Southampton Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Southampton, Hampshire. Founded in 1885 as St Mary's Y.M.A. and later known as Southampton St Mary's,[1] they became a professional club in 1891,[2] and co-founded the Southern League in 1894.[3][4] Southampton won the Southern League championship six times between 1896 and 1904,[4][5][6] and were later elected to the Football League in 1920 as co-founders of the Third Division.[6][7] The Saints finished as runners-up in their first season,[8] and the following year received promotion to the Second Division as Third Division South champions.[6][9] The club first entered the First Division in 1966,[10] and currently play in its modern-day counterpart, the Premier League.[6] Southampton won the FA Cup in 1976,[11] reached the final of the League Cup in 1979 and 2017,[12][13] and won the League Trophy in 2010.[14]
Southampton's first team have competed in a number of regionally and nationally contested leagues. Their record against each club faced in these competitions is listed below. The club's first league match was against Chatham Town, their first Football League match was against Gillingham, and they met their 117th and most recent different league opponent, Wigan Athletic, for the first time in the 2012–13 season. The team that Southampton have met most often in league competition is Tottenham Hotspur, who they first played in the 1896–97 Southern League season; the 66 defeats from 154 meetings is more than they have lost against any other club. Coventry City tie with Tottenham Hotspur for most league draws against Southampton, with 39 in 122 meetings. The club have recorded more league victories against Queens Park Rangers than against any other club, having beaten them 53 out of 120 attempts.
Opponent | Pld | W | D | L | Pld | W | D | L | Pld | W | D | L | Win% | First | Last | Notes |
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Home | Away | Total | ||||||||||||||
Aberdare Athletic ‡ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | 1921–22 | 1921–22 | |
Accrington Stanley ‡ | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 50.00 | 1958–59 | 1959–60 | |
Aldershot ‡ | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 40.00 | 1953–54 | 1957–58 | |
Arsenal † | 49 | 21 | 11 | 17 | 50 | 2 | 17 | 31 | 99 | 23 | 27 | 49 | 23.23 | 1897–98 | 2024–25 | [A] |
Aston Villa † | 38 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 38 | 9 | 11 | 18 | 76 | 26 | 21 | 29 | 34.21 | 1936–37 | 2024–25 | |
Barnsley | 27 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 27 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 54 | 21 | 13 | 20 | 38.89 | 1922–23 | 2011–12 | |
Bedminster ‡ | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 75.00 | 1898–99 | 1899–1900 | |
Birmingham City | 21 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 42 | 18 | 10 | 14 | 42.86 | 1946–47 | 2023–24 | |
Blackburn Rovers | 23 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 23 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 46 | 18 | 11 | 17 | 39.13 | 1936–37 | 2023–24 | |
Blackpool | 21 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 42 | 17 | 8 | 17 | 40.48 | 1922–23 | 2011–12 | |
Bolton Wanderers | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 32 | 8 | 10 | 14 | 25.00 | 1933–34 | 2004–05 | |
Bournemouth † | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 29 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 48.28 | 1953–54 | 2024–25 | [B] |
Bradford City | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 34 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 50.00 | 1922–23 | 2000–01 | |
Bradford Park Avenue ‡ | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 32 | 12 | 7 | 13 | 37.50 | 1907–08 | 1949–50 | |
Brentford † | 41 | 29 | 5 | 7 | 42 | 13 | 8 | 21 | 83 | 42 | 13 | 28 | 50.60 | 1901–02 | 2024–25 | |
Brighton & Hove Albion † | 40 | 21 | 11 | 8 | 40 | 12 | 11 | 17 | 80 | 33 | 22 | 25 | 41.25 | 1903–04 | 2024–25 | |
