2003–04 Portsmouth F.C. season

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League Cup
Fourth round
Top goalscorerLeague: Yakubu (16)
All: Yakubu (19)
Highest home attendance20,140 (in 5 matches)
vs. Chelsea (11 February 2004)
vs. Newcastle Utd (29 February 2004)
vs. Southampton (21 March 2004)
vs. Manchester Utd (17 April 2004)
vs. Arsenal (4 May 2004)
Lowest home attendance20,024 vs. Blackburn Rovers (20 September 2003)
Average home league attendance20,082

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

Main article: 2003–04 FA Premier League
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
11 Middlesbrough 38 13 9 16 44 52 −8 48 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round[a]
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. 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. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Trinidad and Tobago TRI Shaka Hislop[notes 1]
2 DF England ENG Linvoy Primus
3 DF Serbia and Montenegro SCG Dejan Stefanović
5 DF Australia AUS Hayden Foxe
6 DF Netherlands NED Arjan de Zeeuw
7 MF Scotland SCO Kevin Harper[notes 2]
8 MF England ENG Tim Sherwood
9 FW Bulgaria BUL Svetoslav Todorov
10 FW England ENG Teddy Sheringham
11 MF Scotland SCO Nigel Quashie[notes 3]
14 MF England ENG
Matthew Taylor
15 MF Senegal SEN Amdy Faye
16 MF Wales WAL Carl Robinson
17 FW France FRA Vincent Péricard[notes 4]
19 MF England ENG Steve Stone
20 FW Nigeria NGA Yakubu
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 FW Jamaica JAM Deon Burton[notes 5]
22 MF Scotland SCO Richard Hughes
23 MF Czech Republic CZE Patrik Berger
25 GK Netherlands NED Harald Wapenaar
26 MF England ENG Gary O'Neil
28 DF France FRA Sébastien Schemmel
30 MF Russia RUS Alexey Smertin (on loan from Chelsea)
31 DF Wales WAL Richard Duffy
32 FW Democratic Republic of the Congo COD
Lomana Tresor LuaLua (on loan from Newcastle United
)
33 DF England ENG John Curtis
34 DF Finland FIN Petri Pasanen (on loan from Ajax Amsterdam)
37 FW Croatia CRO Ivica Mornar
38 FW Poland POL Sebastian Olszar
39 MF Israel ISR Eyal Berkovic
40 GK England ENG 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. Pos. Nation Player
4 DF Croatia CRO Boris Živković (to Stuttgart)
18 FW England ENG Lee Bradbury (to Walsall)
24 GK Japan JPN Yoshi Kawaguchi (to FC Nordsjælland)
24 GK Czech Republic CZE Pavel Srníček (to West Ham United)
31 FW Grenada GRN Jason Roberts[notes 6] (on loan from West Bromwich Albion)
36 MF England ENG Courtney Pitt (to Oxford United)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— DF England ENG Lewis Buxton (on loan to AFC Bournemouth)
— DF England ENG Jamie Vincent (to Derby County)
— MF England ENG Neil Barrett (on loan to Dundee)
— MF England ENG Carl Pettefer (to Southend United)
— FW England ENG 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. Pos. Nation Player
27 DF England ENG Eddie Howe
29 FW Scotland SCO Mark Burchill
41 MF England ENG Anthony Pulis[notes 7]
42 MF England ENG Warren Hunt
43 DF England ENG Shaun Cooper
— GK England ENG Chris Tardif
— DF England ENG Lewis Buxton
No. Pos. Nation Player
— DF England ENG Terry Parker
— DF England ENG Gary Silk
— MF England ENG Neil Barrett
— MF England ENG Chris Clark
— MF Scotland SCO Mark Casey
— FW England ENG James Keene
— FW England ENG Rowan Vine

