2008–09 Portsmouth F.C. season

April 2021 Portsmouth 2008–09 Owner Alexandre GaydamakPremier League statement http://www.premierleague.com/page/Headlines/0,,12306~1401503,00.html Premier League 2001-09-23 2008-10-03 24 September 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080924082203/http://www.premierleague.com/page/Headlines/0%2C%2C12306~1401503%2C00.html dead Manager Harry Redknapp (to 26 October 2008) Tony Adams (to 9 February 2009) Paul Hart (caretaker manager) Fratton Park Premier League 14th FA Cup Fourth round League Cup Third round Community Shield Runners-up UEFA Cup Group stage Peter Crouch (11) Peter Crouch (16) 20,540 vs. Manchester Utd (25 August 2008) 18,111 vs. Blackburn Rovers (30 November 2008) 19,325 3–0 vs. Everton (30 August 2008) 0–6 vs. Manchester City (21 September 2008) _goldborder _shouldersonblue _goldborder 0000FF FFCC66 0000FF 0000FF 0000FF _whiteborder _shouldersonwhite _whiteborder _blue stripes 0000FF 0000FF 0000FF FFFFFF FFFFFF _goldborder _goldborder 000000 000000 000000 000000 000000 2007–08 2009–10 March 2015 June 2022 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. Players Squad 24 May 2009 Portsmouth FC » Squad 2008/2009 worldfootball.net https://www.worldfootball.net/teams/te1491/portsmouth-fc/squad/ 24 May 2009 21 April 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230421143235/https://www.worldfootball.net/teams/portsmouth-fc/2009/2/ live 1 GK ENG David James 2 DF ENG Linvoy Primus 3 DF FRA Younès Kaboul 4 DF CMR Lauren 5 DF ENG Glen Johnson 6 MF ENG Hayden Mullins 7 DF ISL Hermann Hreiðarsson 8 MF SEN Papa Bouba Diop 9 FW ENG Peter Crouch 10 FW ENG David Nugent 11 MF ENG Jerome Thomas 13 MF ENG Jermaine Pennant on loan from Liverpool 15 DF FRA Sylvain Distin 16 DF FRA Noé Pamarot 17 FW NGA John Utaka 18 MF FRA Arnold Mvuemba 19 MF CRO Niko Kranjčar 20 DF ENG Martin Cranie 21 GK ENG Jamie Ashdown 22 MF SCO Richard Hughes 23 DF ENG Sol Campbell captain 26 MF POR Pelé on loan from Porto 27 FW NGA Nwankwo Kanu 28 MF ENG Sean Davis 29 FW GRE Theofanis Gekas on loan from Bayer Leverkusen 30 DF FRA Armand Traoré on loan from Arsenal 31 GK BIH Asmir Begović 33 FW GRE Angelos Basinas 35 DF IRL Marc Wilson 39 DF ALG Nadir Belhadj Transfers In No. Squad numberPos. PositionPlayerTransferred FromFeeDateSource-2 DFHurst, James ENG James HurstENG West Bromwich AlbionUndisclosed1 July 2008Albion cash in on Hurst https://www.expressandstar.com/sport/2008/05/12/albion-cash-in-on-hurst/ 6 January 2025 Express and Star 12 May 2008-2 FWN’Lundulu, Gaël FRA Gaël N’LunduluFRA Paris Saint-GermainSoccernet Staff http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=537476&cc=5901 PSG starlet N'Lundulu nears Portsmouth switch ESPN 21 May 2008 20 February 2011 28 June 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110628230218/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=537476&cc=5901 dead -2 MFMahoto, Gauthier FRA Gauthier MahotoFRA Le HavreSky Sports https://www.skysports.com/football/news/3693644/pompey-move-for-french-starlet Pompey move for French starlet ESPN 15 June 2008 6 January 2025-2 FWÇiftçi, Nadir TUR Nadir ÇiftçiNED ADO Den Haaghttp://www.cezasahasi.net/2010/04/nadir-ciftci-portsmouthun-umudu.html Nadir Çiftçi Portsmouth´un Umudu Nadir Çiftçi is Portsmouth hope tr 1 April 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20120310093404/http://www.cezasahasi.net/2010/04/nadir-ciftci-portsmouthun-umudu.html 10 March 2012 usurped252 MFLittle, Glen ENG Glen LittleENG ReadingFree