2004–05 Portsmouth F.C. season

2004–05 season

Chairman

Manager

Harry Redknapp (until 24 November)^[1]
Velimir Zajec (from 24 November to April)^[2]^[3]
Alain Perrin (from 7 April)^[4]

Stadium

Top goalscorer

League:
Yakubu Aiyegbeni (13)
All:
Yakubu Aiyegbeni (17)

← 2003–04

2005–06 →

During the 2004–05 English football season, Portsmouth competed in the FA Premier League. It was Portsmouth's second consecutive season in English football's top-flight.

Season summary

Portsmouth's campaign got off to a good start, winning four of their first ten games including the famous, brilliant 2-0 win over Manchester United as they maintained a strong mid-table position in late October. However, manager Harry Redknapp walked out on Portsmouth in November after a row with chairman Milan Mandaric over the appointment of new Director of Football Velimir Zajec at the club. Zajec replaced Redknapp as manager with immediate effect, but under his management the club's form dipped, bringing the club from the top ten to a few points above the relegation zone. In April, Zajec was replaced by Frenchman Alain Perrin; Perrin managed to secure Portsmouth's Premiership status with a few games of the season left. Despite this, Portsmouth still played a pivotal role in the "Survival Sunday" relegation drama - by losing 2–0 at West Bromwich Albion they both secured Albion's Premiership status and helped relegate arch-rivals Southampton (although Southampton were beaten 2–1 at home by Manchester United and would have been relegated even if Albion had lost).

Kit

Portsmouth retained the previous season's kit, manufactured under the club's own brand, Pompey Sport.

First-team squad

Squad at end of season

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

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Shaka Hislop^[5]
2	DF	Linvoy Primus
3	DF	Dejan Stefanović
4	DF	David Unsworth
6	DF	Arjan de Zeeuw
8	MF	Steve Stone
11	MF	Giannis Skopelitis (on loan from Egaleo)
14	MF	Matthew Taylor
16	DF	Andy Griffin
18	MF	Aliou Cissé
19	FW	Ricardo Fuller

No.	Position	Player
20	FW	Yakubu Aiyegbeni
21	FW	Diomansy Kamara^[6]
22	MF	Richard Hughes
23	MF	Patrik Berger
26	MF	Gary O'Neil
27	FW	Aleksandar Rodić^[7]
28	FW	James Keene
30	GK	Jamie Ashdown
32	FW	Lomana Tresor LuaLua
33	GK	Kostas Chalkias
34	MF	Valéry Mézague^[8] (on loan from Montpellier)

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
7	MF	Kevin Harper^[9] (to Stoke City)
10	MF	Eyal Berkovic (released)
11	MF	Nigel Quashie^[10] (to Southampton)
15	MF	Amdy Faye (to Newcastle United)
25	GK	Harald Wapenaar (to Vitesse Arnhem)
27	DF	Eddie Howe (to Bournemouth)
28	DF	John Curtis (to Nottingham Forest)

No.	Position	Player
31	DF	Sebastian Schemmel (released)
33	DF	Lewis Buxton (to Stoke City)
36	MF	Anthony Pulis^[11] (to Stoke City)
	MF	Ivica Mornar (on loan to Rennes)
	FW	Rowan Vine (on loan to Luton Town)
	FW	Mark Burchill (to Hearts)

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
5	DF	Hayden Foxe
9	FW	Svetoslav Todorov
17	FW	Vincent Péricard^[12]

