Club: | Portsmouth |
Season: | 2008–09 |
Owner: | Alexandre Gaydamak[1] |
Manager: | Harry Redknapp (to 26 October 2008) Tony Adams (to 9 February 2009) Paul Hart (caretaker manager) |
Stadium: | Fratton Park |
League: | Premier League |
League Result: | 14th |
Cup1: | FA Cup |
Cup1 Result: | Fourth round |
Cup2: | League Cup |
Cup2 Result: | Third round |
Cup3: | Community Shield |
Cup3 Result: | Runners-up |
Cup4: | UEFA Cup |
Cup4 Result: | Group stage |
League Topscorer: | Peter Crouch (11) |
Season Topscorer: | Peter Crouch (16) |
Highest Attendance: | 20,540 vs. Manchester Utd (25 August 2008) |
Lowest Attendance: | 18,111 vs. Blackburn Rovers (30 November 2008) |
Average Attendance: | 19,325 |
Prevseason: | 2007–08 |
Nextseason: | 2009–10 |
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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" had competed in the competition.
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 | ||
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 | 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 |
See main article: 2008 FA Community Shield. 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.
See main article: 2008–09 Premier League.
See main article: 2008–09 UEFA Cup.