The 2021–22 season was Portsmouth's fifth consecutive season in League One. Along with the league, the club also competed in the FA Cup, the EFL Cup and the EFL Trophy. The season covers the period from 1 July 2021 to 30 June 2022.

Players

Squad

Transfers In PlayerTransferred FromFeeDateSource4 Rotherham United Free Transfer 1 July 2021 6 Millwall 8 Luton Town 22 Bromley Undisclosed 13 Swansea City Free Transfer 11 July 2021 14 Birmingham City 20 July 2021 16 Gillingham 2 August 2021 21 Luton Town Undisclosed 9 August 2021 23 Norwich City Free Transfer 10 August 2021 25 Charlton Athletic 24 September 2021 3 Sunderland Undisclosed 26 January 2022 28 Crystal Palace 7 Sunderland31 January 2022

Out PlayerTransferred toFeeDateSource13 Plymouth Argyle Undisclosed 24 June 2021 - Portadown End of Contract 30 June 202132 Bognor Regis Town33-Unattached14 Hull City8 Doncaster Rovers21 Colchester United26 Doncaster Rovers38 Gosport Borough1 Charlton Athletic17 Burton Albion4 Wigan Athletic- Horndean39 Gosport Borough42 Burgess Hill Town40 Dorchester Town34 Derry City31 Gosport Borough36 Portadown41Unattached6 Wigan Athletic7 Oxford United17 Fleetwood Town Undisclosed8 January 20229 Lincoln City18 January 20223 AFC WimbledonFree Transfer28 January 2022

Loaned in PlayerLoaned FromUntilDateSource1 Manchester CityEnd of Season1 July 20217 Norwich City 13 January 202220 July 202119 Leicester CityEnd of Season3 August 202127 Arsenal17 January 202230 August 202115 MillwallEnd of Season31 August 202139 Sheffield United 14 September 2021 7 September 2021 17 Blackburn Rovers End of Season16 January 20229 Coventry City18 January 2022

Loaned out PlayerLoaned toUntilDateSource2 Fleetwood TownEnd of Season27 August 20215 Bromley2 January 202231 August 202125 Maidenhead United1 January 20225 October 2021- Bognor Regis Town 23 January 2022 23 December 2021-5 Weymouth End of Season8 January 202226 Rochdale13 January 202238 Havant & Waterlooville21 January 202235 Bradford City24 January 2022- Salisbury 28 January 2022

Pre-season friendlies Pompey announced they would play friendly matches against Havant & Waterlooville, Crystal Palace, Bristol City, Gosport Borough, Luton Town, Bognor Regis Town, Peterborough United and Bournemouth U23s as part of their pre-season preparations.

Competitions

Overall record

League One

League table

Results summary

Results by round

Matches Pompey's fixtures were announced on 24 June 2021.

FA Cup

Portsmouth were drawn at home against Harrow Borough in the first round and to Harrogate Town in the second round.

EFL Cup

Portsmouth were drawn away to Millwall in the first round.

EFL Trophy

Pompey were drawn into Southern Group B alongside AFC Wimbledon, Crystal Palace U21s and Sutton United. The group stage fixtures were confirmed on the 23rd of August. In the knock-out stages, Portsmouth were drawn away to Cambridge United.

Statistics Appearances and goals

Player Total League One FA Cup EFL Cup EFL Trophy Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals1GK IRLGavin Bazunu 46 044+002+000+000+002DF ENGCallum Johnson 2 00+100+001+000+003DF ENGDenver Hume 9 17+210+000+000+004DF SCOClark Robertson 28 222+420+001+001+005DF TANHaji Mnoga 2 00+000+000+002+006MF IRLShaun Williams 35 024+702+001+000+107FW IRLAiden O'Brien 17 48+940+000+000+008MF ENGRyan Tunnicliffe 32 221+920+001+000+109FW ENGTyler Walker 15 19+610+000+000+0010FW IRLMarcus Harness 44 1239+1112+010+001+1011FW IRLRonan Curtis 48 1037+681+101+001+1213DF WALKieron Freeman 25 019+001+000+103+1015DF ATGMahlon Romeo 41 030+502+000+004+0016DF ENGConnor Ogilvie 41 131+312+001+004+0017DF ENGHayden Carter 22 122+010+000+000+0018FW LCAReeco Hackett 34 516+1141+101+013+1019FW SCOGeorge Hirst 46 1527+13130+000+105+0220DF ENGSean Raggett 52 645+062+001+003+1021MF WALJoe Morrell 39 029+701+000+002+0023MF WALLouis Thompson 38 122+1010+100+004+1024FW ENGMichael Jacobs 32 611+1351+100+104+1125MF ENGJay Mingi 3 00+300+000+000+0026DF ENGPaul Downing 4 01+100+000+002+0032FW ENGAdam Payce 1 00+000+000+001+0033FW MLTAlfie Bridgman 1 00+000+000+000+1034DF ENGIssiaga Kaba 1 00+000+000+000+1035GK ENGAlex Bass 7 02+000+001+004+0038MF WALHarry Jewitt-White 3 00+000+000+000+3041DF ENGHarvey Hughes 1 00+000+000+001+00Player(s) who featured whilst on loan but returned to parent club during the season:7FW MARGassan Ahadme 10 12+300+101+003+0127MF ENGMiguel Azeez 10 14+202+000+002+0139GK ENGJake Eastwood 1 00+000+000+001+00Player(s) who featured but departed permanently during the season:3DF ENGLee Brown 24 318+131+100+002+109FW ENGJohn Marquis 24 415+441+101+001+1017FW WALEllis Harrison 14 41+1001+010+001+13

Disciplinary record

Player Total League One FA Cup EFL Cup EFL Trophy 1GK IRLGavin Bazunu 1 0100000002DF ENGCallum Johnson 0 1000001003DF ENGDenver Hume 1 0100000004DF SCOClark Robertson 4 0400000005DF TANHaji Mnoga 1 0000000106MF IRLShaun Williams 6 0501000008MF ENGRyan Tunnicliffe 2 02000000010FW IRLMarcus Harness 4 14100000011FW IRLRonan Curtis 13 012000001013DF WALKieron Freeman 2 02000000015DF ATGMahlon Romeo 7 07000000016DF ENGConnor Ogilvie 1 00010000017DF ENGHayden Carter 2 02000000018FW LCAReeco Hackett 4 03000100019FW SCOGeorge Hirst 2 02000000020DF ENGSean Raggett 10 09000001021MF WALJoe Morrell 5 14100001023MF WALLouis Thompson 38 16000000024FW ENGMichael Jacobs 4 03000001035GK ENGAlex Bass 1 010000000Player(s) who featured whilst on loan but returned to parent club during the season:27MF ENGMiguel Azeez 1 000100000Player(s) who featured but departed permanently during the season:3DF ENGLee Brown 5 0500000009FW ENGJohn Marquis 2 020000000Squad Total843752301150

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