2008–09 Aston Villa F.C. season

Aston Villa
2008–09 season
ChairmanRandy Lerner
ManagerMartin O'Neill
Premier League6th
FA CupFifth round
League CupThird round
UEFA CupRound of 32
Top goalscorerLeague:
Gabriel Agbonlahor (12)

All:
John Carew (15)
Highest home attendance42,585 vs Manchester United, Arsenal, Chelsea, Newcastle United
Lowest home attendance21,541 vs Queens Park Rangers

The 2008–09 Premier League season was Aston Villa's 134th season in English football. It was the club's 98th season in the top-flight and their 21st consecutive season in the top flight. They were managed by Martin O'Neill – in his third season since replacing David O'Leary. The 2008–09 season was the first spell in European competition for O'Neill, and the first for Villa, in 6 seasons.

The club's first summer signing was the permanent capture of on-loan West Brom centre-back, Curtis Davies, in July, while their first sale was made in May, as Luke Moore completed a move to West Brom in an initial £3 million deal, after he had spent the second half of the 2007–08 season there on loan.

The fixtures for the 2008–09 season were announced on Monday 16 June 2008, with Aston Villa beginning at home against Manchester City and finishing the season at home to Newcastle. Due to Birmingham's relegation at the end of the 2007–08 season, there was no Second City derby, however they faced local rivals West Brom on 20 September 2008 at The Hawthorns and on 10 January 2009 at home.[1]

In December 2008, Everton player and boyhood Villa fan, Joleon Lescott put two past Villa and still lost the match following Ashley Young's "brilliant" equalizer.[2]

After 25 games, having qualified for the UEFA Cup as joint winners of the Intertoto Cup, the club were third in the table on 51 points, 2 points above Chelsea on level games and 7 points above Arsenal in 5th place and on course for a place in the Champions League for the first time since 1983. O'Neill decided to prioritise Champions League qualification above all else, fielding a virtual reserve side for a UEFA Cup game against CSKA Moscow which was subsequently lost.[3] Following this, Villa failed to win any of the next 8 league games and improving form for Arsenal & Chelsea meant that Villa failed to reach the top 4.

Kit

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Kit Supplier Sponsor
Nike Acorns*

*Villa passed up sponsorship for the 2008-09 season and instead displayed the children's hospice charity, Acorns.

Transfers

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Transferred in

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Date Pos Player From Fee
3 July 2008 CB Curtis Davies West Bromwich Albion £8,000,000
10 July 2008 CM Steve Sidwell Chelsea £5,000,000
26 July 2008 GK United States Brad Friedel Blackburn Rovers £2,500,000
1 August 2008 GK United States Brad Guzan United States Chivas USA £600,000
7 August 2008 LB Nicky Shorey Reading £2,000,000
8 August 2008 RB Luke Young Middlesbrough £6,000,000
12 August 2008 CB Spain Carlos Cuéllar Scotland Rangers £7,800,000
30 August 2008 RM James Milner Newcastle United £12,000,000
23 January 2009 CF Emile Heskey Wigan Athletic £3,500,000
£45,400,000

  Record

Loaned in

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Date Pos Player From Loan End

Transferred out

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Date Pos Player To Fee
28 May 2008 CF Luke Moore West Bromwich Albion £3,000,000
1 July 2008 AM Czech Republic Patrik Berger Czech Republic Sparta Prague Free transfer
1 July 2008 CB Sweden Olof Mellberg Italy Juventus Free transfer
1 July 2008 GK Denmark Thomas Sørensen Stoke City Free transfer
22 August 2008 AM Scotland Shaun Maloney Scotland Celtic £3,000,000
3 January 2009 LM Wayne Routledge Queens Park Rangers £600,000
£6,600,000

Loaned out

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Date Pos Player To Loan End
23 September 2008 GK Republic of Ireland David Bevan Tamworth 20 December 2008
3 November 2008 CF Sam Williams Colchester United 30 November 2008
5 November 2008 LB Republic of Ireland Stephen O'Halloran Wales Swansea City 1 January 2009
20 November 2008 LM Wayne Routledge Wales Cardiff City 2 January 2009
30 January 2009 CF Sam Williams Walsall 15 February 2009
3 March 2009 CM Isaiah Osbourne Nottingham Forest 31 May 2009
9 March 2009 CF Sam Williams Brentford 31 May 2009
13 March 2009 CM Scotland Barry Bannan Derby County 31 May 2009
13 March 2009 GK Stuart Taylor Wales Cardiff City 31 May 2009
23 March 2009 CF Marlon Harewood Wolverhampton Wanderers 31 May 2009

