2008–09 Everton F.C. season
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2008–09 season | ||||
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Chairman | Bill Kenwright | |||
Manager | David Moyes | |||
Premier League | 5th | |||
FA Cup | Runners-up | |||
League Cup | Third round | |||
UEFA Cup | First round | |||
Top goalscorer | League: Marouane Fellaini Tim Cahill (8) All: Marouane Fellaini Tim Cahill (9) | |||
Highest home attendance | 39,574 v (27 Sept vs Liverpool) | |||
Lowest home attendance | 28,312 v (17 Sept vs Standard Liège) | |||
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The 2008–09 Everton F.C. season was Everton's 17th season in the Premier League, and their 55th consecutive season in the top division of English football. The club's kit was provided by Umbro, and the sponsor was Chang beer.
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Review and events
[edit]Monthly events
[edit]This is a list of the significant events to occur at the club during the 2008–09 season, presented in chronological order. This list does not include transfers, which are listed in the transfers section below, or match results, which are in the results section. However it does summarise the transfers made by Everton in the summer. It also includes Cup Draws.
July:
- 4 - Steve Round is announced as Everton's new assistant manager.[1]
- 10 - The Guardian report on two further mortgages taken out by Everton against future bSkyb television revenue.[2]
- 18 - Everton shareholders deliver a petition to the club demanding an Extraordinary General Meeting having achieved over 20% of the support necessary to call such a meeting.[3]
- 25 - Club captain Phil Neville signs a new four-year contract to keep him at the club until 2012.[4]
- 27 - Sporting CP reject Everton's £11.8 million bid for midfielder João Moutinho.[5]
- 29 - Everton CEO Keith Wyness resigns. No official reason is stated at the time, except that it is not in connection with Everton's planned new stadium in Kirkby.[6][7]
August:
- 16 - Jose Baxter becomes Everton's youngest player to make a competitive appearance when he comes on against Blackburn Rovers in the Premier League. Baxter was aged 16 years and 191 days.
- 23 - Jose Baxter becomes Everton's youngest player to be selected for a competitive match, when he starts against West Bromwich Albion in the Premier League. Baxter was aged 16 years and 198 days.
- 28 - Everton are drawn with Standard Liège in the first round of the UEFA Cup, with the first game being at Goodison Park.
- 29 - Everton are drawn away to Blackburn in the third round of the League Cup
- 31 - Everton break its transfer record after acquiring Marouane Fellaini for £15 million, £3.75 million more than Yakubu was purchased for from Middlesbrough FC in 2007.[8] This was the club's fifth signing of August, following Lars Jacobsen, Louis Saha, Segundo Castillo and Carlo Nash.
Final league table
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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3 | Chelsea | 38 | 25 | 8 | 5 | 68 | 24 | +44 | 83 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage[a] |
4 | Arsenal | 38 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 68 | 37 | +31 | 72 | Qualification for the Champions League play-off round |
5 | Everton | 38 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 55 | 37 | +18 | 63 | Qualification for the Europa League play-off round[a] |
6 | Aston Villa | 38 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 54 | 48 | +6 | 62 | |
7 | Fulham | 38 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 39 | 34 | +5 | 53 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round[a] |
Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Since both finalists of the FA Cup (Chelsea and Everton) and the League Cup winners (Manchester United) qualified for the European competitions based on their league position, the sixth-placed team (Aston Villa) received a berth in the Europa League play-off round and the seventh-placed team (Fulham) received a berth in the Europa League third qualifying round.
