2005–06 Portsmouth F.C. season

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. {{cite news|title=Portsmouth dismiss manager Perrin|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/p/portsmouth/4455700.stm|publisher=BBC Sport|date=24 November 2005|access-date=28 September 2013}} 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.{{cite news|title=Redknapp goes back to Portsmouth|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/4506132.stm|publisher=BBC Sport|date=7 December 2005|access-date=28 September 2013}} 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.

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.

{{main|2005–06 FA Premier League}}

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Portsmouth's score comes first{{Cite web |url=http://www.statto.com/football/teams/portsmouth/2005-2006/results |title = Portsmouth 2005-2006 Results - statto.com |access-date=28 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131001142107/http://www.statto.com/football/teams/portsmouth/2005-2006/results |archive-date=1 October 2013 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}

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{{Main|2005–06 FA Cup}}

{{Main|2005–06 Football League Cup}}

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{{Fs player|no=2|nat=ENG|pos=DF|name=Linvoy Primus}}

{{Fs player|no=3|nat=Serbia and Montenegro|pos=DF|name=Dejan Stefanović}}

{{Fs player|no=4|nat=ARG|pos=MF|name=Andrés D'Alessandro|other=on loan from Wolfsburg}}

{{Fs player|no=5|nat=IRL|pos=DF|name=Andy O'BrienO'Brien was born in Harrogate, England.}}

{{Fs player|no=6|nat=DEN|pos=DF|name=Brian Priske}}

{{Fs player|no=7|nat=FRA|pos=DF|name=Grégory Vignal}}

{{Fs player|no=8|nat=NOR|pos=FW|name=Azar Karadas|other=on loan from Benfica}}

{{Fs player|no=9|nat=BUL|pos=FW|name=Svetoslav Todorov}}

{{Fs player|no=10|nat=CRO|pos=MF|name=Ivica Mornar}}

{{Fs player|no=11|nat=FRA|pos=DF|name=Noé Pamarot}}

{{Fs player|no=14|nat=ENG|pos=MF|name=Matthew Taylor}}

{{Fs player|no=15|nat=ENG|pos=GK|name=Jamie Ashdown}}

{{Fs player|no=16|nat=ENG|pos=DF|name=Andy Griffin}}

{{Fs player|no=17|nat=FRA|pos=FW|name=Vincent PéricardPéricard was born in Efok, Cameroon.}}

{{Fs player|no=18|nat=SEN|pos=MF|name=Aliou Cissé}}

{{Fs mid}}

{{Fs player|no=19|nat=ZAM|pos=FW|name=Collins Mbesuma}}

{{Fs player|no=20|nat=SCG|pos=MF|name=Ognjen Koroman|other=on loan from FC Terek Grozny}}

{{Fs player|no=21|nat=FRA|pos=MF|name=Franck Songo'oSongo'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.}}

{{Fs player|no=22|nat=SCO|pos=MF|name=Richard Hughes}}

{{Fs player|no=23|nat=POL|pos=FW|name=Emmanuel OlisadebeOlisadebe was born in Warri, Nigeria. but gained Polish citizenship and made his international debut for Poland in 2000.}}

{{Fs player|no=24|nat=ENG|pos=MF|name=Wayne Routledge|other=on loan from Tottenham Hotspur}}

{{Fs player|no=25|nat=ZIM|pos=FW|name=Benjani Mwaruwari}}

{{Fs player|no=26|nat=ENG|pos=MF|name=Gary O'Neil}}

{{Fs player|no=28|nat=ENG|pos=MF|name=Sean Davis}}

{{Fs player|no=29|nat=ITA|pos=GK|name=Andrea Guatelli}}

{{Fs player|no=30|nat=POR|pos=MF|name=Pedro Mendes}}

{{Fs player|no=32|nat=COD|pos=FW|name=Lomana LuaLua}}

{{Fs player|no=33|nat=IRL|pos=GK|name=Dean KielyKiely was born in Salford, England.}}

{{Fs player|no=40|nat=SEN|pos=MF|name=Salif Diao|other=on loan from Liverpool}}

{{Fs player|no=43|nat=ENG|pos=MF|name=Scott Harris}}

{{Fs end}}

{{Fs start}}

{{Fs player|no=1|nat=NED|pos=GK|name=Sander Westerveld|other=on loan to Everton}}

