Portsmouth 2008–09 football season
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
In
Out
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
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
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
Scotland
0
0
0
0
0
0 / 0
Competitions
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.
Premier League
Matchday 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 Ground A H A H A H H A H A H A A H H A H A H A A H A H H A H A H A H H A A H A H A Result L L W W L W W D D L L W D D W D L L L L D L L L W D L D W D D W L D L L W L Position 20 20 15 10 14 10 8 7 7 7 9 9 9 8 8 7 8 10 11 12 13 16 17 17 17 16 18 17 15 15 16 14 14 14 14 15 14 14
Matches
Final league table
Source:
Premier League Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
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
UEFA Cup
Group stage
Matches
Top scorers
References
External links
National teams
League competitions
Level 1 Levels 2–4 Levels 5–6 Levels 7–8 Levels 9–10
Combined Counties League (Premier , One )
East Midlands Counties League (level 10 only )
Eastern Counties League (Premier , One )
Essex Senior League (level 9 only )
Hellenic League (Premier , One East , One West )
Kent League (level 9 only )
Midland Alliance (level 9 only )
Midland Football Combination (level 10 only )
North West Counties League (Premier , One )
Northern Counties East League (Premier , One )
Northern League (One , Two )
South West Peninsula League (level 10 only )
Spartan South Midlands League (Premier , One )
Sussex County League (One , Two )
United Counties League (Premier , One )
Wessex League (Premier , One )
West Midlands (Regional) League (level 10 only )
Western League (Premier , One )
Cup competitions
FA cups Football League cups
Youth competitions