List of Southampton F.C. players explained

Southampton Football Club is an English association football club based in Southampton, Hampshire. Founded in 1885 as St Mary's YMA, they became a professional club in 1891 and co-founded the Southern Football League in 1894. Southampton won the Southern League Premier Division championship six times between 1896 and 1904, and were later elected to the Football League Third Division in 1920. The Saints finished as runners-up in their first Football League season, and the following year received promotion to the Second Division as Third Division South champions. The club first entered the First Division in 1966, and currently play in its modern-day counterpart, the Premier League.[1] Southampton won the FA Cup in 1976, reached the final of the League Cup in 1979 and 2017, and won the League Trophy in 2010.[1]

Since the club's formation, a total of 220 players have made 100 or more appearances for Southampton. Winger Terry Paine holds the record for the highest number of appearances for the Saints, having played 816 times for the club between 1957 and 1974, while ten other players have made more than 400 appearances for Southampton. The club's top goalscorer is Mick Channon, who scored 228 goals in all competitions in two spells with the club, between 1966 and 1977, and from 1979 to 1982. Matt Le Tissier is the only player to have won the Southampton F.C. Player of the Season award three times, while six other players (Peter Shilton, Tim Flowers, James Beattie, Rickie Lambert, José Fonte and James Ward-Prowse) have received the accolade twice.[2] Le Tissier is also the only player besides Channon to have scored over 200 goals for Southampton.

Key

Positions key
Pre-1960s1960s–
GKGoalkeeper
FBFull backDFDefender
HBHalf backMFMidfielder
FWForward

