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: Lomana LuaLua (7) All: Lomana LuaLua/Gary O'Neil/Matthew Taylor (7)
Highest home attendance	20,240 vs. Liverpool (7 May 2006)
Lowest home attendance	19,030 vs. Charlton Athletic (22 October 2005)
Average home league attendance	19,635

During the 2005–06 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. Joe Jordan was appointed caretaker manager after the sacking of Perrin. ^[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. The strip was manufactured by Pompey Sport, but after the kit deal with Jako, they were rebadged with its logo. The home shirt was atypical for Portsmouth, as it had a large white space under the collar on the rear where players' names were printed. The away was red and gold, whilst the third was white and navy. The white strip was only worn three times, away at Manchester United, Aston Villa and West Ham United respectively.

Final league table

Main article: 2005–06 FA Premier League

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
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 Football League Championship
19	West Bromwich Albion (R)	38	7	9	22	31	58	−27	30

Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated

Results

Portsmouth's score comes first^[3]

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

FA Premier League

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	10	8	20	37	62	−25	38	5	7	7	17	24	−7	5	1	13	20	38	−18

Last updated: 13 December 2019.
Source: 11v11

Results per matchday

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	L	D	L	W	D	L	D	D	L	W	L	L	L	L	L	W	D	L	W	L	L	L	D	L	L	L	L	W	W	W	D	D	W	L	W	W	L
Position	20	19	17	18	15	14	17	15	15	17	14	15	17	17	18	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17

Updated to match(es) played on 7 May 2006. Source: Statto.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

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

Main article: 2005–06 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

Main article: 2005–06 Football 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; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 2 DF  ENG Linvoy Primus 3 DF  SCG Dejan Stefanović 4 MF  ARG Andrés D'Alessandro (on loan from Wolfsburg) 5 DF  IRL Andy O'Brien[4] 6 DF  DEN Brian Priske 7 DF  FRA Grégory Vignal 8 FW  NOR Azar Karadas (on loan from Benfica) 9 FW  BUL Svetoslav Todorov 10 MF  CRO Ivica Mornar 11 DF  FRA Noé Pamarot 14 MF  ENG Matthew Taylor 15 GK  ENG Jamie Ashdown 16 DF  ENG Andy Griffin 17 FW  FRA Vincent Péricard[5] 18 MF  SEN Aliou Cissé

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

Left club during season

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  NED Sander Westerveld (on loan to Everton) 4 MF  COL Jhon Viáfara (on loan to Real Sociedad) 11 MF  FRA Laurent Robert (on loan from Newcastle United) 20 MF  GRE Giannis Skopelitis (on loan from Egaleo) 24 DF  WAL Richard Duffy (on loan to Coventry City) 27 FW  SVN Aleksandar Rodić[9] (on loan to Kayserispor) 31 FW  URU Darío Silva (released)

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

Reserve squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  CAN Asmir Begović — DF  ENG Jason Pearce

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW  ENG 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 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

• Patrik Berger - Aston Villa, free, 17 May^[30]
• Yakubu - Middlesbrough, £7,500,000, 23 May^[31]
• Richard Duffy - Coventry City, season loan, 7 June^[32]
• Rowan Vine - Luton Town, £250,000, 4 July^[33]
• Steve Stone - Leeds United, free, 29 June^[34]
• Diomansy Kamara - West Bromwich Albion, £1,500,000, 26 July ^[35]
• Ricardo Fuller - Southampton, £90,000 (rising to £340,000 if Southampton gain promotion), 28 July^[36]
• Shaka Hislop - West Ham United, free, 29 July^[37]
• Arjan de Zeeuw - Wigan Athletic, £90,000, 11 August^[38]
• David Unsworth - Sheffield United, free,^{[nb 1]} 22 August^[39]
• Kostas Chalkias - released (later joined Real Murcia), 19 January^[40]
• Darío Silva - released, 13 February^[41]
• Sander Westerveld - Everton, 28-day loan, 24 February^[42]
• Jhon Viáfara - Real Sociedad, loan, January
• James Keene - GAIS, loan, March
• Hayden Foxe - released
• 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 Portsmouth if they gained promotion; they did, but the fee paid is undisclosed.

References

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3. "Portsmouth 2005-2006 Results - statto.com". Archived from the original on 1 October 2013. Retrieved 28 September 2013.
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. but gained Polish citizenship and made his international debut for Poland in 2000.
8. Kiely was born in Salford, England.
9. Rodić was born in Kozarska Dubica, SFR Yugoslavia (now Bosnia-Herzegovina).
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18. "Pompey snap up Benfica's Karadas". BBC News. 22 July 2005.
19. "Pompey sign Denmark star Priske". BBC News. 22 August 2005.
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40. "Goalkeeper Chalkias leaves Pompey". BBC News. 19 January 2006.
41. "Redknapp lets Silva leave Pompey". BBC News. 13 February 2006.
42. "Everton sign Westerveld on loan". BBC News. 24 February 2006.