# 2021–22 Southampton F.C. season

The 2021–22 season was Southampton's 10th consecutive season in the Premier League and the 105th season in existence. This season, the club participated in the Premier League, FA Cup and EFL Cup. The season covers the period from 1 July 2021 to 30 June 2022.

## Squad

* Ages as of the end of the 2021–22 season
| N | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Since | App | Goals | Ends | Transfer fee | Notes |
| 1 | GK | Alex McCarthy | 32 | EU | Summer 2016 | 129 | 0 | 2022 | Undisclosed | |
| 2 | DF | Kyle Walker-Peters | 25 | EU | Summer 2020 | 82 | 3 | 2025 | Undisclosed | |
| 4 | DF | Lyanco | 25 | EU | Summer 2021 | 18 | 0 | 2025 | Undisclosed | Serbian passport |
| 5 | DF | Jack Stephens | 28 | EU | Summer 2011 | 149 | 6 | 2022 | Undisclosed | |
| 6 | MF | Oriol Romeu | 30 | EU | Summer 2015 | 254 | 9 | 2023 | £5M | |
| 7 | FW | Shane Long | 35 | EU | Summer 2014 | 245 | 36 | 2022 | Undisclosed | |
| 8 | MF | James Ward-Prowse | 27 | EU | 2003 | 364 | 44 | 2025 | Academy | Captain |
| 9 | FW | Adam Armstrong | 25 | EU | Summer 2021 | 28 | 2 | 2025 | Undisclosed | |
| 10 | FW | Ché Adams | 25 | EU | Summer 2019 | 110 | 21 | 2024 | Undisclosed | |
| 11 | MF | Nathan Redmond | 28 | EU | Summer 2016 | 231 | 30 | 2023 | Undisclosed | |
| 13 | GK | Willy Caballero | 40 | EU | Winter 2021 | 4 | 0 | 2022 | Free transfer | Spanish passport |
| 15 | DF | Romain Perraud | 24 | EU | Summer 2021 | 23 | 1 | 2025 | Undisclosed | |
| 16 | DF | Thierry Small | 17 | EU | Summer 2021 | 1 | 0 | 2024 | Undisclosed | |
| 17 | MF | Stuart Armstrong | 30 | EU | Summer 2018 | 135 | 17 | 2024 | £7M | |
| 18 | FW | Armando Broja | 20 | EU | Summer 2021 | 38 | 9 | 2022 | Loan | On loan from Chelsea |
| 19 | MF | Moussa Djenepo | 23 | Non-EU | Summer 2019 | 67 | 4 | 2023 | Undisclosed | |
| 20 | MF | Will Smallbone | 22 | EU | 2008 | 20 | 1 | 2024 | Academy | |
| 21 | DF | Tino Livramento | 19 | EU | Summer 2021 | 32 | 1 | 2026 | Undisclosed | |
| 22 | DF | Mohammed Salisu | 23 | Non-EU | Summer 2020 | 52 | 1 | 2024 | Undisclosed | |
| 23 | MF | Nathan Tella | 22 | EU | 2017 | 41 | 2 | 2025 | Academy | |
| 24 | MF | Mohamed Elyounoussi | 27 | EU | Summer 2018 | 52 | 8 | 2023 | Undisclosed | |
| 27 | MF | Ibrahima Diallo | 23 | EU | Summer 2020 | 56 | 1 | 2024 | Undisclosed | |
| 32 | MF | Theo Walcott | 33 | EU | Summer 2021 | 58 | 8 | 2023 | Free transfer | |
| 35 | DF | Jan Bednarek | 26 | EU | Summer 2017 | 150 | 7 | 2025 | £5M | |
| 41 | GK | Harry Lewis | 24 | EU | Summer 2015 | 3 | 0 | 2022 | Undisclosed | |
| 43 | DF | Yan Valery | 23 | EU | 2015 | 51 | 2 | 2023 | Academy | |
| 44 | GK | Fraser Forster | 34 | EU | Summer 2014 | 162 | 0 | 2022 | Undisclosed | |

