The 2016–17 season was Portsmouth's fourth consecutive season in League Two. Along with competing in League Two, the club also participated in the FA Cup, League Cup and Football League Trophy. The season covers the period from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017.
Players Squad
Transfers
In PlayerTransferred FromFeeDateSource5 Ipswich Town Player Swap 1 July 2016 4 Northampton Town Free Transfer 7 Milton Keynes Dons 25 Chesterfield 9 Swindon Town Undisclosed 10 Walsall 2 Accrington Stanley Free Transfer 14 Doncaster Rovers Undisclosed 4 July 2016 21 Accrington Stanley Free Transfer 4 August 201620 Southend United24 Fréjus 8 August 201613 Dagenham & Redbridge18 Hampton & Richmond Undisclosed 13 January 2017 15 18 January 2017 29 Notts County Free Transfer 15 February 2017
Out PlayerTransferred toFeeDateSource4 Ipswich Town Player Swap1 July 20162 Grimsby TownEnd of Contract- Bognor Regis Town40 Folland Sports29 Crewe Alexandra31 Worthing24 Cardiff City- Gjøvik-Lyn - Dorchester Town 9 Forest GreenFree Transfer13 July 20167 Cambridge UnitedUndisclosed22 July 20161 Norwich CityFree Transfer4 August 201615 Partick ThistleUndisclosed31 August 201621 Tranmere RoversReleased31 January 2017
Loaned in PlayerLoaned FromUntilDateSource1 MillwallEnd of Season29 July 201615 Reading 6 December 201631 August 201617 Preston North EndEnd of Season31 January 201721 Wolves23 March 2017
Loaned out PlayerLoaned toLoaned untilDateSource- Eastbourne Borough End of Season20 October 201610 Ross County20 January 20179 Northampton Town31 January 2017
Pre-season and friendlies
Portsmouth undertook a training camp in Ireland, playing fixtures against both Sligo Rovers and Bohemians before facing Havant & Waterlooville, Sutton United, AFC Bournemouth, Bognor Regis Town and Bristol City. A Portsmouth XI also played a behind closed doors friendly against the Liverpool Foundation at their training ground in Copnor.
Competitions
Overall record
League Two
League table
Results summary
Results by matchday
Matches On 22 June 2016, the League Two fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced.
FA Cup
The first round draw took place on 17 October and was broadcast live on BBC Two and BT Sport.
EFL Cup
The first round draw took place on the 22 June 2016. The draw for this round was split on a geographical basis into 'northern' and 'southern' sections. Teams were drawn against a team from the same section.
EFL Trophy
On 9 June 2016, the newly rebranded EFL announced that the 2016–17 EFL Trophy competition would include sixteen "category 1 Premier League academy sides" for the first time. The first knockout round would also be replaced with a new group stage, the sixteen regional groups each to comprise three League One/Two teams plus an academy side, with the top two teams from each group progressing to the knockout second round.
Statistics
Appearances and goals
Player Total League Two FA Cup EFL Cup EFL Trophy Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals1GK IRLDavid Forde 47 046+001+000+000+002DF ENGTom Davies 15 010+200+001+001+103DF IRLEnda Stevens 46 145+011+000+000+004MF ENGDanny Rose 40 533+551+000+000+105DF ENGMatt Clarke 36 133+011+000+002+006DF ENGChristian Burgess 45 444+041+000+000+007MF ENGCarl Baker 46 940+590+100+000+008MF IRLMichael Doyle 46 146+010+000+000+009FW ENGMichael Smith 21 614+430+000+003+0310FW SVKMilan Lalkovič 16 15+811+000+002+0011MF ENGGary Roberts 42 1031+10101+000+000+0013GK ENGLiam O'Brien 3 00+000+000+003+0014FW ENGCurtis Main 14 54+820+001+011+0215FW ENGNicke Kabamba 4 01+300+000+000+0016DF ENGJack Whatmough 12 14+610+000+002+0017FW IRLEoin Doyle 12 212+020+000+000+0018FW JAMJamal Lowe 14 45+940+000+000+0019FW ENGConor Chaplin 42 813+2680+100+100+1020FW IRLNoel Hunt 24 14+1611+000+100+2022FW SCOKal Naismith 41 1522+15130+001+012+1123FW ENGKyle Bennett 44 633+660+101+003+0024MF CGOAmine Linganzi 23 112+710+001+003+0025DF ENGDrew Talbot 7 05+000+000+101+0026MF ENGGareth Evans 46 641+051+011+001+2029MF BELStanley Aborah 4 01+300+000+000+0030MF ENGAdam May 3 00+000+001+001+1033MF ENGBen Close 4 00+001+000+003+0035GK ENGAlex Bass 1 00+000+001+000+0038DF ENGBrandon Haunstrup 1 00+000+000+001+00Player(s) who featured but departed permanently during the season:18MF ENGBen Tollitt 2 00+000+001+001+0015MF NIRAdam Barton 5 02+100+001+001+0021DF ENGAdam Buxton 4 00+001+001+002+00
Disciplinary record
Player Total League Two FA Cup EFL Cup EFL Trophy 1GK IRLDavid Forde 3 0300000002DF ENGTom Davies 2 0200000003DF IRLEnda Stevens 8 0800000004MF ENGDanny Rose 2 0200000005DF ENGMatt Clarke 3 0300000006DF ENGChristian Burgess 5 1510000007MF ENGCarl Baker 7 0700000008MF IRLMichael Doyle 8 08000000011MF ENGGary Roberts 6 06000000014FW ENGCurtis Main 1 01000000016DF ENGJack Whatmough 1 01000000017FW IRLEoin Doyle 2 02000000019FW ENGConor Chaplin 6 06000000020FW IRLNoel Hunt 5 05000000022FW SCOKal Naismith 4 03000100023FW ENGKyle Bennett 4 04000000024MF CGOAmine Linganzi 1 11100000026MF ENGGareth Evans 7 07000000029MF BELStanley Aborah 1 01000000033MF ENGBen Close 2 000100010Player(s) who featured but departed permanently during the season:15MF NIRAdam Barton 1 000000010Squad Total792752101020
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