Transferhttps://www.skysports.com/football/news/3715028/little-makes-pompey-switch Little makes Pompey switch Sky Sports 20 June 200892 FWCrouch, Peter ENG Peter CrouchENG Liverpool£11,000,00011 July 2008https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/p/portsmouth/7471969.stm Crouch seals £11m Portsmouth move BBC Sport 11 July 2008-2 FWKoroma, Omar GAM Omar KoromaGAM Banjul HawksUndisclosed4 August 20082008-08-04 Pompey seal Koroma deal https://www.skysports.com/football/news/3910468/pompey-seal-koroma-deal 2024-05-04 Sky Sports en32 DFKaboul, Younès FRA Younès KaboulENG Tottenham Hotspur11 August 2008https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/p/portsmouth/7535609.stm Portsmouth sign Kaboul from Spurs BBC Sport 11 August 2008112 MFThomas, Jerome ENG Jerome ThomasENG Charlton Athletic21 August 2008https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/p/portsmouth/7563006.stm Pompey seal permanent Thomas deal BBC Sport 21 August 2008-2 GKStewart, Jon ENG Jon StewartENG WeymouthFree Transfer31 August 2008392 DFBelhadj, Nadir ALG Nadir BelhadjFRA Lens£4,400,0001 January 2009https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/p/portsmouth/7804796.stm Belhadj earns Portsmouth contract BBC Sport 30 December 2008-2 MFJebrin, Torric GHA Torric JebrinGHA Hearts of OakUndisclosed62 MFMullins, Hayden ENG Hayden MullinsENG West Ham UnitedUndisclosed26 January 2009https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/7850798.stm Portsmouth sign Mullins and Pele BBC Sport 26 January 2009332 MFBasinas, Angelos GRE Angelos BasinasGRE AEK AthensUndisclosed2 February 2009https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/p/portsmouth/7865200.stm Pompey snap up midfielder Basinas BBC Sport 2 February 2009 Out No. Squad numberPos. PositionPlayerTransferred toFeeDateSource342 FWSongo'o, Franck CMR Franck Songo'oSPA Real ZaragozaFree Transfer1 July 2008112 MFMuntari, Sulley GHA Sulley MuntariITA Internazionale£12,700,00028 July 2008https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/7523278.stm Muntari wraps up switch to Inter BBC Sport 28 July 2008302 MFMendes, Pedro POR Pedro MendesSCO Rangers£3,000,00015 August 2008Rangers confirm capture of Mendes https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/r/rangers/7563028.stm 8 January 2025 BBC Sport 15 August 2008-2 MFChristophe, Jean-Francois FRA Jean-Francois Christophe ENG Southend UnitedFree Transfer1 September 200862 MFDiarra, Lassana FRA Lassana Diarra ESP Real Madrid£20,000,0001 January 2009Real Madrid unveil new boy Diarra https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/p/portsmouth/7787323.stm 8 January 2025 BBC Sport 22 December 2008142 FWDefoe, Jermain ENG Jermain Defoe ENG Tottenham Hotspur£15,000,0009 January 2009Tottenham finalise Defoe transfer https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/p/portsmouth/7807491.stm 8 January 2025 BBC Sport 9 January 2009242 DFDuffy, Richard WAL Richard DuffyENG MillwallFree Transfer2 February 2009Millwall snap up defender Duffy https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/m/millwall/7865803.stm 8 January 2025 BBC Sport 2 February 2009 Loaned in No. Squad numberPos. PositionPlayerLoaned FromUntilDateSource262 FWSahar, Ben ISR Ben SaharENG Chelsea1 January 20091 July 2008Sahar makes Pompey loan move https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/soccer/arid-30368071.html 4 May 2024 Irish Examiner 1 July 2008302 DFTraoré, Armand FRA Armand TraoréENG ArsenalEnd of Season21 August 2008Traore joins Portsmouth on loan