List of Portsmouth F.C. seasons
Football League era

List of Portsmouth F.C. seasons

Section Title: Football League era
Table Section Text: None

Season	League	FA Cup	League Cup	Charity Shield	Europe Other	Top Goalscorer

Division	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Pos	Name	Goals

1920–21 Details	Div 3	42	12	15	15	46	48	49	12th	R1	Frank Stringfellow	13

1921–22 Details	Div 3(S)	42	18	17	7	62	39	53	3rd	R4	Percy Cherrett	22

1922–23 Details	42	19	8	15	58	52	46	7th	R1	Jerry Mackie	10

1923–24 Details	42	24	11	7	87	30	59	1st	R2	Willie Haines	28

1924–25 Details	Div 2	42	15	18	9	58	50	48	4th	R2	Willie Haines Jerry Mackie	17

1925–26 Details	42	17	10	15	79	74	44	11th	R3	Willie Haines	20

1926–27 Details	42	23	8	11	87	49	54	2nd	R4	Willie Haines	40

1927–28 Details	Div 1	42	16	7	19	66	90	39	20th	R3	Willie Haines Jack Smith	11

1928–29 Details	42	15	6	21	56	80	36	20th	R/U	Jack Smith	9

1929–30 Details	42	15	10	17	66	62	47	13th	R4	Jack Weddle	21

1930–31 Details	42	18	13	11	84	64	49	4th	R5	Jimmy Easson	29

1931–32 Details	42	19	7	16	62	62	45	8th	R5	Jack Weddle	22

1932–33 Details	42	18	7	17	74	76	43	9th	R3	Jack Weddle	20

1933–34 Details	42	15	12	15	52	55	42	10th	R/U	Jack Weddle	17

1934–35 Details	42	15	10	17	71	72	40	14th	R4	Jack Weddle	24

1935–36 Details	42	17	8	17	54	67	42	10th	R3	Jack Weddle	16

1936–37 Details	42	17	10	15	62	66	44	9th	R3	Cliff Parker	12

1937–38 Details	42	13	12	17	62	68	38	19th	R4	Jimmy Beattie	21

1938–39 Details	42	12	13	17	47	70	37	17th	W	Jock Anderson	10

1939–40 Details	3	1	0	2	3	5	2	18th	N/A	N/A

No competitive football was played between 1939 and 1946 due to the Second World War