No.		Position	Player
24		DF	Richard Duffy
29		GK	Andrea Guatelli

Transfers

In

Andy Griffin - Newcastle United, free, 26 May 2004 ^[13]
David Unsworth - Everton, free, 12 July 2004^[14]
Lomana LuaLua - Newcastle United, undisclosed (estimated £1,750,000), 12 July 2004^[14]
Andrea Guatelli - Fiorenzuola, free, 2 August 2004^[15]
Aliou Cissé - Birmingham City, £300,000, 6 August 2004^[16]
Ricardo Fuller - Preston North End, £1,000,000, 20 August 2004^[17]
Diomansy Kamara - Modena, £2,500,000, 30 August 2004^[18]
Valéry Mézague - Montpellier, season loan, 31 August 2004^[19]
Giannis Skopelitis - Egaleo, 28 January 2005, season loan with option of making permanent, £300,000 rising to £1,000,000 if made permanent^[20]
Kostas Chalkias - Panathinaikos, 28 January 2005, nominal fee
Aleksander Rodić - NK Gorica, 31 January 2005, undisclosed^[21]
Jamie Ashdown - Reading, undisclosed, June 2004, undisclosed^[22]

Out

Tim Sherwood - Coventry City, free, 9 July 2004^[23]
Teddy Sheringham West Ham United, free, 14 July 2004 ^[24]
Deon Burton - Brentford, undisclosed, 16 July 2004 (officially joined 1 August)^[25]
Ivica Mornar - Rennes, season loan, 8 August 2004^[26]
Eddie Howe - Bournemouth, free, 12 November 2004^[27]
Lewis Buxton - Stoke City, 24 December 2004 ^[28]
Anthony Pulis - Stoke City, 24 December 2004
Nigel Quashie - Southampton, £2,100,000, 17 January 2005^[29]
Amdy Faye - Newcastle United, £2,000,000, 23 January 2005^[30]
Kevin Harper - Stoke City, undisclosed, 1 February 2005^[31]
David Unsworth - Ipswich Town, four-month loan, 15 February 2005^[32]
Alan Knight - retired, 2004
Warren Hunt - Fareham Town, 2004
Sebastian Olszar - Polonia Warsaw, 2004
Carl Robinson - Sunderland, 2004
Sébastien Schemmel - Le Havre, December 2004
Eyal Berkovic - Maccabi Tel Aviv, January 2005
John Curtis - Nottingham Forest, free, January 2005
Harald Wapenaar - Vitesse Arnhem, 2005
Rowan Vine - Luton Town, loan, 2004
Mark Burchill - Hearts, loan

Transfers in:

£5,750,000

Transfers out:

£4,100,000

Total spending:

£1,650,000

Results

Premiership

14 August 2004 1	Portsmouth	1–1	Birmingham City	Portsmouth, Hampshire
15:00 BST (UTC+01)	Unsworth 16' (pen.)	Report	Savage 10'	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 20,021 Referee: Howard Webb

21 August 2004 2	Charlton Athletic	2–1	Portsmouth	Greenwich, London
	Euell 23' Unsworth 87' (o.g.)	Report	Berger 53'	Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 25,204 Referee: Alan Wiley

30 August 2004 3	Portsmouth	4–3	Fulham	Portsmouth, Hampshire
	Berkovic 19' Yakubu 21' (pen.)	Report	Cole 39' Boa Morte 41' Bocanegra 75'	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 19,728 Referee: Barry Knight

11 September 2004 4	Portsmouth	3–1	Crystal Palace	Portsmouth, Hampshire
	Fuller 3' Berger 47' Popovic 85' (o.g.)	Report	Granville 43'	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 20,019 Referee: Phil Dowd

18 September 2004 5	Blackburn Rovers	1–0	Portsmouth	Blackburn, Lancashire
	Jansen 75'	Report		Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 20,647 Referee: Mark Clattenberg

26 September 2004 6	Portsmouth	0–1	Everton	Portsmouth, Hampshire
		Report	Cahill 80'	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 20,125 Referee: Dermot Gallagher

2 October 2004 7	Norwich City	2–2	Portsmouth	Norwich, Norfolk
15:00 BST (UTC+01)	Huckerby 63' Charlton 67'	Report	Yakubu 37' Berger 65'	Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 23,853 Referee: Matt Messias

18 October 2004 8	Portsmouth	1–0	Tottenham Hotspur	Portsmouth, Hampshire
	Yakubu 63'	Report		Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 20,121 Referee: Uriah Rennie

