2016–17 Portsmouth F.C. season

Portsmouth
	2016–17 season
Chairman	Iain McInnes
Owner	Pompey Supporters Trust
Manager	Paul Cook
Stadium	Fratton Park
← 2015–16	2017–18 →

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 19 May 2016

No.	Name	Pos.	Place of Birth	Date of Birth (Age)	Club apps	Club goals	Int. caps	Int. goals	Signed from	Date signed	Fee	Contract End
Goalkeepers
1	Paul Jones	GK	Snodland	(1986-06-28) 28 June 1986 (age 38)	64	0	–	–	Crawley	4 June 2014	Free	30 June 2017
35	Alex Bass	GK	Southampton	(1998-04-01) 1 April 1998 (age 26)	–	–	–	–	Academy	12 August 2014	Trainee	30 June 2017
Defenders
2	Ben Davies	RB/RW	Birmingham	(1981-05-27) 27 May 1981 (age 43)	51	1	–	–	Sheffield United	6 August 2015	Free	30 June 2016
3	Enda Stevens	LB	Dublin	(1990-07-09) 9 July 1990 (age 33)	53	0	–	–	Aston Villa	15 June 2015	Free	30 June 2017
6	Christian Burgess	CB	Barking	(1991-10-07) 7 October 1991 (age 32)	43	2	–	–	Peterborough	25 June 2015	Undisc.	30 June 2018
16	Jack Whatmough	CB	Gosport	(1996-08-19) 19 August 1996 (age 27)^[2]	38	0	–	–	Academy	19 August 2013	Free	30 June 2017
20	Matt Clarke	CB/CM	Barham	(1996-09-22) 22 September 1996 (age 27)	33	1	–	–	Ipswich Town	20 May 2016	Swap	30 June 2018
34	Calvin Davies	RB	Portsmouth	(1997-09-07) 7 September 1997 (age 26)	1	0	–	–	Academy	31 October 2015	Trainee	30 June 2017
38	Brandon Haunstrup	LB	Waterlooville	(1996-10-26) 26 October 1996 (age 27)	5	0	–	–	Academy	25 June 2015	Free	30 June 2017
Midfielders
8	Michael Doyle	CM	Dublin	(1981-08-08) 8 August 1981 (age 42)	50	2	1	0	Sheffield United	6 July 2015	Free	30 June 2017
11	Gary Roberts	LW/AM	Liverpool	(1984-03-18) 18 March 1984 (age 40)	38	10	–	–	Chesterfield	17 June 2015	Undisc.	30 June 2018
14	Kal Naismith	RW/LW/ST	Glasgow	(1992-02-18) 18 February 1992 (age 32)	22	3	–	–	Accrington Stanley	28 May 2015	Undisc.	30 June 2018
15	Adam Barton	CM/CB	Blackburn	(1991-01-07) 7 January 1991 (age 33)	21	0	–	–	Coventry City	24 June 2015	Free	30 June 2017
18	Ben Tollitt	LW/RW/AM	Liverpool	(1994-11-30) 30 November 1994 (age 29)	16	1	–	–	Skelmersdale	15 July 2015	Free	30 June 2017
23	Kyle Bennett	LW/RW	Telford	(1990-09-09) 9 September 1990 (age 33)	51	7	–	–	Doncaster Rovers	21 May 2015	Free	30 June 2017
26	Gareth Evans	RW/LW	Macclesfield	(1988-04-26) 26 April 1988 (age 36)	48	10	–	–	Fleetwood Town	28 July 2015	Free	30 June 2017
29	Danny Hollands	CM	Ashford	(1985-11-06) 6 November 1985 (age 38)	94	8	–	–	Charlton	22 May 2014	Free	30 June 2016
30	Adam May	CM	Southampton	(1997-12-06) 6 December 1997 (age 26)	4	0	–	–	Academy	17 April 2015	Free	30 June 2017
32	C. Oxlade-Chamberlain	CM	Portsmouth	(1998-06-24) 24 June 1998 (age 26)	1	0	–	–	Academy	31 October 2015	Trainee	30 June 2017
33	Ben Close	CM	Portsmouth	(1996-08-08) 8 August 1996 (age 27)	23	0	–	–	Academy	3 May 2014	Free	30 June 2017
Forwards
7	Adam McGurk	ST/RW/LW	Larne	(1989-01-24) 24 January 1989 (age 35)	36	6	–	–	Burton Albion	24 June 2015	Free	30 June 2017
9	Matt Tubbs	ST	Salisbury	(1984-05-15) 15 May 1984 (age 40)	40	14	–	–	Bournemouth	8 January 2015	Free	30 June 2017
19	Conor Chaplin	ST/LW	Worthing	(1997-02-16) 16 February 1997 (age 27)	49	12	–	–	Academy	20 October 2014	Free	30 June 2018

Transfers

In

N	P	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Ref.
35	GK	Alex Bass	18	EU	Youth system	Promoted	Summer	2017	Free	^[3]
34	DF	Calvin Davies	18	EU	Youth system	Promoted	Summer	2017	Free	^[3]
32	MF	Christian Oxlade-Chamberlain	16	EU	Youth system	Promoted	Summer	2017	Free	^[3]
20	DF	Matt Clarke	19	EU	Ipswich Town	Swap	Summer	2018	Swap	^[4]

Total spending: £0

Out

N	P	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
24	GK	Brian Murphy	32	EU	Free agent	Released	Summer	Free	^[5]
—	DF	Chad Field	19	EU	Free agent	Released	Summer	Free	^[5]
—	DF	Snorre Nilsen	19	EU	Free agent	Released	Summer	Free	^[5]
40	MF	Kaleem Haitham	17	EU	Free agent	Released	Summer	Free	^[6]
31	FW	Brandon Joseph-Buadi	18	EU	Free agent	Released	Summer	Free	^[6]
—	FW	Liam Sayers	18	EU	Free agent	Released	Summer	Free	^[6]
20	DF	Matt Clarke	19	EU	Ipswich Town	Loan Return	Summer	Free	^[5]
17	DF	Kieron Freeman	24	EU	Sheffield United	Loan Return	Summer	Free	^[5]
27	GK	Ryan Fulton	19	EU	Liverpool	Loan Return	Summer	Free	^[5]
10	FW	Marc McNulty	23	EU	Sheffield United	Loan Return	Summer	Free	^[5]
25	FW	Conor Wilkinson	21	EU	Bolton Wanderers	Loan Return	Summer	Free	^[5]
4	DF	Adam Webster	21	EU	Ipswich Town	Swap	Summer	Swap^{[lower-roman 1]}	^[4]

↑ £500K+Matt Clarke

Total gaining: £500,000

Contracts

N	P	Name	Age	Status	Contract length	Expiry date	Source
33	MF	Ben Close	19	Signed	1 year	June 2017	^[5]
30	MF	Adam May	18	Signed	1 year	June 2017	^[5]
18	MF	Ben Tollitt	21	Signed	1 year	June 2017	^[5]
36	DF	Dory Yates	18	Signed	6 months	January 2017	^[6]

Last updated:

Competitions

League Two

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Promotion, qualification or relegation
19	Notts County
20	Plymouth Argyle
21	Portsmouth
22	Stevenage
23	Wycombe Wanderers	Relegation to the National League

First match(es) will be played on 6 August 2016^[7]. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

References

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[7] £500K+Matt Clarke

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