Overall transfer activity

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Players

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First-team squad

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Squad at end of 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
1 GK United States USA Brad Friedel
2 DF England ENG Luke Young
3 DF Netherlands NED Wilfred Bouma
4 MF England ENG Steve Sidwell
6 MF England ENG Gareth Barry (vice-captain)
7 MF England ENG Ashley Young
8 MF England ENG James Milner
9 FW England ENG Marlon Harewood
10 FW Norway NOR John Carew
11 FW England ENG Gabriel Agbonlahor
13 GK England ENG Stuart Taylor
14 FW England ENG Nathan Delfouneso
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 DF England ENG Curtis Davies
16 DF England ENG Zat Knight
17 MF Togo TOG Moustapha Salifou
18 FW England ENG Emile Heskey
19 MF Bulgaria BUL Stiliyan Petrov
20 MF England ENG Nigel Reo-Coker
21 DF England ENG Nicky Shorey
22 GK United States USA Brad Guzan
24 DF Spain ESP Carlos Cuéllar
26 MF England ENG Craig Gardner
27 MF England ENG Isaiah Osbourne
45 MF England ENG Marc Albrighton
46 MF Scotland SCO Barry Bannan

Left club during season

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
5 DF Denmark DEN Martin Laursen (captain; retired)
9 FW England ENG Marlon Harewood (on loan to Wolverhampton Wanderers)
18 MF England ENG Wayne Routledge (to Queens Park Rangers)
27 MF England ENG Isaiah Osbourne (on loan to Nottingham Forest)
No. Pos. Nation Player
28 MF Scotland SCO Shaun Maloney (to Celtic)
29 DF Republic of Ireland IRL Stephen O'Halloran (on loan to Swansea City)
46 MF Scotland SCO Barry Bannan (on loan to Derby County)

Reserve squad

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The following players made most of their appearances for the reserve team this season, and did not appear for the first team.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
29 DF Republic of Ireland IRL Stephen O'Halloran
43 DF United States USA Eric Lichaj
47 DF England ENG Ciaran Clark
48 DF England ENG Nathan Baker
49 MF Australia AUS Chris Herd
No. Pos. Nation Player
51 DF Republic of Ireland IRL Shane Lowry
GK England ENG Elliot Parish
MF Hungary HUN Zoltán Stieber
FW England ENG Sam Williams
FW Sweden SWE Tobias Mikaelsson (on trial to BK Häcken)

Youth squad

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The following players made most of their appearances for the youth team this season, but may have also appeared for the reserves.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
GK Northern Ireland NIR Conor Devlin (on loan from Manchester United)
GK Austria AUT Thomas Dau
GK Switzerland SUI Benjamin Siegrist
GK Kosovo KOS Aldi Haxhia (on loan from Chelsea)
DF England ENG Durrell Berry
DF England ENG Daniel Bradley
DF England ENG Ellis Deeney
DF England ENG Ben Love
DF England ENG Matthew Roome
DF England ENG Sam Simmonds
DF Wales WAL Tomos Roberts
No. Pos. Nation Player
DF Republic of Ireland IRL Derrick Williams[notes 1]
MF England ENG Richard Blythe
MF England ENG Jack Dyer
MF England ENG Jason Lampkin
MF Austria AUT Dominik Hofbauer
MF Hungary HUN András Stieber
FW England ENG Ethan Moore
FW England ENG Kofi Poyser
FW England ENG Ryan Simmonds
FW Republic of Ireland IRL James Collins[notes 2]
FW Austria AUT Andreas Weimann

Other players

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The following players did not appear for any squad 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
GK England ENG Calum Barrett
GK England ENG Matt Coton
GK Republic of Ireland IRL David Bevan (on loan to Tamworth)
DF England ENG James Clifton
DF England ENG Jordan Collins
DF England ENG Calum Flanagan
DF England ENG Fred Holtom
DF Republic of Ireland IRL Richard Bryan[notes 3]
DF Netherlands NED Arsenio Halfhuid
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF England ENG Emmitt Delfouneso
MF England ENG Harry Forrester
MF England ENG Gary Gardner
MF England ENG William Grocott
MF England ENG Ebby Nelson-Addy
MF England ENG Charlie Ward
FW Northern Ireland NIR Adam McGurk
FW Turkey TUR Umit Eminoglu[notes 4]

