2016–17 Portsmouth F.C. season

Portsmouth
2016–17 season
Owner Pompey Supporters Trust
Chairman Iain McInnes
Manager Paul Cook
Stadium Fratton Park
FA Cup First round
(vs. Wycombe Wanderers)
League Cup First round
(vs. Coventry City)

The 2016–17 season is Portsmouth's 118th season of existence and their fourth consecutive season in League Two.[1] Along with competing in League Two, the club will also participate in the FA Cup, League Cup and Football League Trophy.

The season covers the period from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017.

Players

Squad details

As of 4 October 2016
No. Name Pos. Nat. Place of Birth Date of Birth (Age) Club
apps
Club
goals
Int.
caps
Int.
goals
Signed from Date signed Fee Contract End
Goalkeepers
1 David Forde GK Republic of Ireland Galway 20 December 1979 11 0 24 0 Millwall 28 July 2016 Loan 30 June 2017
13 Liam O'Brien GK England Ruislip 30 November 1991 2 0 Academy 8 August 2016 Free 8 October 2016
34 Nick Hall GK England Portsmouth 29 December 1998 Academy 30 August 2016 Trainee 30 June 2018
Defenders
2 Tom Davies CB England Warrington 18 April 1992 8 0 Accrington Stanley 22 June 2016 Free 30 June 2018
3 Enda Stevens LB Republic of Ireland Dublin 9 July 1990 63 0 Aston Villa 15 June 2015 Free 30 June 2017
5 Matt Clarke CB/CM England Barham 22 September 1996 36 1 Ipswich Town 20 May 2016 Swap 30 June 2018
6 Christian Burgess CB England Barking 7 October 1991 54 3 Peterborough Utd. 25 June 2015 Undisc. 30 June 2018
16 Jack Whatmough CB England Gosport 19 August 1996[2] 41 0 Academy 19 August 2013 Free 30 June 2017
21 Adam Buxton LB England Liverpool 12 May 1992 2 0 Accrington Stanley 4 August 2016 Free 30 June 2017
25 Drew Talbot RB/LB/RM England Barnsley 12 July 1986 6 0 Chesterfield 22 June 2016 Free 30 June 2018
38 Brandon Haunstrup LB England Waterlooville 26 October 1996 6 0 Academy 25 June 2015 Free 30 June 2017
Dominic Hyam CB Scotland Leuchars 20 December 1995 Reading 31 August 2016 Loan 8 January 2017
Midfielders
4 Danny Rose CM England Bristol 21 February 1988 11 1 Northampton Town 3 June 2016 Free 30 June 2017
7 Carl Baker RW/AM England Prescot 26 December 1982 11 4 MK Dons 14 June 2016 Free 30 June 2018
8 Michael Doyle CM Republic of Ireland Dublin 8 August 1981 61 2 1 0 Sheffield United 6 July 2015 Free 30 June 2017
10 Milan Lalkovič LW/RW/ST Slovakia Košice 9 December 1992 10 1 Walsall 28 June 2016 Comp. 30 June 2018
11 Gary Roberts LW/AM England Liverpool 18 March 1984 49 16 Chesterfield 17 June 2015 Undisc. 30 June 2018
22 Kal Naismith RW/LW/ST Scotland Glasgow 18 February 1992 33 4 Accrington Stanley 28 May 2015 Undisc. 30 June 2018
23 Kyle Bennett LW/RW England Telford 9 September 1990 61 7 Doncaster Rovers 21 May 2015 Free 30 June 2017
24 Amine Linganzi CM Republic of the Congo Algiers Algeria 16 November 1989 5 0 4 0 Fréjus France 8 August 2016 Free 8 October 2016
26 Gareth Evans RW/LW England Macclesfield 26 April 1988 57 10 Fleetwood Town 28 July 2015 Free 30 June 2017
30 Adam May CM England Southampton 6 December 1997 7 0 Academy 17 April 2015 Free 30 June 2017
32 C. Oxlade-Chamberlain CM England Portsmouth 24 June 1998 1 0 Academy 31 October 2015 Trainee 30 June 2017
33 Ben Close CM England Portsmouth 8 August 1996 25 0 Academy 3 May 2014 Free 30 June 2017
Forwards
9 Michael Smith ST England Wallsend 17 October 1991 24 7 Swindon Town 23 June 2016 Undisc. 30 June 2018
14 Curtis Main ST England South Shields 20 June 1992 11 5 Doncaster Rovers 4 July 2016 Undisc. 30 June 2018
19 Conor Chaplin ST/LW England Worthing 16 February 1997 58 15 Academy 20 October 2014 Free 30 June 2018
20 Noel Hunt ST Republic of Ireland Waterford 26 December 1982 7 0 3 0 Ipswich Town 4 August 2016 Free 30 June 2017

