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Kevin Keegan made 80 appearances for Southampton, and is the only player in the club's history to win the PFA Players' Player of the Year award (in 1982).

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.[1] Southampton won the Southern League Premier Division championship six times between 1896 and 1904,[2] and were later elected to the Football League Third Division in 1920.[3] The Saints finished as runners-up in their first Football League season,[4] and the following year received promotion to the Second Division as Third Division South champions.[5] The club first entered the First Division in 1966,[6] and currently play in its modern-day counterpart, the Premier League.[7] 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.[7]

Since the club's formation, a total of 364 players have made between 25 and 99 appearances for Southampton. Of these, 12 players have made exactly 25 appearances for the club, while only two (Bob Petrie and Cyril King) have made 99. Ted Drake, who played as a centre-forward for Southampton between 1931 and 1934, has scored the most goals of any player with between 25 and 99 appearances for the club, with 49 in all competitions; five more players have scored over 40 goals for the Saints. Eight of the 359 players listed – Kevin Keegan, Derek Statham, Dean Richards, Peter Crouch, Chris Baird, Andrew Davies, Roméo Lavia and Flynn Downes – have won the Southampton F.C. Player of the Season award as voted for by readers of the Southern Daily Echo, while former team captain Virgil van Dijk has won the clubs own Player of the Season award.[8]

  • The list is ordered first by date of debut, and then if necessary in alphabetical order by surname.
  • Appearances as a substitute are included. This feature of the game was introduced in the Football League at the start of the 1965–66 season.
  • Statistics are correct up to and including the match played on 8 March 2025. Where a player left the club permanently after this date, his statistics are updated to his date of leaving.
Nationality
Unless otherwise noted, the nationality of a player is determined by the country for which he has played or, if he has not played international football, his country of birth.
Position
Playing positions are listed according to the tactical formations that were employed at the time. The change in the names of defensive and midfield positions reflects the tactical evolution that occurred from the 1960s onwards.
Club career
Club career is defined as the first and last calendar years in which the player appeared for the club in any of the competitions listed below.
Total appearances and Total goals
Total appearances and goals comprise those in the Southern League, Wessex League, Football League, Premier League, Southern Alliance, Southern District Combination, United League, FA Cup, League/EFL Cup, FA Charity/Community Shield, League/EFL Trophy, Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, Southern Floodlit Cup, Southern Charity Cup, Texaco Cup, Full Members Cup, Hampshire Senior Cup, Hampshire Junior Cup, Hampshire Benevolent Cup, Hampshire County Cricket Club Charity Cup, Portsmouth Cup, Rowland Hospital Cup and Victory Cup. Wartime competitions are excluded.
Edgar Chadwick played 87 times for Southampton, scoring 31 goals.
C. B. Fry played 29 times for the club from 1900 to 1902.
Jimmy Dunne was the club's top goalscorer in the 1936–37 season.
Alf Ramsey began his playing career at Southampton, making 96 appearances for the Saints.
Frank Saul joined the Saints in 1968 and played 68 times for the club before leaving in 1970.
Charlie George played 52 times for Southampton.
Colin Clarke scored 39 times in 98 games for the Saints.
Bruce Grobbelaar made 45 appearances for Southampton in two seasons at the club.
Welsh defender Alan Neilson, who made 63 appearances in two seasons at Southampton.
Dutch international Ulrich van Gobbel made 94 appearances for Southampton.
Former Manchester United striker Mark Hughes played 60 games for Southampton.
Hassan Kachloul scored 15 goals in 96 Saints appearances.
German striker Uwe Rösler made 29 appearances for Southampton.
Swedish centre-back Michael Svensson played 87 times for the club between 2002 and 2008.
Graeme Le Saux finished his career at Southampton in 2005.
Peter Crouch was named Southampton's player of the year in his only season at the club.
Grzegorz Rasiak was the club's top goalscorer in the 2006–07 season.
Gareth Bale played 45 times in the 2006–07 season.
Stern John scored 20 goals in 52 games for the Saints.
Andrew Davies was named Southampton F.C. Player of the Season in 2008.
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain played 42 games for Southampton (2010–2011).
Luke Shaw made his debut for Southampton aged 16.
Virgil van Dijk played 80 games for Southampton (2015–2017).
Manolo Gabbiadini scored twice in Southampton's EFL Cup Final defeat to Manchester United.
Mario Lemina made 52 appearances for Southampton between 2017 and 2019.
Mohamed Elyounoussi made 90 appearances for Southampton (2018–2023).
Jannik Vestergaard joined Southampton from Borussia Mönchengladbach in July 2018.
Angus Gunn played 30 times for Southampton.
Armando Broja joined Southampton on loan from Chelsea in 2021.
Ainsley Maitland-Niles made 26 appearances for Southampton, while on loan from Arsenal.
  1. ^ Chalk & Holley 1987, pp. 9–16
  2. ^ Chalk & Holley 1987, pp. 21–35
  3. ^ Chalk & Holley 1987, p. 64
  4. ^ Chalk & Holley 1987, p. 5
  5. ^ Chalk & Holley 1987, p. 67
  6. ^ Chalk & Holley 2003, p. 86
  7. ^ a b "Southampton". Football Club History Database. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
  8. ^ Kerins, Dan (12 May 2016). "Previous winners of the Daily Echo Southampton FC Player of the Season Award". Southern Daily Echo. Newsquest. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
  • Chalk, Gary; Holley, Duncan (August 1987), Saints: A Complete Record of Southampton Football Club 1885–1987, Breedon Books, ISBN 978-0907969228
  • Chalk, Gary; Holley, Duncan (2003), In That Number: A Post-War Chronicle of Southampton FC, Hagiology Publishing, ISBN 0-953447-43-X
  • Chalk, Gary; Holley, Duncan; Bull, David (November 2013), All the Saints: A Complete Players' Who's Who of Southampton FC, Hagiology Publishing, ISBN 978-0992686406