The 2020–21 season was Portsmouth's fourth consecutive season in EFL League One, Along with League One, the club also participated in the FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom, all games for the season were played behind closed doors without supporters present, except for two matches in December 2020 that were limited to a maximum capacity of 2,000 supporters.
The season covers the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.
Players
Squad
Transfers
In PlayerTransferred FromFeeDateSource20 Norwich City Free Transfer 3 August 2020 2 Accrington Stanley Undisclosed 7 September 2020 24 Wigan Athletic Free Transfer 14 September 2020 42 Lancing FC Undisclosed 15 September 2020 26 Free agent 22 October 2020 21 Shrewsbury Town Free Transfer 23 January 2021
Out PlayerTransferred toFeeDateSource21 Forest Green RoversEnd of Contract30 June 202040 Bognor Regis Town 6 Union Saint-Gilloise7 July 202031 Bognor Regis Town9 July 2020 38 Kilmarnock 9 Ipswich Town 30 Cambridge United 8 Swindon Town 26 Bradford City Free Transfer 25 September 2020
Loaned in PlayerLoaned FromUntilDateSource23 Bristol City 3 January 20211 September 202015 FC Midtjylland End of Season 23 September 2020 23 Tottenham Hotspur18 January 202116 Swansea City23 January 202122 Exeter City28 January 2021
Loaned out PlayerLoaned toUntilDateSource34 Gosport Borough 1 November 2020 16 September 2020 3640 Bognor Regis Town 17 September 2020 18 Bromley3 January 2021 21 September 2020 Southend United End of Season7 January 202136 Cliftonville17 Northampton Town18 January 202135 Southend United6 March 202127 February 202141 Las Vegas LightsEnd of Season5 April 2021
Competitions
Overall record
EFL League One
League table
Results summary
Results by matchday
Matches
The 2020/21 season fixtures were released on 21 August.
FA Cup
The draw for the first round was made on Monday 26, October. The second round draw was revealed on Monday, 9 November by Danny Cowley. The third round draw was made on 30 November, with Premier League and EFL Championship clubs all entering the competition.
EFL Cup
The first round draw was made on 18 August, live on Sky Sports, by Paul Merson. The draw for both the second and third round were confirmed on September 6, live on Sky Sports by Phil Babb.
EFL Trophy
The regional group stage draw was confirmed on 18 August. The second round draw was made by Matt Murray on 20 November, at St Andrew's. The third round was made on 10 December 2020 by Jon Parkin.
2019-20 EFL Trophy Final
The 2020 EFL Trophy final was originally scheduled for 5 April 2020, but was postponed because of the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom and eventually rescheduled for 13 March 2021.
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 52 046+002+001+102+002DF ENGCallum Johnson 46 139+103+010+001+203DF ENGLee Brown 35 228+421+001+000+104MF ENGTom Naylor 53 846+063+022+002+005DF ENGPaul Downing 9 02+100+001+104+006DF ENGJack Whatmough 38 232+220+101+002+007FW INDRyan Williams 49 533+853+001+102+108MF ENGBen Close 28 113+911+100+003+109FW ENGJohn Marquis 49 1835+6162+102+013+0110FW WALEllis Harrison 31 611+1441+210+101+1111FW IRLRonan Curtis 49 1436+6102+012+012+1213DF ENGJames Bolton 20 18+510+002+005+0014MF ENGAndy Cannon 48 231+1222+000+200+1015DF DENRasmus Nicolaisen 27 112+903+010+003+0016MF SCOGeorge Byers 15 04+1000+000+001+0017MF ENGBryn Morris 18 05+400+202+004+1019FW IRLMarcus Harness 53 1042+473+012+001+1220DF ENGSean Raggett 52 545+033+022+002+0021DF ENGCharlie Daniels 18 110+710+000+001+0023MF ENGHarvey White 22 15+1610+000+001+0024FW ENGMichael Jacobs 22 212+821+000+000+1026FW ENGJordy Hiwula 15 31+800+210+004+0228FW MLTAlfie Bridgman 1 00+000+000+000+1030MF WALHarry Jewitt-White 2 00+000+000+001+1031FW KORLee Suk-jae 2 00+000+000+000+2032MF ENGCharlie Bell 3 00+000+000+002+1033MF ENGHarrison Brook 1 00+000+000+000+1034MF NIRGerard Storey 1 00+000+000+000+1035GK ENGAlex Bass 5 00+001+001+003+0036FW NIREoin Taggart 1 00+000+000+001+0037DF TANHaji Mnoga 9 13+200+100+003+0138MF ENGHarry Kavanagh 2 00+000+000+002+0039MF WALHarvey Rew 2 00+000+000+002+0040FW ENGAlfie Stanley 2 00+000+000+002+0041GK USADuncan Turnbull 1 00+000+000+001+0042GK ENGTaylor Seymour 1 00+000+000+000+10Player(s) who featured whilst on loan but returned to parent club during the season:23DF ENGCameron Pring 15 06+302+001+003+00Player(s) who featured but departed permanently during the season:26MF ENGGareth Evans 3 11+000+001+011+00
Disciplinary record
Player Total League One FA Cup EFL Cup EFL Trophy 2DF ENGCallum Johnson 4 0400000003DF ENGLee Brown 6 0401000104MF ENGTom Naylor 10 0702000105DF ENGPaul Downing 2 0100000106DF ENGJack Whatmough 5 2520000007FW INDRyan Williams 6 0500000109FW ENGJohn Marquis 7 16100100010FW WALEllis Harrison 3 03000000011FW IRLRonan Curtis 8 08000000013DF ENGJames Bolton 2 00000002014MF ENGAndy Cannon 9 09000000015DF DENRasmus Nicolaisen 4 03010000016MF SCOGeorge Byers 2 02000000017MF ENGBryn Morris 1 01000000019FW IRLMarcus Harness 8 08000000020DF ENGSean Raggett 5 05000000021DF ENGCharlie Daniels 2 02000000023MF ENGHarvey White 2 02000000024FW ENGMichael Jacobs 1 01000000037DF TANHaji Mnoga 3 010000020Player(s) who featured whilst on loan but returned to parent club during the season:23DF ENGCameron Pring 2 000100010Player(s) who featured but departed permanently during the season:26MF ENGGareth Evans 1 000001000Squad Total933773502090
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