2005–06 Portsmouth F.C. season

Portsmouth

2005–06 season
Chairman	Milan Mandarić
Manager	Alain Perrin (until 24 November) Joe Jordan (caretaker) Harry Redknapp (from 7 December)
Stadium	Fratton Park
FA Premier League	17th
FA Cup	Fourth round
League Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: LuaLua (7) All: LuaLua/O'Neil/Taylor (7)
Average home league attendance	19,840
← 2004–05 2006–07 →

During the 2005–06 English football season, Portsmouth competed in the FA Premier League. It was Portsmouth's third consecutive season in English football's top-flight.

Season summary

Manager Alain Perrin was sacked in November with Portsmouth struggling in the relegation zone.^[1] He was replaced by Harry Redknapp, who had walked out of arch-rivals Southampton after being refused permission by the club to talk to Portsmouth about the managerial vacancy.^[2] For a while it looked as if Redknapp's efforts were in vain, with Portsmouth eight points adrift of safety at the end of February. However, by the end of March that had been cut to just three (with a game in hand over seventeenth-placed West Bromwich Albion) and eventually Portsmouth managed to secure survival with a 2-1 win at Wigan Athletic to send West Brom and Birmingham City down.

Kit

Portsmouth signed a deal with Jako to produce the club's kit. Oki became the kit sponsors.

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Chelsea (C)	38	29	4	5	72	22	+50	91	2006–07 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2	Manchester United	38	25	8	5	72	34	+38	83
3	Liverpool	38	25	7	6	57	25	+32	82	2006–07 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
4	Arsenal	38	20	7	11	68	31	+37	67
5	Tottenham Hotspur	38	18	11	9	53	38	+15	65	2006–07 UEFA Cup First round
6	Blackburn Rovers	38	19	6	13	51	42	+9	63
7	Newcastle United	38	17	7	14	47	42	+5	58	2006 UEFA Intertoto Cup Third round
8	Bolton Wanderers	38	15	11	12	49	41	+8	56
9	West Ham United	38	16	7	15	52	55	−3	55	2006–07 UEFA Cup First round ^1
10	Wigan Athletic	38	15	6	17	45	52	−7	51
11	Everton	38	14	8	16	34	49	−15	50
12	Fulham	38	14	6	18	48	58	−10	48
13	Charlton Athletic	38	13	8	17	41	55	−14	47
14	Middlesbrough	38	12	9	17	48	58	−10	45
15	Manchester City	38	13	4	21	43	48	−5	43
16	Aston Villa	38	10	12	16	42	55	−13	42
17	Portsmouth	38	10	8	20	37	62	−25	38
18	Birmingham City (R)	38	8	10	20	28	50	−22	34	Relegation to the 2006–07 Football League Championship
19	West Bromwich Albion (R)	38	7	9	22	31	58	−27	30
20	Sunderland (R)	38	3	6	29	26	69	−43	15

Source: Barclays Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
For further information on European qualification see Premier League – Qualification for European competitions.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

^1.Liverpool had already qualified for the Champions League by league position, as a result, their UEFA Cup berth that they earned through winning the 2005–06 FA Cup, went to West Ham, who were FA Cup runners-up.

Results

Portsmouth's score comes first^[3]

