User:Andre666/sandbox
Appearance
Honours and achievements
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
- Premier League (since 1992)
- Highest position: 6th, 2015–16
- First Division (until 1992)
- Runners-up (1): 1983–84
- Second Division (until 1992) and Championship
- Third Division South (until 1958), Third Division (1958–1992) and League One
National honours
- Runners-up (1): 1976
- Winners (1): 2006–10
- Runners-up (1): 1991–92
- Runners-up (1): 1974–75
Regional honours
- Winners (1): 1890–91
- Hampshire Junior Cup
- Hampshire County Cricket Club Charity Cup
- Winners (1): 1891
Player records
Appearances
- 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)
Rank | Player | Pos. | Years | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Europe | Other | Total | Ref. |
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1 | ![]() |
FW | 1957–1974 | 713 (160) | 51 (11) | 37 (12) | 8 (2) | 7 (2) | 816 (187) | [3] |
2 | ![]() |
FW | 1966–1977, 1979–1982 | 510 (185) | 42 (18) | 28 (11) | 16 (9) | 11 (5) | 607 (228) | [4] |
3 | ![]() |
MF | 1974–1987 | 444 (56) | 45 (2) | 38 (6) | 12 (0) | 4 (0) | 543 (64) | [5] |
4 | ![]() |
MF | 1986–2002 | 443 (161) | 33 (12) | 52 (27) | 0 (0) | 12 (9) | 540 (209) | [6] |
5 | ![]() |
DF | 1952–1966 | 434 (7) | 34 (0) | 13 (1) | 0 (0) | 6 (0) | 487 (8) | [7] |
6 | ![]() |
DF | 1989–2005 | 398 (9) | 33 (3) | 45 (1) | 2 (0) | 5 (0) | 483 (13) | [8] |
7 | ![]() |
HB | 1920–1932 | 410 (9) | 38 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 17 (0) | 465 (9) | [9] |
8 | ![]() |
FW | 1946–1957 | 398 (147) | 24 (11) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 422 (158) | [10] |
9 | ![]() |
HB | 1895–1906 | 367 (24) | 42 (2) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 4 (1) | 413 (27) | [11] |
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DF | 1996–2008 | 357 (2) | 24 (0) | 30 (0) | 2 (0) | 0 (0) | 413 (2) | [12] |
Goalscorers
- Most goals in a season: Derek Reeves, 45 goals (in the 1959–60 season)
- Most league goals in a season: Derek Reeves, 39 goals in the Third Division (1959–60 season)
- Most top-flight league goals in a season: Ron Davies, 37 goals in the First Division (1966–67 season)
- Most goals in a 38-game league season: Danny Ings, 22 goals in the Premier League (2019–20)
- Most goals in a match: Charlie Wayman, 5 goals (against Leicester City, Second Division, 23 October 1948)
- Youngest goalscorer: Theo Walcott, 16 years, 216 days (against Leeds United, Championship, 18 October 2005)
- Youngest hat-trick scorer: Alan Shearer, 17 years, 240 days (against Arsenal, First Division, 9 April 1988)
- Oldest goalscorer:
Rank | Player | Pos. | Years | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Europe | Other | Total | Ref. |
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1 | ![]() |
FW | 1966–1977, 1979–1982 | 185 (510) | 18 (42) | 11 (28) | 9 (16) | 5 (11) | 228 (607) | [4] |
2 | ![]() |
MF | 1986–2002 | 161 (443) | 12 (33) | 27 (52) | 0 (0) | 9 (12) | 209 (540) | [6] |
3 | ![]() |
FW | 1919–1928 | 174 (327) | 18 (37) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 6 (13) | 198 (377) | [13] |
4 | ![]() |
FW | 1957–1974 | 160 (713) | 11 (51) | 12 (37) | 2 (8) | 2 (7) | 187 (816) | [3] |
5 | ![]() |
FW | 1959–1965 | 154 (244) | 19 (18) | 5 (15) | 0 (0) | 2 (4) | 180 (281) | [14] |
6 | ![]() |
FW | 1955–1962 | 145 (273) | 14 (21) | 9 (10) | 0 (0) | 5 (7) | 173 (311) | [15] |
7 | ![]() |
FW | 1946–1957 | 147 (398) | 11 (24) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 158 (422) | [10] |
8 | ![]() |
FW | 1901–1908 | 146 (229) | 5 (13) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 5 (7) | 156 (249) | [16] |
9 | ![]() |
FW | 1913–1926 | 134 (340) | 13 (35) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 8 (17) | 155 (392) | [17] |
10 | ![]() |
FW | 1966–1973 | 134 (240) | 9 (20) | 0 (13) | 2 (8) | 0 (0) | 153 (281) | [18] |
Transfers
Record transfer fees paid
Rank | Player | Pos. | Fee (min.) | Date | Club transferred from | Ref. |
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1 | ![]() |
MF | £22m[A] | 1 February 2023 | ![]() |
[19] |
2 | ![]() |
FW | £20m | 1 July 2019 | ![]() |
[20] |
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DF | £20m | 26 May 2024 | ![]() |
[21] | |
4 | ![]() |
FW | £19m | 25 January 2018 | ![]() |
[22] |
5 | ![]() |
DF | £18m | 13 July 2018 | ![]() |
[23] |
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FW | £18m[B] | 1 February 2023 | ![]() |
[24] | |
7 | ![]() |
MF | £16m | 29 August 2016 | ![]() |
[25] |
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MF | £16m | 29 June 2018 | ![]() |
[26] | |
9 | ![]() |
MF | £15.4m[C] | 8 August 2017 | ![]() |
[27] |
10 | ![]() |
DF | £15m | 22 August 2017 | ![]() |
[28] |
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FW | £15m | 1 July 2019 | ![]() |
[29] | |
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FW | £15m | 10 August 2021 | ![]() |
[30] |
Progression of record fee paid
Date | Fee (min.) | Player | Club transferred from | Ref. |
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May 1898 | £400 | ![]() |
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[31] |