{{Fs player|no=4|nat=COL|pos=MF|name=Jhon Viáfara|other=on loan to Real Sociedad}}

{{Fs player|no=11|nat=FRA|pos=MF|name=Laurent Robert|other=on loan from Newcastle United}}

{{Fs player|no=20|nat=GRE|pos=MF|name=Giannis Skopelitis|other=on loan from Egaleo}}

{{Fs player|no=24|nat=WAL|pos=DF|name=Richard Duffy|other=on loan to Coventry City}}

{{Fs player|no=27|nat=SVN|pos=FW|name=Aleksandar RodićRodić was born in Kozarska Dubica, SFR Yugoslavia (now Bosnia-Herzegovina).|other=on loan to Kayserispor}}

{{Fs player|no=31|nat=URU|pos=FW|name=Darío Silva|other=released}}

{{Fs mid}}

{{Fs player|no=33|nat=GRE|pos=GK|name=Konstantinos Chalkias|other=to Real Murcia}}

{{Fs player|no=34|nat=ENG|pos=FW|name=James Keene|other=on loan to GAIS}}

{{Fs player|no=35|nat=ENG|pos=DF|name=Gary Silk|other=on loan to Boston United}}

{{Fs player|no=38|nat=Serbia and Montenegro|pos=MF|name=Zvonimir Vukić|other=on loan from Shakhtar Donetsk}}

{{Fs player|no=|nat=IRL|pos=DF|name=Marc Wilson|other=on loan to Yeovil Town}}

{{Fs player|no=|nat=NIR|pos=MF|name=Daryl Fordyce|other=on loan to Bournemouth}}

{{Fs end}}

{{Fs start}}

{{Fs player|no=|nat=CAN|pos=GK|name=Asmir Begović}}

{{Fs player|no=|nat=ENG|pos=DF|name=Jason Pearce}}

{{Fs mid}}

{{Fs player|no=|nat=ENG|pos=FW|name=Liam Horsted}}

{{Fs end}}

:Considering starts in all competitions{{Cite web|url=http://www.11v11.com/teams/portsmouth/tab/players/season/2006|title = All Portsmouth players: 2006}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.football-lineups.com/team/Portsmouth/FA_Premier_League_2005-2006/Fixture/|title=Portsmouth in FA Premier League 2005/2006 fixture}}

• GK: #15, {{flagicon|ENG}} Jamie Ashdown, 18
• RB: #2, {{flagicon|ENG}} Linvoy Primus, 21
• CB: #5, {{flagicon|IRL}} Andy O'Brien, 32
• CB: #3, {{flagicon|Serbia and Montenegro}} Dejan Stefanović, 30
• LB: #6, {{flagicon|DEN}} Brian Priske, 28
• RM: #26, {{flagicon|ENG}} Gary O'Neil, 39
• CM: #22, {{flagicon|SCO}} Richard Hughes, 24
• CM: #28, {{flagicon|ENG}} Sean Davis, 17
• LM: #14, {{flagicon|ENG}} Matthew Taylor, 35
• CF: #25, {{flagicon|ZIM}} Benjani Mwaruwari, 16
• CF: #32, {{flagicon|COD}}, Lomana LuaLua, 25

