 (1) 0 0 (+1) 0 / 0
26 Pelé Central Midfielder 14-09-1987 Portugal Portugal 0 0 0 0 0 0 / 0
26 Ben Sahar Centre forward 10-08-1989 Israel Israel 0 0 0 0 0 0 / 0
29 Theofanis Gekas Centre forward 23-05-1980 Greece Greece 0 (1) 0 0 0 0 0 / 0
29 Jean-François Christophe Defensive midfielder 27-06-1987 France France 0 0 0 0 0 0 / 0
32 Djimi Traoré Left back/Central Defender 01-03-1980 Mali Mali 0 0 0 0 0 0 / 0
36 Matt Ritchie Left-sided midfielder 10-09-1989 Scotland 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 soccer ball with check mark
Giggs soccer ball with check mark
Carrick soccer ball with check mark
soccer ball with red X Diarra
soccer ball with check mark Defoe
soccer ball with red X Mvuemba
soccer ball with red X 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 Yellow card 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 Yellow card 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
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
14 December 2008 17 Portsmouth 0–3 Newcastle United Portsmouth
Report Owen 52'
Martins 77'
Guthrie 89'
Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 19,416
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
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
Germany Wolfsburg 4 3 1 0 13 7 +6 10
Italy Milan 4 2 2 0 8 5 +3 8
Portugal Braga 4 2 0 2 7 5 +2 6
England Portsmouth 4 1 1 2 7 8 −1 4
Netherlands Heerenveen 4 0 0 4 3 13 −10 0
Source: RSSSF
Matches
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23 October 2008 Braga Portugal 3–0 England 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 England 2–2 Italy 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 Germany 3–2 England 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 England 3–0 Netherlands 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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  6. ^ "Pompey sign striker Gekas on loan". BBC Sport. 1 February 2009. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
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