https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/p/portsmouth/7575385.stm 7 January 2025 BBC Sport 21 August 2008392 DFBelhadj, Nadir ALG Nadir BelhadjFRA Lens1 September 2008Belhadj makes Pompey loan switch https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/p/portsmouth/7591796.stm 7 January 2025 BBC Sport 1 September 2008142 MFPennant, Jermaine ENG Jermaine PennantENG Liverpool20 January 2009Portsmouth sign Pennant on loan https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/p/portsmouth/7833429.stm 7 January 2025 BBC Sport 20 January 2009262 MFPelé POR PeléPOR Porto26 January 2009https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/7850798.stm Portsmouth sign Mullins and Pele BBC Sport 26 January 2009292 FWGekas, Theofanis GRE Theofanis GekasGER Bayer Leverkusen1 February 2009Pompey sign striker Gekas on loan https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/p/portsmouth/7864109.stm 7 January 2025 BBC Sport 1 February 2009 Loaned out No. Squad numberPos. PositionPlayerLoaned toUntilDateSource-2 FWKoroma, Omar GAM Omar KoromaENG Norwich CityEnd of Season4 August 2008Norwich complete Koroma loan deal https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/n/norwich/7537809.stm 8 January 2025 BBC Sport 4 August 2008-2 FWSubotić, Danijel SUI Danijel SubotićBEL Zulte Waregem1 December 20085 August 2008312 GKBegović, Asmir BIH Asmir BegovićENG Yeovil Town6 November 20087 August 2008Keeper Begovic agrees Yeovil loan https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/y/yeovil/7540726.stm 9 January 2025 BBC Sport 7 August 2008-2 DFWard, Joel ENG Joel WardENG AFC BournemouthEnd of Season7 August 200822 DFPrimus, Linvoy ENG Linvoy PrimusENG Charlton Athletic1 December 200828 August 2008Primus moves to Charlton on loan https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/charlton_athletic/7580640.stm 8 January 2025 BBC Sport 28 August 2008362 MFRitchie, Matt ENG Matt RitchieENG Dagenham & RedbridgeEnd of Season1 September 2008202 DFCranie, Martin ENG Martin CranieENG Charlton Athletic1 January 20092 September 2008Cranie seals Charlton loan move https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/charlton_athletic/7593430.stm 9 January 2025 BBC Sport 2 September 2008-2 FWSubotić, Danijel SUI Danijel SubotićENG Southend UnitedEnd of Season1 January 2009322 DFTraoré, Djimi MLI Djimi TraoréENG Birmingham City14 May 200910 February 2009Birmingham snap up Traore on loan https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/7881813.stm 9 January 2025 BBC Sport 10 February 2009252 MFLittle, Glen ENG Glen LittleENG ReadingEnd of Season8 March 2009Little makes Reading return https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/soccer/arid-30401885.html 9 January 2025 Irish Examiner 8 March 2009 Statistics Appearances Goalkeepers No.NamePositionDate of BirthNationalityLeague App.Domestic CupsUEFA Cup App.Clean SheetsGoals conceded / 1David JamesGoalkeeper01-08-1970England England36459 (+4)55 (+16)2 / 021Jamie AshdownGoalkeeper30-11-1980England England001100 / 031Asmir BegovićGoalkeeper20-06-1987Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina200020 / 0 Defenders No.NamePositionDate of BirthNationalityLeague App.Domestic CupsUEFA Cup App.Goals ScoredAssists / 3Younès KaboulCentral Defender04-01-1986France France17 (3)2 (1)1 (1)1 (+1)14 (+1) / 0 5Glen JohnsonRight back23-08-1984England England292436 (+3)9 (+3) / 1 7Hermann HreiðarssonLeft back/Central Defender11-07-1974Iceland Iceland19 (4)1 (2)2 (1)2 (+1)07 (+1) / 015Sylvain DistinCentral Defender16-12-1977France