2025–26 Portsmouth F.C. season

Portsmouth

2025–26 season
Owner-Chairman	Michael Eisner
Chief Executive Officer	Andrew Cullen
Manager	John Mousinho
Stadium	Fratton Park
EFL Championship	13th
FA Cup	TBD
EFL Cup	First Round
Top goalscorer	League: Adrian Segecic (2) All: Adrian Segecic (2)
Highest home attendance	20,382 vs. Norwich City (16 August 2025)
Lowest home attendance	20,382 vs. Norwich City (16 August 2025)
Average home league attendance	20,382
Home colours Away colours Third colours

The 2025–26 season is the second consecutive season of Portsmouth Football Club in the EFL Championship. In addition to the domestic league, the club would also participate in the FA Cup, and the EFL Cup.

As of 12 August 2025^{[1] [2]}

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  AUT Nicolas Schmid 2 DF  ENG Jordan Williams 3 DF  ENG Connor Ogilvie 5 DF  WAL Regan Poole 6 DF  IRL Conor Shaughnessy 7 MF  ENG Marlon Pack (captain) 8 MF  ENG John Swift 9 FW  ENG Colby Bishop 10 FW  AUS Adrian Segecic 11 FW  FRA Florian Bianchini (on loan from Swansea City) 14 DF  AUS Hayden Matthews 16 MF  RSA Luke Le Roux 17 DF  SCO Ibane Bowat 18 MF  HUN Márk Kosznovszky 19 DF  AUS Jacob Farrell

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 FW  AUS Thomas Waddingham 21 MF  ENG Andre Dozzell 22 DF  ENG Zak Swanson 23 FW  ENG Josh Murphy 24 DF  NIR Terry Devlin 28 MF  ENG Reuben Swann 29 FW  ENG Harvey Blair 31 GK  SCO Jordan Archer 36 GK  ENG Ben Killip 47 FW  KOR Yang Min-hyeok (on loan from Tottenham Hotspur) 49 FW  ENG Callum Lang - DF  SCO Tom McIntyre - MF  GUI Abdoulaye Kamara - MF  SCO Matt Ritchie

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred From	Fee	Date	Source
10	FW	Adrian Segecic	Sydney FC	Undisclosed	18 June 2025	[3]
8	MF	John Swift	West Brom	Free Transfer	15 July 2025	[4]
18	MF	Márk Kosznovszky	MTK	Undisclosed	25 July 2025	[5]
16	MF	Luke Le Roux	IFK Värnamo			[6]

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
15	FW	Christian Saydee	Wigan Athletic	Undisclosed	19 June 2025	[7]
10	FW	Kusini Yengi	Aberdeen	End of Contract	30 June 2025	[2]
18	DF	Cohen Bramall	Luton Town			[2]
26	MF	Tom Lowery	Kilmarnock			[2]
27	FW	Anthony Scully	Shrewsbury Town			[2]
37	DF	Alexander Milošević	Unattached			[2]
4	DF	Ryley Towler	Lincoln City	Undisclosed	7 July 2025	[8]
32	FW	Paddy Lane	Reading		31 July 2025	[9]

No.	Pos.	Player	Loaned From	Until	Date	Source
11	FW	Florian Bianchini	Swansea City	End of Season	31 July 2025	[10]
47	FW	Yang Min-hyeok	Tottenham Hotspur	End of Season	8 August 2025	[11]

No.	Pos.	Player	Loaned to	Until	Date	Source
33	GK	Toby Steward	St Johnstone	End of Season	8 July 2025	[12]
-	MF	Harry Clout	Farnborough	31 December 2025	8 August 2025	[13]

On 29 May, Portsmouth announced they would visit Bratislava, Slovakia for a pre-season training camp and matches against Woking, Farnborough and Havant & Waterlooville.^[14] A day later, a fourth fixture was confirmed, against Crawley Town.^[15] A trip to face Reading was then later added to the schedule.^[16] On 30 June, it was announced that Eredivisie side PEC Zwolle would visit Fratton Park during pre-season.^[17]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Portsmouth v Crawley Town

19 July 2025 Friendly	Portsmouth	1–0	Crawley Town	Hilsea, Portsmouth
15:00 BST	Ogilvie 30'	Report		Stadium: Portsmouth F.C. Training Ground
Note: Initially the match was postponed due to an unplayable playing surface at Broadfield Stadium. Instead the match was played at Portsmouth's training ground behind closed doors. [18]

Portsmouth v PEC Zwolle

2 August 2025 Friendly	Portsmouth	1–0	PEC Zwolle	Portsmouth
15:00 BST	Waddingham 89'	Report	Oosting  68' Graves Jensen 83'	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 8,237 (226 away fans) Referee: Tom Kirk

On 26 June, the EFL Championship fixtures were announced.^[20]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Oxford United v Portsmouth

9 August 2025 1	Oxford United	0–1	Portsmouth	Oxford
15:00 BST	Goodrham  64'	Report	Segecic 38' Swift  41' Ogilvie  63'	Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 11,492 (1,490 away) Referee: Dean Whitestone

Portsmouth v Norwich City

16 August 2025 2	Portsmouth	1−2	Norwich City	Portsmouth
12:30 BST	Poole  58' Bishop 80' Segecic 84' Ogilvie  90+7' Swift  90+9'	Report	Darling 6',  90+8' Sargent 14' Topić  25' Córdoba  37'	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 20,382 (1,911 away) Referee: Stephen Martin
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was moved live Sky Sports broadcasting.[21]

Portsmouth were eliminated from the EFL Cup at home to Reading in the first round.^[24][25]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Portsmouth v Reading

12 August 2025 First Round	Portsmouth	1−2	Reading	Portsmouth
19:45 BST	Le Roux  53' Singerr 90+3' Poole  90+5'	Report	Garcia 34' Ehibhatiomhan 38' Fraser  80' Ryan  90'	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 14,525 Referee: Farai Hallam

As of match(es) played 16 August 2025

Players with no appearances are not included on the list

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Championship		FA Cup		EFL Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	AUT	Nicolas Schmid	2	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
2	DF	ENG	Jordan Williams	2	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
3	DF	ENG	Connor Ogilvie	2	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
5	DF	WAL	Regan Poole	3	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
6	DF	IRL	Conor Shaughnessy	2	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
8	MF	ENG	John Swift	3	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
9	FW	ENG	Colby Bishop	2	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
10	FW	AUS	Adrian Segecic	3	2	2+0	2	0+0	0	0+1	0
11	FW	FRA	Florian Bianchini	3	0	1+1	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
14	FW	AUS	Hayden Matthews	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
16	MF	RSA	Luke Le Roux	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
17	DF	SCO	Ibane Bowat	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
18	MF	HUN	Márk Kosznovszky	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
19	DF	AUS	Jacob Farrell	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
20	FW	AUS	Thomas Waddingham	3	0	0+2	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
21	MF	ENG	Andre Dozzell	3	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
22	DF	ENG	Zak Swanson	3	0	0+2	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
23	FW	ENG	Josh Murphy	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
24	DF	NIR	Terry Devlin	2	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
36	GK	ENG	Ben Killip	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
46	FW	ENG	Olutayo Singerr	1	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	1
47	MF	KOR	Yang Min-hyeok	2	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
49	FW	ENG	Callum Lang	2	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0

As of 16 August 2025

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Player	Championship		FA Cup		EFL Cup		Player Total
3	DF	ENG	Connor Ogilvie	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
5	DF	WAL	Regan Poole	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
8	MF	ENG	John Swift	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
16	DF	RSA	Luke Le Roux	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
Squad Total				5	0	0	0	2	0	7	0