2008–09 Portsmouth F.C. season

Portsmouth F.C.
2008-09
League	Premier League
Manager	Tony Adams
League position
Top Goalscorer	Peter Crouch (13)
FA Cup	Fourth Round
League Cup	Third Round
Community Shield	Runners-up
UEFA Cup	Group Stages
Highest home attendance
Lowest home attendance
Previous season	← 2007-08
Next season	2009-10 →

During the 2008–09 football season Portsmouth will play their 6th consecutive season in the highest tier of English football, the English 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 and will compete in the UEFA Cup.

They also participated in the Charity Shield against Manchester United on August 10, 2008, at Wembley Stadium, eventually losing on penalties. This was the first time since 1996 that a team outside of the Big Four will have competed in the competition.

Events

On 20 June 2008, Portsmouth announced their first official transfer of the summer, signing Reading midfielder Glen Little on a free transfer.^[1] After much speculation, Portsmouth announced their new record signing in the recapture of Liverpool forward Peter Crouch. ^[2] 11 August saw Portsmouth face Manchester United at Wembley Stadium in the Community Shield. The match ended in a goal-less draw, with United winning 3-1 in a penalty shootout. ^[3] Darren Fletcher came close to scoring twice for United before the deciding shoot-out, as well as both teams having various appeals for penalties discarded.

List of 2008–09 transfers

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 Ciftci	ADO Den Haag	Compensation
FW	9	Peter Crouch	Liverpool	Undisclosed (Est. £11M)
FW		Omar Koroma	Banjul Hawks	Nominal
DF	3	Younes Kaboul	Tottenham Hotspur	Undisclosed (Est. £5M)
MF	11	Jerome Thomas	Charlton Athletic	Nominal (Variable on appearances)
DF	30	Armand Traoré	Arsenal	Loan
DF	39	Nadir Belhadj	RC 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
DF		Dan Bennett	Plymouth Argyle	Free
DF	2	Linvoy Primus	Charlton Atheltic	Loan Return
DF	39	Nadir Belhadj	RC Lens	£4.4M
DF	20	Martin Cranie	Charlton Athletic	Loan Return
MF	14	Jermaine Pennant	Liverpool	Loan
MF	6	Hayden Mullins	West Ham United	Undisclosed (Est. £1-2M)
MF	26	Pelé	F.C. Porto	Loan
FW		Omar Koroma	Norwich City	Loan Return
FW	29	Theofanis Gekas	Bayer Leverkusen	Loan

Out

Pos.	No.	Name	To	Fee
FW	9	Milan Baroš	Olympique Lyon	Loan Return
DF	3	Lucien Aubey	RC Lens	Loan Return
FW	34	Franck Songo'o	Real Zaragoza	Contract Expired
MF	11	Sulley Muntari	Internazionale	Undisclosed (Est. £12.75M)
FW		Omar Koroma	Norwich City	Loan
FW		Danijel Subotić	Zulte Waregem	Loan
GK	31	Asmir Begovic	Yeovil Town	Loan
DF		Joel Ward	Bournemouth	Loan
MF	30	Pedro Mendes	Rangers	£3M
MF		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 (Est. £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 (Est. £15.75M)

Trialists

Pos.	Name	From	Outcome
GK	Dominic Cervi	Chicago Fire	Unsuccessful
FW	Omar Koroma	Banjul Hawks	Successful - Contract Offered
MF	Eyong Enoh	Ajax Cape Town	Unsuccessful
DF	Celestine Babayaro	Free Agent	Unsuccessful
DF	Manuel Rodriguez	Free Agent	Unsuccessful
MF	Jordi López	Real Mallorca	Unsuccessful
DF	Innocent Mdledle	Orlando Pirates	Unsuccessful
MF	Thiago Motta	Atlético Madrid	Unsuccessful - Contract Snubbed
GK	Jon Stewart	Weymouth	Successful - Contract Offered

2008–09 Squad Performances

Goalkeepers

No.	Name	Position	Date of Birth	Nationality	EPL App.	Domestic Cups	UEFA Cup App.	Clean Sheets	Goals Conceded	/
1	David James	Goalkeeper	01-08-1970	England	21	4	5	4 (+4)	37 (+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	Canada	0	0	0	0	0	0 / 0

