2025–26 Portsmouth F.C. season

Portsmouth
2025–26 season
Owner-ChairmanMichael Eisner
Chief Executive OfficerAndrew Cullen
ManagerJohn Mousinho
StadiumFratton Park

The 2025–26 season is the second consecutive season of Portsmouth Football Club in the EFL Championship. In addition to the domestic league, the club would also participate in the FA Cup, and the EFL Cup.

Players

Squad

As of 7 July 2025[1] [2]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF  ENG Jordan Williams
3 DF  ENG Connor Ogilvie
5 DF  WAL Regan Poole
6 DF  IRL Conor Shaughnessy
7 MF  ENG Marlon Pack (captain)
9 FW  ENG Colby Bishop
13 GK  AUT Nicolas Schmid
16 DF  SCO Tom McIntyre
19 DF  AUS Jacob Farrell
20 FW  AUS Thomas Waddingham
21 MF  ENG Andre Dozzell
22 DF  ENG Zak Swanson
23 FW  ENG Josh Murphy
No. Pos. Nation Player
24 MF  NIR Terry Devlin
25 MF  GUI Abdoulaye Kamara
28 MF  ENG Reuben Swann
29 FW  ENG Harvey Blair
30 MF  SCO Matt Ritchie
31 GK  SCO Jordan Archer
32 FW  NIR Paddy Lane
34 DF  SCO Ibane Bowat
36 GK  ENG Ben Killip
44 DF  AUS Hayden Matthews
49 FW  ENG Callum Lang
- FW  AUS Adrian Segecic

Transfers

In

No. Pos. Player Transferred From Fee Date Source
- FW Adrian Segecic Sydney FC Undisclosed 18 June 2025 [3]

Out

No. Pos. Player Transferred to Fee Date Source
15 FW Christian Saydee Wigan Athletic Undisclosed 19 June 2025 [4]
10 FW Kusini Yengi Aberdeen End of Contract 30 June 2025 [2]
18 DF Cohen Bramall Unattached [2]
26 MF Tom Lowery Kilmarnock [2]
27 FW Anthony Scully Unattached [2]
37 DF Alexander Milošević Unattached [2]
4 DF Ryley Towler Lincoln City Undisclosed 7 July 2025 [5]

Loaned in

No. Pos. Player Loaned From Until Date Source

Loaned out

No. Pos. Player Loaned to Until Date Source
33 GK Toby Steward St Johnstone 31 May 2026 8 July 2025 [6]

Pre-season and friendlies

On 29 May, Portsmouth announced they would visit Bratislava, Slovakia for a pre-season training camp and matches against Woking, Farnborough and Havant & Waterlooville.[7] A day later, a fourth fixture was confirmed, against Crawley Town.[8] A trip to face Reading was then later added to the schedule.[9] On 30 June, it was announced that Eredivisie side PEC Zwolle would visit Fratton Park during pre-season.[10]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

15 July 2025 Friendly Woking v Portsmouth Woking
19:00 BST Stadium: Kingfield Stadium
16 July 2025 Friendly Farnborough v Portsmouth Farnborough
19:00 BST Stadium: Cherrywood Road
19 July 2025 Friendly Crawley Town v Portsmouth Crawley
15:00 BST Stadium: Broadfield Stadium
26 July 2025 Friendly Reading v Portsmouth Reading
15:00 BST Stadium: Madejski Stadium
29 July 2025 Friendly Havant & Waterlooville v Portsmouth Havant
19:00 BST Stadium: Westleigh Park
2 August 2025 Friendly Portsmouth v PEC Zwolle Portsmouth
15:00 BST Stadium: Fratton Park

Competitions

Overall record

Competition Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
EFL Championship Matchday 1 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
FA Cup Third round TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
EFL Cup First round TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—

Last updated: pre-season
Source: Soccerway

EFL Championship

Main article: 2025–26 EFL Championship

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
12 Norwich City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Oxford United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Portsmouth 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Preston North End 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Queens Park Rangers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 8 August 2025. Source: EFL Official Website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Wins; 6) Away goals; 7) Penalty points (sec 9.5); 8) Number of 12-point sending off offences; 9) Play-off (only if needed to determine promotion/relegation)[11]

