The 2019–20 season was Portsmouth's third consecutive season in the EFL League One. Along with competing in League One, the club also participated in the FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy. The season covers the period from 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020.

Players Squad

Transfers

In PlayerTransferred FromFeeDateSource- Portadown Undisclosed 28 June 2019 36 13 Shrewsbury Town Free Transfer 1 July 2019 5 Blackburn Rovers 22 Ipswich TownUndisclosed 7 Rotherham UnitedFree Transfer 19 Burton AlbionUndisclosed18 July 2019 10 Doncaster Rovers31 July 2019 18 Bromley6 January 2020 - Notre Dame Fighting Irish12 March 2020

Out PlayerTransferred toFeeDateSource5 Brighton & Hove AlbionUndisclosed1 July 201917 Mansfield TownEnd of Contract39 Bognor Regis Town 34 20 Peterborough United 18 Peterborough UnitedUndisclosed1 August 201910 Wigan Athletic2 Atlanta United9 January 2020- Free agentReleased10 February 2020

Loaned in PlayerLoaned FromUntilDateSource20 Norwich City End of Season27 June 201915 Rangers5 July 2019 42 Birmingham City2 January 202024 Barnsley7 January 2020

Loaned out PlayerLoaned toUntilDateSource30 Swindon Town12 January 202011 June 201921 Bradford CityEnd of Season16 January 202030 Boreham Wood11 February 2020

Pre-season and friendlies On 3 May 2019 Pompey announced their pre-season schedule. A week later a friendly with Stevenage was added.

Competitions

Overall record

League One

League table

Results summary

Results by matchday

Matches On Thursday, 20 June 2019, the EFL League One fixtures were revealed.

Play-offs

FA Cup

The first round draw was made on 21 October 2019. The second round draw was made live on 11 November from Chichester City's stadium, Oaklands Park. The third round draw was made live on BBC Two from Etihad Stadium, Micah Richards and Tony Adams conducted the draw. The fourth round draw was made by Alex Scott and David O'Leary on Monday, 6 January. The draw for the fifth round was made on 27 January 2020, live on The One Show.

EFL Cup

The first round draw was made on 20 June. The second round draw was made on 13 August 2019 following the conclusion of all but one first-round matches. The third round draw was confirmed on 28 August 2019, live on Sky Sports.

EFL Trophy

On 9 July 2019, the pre-determined group stage draw was announced with Invited clubs to be drawn on 12 July 2019. The draw for the second round was made on 16 November 2019 live on Sky Sports. The third round draw was confirmed on 5 December 2019. The semi-final draw was made on Quest by Ian Holloway and Paul Heckingbottom, on 25 January 2020.

Statistics Appearances and goals

Player Total League One FA Cup EFL Cup EFL Trophy Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals1GK SCOCraig MacGillivray 27 020+002+003+002+003DF ENGLee Brown 21 118+012+001+000+004MF ENGTom Naylor 43 133+013+003+002+205DF ENGPaul Downing 14 06+000+102+104+006DF ENGChristian Burgess 45 433+135+013+002+107FW INDRyan Williams 36 321+733+101+002+108FW JERBrett Pitman 16 44+720+111+101+119FW ENGOliver Hawkins 13 05+301+001+002+1010FW ENGJohn Marquis 48 1425+1084+122+013+3311FW IRLRonan Curtis 44 1433+2124+123+001+0013DF ENGJames Bolton 33 221+413+011+004+0014MF ENGAndy Cannon 23 013+501+001+102+0015MF SCORoss McCrorie 27 020+002+003+002+0016DF ENGJack Whatmough 2 01+000+000+001+0017MF ENGBryn Morris 2 02+000+000+000+0018FW LCAReeco Hackett 1 00+000+000+001+0019FW IRLMarcus Harness 37 918+963+102+014+0220DF ENGSean Raggett 38 228+023+000+106+0022FW WALEllis Harrison 39 1019+1152+101+023+2324MF ENGCameron McGeehan 17 212+201+000+002+0225DF ENGJoe Hancott 2 00+000+000+002+0026MF ENGGareth Evans 28 510+852+101+104+1028MF ENGJosh Flint 2 10+000+000+002+0129FW ENGLeon Maloney 4 10+000+000+004+0133MF ENGBen Close 44 627+234+123+014+3035GK ENGAlex Bass 25 017+003+000+005+0036FW NIREoin Taggart 1 00+000+000+001+0037DF TANHaji Mnoga 1 00+000+000+001+0038DF ENGBrandon Haunstrup 19 17+302+012+103+1039MF WALHarvey Rew 1 00+000+000+001+0040FW ENGBradley Lethbridge 1 10+000+000+001+0142DF ENGSteve Seddon 18 111+213+000+001+10Player(s) who featured but departed permanently during the season:2DF ENGAnton Walkes 19 110+102+101+103+01

Disciplinary record

Player Total League One FA Cup EFL Cup EFL Trophy 3DF ENGLee Brown 3 0300000004MF ENGTom Naylor 7 0700000005DF ENGPaul Downing 2 0200000006DF ENGChristian Burgess 10 01000000007FW INDRyan Williams 3 0201000008FW JERBrett Pitman 3 0200010009FW ENGOliver Hawkins 1 00000100010FW ENGJohn Marquis 7 07000000011FW IRLRonan Curtis 5 05000000013DF ENGJames Bolton 1 00000001014MF ENGAndy Cannon 4 03000100015MF SCORoss McCrorie 6 16100000016DF ENGJack Whatmough 1 01000000018FW LCAReeco Hackett 1 00000001019FW IRLMarcus Harness 3 02010000020DF ENGSean Raggett 8 07010000022FW WALEllis Harrison 9 18100100024MF ENGCameron McGeehan 3 02010000026MF ENGGareth Evans 2 02000000033MF ENGBen Close 3 03000000035GK ENGAlex Bass 1 01000000038DF ENGBrandon Haunstrup 2 01000001039MF WALHarvey Rew 1 00000001042DF ENGSteve Seddon 2 020000000Player(s) who were carded but departed permanently during the season:2DF ENGAnton Walkes 2 010100000Squad Total902772504040

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