Trialists

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
MF England ENG Alex Witham
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF Australia AUS Reece Caira (on trial from Blacktown City)

Competitions

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Overall

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Competition Started round Current
position / round
Final
position / round
First match Last match
Premier League 6th 17 August 2008 24 May 2009
Football League Cup Third round Third round 24 September 2008 24 September 2008
FA Cup 3rd round 5th round 4 January 2009 15 February 2009

Updated to match played 12 June 2008
Source: Competitions

Premier League

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Final league table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
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]
8 Tottenham Hotspur 38 14 9 15 45 45 0 51
Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ a b 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.

Results summary

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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
38 17 11 10 54 48  +6 62 7 9 3 27 21  +6 10 2 7 27 27  0

Matches

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Pre-season friendlies

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Date Opponents H/A Result Scorers Venue
10 July 2008 FC Wil 1900 Switzerland A 6 – 0 Harewood (2), Carew, Delfouneso, Maloney, Routledge Sportpark Bergholz
12 July 2008 FC Zürich Switzerland A 1 – 2 Agbonlahor Letzigrund
15 July 2008 Lincoln City A 1 – 3 Carew Sincil Bank
22 July 2008 Walsall A 3 – 2 Maloney (2), Routledge Bescot Stadium
2 August 2008 Reading A 1 – 1 Archived 4 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine Agbonlahor Madejski Stadium
6 August 2008 Real Balompédica Linense Spain A 1 – 1 Carew Estadio Municipal de La Línea de la Concepción
8 August 2008 UD Marbella Spain A 2 – 0 Delfouneso, Gardner Estadio Municipal de Marbella