• {{flagicon|IRL}} Andy O'Brien - {{flagicon|ENG}} Newcastle United, £2,000,000, 13 June{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/p/portsmouth/4079810.stm | work=BBC News | title=Pompey complete deal for O'Brien | date=13 June 2005}}
• {{flagicon|FRA}} Laurent Robert - {{flagicon|ENG}} Newcastle United, undisclosed, 19 June{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/p/portsmouth/4092122.stm | work=BBC News | title=Pompey say Robert deal permanent | date=19 June 2005}}
• {{flagicon|COL}} Jhon Viáfara - {{flagicon|COL}} Once Caldas, £1,600,000, 7 July{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/p/portsmouth/4119746.stm | work=BBC News | title=Pompey complete Viafara signing | date=7 July 2005}}
• {{flagicon|FRA}} Grégory Vignal - {{flagicon|ENG}} Liverpool, free, 12 July{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/p/portsmouth/4674607.stm | work=BBC News | title=Portsmouth clinch deal for Vignal | date=12 July 2005}}
• {{flagicon|Zambia}} Collins Mbesuma - {{flagicon|RSA}} Kaizer Chiefs, undisclosed, 12 July{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/p/portsmouth/4676959.stm | work=BBC News | title=Portsmouth sign striker Mbesuma | date=12 July 2005}}
• {{flagicon|NED}} Sander Westerveld - {{flagicon|ESP}} Real Sociedad, free, 22 July{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/p/portsmouth/4705463.stm | work=BBC News | title=Pompey agree deal with Westerveld | date=22 July 2005}}
• {{flagicon|NOR}} Azar Karadas - {{flagicon|POR}} Benfica, loan, 22 July{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/p/portsmouth/4706547.stm | work=BBC News | title=Pompey snap up Benfica's Karadas | date=22 July 2005}}
• {{flagicon|DEN}} Brian Priske - {{flagicon|BEL}} Genk, undisclosed, 22 August{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/p/portsmouth/4156412.stm | work=BBC News | title=Pompey sign Denmark star Priske | date=22 August 2005}}
• {{flagicon|Serbia and Montenegro}} Zvonimir Vukić - {{flagicon|UKR}} Shakhtar Donetsk, undisclosed, 29 August{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/p/portsmouth/4196034.stm | work=BBC News | title=Portsmouth sign midfielder Vukic | date=29 August 2005}}
• {{flagicon|URU}} Darío Silva - {{flagicon|ESP}} Sevilla FC, free, 31 August{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/p/portsmouth/4203060.stm | work=BBC News | title=Pompey add striker Silva to ranks | date=31 August 2005}}
• {{flagicon|CMR}} Franck Songo'o - {{flagicon|ESP}} Barcelona, £205,000, 31 August{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/p/portsmouth/4202238.stm | work=BBC News | title=Portsmouth clinch Songo'o signing | date=31 August 2005}}
• {{flagicon|SEN}} Salif Diao - {{flagicon|ENG}} Liverpool, season loan, 31 August{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/p/portsmouth/4203206.stm | work=BBC News | title=Diao becomes third Pompey signing | date=31 August 2005}}
• {{flagicon|POL}} Emmanuel Olisadebe - {{flagicon|GRE}} Panathinaikos, undisclosed, 4 January{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/p/portsmouth/4582378.stm | work=BBC News | title=Portsmouth seal Olisadebe swoop | date=4 January 2006}}
• {{flagicon|ZIM}} Benjani Mwaruwari - {{flagicon|FRA}} Auxerre, £4,100,000, 5 January{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/p/portsmouth/4586280.stm | work=BBC News | title=Portsmouth sign striker Mwaruwari | date=6 January 2006}}
• {{flagicon|FRA}} Noé Pamarot, {{flagicon|POR}} Pedro Mendes, {{flagicon|ENG}} Sean Davis - {{flagicon|ENG}} Tottenham Hotspur, £7,500,000 combined, 12 January{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/p/portsmouth/4599630.stm | work=BBC News | title=Portsmouth swoop for Spurs trio | date=12 January 2006}}
• {{flagicon|IRL}} Dean Kiely - {{flagicon|ENG}} Charlton Athletic, undisclosed, 25 January{{Cite news|url=http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/4644276.stm|title = Football | My Club | Portsmouth | Kiely makes switch to Portsmouth|work=BBC Sport }}
• {{flagicon|ENG}} Wayne Routledge - {{flagicon|ENG}} Tottenham Hotspur, season loan, 30 January
• {{flagicon|Serbia and Montenegro}} Ognjen Koroman - {{flagicon|RUS}} Terek Grozny, loan, 30 January{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/p/portsmouth/4663326.stm | work=BBC News | title=Pompey sign Routledge & Koroman | date=30 January 2006}}
• {{flagicon|ARG}} Andrés D'Alessandro - {{flagicon|GER}} VfL Wolfsburg, season loan, 31 January{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/p/portsmouth/4665826.stm | work=BBC News | title=Portsmouth snap up d'Alessandro | date=31 January 2006}}

