| Club: | Portsmouth |
| Season: | 2005–06 |
| Manager: | Alain Perrin (until 24 November) Joe Jordan (caretaker) Harry Redknapp (from 7 December) |
| Chairman: | Milan Mandarić |
| Stadium: | Fratton Park |
| League: | FA Premier League |
| League Result: | 17th |
| Cup1: | FA Cup |
| Cup1 Result: | Fourth round |
| Cup2: | League Cup |
| Cup2 Result: | Second round |
| League Topscorer: | Lomana LuaLua (7) |
| Season Topscorer: | Lomana LuaLua/Gary O'Neil/Matthew Taylor (7) |
| Highest Attendance: | 20,240 vs. Liverpool (7 May 2006) |
| Lowest Attendance: | 19,030 vs. Charlton Athletic (22 October 2005) |
| Average Attendance: | 19,635 |
| Prevseason: | 2004–05 |
| Nextseason: | 2006–07 |
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.
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.
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.
See main article: 2005–06 FA Premier League.
Portsmouth's score comes first[3]
| Win | Draw | 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 |
See main article: 2005–06 FA Cup.
| R3 | 7 January 2006 | Ipswich Town | A | 1–0 | 15,593 | Silva | |
| R4 | 29 January 2006 | Liverpool | H | 1–2 | 17,247 | Davis |
See main article: 2005–06 Football League Cup.
| R2 | 20 September 2005 | Gillingham | A | 2–3 | 4,903 | O'Neil, Taylor |
Considering starts in all competitions[4] [5]
Andy O'Brien, 32
, Lomana LuaLua, 25 Andy O'Brien - Newcastle United, £2,000,000, 13 June[6]
Laurent Robert - Newcastle United, undisclosed, 19 June[7]
Jhon Viáfara - Once Caldas, £1,600,000, 7 July[8] Grégory Vignal - Liverpool, free, 12 July[9]
Collins Mbesuma - Kaizer Chiefs, undisclosed, 12 July[10]
Real Sociedad, free, 22 July[11]
Azar Karadas - Benfica, loan, 22 July[12]
Genk, undisclosed, 22 August[13]
Shakhtar Donetsk, undisclosed, 29 August[14] Sevilla FC, free, 31 August[15]
Franck Songo'o - Barcelona, £205,000, 31 August[16]
Salif Diao - Liverpool, season loan, 31 August[17]
Emmanuel Olisadebe - Panathinaikos, undisclosed, 4 January[18] Auxerre, £4,100,000, 5 January[19] Noé Pamarot, Pedro Mendes, Sean Davis - Tottenham Hotspur, £7,500,000 combined, 12 January[20] Dean Kiely - Charlton Athletic, undisclosed, 25 January[21]
Terek Grozny, loan, 30 January[22]
Andrés D'Alessandro - VfL Wolfsburg, season loan, 31 January[23]
Patrik Berger - Aston Villa, free, 17 May[24]
Yakubu - Middlesbrough, £7,500,000, 23 May[25] Diomansy Kamara - West Bromwich Albion, £1,500,000, 26 July [29]
Ricardo Fuller - Southampton, £90,000 (rising to £340,000 if Southampton gain promotion), 28 July[30] Real Murcia), 19 January[35] Jhon Viáfara - Real Sociedad, loan, January
GAIS, loan, March
Hayden Foxe - released
Kayserispor, loanTransfers in: £16,250,000
Transfers out: £9,450,000
Total spending: £6,800,000