Portsmouth F.C.

Portsmouth Football Club is an English professional association football club in Portsmouth, Hampshire, which currently plays in EFL League One, the third tier of English football. The club was founded on 5 April 1898 and home matches are played at Fratton Park in Milton, Portsmouth. The football club is nicknamed Pompey; a local nickname for both the city of Portsmouth and HMNB Portsmouth, which has also become associated with Portsmouth Football Club.[2] Portsmouth have been the top tier League Champions of England twice; in the consecutive 1948–49 and 1949–50 seasons. Portsmouth have also won the FA Cup twice; in 1939 and 2008, the FA Charity Shield once in 1949 and the EFL Trophy once in 2019.[3] The EFL Cup is the only major domestic cup competition that Portsmouth has yet to win. Portsmouth have also won the second tier division title once in 2002–03, the third tier division title three times in 1923–24 (South), 1961–62, 1982–83 and the fourth tier division title once in 2016–17. In the early twentieth century, Portsmouth were also champions of the Southern Football League in 1901–02 and 1919–20. Portsmouth were also champions of the Western Football League in 1900–01, 1901–02 and 1902–03. These, and their more recent wins, make Portsmouth southern England's most successful club (in terms of cups, honours and titles) outside of London.