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 (16)
All: Yakubu (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.

Final league table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
11 Middlesbrough 38 13 9 16 44 52 8 48 2004–05 UEFA Cup First round[lower-alpha 1]
12 Southampton 38 12 11 15 44 45 1 47
13 Portsmouth 38 12 9 17 47 54 7 45
14 Tottenham Hotspur 38 13 6 19 47 57 10 45
15 Blackburn Rovers 38 12 8 18 51 59 8 44
Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. Middlesbrough qualified for the UEFA Cup as League Cup winners.

Kit

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

Players

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[notes 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[notes 2]
8 England MF Tim Sherwood
9 Bulgaria FW Svetoslav Todorov
10 England FW Teddy Sheringham
11 Scotland MF Nigel Quashie[notes 3]
14 England MF Matthew Taylor
15 Senegal MF Amdy Faye
16 Wales MF Carl Robinson
17 France FW Vincent Péricard[notes 4]
19 England MF Steve Stone
20 Nigeria FW Yakubu
No. Position Player
21 Jamaica FW Deon Burton[notes 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)
31 Grenada FW Jason Roberts[notes 6] (on loan from West Bromwich Albion)
36 England MF Courtney Pitt (to Oxford United)
No. Position Player
England DF Lewis Buxton (on loan to Bournemouth)
England DF Jamie Vincent (to Derby County)
England MF Neil Barrett (on loan to Dundee)
England MF Carl Pettefer (to Southend United)
England FW Rowan Vine (on loan to Colchester United)

Reserve squad

The following players did not appear for the first-team this season.

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[notes 7]
42 England MF Warren Hunt
43 England DF Shaun Cooper
England GK Chris Tardif
England DF Lewis Buxton
No. Position Player
England DF Terry Parker
England DF Gary Silk
England MF Neil Barrett
England MF Chris Clark
Scotland MF Mark Casey
England FW Rowan Vine

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 LeagueFA CupLeague Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Goalkeepers
1 GK Trinidad and Tobago Shaka Hislop 3403004000
25 GK Netherlands Harald Wapenaar 80501020
Defenders
2 DF England Linvoy Primus 26019+204010
3 DF Serbia and Montenegro Dejan Stefanović 3833234020
5 DF Australia Hayden Foxe 1308+20002+10
6 DF Netherlands Arjan De Zeeuw 4213614020
14 DF England Matthew Taylor 38418+1204+1331
28 DF France Sebastian Schemmel 18112+201+1120
31 DF Wales Richard Duffy 100+100000
33 DF England John Curtis 605+100000
34 DF Finland Petri Pasanen 16011+104000
Midfielders
7 MF Scotland Kevin Harper 900+702000
8 MF England Tim Sherwood 1627+60002+12
11 MF Scotland Nigel Quashie 25117+413010
15 MF Senegal Amdy Faye 3102702+1010
16 MF Wales Carl Robinson 300+100+2000
19 MF England Steve Stone 36229+320+102+10
22 MF Scotland Richard Hughes 1518+302+2100
23 MF Czech Republic Patrik Berger 235205101+10
26 MF England Gary O'Neil 5232001+10
30 MF Russia Alexei Smertin 33023+305020
37 MF Croatia Ivica Mornar 1013+512000
39 MF Israel Eyal Berkovic 15110+114000
Forwards
9 FW Bulgaria Svetoslav Todorov 10100000
10 FW England Teddy Sheringham 381025+792+1130
17 FW France Vincent Péricard 700+600010
20 FW Nigeria Yakubu 431935+216411+12
21 FW Jamaica Deon Burton 200+101000
32 FW Democratic Republic of the Congo Lomano Tresor LuaLua 15410+540000
38 FW Poland Sebastian Olszar 10000+1000
Players transferred out during the season
4 DF Croatia Boris Živković 20017+101010
24 GK Czech Republic Pavel Srníček 40300010
31 FW Grenada Jason Roberts 1244+610023

Notes

  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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