List of Southampton F.C. managers explained

The following is a list of Southampton managers from the founding of Southampton F.C. in 1885 until the present. The first secretary manager of the club was Cecil Knight from 1892 to 1895; the first full-time manager of the club was George Swift from 1911 to 1912.

The most successful managers are, in terms of trophies and honours, Ernest Arnfield, with whom the club won the Southern Football League five times and the Western Football League Division 1A once; and (since the start of the Football League era), in terms of win percentage, Nigel Adkins.

The longest-serving manager has been Ted Bates from 1955 to 1973, for 850 matches. (Bates – "Mr Southampton" – had played for the club from 1937 to 1955, and also served as a club director for 20 years after managing it.)

Managers

NameNationalityFromToMatchesWonDrawnLostWin%[1] Honours
Cecil Knight[2] [3]
Charles Robson[4]
Alfred McMinn[5] 1 Southern League championship
Ernest Arnfield[6] 5 Southern League championships
2 FA Cup Finals
George Swift[7]
Ernest Arnfield[8]
Jimmy McIntyre1 Third Division South championship
Arthur Chadwick
George Kay
George Goss
Tom Parker
Arthur Dominy
Bill Dodgin
Sid Cann
George Roughton
Ted Bates1 Third Division championship
Lawrie McMenemy1 FA Cup
1 Football League Cup final
Chris Nicholl
Ian Branfoot1 Full Members Cup final
Alan Ball
David Merrington
Graeme Souness
Dave Jones
Glenn Hoddle
Stuart Gray
Gordon Strachan
Steve Wigley (caretaker)
Paul Sturrock
Steve Wigley
Harry Redknapp
Dave Bassett & Dennis Wise (caretakers)
George Burley
John Gorman & Jason Dodd (caretakers)
Nigel Pearson
Jan Poortvliet
Mark Wotte
Alan Pardew1 Football League Trophy
Dean Wilkins (caretaker)
Nigel Adkins
Mauricio Pochettino
Ronald Koeman
Claude PuelJune 2016June 20171 Football League Cup Final
Mauricio PellegrinoJune 2017March 2018[9]
Mark HughesMarch 2018December 2018
Kelvin Davis (caretaker)December 2018December 2018
Ralph HasenhüttlDecember 2018November 2022
Rubén Sellés (caretaker)November 2022November 2022
Nathan JonesNovember 2022February 2023
Rubén Sellés (Interim Manager)February 2023May 2023
June 2023Present1 EFL Championship play-offs winners

References

Notes

Notes and References

  1. Win% is rounded to two decimal places
  2. Secretary of the committee that chose the team
  3. Book: Chalk, Gary. Saints – A complete record. Holley, Duncan . Breedon Books. 1987. 0-907969-22-4. 14–17.
  4. Book: Saints – A complete record. 18–19.
  5. Book: Saints – A complete record. 20–21.
  6. Book: Saints – A complete record. 22–49.
  7. Book: Saints – A complete record. 50–51.
  8. Book: Saints – A complete record. 51–54.
  9. News: Mauricio Pellegrino: Southampton sack manager with eight games left of season. BBC Sport. 12 March 2018. 12 March 2018.