List of Southampton F.C. seasons
Seasons

List of Southampton F.C. seasons

Section Title: Seasons
Table Section Text: None

Season	League record	FA Cup	League Cup	Other competitions	Manager	Top goalscorer	Most league appearances	Average attendance

Division	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Pos	Player	Goals	Player	App.

1891–92	N/A	2Q	Ernie Nicholls Jock Fleming	3

1892–93	N/A	2Q	Cecil Knight	Bob Kiddle	3

1893–94	N/A	2Q	3 players	1

1894–95	SL Div 1	16	9	2	5	34	25	20	3rd	R1	Charles Baker	12	Alf Littlehales	16

1895–96	18	12	0	6	44	23	24	3rd	R1	Charles Robson	Jack Farrell	14	Charles Baker Samuel Meston	18

1896–97	20	15	5	0	63	18	35	1st	R2	Alfred McMinn	Jack Farrell	20	Robert Buchanan George Clawley Jack Farrell William McMillan	20

1897–98	22	18	1	3	53	18	37	1st	SF	Ernest Arnfield	Robert Buchanan	16	George Clawley Harry Haynes Samuel Meston	22

1898–99	24	15	5	4	54	24	35	1st	R2	Abe Hartley Harry Wood	16	Jack Robinson Harry Wood	24

1899–1900	28	17	1	10	70	33	35	3rd	RU	Alf Milward	28	Alf Milward	28

1900–01	28	18	5	5	58	26	41	1st	R1	Edgar Chadwick	15	Samuel Meston Alf Milward George Molyneux	28

1901–02	30	18	6	6	71	28	42	3rd	RU	Albert Brown	29	Tommy Bowman Bert Lee George Molyneux	27

1902–03	30	20	8	2	83	20	48	1st	R1	Fred Harrison	17	Bert Lee	29

1903–04	34	22	6	6	75	30	50	1st	R2	Fred Harrison	27	Tommy Bowman George Molyneux	34

1904–05	34	18	7	9	54	40	43	3rd	QF	Edgar Bluff	13	Bert Lee	33

1905–06	34	19	7	8	58	39	45	2nd	QF	Harry Brown Fred Harrison	14	Fred Mouncher	32

1906–07	38	13	9	16	49	56	35	11th	R2	Fred Harrison	12	George Clawley	37

1907–08	38	16	6	16	51	60	38	11th	SF	Frank Costello	12	Frank Thorpe	35

1908–09	40	19	10	11	67	58	48	3rd	R1	Arthur Hughes	15	Jack Eastham	37

1909–10	42	16	16	10	64	55	48	5th	R2	Charlie McGibbon	20	Tom Burrows Frank Jefferis	41

1910–11	38	11	8	19	42	67	30	17th	R1	Harry Brown Martin Dunne	9	Jack Eastham	34

1911–12	38	10	11	17	46	63	31	16th	R1	George Swift	Henry Hamilton	9	John Denby Jim McAlpine	33

1912–13	38	10	11	17	40	72	31	16th	R1	Ernest Arnfield	Percy Prince	11	Sid Ireland	38

1913–14	38	15	7	16	55	54	37	11th	R1	Arthur Dominy	13	Len Andrews	37

1914–15	38	19	5	14	78	74	43	6th	R3	Arthur Dominy	30	Arthur Dominy	37

The Southern League and FA Cup were suspended until after the First World War.

1919–20	SL Div 1	42	18	8	16	72	63	44	8th	R3	Jimmy McIntyre	Arthur Dominy	20	Joe Barratt Arthur Dominy Jimmy Moore	41

1920–21	Div 3	42	19	16	7	64	28	54	2nd	R3	Jimmy McIntyre	Bill Rawlings	22	Fred Foxall Jimmy Moore Bill Turner	42

1921–22	Div 3(S)	42	23	15	4	68	21	61	1st ↑	R2	Bill Rawlings	32	Tommy Allen Bert Shelley Fred Titmuss	42

1922–23	Div 2	42	14	14	14	40	40	42	11th	QF	Arthur Dominy	17	Bert Shelley	42

1923–24	42	17	14	11	52	31	48	5th	R3	Bill Rawlings	21	Tommy Allen Bert Shelley	42

1924–25	42	13	18	11	40	36	44	7th	SF	Jimmy McIntyre George Goss	Bill Rawlings	16	Bill Rawlings Bert Shelley	41