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

FA Premier League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
13 August 2005	Tottenham Hotspur	H	0–2	20,215
20 August 2005	West Bromwich Albion	A	1–2	24,404	Robert
23 August 2005	Aston Villa	H	1–1	19,778	LuaLua
27 August 2005	Manchester City	A	1–2	41,022	Viáfara
10 September 2005	Everton	A	1–0	36,831	Ferguson (own goal)
17 September 2005	Birmingham City	H	1–1	19,319	LuaLua
24 September 2005	Bolton Wanderers	A	0–1	23,134
1 October 2005	Newcastle United	H	0–0	20,220
15 October 2005	Middlesbrough	A	1–1	26,551	O'Neil
22 October 2005	Charlton Athletic	H	1–2	19,030	Silva
29 October 2005	Sunderland	A	4–1	34,926	Vukić, Taylor (2), Silva
5 November 2005	Wigan Athletic	H	0–2	19,102
19 November 2005	Liverpool	A	0–3	44,394
26 November 2005	Chelsea	H	0–2	20,182
3 December 2005	Manchester United	A	0–3	67,684
12 December 2005	Tottenham Hotspur	A	1–3	36,141	LuaLua
17 December 2005	West Bromwich Albion	H	1–0	20,052	Todorov
26 December 2005	West Ham United	H	1–1	20,168	O'Neil
28 December 2005	Arsenal	A	0–4	38,223
31 December 2005	Fulham	H	1–0	19,101	O'Neil
2 January 2006	Blackburn Rovers	A	1–2	19,521	Taylor
14 January 2006	Everton	H	0–1	20,094
21 January 2006	Birmingham City	A	0–5	29,138
1 February 2006	Bolton Wanderers	H	1–1	19,128	Karadas
4 February 2006	Newcastle United	A	0–2	51,627
11 February 2006	Manchester United	H	1–3	20,206	Taylor
25 February 2006	Chelsea	A	0–2	42,254
4 March 2006	Aston Villa	A	0–1	30,194
11 March 2006	Manchester City	H	2–1	19,556	Mendes (2)
18 March 2006	West Ham United	A	4–2	34,837	LuaLua, Davis, Mendes, Todorov
1 April 2006	Fulham	A	3–1	22,322	O'Neil (2), LuaLua
8 April 2006	Blackburn Rovers	H	2–2	20,048	LuaLua, Todorov
12 April 2006	Arsenal	H	1–1	20,230	LuaLua
15 April 2006	Middlesbrough	H	1–0	20,204	O'Neil
17 April 2006	Charlton Athletic	A	1–2	25,419	D'Alessandro
22 April 2006	Sunderland	H	2–1	20,078	Todorov, Taylor (pen)
29 April 2006	Wigan Athletic	A	2–1	21,126	Mwaruwari, Taylor (pen)
7 May 2006	Liverpool	H	1–3	20,240	Koroman

FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	7 January 2006	Ipswich Town	A	1–0	15,593	Silva
R4	29 January 2006	Liverpool	H	1–2	17,247	Davis

League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2	20 September 2005	Gillingham	A	2–3 (a.e.t.)	4,903	O'Neil, Taylor

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 2 DF Linvoy Primus 3 DF Dejan Stefanović 4 MF Andrés D'Alessandro (on loan from Wolfsburg) 5 DF Andy O'Brien[4] 6 DF Brian Priske 7 DF Grégory Vignal 8 FW Azar Karadas (on loan from Benfica) 9 FW Svetoslav Todorov 10 MF Ivica Mornar 11 DF Noé Pamarot 14 MF Matthew Taylor 15 GK Jamie Ashdown 16 DF Andy Griffin 17 FW Vincent Péricard[5] 18 MF Aliou Cissé

No. Position Player 19 FW Collins Mbesuma 20 MF Ognjen Koroman (on loan from FC Terek Grozny) 21 MF Franck Songo'o[6] 22 MF Richard Hughes 23 FW Emmanuel Olisadebe[7] 24 MF Wayne Routledge (on loan from Tottenham Hotspur) 25 FW Benjani Mwaruwari 26 MF Gary O'Neil 28 MF Sean Davis 29 GK Andrea Guatelli 30 MF Pedro Mendes 32 FW Lomana Tresor LuaLua 33 GK Dean Kiely[8] 40 MF Salif Diao (on loan from Liverpool) 43 MF Scott Harris