France3845002 (+1) / 016Noé PamarotUtility Defender14-04-1979France France11 (4)1 (1)3 (1)001 (+2) / 123Sol Campbell (c)Central Defender18-09-1974England England3234001 (+1) / 030Armand TraoréLeft back/Left-sided Midfielder08-12-1989France France14 (5)2 (1)602 (+2)0 / 035Marc WilsonUtility Defender17-08-1987Ireland Ireland3 (1)2 (1)100 (+1)1 / 039Nadir BelhadjLeft back/Left-sided Midfielder18-06-1982Algeria Algeria21 (8)43 (2)23 (+3)2 (+3) / 1 Midfielders No.NamePositionDate of BirthNationalityLeague App.Domestic CupsUEFA Cup App.Goals ScoredAssists / 6Hayden MullinsDefensive midfielder/Sweeper/Right Back27-03-1979England England15 (2)00001 / 0 8Papa Bouba DiopDefensive midfielder/Central Defender28-01-1978Senegal Senegal15 (1)03 (1)015 / 014Jermaine PennantRight-sided midfielder15-01-1983England England9 (4)10030 / 018Arnold MvuembaCentral Midfielder/Right-sided Midfielder28-01-1985France France1 (5)22 (2)0 (+1)00 / 019Niko KranjčarAttacking midfielder/Left-sided Midfielder13-08-1984Croatia Croatia16 (5)213 (+1)32 / 022Richard HughesDefensive midfielder25-06-1979Scotland Scotland17 (3)24003 (+2) / 028Sean DavisDefensive midfielder20-09-1979England England31 (1)24 (2)13 (+1)5 / 133Angelos BasinasDefensive midfielder03-01-1976Greece Greece300000 / 0 Forwards No.NamePositionDate of BirthNationalityLeague App.Domestic CupsUEFA Cup App.Goals ScoredAssists / 9Peter CrouchCentre forward30-01-1981England England3845 (1)13 (+5) 5 2 / 010David NugentCentre forward02-05-1985England England13 (3)30311 / 017John UtakaRight winger08-01-1982Nigeria Nigeria4 (14)1 (1)1111 / 027Nwankwo KanuCentre forward01-08-1976Nigeria Nigeria3 (14)0 (3)2 (3)1 (+1)1 (+1)0 / 0 Others Includes players who have yet to feature prominently and former players. No.NamePositionDate of BirthNationalityLeague App.Domestic CupsUEFA Cup App.Goals ScoredAssists / 2Linvoy PrimusCentral Defender14-09-1973England England0 (1)00000 / 0 4Lauren Right back19-01-1977Cameroon Cameroon000000 / 0 6Lassana DiarraDefensive midfielder10-03-1985France France11 (1)020 (+1)03 / 111Jerome ThomasLeft-sided midfielder23-03-1983England England0 (2)00000 / 014Jermain DefoeCentre forward07-10-1982England England17 (2)047 (+2)4 (+1)4 (+1) / 020Martin CranieUtility Defender23-09-1986England England020000 / 024Richard DuffyRight back30-08-1985Wales Wales000000 / 025Glen LittleRight-sided midfielder15-10-1975England England4 (1)02 (1)00 (+1)0 / 026PeléCentral Midfielder14-09-1987Portugal Portugal000000 / 026Ben SaharCentre forward10-08-1989Israel Israel000000 / 029Theofanis GekasCentre forward23-05-1980Greece Greece0 (1)00000 / 029Jean-François ChristopheDefensive midfielder27-06-1987France France000000 / 032Djimi TraoréLeft back/Central Defender01-03-1980Mali Mali000000 / 036Matt RitchieLeft-sided midfielder10-09-1989Scotland Scotland000000 / 0 Competitions Community Shield 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.Chris Bevan Man Utd 0-0 Portsmouth https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/7549022.stm BBC Sport 10 August 2008 10 August 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080811005511/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/7549022.stm 11 August 2008 live Lucky 13 for United http://www.thefa.com/TheFACup/FACompetitions/TheFACommunityShield/PastWinners/2008-ManUnitedvPortsmouth TheFA.com The Football Association 7 May 2008 27 December 2010 live https://web.archive.org/web/20100823093923/http://www.thefa.com/TheFACup/FACompetitions/TheFACommunityShield/PastWinners/2008-ManUnitedvPortsmouth 23 August 2010 It was Pompey's second game against United in the space of two weeks. 