1925–26	42	15	8	19	63	63	38	14th	R3	Arthur Chadwick	Bill Rawlings	20	Stan Woodhouse	37

1926–27	42	15	12	15	60	62	42	13th	SF	Bill Rawlings	28	Tommy Allen Michael Keeping	42

1927–28	42	14	7	21	68	77	35	17th	R3	Bill Rawlings	21	George Harkus	41

1928–29	42	17	14	11	74	60	48	4th	R3	Willie Haines	16	Bert Shelley	41

1929–30	42	17	11	14	77	76	45	7th	R3	Dick Rowley	26	Willie White	40

1930–31	42	19	6	17	74	62	44	9th	R3	Willie Haines	15	Arthur Bradford Bert Jepson	39

1931–32	42	17	7	18	66	77	41	14th	R3	George Kay	Johnny Arnold	20	Bill Adams	42

1932–33	42	18	5	19	66	66	41	12th	R3	Ted Drake	20	Bill Luckett	42

1933–34	42	15	8	19	54	58	38	14th	R3	Ted Drake	23	Dick Neal	41

1934–35	42	11	12	19	46	75	34	19th	R4	Laurie Fishlock	9	Fred Tully	40

1935–36	42	14	9	19	47	65	37	17th	R3	Vic Watson	14	Charlie Sillett	42

1936–37	42	11	12	19	53	77	34	19th	R3	George Goss Tom Parker	Jimmy Dunne	14	Billy Kingdon Charlie Sillett	41

1937–38	42	15	9	18	55	77	39	15th	R3	Tom Parker	Harry Osman	22	Harry Osman	40

1938–39	42	13	9	20	56	82	35	18th	R3	Fred Briggs	14	Billy Bevis Harry Brophy Sam Warhurst	37

1939–40	Div 2	3	1	0	2	5	6	2	17th	N/A

The Football League and FA Cup were suspended until after the Second World War.

1945–46	The Football League was not resumed in 1945–46 due to planning difficulties from the war.	R4	Arthur Dominy Bill Dodgin	Jack Bradley Doug McGibbon	2	N/A

1946–47	Div 2	42	15	9	18	69	76	39	14th	R4	Bill Dodgin	Jack Bradley George Lewis	15	Bill Rochford	41	16,039

1947–48	42	21	10	11	71	53	52	3rd	QF	Charlie Wayman	19	Alf Ramsey	42

1948–49	42	23	9	10	69	36	55	3rd	R3	Charlie Wayman	32	Eric Webber	42

1949–50	42	19	14	9	64	48	52	4th	R3	Sid Cann	Charlie Wayman	26	George Curtis Eric Webber	42

1950–51	42	15	13	14	66	73	43	12th	R4	Eddy Brown	22	Joe Mallett	42

1951–52	42	15	11	16	61	73	41	13th	R3	Sid Cann George Roughton	Eddy Brown	12	Eric Day	42

1952–53	42	10	13	19	68	85	33	21st ↓	R5	George Roughton	Frank Dudley	15	Eric Day	42

1953–54	Div 3(S)	46	22	7	17	76	63	51	6th	R1	Eric Day	27	Eric Day	46

1954–55	46	24	11	11	75	51	59	3rd	R2	Eric Day	29	Tommy Traynor Len Wilkins	46

1955–56	46	18	8	20	91	81	44	14th	R2	Ted Bates	Eric Day	29	Eric Day	45

1956–57	46	22	10	14	76	52	54	4th	R3	Derek Reeves	21	Pat Parker	46

1957–58	46	22	10	14	112	72	54	6th	R2	Southern Floodlit Cup	R1	Derek Reeves	35	Terry Paine	44

1958–59	Division 3	46	17	11	18	88	80	45	14th	R3	Southern Floodlit Cup	R2	Derek Reeves	17	Terry Paine	46

1959–60	46	26	9	11	106	75	61	1st ↑	R4	Southern Floodlit Cup	SF	Derek Reeves	45	Ron Davies Terry Paine Derek Reeves	46

1960–61	Div 2	42	18	8	16	84	81	44	8th	R4	QF	George O'Brien	27	Terry Paine	42

1961–62	42	18	9	15	77	62	45	6th	R3	R1	George O'Brien	30	Brian Clifton Cliff Huxford Tony Knapp	42

1962–63	42	17	8	17	72	67	42	11th	SF	R2	George O'Brien	30	Tony Knapp George O'Brien Terry Paine	42