Players

List of Southampton F.C. players with 100 or more appearances
PlayerNationalityPosClub careerStartsSubsTotalGoals
Appearances
<-- Debut 14 September 1895 -->FW
1899–1900
11611657
<-- Debut 14 September 1895 -->FW1895–190011311334
<-- Debut 14 September 1895 -->HB1895–190641341327
<-- Debut 14 September 1895 -->FW1895–1898
1901–1904
20020086
<-- Debut 19 September 1896 -->GK1896–1898
1903–1907
2672670
<-- Debut 19 September 1896 -->FB1896–19001101106
<-- Debut 18 September 1897 -->FW1897–1898
1898–1901
1904–1905
10610629
<-- Debut 2 October 1897 -->HB1897–190114114110
<-- Debut 3 September 1898 -->GK1898–190320120110
<-- Debut 3 September 1898 -->FW1898–190527127184
<-- Debut 11 October 1899 -->FW1899–1902
1904–1905
13313343
<-- Debut 30 April 1900 -->HB1900–1906
1911–1915
36936918
<-- Debut 1 September 1900 -->FB1900–19052292290
<-- Debut 11 March 1901 -->FW1901–1908249249156
<-- Debut 4 September 1901 -->HB1901–19041481487
<-- Debut 1 September 1902 -->FW1902–190511211233
<-- Debut 2 September 1903 -->FW1903–190611311354
<-- Debut 26 September 1903 -->FW1903–190716216223
<-- Debut 29 April 1905 -->GK1904–19111111110
<-- Debut 11 September 1905 -->FW1905–1906
1910–1913
10010043
<-- Debut 13 November 1905 -->FW1905–191122622661
<-- Debut 1 September 1906 -->FB1906–19112092097
<-- Debut 8 September 1906 -->HB1906–19121941942
<-- Debut 10 September 1906 -->FB1906–19122082084
<-- Debut 6 October 1906 -->FW1906–192018318314
<-- Debut 2 September 1907 -->FW1907–191011311326
<-- Debut 2 September 1907 -->HB1907–19111391391
<-- Debut 14 September 1907 -->GK1907–1909
1922–1923
1011010
<-- Debut 3 September 1908 -->HB1908–19111061065
<-- Debut 17 October 1908 -->FW1908–1914
1919
10310329
<-- Debut 9 November 1908 -->HB1908–1909
1913–1914
1915–1926
20820815
<-- Debut 22 October 1910 -->FW1910–192017617636
<-- Debut 2 September 1911 -->HB1911–191516216212
<-- Debut 23 September 1911 -->HB1911–19151721723
<-- Debut 30 September 1911 -->HB1911–19151561562
<-- Debut 4 September 1912 -->FW1912–191921521553
<-- Debut 5 April 1913 -->FW1913–1926392392155
<-- Debut 30 August 1919 -->FW1919–19221021028
<-- Debut 30 August 1919 -->FW1919–192211511513
<-- Debut 30 August 1919 -->FB1919–192628028013
<-- Debut 30 August 1919 -->FB1919–19262462460
<-- Debut 1 September 1919 -->FW1919–1931377377198
<-- Debut 8 November 1919 -->HB1919–19242002001
<-- Debut 17 January 1920 -->HB1920–19324654659
<-- Debut 28 August 1920 -->GK1920–19283273270
<-- Debut 17 April 1922 -->FB1922–19301951950
<-- Debut 10 November 1923 -->FW1923–192817717710
<-- Debut 19 January 1924 -->HB1924–19363343348
<-- Debut 18 April 1924 -->HB1924–1930
1931–1932
2482485
<-- Debut 30 August 1924 -->HB1924–19363833835
<-- Debut 25 October 1924 -->HB1924–193328628613
<-- Debut 28 August 1926 -->FW1926–193011711762
<-- Debut 27 August 1927 -->FB1927–19362192193
<-- Debut 14 January 1928 -->HB1928–193622922910
<-- Debut 25 August 1928 -->GK1928–19321071070
<-- Debut 27 October 1928 -->FW1928–193411111127
<-- Debut 1 April 1929 -->FW1929–193311011046
<-- Debut 30 August 1930 -->HB1930–1932
1933–1936
12312320
<-- Debut 8 September 1930 -->GK1930–19372412410
<-- Debut 28 February 1931 -->FB1931–19381671670
<-- Debut 2 January 1932 -->FB1932–193819119110
<-- Debut 20 February 1932 -->FW1932–193718618619
<-- Debut 19 March 1932 -->FW1932–193712312318
<-- Debut 7 January 1933 -->FW1933–193922222250
<-- Debut 26 August 1933 -->FW1933–193710710710
<-- Debut 27 December 1937 -->FW1937–195321721764
<-- Debut 4 February 1939 -->FB1939–19481021021
<-- Debut 15 April 1939 -->HB1939–19511921920
<-- Debut 5 January 1946 -->FW1946–1947
1956–1959
13313342
<-- Debut 10 January 1946 -->FB1946–195623723711
<-- Debut 4 September 1946 -->DF1946–19501341340
<-- Debut 16 November 1946 -->FW1946–1957422422158
