Full name | Portsmouth Football Club |
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Nickname(s) | Pompey |
Founded | 5 April 1898 |
Ground | Fratton Park |
Capacity | 21,178 |
Owner | Pompey Supporters Trust |
Chairman | Iain McInnes |
Manager | Paul Cook |
League | League Two |
2015–16 | League Two, 6th |
Website | Club home page |
Portsmouth Football Club i/ˈpɔərtsməθ/ is a professional football club in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, which plays in League Two, the fourth tier of English football. Home matches have been played at Fratton Park since the club's formation in 1898. Portsmouth have been champions of England twice, in 1949 and 1950, and won the FA Cup twice, in 1939 and 2008.
In the 2008–09 UEFA Cup, Portsmouth played European heavyweights A.C. Milan. In this period, the club had international footballers including England players Glen Johnson, Jermain Defoe, Peter Crouch, David James and Sol Campbell. Financial problems, however, soon set in and Portsmouth were relegated to the Football League Championship in 2010. In 2012, they were again relegated, to League One, and again, in 2013, to League Two. They began the 2013–14 season in the fourth tier of the English football league system for the first time since the late 1970s.