The 2023–24 season was Portsmouth's seventh consecutive season in League One and celebrated as their 125th anniversary as a football club. In addition to the domestic league, Portsmouth also competed in the FA Cup, the EFL Cup, and the EFL Trophy.
On 16 April 2024, Portsmouth were crowned champions of EFL League One and were promoted to the EFL Championship. The EFL League One champions trophy was presented at Fratton Park on 20 April 2024 after the conclusion of the final home game of the season against Wigan.
Players Squad
Transfers In PlayerTransferred FromFeeDateSource15 BournemouthUndisclosed14 June 202324 GlentoranUndisclosed15 June 202310 Wigan AthleticUndisclosed16 June 20231 BurnleyFree Transfer1 July 202318 Burton Albion21 Exeter City14 Forest Green Rovers11 Cardiff City19 Western Sydney Wanderers Undisclosed2 July 20235 Lincoln CityFree Transfer10 July 202331 Huddersfield TownFree Transfer26 July 202329 Free agent13 November 202313 Free agent12 January 202449 Wigan AthleticUndisclosed29 January 202446 ReadingUndisclosed30 January 202423 Carlisle UnitedUndisclosed31 January 202445 Ipswich TownFree Transfer1 March 2024
Out PlayerTransferred toFeeDateSource18 Lincoln CityUndisclosed14 June 202331 Eastbourne BoroughEnd of Contract30 June 202311Unattached13 Oldham Athletic32 Farnborough-Unattached24 Chesterfield25 Colchester United- Farnborough14Unattached4 F.C. Ashdod-Unattached23 Stevenage8 Adelaide United13 FC LahtiUndisclosed11 January 202423 Grimsby TownFree Transfer1 February 2024
Loaned in PlayerLoaned FromUntilDateSource25 Norwich CityEnd of Season19 July 20238 Manchester City7 August 202328 Chelsea31 August 202344 Brentford22 January 2024
Loaned out PlayerLoaned toUntilDateSource- Poole Town31 December 202320 July 2023- Gosport Borough- Poole Town30 Havant & WaterloovilleEnd of Season1 August 2023- Aldershot TownEnd of Season2 August 202333 Gosport Borough1 January 20243 August 202322 Worthing7 September 202310 August 202322 Tonbridge Angels17 February 202420 January 2024- Bognor Regis Town29 February 202428 March 2024
Pre-season and friendlies On 17 May, Pompey announced their pre-season schedule, with matches against Bristol City, Bognor Regis Town, Gosport Borough and Havant & Waterlooville confirmed along with a training camp in southern Spain between 2–7 July. A day later, the club confirmed a trip to AFC Wimbledon. On 12 June, a friendly during their training camp was confirmed, against Europa.
Competitions Overall record
EFL League One
League table
Results summary
Results by round
Matches On 22 June, the EFL League One fixtures were released.
FA Cup
Portsmouth were drawn away to Chesterfield in the first round.
EFL Cup
Pompey were drawn away to Forest Green Rovers in the first round and at home to Peterborough United in the second round.
EFL Trophy
In the group stage, Portsmouth were drawn into Southern Group E alongside Gillingham, Leyton Orient and Fulham U21. After topping their group, they were drawn at home to AFC Wimbledon in the second round.
Statistics Appearances and goals
Player Total League One FA Cup EFL Cup EFL Trophy Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals1GK ENGWill Norris 47 046+001+000+000+002DF ENGZak Swanson 19 17+500+102+014+004DF ENGRyley Towler 11 13+30001+004+015DF WALRegan Poole 16 314+031+000+100+006DF ENGConnor Ogilvie 25 223+120+000+100+007MF ENGMarlon Pack 39 337+130+000+100+008MF AUSAlex Robertson 27 120+311+001+100+109FW ENGColby Bishop 48 2140+4211+000+200+1010FW IRLAnthony Scully 8 03+300+000+000+2011FW NIRGavin Whyte 33 112+1700+100+003+0114MF ENGBen Stevenson 10 11+300+002+004+0115FW ENGChristian Saydee 42 412+2420+002+014+0116MF WALJoe Morrell 31 026+101+000+200+1017DF IRLJoe Rafferty 42 036+301+000+001+1018DF IRLConor Shaughnessy 49 445+041+001+000+2019FW AUSKusini Yengi 31 137+1990+101+023+0220DF ENGSean Raggett 44 330+810+102+003+0221DF ENGJack Sparkes 43 022+1601+002+002+0023MF ENGOwen Moxon 15 18+710+000+000+0024MF NIRTerry Devlin 25 26+1311+002+002+1125FW ENGAbu Kamara 52 1037+980+101+103+0226MF ENGTom Lowery 9 07+200+000+000+0028MF ENGTino Anjorin 14 25+711+000+001+0129FW ENGJosh Martin 9 02+600+000+001+0030MF WALHarry Jewitt-White 2 00+000+000+001+1031GK ENGRyan Schofield 6 00+000+002+004+0032FW NIRPaddy Lane 45 1235+7121+001+001+0035FW ENGKoby Mottoh 5 00+000+001+101+2037FW IRLSam Folarin 1 00+000+000+000+1039MF ENGMitch Aston 1 00+000+000+000+1044FW ENGMyles Peart-Harris 12 210+220+000+000+0035MF WALLee Evans 4 02+200+000+000+0046DF SCOTom McIntyre 1 01+000+000+000+0049FW ENGCallum Lang 12 49+340+000+000+00Player(s) who featured but departed permanently during the season:23DF ENGDenver Hume 2 00+000+000+002+00
Disciplinary record
Player Total League One FA Cup EFL Cup EFL Trophy 1GK ENGWill Norris 5 0500000002DF ENGZak Swanson 2 0200000004DF ENGRyley Towler 4 0200000205DF WALRegan Poole 5 0500000006DF ENGConnor Ogilvie 3 0300000007MF ENGMarlon Pack 7 0700000008MF AUSAlex Robertson 10 0800010109FW ENGColby Bishop 4 04000000010FW IRLAnthony Scully 3 02000100011FW NIRGavin Whyte 1 01000000014MF ENGBen Stevenson 2 00000101015FW ENGChristian Saydee 5 05000000016MF WALJoe Morrell 11 211200000017DF IRLJoe Rafferty 9 17110001018DF IRLConor Shaughnessy 4 04000000019FW AUSKusini Yengi 3 02000100020DF ENGSean Raggett 4 13000001121DF ENGJack Sparkes 11 011000000023MF ENGOwen Moxon 4 04000000024MF NIRTerry Devlin 1 00000100025FW ENGAbu Kamara 7 06010000026MF ENGTom Lowery 3 03000000029FW ENGJosh Martin 1 01000000032FW NIRPaddy Lane 7 07000000035MF WALLee Evans 1 01000000044FW ENGMyles Peart-Harris 3 03000000046DF SCOTom McIntyre 0 10100000049FW ENGCallum Lang 3 030000000Player(s) who featured but departed permanently during the season:23DF ENGDenver Hume 1 000000010Squad Total12441104205071
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