Transfers

In

Out

Results

Premier League

Results per matchday

Matchday1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundHAHAAHAHHAAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHHAAHAAHHAHHAH
ResultWDWDDLLLWLLWLLDLLWLLWLDLLDLLWWDWWWDDLW
Position76335891091111111114161818151618171717171717171818171615141314141413
Source: WorldFootball.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
16 August 2003 1 Portsmouth 2–1 Aston Villa Portsmouth, Hampshire
Sheringham 41'
Berger 62'		 Report Barry 82' (pen.) Red card 87' Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 20,101
Referee: Graham Barber
23 August 2003 2 Manchester City 1–1 Portsmouth Manchester
Sommeil 90' Report Yakubu 24' Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium
Attendance: 46,287
Referee: Matt Messias
26 August 2003 3 Portsmouth 4–0 Bolton Wanderers Portsmouth, Hampshire
Sheringham 57', 88', 90'
Stone 47'		 Report Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 20,113
Referee: Dermot Gallagher
30 August 2003 4 Wolverhampton Wanderers 0–0 Portsmouth Wolverhampton, West Midlands
Report Stadium: Molineux
Attendance: 28,860
Referee: Andy D'Urso
13 September 2003 5 Arsenal 1–1 Portsmouth Islington, London
Henry 37' (pen.) Report Sheringham 26' Stadium: Highbury
Attendance: 38,052
Referee: Alan Wiley
20 September 2003 6 Portsmouth 1–2 Blackburn Rovers Portsmouth, Hampshire
De Zeeuw
57'		 Report
Cole
43'		 Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 20,024
Referee: Paul Durkin
27 September 2003 7 Birmingham City 2–0 Portsmouth Birmingham, West Midlands
Clemence 21'
Lazardis 50'		 Report Stadium: St Andrew's
Attendance: 29,057
Referee: Steve Bennett
4 October 2003 8 Portsmouth 1–2 Charlton Athletic Portsmouth, Hampshire
15:00 BST Sheringham 34' Report Fortune 77'
Bartlett 90'		 Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 20,106
Referee: Graham Poll
18 October 2003 9 Portsmouth 1–0 Liverpool Portsmouth, Hampshire
Berger 4' Report Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 20,123
Referee: Steve Dunn
25 October 2003 10 Newcastle United 3–0 Portsmouth Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyneside
Speed 17'
Shearer 28' (pen.)
Ameobi 61'		 Report Stadium:
St. James' Park
Attendance: 52,161
Referee: Paul Durkin
1 November 2003 11 Manchester United 3–0 Portsmouth Trafford, Greater Manchester
Forlán 37'
Ronaldo 79'
Keane 82'		 Report Stadium: Old Trafford
Attendance: 67,639
Referee: Neale Barry
8 November 2003 12
Leeds United
Portsmouth, Hampshire
15:30 GMT Stefanović 16'
O'Neil 45', 71'
Foxe 62'
Berger 75'
Yakubu 86'		 Report
Smith
18'		 Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 20,112
Referee: Chris Foy
24 November 2003 13 Fulham 2–0 Portsmouth Fulham, London
Saha 30', 33' Report Berger Red card 82' Stadium: Loftus Road
Attendance: 15,624
Referee: Alan Wiley
29 November 2003 14 Portsmouth 0–2 Leicester City Portsmouth, Hampshire
15:00 Report Ferdinand 31'
Bent 33'		 Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 20,061
Referee: Mike Dean
6 December 2003 15 Middlesbrough 0–0 Portsmouth Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire
15:00 Report Stadium: Riverside Stadium
Attendance: 28,031
Referee: Steve Bennett
13 December 2003 16 Portsmouth 1–2 Everton Portsmouth, Hampshire
Roberts 15' Report Carsley 27'
Rooney 42'		 Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 20,101
Referee: Uriah Rennie
21 December 2003 17 Southampton 3–0 Portsmouth Southampton, Hampshire
Dodd 34'
Pahars 67'
Beattie 90'		 Report Stadium: St Mary's Stadium
Attendance: 31,697
Referee: Jeff Winter
26 December 2003 18 Portsmouth 2–0 Tottenham Hotspur Portsmouth, Hampshire
Berger 52', 68' Report Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 20,078
Referee: Steve Dunn
28 December 2003 19 Chelsea 3–0 Portsmouth Fulham, London
Bridge 65'
Lampard 73'
Geremi 82'		 Report Stadium: Stamford Bridge
Attendance: 41,552
Referee: Graham Barber
6 January 2004 20 Aston Villa 2–1 Portsmouth Birmingham, West Midlands
Ángel 22'
Vassell 83'		 Report Yakubu 49' Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 28,625
Referee: Jeff Winter
10 January 2004 21 Portsmouth 4–2 Manchester City Portsmouth, Hampshire
Sheringham 58'
Stefanović 19'
Yakubu 52', 78'		 Report Anelka 21'
Sibierski 45'		 Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 20,120
Referee: Matt Messias
17 January 2004 22 Bolton Wanderers 1–0 Portsmouth Bolton, Greater Manchester
Davies 53' Report Stefanović Red card 90+1' Stadium:
Reebok Stadium
Referee: Phil Dowd
31 January 2003 23 Portsmouth 0–0 Wolverhampton Wanderers Portsmouth, Hampshire
Report Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 20,112
Referee: Howard Webb
7 February 2004 24 Tottenham Hotspur 4–3 Portsmouth Haringey, London
Poyet
89'		 Report
LuaLua 73'
Mornar
84'		 Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 36,107
Referee: Peter Walton
11 February 2004 25 Portsmouth 0–2 Chelsea Portsmouth, Hampshire
Report Parker 17'
Crespo 79'		 Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 20,140
Referee: Graham Poll
29 February 2004 26 Portsmouth 1–1 Newcastle United Portsmouth, Hampshire
15:00
LuaLua
89'		 Report Bellamy 34' Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 20,140
Referee: Andy D'Urso
13 March 2004 27 Everton 1–0 Portsmouth Merseyside, Liverpool
Rooney 78' Report Stadium: Goodison Park
Referee: Neale Barry
17 March 2004 28 Liverpool 3–0 Portsmouth Merseyside, Liverpool
Hamann 5'
Owen 28', 58'		 Report Stadium: Anfield
Referee: Barry Knight
21 March 2004 29 Portsmouth 1–0 Southampton Portsmouth, Hampshire
Yakubu 68' Report Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 20,140
Referee: Mark Halsey
27 March 2004 30 Blackburn Rovers 1–2 Portsmouth Blackburn, Lancashire
Tugay 37' Report Sheringham 17'
Yakubu 82'		 Stadium: Ewood Park
Attendance: 22,855
Referee: Paul Durkin
10 April 2004 31 Charlton Athletic 1–1 Portsmouth Greenwich, London
Bartlett 8' Report Yakubu 65' Stadium:
The Valley
Attendance: 26,385
Referee: Andy D'Urso
12 April 2004 32 Portsmouth 3–1 Birmingham City Portsmouth, Hampshire
LuaLua 62'
Yakubu 73' (pen.
)		 Report Maik Taylor Red card 45'
John 67'		 Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 20,104
Referee: Barry Knight
17 April 2004 33 Portsmouth 1–0 Manchester United Portsmouth, Hampshire
Stone 36' Report Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 20,140
Referee: Neale Barry
25 April 2004 34
Leeds United
1–2 Portsmouth Leeds, West Yorkshire
Harte 82' (pen.) Report
LuaLua
51'		 Stadium: Elland Road
Attendance: 39,273
Referee: Uriah Rennie
Portsmouth v Fulham
1 May 2004 35 Portsmouth 1–1 Fulham Portsmouth, Hampshire
Yakubu 80' Report McBride 85' Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 20,065
Referee: Steve Dunn
4 May 2004 36 Portsmouth 1–1 Arsenal Portsmouth, Hampshire
Yakubu 29' Report Reyes 49' Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 20,140
Referee: Mike Riley
8 May 2004 37 Leicester City 3–1 Portsmouth Leicester, Leicestershire
Taylor 6' (o.g.)
Dickov 27'
Scowcroft
71'		 Report Quashie 66' Stadium:
Walkers Stadium
Attendance: 31,536
Referee: Graham Poll
15 May 2004 38 Portsmouth 5–1 Middlesbrough Portsmouth, Hampshire
Yakubu 4', 14' (pen.), 31', 83'
Sheringham 80'		 Report Zenden 27' Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 20,134
Referee: Mark Halsey