Squad details
[edit]Players information
[edit]No. | Name | Nat. | Place of birth | Date of birth | Club apps. | Club goals | Int. caps | Int. goals | Previous club | Date joined | Fee |
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1 | Carlo Nash | Bolton | 13 September 1973 | - | - | - | - | Wigan Athletic | 1 September 2008 | Undisclosed | |
2 | Tony Hibbert | Huyton | 20 February 1981 | 164 | - | - | - | N/A | 1 August 2000 | Trainee | |
3 | Leighton Baines | Kirkby | 11 December 1984 | 24 | - | - | - | Wigan Athletic | 7 August 2007 | £6,000,000 | |
4 | Joseph Yobo | Port Harcourt | 6 September 1980 | 178 | 6 | 59 | 4 | Marseille | 22 May 2003 | £3,500,000 | |
5 | Joleon Lescott | Birmingham | 16 August 1982 | 78 | 12 | 5 | - | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 14 June 2006 | £5,000,000 | |
6 | Phil Jagielka | Manchester | 7 August 1982 | 36 | 1 | 1 | - | Sheffield United | 4 July 2007 | £4,000,000 | |
7 | Andy van der Meyde | Arnhem | 30 September 1979 | 18 | - | 18 | 1 | Inter Milan | 31 August 2005 | £2,000,000 | |
8 | Segundo Castillo | San Lorenzo | 15 May 1982 | - | - | 33 | 2 | Red Star Belgrade | 28 August 2008 | Loan | |
9 | Louis Saha | Paris | 8 August 1978 | - | - | 18 | 4 | Manchester United | 1 September 2008 | Undisclosed | |
10 | Mikel Arteta | San Sebastián | 26 March 1982 | 106 | 13 | 7 | 1 | Real Sociedad | 1 July 2005 | £2,500,000 | |
12 | Iain Turner | Stirling | 26 January 1984 | 4 | - | - | - | Stirling Albion | 1 July 2003 | £50,000 | |
14 | James Vaughan | Birmingham | 14 July 1988 | 26 | 6 | - | - | N/A | 1 July 2004 | Trainee | |
15 | Lars Jacobsen | Odense | 20 September 1979 | - | - | 16 | - | 1. FC Nürnberg | 26 August 2008 | Free | |
17 | Tim Cahill | Sydney | 6 December 1979 | 101 | 29 | 28 | 13 | Millwall | 23 July 2004 | £1,500,000 | |
18 | Phil Neville | Bury | 21 January 1977 | 108 | 3 | 59 | - | Manchester United | 4 August 2005 | £3,500,000 | |
19 | Nuno Valente | Lisbon | 12 September 1974 | 45 | - | 33 | 1 | Porto | 30 August 2005 | £1,500,000 | |
20 | Steven Pienaar | Johannesburg | 17 March 1982 | 35 | 2 | 34 | 2 | Borussia Dortmund | 24 April 2007 | £2,000,000 | |
21 | Leon Osman | Wigan | 17 May 1981 | 134 | 18 | - | - | N/A | 1 August 2000 | Trainee | |
22 | Yakubu | Benin City | 22 November 1982 | 39 | 22 | 41 | 17 | Middlesbrough | 29 August 2007 | £11,250,000 | |
24 | Tim Howard | North Brunswick | 6 March 1979 | 74 | - | 30 | - | Manchester United | 14 February 2007 | £3,000,000 | |
25 | Marouane Fellaini | Etterbeek | 22 November 1987 | - | - | 10 | 1 | Standard Liège | 1 September 2008 | £15,000,000 | |
26 | Jack Rodwell | Southport | 11 March 1991 | 5 | - | - | - | N/A | 1 July 2007 | Trainee | |
27 | Lukas Jutkiewicz | Southampton | 28 March 1989 | - | - | - | - | Swindon Town | 1 July 2007 | £400,000 | |
28 | Victor Anichebe | Lagos | 23 April 1988 | 44 | 11 | 4 | 1 | N/A | 1 July 2005 | Trainee | |
30 | John Ruddy | St. Ives | 24 October 1986 | 1 | - | - | - | Cambridge United | 20 May 2005 | £250,000 | |
32 | Dan Gosling | Brixham | 2 February 1990 | - | - | - | - | Plymouth Argyle | 15 January 2008 | £2,000,000 | |
34 | John Irving | Liverpool | 17 September 1989 | - | - | - | - | N/A | 1 July 2007 | Trainee | |
35 | Kieran Agard | London | 10 October 1989 | - | - | - | - | N/A | 1 August 2008 | Trainee | |
36 | John Paul Kissock | Liverpool | 2 December 1989 | - | - | - | - | N/A | 1 July 2007 | Trainee | |
37 | Jose Baxter | Bootle | 7 February 1992 | - | - | - | - | N/A | 1 August 2008 | Trainee | |
38 | James Wallace | Liverpool | 19 December 1991 | - | - | - | - | N/A | 1 August 2008 | Trainee |
Player awards
[edit]- Player of the Season - Phil Jagielka
- Players' Player of the Season - Phil Jagielka
- Young Player of the Season - Marouane Fellaini
- Reserve / U21 Player of the Season - Kieran Agard
- Academy Player of the Season - James McCarten
- Goal of the Season - Dan Gosling vs. Liverpool
Matches
[edit]Pre-season friendlies
[edit]19 July | Cambridge United | 4 – 2 | Everton | Cambridge |
22 July | Preston North End | 0 – 1 | Everton | Preston |
25 July | Nottingham Forest | 1 – 1 | Everton | Nottingham |
30 July | Chicago Fire | 2 – 0 | Everton | Bridgeview |
3 August | Colorado Rapids | 1 – 2 | Everton | Commerce City |
Premier League
[edit]16 August | Everton | 2 – 3 | Blackburn Rovers | Liverpool |
23 August | West Bromwich Albion | 1 – 2 | Everton | West Bromwich |
30 August | Everton | 0 – 3 | Portsmouth | Liverpool |
14 September | Stoke City | 2 – 3 | Everton | Stoke |
5 October | Everton | 2 – 2 | Newcastle United | Liverpool |
25 October | Everton | 1 – 1 | Manchester United | Liverpool |
29 October | Bolton Wanderers | 0 – 1 | Everton | Bolton |
8 November | West Ham United | 1 – 3 | Everton | Upton Park |
16 November | Everton | 1 – 1 | Middlesbrough | Liverpool |
24 November | Wigan Athletic | 1 – 0 | Everton | Wigan |
30 November | Tottenham Hotspur | 0 – 1 | Everton | Tottenham |
7 December | Everton | 2 – 3 | Aston Villa | Liverpool |
