Portsmouth FC
Portsmouth became a member of the Football League in 1920. The club has won the top division in England on two occasions (1949 and 1950). They have also won the FA Cup twice (1939 and 2008). In the 2000s, the club has been close to bankruptcy, but economically saved when the Russian businessman Vladimir Antonov took over the club in 2011. Two of the most known players in the team during the years are Jermain Defoe and Peter Crouch.
Basic facts
Founded: 1898
Country: England
City: Portsmouth
Home grounds
Fratton Park (1898-)
Main trophies
First Division/Premier League: 2
FA Cup: 2
Supporters of Portsmouth at the 2010 FA Cup Final.
History
Portsmouth was established in 1898 and took over the place in Southern league in 1899 from local rival Royal Artillery that had dissolved.
In 1920, they were one of the clubs entered the newly-formed third tier of the Football League. They won the Third Division South for the first time 1924 to get promoted to the Second Division. After placing second in the 1926-27 season of the Second Division, Portsmouth FC was about to participate in the top division for the first time in the history of the club.
By Oscar Anderson
League statistics
League record
Titles in total: 2
Premier League titles: 0
First participation: 1920-1921
First title: 1948-1949
All seasons
| Season | League | Position | Points | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | League One | 4 | 88 | |
| 2017-18 | League One | 8 | 66 | |
| 2016-17 | League Two | 1 | 87 | |
| 2015-16 | League Two | 6 | 78 | |
| 2014-15 | League Two | 16 | 57 | |
| 2013-14 | League Two | 13 | 59 | |
| 2012-13 | League One | 24 | 32 | |
| 2011-12 | Championship | 22 | 40 | Relegated |
| 2010-11 | Championship | 16 | 58 | |
| 2009-10 | Premier League | 20 | 19 | Relegated |
| 2008-09 | Premier League | 14 | 41 | |
| 2007-08 | Premier League | 8 | 57 | |
| 2006-07 | Premier League | 9 | 54 | |
| 2005-06 | Premier League | 17 | 38 | |
| 2004-05 | Premier League | 16 | 39 | |
| 2003-04 | Premier League | 13 | 47 | |
| 2002-03 | 1st Division | 1 | 98 | |
| 2001-02 | 1st Division | 17 | 53 | |
| 2000-01 | 1st Division | 21 | 49 | |
| 1999-00 | 1st Division | 18 | 51 | |
| 1998-99 | 1st Division | 19 | 47 | |
| 1997-98 | 1st Division | 21 | 49 | |
| 1996-97 | 1st Division | 7 | 68 | |
| 1995-96 | 1st Division | 21 | 52 | |
| 1994-95 | 1st Division | 18 | 58 | |
| 1993-94 | 1st Division | 17 | 58 | |
| 1992-93 | 1st Division | 3 | 88 | |
| 1991-92 | 2nd Division | 9 | 69 | Promoted |
| 1990-91 | 2nd Division | 17 | 53 | |
| 1989-90 | 2nd Division | 12 | 61 | |
| 1988-89 | 2nd Division | 20 | 51 | |
| 1987-88 | 1st Division | 19 | 35 | Relegated |
| 1986-87 | 2nd Division | 2 | 78 | Promoted |
| 1985-86 | 2nd Division | 4 | 73 | |
| 1984-85 | 2nd Division | 4 | 74 | |
| 1983-84 | 2nd Division | 16 | 49 | |
| 1982-83 | 3rd Division | 1 | 91 | Promoted |
| 1981-82 | 3rd Division | 13 | 61 | |
| 1980-81 | 3rd Division | 6 | 53 | |
| 1979-80 | 4th Division | 4 | 60 | Promoted |
| 1978-79 | 4th Division | 7 | 52 | |
| 1977-78 | 3rd Division | 24 | 31 | Relegated |
| 1976-77 | 3rd Division | 20 | 36 | |
| 1975-76 | 2nd Division | 22 | 25 | Relegated |
| 1974-75 | 2nd Division | 17 | 37 | |
| 1973-74 | 2nd Division | 15 | 40 | |
| 1972-73 | 2nd Division | 17 | 35 | |
| 1971-72 | 2nd Division | 16 | 37 | |
| 1970-71 | 2nd Division | 16 | 34 | |
| 1969-70 | 2nd Division | 17 | 35 | |
| 1968-69 | 2nd Division | 15 | 38 | |
| 1967-68 | 2nd Division | 5 | 49 | |
| 1966-67 | 2nd Division | 14 | 39 | |
| 1965-66 | 2nd Division | 12 | 40 | |
| 1964-65 | 2nd Division | 20 | 34 | |
| 1963-64 | 2nd Division | 9 | 43 | |
| 1962-63 | 2nd Division | 16 | 37 | |
| 1961-62 | 3rd Division | 1 | 65 | Promoted |
| 1960-61 | 2nd Division | 21 | 33 | Relegated |
| 1959-60 | 2nd Division | 20 | 32 | |
| 1958-59 | 1st Division | 22 | 21 | Relegated |
| 1957-58 | 1st Division | 20 | 32 | |
| 1956-57 | 1st Division | 19 | 33 | |
| 1955-56 | 1st Division | 12 | 41 | |
| 1954-55 | 1st Division | 3 | 48 | |
| 1953-54 | 1st Division | 14 | 39 | |
| 1952-53 | 1st Division | 15 | 38 | |
| 1951-52 | 1st Division | 4 | 48 | |
| 1950-51 | 1st Division | 7 | 47 | |
| 1949-50 | 1st Division | 1 | 53 | 2nd league title |
| 1948-49 | 1st Division | 1 | 58 | 1st league title |
| 1947-48 | 1st Division | 8 | 45 | |
| 1946-47 | 1st Division | 12 | 41 | |
| 1939-46 | - | - | - | WWII |
| 1938-39 | 1st Division | 17 | 37 | |
| 1937-38 | 1st Division | 19 | 38 | |
| 1936-37 | 1st Division | 9 | 44 | |
| 1935-36 | 1st Division | 10 | 42 | |
| 1934-35 | 1st Division | 14 | 40 | |
| 1933-34 | 1st Division | 10 | 42 | |
| 1932-33 | 1st Division | 9 | 43 | |
| 1931-32 | 1st Division | 8 | 45 | |
| 1930-31 | 1st Division | 4 | 49 | |
| 1929-30 | 1st Division | 13 | 40 | |
| 1928-29 | 1st Division | 20 | 36 | |
| 1927-28 | 1st Division | 20 | 39 | |
| 1926-27 | 2nd Division | 2 | 54 | |
| 1925-26 | 2nd Division | 11 | 44 | |
| 1924-25 | 2nd Division | 4 | 48 | |
| 1923-24 | 3rd Division S | 1 | 59 | |
| 1922-23 | 3rd Division S | 7 | 46 | |
| 1921-22 | 3rd Division S | 3 | 53 | |
| 1920-21 | 3rd Division | 12 | 39 |
Note. The 1939-40 season was abandoned after three rounds and is therefore excluded.
References:
Premier League by Gunnar Persson
Image sources:
Glenn Merrett