2003–04 Portsmouth F.C. season

Portsmouth
2003–04 season
Chairman Milan Mandarić
Manager Harry Redknapp
Stadium Fratton Park
Premier League 13th
FA Cup Sixth round
League Cup Fourth round
Top goalscorer League:
Yakubu Aiyegbeni (16)

All:
Yakubu Aiyegbeni (19)

During the 2003–04 English football season, Portsmouth F.C. competed in the Premier League. It was their first ever season in the Premiership and the first in English football's top flight since the 1987–88 season.

Season summary

Portsmouth's Premiership debut (and only their second top division campaign during the last 45 years) was a fine one, as they finished 13th and established Fratton Park as one of the hardest Premiership grounds to get a result at. Only their dismal away form (with only two away wins all season) prevented them from finishing even higher and challenging for a European place, but it was still a very good season for the only newly promoted side to preserve their Premiership status.

After a good start to the season which saw Portsmouth top of the Premiership after three games, the team slumped into the relegation zone, but rallied and only lost one of their last ten matches to finish 13th - ahead of more established sides like Everton, Manchester City, Blackburn Rovers and Tottenham Hotspur. To their credit, they were one of the only two teams to remain unbeaten against Arsenal's "Invincibles" in the league during the season.

Kit

Portsmouth introduced a new kit for the season, still manufactured under the club's own brand, Pompey Sport. ty remained the kit sponsors.

First-team squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 Trinidad and Tobago GK Shaka Hislop[1]
2 England DF Linvoy Primus
3 Serbia and Montenegro DF Dejan Stefanović
5 Australia DF Hayden Foxe
6 Netherlands DF Arjan de Zeeuw
7 Scotland MF Kevin Harper[2]
8 England MF Tim Sherwood
9 Bulgaria FW Svetoslav Todorov
10 England FW Teddy Sheringham
11 Scotland MF Nigel Quashie[3]
14 England MF Matthew Taylor
15 Senegal MF Amdy Faye
16 Wales MF Carl Robinson
17 France FW Vincent Péricard[4]
19 England MF Steve Stone
20 Nigeria FW Yakubu Aiyegbeni
No. Position Player
21 Jamaica FW Deon Burton[5]
22 Scotland MF Richard Hughes
23 Czech Republic MF Patrik Berger
25 Netherlands GK Harald Wapenaar
26 England MF Gary O'Neil
28 France DF Sébastien Schemmel
30 Russia MF Alexey Smertin (on loan from Chelsea)
31 Wales DF Richard Duffy
32 Democratic Republic of the Congo FW Lomana Tresor LuaLua (on loan from Newcastle United)
33 England DF John Curtis
34 Finland DF Petri Pasanen (on loan from Ajax Amsterdam)
37 Croatia FW Ivica Mornar
38 Poland FW Sebastian Olszar
39 Israel MF Eyal Berkovic
40 England GK Alan Knight

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
4 Croatia DF Boris Živković (to Stuttgart)
18 England FW Lee Bradbury (to Walsall)
24 Japan GK Yoshi Kawaguchi (to FC Nordsjælland)
24 Czech Republic GK Pavel Srníček (to West Ham United)
No. Position Player
31 Grenada FW Jason Roberts[6] (on loan from West Bromwich Albion)
36 England MF Courtney Pitt (to Oxford United)
England DF Jamie Vincent (to Derby County)
England MF Carl Pettefer (to Southend United)

Reserve squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
27 England DF Eddie Howe
29 Scotland FW Mark Burchill
41 England MF Anthony Pulis[7]
42 England MF Warren Hunt
43 England DF Shaun Cooper
No. Position Player
England GK Chris Tardif
England FW Rowan Vine (on loan to Colchester United)
England DF Lewis Buxton (on loan to Bournemouth)
England MF Neil Barrett (on loan to Dundee)

Transfers

In

Out

Results

Premier League

FA Cup

League Cup

Awards

Statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 15 May 2004
No. Pos Nat Player TotalPremier League FA Cup League Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 GK Trinidad and Tobago Shaka Hislop 34 0 30 0 4 0 0 0
25 GK Netherlands Harald Wapenaar 8 0 5 0 1 0 2 0
Defenders
2 DF England Linvoy Primus 26 0 19+2 0 4 0 1 0
3 DF Serbia and Montenegro Dejan Stefanović 38 3 32 3 4 0 2 0
5 DF Australia Hayden Foxe 13 0 8+2 0 0 0 2+1 0
6 DF Netherlands Arjan De Zeeuw 42 1 36 1 4 0 2 0
14 DF England Matthew Taylor 38 4 18+12 0 4+1 3 3 1
28 DF France Sebastian Schemmel 18 1 12+2 0 1+1 1 2 0
31 DF Wales Richard Duffy 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
33 DF England John Curtis 6 0 5+1 0 0 0 0 0
34 DF Finland Petri Pasanen 16 0 11+1 0 4 0 0 0
Midfielders
7 MF Scotland Kevin Harper 9 0 0+7 0 2 0 0 0
8 MF England Tim Sherwood 16 2 7+6 0 0 0 2+1 2
11 MF Scotland Nigel Quashie 25 1 17+4 1 3 0 1 0
15 MF Senegal Amdy Faye 31 0 27 0 2+1 0 1 0
16 MF Wales Carl Robinson 3 0 0+1 0 0+2 0 0 0
19 MF England Steve Stone 36 2 29+3 2 0+1 0 2+1 0
22 MF Scotland Richard Hughes 15 1 8+3 0 2+2 1 0 0
23 MF Czech Republic Patrik Berger 23 5 20 5 1 0 1+1 0
26 MF England Gary O'Neil 5 2 3 2 0 0 1+1 0
30 MF Russia Alexei Smertin 33 0 23+3 0 5 0 2 0
37 MF Croatia Ivica Mornar 10 1 3+5 1 2 0 0 0
39 MF Israel Eyal Berkovic 15 1 10+1 1 4 0 0 0
Forwards
9 FW Bulgaria Svetoslav Todorov 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
10 FW England Teddy Sheringham 38 10 25+7 9 2+1 1 3 0
17 FW France Vincent Péricard 7 0 0+6 0 0 0 1 0
20 FW Nigeria Yakubu Aiyegbeni 43 19 35+2 16 4 1 1+1 2
21 FW Jamaica Deon Burton 2 0 0+1 0 1 0 0 0
32 FW Democratic Republic of the Congo Lomano Tresor LuaLua 15 4 10+5 4 0 0 0 0
38 FW Poland Sebastian Olszar 1 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0
Players transferred out during the season
4 DF Croatia Boris Živković 20 0 17+1 0 1 0 1 0
24 GK Czech Republic Pavel Srníček 4 0 3 0 0 0 1 0
31 FW Grenada Jason Roberts 12 4 4+6 1 0 0 2 3

References

  1. Hislop was born in Hackney, England, and represented England at U-21 level, but also qualified to represent Trinidad and Tobago internationally and made his international debut for Trinidad and Tobago in 1999.
  2. Harper was born in Oldham, England.
  3. Quashie was born in Southwark, England, and represented England at U-21 and B level, but also qualified to represent Scotland internationally through his grandfather and made his international debut for Scotland in May 2004.
  4. Péricard was born in Efok, Cameroon, but also qualified to represent France internationally and has represented them at U-21 level.
  5. Burton was born in Reading, England, but qualified to represent Jamaica internationally and made his international debut for Jamaica in September 1997.
  6. Roberts was born in Brent, England, but qualified to represent Grenada internationally through his father and made his international debut in 1999.
  7. Pulis was born in Bristol, England, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally and would later represent them at U-21 level.
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