First-Team

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Date Opponents H/A Result Scorers Venue Attendance Competition
19 July 2008 Odense Boldklub Denmark A 2–2 Carew, Laursen Fionia Park 12,000 UEFA Intertoto Cup – 3rd round
26 July 2008 Odense Boldklub Denmark H 1–0 A.Young Villa Park 34,394 UEFA Intertoto Cup – 3rd round
14 August 2008 Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar Iceland A 4–1 Barry, A.Young, Agbonlahor, Laursen Laugardalsvöllur 2,200 UEFA Cup – Second qualifying round
17 August 2008 Manchester City H 4–2 Carew, Agbonlahor (3) Villa Park 39,955 Premier League
23 August 2008 Stoke City A 2–3 Carew, Laursen Britannia Stadium 27,500 Premier League
28 August 2008 Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar Iceland H 1–1 Gardner Villa Park 25,415 UEFA Cup – Second qualifying round
31 August 2008 Liverpool H 0–0 Villa Park 41,647 Premier League
15 September 2008 Tottenham Hotspur A 2-1 Reo-Coker, A.Young White Hart Lane 36,076 Premier League
18 September 2008 PFC Litex Lovech Bulgaria A 3–1 Reo-Coker, Barry, Petrov Lovech Stadium 7,000 UEFA Cup – First round
21 September 2008 West Bromwich Albion A 2–1 Carew, Agbonlahor The Hawthorns 26,011 Premier League
24 September 2008 Queens Park Rangers H 0–1 Villa Park 21,541 League Cup
27 September 2008 Sunderland H 2–1 A.Young, Carew Villa Park 38,706 Premier League
2 October 2008 PFC Litex Lovech Bulgaria H 1–1 Harewood Villa Park 27,230 UEFA Cup – First round
5 October 2008 Chelsea A 0–2 Stamford Bridge 41,593 Premier League
18 October 2008 Portsmouth H 0–0 Villa Park 37,660 Premier League
23 October 2008 Ajax Netherlands H 2–1 Laursen, Barry Villa Park 36,657 UEFA Cup – Group Stage
26 October 2008 Wigan Athletic A 4–0 Barry, Agbonlahor, Carew, Sidwell JJB Stadium 20,249 Premier League
29 October 2008 Blackburn Rovers H 3–2 L.Young, Barry, Agbonlahor Villa Park 35,985 Premier League
3 November 2008 Newcastle United A 0–2 St James' Park 44,567 Premier League
6 November 2008 Slavia Prague Czech Republic A 1–0 Carew Synot Tip Arena 22,322 UEFA Cup – Group Stage
9 November 2008 Middlesbrough H 1–2 Sidwell Villa Park 36,672 Premier League
15 November 2008 Arsenal A 2–0 Clichy (OG), Agbonlahor Emirates Stadium 60,047 Premier League
22 November 2008 Manchester United H 0–0 Villa Park 42,585 Premier League
29 November 2008 Fulham H 0–0 Villa Park 36,625 Premier League
4 December 2008 MŠK Žilina Slovenia H 1–2 Delfouneso Villa Park 28,797 UEFA Cup – Group Stage
7 December 2008 Everton A 3–2 Sidwell, A.Young (2) Goodison Park 31,922 Premier League
13 December 2008 Bolton Wanderers H 4–2 Agbonlahor (2), Davies (OG), A.Young Villa Park 35,134 Premier League
17 December 2008 Hamburger SV Germany A 1–3 Delfouneso HSH Nordbank Arena 49,121 UEFA Cup – Group Stage
20 December 2008 West Ham United A 1–0 Neill (OG) Boleyn Ground 31,353 Premier League
26 December 2008 Arsenal H 2–2 Barry (pen), Knight Villa Park 42,585 Premier League
30 December 2008 Hull City A 1–0 Zayatte (OG) KC Stadium 24,727 Premier League
4 January 2009 Gillingham A 2–1 Milner (2) Priestfield Stadium 10,107 FA Cup – Third round
10 January 2009 West Bromwich Albion H 2–1 Davies, Agbonlahor Villa Park 41,757 Premier League
17 January 2009 Sunderland A 2–1 Milner, Barry (PEN) Stadium of Light 40,350 Premier League
24 January 2009 Doncaster Rovers A 0–0 Keepmoat Stadium 13,517 FA Cup – Fourth round
27 January 2009 Portsmouth A 1–0 Heskey Fratton Park 19,073 Premier League
31 January 2009 Wigan Athletic H 0–0 Villa Park 41,766 Premier League
4 February 2009 Doncaster Rovers H 3–1 Sidwell, Carew, Delfouneso Villa Park 24,203 FA Cup – Fourth round replay
7 February 2009 Blackburn Rovers A 2–0 Milner, Agbonlahor Ewood Park 24,267 Premier League
15 February 2009 Everton A 1–3 Milner Goodison Park 35,439 FA Cup – Fifth round
18 February 2009 CSKA Moscow Russia H 1–1 Carew Villa Park 38,038 UEFA Cup – Round of 32
21 February 2009 Chelsea H 0–1 Villa Park 42,585 Premier League
26 February 2009 CSKA Moscow Russia A 0–2 Luzhniki Stadium 25,650 UEFA Cup – Round of 32
1 March 2009 Stoke City H 2–2 Petrov, Carew Villa Park 39,641 Premier League
4 March 2009 Manchester City A 0–2 City of Manchester Stadium 40,137 Premier League
15 March 2009 Tottenham Hotspur H 1–2 Carew Villa Park 41,205 Premier League
22 March 2009 Liverpool A 0–5 Anfield 44,131 Premier League
5 April 2009 Manchester United A 2–3 Carew, Agbonlahor Old Trafford 75,409 Premier League
12 April 2009 Everton H 3–3 Carew, Milner, Barry (PEN) Villa Park 40,188 Premier League
18 April 2009 West Ham United H 1–1 Heskey Villa Park 39,534 Premier League
25 April 2009 Bolton Wanderers A 1–1 A.Young Reebok Stadium 21,709 Premier League
2 May 2009 Hull City H 1–0 Carew Villa Park 39,607 Premier League
9 May 2009 Fulham A 1–3 A.Young Craven Cottage 25,660 Premier League
16 May 2009 Middlesbrough A 1–1 Carew Riverside Stadium 27,261 Premier League
24 May 2009 Newcastle United H 1–0 Duff (OG) Villa Park 42,585 Premier League

