Honours and achievements

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Southampton picked up its first silverware in its first competitive season, winning the inaugural Hampshire Junior Cup while playing under the name St. Mary's Y.M.A. in 1888.

League achievements

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Highest position: 6th, 2015–16
Runners-up (1): 1983–84
Runners-up (3): 1965–66, 1977–78, 2011–12
Winners (2): 1921–22, 1959–60
Play-off winners (1): 2023–24
Winners (6): 1896–97, 1897–98, 1898–99, 1900–01, 1902–03, 1903–04
Runners-up (1): 1905–06

National honours

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Winners (1): 1975–76
Runners-up (3): 1899–1900, 1901–02, 2002–03
Runners-up (1): 1976
Runners-up (2): 1978–79, 2016–17
Winners (1): 2006–10
Runners-up (1): 1991–92
Runners-up (1): 1974–75

Regional honours

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Winners (1): 1890–91
  • Hampshire Junior Cup
Winners (3): 1887–88, 1888–89, 1889–90
  • Hampshire County Cricket Club Charity Cup
Winners (1): 1891

Player records

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Appearances

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  • Most league appearances: Terry Paine, 713[1]
  • Most FA Cup appearances: Terry Paine, 51
  • Most League Cup appearances: Matt Le Tissier, 52
  • Most European appearances: Mick Channon, 16
  • Youngest first-team player: Theo Walcott, 16 years, 143 days (against Wolverhampton Wanderers, Championship, 6 August 2005)
  • Oldest first-team player:
  • Most consecutive appearances: Terry Paine, 159 (from 22 March 1958 to 4 November 1961)[2]
  • Most separate spells with the club: Jimmy Yates, 3 (1897–1898, 1898–1901 and 1904–1905) and Alec Campbell, 3 (1908–1909, 1913–1914 and 1915–1926)
Players with the most appearances for Southampton
Rank Player Pos. Years League FA Cup League Cup Europe Other Total Ref.
1   Terry Paine (ENG) FW 1957–1974 713 (160) 51 (11) 37 (12) 8 (2) 7 (2) 816 (187) [3]
2   Mick Channon (ENG) FW 1966–1977, 1979–1982 510 (185) 42 (18) 28 (11) 16 (9) 11 (5) 607 (228) [4]
3   Nick Holmes (ENG) MF 1974–1987 444 (56) 45 (2) 38 (6) 12 (0) 4 (0) 543 (64) [5]
4   Matt Le Tissier (ENG) MF 1986–2002 443 (161) 33 (12) 52 (27) 0 (0) 12 (9) 540 (209) [6]
5   Tommy Traynor (IRL) DF 1952–1966 434 (7) 34 (0) 13 (1) 0 (0) 6 (0) 487 (8) [7]
6   Jason Dodd (ENG) DF 1989–2005 398 (9) 33 (3) 45 (1) 2 (0) 5 (0) 483 (13) [8]
7   Bert Shelley (ENG) HB 1920–1932 410 (9) 38 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 17 (0) 465 (9) [9]
8   Eric Day (ENG) FW 1946–1957 398 (147) 24 (11) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 422 (158) [10]
9   Samuel Meston (ENG) HB 1895–1906 367 (24) 42 (2) 0 (0) 0 (0) 4 (1) 413 (27) [11]
  Claus Lundekvam (NOR) DF 1996–2008 357 (2) 24 (0) 30 (0) 2 (0) 0 (0) 413 (2) [12]