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 1 GK Sander Westerveld (on loan to Everton) 4 MF Jhon Viáfara (on loan to Real Sociedad) 11 MF Laurent Robert (on loan from Newcastle United) 20 MF Giannis Skopelitis (on loan from Egaleo) 24 DF Richard Duffy (on loan to Coventry City) 27 FW Aleksandar Rodić[9] (on loan to Kayserispor) 31 FW Darío Silva (released)

No. Position Player 33 GK Konstantinos Chalkias (to Real Murcia) 34 FW James Keene (on loan to GAIS) 35 DF Gary Silk (on loan to Boston United) 38 MF Zvonimir Vukić (on loan from Shakhtar Donetsk) DF Marc Wilson (on loan to Yeovil Town) MF Daryl Fordyce (on loan to Bournemouth)

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 GK Asmir Begović DF Jason Pearce

No. Position Player FW Liam Horsted

Statistics

Starting 11

Considering starts in all competitions^[10][11]

• GK: #15, Jamie Ashdown, 18
• RB: #2, Linvoy Primus, 21
• CB: #5, Andy O'Brien, 32
• CB: #3, Dejan Stefanović, 30
• LB: #6, Brian Priske, 28
• RM: #26, Gary O'Neil, 39
• CM: #22, Richard Hughes, 24
• CM: #28, Sean Davis, 17
• LM: #14, Matthew Taylor, 35
• CF: #25, Benjani Mwaruwari, 16
• CF: #32, , Lomana Tresor LuaLua, 25

Transfers

In

• Andy O'Brien - Newcastle United, £2,000,000, 13 June^[12]
• Laurent Robert - Newcastle United, undisclosed, 19 June^[13]
• Jhon Viáfara - Once Caldas, £1,600,000, 7 July^[14]
• Grégory Vignal - Liverpool, free, 12 July^[15]
• Collins Mbesuma - Kaizer Chiefs, undisclosed, 12 July^[16]
• Sander Westerveld - Real Sociedad, free, 22 July^[17]
• Azar Karadas - Benfica, loan, 22 July^[18]
• Brian Priske - Genk, undisclosed, 22 August^[19]
• Zvonimir Vukić - Shakhtar Donetsk, undisclosed, 29 August^[20]
• Darío Silva - Sevilla FC, free, 31 August^[21]
• Franck Songo'o - Barcelona, £205,000, 31 August^[22]
• Salif Diao - Liverpool, season loan, 31 August^[23]
• Emmanuel Olisadebe - Panathinaikos, undisclosed, 4 January^[24]
• Benjani Mwaruwari - Auxerre, £4,100,000, 5 January^[25]
• Noé Pamarot, Pedro Mendes, Sean Davis - Tottenham Hotspur, £7,500,000 combined, 12 January^[26]
• Dean Kiely - Charlton Athletic, undisclosed, 25 January^[27]
• Wayne Routledge - Tottenham Hotspur, season loan, 30 January
• Ognjen Koroman - Terek Grozny, loan, 30 January^[28]
• Andrés D'Alessandro - VfL Wolfsburg, season loan, 31 January^[29]

Out

• Richard Duffy - Coventry City, season loan, 7 June^[30]
• Rowan Vine - Luton Town, £250,000, 4 July^[31]
• Steve Stone - Leeds United, free, 29 June^[32]
• Diomansy Kamara - Modena, £1,500,000, 26 July ^[33]
• Ricardo Fuller - Southampton, £90,000 (rising to £340,000 if Southampton gain promotion), 28 July^[34]
• Shaka Hislop - West Ham United, free, 29 July^[35]
• Arjan de Zeeuw - Wigan Athletic, £90,000, 11 August^[36]
• David Unsworth - Sheffield United, free,^{[nb 1]} 22 August^[37]
• Kostas Chalkias - released (later joined Real Murcia), 19 January^[38]
• Darío Silva - released, 13 February^[39]
• Sander Westerveld - Everton, 28-day loan, 24 February^[40]
• Patrik Berger - Aston Villa, free, June
• Jhon Viáfara - Real Sociedad, loan, January
• James Keene - GAIS, loan, March
• Yakubu Aiyegbeni - Middlesbrough, £7,500,000,
• Hayden Foxe - released, 2005
• Aleksander Rodić - Kayserispor, loan
• Giannis Skopelitis - Egaleo, loan,
• Gary Silk - Boston United

Transfers in: £16,250,000

Transfers out: £9,450,000

Total spending: £6,800,000

Notes

1. A clause was included in Unsworth's transfer that United would only pay a fee to Portmsouth if they gained promotion; they did, but the fee paid is undisclosed.