Reserves

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Date Opponents H/A Result Scorers Venue
3 September 2008 Stoke City A 2 – 1 Delfouneso, Osbourne Britannia Stadium
8 September 2008 Tottenham Hotspur H 1 – 0 Herd Villa Park
29 September 2008 Arsenal A 4 – 1 Albrighton (2), Stieber (2) Underhill Stadium
13 October 2008 Chelsea A 1 – 0 Sidwell Griffin Park
20 October 2008 Portsmouth A 0 – 2 West Leigh Park
10 November 2008 West Bromwich Albion A 2 – 1 Bannan (2) The Hawthorns
25 November 2008 Fulham A 1 – 1 Bannan Motspur Park
13 January 2009 West Ham United H 0 – 0 De Montfort Park
16 February 2009 Arsenal H 0 – 0 De Montfort Park
2 March 2009 Chelsea H 4 – 3 Delfouneso (2), Hogg, Clark Villa Park
10 March 2009 Portsmouth H 6 – 1 Hogg (2), Lowry, Weimann, Lichaj, G.Gardner Villa Park
17 March 2009 West Ham United A 2 – 0 Weimann, Hofbauer Woodside Park
23 March 2009 Stoke City H 1 – 0 Collins Villa Park

Academy

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Date Opponents H/A Result Scorers Competition
19 July 2008 Queens Park Rangers A 6 – 1 A.Stieber (2), Forrester (2), Weimann (2) Friendly
2 August 2008 Doncaster Rovers H 6 – 0 R.Simmonds (2), G.Gardner, Poyser, Berry, Chapman Friendly
9 August 2008 Plymouth Argyle H 4 – 0 R.Simmonds, G.Gardner, Forrester, Ja.Collins Friendly
23 August 2008 Sheffield United A 1 – 1 Ja.Collins Premier Academy League
30 August 2008 Barnsley H 3 – 0 Ja.Collins (2), Grocott Premier Academy League
6 September 2008 Chelsea H 2 – 0 Weimann, Ja.Collins Premier Academy League
13 September 2008 West Ham United A 0 – 3 Premier Academy League
20 September 2008 Norwich City A 1 – 1 Ja.Collins Premier Academy League
27 September 2008 Tottenham Hotspur H 0 – 2 Premier Academy League
4 October 2008 Cardiff City A 4 – 2 Hofbauer, Ja.Collins, Grocott, Forrester Premier Academy League
11 October 2008 Coventry City H 5 – 0 Ja.Collins (3), Poyser, Grocott Premier Academy League
19 October 2008 Birmingham City A 5 – 0 Poyser (3), Clark, Berry Premier Academy League
8 November 2008 Reading A 3 – 1 Ja.Collins, Weimann, Forrester Premier Academy League
15 November 2008 Watford H 3 – 2 Forrester, Ja.Collins (2) Premier Academy League
22 November 2008 Bristol City H 4 – 2 Berry, Weimann (2), Hofbauer Premier Academy League
6 December 2008 MK Dons A 3 – 0 Ja.Collins, Blythe, A.Stieber Premier Academy League
10 December 2008 Arsenal H 2 – 3 Ja.Collins (2) FA Youth Cup
17 January 2009 Leicester City A 0 – 2 Premier Academy League
24 January 2009 Reading H 2 – 1 A.Stieber, Ja.Collins Premier Academy League
31 January 2009 Watford H 3 – 1 Grocott, Bradley, Ja.Collins Premier Academy League
14 February 2009 MK Dons H 4 – 0 Ja.Collins, G.Gardner (2), Moore Premier Academy League
21 February 2009 Tottenham Hotspur A 4 – 4 Ja.Collins (2), Weimann, A.Stieber Premier Academy League
28 February 2009 Birmingham City H 2 – 2 Forrester, Ja.Collins Premier Academy League
7 March 2009 Cardiff City H 3 – 2 Forrester, Ja.Collins (2) Premier Academy League
14 March 2009 Coventry City A 0 – 0 Premier Academy League
21 March 2009 Ipswich Town H 4 – 2 Weimann (2), Ja.Collins, A.Stieber Premier Academy League

Statistics

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Player statistics

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First-Team

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No. Pos. Nationality Player Apps Goals Assists YC RC Total Apps Total Goals
1 GK United States United States Brad Friedel 46 0 0 1 1 46 0
2 DF England England Luke Young 43 1 0 7 0 43 1
3 DF Netherlands Netherlands Wilfred Bouma 2 0 0 0 0 90 1
4 MF England England Steve Sidwell 25 4 1 6 1 25 4
5 DF Denmark Denmark Martin Laursen 24 4 2 1 0 91 11
6 MF England England Gareth Barry 48 8 9 10 0 440 52
7 MF England England Ashley Young 48 9 15 8 1 100 19
8 MF England England James Milner 43 6 8 7 0 79 9