Brighton United ‡ | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 75.00 | 1898–99 | 1898–99 | |
Bristol City | 24 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 48 | 24 | 6 | 18 | 50.00 | 1897–98 | 2023–24 | |
Bristol Rovers | 34 | 26 | 2 | 6 | 34 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 68 | 33 | 10 | 25 | 48.53 | 1899–1900 | 2010–11 | |
Burnley | 30 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 30 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 60 | 20 | 18 | 22 | 33.33 | 1930–31 | 2021–22 | |
Bury | 26 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 26 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 52 | 21 | 10 | 21 | 40.38 | 1922–23 | 1965–66 | |
Cardiff City | 27 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 27 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 54 | 20 | 14 | 20 | 37.04 | 1912–13 | 2023–24 | |
Carlisle United | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 40.00 | 1965–66 | 2010–11 | |
Charlton Athletic | 29 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 29 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 58 | 25 | 16 | 17 | 43.10 | 1921–22 | 2010–11 | |
Chatham ‡ | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 57.14 | 1894–95 | 1899–1900 | |
Chelsea † | 49 | 14 | 13 | 22 | 49 | 13 | 14 | 22 | 98 | 27 | 27 | 44 | 27.55 | 1924–25 | 2024–25 | |
Chesterfield | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 24 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 33.33 | 1931–32 | 1959–60 | |
Clapton | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 75.00 | 1894–95 | 1895–96 | |
Colchester United | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 45.45 | 1953–54 | 2010–11 | |
Coventry City | 62 | 34 | 20 | 8 | 62 | 7 | 20 | 35 | 124 | 41 | 40 | 43 | 33.06 | 1908–09 | 2023–24 | |
Crewe Alexandra | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00 | 2005–06 | 2005–06 | |
Croydon Common ‡ | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 37.50 | 1909–10 | 1914–15 | |
Crystal Palace † | 50 | 26 | 12 | 12 | 50 | 17 | 11 | 22 | 100 | 43 | 23 | 34 | 43.00 | 1906–07 | 2024–25 | |
Dagenham and Redbridge | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | 2010–11 | 2010–11 | |
Darlington | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 75.00 | 1925–26 | 1926–27 | |
Derby County | 32 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 32 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 64 | 19 | 21 | 24 | 29.69 | 1922–23 | 2011–12 | |
Doncaster Rovers | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 44.44 | 1935–36 | 2011–12 | |
Everton † | 50 | 25 | 11 | 14 | 49 | 6 | 10 | 33 | 99 | 31 | 21 | 47 | 31.31 | 1930–31 | 2024–25 | |
Exeter City | 17 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 34 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 52.94 | 1908–09 | 2010–11 | |
Fulham † | 38 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 38 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 76 | 31 | 24 | 21 | 40.79 | 1903–04 | 2024–25 | |
Gillingham | 29 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 29 | 11 | 5 | 13 | 58 | 31 | 12 | 15 | 53.45 | 1895–96 | 1957–58 | [C] |
Gravesend and Northfleet | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 80.00 | 1896–97 | 1900–01 | |
Grimsby Town | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 37.50 | 1920–21 | 1963–64 | |
Halifax Town | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 50.00 | 1958–59 | 1959–60 | |
Hartlepool United | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 75.00 | 2009–10 | 2010–11 | |
Hereford United | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50.00 | 1976–77 | 1976–77 | |
Huddersfield Town | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 28 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 39.29 | 1952–53 | 2023–24 | |