24 October 2004 9	Middlesbrough	1–1	Portsmouth	Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire
15:00 BST (UTC+01)	Downing 74'	Report	Kamara 5'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 30,964 Referee: Martin Atkinson

30 October 2004 10	Portsmouth	2–0	Manchester United	Portsmouth, Hampshire
	Unsworth 53' (pen.) Yakubu 72'	Report		Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 20,190 Referee: Neale Barry

6 November 2004 11	Aston Villa	3–0	Portsmouth	Birmingham, West Midlands
	Whittingham 18' Ángel 25' Solano 40'	Report		Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 32,633 Referee: Mark Halsey

13 November 2004 12	Southampton	2–1	Portsmouth	Southampton, Hampshire
	Blackstock 18' Phillips 71'	Report	Jakobsson 12' (o.g.)	Stadium: St Mary's Stadium Attendance: 30,921 Referee: Graham Poll

20 November 2004 13	Portsmouth	1–3	Manchester City	Portsmouth, Hampshire
	O'Neil 8'	Report	Wright-Phillips 6' Sibierski 79' Bosvelt 87'	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 20,101 Referee: Matt Messias

27 November 2004 14	Bolton Wanderers	0–1	Portsmouth	Bolton, Greater Manchester
		Report	De Zeeuw 45'	Stadium: Reebok Stadium Attendance: 25,008 Referee: Steve Dunn

4 December 2004 15	Portsmouth	3–2	West Bromwich Albion	Portsmouth, Hampshire
	Purse 35' De Zeeuw 85' LuaLua 89'	Report	Stefanovic 14' (o.g.) Earnshaw 45'	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 20,110 Referee: Peter Walton

11 December 2004 16	Newcastle United	1–1	Portsmouth	Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyneside
	Bowyer 3'	Report	Stone 30'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 51,480 Referee: Mike Riley

14 December 2004 17	Liverpool	1–1	Portsmouth	Liverpool, Merseyside
	Gerrard 70'	Report	LuaLua 90'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 35,064 Referee: Mark Clattenburg

19 December 2004 18	Portsmouth	0–1	Arsenal	Portsmouth, Hampshire
		Report	Campbell 75'	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 20,170 Referee: Howard Webb

26 December 2004 19	Crystal Palace	0–1	Portsmouth	Croydon, London
		Report	Primus 69'	Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 25,238 Referee: Neale Barry

28 December 2004 20	Portsmouth	0–2	Chelsea	Portsmouth, Hampshire
		Report	Robben 79' Cole 90'	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 20,210 Referee: Alan Wiley

1 January 2005 21	Portsmouth	1–1	Norwich City	Portsmouth, Hampshire
15:00 GMT	Yakubu 61' (pen.)	Report	Edworthy 5' Francis 9'	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 20,015 Referee: Phil Dowd

4 January 2005 22	Everton	2–1	Portsmouth	Liverpool, Merseyside
	Stubbs 29' Osman 90'	Report	Yakubu 31'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 35,480 Referee: Peter Walton

15 January 2005 23	Portsmouth	0–1	Blackburn Rovers	Portsmouth, Hampshire
15:00 GMT	LuaLua 51' Faye 90'	Report	Pedersen 55'	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 19,904 Referee: Andy D'Urso

22 January 2005 24	Chelsea	3–0	Portsmouth	Fulham, London
	Drogba 15', 39' Robben 21'	Report		Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 42,267 Referee: Mike Riley

1 February 2005 25	Portsmouth	2–1	Middlesbrough	Portsmouth, Hampshire
	Taylor 40' Yakubu 58'	Report	Christie 35'	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 19,620 Referee: Phil Crossley

5 February 2005 26	Tottenham Hotspur	3–1	Portsmouth	Tottenham, London
15:00 GMT	Mido 34', 57' Keane 83'	Report	Kamara 28'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Referee: Steve Dunn