13 December | Manchester City | 0 – 1 | Everton | Manchester |
26 December | Middlesbrough | 0 – 1 | Everton | Middlesbrough |
28 December | Everton | 3 – 0 | Sunderland | Liverpool |
31 January | Manchester United | 1 – 0 | Everton | Manchester |
7 February | Everton | 3 – 0 | Bolton Wanderers | Liverpool |
22 February | Newcastle United | 0 – 0 | Everton | Newcastle upon Tyne |
28 February | Everton | 2 – 0 | West Bromwich Albion | Liverpool |
4 March | Blackburn Rovers | 0 – 0 | Everton | Blackburn |
14 March | Everton | 3 – 1 | Stoke City | Liverpool |
21 March | Portsmouth | 2 – 1 | Everton | Portsmouth |
5 April | Everton | 4 – 0 | Wigan Athletic | Liverpool |
12 April | Aston Villa | 3 – 3 | Everton | Aston, Birmingham |
25 April | Everton | 1 – 2 | Manchester City | Liverpool |
3 May | Sunderland | 0 – 2 | Everton | Sunderland |
9 May | Everton | 0 – 0 | Tottenham Hotspur | Liverpool |
16 May | Everton | 3 – 1 | West Ham United | Liverpool |
UEFA Cup
[edit]17 September First round, first leg | Everton | 2 – 2 | Standard Liège | Liverpool |
2 October First round, second leg | Standard Liège | 2 – 1 (4 – 3 agg.) | Everton | Liège |
League Cup
[edit]24 September Third round | Blackburn Rovers | 1 – 0 | Everton | Blackburn |
FA Cup
[edit]3 January Third round | Macclesfield Town | 0 – 1 | Everton | Macclesfield |
25 January Fourth round | Liverpool | 1 – 1 | Everton | Anfield, Liverpool |
4 February Fourth round replay | Everton | 1 – 0 (a.e.t.) | Liverpool | Liverpool |
15 February Fifth round | Everton | 3 – 1 | Aston Villa | Liverpool |
8 March Quarter-final | Everton | 2 – 1 | Middlesbrough | Liverpool |
19 April Semi-final | Manchester United | 0 – 0 (a.e.t.) (2 – 4 p) | Everton | Wembley, London |
Season statistics
[edit]Starts and goals
[edit]No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Premier League | FA Cup | League Cup | UEFA Cup | |||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
1 | GK | ENG | Carlo Nash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2 | DF | ENG | Tony Hibbert | 24 | 0 | 16+1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
3 | DF | ENG | Leighton Baines | 39 | 1 | 26+5 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
4 | DF | NGA | Joseph Yobo | 33 | 1 | 26+1 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
5 | DF | ENG | Joleon Lescott | 46 | 5 | 35+1 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
6 | DF | ENG | Phil Jagielka | 43 | 1 | 33+1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
7 | MF | NED | Andy van der Meyde | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
8 | MF | ECU | Segundo Castillo (on loan from Red Star Belgrade) | 13 | 1 | 5+4 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
9 | FW | FRA | Louis Saha | 29 | 8 | 10+14 | 6 | 2+1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
10 | MF | ESP | Mikel Arteta | 31 | 7 | 26 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
11 | FW | BRA | Jô | 12 | 5 | 11+1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
12 | GK | SCO | Iain Turner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
14 | FW | ENG | James Vaughan | 17 | 0 | 1+12 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
15 | DF | DEN | Lars Jacobsen | 6 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
17 | MF | AUS | Tim Cahill | 40 | 9 | 28+2 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
18 | DF | ENG | Phil Neville | 47 | 0 | 36+1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
19 | DF | POR | Nuno Valente | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
20 | MF | RSA | Steven Pienaar | 35 | 3 | 27+1 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
21 | MF | ENG | Leon Osman | 43 | 7 | 32+2 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
22 | FW | NGA | Yakubu | 17 | 5 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
24 | GK | USA | Tim Howard | 48 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
25 | MF | BEL | Marouane Fellaini | 35 | 9 | 28+2 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
26 | DF | ENG | Jack Rodwell | 25 | 1 | 9+10 | 0 | 2+3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
27 | FW | POL | Lukas Jutkiewicz | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
28 | FW | NGA | Victor Anichebe | 22 | 1 | 5+12 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
30 | GK | ENG | John Ruddy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32 | MF | ENG | Dan Gosling | 17 | 3 | 6+5 | 2 | 1+5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
34 | DF | ENG | John Irving | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
35 | FW | ENG | Kieran Agard | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
36 | MF | ENG | John Paul Kissock | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
37 | FW | ENG | Jose Baxter | 4 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
38 | MF | ENG | James Wallace | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Notes:
- Appearances as subs are included.