9 FW England England Marlon Harewood 15 1 3 1 0 40 7
10 FW Norway Norway John Carew 34 15 4 3 0 78 31
11 FW England England Gabriel Agbonlahor 48 13 10 4 0 139 35
13 GK England England Stuart Taylor 2 0 0 0 0 17 0
14 FW England England Nathan Delfouneso 13 3 0 1 0 13 3
15 DF England England Curtis Davies 45 1 1 3 0 59 2
16 DF England England Zat Knight 26 1 0 1 0 54 2
17 MF Togo Togo Moustapha Salifou 9 0 1 0 0 13 0
18 FW England England Emile Heskey 14 2 0 0 0 14 2
19 MF Bulgaria Bulgaria Stiliyan Petrov 47 2 4 9 0 112 5
20 MF England England Nigel Reo-Coker 36 2 1 4 0 75 3
21 DF England England Nicky Shorey 33 0 2 2 0 33 0
22 GK United States United States Brad Guzan 8 0 0 1 0 8 0
24 DF Spain Spain Carlos Cuéllar 36 0 0 4 0 36 0
26 MF England England Craig Gardner 30 1 2 4 0 77 6
27 MF England England Isaiah Osbourne 6 0 0 1 0 29 0
29 DF Republic of Ireland Republic of Ireland Stephen O'Halloran 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
43 DF United States United States Eric Lichaj 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
45 MF England England Marc Albrighton 1 0 0 1 0 1 0
46 MF Scotland Scotland Barry Bannan 2 0 0 1 0 2 0
47 DF England England Ciaran Clark 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
48 DF England England Nathan Baker 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
49 MF Australia Australia Chris Herd 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
51 MF Republic of Ireland Ireland Shane Lowry 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  • Last Update: End of season
  • Data includes all competitive competitions

Reserves/Academy

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No. Pos. Nationality Player Reserve Apps Reserve Goals Academy Apps Academy Goals Total Apps Total Goals
45 MF England England Marc Albrighton 10 2 2 0 12 2
48 DF England England Nathan Baker 4 0 12 0 16 0
46 MF Scotland Scotland Barry Bannan 11 3 4 0 15 3
FW England England Durrell Berry 0 0 9 2 9 2
MF England England Richard Blythe 1 0 16 1 17 1
MF England England Daniel Bradley 0 0 6 1 6 1
47 DF England England Ciaran Clark 12 1 9 1 21 2
FW England England James Collins 10 1 22 24 32 25
GK Austria Austria Thomas Dau 0 0 14 0 14 0
14 FW England England Nathan Delfouneso 9 3 1 0 10 3
* GK Northern Ireland Northern Ireland Conor Devlin 0 0 1 0 1 0
MF England England Jack Dyer 1 0 13 0 14 0
DF England England Calum Flanagan 1 0 17 0 18 0
41 MF England England Harry Forrester 3 0 18 5 21 5
MF England England Gary Gardner 2 1 11 2 13 3
MF England England Will Grocott 1 0 18 4 19 4
DF Netherlands Netherlands Arsenio Halfhuid 0 0 5 0 5 0
* GK Kosovo Kosovo Aldi Haxhia 0 0 1 0 1 0
49 MF Australia Australia Chris Herd 7 1 0 0 7 1
42 MF Austria Austria Dominik Hofbauer 6 1 17 3 23 4
MF England England Jonathan Hogg 5 3 0 0 5 3
MF England England Jason Lampkin 0 0 8 0 8 0
43 DF United States United States Eric Lichaj 10 1 0 0 10 1
MF England England Ben Love 0 0 5 0 5 0
51 DF Republic of Ireland Republic of Ireland Shane Lowry 8 1 0 0 8 1
FW Sweden Sweden Tobias Mikaelsson 3 0 0 0 3 0
FW England England Ethan Moore 0 0 1 1 1 1
29 DF Republic of Ireland Republic of Ireland Stephen O'Halloran 2 0 0 0 2 0
53 GK England England Elliott Parish 9 0 3 0 12 0
FW England England Kofi Poyser 0 0 13 4 13 4
DF Wales Wales Tomos Roberts 0 0 12 0 12 0
DF England England Matthew Roome 5 0 14 0 19 0
GK Switzerland Switzerland Benjamin Siegrist 0 0 4 0 4 0
MF England England Ryan Simmonds 0 0 13 0 13 0
DF England England Sam Simmonds 1 0 6 0 7 0
MF Hungary Hungary András Stieber 0 0 11 4 11 4
* MF Hungary Hungary Zoltán Stieber 8 2 0 0 8 2
FW Austria Austria Andreas Weimann 10 2 18 6 28 8
DF Republic of Ireland Republic of Ireland Derrick Williams 0 0 1 0 1 0
FW England England Sam Williams 4 0 0 0 4 0
  • Last Update: 25 March 2009
  • Data includes all competitions
  • Zoltán Stieber signed for TuS Koblenz on 29 January 2009. Conor Devlin and Aldi Haxhia were signed on emergency short-term loan deals. Both returned to Manchester United and Chelsea respectively.

