The 2025–26 season was the second consecutive season of Portsmouth Football Club in the EFL Championship since their promotion in 2024. In addition to the domestic league, the club would also participate in the FA Cup, and the EFL Cup.
Portsmouth were knocked out of the EFL Cup in the First Round on 12 August 2025 at home to Reading after a 1–2 defeat.
Portsmouth were knocked out of the FA Cup in the Third Round on 11 January 2026 at home to Arsenal after a 1–4 defeat.
Portsmouth concluded the 2025–26 EFL Championship season finishing in 18th position with a total of 55 points.
Players Squad
Transfers In PlayerTransferred FromFeeDateSource10 Sydney FC Undisclosed 18 June 2025 8 West Brom Free Transfer 15 July 2025 18 MTKUndisclosed25 July 2025 16 IFK Värnamo 4 Hannover 96 21 August 2025 26 Club Brugge 1 September 2025 25 St Johnstone 15 Crystal Palace 38 Derby County16 January 2026 37 Birmingham City Free Transfer 20 January 2026 55 Haugesund Undisclosed 2 February 2026
Out PlayerTransferred toFeeDateSource15 Wigan AthleticUndisclosed19 June 202510 AberdeenEnd of Contract30 June 2025 18 Luton Town 26 Kilmarnock 27 Shrewsbury Town 37Unattached 4 Lincoln CityUndisclosed7 July 202532 Reading31 July 202530Mutual Consent28 August 2025- 1. FC Saarbrücken1 September 2025- Aberdeen2 February 202649 Preston North EndUndisclosed
Loaned in PlayerLoaned FromUntilDateSource11 Swansea CityEnd of Season31 July 202547 Tottenham Hotspur6 January 20268 August 202536 Ipswich TownEnd of Season1 September 202527 Luton Town14 January 2026 34 Sunderland29 January 2026 40 Luton Town2 February 202647 Santos2 February 2026
Loaned out PlayerLoaned toUntilDateSource33 St JohnstoneEnd of Season8 July 2025- Farnborough24 October 20258 August 202546 Moneyfields27 December 202529 August 202516 Bradford City14 January 20261 September 202528 Havant & Waterlooville 31 October 2025 3 October 2025- Welling United19 December 202524 October 2025- Havant & Waterlooville16 January 202619 December 202528 20 February 202619 Western Sydney Wanderers End of Season6 February 202646 Gosport Borough6 March 2026
Pre-season and friendlies On 29 May, Portsmouth announced they would visit Bratislava, Slovakia for a pre-season training camp and matches against Woking, Farnborough and Havant & Waterlooville. A day later, a fourth fixture was confirmed, against Crawley Town. A trip to face Reading was then later added to the schedule. On 30 June, it was announced that Eredivisie side PEC Zwolle would visit Fratton Park during pre-season.
Competitions Overall record
EFL Championship
League table
League results summary
League results by round
League matches The league fixtures were released on 26 June 2025.
FA Cup
Portsmouth were eliminated from the FA Cup on 11 January 2026 at home to Arsenal in the Third Round.
EFL Cup
Portsmouth were eliminated from the EFL Cup at home on 12 August 2025 to Reading in the First Round.
Statistics Appearances and goals
|colspan="14"|Player(s) who featured whilst on loan but returned to parent club during the season:
|colspan="14"|Player(s) who featured but departed permanently during the season:
Disciplinary record
Player Total Championship FA Cup EFL Cup 2DF ENGJordan Williams 4 04000003DF ENGConnor Ogilvie 4 14100005DF WALRegan Poole 7 06000107MF ENGMarlon Pack 11 011000008MF ENGJohn Swift 9 09000009FW ENGColby Bishop 4 040000010MF AUSAdrian Segečić 3 030000014DF AUSHayden Matthews 2 020000016MF RSALuke Le Roux 6 040101017DF SCOIbane Bowat 1 010000018MF HUNMárk Kosznovszky 1 010000020FW AUSThomas Waddingham 1 010000021MF ENGAndre Dozzell 8 070000022DF ENGZak Swanson 4 040000023MF ENGJosh Murphy 1 010000024DF NIRTerry Devlin 3 131000025FW NIRMakenzie Kirk 1 010000026GK ENGJosef Bursik 1 010000027FW IRLMillenic Alli 1 010000034DF ENGAji Alese 1 010000036FW ENGConor Chaplin 1 010000037FW ENGKeshi Anderson 1 010000038DF GAMEbou Adams 3 030000040FW SCOJacob Brown 2 020000047LW PARGustavo Caballero 1 010000055DF SENMadiodio Dia 2 0200000Player(s) who featured whilst on loan but returned to parent club during the season:47MF KORYang Min-hyeok 2 0200000Player(s) who featured but departed permanently during the season:49FW ENGCallum Lang 1 0100000Squad Total8628311020
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