The 2015–16 season was Portsmouth's third consecutive season in League Two. Along with competing in League Two, the club participated in the FA Cup, League Cup and Football League Trophy. The season covers the period from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016.
Players
Squad
Transfers
In
Total spending: £225,000
Out
Total spending: £275,000
Contracts
Player statistics
Squad stats
|colspan="16"|Players on loan to other clubs:
|colspan="16"|Players who have left the club after the start of the season:
Top scorers PlacePositionNationNumberNameLeague TwoFA CupLeague CupFL TrophyPlay-offsTotal 1 FW 10 Marc McNulty 10 1 0 0 1 12 2 FW 19 Conor Chaplin 8 1 2 0 0 11 3 MF 26 Gareth Evans 10 0 0 0 0 10MF 11 Gary Roberts 7 2 0 0 1 10 4 MF 23 Kyle Bennett 6 0 0 0 0 6FW 7 Adam McGurk 2 3 1 0 0 6 5 FW 9 Matt Tubbs 5 0 0 0 0 5 6 FW 13 Caolan Lavery 4 0 0 0 0 4FW 21 Michael Smith 4 0 0 0 0 4 7 MF 14 Kal Naismith 3 0 0 0 0 3 8 DF 4 Adam Webster 2 0 0 0 0 2DF 6 Christian Burgess 2 0 0 0 0 2FW 17 Jayden Stockley 2 0 0 0 0 2 7 DF 2 Ben Davies 1 0 0 0 0 1MF 18 Ben Tollitt 1 0 0 0 0 1DF 20 Matt Clarke 1 0 0 0 0 1 Own goals 2 0 0 0 0 2TOTALS75830288
Disciplinary record NumberNationPositionNameLeague TwoFA CupLeague CupFL TrophyPlay-offsTotal 3 DF Enda Stevens 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1 6 DF Christian Burgess 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1 2 DF Ben Davies 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 10 FW Marc McNulty 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 8 MF Michael Doyle 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 19 FW Conor Chaplin 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 23 MF Kyle Bennett 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 29 MF Danny Hollands 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 20 DF Matt Clarke 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 11 MF Gary Roberts 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 26 MF Gareth Evans 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 DF Adam Webster 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 7 FW Adam McGurk 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 17 FW Jayden Stockley 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 15 MF Adam Barton 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 17 DF Kieron Freeman 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 13 FW Caolan Lavery 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 24 GK Brian Murphy 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15 MF Adam Barton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0TOTALS56770000030667
Competitions
Pre-season friendlies On 6 May 2015, Portsmouth announced two pre-season friendlies, Away to Havant & Waterlooville on 11 July 2015 and Away to Bognor Regis Town on 17 July 2015. On 28 May 2015, the club announced they will also travel to play Gillingham. A day later, Portsmouth announced they will travel to face Woking. On 31 May 2015, Portsmouth added Gosport Borough to their pre-season programme. On 11 July 2015, Portsmouth announced a friendly against Coventry City.
League Two
League table
Matches On 17 June 2015, the fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced.
FA Cup
League Cup On 16 June 2015, the first round draw was made, Portsmouth were drawn at home against Derby County. In the second round, Portsmouth were drawn at home again this time against Reading.
Football League Trophy On 8 August 2015, live on Soccer AM the draw for the first round of the Football League Trophy was drawn by Toni Duggan and Alex Scott. Pompey travelled to Exeter City.
Football League play-offs
References