Squad information

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N
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
EU
Since
App(GS/Sub)
Goals
Ends
Transfer fee
Notes
1 GK United States Brad Friedel 37 Non-EU 2008 16 (16/0) 0 2011 £2.5m
13 GK England Stuart Taylor 27 EU 2005 17 (14/3) 0 2009 Undisclosed
22 GK United States Brad Guzan 23 Non-EU 2008 2 (2/0) 0 2011 £0.6m
2 RB England Luke Young 29 EU 2008 14 (13/1) 1 2011 £6m
3 LB Netherlands Wilfred Bouma 30 EU 2005 90 (87/3) 1 2011 £3.5m
5 CB Denmark Martin Laursen 31 EU 2004 83 (81/2) 11 2010 £3m
15 CB England Curtis Davies 23 EU 2008 27 (22/5) 1 2012 Undisclosed
16 CB England Zat Knight 28 EU 2007 34 (32/2) 1 2011 £3.5m
21 LB England Nicky Shorey 27 EU 2008 16 (16/0) 0 2011 Undisclosed
24 CB Spain Carlos Cuéllar 27 EU 2008 12 (9/3) 0 2012 £7.8m
29 LB Republic of Ireland Stephen O'Halloran 20 EU 2008 0 (0/0) 0 2009 Academy
4 CM England Steve Sidwell 25 EU 2008 6 (3/3) 1 2011 Undisclosed
6 CM England Gareth Barry 27 EU 1997 410 (393/17) 49 2010 Undisclosed
7 LM England Ashley Young 23 EU 2007 70 (67/3) 14 2011 £9.6m
8 RM England James Milner 22 EU 2008 45 (40/5) 3 2012 £12m
17 CM Togo Moustapha Salifou 25 Non-EU 2007 9 (3/6) 0 2009 Undisclosed
19 CM Bulgaria Stiliyan Petrov 29 EU 2006 82 (75/7) 4 2010 £6.5m
20 CM England Nigel Reo-Coker 24 EU 2007 56 (56/0) 3 2011 £8.5m
26 CM England Craig Gardner 21 EU 2005 58 (37/21) 6 2011 Academy
27 CM England Isaiah Osbourne 20 EU 2006 26 (13/13) 0 2011 Academy
9 CF England Marlon Harewood 29 EU 2006 34 (7/27) 7 2010 £4m
10 CF Norway John Carew 28 EU 2007 59 (57/2) 23 2010 Part-Exchange
11 CF England Gabriel Agbonlahor 21 EU 2006 110 (102/8) 29 2011 Academy
14 CF England Nathan Delfouneso 17 EU 2008 3 (0/3) 0 2010 Academy
18 CF England Emile Heskey 29 EU 2009 3 (3/0) 1 2012 £3.5m
  • Last updated: 12 May 2008
  • Source: avfc.co.uk, players' Wikipedia articles
  • Ordered by position on pitch (from back right to front left).

Notes

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  1. ^ Williams was born in Hamburg, Germany, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally through his mother and represented them at U-19 and U-21 level before making his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in May 2018.
  2. ^ Collins was born in Coventry, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally through his parents and represented them at U-19 and U-21 level.
  3. ^ Bryan was born in Birmingham, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and represented them at U-16 and U-17 level.
  4. ^ Eminoglu was born in Solihull, England, but also qualified to represent Turkey internationally and represented them at U-16 level.

References

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  1. ^ "Premier League 2008/09 fixtures announced". Premier League. 16 June 2008. Archived from the original on 13 April 2014. Retrieved 10 April 2014.
  2. ^ 7th December 2008 Everton 2-3 Aston Villa
  3. ^ "Villa 'reserves' crash out to CSKA Moscow". CNN. 26 February 2009. Retrieved 14 December 2013.
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