10 August 2008 15:00 BST Manchester United 0–0 Report Portsmouth Wembley Stadium, London 84,808 Peter Walton (Northamptonshire)Clattenburg A Tevez Giggs Carrick 3–1 Diarra Defoe Mvuemba Johnson L Premier League 2008–09 Premier League table b Matchday 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 Home Away green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss 1st 2nd 3rd green1 blue1 red1 complete WorldFootball.com May 2013 Matches 1 17 August 2008 13:30 Chelsea 4–0 Report Portsmouth J. Cole 12Anelka 26Lampard 45 pen.Deco 89 James 45+1 London Stamford Bridge 41,468 Mike Dean L 2 25 August 2008 Portsmouth 0–1 Report Manchester United Fletcher 32 Portsmouth Fratton Park 20,540 Chris Foy L 3 30 August 2008 15:00 Everton 0–3 Report Portsmouth Baines 88 Defoe 12 69Johnson 40 Liverpool Goodison Park 34,418 Mark Halsey W 4 13 September 2008 Portsmouth 2–1 Report Middlesbrough Defoe 59 86 Mido 24 Portsmouth Fratton Park 19,425 W 5 21 September 2008 Manchester City 6–0 Report Portsmouth Jô 14Dunne 20Robinho 57Wright-Phillips 59Evans 78Fernandes 83 Manchester City of Manchester Stadium 40,238 Alan Wiley L 6 28 September 2008 Portsmouth 2–0 Report Tottenham Hotspur Defoe 34 pen.Crouch 68 Portsmouth Fratton Park 20,352 W 7 5 October 2008 Portsmouth 2–1 Report Stoke City Crouch 25Defoe 51 Fuller 48 Portsmouth Fratton Park 19,248 W 8 18 October 2008 Aston Villa 0–0 Report Portsmouth Birmingham Villa Park 37,660 D 9 26 October 2008 Portsmouth 1–1 Report Fulham Crouch 61 Dempsey 87 Portsmouth Fratton Park 19,233 D 10 29 October 2008 Liverpool 1–0 Report Portsmouth Gerrard 76 pen. Anfield, Liverpool Anfield 43,378 L 11 1 November 2008 Portsmouth 1–2 Report Wigan Athletic Kranjčar 82 Zaki 45 pen.Heskey 90 Portsmouth Fratton Park 18,416 L 12 8 November 2008 Sunderland 1–2 Report Portsmouth Cissé 4 Belhadj 51Defoe 89 pen. Sunderland Stadium of Light 37,712 W 13 15 November 2008 West Ham United 0–0 Report Portsmouth Upton Park, London Boleyn Ground 32,328 D 14 22 November 2008 Portsmouth 2–2 Report Hull City Crouch 20Johnson 63 Turner 54Windass 89 Portsmouth Fratton Park 20,240 D 15 30 November 2008 Portsmouth 3–2 Report Blackburn Rovers Crouch 49Defoe 53Davis 79 Derbyshire 62Kerimoğlu 67 Portsmouth Fratton Park 18,111 W 16 7 December 2008 West Bromwich Albion 1–1 Report Portsmouth Greening 39 Crouch 58 West Bromwich The Hawthorns 24,964 D 17 14 December 2008 Portsmouth 0–3 Report Newcastle United Owen 52Martins 77Guthrie 89 Portsmouth Fratton Park 19,416 L 18 20 December 2008 Bolton Wanderers 2–1 Report Portsmouth Taylor 1Gardner 3 Crouch 20 Bolton University of Bolton Stadium 19,884 L 19 26 December 2008 13:00 Portsmouth 1–4 Report West Ham United Belhadj 8 Collison 20C. Cole 67Bellamy 70 83 Portsmouth Fratton Park 20,102 Steve Bennett L 20 28 December 2008 Arsenal 1–0 Report Portsmouth Gallas 81 Holloway, London Emirates Stadium 60,092 Alan Wiley L 21 18 January 2009 Tottenham Hotspur 1–1 Report Portsmouth Defoe 70 Nugent 59 Tottenham, London White Hart Lane 36,011 Steve Bennett D 22 27 January 2009 Portsmouth 0–1 Report Aston Villa Heskey 21 Portsmouth Fratton Park 19,073 L 23 31 January 2009 Fulham 3–1 Report Portsmouth A. Johnson 14Nevland 71 80 Nugent 84 Fulham, London Craven Cottage 23,722 L 24 7 February 2009 17:30 Portsmouth 2–3 Report Liverpool Nugent 62Hreiðarsson 77 Aurélio 69Kuyt 85Torres 90 Portsmouth Fratton Park 20,524 L 25 14 February 2009 Portsmouth 2–0 Report Manchester City Johnson 70 Hreiðarsson 