1945–46	n/a	R3

1946–47 Details	Div 1	42	16	9	17	66	60	41	12th	R4	Duggie Reid	29

1947–48 Details	42	19	7	16	68	50	45	8th	R4	15

1948–49 Details	42	25	8	9	84	42	58	1st	SF	Peter Harris	22

1949–50 Details	42	22	9	11	74	38	53	1st	R5	Shared	Ike Clarke	20

1950–51 Details	42	16	15	11	71	68	47	7th	R3	Ike Clarke Len Phillips	11

1951–52 Details	42	20	8	14	68	58	48	4th	QF	Duggie Reid	18

1952–53 Details	42	14	10	18	74	83	38	15th	R3	Peter Harris	23

1953–54 Details	42	14	11	17	81	89	39	14th	R5	24

1954–55 Details	42	18	12	12	74	62	48	3rd	R3	23

1955–56 Details	42	16	9	17	78	85	41	12th	R4	24

1956–57 Details	42	10	13	19	62	92	33	19th	R4	Johnny Gordon Peter Harris	13

1957–58 Details	42	12	8	22	73	88	32	20th	R4	Peter Harris	18

1958–59 Details	42	6	9	27	64	112	21	22nd	R5	Ron Saunders	24

1959–60 Details	Div 2	42	10	12	20	59	77	32	20th	R3	17

1960–61 Details	42	11	11	20	64	91	33	21st	R5	QF	23

1961–62 Details	Div 3	46	27	11	8	87	47	65	1st	R1	R3	26

1962–63 Details	Div 2	42	13	11	18	63	79	37	16th	R4	R4	29

1963–64 Details	42	16	11	15	79	70	43	9th	R3	R4	34

1964–65 Details	42	12	10	20	56	77	34	20th	R3	R3	Cliff Portwood	12

1965–66 Details	42	16	8	18	74	78	40	12th	R3	R3	Albert McCann	13

1966–67 Details	42	13	13	16	59	70	39	14th	R4	R2	14

1967–68 Details	42	18	13	11	68	55	49	5th	R5	R3	16

1968–69 Details	42	12	14	16	58	58	38	15th	R4	R2	Ray Hiron	17

1969–70 Details	42	13	9	20	66	80	35	17th	R3	R1	18

1970–71 Details	46	10	14	18	46	61	34	16th	R4	R3	14

1971–72 Details	46	12	13	17	59	68	37	16th	R5	R1	Richie Reynolds	11

1972–73 Details	42	12	11	19	42	59	35	17th	R3	R2	Ray Hiron	10

1973–74 Details	42	14	12	16	45	62	40	15th	R5	R2	Ron Davies	16

1974–75 Details	42	12	13	17	44	54	37	17th	R3	R2	Mick Mellows	8

1975–76 Details	42	9	7	26	32	61	25	22nd	R4	R2	Norman Piper	12

1976–77 Details	Div 3	46	11	14	21	53	70	36	20th	R3	R1	David Kemp	17

1977–78 Details	42	7	17	22	41	75	31	24th	R2	R3	21

1978–79 Details	Div 4	46	20	12	14	62	48	52	7th	R2	R1	Jeff Hemmerman	16

1979–80 Details	46	24	12	10	91	49	60	4th	R3	R1	Colin Garwood	27

1980–81 Details	Div 3	46	22	9	15	55	47	53	6th	R1	R4	David Gregory	15

1981–82 Details	46	14	19	13	56	51	61	13th	R1	R2	Billy Rafferty	19

1982–83 Details	46	27	10	9	74	41	91	1st	R2	R1	Alan Biley	27

1983–84 Details	Div 2	42	14	7	21	73	64	49	16th	R4	R2	Mark Hateley	25

1984–85 Details	42	20	14	8	69	50	74	4th	R3	R2	Neil Webb	18

1985–86 Details	42	22	7	13	69	41	73	4th	R3	QF	FMC GS	Nicky Morgan	15

1986–87 Details	42	23	9	10	53	28	78	2nd	R4	R3	FMC QF	Micky Quinn	28

1987–88 Details	Div 1	42	7	14	19	36	66	35	19th	QF	R2	FMC R1	11

1988–89 Details	Div 2	46	13	12	21	45	56	40	20th	R3	R2	FMC R2	21

1989–90 Details	46	15	16	15	62	65	61	12th	R3	R2	FMC R2	Guy Whittingham	25

1990–91 Details	46	14	11	21	58	70	53	17th	R5	R3	FMC R2	20

1991–92 Details	46	19	12	15	65	51	69	9th	SF	R3	FMC R1	13

1992–93 Details	Div 1	46	26	10	10	80	46	88	3rd	R3	R3	AIC GS	47

1993–94 Details	46	15	13	18	52	58	58	17th	R3	QF	AIC GS	Gerry Creaney Alan McLoughlin	11

1994–95 Details	46	15	13	18	53	63	58	18th	R4	R3	Gerry Creaney	22

1995–96 Details	46	13	13	20	61	69	52	21st	R3	R1	Paul Hall Alan McLoughlin	10

1996–97 Details	46	20	8	18	59	53	68	7th	QF	R2	Lee Bradbury	17

1997–98 Details	46	13	10	21	51	63	49	20th	R3	R1	John Aloisi	12

1998–99 Details	46	11	14	21	57	73	47	19th	R4	R2	17

1999–2000 Details	46	13	12	21	55	66	51	18th	R3	R2	Steve Claridge	14

2000–01 Details	46	10	19	17	47	59	49	20th	R3	R2	Lee Bradbury Steve Claridge	11

2001–02 Details	46	13	14	19	60	72	53	17th	R3	R1	Peter Crouch	19

2002–03 Details	46	29	11	6	97	45	98	1st	R3	R2	Svetoslav Todorov	26

2003–04 Details	Prem	38	12	9	17	47	54	45	13th	QF	R4	Yakubu	19

2004–05 Details	38	10	9	19	43	59	39	16th	R4	QF	17

2005–06 Details	38	10	8	20	37	62	38	17th	R4	R2	Lomana LuaLua Gary O'Neil Matthew Taylor	7

2006–07 Details	38	14	12	12	45	42	54	9th	R4	R3	Nwankwo Kanu	12

2007–08 Details	38	16	9	13	48	40	57	8th	W	R4	Benjani Mwaruwari	12

2008–09 Details	38	10	11	17	38	57	41	14th	R4	R3	R/U	UC GS	Peter Crouch	16

2009–10 Details	38	7	7	24	34	66	19	20th	R/U	QF	Frédéric Piquionne	10

2010–11 Details	Champ	46	15	13	18	53	60	58	16th	R3	R3	David Nugent	14

2011–12 Details	46	13	11	22	50	59	40	22nd	R3	R1	David Norris	8

2012–13 Details	Lg1	46	10	12	24	51	69	32	24th	R1	R1	FLT R2	Izale McLeod	11

2013–14 Details	Lg2	46	14	17	15	56	66	59	13th	R1	R1	FLT QF	Jed Wallace	7

2014–15 Details	46	14	15	17	52	54	57	16th	R1	R2	FLT R2	17

2015–16 Details	46	21	15	10	75	44	78	6th	R4	R2	FLT R1	Marc McNulty	12

2016–17 Details	46	26	9	11	79	40	87	1st	R1	R1	EFLT G1 – 3rd	Kal Naismith	15

2017–18 Details	Lg1	46	20	6	20	57	57	66	8th	R1	R1	EFLT R3	Brett Pitman	23

Sentence(s)

In the 1922–23 season, Mackie's ten goals made him top-scorer for the season, as the club finished seventh in the table.

final_sentence: In the 1922–23 season, Mackie's ten goals made him top-scorer for the season, as the club finished seventh in the table.