## Transfers

Players transferred in
| Date | Pos. | Name | Club | Fee |
| 1 July 2021 | MF | Theo Walcott | Everton | Free transfer |
| 2 July 2021 | DF | Romain Perraud | Stade Brest | Undisclosed |
| 27 July 2021 | DF | Olly Lancashire | Crewe Alexandra | Free transfer |
| 28 July 2021 | DF | Dynel Simeu | Chelsea | Undisclosed |
| 2 August 2021 | DF | Tino Livramento | Chelsea | Undisclosed |
| 10 August 2021 | FW | Adam Armstrong | Blackburn Rovers | Undisclosed |
| 24 August 2021 | DF | Thierry Small | Everton | Undisclosed |
| 25 August 2021 | DF | Lyanco | Torino | Undisclosed |
| 6 December 2021 | GK | Willy Caballero | Unattached | Free transfer |
| 11 February 2022 | DF | Nico Lawrence | Glebe | Undisclosed |
Players loaned in
| Date | Pos. | Name | Club | Duration | Ref. |
| 10 August 2021 | FW | Armando Broja | Chelsea | End of season | |
Players transferred out
| Date | Pos. | Name | Club | Fee |
| 21 June 2021 | DF | Wesley Hoedt | Anderlecht | Undisclosed |
| 23 June 2021 | GK | Angus Gunn | Norwich City | Undisclosed |
| 12 July 2021 | MF | Alex Jankewitz | Young Boys | Undisclosed |
| 24 July 2021 | MF | Mario Lemina | Nice | Undisclosed |
| 24 July 2021 | MF | Callum Slattery | Motherwell | Undisclosed |
| 4 August 2021 | FW | Danny Ings | Aston Villa | Undisclosed |
| 13 August 2021 | DF | Jannik Vestergaard | Leicester City | Undisclosed |
| 31 August 2021 | FW | Michael Obafemi | Swansea City | Undisclosed |
Players loaned out
| Date | Pos. | Name | Club | Duration |
| 22 June 2021 | DF | Kayne Ramsay | Crewe Alexandra | 14 January 2022 |
| 2 July 2021 | DF | Jake Vokins | Ross County | End of season |
| 14 July 2021 | FW | Dan Nlundulu | Lincoln City | 6 January 2022 |
| 3 August 2021 | MF | Will Ferry | Crawley Town | End of season |
| 20 August 2021 | GK | Matthew Hall | Melksham Town | End of season |
| 27 August 2021 | FW | Benni Smales-Braithwaite | Gloucester City | 31 December 2021 |
| 4 January 2022 | GK | Jack Bycroft | Dorchester Town | End of season |
| 6 January 2022 | FW | Dan Nlundulu | Cheltenham Town | End of season |
| 11 January 2022 | DF | Jeremi Rodriguez | Burgos | End of season |
| 12 January 2022 | MF | Caleb Watts | Crawley Town | End of season |
| 14 January 2022 | DF | Kayne Ramsay | Ross County | End of season |
| 25 January 2022 | DF | Dynel Simeu | Carlisle United | End of season |
Players released
| Date | Pos. | Name | Subsequent club | Join date |
| 30 June 2021 | DF | David Agbontohoma | Sheffield Wednesday | 1 July 2021 |
| 30 June 2021 | MF | Thomas O'Connor | Burton Albion | 1 July 2021 |
| 30 June 2021 | DF | Ryan Bertrand | Leicester City | 15 July 2021 |
| 30 June 2021 | DF | Kameron Ledwidge | Shelbourne | 30 July 2021 |
| 30 June 2021 | MF | Jake Hesketh | Eastleigh | 2 August 2021 |
| 30 June 2021 | DF | James Morris | Watford | 2 August 2021 |
| 30 June 2021 | DF | Pascal Kpohomouh | Weston-super-Mare | 19 August 2021 |
| 30 June 2021 | GK | Kingsley Latham | Farnborough | 27 August 2021 |
| 30 June 2021 | MF | Lucas Defise | Union Saint-Gilloise | 2 September 2021 |
| 30 June 2021 | GK | Tommy Scott | Hamworthy United | 14 October 2021 |
| 30 June 2021 | DF | Allan Tchaptchet | Grenoble | 1 February 2022 |
| 30 June 2021 | MF | Josh Sims | Ross County | 14 February 2022 |
| 31 December 2021 | DF | Sam McQueen | None (retired) | None (retired) |

## Pre-season friendlies

Southampton announced two pre-season matches against Cardiff City and Swansea City for 27 July and 31 July respectively, on 2 July. Further friendlies were announced with a behind closed doors friendly against Fulham confirmed for 24 July and Athletic Bilbao to visit St Mary's Stadium on 7 August. On 25 July, a further friendly against Levante was confirmed for 4 August.
Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## Competitions
### Premier League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 13 | Brentford | 38 | 13 | 7 | 18 | 48 | 56 | −8 | 46 |
| 14 | Aston Villa | 38 | 13 | 6 | 19 | 52 | 54 | −2 | 45 |
| 15 | Southampton | 38 | 9 | 13 | 16 | 43 | 67 | −24 | 40 |
| 16 | Everton | 38 | 11 | 6 | 21 | 43 | 66 | −23 | 39 |
| 17 | Leeds United | 38 | 9 | 11 | 18 | 42 | 79 | −37 | 38 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source:

#### Results by matchday

| Matchday | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | D | D | D | D | L | L | W | D | W | W | L | L | D | D | L | D | W | D | W | L | D | W | D | W | W | L | L | L | D | L | W | L | D | L | L | L | L |
| Position | 16 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were revealed on 16 June 2021.

### FA Cup

The Saints entered the competition in the third round and were drawn away to Swansea City. On 9 January 2022, the Saints were drawn at home to Coventry City in the fourth round. On 6 February 2022, the Saints were drawn at home to West Ham United in the fifth round. On 3 March 2022, the Saints were drawn at home to Manchester City in the quarter-finals.