1963–64	42	19	9	14	100	73	47	5th	R3	R2	Martin Chivers Terry Paine	22	Cliff Huxford	42

1964–65	42	17	14	11	83	63	48	4th	R4	R3	George O'Brien	37	Terry Paine	42

1965–66	42	22	10	10	85	56	54	2nd ↑	R3	R3	Martin Chivers	33	John Sydenham	41

1966–67	Div 1	42	14	6	22	74	92	34	19th	R4	R3	Ron Davies	43	Martin Chivers Jimmy Melia Terry Paine	42

1967–68	42	13	11	18	66	83	37	16th	R4	R2	Ron Davies	28	Terry Paine	41

1968–69	42	16	13	13	57	48	45	7th	R4	QF	Ron Davies	24	Terry Paine	42

1969–70	42	6	17	19	46	67	29	19th	R4	R2	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	R1	Mick Channon	21	Mick Channon Jimmy Gabriel	39

1970–71	42	17	12	13	56	44	46	7th	R5	R2	Ron Davies	21	Mick Channon Hugh Fisher Joe Kirkup Brian O'Neil	42

1971–72	42	12	7	23	52	80	31	19th	R3	R3	UEFA Cup	R1	Mick Channon	17	Mick Channon Eric Martin	42

1972–73	42	11	18	13	47	52	40	13th	R3	R3	Mick Channon	18	Eric Martin Hugh Fisher	42

1973–74	42	11	14	17	47	68	36	20th ↓	R5	R4	Ted Bates Lawrie McMenemy	Mick Channon	23	Hugh Fisher	42

1974–75	Div 2	42	15	11	16	53	54	41	13th	R3	R4	Texaco Cup	RU	Lawrie McMenemy	Mick Channon	24	Mick Channon Peter Osgood	40

1975–76	42	21	7	14	66	50	49	6th	W	R2	Mick Channon	25	Mick Channon	42

1976–77	42	17	10	15	72	67	44	9th	R5	R2	FA Charity Shield	RU	Ted MacDougall	26	Mick Channon	40

European Cup Winners' Cup	QF

1977–78	42	22	13	7	70	39	57	2nd ↑	R4	R3	Phil Boyer	19	Alan Ball Phil Boyer Mike Pickering	41

1978–79	Div 1	42	12	16	14	47	53	40	14th	QF	RU	Phil Boyer	16	Alan Ball Phil Boyer Malcolm Waldron	42

1979–80	42	18	9	15	65	53	45	8th	R3	R3	Phil Boyer	25	Phil Boyer	42

1980–81	42	20	10	12	76	56	50	6th	R5	R2	Steve Moran	20	Mick Channon Chris Nicholl	42

1981–82	42	19	9	14	72	67	66	7th	R3	R2	UEFA Cup	R2	Kevin Keegan	30	David Armstrong Kevin Keegan	41

1982–83	42	15	12	15	54	58	57	12th	R3	R4	UEFA Cup	R1	Danny Wallace	13	Chris Nicholl	42

1983–84	42	22	11	9	66	38	77	2nd	SF	R3	Steve Moran	25	David Armstrong Nick Holmes Peter Shilton	42

1984–85	42	19	11	12	56	47	68	5th	R5	R4	UEFA Cup	R1	Steve Moran	18	Mick Mills	42

1985–86	42	12	10	20	51	62	46	14th	SF	R4	Chris Nicholl	David Armstrong	15	David Armstrong	41

1986–87	42	14	10	18	69	68	52	12th	R3	SF	Colin Clarke	22	Glenn Cockerill	42

1987–88	40	12	14	14	49	53	50	12th	R4	R2	Colin Clarke	17	Colin Clarke	40

1988–89	38	10	15	13	52	66	45	13th	R3	QF	Rod Wallace	14	Rod Wallace	38

1989–90	38	15	10	13	71	63	55	7th	R5	QF	Matthew Le Tissier	24	Rod Wallace	38

1990–91	38	12	9	17	58	69	45	14th	R5	QF	Matthew Le Tissier	23	Barry Horne	38	15,413

1991–92	42	14	10	18	39	55	52	16th	QF	R4	Full Members Cup	RU	Ian Branfoot	Alan Shearer	18	Tim Flowers Alan Shearer	41	14,070

1992–93	Premier League	42	13	11	18	54	61	50	18th	R3	R3	Matthew Le Tissier	18	Tim Flowers	42	15,148

1993–94	42	12	7	23	49	66	43	18th	R3	R2	Ian Branfoot Alan Ball	Matthew Le Tissier	25	Jeff Kenna Neil Maddison	41	14,751

