2008 FA Cup Final - Match Details

Match Details

17 May 2008
15:00 BST
 Cardiff City 0–1 Portsmouth Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance: 89,874
Referee: Mike Dean (Cheshire)
(Report) Kanu 37'
Cardiff City Portsmouth
GK 1 Peter Enckelman
RB 2 Kevin McNaughton
CB 12 Roger Johnson
CB 6 Glenn Loovens
LB 3 Tony Capaldi
RM 16 Joe Ledley
CM 4 Gavin Rae 86'
CM 10 Stephen McPhail (c)
LM 7 Peter Whittingham 61'
CF 36 Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink 70'
CF 11 Paul Parry
Substitutes:
GK 13 Michael Oakes
DF 5 Darren Purse
MF 18 Trevor Sinclair 86'
MF 30 Aaron Ramsey 61'
FW 20 Steven Thompson 70'
Manager:
Dave Jones
GK 1 David James
RB 5 Glen Johnson
CB 23 Sol Campbell (c)
CB 15 Sylvain Distin
LB 7 Hermann Hreiðarsson 45+1'
DM 6 Lassana Diarra 90+3'
RM 17 John Utaka 69'
CM 30 Pedro Mendes 78'
CM 19 Niko Kranjčar 54'
LM 11 Sulley Muntari
CF 27 Nwankwo Kanu 87'
Substitutes:
GK 21 Jamie Ashdown
DF 16 Noé Pamarot
MF 8 Papa Bouba Diop 78'
FW 9 Milan Baroš 87'
FW 10 David Nugent 69'
Manager:
Harry Redknapp

Man of the match

  • Nwankwo Kanu (Portsmouth)

Match officials

  • Assistant referees:
    • Trevor Massey (Manchester)
    • Martin Yerby (Kent)
  • Fourth official: Chris Foy (Liverpool)

Match rules

  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Five named substitutes.
  • Maximum of three substitutions.

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