2003–04 Portsmouth F.C. 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

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

Left club during season

Reserve squad

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

Transfers

In

• CZE Patrik Berger – ENG Liverpool, free, 6 June 2003
• Serbia and Montenegro Dejan Stefanović – NED Vitesse Arnhem, £1,850,000, 20 June 2003
• CRO Boris Živković – GER Bayer Leverkusen, free, 24 June 2003
• ENG Teddy Sheringham, ENG Tottenham Hotspur, free, 30 June 2003
• FRA Vincent Péricard – ITA Juventus, July 2003, £400,000
• NED Harald Wapenaar – NED Utrecht, 8 July 2003
• SEN Amdy Faye – FRA Auxerre, undisclosed (estimated £1,500,000), 5 August 2003
• FRA Sébastien Schemmel – ENG West Ham United, undisclosed, 14 August 2003
• RUS Alexey Smertin – ENG Chelsea, season loan, 27 August 2003
• GRN Jason Roberts – ENG West Bromwich Albion, loan, 1 September 2003
• CZE Pavel Srníček – ITA Brescia, free, 1 September 2003
• FIN Petri Pasanen – NED Ajax Amsterdam, 5 January 2004, loan
• ISR Eyal Berkovic – ENG Manchester City, £500,000, 8 January 2004
• WAL Richard Duffy – WAL Swansea City, undisclosed (six-figure sum), 26 January 2004,
• POL Sebastian Olszar – AUT Admira Wacker Mödling, free, 26 January 2004
• CRO Ivica Mornar – BEL Anderlecht, £400,000, 29 January 2004
• COD Lomana Tresor LuaLua – ENG Newcastle United, three-month loan, £100,000 loan fee, 2 February 2004
• ENG John Curtis – ENG Leicester City, free, 2 February 2004
• ENG Alan Knight – free

Out

• ENG Justin Edinburgh – released (later joined ENG Billericay Town), 2003
• ENG Jason Crowe – released (later joined ENG Grimsby Town), 20 May 2003
• ENG Luke Nightingale – released (later joined ENG Southend United), 20 May 2003
• ENG Carl Tiler – retired, 20 May 2003
• ITA Gianluca Festa – ITA Cagliari, 13 June 2003
• ENG Paul Merson – ENG Walsall, undisclosed, 18 July 2003
• ENG Rowan Vine – ENG Colchester United, season loan, 7 August 2003
• JPN Yoshi Kawaguchi – DEN FC Nordsjælland, 3 September 2003
• WAL Carl Robinson – ENG Rotherham United, month loan, 18 September 2003
• CRO Boris Živković – GER Stuttgart, free, 13 January 2004
• GRN Jason Roberts – ENG West Bromwich Albion, loan ended, 14 January 2004
• ENG Jamie Vincent – ENG Derby County, free, 16 January 2004
• ENG Neil Barrett – SCO Dundee, loan, 23 January 2004
• WAL Carl Robinson – ENG Sheffield United, loan, 30 January 2004
• CZE Pavel Srníček – ENG West Ham United, month loan, 19 February 2004
• ENG Lee Bradbury – ENG Walsall, free, 25 March 2004
• ENG Lewis Buxton – ENG AFC Bournemouth, season loan, October 2003
• ENG Courtney Pitt – ENG Coventry City, loan
• ENG Courtney Pitt – ENG Luton Town, loan
• CIV Lassina Diabaté – FRA AC Ajaccio

Results

Premier League

Results per matchday

Berger Stone Cole Lazardis Bartlett Shearer Ameobi Ronaldo Keane O'Neil Foxe Berger Yakubu Bent Rooney Pahars Beattie Lampard Geremi Vassell Stefanović Yakubu Sibierski Keane Poyet LuaLua Mornar Crespo Owen Yakubu LuaLua Yakubu John LuaLua Dickov Scowcroft Sheringham

FA Cup

Yakubu Evans Ljungberg Touré

League Cup

Roberts Taylor Hargreaves Dudfield (a.e.t.) Yakubu Roberts

Awards

• August: Player of the Month, Teddy Sheringham
• April: Manager of the Month, Harry Redknapp

Statistics

Appearances and goals

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Notes

References

References

1. (6 June 2003). "Berger signs for Portsmouth".
2. (20 June 2003). "Pompey seal Stefanovic deal".
3. (24 June 2003). "Pompey lure Zivkovic".
4. (30 June 2003). "Sheringham signs for Pompey".
5. Pearson, James. "Pompey agree Pericard price".
6. (8 July 2003). "Walsall lead Merson chase".
7. (5 August 2003). "Faye seals Pompey deal".
8. (2003-08-14). "Pompey secure Schemmel deal". BBC Sport.
9. (27 August 2003). "Smertin seals Pompey loan deal".
10. (2003-09-01). "Pompey clinch Roberts deal".
11. (1 September 2003). "Srnicek signs for Portsmouth".
12. (2004-01-02). "Pompey eye Pasanen". BBC Sport.
13. (2004-01-18). "Transfers - January 2004". BBC Sport.
14. (8 January 2004). "Pompey sign Berkovic".
15. (26 January 2004). "Duffy completes Pompey switch".
16. (26 January 2004). "Pompey sign Polish striker".
17. (2 February 2004). "Pompey land LuaLua".
18. (20 May 2003). "Pompey release five".
19. (13 June 2003). "Festa leaves Pompey".
20. (18 July 2003). "Walsall unveil Merson".
21. (7 August 2003). "Vine joins Colchester".
22. (2003-09-03). "Kawaguchi leaves Portsmouth". BBC Sport.
23. (18 September 2003). "Rotherham recruit Robinson".
24. (13 January 2004). "Pompey release Zivkovic".
25. (2004-01-13). "Wigan land Roberts". BBC Sport.
26. (16 January 2004). "Rams snap up duo".
27. "Football | My Club | Dundee | Dundee ready to keep Novo".
28. (18 January 2004). "Transfers – January 2004".
29. (19 February 2004). "Hammers snap up Srnicek".
30. (25 March 2004). "Walsall snap up Bradbury".