Defenders

No.	Name	Position	Date of Birth	Nationality	EPL App.	Domestic Cups	UEFA Cup App.	Goals Scored	Assists	/
2	Linvoy Primus	Central Defender	14-09-1973	England	0	0	0	0	0	0 / 0
3	Younes Kaboul	Central Defender	04-01-1986	France	10 (1)	2 (1)	1 (1)	0 (+1)	1	1 (+1) / 0
5	Glen Johnson	Right Back	23-08-1984	England	15	2	4	2	2 (+3)	3 (+3) / 0
7	Hermann Hreiðarsson	Left Back/Central Defender	11-07-1974	Iceland	2 (4)	1 (2)	2 (1)	0 (+1)	0	0 (+1) / 0
15	Sylvain Distin	Central Defender	16-12-1977	France	21	4	5	0	0	1 (+1) / 0
16	Noé Pamarot	Utility Defender	14-04-1979	France	10 (2)	1 (1)	3 (1)	0	0	1 (+2) / 0
20	Martin Cranie	Utility Defender	23-09-1986	England	0	2	0	0	0	0 / 0
23	Sol Campbell	Central Defender	18-09-1974	England	16	3	4	0	0	0 (+1) / 0
30	Armand Traoré	Left Back/Left-sided Midfielder	08-12-1989	France	13 (4)	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	18-06-1982	Algeria	15 (2)	4	3 (2)	2	1 (+3)	1 (+3) / 0

Midfielders

No.	Name	Position	Date of Birth	Nationality	EPL App.	Domestic Cups	UEFA Cup App.	Goals Scored	Assists	/
6	Hayden Mullins	Defensive Midfielder	27-03-1979	England	0	0	0	0	0	0 / 0
8	Papa Bouba Diop	Central Midfielder	28-01-1978	Senegal	15 (1)	0	3 (1)	0	1	5 / 0
11	Jerome Thomas	Left-sided Midfielder	23-03-1983	England	0 (2)	0	0	0	0	0 / 0
14	Jermaine Pennant	Right-sided Midfielder	15-01-1983	England	0	1	0	0	0	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	8 (4)	2	1	1 (+1)	3	0 / 0
22	Richard Hughes	Defensive Midfielder	25-06-1979	Scotland	9 (2)	2	4	0	0	2 (+2) / 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
28	Sean Davis	Defensive Midfielder	20-09-1979	England	17 (1)	2	4 (2)	1	1 (+1)	3 / 1

Forwards

No.	Name	Position	Date of Birth	Nationality	EPL App.	Domestic Cups	UEFA Cup App.	Goals Scored	Assists	/
9	Peter Crouch	Centre Forward	30-01-1981	England	21	4	5 (1)	8 (+5)	4	1 / 0
10	David Nugent	Centre Forward	02-05-1985	England	2 (2)	3	0	1	0	0 / 0
17	John Utaka	Right Winger	08-01-1982	Nigeria	2 (9)	1 (1)	1	0	0	0 / 0
27	Nwankwo Kanu	Centre Forward	01-08-1976	Nigeria	0 (7)	0 (3)	2 (3)	0 (+1)	1 (+1)	0 / 0
29	Theofanis Gekas	Centre Forward	23-05-1980	Nigeria	0	0	0	0	0	0 / 0

Others

No.	Name	Position	Date of Birth	Nationality	EPL App.	Domestic Cups	UEFA Cup App.	Goals Scored	Assists	/
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
14	Jermain Defoe	Centre Forward	07-10-1982	England	17 (2)	0	4	7 (+2)	4 (+1)	4 (+1) / 0
24	Richard Duffy	Right Back	30-08-1985	Wales	0	0	0	0	0	0 / 0
26	Ben Sahar	Centre Forward	10-08-1989	Israel	0	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

Matches

English 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
21	6	6	9	22	34	−12	24	4	2	4	14	17	−3	2	4	5	8	17	−9

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

References

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[1] Little Joins Pompey

[2] Crouch seals £11m Portsmouth move

[3] Man Utd 0-0 Portsmouth

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