Goalscorers

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Players with the most goals for Southampton
Rank Player Pos. Years League FA Cup League Cup Europe Other Total Ref.
1   Mick Channon (ENG) FW 1966–1977, 1979–1982 185 (510) 18 (42) 11 (28) 9 (16) 5 (11) 228 (607) [4]
2   Matt Le Tissier (ENG) MF 1986–2002 161 (443) 12 (33) 27 (52) 0 (0) 9 (12) 209 (540) [6]
3   Bill Rawlings (ENG) FW 1919–1928 174 (327) 18 (37) 0 (0) 0 (0) 6 (13) 198 (377) [13]
4   Terry Paine (ENG) FW 1957–1974 160 (713) 11 (51) 12 (37) 2 (8) 2 (7) 187 (816) [3]
5   George O'Brien (SCO) FW 1959–1965 154 (244) 19 (18) 5 (15) 0 (0) 2 (4) 180 (281) [14]
6   Derek Reeves (ENG) FW 1955–1962 145 (273) 14 (21) 9 (10) 0 (0) 5 (7) 173 (311) [15]
7   Eric Day (ENG) FW 1946–1957 147 (398) 11 (24) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 158 (422) [10]
8   Fred Harrison (ENG) FW 1901–1908 146 (229) 5 (13) 0 (0) 0 (0) 5 (7) 156 (249) [16]
9   Arthur Dominy (ENG) FW 1913–1926 134 (340) 13 (35) 0 (0) 0 (0) 8 (17) 155 (392) [17]
10   Ron Davies (WAL) FW 1966–1973 134 (240) 9 (20) 0 (13) 2 (8) 0 (0) 153 (281) [18]

Transfers

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Record transfer fees paid

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Record transfer fees paid by Southampton
Rank Player Pos. Fee (min.) Date Club transferred from Ref.
1   Kamaldeen Sulemana (GHA) MF £22m[A] 1 February 2023   Rennes [19]
2   Danny Ings (ENG) FW £20m 1 July 2019   Liverpool [20]
  Taylor Harwood-Bellis (ENG) DF £20m 26 May 2024   Manchester City [21]
4   Guido Carrillo (ARG) FW £19m 25 January 2018   Monaco [22]
5   Jannik Vestergaard (DEN) DF £18m 13 July 2018   Borussia Mönchengladbach [23]
  Paul Onuachu (NGA) FW £18m[B] 1 February 2023   Genk [24]
7   Sofiane Boufal (MAR) MF £16m 29 August 2016   Lille [25]
  Mohamed Elyounoussi (NOR) MF £16m 29 June 2018   Basel [26]
9   Mario Lemina (GAB) MF £15.4m[C] 8 August 2017   Juventus [27]
10   Wesley Hoedt (NED) DF £15m 22 August 2017   Lazio [28]
  Ché Adams (SCO) FW £15m 1 July 2019   Birmingham City [29]
  Adam Armstrong (ENG) FW £15m 10 August 2021   Blackburn Rovers [30]
  1. ^ potentially rising to £24.6m with add-ons
  2. ^ potentially rising to £21m with add-ons
  3. ^ potentially rising to £18.1m with add-ons

Progression of record fee paid

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Progression of record transfer fee paid by Southampton
Date Fee (min.) Player Club transferred from Ref.
May 1898 £400   Jack Robinson (ENG)   New Brighton Tower [31]
December 1928 £1,000   Bobby Weale (WAL)   Swindon Town [32]
June 1930 £2,650   Johnny McIlwaine (SCO)   Portsmouth [33]
February 1947 £5,000   Joe Mallett (ENG)   Queens Park Rangers [34]
August 1947 £10,000   George Curtis (ENG)   Arsenal [34]
May 1949 £15,000   Ernie Jones (WAL)   Tottenham Hotspur [35]
August 1961 £27,500   Tony Knapp (ENG)   Leicester City [36]
December 1964 £30,000   Jimmy Melia (ENG)   Wolverhampton Wanderers [37]
August 1966 £55,000   Ron Davies (WAL)   Norwich City [34]
December 1969 £60,000   Tommy Jenkins (ENG)   Reading [34]
May 1970 £75,000   Brian O'Neil (ENG)   Middlesbrough [38]
March 1974 £275,000   Peter Osgood (ENG)   Chelsea [39]
December 1978 £400,000   Charlie George (ENG)   Derby County [34]
August 1981 £600,000   David Armstrong (ENG)   Middlesbrough [40]
17 October 1997 £2,000,000   David Hirst (ENG)   Sheffield Wednesday [41]
10 July 2001 £4,000,000   Rory Delap (IRL)   Derby County [41]
10 June 2012 £7,000,000   Jay Rodriguez (ENG)   Burnley [42]
31 August 2012 £12,000,000   Gastón Ramírez (URU)   Bologna [43]
11 July 2013 £12,500,000   Victor Wanyama (KEN)   Celtic [44]
18 October 2013 £15,000,000   Dani Osvaldo (ITA)   Roma [45]
29 August 2016 £16,000,000   Sofiane Boufal (MAR)   Lille [25]
25 January 2018 £19,000,000   Guido Carrillo (ARG)   Monaco [22]
1 July 2019 £20,000,000   Danny Ings (ENG)   Liverpool [20]
1 February 2023 £22,000,000   Kamaldeen Sulemana (GHA)   Rennes [19]

