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
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
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 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

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.

Matchday1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundAHAHAHHAHAHAAHHAHAHAAHAHHAHAHAHHAAHAHA
ResultLLWWLWWDDLLWDDWDLLLLDLLLWDLDWDDWLDLLWL
Position20201510141087779998878101112131617171716181715151614141414151414

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

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.

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
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
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  2. ^ "Sahar makes Pompey loan move". Irish Examiner. 1 July 2008. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
  3. ^ "Pompey seal Koroma deal". Sky Sports. 4 August 2008. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
  4. ^ "Thomas agrees permanent Pompey deal". Raidió Teilifís Éireann. 21 August 2008. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
  5. ^ "Liverpool's Pennant moves to Portsmouth on loan". The Guardian. 20 January 2009. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
  6. ^ "Pompey sign striker Gekas on loan". BBC Sport. 1 February 2009. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
  7. ^ "Norwich complete Koroma loan deal". BBC Sport. 4 August 2008. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
  8. ^ "Primus makes Charlton loan switch". The Independent. 28 August 2008. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
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  10. ^ "Lucky 13 for United". TheFA.com. The Football Association. 7 May 2008. Archived from the original on 23 August 2010. Retrieved 27 December 2010.