12 February 2005 27	Portsmouth	1–2	Aston Villa	Portsmouth, Hampshire
15:00 GMT	Yakubu 24' (pen.)	Report	De Zeeuw 17' (o.g.) Hitzlsperger 73'	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 20,160 Referee: Dermot Gallagher

26 February 2005 28	Manchester United	2–1	Portsmouth	Trafford, Greater Manchester
	Rooney 8', 81'	Report	O'Neil 47'	Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 67,989 Referee: Mark Halsey

5 March 2005 29	Arsenal	3–0	Portsmouth	Islington, London
	Henry 39', 53', 85'	Report		Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 38,079 Referee: Chris Foy

19 March 2005 30	Portsmouth	1–1	Newcastle United	Portsmouth, Hampshire
	Stone 45'	Report	Dyer 43'	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 20,165 Referee: Matt Messias

3 April 2005 31	Fulham	3–1	Portsmouth	Fulham, London
	Cole 63' McBride 81' Boa Morte 90'	Report	LuaLua 32'	Stadium: Craven Cottage Attendance: 20,502 Referee: Mark Clattenberg

9 April 2005 32	Portsmouth	4–2	Charlton Athletic	Portsmouth, Hampshire
BST (UTC+01)	Yakubu 3' Stone 20' Kamara 83' LuaLua 90'	Report	Fortune 22' Murphy 45'	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 20,108 Referee: Graham Poll

16 April 2005 33	Birmingham City	0–0	Portsmouth	Birmingham, West Midlands
17:15 BST (UTC+01)		Report		Stadium: St Andrew's Attendance: 28,883 Referee: Peter Walton

20 April 2005 34	Portsmouth	1–2	Liverpool	Portsmouth, Hampshire
	Kamara 34'	Report	Morientes 4' Luis García 45'	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 20,205 Referee: Howard Webb

24 April 2005 35	Portsmouth	4–1	Southampton	Portsmouth, Hampshire
	Yakubu 4' (pen.) De Zeeuw 17' LuaLua 22', 27'	Report	Camara 20'	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 20,210 Referee: Steve Dunn

30 April 2005 36	Manchester City	2–0	Portsmouth	Manchester, Greater Manchester
15:00 BST (UTC+01)	Distin 4' Fowler 16'	Report		Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 46,454 Referee: Martin Atkinson

7 May 2005 37	Portsmouth	1–1	Bolton Wanderers	Portsmouth, Hampshire
	Yakubu 72'	Report	Diouf 11'	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 20,188 Referee: Matt Messias

15 May 2005 38	West Bromwich Albion	2–0	Portsmouth	West Bromwich, West Midlands
	Horsfield 58' Richardson 75'	Report		Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 27,751 Referee: Mike Riley

FA Cup

Third round: Portsmouth 1-0 Gillingham (Yakubu 49)
Fourth round: Southampton 2-1 Portsmouth (Oakley 54, Crouch 90 pen.; Yakubu 57 pen.)

League Cup

Second round: Tranmere Rovers 0-1 Portsmouth (Kamara 65)
Third round: Portsmouth 2-1 Leeds United (Kamara 14, Berkovic 32 pen.; Deane 40)
Fourth round: Cardiff City 0-2 Portsmouth (Yakubu 47, 55 pen.)
Quarter-finals: Watford 3-0 Portsmouth (Helguson 24, 57, Dyer 61)

References

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↑ Zajec was caretaker manager from 24 November until being appointed permanently on 21 December.
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↑ 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.
↑ Kamara was born in Paris, France, but also qualified to represent Senegal internationally and made his international debut for Senegal in 2003.
↑ Rodić was born in Kozarska Dubica, SFR Yugoslavia (now Bosnia-Herzegovina).
↑ Mézague was born in Marseille, France, but also qualified to represent Cameroon internationally and made his international debut for Cameroon in 2003.
↑ Harper was born in Oldham, England.
↑ 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.
↑ Pulis was born in Bristol, England, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally and would later represent them at U-21 level.
↑ Péricard was born in Efok, Cameroon, but also qualified to represent France internationally and has represented them at U-21 level.
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