Record transfer fees received

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Record transfer fees received by Southampton
Rank Player Pos. Fee (min.) Date Club transferred to Ref.
1   Virgil van Dijk (NED) DF £75m 1 January 2018   Liverpool [46]
2   Roméo Lavia (BEL) MF £53m[A] 18 August 2023   Chelsea [47]
3   Sadio Mané (SEN) MF £34m[B] 28 June 2016   Liverpool [48]
4   Tino Livramento (ENG) DF £32m[C] 8 August 2023   Newcastle United [49]
5   James Ward-Prowse (ENG) MF £30m 14 August 2023   West Ham United [50]
6   Luke Shaw (ENG) DF £27m[D] 27 June 2014   Manchester United [51]
7   Adam Lallana (ENG) MF £25m 1 July 2014   Liverpool [52]
  Morgan Schneiderlin (FRA) MF £25m 13 July 2015   Manchester United [53]
  Danny Ings (ENG) FW £25m 4 August 2021   Aston Villa [54]
10   Dejan Lovren (CRO) DF £20m 27 July 2014   Liverpool [55]
  Nathan Tella (NGA) FW £20m 27 August 2023   Bayer Leverkusen [56]
  1. ^ potentially rising to £58m with add-ons
  2. ^ potentially rising to £36m with add-ons
  3. ^ potentially rising to £40m with add-ons
  4. ^ potentially rising to £31m with add-ons

Progression of record fee received

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Progression of record transfer fee received by Southampton
Date Fee (min.) Player Club transferred to Ref.
21 September 2001 £8,100,000   Dean Richards (ENG)   Tottenham Hotspur [57]
8 August 2011 £15,000,000   Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (ENG)   Arsenal [58]
27 June 2014 £27,000,000   Luke Shaw (ENG)   Manchester United [51]
28 June 2016 £34,000,000   Sadio Mané (SEN)   Liverpool [48]
1 January 2018 £75,000,000   Virgil van Dijk (NED)   Liverpool [46]

Club records

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Matches

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Firsts

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Record wins

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  • Record league win:
11–0 against Northampton Town, Southern League Division One, 28 December 1901
11–0 against Watford, Southern League Division One, 13 December 1902
  • Record Football League win: 8–0 against Northampton Town, Third Division South, 24 December 1921
  • Record Premier League win: 8–0 against Sunderland, 18 October 2014
  • Record FA Cup win: 14–0 against Newbury, first qualifying round, 13 October 1894
  • Record EFL Cup win: 8–0 against Newport County, second round, 25 August 2021
  • Record European win:
5–1 against Vitória, Inter-Cities Fairs Cup second round, 12 November 1969
4–0 against Marseille, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup first round, 15 September 1976

Record defeats

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  • Record league defeat:
0–9 against Leicester City, Premier League, 25 October 2019
0–9 against Manchester United, Premier League, 2 February 2021
  • Record FA Cup defeat: 1–7 against Watford, second round, 2 September 1980
  • Record EFL Cup defeat:
  • Record European defeat:

Record consecutive results

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Goals

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  • Most league goals scored in a season: 112 in 46 matches, Third Division South, 1957–58
  • Fewest league goals scored in a season:
34 in 16 matches, Southern League Division One, 1894–95
34 in 38 matches, Premier League, 1995–96
  • Most league goals conceded in a season: 92 in 42 games, First Division, 1966–67
  • Fewest league goals conceded in a season:
18 in 20 matches, Southern League Division One, 1896–97
18 in 22 matches, Southern League Division One, 1897–98

Points

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  • Most points in a league season:
Two points for a win:
61 in 42 matches, Third Division South, 1921–22
61 in 46 matches, Third Division, 1959–60
Three points for a win: 92 in 46 matches, League One, 2010–11
  • Fewest points in a league season:
Two points for a win: 20 in 16 matches, Southern League Division One, 1894–95
Three points for a win: 25 in 38 matches, Premier League, 2022–23

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