League results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0  0

Last updated: pre-season.
Source: Soccerway

League results by round

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Result
Position
Points
Updated to match(es) played on pre-season. Source: Soccerway
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

League matches

On 26 June, the EFL Championship fixtures were announced.[12]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

9 August 2025 1 Oxford United v Portsmouth Oxford
15:00 BST Stadium: Kassam Stadium
16 August 2025 2 Portsmouth v Norwich City Portsmouth
12:30 BST Stadium: Fratton Park
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was moved live Sky Sports broadcasting.[13]
23 August 2025 3 West Bromwich Albion v Portsmouth West Bromwich
15:00 BST Stadium: The Hawthorns
30 August 2025 4 Portsmouth v Preston North End Portsmouth
15:00 BST Stadium: Fratton Park
14 September 2025 5 Southampton v Portsmouth Southampton
12:00 BST Stadium: St. Mary's Stadium
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for 13 September, but was moved live Sky Sports broadcasting.[13]
20 September 2025 6 Portsmouth v Sheffield Wednesday Portsmouth
15:00 BST Stadium: Fratton Park
27 September 2025 7 Ipswich Town v Portsmouth Ipswich
15:00 BST Stadium: Portman Road
1 October 2025 8 Portsmouth v Watford Portsmouth
19:45 BST Stadium: Fratton Park
4 October 2025 9 Portsmouth v Middlesbrough Portsmouth
15:00 BST Stadium: Fratton Park
18 October 2025 10 Leicester City v Portsmouth Leicester
15:00 BST Stadium: King Power Stadium
21 October 2025 11 Portsmouth v Coventry City Portsmouth
19:45 BST Stadium: Fratton Park
25 October 2025 12 Portsmouth v Stoke City Portsmouth
15:00 BST Stadium: Fratton Park
1 November 2025 13 Birmingham City v Portsmouth Birmingham
15:00 GMT Stadium: St. Andrew's
5 November 2025 14 Portsmouth v Wrexham Portsmouth
19:45 GMT Stadium: Fratton Park
8 November 2025 15 Hull City v Portsmouth Hull
15:00 GMT Stadium: MKM Stadium
22 November 2025 16 Portsmouth v Millwall Portsmouth
15:00 GMT Stadium: Fratton Park
25 November 2025 17 Sheffield United v Portsmouth Sheffield
19:45 GMT Stadium: Bramall Lane
29 November 2025 18 Portsmouth v Bristol City Portsmouth
15:00 GMT Stadium: Fratton Park
6 December 2025 19 Charlton Athletic v Portsmouth Charlton, London
15:00 GMT Stadium: The Valley
9 December 2025 20 Swansea City v Portsmouth Swansea, Wales
19:45 GMT Stadium: Swansea.com Stadium
13 December 2025 21 Portsmouth v Blackburn Rovers Portsmouth
15:00 GMT Stadium: Fratton Park
20 December 2025 22 Derby County v Portsmouth Derby
15:00 GMT Stadium: Pride Park
26 December 2025 23 Portsmouth v Queens Park Rangers Portsmouth
15:00 GMT Stadium: Fratton Park
29 December 2025 24 Portsmouth v Charlton Athletic Portsmouth
19:45 GMT Stadium: Fratton Park
1 January 2026 25 Bristol City v Portsmouth Bristol
15:00 GMT Stadium: Ashton Gate
4 January 2026 26 Portsmouth v Ipswich Town Portsmouth
15:00 GMT Stadium: Fratton Park
17 January 2026 27 Sheffield Wednesday v Portsmouth Sheffield
15:00 GMT Stadium: Hillsborough
21 January 2026 28 Watford v Portsmouth Watford
19:45 GMT Stadium: Vicarage Road
24 January 2026 29 Portsmouth v Southampton Portsmouth
15:00 GMT Stadium: Fratton Park
31 January 2026 30 Portsmouth v West Bromwich Albion Portsmouth
15:00 GMT Stadium: Fratton Park
7 February 2026 31 Preston North End v Portsmouth Preston
15:00 GMT Stadium: Deepdale
14 February 2026 32 Portsmouth v Sheffield United Portsmouth
15:00 GMT Stadium: Fratton Park
21 February 2026 33 Millwall v Portsmouth Bermondsey, London
15:00 GMT Stadium: The Den
24 February 2026 34 Wrexham v Portsmouth Wrexham, Wales
19:45 GMT Stadium: Racecourse Ground
28 February 2026 35 Portsmouth v Hull City Portsmouth
15:00 GMT Stadium: Fratton Park
7 March 2026 36 Blackburn Rovers v Portsmouth Blackburn
15:00 GMT Stadium: Ewood Park
10 March 2026 37 Portsmouth v Swansea City Portsmouth
19:45 GMT Stadium: Fratton Park
14 March 2026 38 Portsmouth v Derby County Portsmouth
15:00 GMT Stadium: Fratton Park
21 March 2026 39 Queens Park Rangers v Portsmouth Shepherd's Bush, London
15:00 GMT Stadium: Loftus Road
3 April 2026 40 Norwich City v Portsmouth Norwich
15:00 BST Stadium: Carrow Road
6 April 2026 41 Portsmouth v Oxford United Portsmouth
15:00 BST Stadium: Fratton Park
11 April 2026 42 Middlesbrough v Portsmouth Middlesbrough
15:00 BST Stadium: Riverside Stadium
18 April 2026 43 Portsmouth v Leicester City Portsmouth
15:00 BST Stadium: Fratton Park
21 April 2026 44 Coventry City v Portsmouth Coventry
19:45 BST Stadium: Coventry Building Society Arena
25 April 2026 45 Stoke City v Portsmouth Stoke-on-Trent
15:00 BST Stadium: Bet365 Stadium
2 May 2026 46 Portsmouth v Birmingham City Portsmouth
12:30 BST Stadium: Fratton Park