### EFL Cup

The Saints entered the competition in the second round and were drawn away to Newport County. On 25 August, the draw for the third round was completed, with the Saints drawn away to Sheffield United. On 22 September, the draw for the fourth round was completed, with the Saints drawn away to Chelsea.

## Squad statistics

    As of 22 May 2022
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | League | League | League | League | FA Cup | FA Cup | FA Cup | FA Cup | EFL Cup | EFL Cup | EFL Cup | EFL Cup | Total | Total | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Apps. | Goals | | | Apps. | Goals | | | Apps. | Goals | | | Apps. | Goals | | |
| 1 | GK | | Alex McCarthy | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | | Kyle Walker-Peters | 29(3) | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2(1) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 33(4) | 3 | 6 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | | Lyanco | 9(6) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12(6) | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | | Jack Stephens | 9(2) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14(2) | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | | Oriol Romeu | 34(2) | 2 | 9 | 0 | 2(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37(5) | 2 | 9 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | | Shane Long | 3(10) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3(1) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6(13) | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | | James Ward-Prowse | 36 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41(1) | 11 | 3 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | | Adam Armstrong | 17(6) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21(7) | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | | Ché Adams | 23(7) | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1(1) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24(9) | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | | Nathan Redmond | 20(7) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1(2) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23(9) | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | | Willy Caballero | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | | Romain Perraud | 18(2) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21(2) | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | | Thierry Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | | Stuart Armstrong | 15(10) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2(2) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18(12) | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | | Armando Broja | 21(11) | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1(3) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 24(14) | 9 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | | Moussa Djenepo | 5(7) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8(8) | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | | Will Smallbone | 2(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3(4) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | | Tino Livramento | 25(3) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27(5) | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | | Mohammed Salisu | 33(1) | 0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 36(1) | 1 | 8 | 1 |
| 23 | MF | | Nathan Tella | 10(4) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14(4) | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | | Mohamed Elyounoussi | 23(7) | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1(1) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 25(8) | 8 | 4 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | | Ibrahima Diallo | 10(13) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2(2) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 15(15) | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | | Theo Walcott | 5(4) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6(6) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | DF | | Jan Bednarek | 30(1) | 4 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32(2) | 4 | 10 | 0 |
| 41 | GK | | Harry Lewis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | DF | | Yan Valery | 3(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9(2) | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 44 | GK | | Fraser Forster | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 45 | MF | | Tyler Dibling | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 48 | MF | | Kegs Chauke | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 53 | FW | | Kazeem Olaigbe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players with appearances who left during the season ||||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | FW | | Michael Obafemi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Most appearances

    As of 22 May 2022
| # | Pos. | Nat. | Name | League | League | FA Cup | FA Cup | EFL Cup | EFL Cup | Total | Total | Total |
| # | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Starts | Subs | Starts | Subs | Starts | Subs | Starts | Subs | Total |
| 1 | MF | | James Ward-Prowse | 36 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 41 | 1 | 42 |
| 1 | MF | | Oriol Romeu | 34 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 37 | 5 | 42 |
| 3 | FW | | Armando Broja | 21 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 14 | 38 |
| 4 | DF | | Mohammed Salisu | 33 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 36 | 1 | 37 |
| 4 | DF | | Kyle Walker-Peters | 29 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 4 | 37 |
| 6 | DF | | Jan Bednarek | 30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 2 | 34 |
| 7 | MF | | Mohamed Elyounoussi | 23 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 8 | 33 |
| 7 | FW | | Ché Adams | 23 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 9 | 33 |
| 9 | DF | | Tino Livramento | 25 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 5 | 32 |
| 9 | MF | | Nathan Redmond | 20 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 9 | 32 |

### Top goalscorers

    As of 22 May 2022
| # | Pos. | Nat. | Name | League | League | FA Cup | FA Cup | EFL Cup | EFL Cup | Total | Total | Total |
| # | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Goals | Apps. | Goals | Apps. | Goals | Apps. | Goals | Apps. | GPG |
| 1 | MF | | James Ward-Prowse | 10 | 36 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 42 | 0.26 |
| 2 | FW | | Armando Broja | 6 | 32 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 38 | 0.24 |
| 3 | FW | | Ché Adams | 7 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 33 | 0.24 |
| 3 | MF | | Mohamed Elyounoussi | 4 | 30 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 33 | 0.24 |
| 5 | DF | | Jan Bednarek | 4 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 34 | 0.12 |
| 6 | MF | | Stuart Armstrong | 2 | 25 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 30 | 0.10 |
| 6 | MF | | Nathan Redmond | 1 | 27 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 32 | 0.09 |
| 6 | DF | | Kyle Walker-Peters | 1 | 32 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 37 | 0.08 |
| 9 | FW | | Shane Long | 1 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 0.11 |
| 9 | FW | | Adam Armstrong | 2 | 23 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 0.07 |
| 9 | MF | | Oriol Romeu | 2 | 36 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 42 | 0.05 |