December 1928 | £1,000 | ![]() |
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[32] |
June 1930 | £2,650 | ![]() |
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[33] |
February 1947 | £5,000 | ![]() |
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[34] |
August 1947 | £10,000 | ![]() |
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[34] |
May 1949 | £15,000 | ![]() |
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[35] |
August 1961 | £27,500 | ![]() |
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[36] |
December 1964 | £30,000 | ![]() |
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[37] |
August 1966 | £55,000 | ![]() |
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[34] |
December 1969 | £60,000 | ![]() |
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[34] |
May 1970 | £75,000 | ![]() |
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[38] |
March 1974 | £275,000 | ![]() |
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[39] |
December 1978 | £400,000 | ![]() |
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[34] |
August 1981 | £600,000 | ![]() |
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[40] |
17 October 1997 | £2,000,000 | ![]() |
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[41] |
10 July 2001 | £4,000,000 | ![]() |
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[41] |
10 June 2012 | £7,000,000 | ![]() |
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[42] |
31 August 2012 | £12,000,000 | ![]() |
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[43] |
11 July 2013 | £12,500,000 | ![]() |
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[44] |
18 October 2013 | £15,000,000 | ![]() |
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[45] |
29 August 2016 | £16,000,000 | ![]() |
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[25] |
25 January 2018 | £19,000,000 | ![]() |
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[22] |
1 July 2019 | £20,000,000 | ![]() |
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[20] |
1 February 2023 | £22,000,000 | ![]() |
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[19] |
Record transfer fees received
Rank | Player | Pos. | Fee (min.) | Date | Club transferred to | Ref. |
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1 | ![]() |
DF | £75m | 1 January 2018 | ![]() |
[46] |
2 | ![]() |
MF | £53m[A] | 18 August 2023 | ![]() |
[47] |
3 | ![]() |
MF | £34m[B] | 28 June 2016 | ![]() |
[48] |
4 | ![]() |
DF | £32m[C] | 8 August 2023 | ![]() |
[49] |
5 | ![]() |
MF | £30m | 14 August 2023 | ![]() |
[50] |
6 | ![]() |
DF | £27m[D] | 27 June 2014 | ![]() |
[51] |
7 | ![]() |
MF | £25m | 1 July 2014 | ![]() |
[52] |
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MF | £25m | 13 July 2015 | ![]() |
[53] | |
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FW | £25m | 4 August 2021 | ![]() |
[54] | |
10 | ![]() |
DF | £20m | 27 July 2014 | ![]() |
[55] |
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FW | £20m | 27 August 2023 | ![]() |
[56] |
Progression of record fee received
Date | Fee (min.) | Player | Club transferred to | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
21 September 2001 | £8,100,000 | ![]() |
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[57] |
8 August 2011 | £15,000,000 | ![]() |
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[58] |
27 June 2014 | £27,000,000 | ![]() |
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[51] |
28 June 2016 | £34,000,000 | ![]() |
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[48] |
1 January 2018 | £75,000,000 | ![]() |
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[46] |
Club records
Matches
Firsts
- First match: St Mary's Y.M.A. 5–1 Freemantle, friendly, 21 November 1885
- First competitive match: Totton 0–1 St Mary's Y.M.A., Hampshire Junior Cup first round, 26 November 1887
- First FA Cup match: Warmley 1–4 St Mary's, first qualifying round, 3 October 1891
- First league match: Southampton St Mary's 3–1 Chatham Town, Southern League Division One, 6 October 1894
- First match at The Dell: Southampton 4–1 Brighton United, Southern League Division One, 3 September 1898
- First Football League match: Gillingham 1–1 Southampton, Third Division South, 20 August 1920
- First EFL Cup match: Newport County 2–2 Southampton, first round, 10 October 1960
- First top-flight match: Southampton 1–1 Manchester City, First Division, 20 August 1966
- First European match: Rosenborg 1–0 Southampton, Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round, 17 September 1969
- First match at St Mary's Stadium: Southampton 0–2 Chelsea, Premier League, 25 August 2001
Record wins
- 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
- 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
Goals
- Most league goals scored in a season: 112 in 46 matches, Third Division South, 1957–58
- Fewest league goals scored in a season:
- 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
- Most points in a league season:
- Two points for a win:
- 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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