Transfers

In

N
P
Nat.
Name
Age
EU
Moving from
Type
Transfer
window
Ends
Transfer
fee
Ref.
35 GK England Alex Bass 18EU Youth system Promoted Summer 2017 Free [3]
31 DF England Calvin Davies 18EU Youth system Promoted Summer 2017 Free [3]
32 MF England Christian Oxlade-Chamberlain 16EU Youth system Promoted Summer 2017 Free [3]
20 DF England Matt Clarke 19EU Ipswich Town Swap Summer 2018 Swap [4]
4 MF England Danny Rose 28EU Northampton Town Transfer Summer 2017 Free [5]
7 MF England Carl Baker 33EU Milton Keynes Dons Transfer Summer 2018 Free [6]
25 DF England Drew Talbot 29EU Chesterfield Transfer Summer 2018 Free [7]
9 FW England Michael Smith 24EU Swindon Town Transfer Summer 2018 Undisclosed [8]
10 MF Slovakia Milan Lalkovič 23EU Walsall Transfer Summer 2018 Compensation [9]
2 DF England Tom Davies 24EU Accrington Stanley Transfer Summer 2018 Free [10]
14 FW England Curtis Main 24EU Doncaster Rovers Transfer Summer 2018 Undisclosed [11]
1 GK Republic of Ireland David Forde 36EU Millwall Loan Summer 2017 Free [12]
21 DF England Adam Buxton 24EU Accrington Stanley Transfer Summer 2017 Free [13]
20 FW Republic of Ireland Noel Hunt 33EU Southend United Transfer Summer 2017 Free [14]
24 MF Republic of the Congo Amine Linganzi 26EU FréjusFrance Transfer Summer 2016 Free [15]
13 GK England Liam O'Brien 24EU Dagenham & Redbridge Transfer Summer 2016 Free [15]
DF Scotland Dominic Hyam 20EU Reading Loan Summer 2016 Free [16]
17 FW England Jamal Lowe 22EU Hampton & Richmond Transfer Winter 2018 Undisclosed [17]

Total spending: Decrease £0

Out

N
P
Nat.
Name
Age
EU
Moving to
Type
Transfer
window
Transfer
fee
Source
24 GK Republic of Ireland Brian Murphy 32EU Cardiff CityWales Released Summer Free [18][19]
DF England Chad Field 19EU Bognor Regis Town Released Summer Free [18]
DF Norway Snorre Nilsen 19EU Free agent Released Summer Free [18]
40 MF England Kaleem Haitham 17EU Free agent Released Summer Free [20]
31 FW England Brandon Joseph-Buadi 18EU Free agent Released Summer Free [20]
FW England Liam Sayers 18EU Free agent Released Summer Free [20]
20 DF England Matt Clarke 19EU Ipswich Town Loan Return Summer Free [18]
17 DF Wales Kieron Freeman 24EU Sheffield United Loan Return Summer Free [18]
27 GK England Ryan Fulton 19EU Liverpool Loan Return Summer Free [18]
10 FW Scotland Marc McNulty 23EU Sheffield United Loan Return Summer Free [18]
25 FW Republic of Ireland Conor Wilkinson 21EU Bolton Wanderers Loan Return Summer Free [18]
4 DF England Adam Webster 21EU Ipswich Town Swap Summer £750,000+swap [4]
2 DF England Ben Davies 35EU Grimsby TownEngland Transfer Summer Free [21]
9 FW England Matt Tubbs 31EU Forest Green Rovers Transfer Summer Free [22]
7 FW Northern Ireland Adam McGurk 27EU Cambridge United Transfer Summer Undisclosed [23]
1 GK England Paul Jones 30EU Norwich CityEngland Transfer Summer Free [24]
29 MF England Danny Hollands 30EU Crewe Alexandra Transfer Summer Free [25]
15 MF Republic of Ireland Adam Barton 25EU Partick ThistleScotland Transfer Summer Undisclosed [26]
MF England Christian Oxlade-Chamberlain 18EU Eastbourne Borough Loan During season Free [27]

    Total gaining: Increase £750,000

    Contracts

    N
    P
    Nat.
    Name
    Age
    Status
    Contract length
    Expiry date
    Source
    33 MF England Ben Close 19 Signed 1 year June 2017 [18]
    30 MF England Adam May 18 Signed 1 year June 2017 [18]
    18 MF England Ben Tollitt 21 Signed 1 year June 2017 [18]
    36 DF England Dory Yates 18 Signed 6 months January 2017 [20]

    Last updated:

    Competitions

    Pre-season friendlies

    League Two

    League table

    Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
    2 Carlisle United 19 10 8 1 37 23 +14 38 Promotion to Football League One
    3 Plymouth Argyle 19 12 2 5 29 21 +8 38
    4 Portsmouth 19 9 4 6 32 20 +12 31 Qualification for League Two play-offs[lower-alpha 1]
    5 Luton Town 19 8 7 4 28 18 +10 31
    6 Yeovil Town 19 8 4 7 24 23 +1 28
    Updated to match(es) played on 3 December 2016. Source: BBC Sport
    Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
    Notes:
    1. Four teams play for one spot and promotion to Football League One.

    Matches

    FA Cup

    Main article: 2016–17 FA Cup

    EFL Cup

    Main article: 2016–17 EFL Cup

    EFL Trophy

    Main article: 2016–17 EFL Trophy
    Pos Lge Team Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
    1 L2 Yeovil Town 3 2 0 1 0 6 3 +3 7 Advance to Round 2
    2 ACA Reading Academy 3 1 1 0 1 5 6 1 5
    3 L2 Portsmouth 3 1 0 1 1 6 6 0 4
    4 L1 Bristol Rovers 3 0 1 0 2 2 4 2 2
    Source: EFL.com

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