# 2008–09 Everton F.C. season

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.

## Kits

| Home | Alt Home | Alt. Home 2 | Away | Third |

## Review and events
### Monthly events

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.
* 10 - The Guardian report on two further mortgages taken out by Everton against future bSkyb television revenue.
* 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.
* 25 - Club captain Phil Neville signs a new four-year contract to keep him at the club until 2012.
* 27 - Sporting CP reject Everton's £11.8 million bid for midfielder João Moutinho.
* 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.
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. This was the club's fifth signing of August, following Lars Jacobsen, Louis Saha, Segundo Castillo and Carlo Nash.

## Final league table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 3 | Chelsea | 38 | 25 | 8 | 5 | 68 | 24 | +44 | 83 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 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 |
| 6 | Aston Villa | 38 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 54 | 48 | +6 | 62 | Qualification for the Europa League play-off round |
| 7 | Fulham | 38 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 39 | 34 | +5 | 53 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
* 1 2 3 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
### Player awards

* 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

## Season statistics
### Starts and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Premier League | Premier League | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | UEFA Cup | UEFA Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | 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 |
* Appearances as subs are included.

### Goalscorers

| Name | Premier League | League Cup | FA Cup | UEFA Cup | Total |
| 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

| Name | Premier League | League Cup | FA Cup | UEFA Cup | Total |
| 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
### Transfers in

| Player | From | Date | Fee |
| Lars Jacobsen | 1. FC Nürnberg | 26 August 2008 | Free |
| Louis Saha | Manchester United | 1 September 2008 | Undisclosed |
| Carlo Nash | Wigan Athletic | 1 September 2008 | Undisclosed |
| Marouane Fellaini | Standard Liège | 1 September 2008 | £15,000,000 |

### Transfers out

| Player | To | Date | Fee |
| Patrick Boyle | Released | 1 May 2008 | Free |
| Bjarni Viðarsson | Twente | 14 May 2008 | Free |
| Lee Carsley | Birmingham City | 3 June 2008 | Free |
| Stefan Wessels | VfL Osnabrück | 25 June 2008 | Free |
| Darren Dennehy | Cardiff City | 28 June 2008 | Free |
| Jamie Jones | Leyton Orient | 2 July 2008 | Free |
| Aidan Downes | Yeovil Town | 1 August 2008 | Free |
| Andrew Johnson | Fulham | 7 August 2008 | £10,500,000 |

### Loans in

| Player | From | Date From | Date Till |
| Segundo Castillo | Red Star Belgrade | 28 August 2008 | 30 May 2009 |
| Jô | Manchester City | 31 January 2009 | 1 June 2009 |

### Loans out

| Player | To | Date From | Date Till |