Hull City | 28 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 28 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 56 | 23 | 19 | 14 | 41.07 | 1922–23 | 2023–24 | |
Ilford | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | 1894–95 | 1895–96 | |
Ipswich Town † | 32 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 31 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 63 | 17 | 20 | 26 | 26.98 | 1953–54 | 2024–25 | |
Kettering Town | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 58.33 | 1897–98 | 1903–04 | |
Leeds United | 48 | 20 | 8 | 20 | 48 | 8 | 13 | 27 | 97 | 29 | 21 | 47 | 29.90 | 1922–23 | 2023–24 | |
Leicester City † | 46 | 22 | 16 | 8 | 45 | 11 | 13 | 21 | 91 | 33 | 29 | 29 | 36.26 | 1922–23 | 2024–25 | |
Leyton ‡ | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 58.33 | 1907–08 | 1911–12 | |
Leyton Orient | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 36 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 36.11 | 1906–07 | 2010–11 | [D] |
Lincoln City | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 60.00 | 1932–33 | 1960–61 | |
Liverpool † | 49 | 20 | 11 | 18 | 48 | 5 | 11 | 32 | 97 | 25 | 22 | 50 | 25.77 | 1960–61 | 2024–25 | |
Loughborough Town ‡ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00 | 1897–98 | 1897–98 | |
Luton Town | 49 | 28 | 10 | 11 | 49 | 16 | 10 | 23 | 98 | 44 | 20 | 34 | 44.90 | 1894–95 | 2006–07 | |
Manchester City † | 45 | 18 | 12 | 15 | 46 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 91 | 28 | 25 | 38 | 30.77 | 1926–27 | 2024–25 | |
Manchester United † | 57 | 16 | 18 | 23 | 56 | 9 | 13 | 34 | 113 | 25 | 31 | 57 | 22.12 | 1922–23 | 2024–25 | |
Mansfield Town | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 83.33 | 1958–59 | 1977–78 | |
Merthyr Town | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 60.00 | 1912–13 | 1921–22 | |
Middlesbrough | 28 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 28 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 56 | 23 | 16 | 17 | 41.07 | 1924–25 | 2023–24 | |
Millwall | 58 | 36 | 11 | 11 | 58 | 17 | 14 | 27 | 116 | 53 | 25 | 38 | 45.69 | 1894–95 | 2023–24 | [E] |
Milton Keynes Dons | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 75.00 | 2009–10 | 2010–11 | [F] |
Nelson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00 | 1923–24 | 1923–24 | |
Newcastle United † | 46 | 26 | 13 | 7 | 47 | 5 | 8 | 34 | 92 | 31 | 21 | 40 | 33.70 | 1934–35 | 2024–25 | |
Newport County | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 58.33 | 1913–14 | 1959–60 | |
Northampton Town | 24 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 48 | 25 | 6 | 17 | 52.08 | 1901–02 | 1964–65 | |
Northfleet ‡ | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | 1896–97 | 1897–98 | |
Norwich City | 61 | 34 | 21 | 6 | 61 | 13 | 17 | 31 | 122 | 47 | 38 | 37 | 38.52 | 1905–06 | 2023–24 | |
Nottingham Forest † | 51 | 24 | 12 | 15 | 50 | 11 | 9 | 30 | 101 | 35 | 21 | 45 | 34.65 | 1925–26 | 2024–25 | |
Notts County | 22 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 44 | 25 | 11 | 8 | 56.82 | 1922–23 | 1991–92 | |
Oldham Athletic | 21 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 42 | 17 | 11 | 14 | 40.48 | 1923–24 | 2010–11 | |
Oxford United | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 60.00 | 1974–75 | 1987–88 | |
Peterborough United | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 75.00 | 2010–11 | 2011–12 | |
Plymouth Argyle | 52 | 24 | 13 | 15 | 52 | 11 | 14 | 27 | 104 | 35 | 27 | 42 | 33.65 | 1903–04 | 2023–24 | |
Port Vale | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 26.67 | 1922–23 | 1958–59 | |
Portsmouth | 44 | 22 | 8 | 14 | 44 | 17 | 8 | 19 | 88 | 39 | 16 | 33 | 44.32 | 1899–1900 | 2011–12 | |
Preston North End | 21 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 21 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 42 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 33.33 | 1925–26 | 2023–24 | |
