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| Full name | Portsmouth Football Club | |||
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| Nickname(s) | Pompey | |||
| Founded | 5 April 1898 as "Portsmouth Football and Athletic Company Limited" | |||
| Ground | Fratton Park | |||
| Capacity | 20,899 | |||
| Coordinates | 50°47′47″N 1°3′50″W / 50.79639°N 1.06389°W | |||
| Owner-Chairman | Michael Eisner | |||
| Chief Executive | Andrew Cullen | |||
| Head Coach | John Mousinho | |||
| League | EFL League One | |||
| 2022–23 | EFL League One, 8th of 24 | |||
| Website | Club website | |||
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Portsmouth Football Club is a professional association football club based in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England. The team competes in the EFL League One, the third level of the English football league system, but will play in the EFL Championship in the 2024–25 season after winning the 2023-24 EFL League One title. They are also known as Pompey, a local nickname used by both His Majesty's Naval Base, Portsmouth and the city of Portsmouth.
Founded on 5 April 1898, Portsmouth began their early history in the Southern and Western leagues, before being elected into the English Football League in 1920. Portsmouth won two promotions in 1924 and 1927 to reach the First Division, becoming the first football club south of London to do so. After finishing runners-up in two FA Cup finals in 1929 and 1934, Portsmouth won for the first time in 1939. Portsmouth won the top-flight First Division titles twice in successive 1948–49 and 1949–50 seasons. However, their 32 consecutive years in the First Division ended with relegation in 1959 and was followed by a further relegation in 1961.
In 1978, Portsmouth were relegated to the fourth tier for the first time before earning three promotions in 1980, 1983 and 1987. After a brief spell in the top-flight, Portsmouth would remain in the second tier from 1988 until 2003. After winning promotion, they spent seven years in the Premier League and won the FA Cup for a second time in 2008. Relegation from the Premier League in 2009–10 signalled the beginning of a difficult period where the club entered financial administration twice and were relegated three times. After the club was purchased by the Pompey Supporters Trust in 2013, Pompey would begin to recover financially as well as winning the League Two title in 2016–17 and the League One title in 2023–24.
Portsmouth are one of only five English football clubs to have been champions of all four tiers of the professional English football pyramid. Portsmouth's arch-rivals are Southampton, a rivalry based in part on geographic proximity and both cities' respective maritime histories.