References

1. "Portsmouth dismiss manager Perrin". BBC Sport. 24 November 2005. Retrieved 28 September 2013.
2. "Redknapp goes back to Portsmouth". BBC Sport. 7 December 2005. Retrieved 28 September 2013.
3. http://www.statto.com/football/teams/portsmouth/2005-2006/results
4. O'Brien was born in Harrogate, England.
5. Péricard was born in Efok, Cameroon.
6. Songo'o was born in Yaoundé, Cameroon, but also qualified to represent France internationally and has represented them at youth level. However, he later chose to represent the country of his birth and made his full international debut for Cameroon in September 2008.
7. Olisadebe was born in Warri, Nigeria.
8. Kiely was born in Salford, England.
9. Rodić was born in Kozarska Dubica, SFR Yugoslavia (now Bosnia-Herzegovina).
10. http://www.11v11.com/teams/portsmouth/tab/players/season/2006
11. http://www.football-lineups.com/team/Portsmouth/FA_Premier_League_2005-2006/Fixture/
12. "Pompey complete deal for O'Brien". BBC News. 13 June 2005.
13. "Pompey say Robert deal permanent". BBC News. 19 June 2005.
14. "Pompey complete Viafara signing". BBC News. 7 July 2005.
15. "Portsmouth clinch deal for Vignal". BBC News. 12 July 2005.
16. "Portsmouth sign striker Mbesuma". BBC News. 12 July 2005.
17. "Pompey agree deal with Westerveld". BBC News. 22 July 2005.
18. "Pompey snap up Benfica's Karadas". BBC News. 22 July 2005.
19. "Pompey sign Denmark star Priske". BBC News. 22 August 2005.
20. "Portsmouth sign midfielder Vukic". BBC News. 29 August 2005.
21. "Pompey add striker Silva to ranks". BBC News. 31 August 2005.
22. "Portsmouth clinch Songo'o signing". BBC News. 31 August 2005.
23. "Diao becomes third Pompey signing". BBC News. 31 August 2005.
24. "Portsmouth seal Olisadebe swoop". BBC News. 4 January 2006.
25. "Portsmouth sign striker Mwaruwari". BBC News. 6 January 2006.
26. "Portsmouth swoop for Spurs trio". BBC News. 12 January 2006.
27. http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/4644276.stm
28. "Pompey sign Routledge & Koroman". BBC News. 30 January 2006.
29. "Portsmouth snap up d'Alessandro". BBC News. 31 January 2006.
30. "Duffy joins Coventry for season". BBC News. 7 June 2005.
31. "Hatters seal permanent Vine deal". BBC News. 4 July 2005.
32. "Leeds complete signing of Stone". BBC News. 29 June 2005.
33. "Kamara seals £1.5m West Brom deal". BBC News. 26 July 2005.
34. "Saints snap up Fuller and Hajto". BBC News. 28 July 2005.
35. "Keeper Hislop signs for West Ham". BBC News. 29 July 2005.
36. "De Zeeuw makes move back to Wigan". BBC News. 11 August 2005.
37. "Blades complete deal for Unsworth". BBC News. 22 August 2005.
38. "Goalkeeper Chalkias leaves Pompey". BBC News. 19 January 2006.
39. "Redknapp lets Silva leave Pompey". BBC News. 13 February 2006.
40. "Everton sign Westerveld on loan". BBC News. 24 February 2006.