Southampton
EnglandFounded
1885
Venue
St. Mary's Stadium
City
Southampton
Capacity
32,689
Surface
grass
Did you know?
Southampton was founded in 1885 as St Mary's Church of England Young Men's Association, often shortened to 'The Saints.'
Season Stats
Record
21W 12D 10L
H:12W/A:9W
Goals
75 / 51 (+24)
H:34/A:41
Clean Sheets
3
H:2/A:1
Rank
20
Sidelined Players (9)
Recent Results
vs Bristol City
21/04/2026Championship
@ Swansea City
18/04/2026Championship
vs Blackburn Rovers
14/04/2026Championship
vs Derby County
11/04/2026Championship
@ Wrexham
07/04/2026Championship
vs Arsenal
04/04/2026FA Cup
vs Oxford United
21/03/2026Championship
vs Norwich City
18/03/2026Championship
@ Coventry City
14/03/2026Championship
@ West Bromwich Albion
11/03/2026Championship
Southampton
Southampton Football Club, known as the Saints and founded in 1885 with deep ecclesiastical roots, plays at the 32,505-capacity St Mary's Stadium since 2001 in the Hamble estuary city on England's south coast. The club's greatest single moment remains the 1976 FA Cup final, when they defeated Manchester United 1-0 as a Second Division side — one of English football's great giant-killing results. The Saints have produced an extraordinary lineage of talent through their celebrated academy, including Alan Shearer, Gareth Bale, Theo Walcott, and Adam Lallana. After Mauricio Pochettino guided a period of growth that saw the club finish eighth in 2016, Southampton have since struggled: relegated in 2023, immediately promoted via the Championship play-off final in 2024, and relegated again in April 2025 — becoming the earliest team relegated in Premier League history — the club faces another rebuilding challenge on the south coast.