• {{flagicon|CZE}} Patrik Berger - {{flagicon|ENG}} Aston Villa, free, 17 May{{Cite news |last=Staff |date=2005-05-17 |title=Villa serve up Berger deal |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2005/may/17/newsstory.sport13 |access-date=2023-03-05 |issn=0261-3077}}
• {{flagicon|NGA}} Yakubu - {{flagicon|ENG}} Middlesbrough, £7,500,000, 23 May{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/m/middlesbrough/4552089.stm|title=Middlesbrough agree Yakubu deal|date=2005-05-23|access-date=2019-06-15|language=en-GB}}
• {{flagicon|WAL}} Richard Duffy - {{flagicon|ENG}} Coventry City, season loan, 7 June{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/coventry_city/4070876.stm | work=BBC News | title=Duffy joins Coventry for season | date=7 June 2005}}
• {{flagicon|ENG}} Rowan Vine - {{flagicon|ENG}} Luton Town, £250,000, 4 July{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/l/luton_town/4649055.stm | work=BBC News | title=Hatters seal permanent Vine deal | date=4 July 2005}}
• {{flagicon|ENG}} Steve Stone - {{flagicon|ENG}} Leeds United, free, 29 June{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/l/leeds_united/4631617.stm | work=BBC News | title=Leeds complete signing of Stone | date=29 June 2005}}
• {{flagicon|SEN}} Diomansy Kamara - {{flagicon|ENG}} West Bromwich Albion, £1,500,000, 26 July {{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/w/west_bromwich_albion/4718515.stm | work=BBC News | title=Kamara seals £1.5m West Brom deal | date=26 July 2005}}
• {{flagicon|JAM}} Ricardo Fuller - {{flagicon|ENG}} Southampton, £90,000 (rising to £340,000 if Southampton gain promotion), 28 July{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/s/southampton/4720293.stm | work=BBC News | title=Saints snap up Fuller and Hajto | date=28 July 2005}}
• {{flagicon|TRI}} Shaka Hislop - {{flagicon|ENG}} West Ham United, free, 29 July{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/w/west_ham_utd/4727451.stm | work=BBC News | title=Keeper Hislop signs for West Ham | date=29 July 2005}}
• {{flagicon|NED}} Arjan de Zeeuw - {{flagicon|ENG}} Wigan Athletic, £90,000, 11 August{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/w/wigan_athletic/4135810.stm | work=BBC News | title=De Zeeuw makes move back to Wigan | date=11 August 2005}}
• {{flagicon|ENG}} David Unsworth - {{flagicon|ENG}} Sheffield United, free,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. 22 August{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/s/sheff_utd/4173756.stm | work=BBC News | title=Blades complete deal for Unsworth | date=22 August 2005}}
• {{flagicon|GRE}} Kostas Chalkias - released (later joined {{flagicon|ESP}} Real Murcia), 19 January{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/p/portsmouth/4630028.stm | work=BBC News | title=Goalkeeper Chalkias leaves Pompey | date=19 January 2006}}
• {{flagicon|URU}} Darío Silva - released, 13 February{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/p/portsmouth/4709440.stm | work=BBC News | title=Redknapp lets Silva leave Pompey | date=13 February 2006}}
• {{flagicon|NED}} Sander Westerveld - {{flagicon|ENG}} Everton, 28-day loan, 24 February{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/e/everton/4741930.stm | work=BBC News | title=Everton sign Westerveld on loan | date=24 February 2006}}
• {{flagicon|COL}} Jhon Viáfara - {{flagicon|ESP}} Real Sociedad, loan, January
• {{flagicon|ENG}} James Keene - {{flagicon|SWE}} GAIS, loan, March
• {{flagicon|AUS}} Hayden Foxe - released
• {{flagicon|SLO}} Aleksander Rodić - {{flagicon|TUR}} Kayserispor, loan
• {{flagicon|GRE}} Giannis Skopelitis - {{flagicon|GRE}} Egaleo, loan
• {{flagicon|ENG}} Gary Silk - {{flagicon|ENG}} Boston United

:Transfers in: {{loss}} £16,250,000

:Transfers out: {{gain}} £9,450,000

:Total spending: {{loss}} £6,800,000

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