Queens Park Rangers | 61 | 32 | 13 | 16 | 61 | 23 | 13 | 25 | 122 | 55 | 26 | 41 | 45.08 | 1899–1900 | 2023–24 | |
Reading | 47 | 21 | 14 | 12 | 47 | 17 | 13 | 17 | 94 | 38 | 27 | 29 | 40.43 | 1894–95 | 2012–13 | |
Rochdale | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 25.00 | 1958–59 | 1958–59 | |
Rotherham County ‡ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00 | 1922–23 | 1922–23 | |
Rotherham United | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 50.00 | 1951–52 | 2023–24 | |
Royal Artillery ‡ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00 | 1898–99 | 1898–99 | |
Royal Ordnance ‡ | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 75.00 | 1894–95 | 1895–96 | |
Rushden ‡ | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 50.00 | 1897–98 | 1898–99 | |
Scunthorpe United | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 50.00 | 1960–61 | 2007–08 | |
Sheffield United | 26 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 26 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 52 | 18 | 12 | 22 | 34.62 | 1934–35 | 2020–21 | |
Sheffield Wednesday | 37 | 17 | 9 | 11 | 37 | 7 | 12 | 18 | 74 | 24 | 21 | 29 | 32.43 | 1922–23 | 2023–24 | [G] |
Sheppey United | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 87.50 | 1896–97 | 1899–1900 | |
Shrewsbury Town | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 41.67 | 1953–54 | 1959–60 | |
South Shields ‡ | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 25.00 | 1922–23 | 1927–28 | |
Southend United | 19 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 38 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 47.37 | 1908–09 | 2009–10 | |
Stockport County | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 57.14 | 1922–23 | 2009–10 | |
Stoke City | 39 | 23 | 6 | 10 | 39 | 10 | 9 | 20 | 78 | 33 | 15 | 30 | 42.31 | 1911–12 | 2023–24 | [H] |
Sunderland | 29 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 29 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 58 | 25 | 15 | 18 | 43.10 | 1960–61 | 2023–24 | |
Swansea City | 37 | 25 | 6 | 6 | 37 | 12 | 10 | 15 | 74 | 37 | 16 | 21 | 50.00 | 1919–20 | 2023–24 | |
Swindon Town | 38 | 25 | 5 | 8 | 38 | 14 | 7 | 17 | 76 | 39 | 12 | 25 | 51.32 | 1894–95 | 2010–11 | |
Torquay United | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 30.00 | 1953–54 | 1957–58 | |
Tottenham Hotspur † | 82 | 38 | 27 | 17 | 82 | 14 | 14 | 54 | 164 | 52 | 41 | 71 | 31.71 | 1896–97 | 2024–25 | |
Tranmere Rovers | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 40.00 | 1938–39 | 2010–11 | |
Walsall | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 55.56 | 1953–54 | 2010–11 | |
Watford | 40 | 25 | 6 | 9 | 40 | 9 | 16 | 15 | 80 | 34 | 22 | 24 | 42.50 | 1900–01 | 2023–24 | |
Wellingborough | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 75.00 | 1897–98 | 1904–05 | |
West Bromwich Albion | 38 | 21 | 13 | 4 | 38 | 9 | 9 | 20 | 76 | 30 | 22 | 24 | 39.47 | 1927–28 | 2023–24 | |
West Ham United † | 75 | 34 | 24 | 17 | 75 | 13 | 17 | 45 | 150 | 47 | 41 | 62 | 31.33 | 1899–1900 | 2024–25 | |
Wigan Athletic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.00 | 2012–13 | 2012–13 | |
Wimbledon ‡ | 14 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 28 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 32.14 | 1986–87 | 1999–2000 | [F] |
Wolverhampton Wanderers † | 33 | 18 | 5 | 10 | 34 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 67 | 24 | 17 | 26 | 35.82 | 1922–23 | 2024–25 | |
Wolverton ‡ | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | 1896–97 | 1897–98 | |
Wrexham | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 50.00 | 1958–59 | 1959–60 | |
Wycombe Wanderers | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00 | 2009–10 | 2009–10 | |
Yeovil Town | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 75.00 | 2009–10 | 2010–11 | |
York City | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 50.00 | 1959–60 | 1975–76 |