FA Cup

Main article: 2025–26 FA Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

EFL Cup

Main article: 2025–26 EFL Cup

Portsmouth were drawn at home to Reading in the first round.[14][15]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

12 August 2025 First Round Portsmouth v Reading Portsmouth
19:45 BST Report Stadium: Fratton Park

Statistics

Appearances and goals

As of pre-season

Players with no appearances are not included on the list
Italics indicate a loaned in player

No. Pos Nat Player Total Championship FA Cup EFL Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals

References

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  2. ^ a b c d e f "Pompey Retained List: Summer 2025". Portsmouth FC. 13 May 2025. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
  3. ^ "Pompey Complete Segečić Signing". Portsmouth FC. 18 June 2025. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
  4. ^ "Saydee Departs For Wigan". Portsmouth FC. 19 June 2025. Retrieved 19 June 2025.
  5. ^ "Towler leaves for Lincoln". Portsmouth FC. 7 July 2025. Retrieved 7 July 2025.
  6. ^ "Steward Loaned To St Johnstone". Portsmouth FC. 8 July 2025. Retrieved 8 July 2025.
  7. ^ "Pompey To Visit Slovakia For Pre-Season Training Camp". Portsmouth FC. 29 May 2025. Retrieved 29 May 2025.
  8. ^ "Pompey Add Crawley Friendly". Portsmouth FC. 30 May 2025. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
  9. ^ "Pompey Arrange Royals Friendly". Portsmouth FC. 3 June 2025. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
  10. ^ "Pompey To Host Dutch Top-Flight Side". Portsmouth FC. 30 June 2025. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
  11. ^ "EFL Regulations Section 3 – The League; subsection 9 – Method of Determining League Positions". English Football League. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  12. ^ "Portsmouth's 2025-26 Championship fixtures". Portsmouth News. 26 June 2025. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
  13. ^ a b "Two Championship Games Moved For Sky Sports Coverage". Portsmouth FC. 4 July 2025. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
  14. ^ "Carabao Cup Round One confirmed". English Football League. 26 June 2025. Retrieved 5 July 2025.
  15. ^ "Date Set For Royals Cup Tie". Portsmouth FC. 4 July 2025. Retrieved 5 July 2025.
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