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| Full name | Southampton Football Club | |
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| Nickname(s) | The Saints | |
| Short name | Southampton | |
| Founded | 21 November 1885 | |
| Ground | St. Mary's Stadium (Capacity: 32,505) | |
| Owner |  Katharina Liebherr
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| Chairman |  Ralph Krueger
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| Head Coach |  Russell Martin
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| Current League | Premier League | |
| 2023–24 | Championship, 4th (promoted via playoffs) | |
| Website | Club home page | |
  
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Southampton Football Club is an English football club, nicknamed The Saints, based in the city of Southampton, Hampshire, who compete in the Premier League.
The Saints' home ground is the St Mary's Stadium, where the club moved to in 2001 from The Dell. The club has been nicknamed "The Saints" since its inception in 1885 due to its history as a church football team, founded as St Mary's Church of England Young Men's Association (or St Mary's Y.M.A) and has since generally played in red and white shirts.
The club has a long standing rivalry with Portsmouth due to its close proximity and both cities' respective maritime history. Matches between the two sides are known as the South Coast Derby.
The club has won the FA Cup once in 1976, and their highest-ever league finish was second in the First Division in 1983–84. Southampton were relegated from the Premier League on 15 May 2005 ending 27 successive seasons of top division football for the club.
After three seasons playing in the Championship, the Saints were further relegated to League One in 2009. After two years playing football in the third tier, the club secured back to back promotions under the management of Nigel Adkins. Adkins was replaced in January 2013 by former Espanyol manager Mauricio Pochettino, who secured The Saints a 14th place finish in their first season back in the top flight and matched the club's best ever Premier League finish the following season at 8th spot, with a records point tally. At the end of the 2013–14 season, Pochettino accepted an offer to become coach of Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur and bought out the remaining year of his contract with Southampton F.C. On 16 June 2014, Southampton proceeded to appoint the former Netherlands international, Ronald Koeman, who had managed Feyenoord until May 2014, as first-team manager to the Saints on a three-year contract.
Players[]
Current squad[]
- As of 31 August 2024
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The Saints U21s and Academy[]
- Main article: Southampton F.C. Under-21s and Academy
Southampton runs a highly successful youth academy, with a number of teams from ages eight to 21 years. Recent products of the club's youth system include England internationals Adam Lallana, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, James Ward-Prowse, Calum Chambers, Luke Shaw and Theo Walcott; Wales international winger Gareth Bale; and Ireland international striker Michael Obafemi.
Club alumni[]
Former players[]
- Main article: Southampton F.C. players
Managers[]
- Main article: Southampton F.C. managers
Honours[]
League
- First Division (level 1)
- Runners-up: 1983–84
- Second Division / Championship (level 2)
- Third Division South / Third Division / League One (level 3)
- Champions: 1921–22, 1959–60
- Runners-up: 2010–11
- Southern League
- Champions (6): 1896–97, 1897–98, 1898–99, 1900–01, 1902–03, 1903–04
Cup
- FA Cup
- Winners: 1975–76
- Runners-up: 1899–1900, 1901–02, 2002–03
- Football League Cup / EFL Cup
- Runners-up: 1978–79, 2016–17
- Football League Trophy
- Winners: 2009–10
- Full Members' Cup
- Runners-up: 1991–92
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1 McCarthy · 2 Walker-Peters · 3 Manning · 4 Downes · 5 Stephens (c) · 6 Harwood-Bellis · 7 Aribo · 8 Smallbone · 9 Armstrong · 10 Lallana · 11 Stewart · 12 Edwards · 13 Lumley · 14 Bree · 15 Wood · 16 Sugawara · 17 Brereton Díaz · 18 Fernandes · 19 Archer · 20 Sulemana · 21 Taylor · 22 Cornet · 24 Fraser · 26 Ugochukwu · 27 Amo-Ameyaw · 28 Larios · 30 Ramsdale · 31 Bazunu · 32 Onuachu · 33 Dibling · 35 Bednarek · 37 Bella-Kotchap · Manager: Russell Martin |
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Knight (1892–95s) • Robson (1895–96s) • McMinn (1896–97s) • Arnfield (1897–1911s) • Swift (1911–12) • Arnfield (1912–19s) • McIntyre (1919–24) • Goss (1924–1925s) • Chadwick (1925–31) • Kay (1931–36) • Goss (1936–37) • Parker (1937–43) • Dominy (1943–46) • Dodgin (1946–49) • Cann (1949–51) • Roughton (1952–55) • Bates (1955–73) • McMenemy (1973–85) • Nicholl (1985–91) • Branfoot (1991–94) • Ball (1994–95) • Merrington (1995–96) • Souness (1996–97) • Jones (1997–2000) • Hoddle (2000–01) • Gray (2001) • Strachan (2001–04) • Sturrock (2004) • Wigley (2004) • Redknapp (2004–05) • Bassett & Wise (2005c) • Burley (2005–08) • Gorman & Dodd (2008c) • Pearson (2008) • Poortvliet (2008–09) • Wotte (2009) • Pardew (2009–10) • Wilkins (2010c) • Adkins (2010–13) • Pochettino (2013–14) • Koeman (2014–16) • Puel (2014–17) • Pellegrino (2017–18) • Hughes (2018) • Davis (2018c) • Hasenhüttl (2018–22) • Jones (2022–23) • Sellés (2023) • Martin (2023–) |
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1984: Bournemouth • 1985: Wigan Athletic • 1986: Bristol City • 1987: Mansfield Town • 1988: Wolverhampton Wanderers • 1989: Bolton Wanderers • 1990: Tranmere Rovers • 1991: Birmingham City • 1992: Stoke City • 1993: Port Vale • 1994: Swansea City • 1995: Birmingham City • 1996: Rotherham United • 1997: Carlisle United • 1998: Grimsby Town • 1999: Wigan Athletic • 2000: Stoke City • 2001: Port Vale • 2002: Blackpool • 2003: Bristol City • 2004: Blackpool • 2005: Wrexham • 2006: Swansea City • 2007: Doncaster Rovers • 2008: Milton Keynes Dons • 2009: Luton Town • 2010: Southampton • 2011: Carlisle United • 2012: Chesterfield • 2013: Crewe Alexandra • 2014: Peterborough United • 2015: Bristol City • 2016: Barnsley • 2017: Coventry City • 2018: Lincoln City • 2019: Portsmouth • 2020: Salford City • 2021: Sunderland • 2022: Rotherham United • 2023: Bolton Wanderers • 2024: Peterborough United • |
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