<-- Debut 1 March 1947 -->HB1947–19532232233
<-- Debut 24 May 1947 -->HB1947–19541201201
<-- Debut 23 August 1947 -->FW1947–195118318312
<-- Debut 1 November 1947 -->FW1947–195010710777
<-- Debut 3 January 1948 -->GK1948–19501041040
<-- Debut 23 October 1948 -->HB1948–19582752750
<-- Debut 25 February 1950 -->HB1950–19582512512
<-- Debut 3 February 1951 -->GK1951–19592172170
<-- Debut 3 September 1951 -->HB1951–19591451450
<-- Debut 6 October 1951 -->GK1951–19561361360
<-- Debut 4 October 1952 -->FW1952–195718618652
<-- Debut 11 October 1952 -->FB1952–196548704878
<-- Debut 8 November 1952 -->HB1952–196121621625
<-- Debut 6 December 1952 -->FW1952–195923823867
<-- Debut 25 April 1953 -->FW1953–195812912929
<-- Debut 24 October 1953 -->HB1953–19591781785
<-- Debut 21 August 1954 -->FW1954–1962330330100
<-- Debut 20 April 1955 -->FW1955–1962311311173
<-- Debut 16 March 1957 -->FW1957–19748124816187
<-- Debut 4 May 1957 -->MF1957–1970401140240
<-- Debut 28 September 1957 -->FW1957–196212312336
<-- Debut 7 April 1958 -->FB1958–19641921920
<-- Debut 6 December 1958 -->GK1958–196514901490
<-- Debut 22 August 1959 -->MF1959–196731733204
<-- Debut 22 August 1959 -->FW1959–1965281281180
<-- Debut 19 March 1960 -->GK1960–19631111110
<-- Debut 19 August 1961 -->DF1961–196726002602
<-- Debut 2 September 1961 -->MF1961–1967167417112
<-- Debut 8 September 1962 -->FW1962–19681891190106
<-- Debut 19 September 1962 -->DF1962–196616521673
<-- Debut 2 October 1962 -->DF1962–197226612674
<-- Debut 19 December 1964 -->MF1964–1968152315512
<-- Debut 30 January 1965 -->DF1965–1974101131143
<-- Debut 21 August 1965 -->DF1965–197322382411
<-- Debut 11 April 1966 -->FW1966–1977
1979–1982
6025607228
<-- Debut 20 August 1966 -->FW1966–19732774281153
<-- Debut 18 March 1967 -->MF1967–19761884723576
<-- Debut 18 March 1967 -->GK1967–197528912900
<-- Debut 19 August 1967 -->MF1967–1972223122427
<-- Debut 25 November 1967 -->DF1967–197513701372
<-- Debut 26 February 1968 -->DF1968–197319211934
<-- Debut 26 February 1968 -->DF1968–197319411952
<-- Debut 7 April 1969 -->FW1969–19772382626455
<-- Debut 15 August 1970 -->MF1970–1974171217319
<-- Debut 28 January 1972 -->DF1972–197720012012
<-- Debut 25 March 1972 -->FW1972–19761201313322
<-- Debut 22 April 1972 -->DF1972–197613701372
<-- Debut 2 February 1974 -->DF1974–1980278428244
<-- Debut 2 March 1974 -->MF1974–1987535854264
<-- Debut 16 March 1974 -->FW1974–1977157416136
<-- Debut 13 April 1974 -->GK1974–197810701070
<-- Debut 21 September 1974 -->DF1974–197713501357
<-- Debut 1 February 1975 -->DF1975–19809821003
<-- Debut 12 April 1975 -->DF1975–1983217121811
<-- Debut 6 April 1976 -->MF1976–1984346334927
<-- Debut 18 September 1976 -->FW1976–1978105010548
<-- Debut 18 December 1976 -->GK1976–198216001600
<-- Debut 27 December 1976 -->MF1976–1980
1981–1982
234023413
<-- Debut 5 February 1977 -->MF1977–1982823111311
<-- Debut 20 August 1977 -->FW1977–1980162016261
<-- Debut 20 August 1977 -->DF1977–198326802689
<-- Debut 12 November 1977 -->MF1977–1982
1987–1989
191819936
<-- Debut 22 August 1978 -->DF1978–1982
1983–1985
19611974
<-- Debut 19 January 1980 -->FW1980–19862171222999
<-- Debut 29 November 1980 -->DF1980–198511111120
<-- Debut 29 November 1980 -->FW1980–19892991831779
<-- Debut 17 March 1981 -->FW1981–1986595211116
<-- Debut 13 May 1981 -->DF1981–198889131020
<-- Debut 1 September 1981 -->MF1981–1987272027271
<-- Debut 6 October 1981 -->MF1981–1987832110415
<-- Debut 28 August 1982 -->DF1982–1987222022211
<-- Debut 28 August 1982 -->GK1982–198724202420
<-- Debut 13 November 1982 -->DF1982–198512301233
<-- Debut 30 November 1983 -->DF1983–198712901292
<-- Debut 29 September 1984 -->DF1984–198817311746
<-- Debut 23 March 1985 -->MF1985–1991269327214
<-- Debut 20 April 1985 -->MF1985–198889121015