FA Cup

3 January 2004 2 Portsmouth 2–1 Blackpool Portsmouth, Hampshire
Schemmel 36'
Yakubu
90'		 Report
Evans
Red card 90'		 Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 13,479
Referee: Steve Dunn
24 January 2004 3 Portsmouth 2–1 Scunthorpe United Portsmouth, Hampshire
Taylor
35', 66'		 Report Parton 86' Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 17,508
Referee: Graham Barber
15 February 2004 4 Liverpool 1–1 Portsmouth Liverpool, Merseyside
Owen 1' Report
Taylor
75'		 Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 34,669
Referee: Mark Halsey
22 February 2004 5 Portsmouth 1–0 Liverpool Portsmouth, Hampshire
Hughes 71' Report Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 19,529
Referee: Matt Messias
6 March 2003 6 Portsmouth 1–5 Arsenal Portsmouth, Hampshire
18:00 Sheringham 90' Report Henry 25', 50'
Ljungberg 43', 57'
Touré 45'		 Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 20,137
Referee: Jeff Winter

League Cup

23 September 2003 2 Portsmouth 5–2 Northampton Town Portsmouth, Hampshire
Taylor
40'		 Report
Reid Red card 9'
Hargreaves 76' (pen.)
Dudfield
90'		 Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 11,130
Referee: David Crick
29 October 2003 3 Nottingham Forest 2–4
(a.e.t.)		 Portsmouth Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Bopp 42', 67' Report Walker 57' (o.g.)
Yakubu 64', 108'
Roberts 101'		 Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 20,078
Referee: Howard Webb
2 December 2003 4 Southampton 2–0 Portsmouth Southampton, Hampshire
Beattie 33', 90' (pen.) Report
De Zeeuw
Red card 90'		 Stadium: St Mary's Stadium
Attendance: 16,791
Referee: Graham Poll

Awards

Statistics

Appearances and goals

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

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. 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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