75 Portsmouth Fratton Park 20,018 W 26 21 February 2009 Stoke City 2–2 Report Portsmouth Beattie 78 pen. 80 Kranjčar 75 Shawcross 90 o.g. Stoke-on-Trent Britannia Stadium D 3 March 2009 27 0–1 Report Portsmouth Chelsea Drogba 79 Fratton Park Portsmouth 20,326 L 28 14 March 2009 Middlesbrough 1–1 Report Portsmouth King 90 Crouch 30 Middlesbrough Riverside Stadium 24,281 Martin Atkinson D 21 March 2009 29 2–1 Report Portsmouth Crouch 22 75 Everton Baines 4 Fratton Park Portsmouth 20,388 Peter Walton W 30 4 April 2009 Hull City 0–0 Report Portsmouth Kingston upon Hull KC Stadium 24,802 Chris Foy D 31 11 April 2009 Portsmouth 2–2 Report West Bromwich Albion Kaboul 33 Kranjčar 65 Greening 48 Brunt 62 Fratton Park Portsmouth 20,376 Mike Dean D 32 18 April 2009 Portsmouth 1–0 Report Bolton Wanderers Kanu 78 Portsmouth Fratton Park 20,158 Phil Dowd W 33 22 April 2009 Manchester United 2–0 Report Portsmouth Rooney 9 Carrick 82 Old Trafford Stretford, Manchester 74,895 Peter Walton L 34 27 April 2009 Newcastle United 0–0 Report Portsmouth St James' Park Newcastle upon Tyne 47,481 Mike Riley D 35 2 May 2009 Portsmouth 0–3 Report Arsenal Bendtner 13 41 pen. Vela 56 Portsmouth Fratton Park 20,418 Lee Mason L 36 9 May 2009 Blackburn Rovers 2–0 Report Portsmouth Pedersen 31 McCarthy 58 pen. Ewood Park Blackburn 24,234 Mike Riley L 37 18 May 2009 Portsmouth 3–1 Report Sunderland Utaka 60 Bardsley 68 o.g. Traoré 88 Jones 59 Portsmouth Fratton Park 20,398 Alan Wiley W 38 24 May 2009 Wigan Athletic 1–0 Report Portsmouth Rodallega 26 Wigan JJB Stadium 17,696 Phil Dowd L Final league table POR Results summary 8 3 8 26 29 2 8 9 12 28 Barclays Premier League December 2008 UEFA Cup 2008–09 UEFA Cup Group stage main WDL Group E Q n WOL GER Wolfsburg ACM ITA Milan BRA POR Braga POR ENG Portsmouth HVN NED Heerenveen 3 1 0 13 7 2 2 0 8 5 2 0 2 7 5 1 1 2 7 8 0 0 4 3 13 #ccffcc A A A complete RSSSF Matches 23 October 2008 20:15 UTC+1 Braga POR 3–0 https://archive.today/20130105013258/http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/uefacup/history/season=2009/round=15285/match=304177/index.html Report ENG Portsmouth Aguiar 8Rentería 46Alan 87 Estádio AXA, Braga 12,000 Darko Ceferin (Slovenia) L Braga, Portugal 27 November 2008 20:05 UTC+0 Portsmouth ENG 2–2 https://archive.today/20130105040333/http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/uefacup/history/season=2009/round=15285/match=304208/index.html Report ITA Milan Kaboul 62Kanu 73 Ronaldinho 84Inzaghi 90+2 Fratton Park, Portsmouth 20,403 Serge Gumienny (Belgium) D 4 December 2008 20:45 UTC+1 Wolfsburg GER 3–2 https://archive.today/20130105014442/http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/uefacup/history/season=2009/round=15285/match=304224/index.html Report ENG Portsmouth Džeko 3Gentner 23Misimović 74 Defoe 11Mvuemba 14 Volkswagen Arena, Wolfsburg 21,015 Ivan Bebek (Croatia) L 17 December 2008 19:45 UTC+0 Portsmouth ENG 3–0 https://archive.today/20130105065428/http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/uefacup/history/season=2009/round=15285/match=304232/index.html Report NED Heerenveen Crouch 40 42Hreiðarsson 90 Fratton Park, Portsmouth 19,612 Richard Havrilla (Slovakia) W Top scorers ENG Jermain Defoe 7 CRO Niko Kranjčar 3 ENG Glen Johnson 3 ENG David Nugent 3 References External links https://archive.today/20130102223501/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/team/results?id=385&season=2008&cc=5739&_league=all 2008–09 Portsmouth F.C. season at ESPN el 2008-09 Category:2008–09 Premier League by team