1994–95	42	12	18	12	61	63	54	10th	R5	R3	Alan Ball	Matthew Le Tissier	29	Jim Magilton	42	14,685

1995–96	38	9	11	18	34	52	38	17th	QF	R4	Dave Merrington	Neil Shipperley	12	Jason Dodd Neil Shipperley	37	14,820

1996–97	38	10	11	17	50	56	41	16th	R3	QF	Graeme Souness	Matthew Le Tissier	17	Jim Magilton	37	15,099

1997–98	38	14	6	18	50	55	48	12th	R3	R4	Dave Jones	Matthew Le Tissier	14	Paul Jones	38	15,159

1998–99	38	11	8	19	37	64	41	17th	R3	R2	Egil Østenstad	8	James Beattie	35	15,140

1999–2000	38	12	8	18	45	62	44	15th	R4	R4	Dave Jones Glenn Hoddle	Marian Pahars	13	Dean Richards	35	15,132

2000–01	38	14	10	14	40	48	52	10th	R5	R3	Glenn Hoddle	James Beattie	12	Wayne Bridge Claus Lundekvam	38	15,115

2001–02	38	12	9	17	46	54	45	11th	R3	R3	Stuart Gray Gordon Strachan	Marian Pahars	16	Wayne Bridge	38	30,633

2002–03	38	13	13	12	43	46	52	8th	RU	R3	Gordon Strachan	James Beattie	24	James Beattie	38	30,680

2003–04	38	12	11	15	44	45	47	12th	R3	QF	UEFA Cup	R1	Gordon Strachan Paul Sturrock	James Beattie	17	James Beattie Paul Telfer	37	31,716

2004–05	38	6	14	18	45	66	32	20th ↓	QF	R4	Paul Sturrock Steve Wigley Harry Redknapp	Peter Crouch	16	Rory Delap	37	30,609

2005–06	Championship	46	13	19	14	49	50	58	12th	R5	R4	Harry Redknapp George Burley	Ricardo Fuller	9	Danny Higginbotham	37	23,613

2006–07	46	21	12	13	77	53	75	6th	R4	R3	George Burley	Grzegorz Rasiak	21	Chris Baird	44	23,556

2007–08	46	13	15	18	56	72	54	20th	R5	R1	George Burley Nigel Pearson	Stern John	19	Stern John Andrew Surman	40	21,081

2008–09	46	10	15	21	46	69	45	23rd ↓	R3	R3	Jan Poortvliet Mark Wotte	David McGoldrick	14	Kelvin Davis David McGoldrick	46	18,149

2009–10	One	46	23	14	9	85	47	73	7th	R5	R2	Football League Trophy	W	Alan Pardew	Rickie Lambert	36	Rickie Lambert	45	20,108

2010–11	46	28	8	10	86	38	92	2nd ↑	R4	R2	Football League Trophy	R1	Alan Pardew Dean Wilkins Nigel Adkins	Rickie Lambert	21	Kelvin Davis	46	21,726

2011–12	Championship	46	26	10	10	85	46	88	2nd ↑	R4	R4	Nigel Adkins	Rickie Lambert	31	Jack Cork	46	26,420

2012–13	Premier League	38	9	14	15	49	60	41	14th	R3	R4	Nigel Adkins Mauricio Pochettino	Rickie Lambert	15	Rickie Lambert	38	30,874

2013–14	38	15	11	12	54	46	56	8th	R5	R4	Mauricio Pochettino	Jay Rodriguez	17	Adam Lallana	38	30,211

2014–15	38	18	6	14	54	33	60	7th	R4	QF	Ronald Koeman	Graziano Pellè	16	Graziano Pellè	38	30,652

2015–16	38	18	9	11	59	41	63	6th	R3	R5	Europa League	Play-off round	Sadio Mané	15	José Fonte	37	30,750

2016–17	38	12	10	16	41	48	46	8th	R4	RU	Europa League	Group stage	Claude Puel	Charlie Austin	9	Fraser Forster	38	30,936

2017–18	38	7	15	16	37	56	36	17th	SF	R2	Mauricio Pellegrino Mark Hughes	Charlie Austin Dušan Tadić	7	Dušan Tadić	36	30,793

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In the 1909–10 season, Charlie McGibbon was the top-scorer.

final_sentence: In the 1909–10 season, Charlie McGibbon was the top-scorer.