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Portsmouth
Source OpenFootballUpdated Founded 1898Ground Fratton ParkSeasons held 7
Portsmouth is home to the club of the same name, founded in 1898. Their honours before the Premier League include consecutive First Division championships and the FA Cup. The league titles came in 1948/49 and 1949/50. Earlier divisional championships also appear in the stored record. Detailed league coverage here starts at 1992/93, before the club's later Premier League entry.
A First Division championship preceded Portsmouth's arrival in the Premier League, with the title recorded in 2002/03. Fratton Park was their home throughout the top-flight seasons held here.
The opening campaign contained the largest winning margin in Portsmouth's stored league results, a 6–1 defeat of Leeds United at home. They finished the season in 13th place, before lower placings in the following campaigns. The points total fell over those early seasons, though the club remained outside the relegation positions.
A rise to 9th brought Portsmouth into the top half. Their points return was higher than in any of the preceding Premier League campaigns, and the goal difference became positive.
The next season improved the placing again and added an FA Cup victory. Portsmouth went unbeaten for 11 league matches between September and December. Portsmouth finished 8th with their highest points total in the archive.
The following league campaign returned fewer points and a lower position, with the goal difference turning negative again. A winless run began in December and continued into February.
Their final season brought a further fall in both position and points, alongside their most negative goal difference here. Their earlier top-half campaigns had both ended with positive goal differences, but that balance was not repeated in either of the final seasons. The final table records 19 points for Portsmouth, with relegation ending the spell. Their latest completed covered campaign was 2009/10, ending at the bottom of the league.
Coverage Premier League matches only, in the seasons the archive publishes; cups and European matches are not included. Team sheets (line-ups, minutes, cards) are held for 2025/26 only. History and all-time records refer to this archive's coverage, not the club's entire existence. Manager and ground histories may have gaps; no missing spells are inferred.
Sources Football Research Archive data, Wikidata (CC0), Facts from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Portsmouth F.C.)Figures up to 16 Oct 2026Approved 17 Oct 2026
Current manager not recorded. Wikidata gives no head coach spell for Portsmouth that is still open, so none is shown.
Source OpenFootballUpdated Founded 1898Ground Fratton ParkSeasons held 7
Portsmouth finished as high as 8th and as low as 20th in 7 completed Premier League seasons held, and went down after 2009/10.
| Season | Position | Clubs | Points | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009/10 | 20th | 20 | 19 | Relegated; Points after a −9 adjustment |
| 2008/09 | 14th | 20 | 41 | Not held |
| 2007/08 | 8th | 20 | 57 | Not held |
| 2006/07 | 9th | 20 | 54 | Not held |
| 2005/06 | 17th | 20 | 38 | Not held |
| 2004/05 | 16th | 20 | 39 | Not held |
| 2003/04 | 13th | 20 | 45 | Not held |
Data cutoff 16 Oct 2026, 11:07 BSTMetrics league position, points
Source: Wikidata (CC0), Q19604, revision 2545436007, checked 15 Oct 2026. The ground comes from the ground history below.
| Ground | When | Seasons here | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fratton Park | throughout the archive's seasons | 2003/04 to 2009/10 (7) | Wikidata Q19604, revision 2545436007Wikipedia, “Portsmouth F.C.”, revision 1380342439 |
Dates come from Wikidata's home venue statements where they carry start and end dates, and otherwise from the club's English Wikipedia article. A move between seasons is dated by season. Matches count at a ground by these dates; the archive holds the venue of each match only for 2025/26.
League results for the 7 seasons below. It is not a complete club history: cups and European matches are not included.
The points in the 2009/10 table are after this deduction.
| Season | Competition | Position | Ground | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009/10 | Premier League | 20th of 20 | Fratton Park | 38 | 7 | 7 | 24 | 34 | 66 | −32 | 19* | Relegated |
| 2008/09 | Premier League | 14th of 20 | Fratton Park | 38 | 10 | 11 | 17 | 38 | 57 | −19 | 41 | |
| 2007/08 | Premier League | 8th of 20 | Fratton Park | 38 | 16 | 9 | 13 | 48 | 40 | +8 | 57 | |
| 2006/07 | Premier League | 9th of 20 | Fratton Park | 38 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 45 | 42 | +3 | 54 | |
| 2005/06 | Premier League | 17th of 20 | Fratton Park | 38 | 10 | 8 | 20 | 37 | 62 | −25 | 38 | |
| 2004/05 | Premier League | 16th of 20 | Fratton Park | 38 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 43 | 59 | −16 | 39 | |
| 2003/04 | Premier League | 13th of 20 | Fratton Park | 38 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 47 | 54 | −7 | 45 | Promoted |
Positions and points are calculated by the archive from the results, after any sourced points adjustment (*). Promoted and relegated are inferred only by comparing adjacent seasons the archive publishes.