Portsmouth F.C.

Portsmouth F.C.
Full name	Portsmouth Football Club
Nickname(s)	Pompey
Founded	1898
Ground	Fratton Park, Portsmouth (Capacity 20,688)
Chairman	Balram Chainrai
Manager	Michael Appleton
League	npower Championship
2011/12	Championship, 16th

Portsmouth Football Club, is an English football club.

The club plays in the Football League Championship. Their home stadium is called Fratton Park.

Pompey, also nicknamed the Blues, won the Asian cup in 2008 in a dramatic penalty shootout with Liverpool FC.

Portsmouth's manager is Michael Appleton. The most famous manager was probably Harry Redknapp who left the club to go to Tottenham Hotspur. He also won the FA Cup with the club in 2008.

League position

Season	League	Position
2000/01	First Division	20th
2001/02	First Division	17th
2002/03	First Division	Champions
2003/04	Premier League	13th
2004/05	Premier League	16th
2005/06	Premier League	17th
2006/07	Premier League	9th
2007/08	Premier League	8th
2008/09	Premier League	14th
2009/10	Premier League	20th
2010/11	League Championship	16th

Former position

1920/21 : Third Division - 12th 1921/22 : Third Division - 3rd / South 1922/23 : Third Division - 7th / South 1923/24 : Third Division - Champions / South 1924/25 : Second Division - 4th 1925/26 : Second Division - 11th 1926/27 : Second Division - 2nd 1927/28 : First Division - 20th 1928/29 : First Division - 20th 1929/30 : First Division - 13th 1930/31 : First Division - 4th 1931/32 : First Division - 8th 1932/33 : First Division - 9th 1933/34 : First Division - 10th 1934/35 : First Division - 14th 1935/36 : First Division - 10th 1936/37 : First Division - 9th 1937/38 : First Division - 19th 1938/39 : First Division - 17th 1939/40 : First Division - - 1946/47 : First Division - 12th 1947/48 : First Division - 8th 1948/49 : First Division - Champions 1949/50 : First Division - Champions 1950/51 : First Division - 7th 1951/52 : First Division - 4th 1952/53 : First Division - 15th 1953/54 : First Division - 14th 1954/55 : First Division - 3rd 1955/56 : First Division - 12th 1956/57 : First Division - 19th 1957/58 : First Division - 20th 1958/59 : First Division - 22nd 1959/60 : Second Division - 20th 1960/61 : Second Division - 21st 1961/62 : Third Division - Champions 1962/63 : Second Division - 16th 1963/64 : Second Division - 9th 1964/65 : Second Division - 20th 1965/66 : Second Division - 12th 1966/67 : Second Division - 14th 1967/68 : Second Division - 5th 1968/69 : Second Division - 15th 1969/70 : Second Division - 17th 1970/71 : Second Division - 16th 1971/72 : Second Division - 16th 1972/73 : Second Division - 17th 1973/74 : Second Division - 15th 1974/75 : Second Division - 17th 1975/76 : Second Division - 22nd 1976/77 : Third Division - 20th 1977/78 : Third Division - 24th 1978/79 : Fourth Division - 7th 1979/80 : Fourth Division - 4th 1980/81 : Third Division - 6th 1981/82 : Third Division - 13th 1982/83 : Third Division - Champions 1983/84 : Second Division - 16th 1984/85 : Second Division - 4th 1985/86 : Second Division - 4th 1986/87 : Second Division - 2nd 1987/88 : First Division - 19th 1988/89 : Second Division - 20th 1989/90 : Second Division - 12th 1990/91 : Second Division - 17th 1991/92 : Second Division - 9th 1992/93 : First Division - 3rd 1993/94 : First Division - 17th 1994/95 : First Division - 18th 1995/96 : First Division - 21st 1996/97 : First Division - 7th 1997/98 : First Division - 21st 1998/99 : First Division - 19th 1999/00 : First Division - 18th