Goalscorers
[edit]Name | Premier League | League Cup | FA Cup | UEFA Cup | Total |
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Tim Cahill | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
Marouane Fellaini | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
Louis Saha | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
Mikel Arteta | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
Leon Osman | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
Jô | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
Yakubu | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
Joleon Lescott | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
Steven Pienaar | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Dan Gosling | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
Victor Anichebe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Leighton Baines | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Segundo Castillo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Phil Jagielka | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Joseph Yobo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Own Goal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Yellow cards
[edit]Name | Premier League | League Cup | FA Cup | UEFA Cup | Total |
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Marouane Fellaini | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
Joseph Yobo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Yakubu | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Leon Osman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Leighton Baines | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Transfers
[edit]Transfers in
[edit]Player | From | Date | Fee |
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Lars Jacobsen | 1. FC Nürnberg | 26 August 2008 | Free[10] |
Louis Saha | Manchester United | 1 September 2008 | Undisclosed[11] |
Carlo Nash | Wigan Athletic | 1 September 2008 | Undisclosed[12] |
Marouane Fellaini | Standard Liège | 1 September 2008 | £15,000,000[13] |
Transfers out
[edit]Player | To | Date | Fee |
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Patrick Boyle | Released | 1 May 2008 | Free |
Bjarni Viðarsson | Twente | 14 May 2008 | Free[14] |
Lee Carsley | Birmingham City | 3 June 2008 | Free[15] |
Stefan Wessels | VfL Osnabrück | 25 June 2008 | Free[16] |
Darren Dennehy | Cardiff City | 28 June 2008 | Free[17] |
Jamie Jones | Leyton Orient | 2 July 2008 | Free[18] |
Aidan Downes | Yeovil Town | 1 August 2008 | Free[19] |
Andrew Johnson | Fulham | 7 August 2008 | £10,500,000[20] |
Loans in
[edit]Player | From | Date From | Date Till |
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Segundo Castillo | Red Star Belgrade | 28 August 2008 | 30 May 2009[21] |
Jô | Manchester City | 31 January 2009 | 1 June 2009 |
Loans out
[edit]Player | To | Date From | Date Till |
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References
[edit]- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 19 September 2011. Retrieved 4 October 2008.
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- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 19 September 2011. Retrieved 4 October 2008.
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- ^ "Awards Winners | Everton Football Club". www.evertonfc.com. Archived from the original on 14 January 2016. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
- ^ "Everton confirm Jacobsen switch". BBC Sport. 26 August 2008.
- ^ "Saha completes Everton switch". SkySports. 1 September 2008.
- ^ "Everton snap up Nash". SkySports. 1 September 2008.
- ^ "Fellaini ends Moyes' frustration". SkySports. 1 September 2008.
- ^ "Twente try out Toffee". SkySports. 14 May 2008.
- ^ "Carsley passes Birmingham medical". BBC Sport. 3 June 2008.
- ^ "Wessels set for Osnabruck". The World Game. 22 June 2008.[permanent dead link ]
- ^ "Cardiff add McCormack and Dennehy". BBC Sport. 28 June 2008.
- ^ "Two more sign for Leyton Orient". BBC Sport. 1 July 2008.
- ^ "Downes deal for Yeovil". SkySports. 1 August 2008.
- ^ "Fulham sign Johnson from Everton". BBC Sport. 7 August 2008.
- ^ "Everton complete Castillo signing". BBC Sport. 28 August 2008.
External links
[edit]- Official Site: 2007/2008 Fixtures & Results Archived 30 August 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- BBC Sport - Club Stats
- Soccerbase - Results | Squad Stats | Transfers