<-- Debut 19 October 1985 -->MF1985–19933401835839
<-- Debut 7 December 1985 -->DF1985–198913131341
<-- Debut 30 August 1986 -->MF1986–200246278540209
<-- Debut 13 September 1986 -->GK1986–199325102510
<-- Debut 15 August 1987 -->DF1987–1994180518513
<-- Debut 26 September 1987 -->FW1987–19911321915156
<-- Debut 26 March 1988 -->FW1988–19921401815843
<-- Debut 27 August 1988 -->DF1988–199112041246
<-- Debut 1 October 1988 -->DF1988–2003321483591
<-- Debut 25 October 1988 -->MF1988–19971673019719
<-- Debut 18 February 1989 -->DF1989–1992130813813
<-- Debut 25 March 1989 -->DF1989–199417131747
<-- Debut 25 March 1989 -->MF1989–1992148315113
<-- Debut 14 October 1989 -->DF1989–20044533048313
<-- Debut 4 May 1991 -->DF1991–199512651314
<-- Debut 11 May 1991 -->DF1991–1996148815614
<-- Debut 4 September 1991 -->FW1991–19951331014332
<-- Debut 24 August 1992 -->DF1992–1999224923313
<-- Debut 14 August 1993 -->DF1993–1997121151363
<-- Debut 4 December 1993 -->GK1993–199610321050
<-- Debut 14 February 1994 -->MF1994–1997148815618
<-- Debut 6 May 1995 -->MF1995–20062822831020
<-- Debut 4 September 1996 -->DF1996–2007403104132
<-- Debut 13 October 1996 -->FW1996–1999921710933
<-- Debut 9 August 1997 -->FW1997–1998
1999–2003
893612525
<-- Debut 9 August 1997 -->GK1997–200322032230
<-- Debut 16 August 1998 -->FW1998–20041884723576
<-- Debut 16 August 1998 -->DF1998–2003161131742
<-- Debut 6 February 1999 -->MF1999–2003137151528
<-- Debut 5 April 1999 -->FW1999–20061272915645
<-- Debut 20 November 1999 -->MF1999–2004785112916
<-- Debut 18 August 2001 -->MF2001–2006135171525
<-- Debut 18 August 2001 -->MF2001–20051163114713
<-- Debut 3 November 2001 -->DF2001–2005129191481
<-- Debut 5 December 2001 -->FW2001–2006744211619
<-- Debut 29 December 2001 -->MF2001–200588181066
<-- Debut 21 September 2002 -->GK2002–200612301230
<-- Debut 8 February 2003 -->DF2003–200696101064
<-- Debut 25 January 2006 -->MF2006–20091281814618
<-- Debut 10 February 2006 -->MF2006–20089551001
<-- Debut 6 August 2006 -->GK2006–201629923010
<-- Debut 6 August 2006 -->FW2006–2009665512125
<-- Debut 23 August 2006 -->MF2006–2014
2024–
2392626560
<-- Debut 9 August 2008 -->MF2008–20152283326115
<-- Debut 23 August 2008 -->MF2008
2011–2015
129241533
<-- Debut 8 August 2009 -->DF2009–2012110111215
<-- Debut 11 August 2009 -->FW2009–201421916235117
<-- Debut 22 August 2009 -->MF2009–20131301514511
<-- Debut 16 January 2010 -->DF2010–2017283528815
<-- Debut 28 August 2010 -->FW2010–2014803811823
<-- Debut 25 October 2011 -->MF2011–20233238741055
<-- Debut 7 January 2012 -->DF2012–161211826
<-- Debut 19 August 2012 -->DF2012–20159951045
<-- Debut 19 August 2012 -->MF2012–20181854122614
<-- Debut 19 August 2012 -->FW2012–2017814512635
<-- Debut 15 September 2012 -->DF2012–2020172221949
<-- Debut 17 August 2014 -->DF2014–202123732408
<-- Debut 17 August 2014 -->GK2014–202216201620
<-- Debut 17 August 2014 -->FW2014–202212412124536
<-- Debut 17 August 2014 -->MF2014–20181342816223
<-- Debut 30 July 2015 -->DF2015–202013351383
<-- Debut 15 August 2015 -->MF2015–2022216402569
<-- Debut 13 August 2016 -->MF2016–2020114201345
<-- Debut 13 August 2016 -->MF2016–20221815123230
<-- Debut 21 September 2016 -->GK2016–14801480
<-- Debut 23 August 2017 -->DF2017–21472219
<-- Debut 12 August 2018 -->MF2018–20241437121425
<-- Debut 12 August 2018 -->FW2018–2021891110046
<-- Debut 10 August 2019 -->FW2019–20241266519149
<-- Debut 15 February 2020 -->DF2020–157111686
<-- Debut 14 August 2021 -->FW2021–903012029

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Southampton . Football Club History Database . 28 January 2017 .
  2. News: Previous winners of the Daily Echo Southampton FC Player of the Season Award . Kerins . Dan . . . 12 May 2016 . 28 January 2017 .