# 2020–21 Southampton F.C. season

The 2020–21 Southampton F.C. season was the club's 104th season in existence and the club's 9th consecutive season in the top flight of English football. In addition to the domestic league, Southampton participated in the season's editions of the FA Cup, and the EFL Cup.

## Squad

* Ages as of the end of the 2020–21 season
| N | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Since | App | Goals | Ends | Transfer fee | Notes |
| 1 | GK | Alex McCarthy | 31 | EU | Summer 2016 | 112 | 0 | 2022 | Undisclosed | |
| 2 | DF | Kyle Walker-Peters | 24 | EU | Summer 2020 | 45 | 0 | 2025 | Undisclosed | |
| 3 | DF | Ryan Bertrand | 31 | EU | Winter 2015 | 240 | 8 | 2021 | Undisclosed | |
| 4 | DF | Jannik Vestergaard | 28 | EU | Summer 2018 | 79 | 4 | 2022 | Undisclosed | |
| 5 | DF | Jack Stephens | 27 | EU | Summer 2011 | 133 | 6 | 2022 | Undisclosed | |
| 6 | MF | Oriol Romeu | 29 | EU | Summer 2015 | 212 | 7 | 2023 | £5M | |
| 8 | MF | James Ward-Prowse | 26 | EU | 2003 | 322 | 33 | 2025 | Academy | Captain |
| 9 | FW | Danny Ings | 28 | EU | Summer 2019 | 100 | 46 | 2022 | £20M | Current record signing |
| 10 | FW | Ché Adams | 24 | EU | Summer 2019 | 77 | 13 | 2024 | Undisclosed | |
| 11 | MF | Nathan Redmond | 27 | EU | Summer 2016 | 199 | 27 | 2023 | Undisclosed | |
| 12 | MF | Moussa Djenepo | 22 | Non-EU | Summer 2019 | 51 | 4 | 2023 | Undisclosed | |
| 14 | FW | Michael Obafemi | 20 | EU | 2016 | 38 | 5 | 2022 | Academy | |
| 17 | MF | Stuart Armstrong | 29 | EU | Summer 2018 | 104 | 14 | 2024 | £7M | |
| 19 | MF | Takumi Minamino | 26 | Non-EU | Winter 2021 | 10 | 2 | 2021 | Loan | On loan from Liverpool |
| 20 | MF | Will Smallbone | 21 | EU | 2008 | 13 | 1 | 2024 | Academy | |
| 22 | DF | Mohammed Salisu | 22 | Non-EU | Summer 2020 | 15 | 0 | 2024 | Undisclosed | |
| 23 | MF | Nathan Tella | 21 | EU | 2017 | 23 | 1 | 2023 | Academy | |
| 27 | MF | Ibrahima Diallo | 22 | EU | Summer 2020 | 26 | 0 | 2024 | Undisclosed | |
| 32 | FW | Theo Walcott | 32 | EU | Summer 2020 | 46 | 8 | 2021 | Loan | On loan from Everton |
| 35 | DF | Jan Bednarek | 25 | EU | Summer 2017 | 115 | 3 | 2025 | £5M | |
| 40 | FW | Dan Nlundulu | 22 | EU | 2013 | 16 | 1 | 2022 | Academy | |
| 41 | GK | Harry Lewis | 23 | EU | Summer 2015 | 3 | 0 | 2021 | Undisclosed | |
| 44 | GK | Fraser Forster | 33 | EU | Summer 2014 | 138 | 0 | 2022 | Undisclosed | |

## Transfers

Players transferred in
| Date | Pos. | Name | Club | Fee |
| 11 August 2020 | DF | Kyle Walker-Peters | Tottenham Hotspur | Undisclosed |
| 12 August 2020 | DF | Mohammed Salisu | Real Valladolid | Undisclosed |
| 4 October 2020 | MF | Ibrahima Diallo | Stade Brest | Undisclosed |
Players loaned in
| Date | Pos. | Name | Club | Duration | Ref. |
| 5 October 2020 | FW | Theo Walcott | Everton | End of season | |
| 1 February 2021 | MF | Takumi Minamino | Liverpool | End of season | |
Players transferred out
| Date | Pos. | Name | Club | Fee |
| 26 May 2020 | MF | Kornelius Hansen | Stabæk | Compensation |
| 11 August 2020 | MF | Pierre-Emile Højbjerg | Tottenham Hotspur | Undisclosed |
| 30 August 2020 | MF | Harrison Reed | Fulham | Undisclosed |
| 4 September 2020 | DF | Alfie Jones | Hull City | Undisclosed |
| 5 October 2020 | MF | Sofiane Boufal | Angers | Free transfer |
| 5 October 2020 | DF | Christoph Klarer | Fortuna Düsseldorf | Undisclosed |
| 20 January 2021 | MF | Tyreke Johnson | Gillingham | Undisclosed |
Players loaned out
| Date | Pos. | Name | Club | Duration |
| 24 February 2020 | MF | Tyreke Johnson | Hartford Athletic | 8 October 2020 |
| 30 June 2020 | MF | Mohamed Elyounoussi | Celtic | End of season |
| 30 August 2020 | MF | Mario Lemina | Fulham | End of season |
| 12 September 2020 | GK | Jack Bycroft | Weymouth | 31 December 2020 |
| 29 September 2020 | MF | Thomas O'Connor | Gillingham | End of season |
| 5 October 2020 | DF | Wesley Hoedt | Lazio | End of season |
| 16 October 2020 | GK | Angus Gunn | Stoke City | End of season |
| 16 October 2020 | MF | Jake Hesketh | Crawley Town | End of season |
| 16 October 2020 | MF | Josh Sims | Doncaster Rovers | End of season |
| 8 January 2021 | MF | Tyreke Johnson | Gillingham | 20 January 2021 |
| 14 January 2021 | MF | Callum Slattery | Gillingham | End of season |
| 29 January 2021 | DF | Jake Vokins | Sunderland | End of season |
| 1 February 2021 | FW | Shane Long | Bournemouth | End of season |
| 1 February 2021 | DF | Yan Valery | Birmingham City | End of season |
Players released
| Date | Pos. | Name | Subsequent club | Join date |
| 30 June 2020 | DF | Cédric Soares | Arsenal | 1 July 2020 |
| 30 June 2020 | DF | Aaron O'Driscoll | Mansfield Town | 19 August 2020 |
| 30 June 2020 | DF | Maya Yoshida | Sampdoria | 1 September 2020 |
| 30 June 2020 | GK | Jack Rose | Walsall | 3 September 2020 |
| 30 June 2020 | MF | Harlem Hale | Crystal Palace | 18 September 2020 |
| 30 June 2020 | FW | Christian Norton | Stoke City | 27 October 2020 |
| 30 June 2020 | FW | Marcus Barnes | Oldham Athletic | 22 January 2021 |
| 30 June 2020 | GK | Alex Cull | Currently unattached | Currently unattached |
| 30 June 2020 | DF | Šimon Kozák | Currently unattached | Currently unattached |
| 5 October 2020 | FW | Guido Carrillo | Elche | 5 October 2020 |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Premier League | 12 September 2020 | 23 May 2021 | Matchday 1 | 15th | 38 | 12 | 7 | 19 | 47 | 68 | −21 | 031.58 |
| FA Cup | 19 January 2021 | 18 April 2021 | Third round | Semi-finals | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | +7 | 080.00 |
| EFL Cup | 16 September 2020 | 16 September 2020 | Third round | Third round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 44 | 16 | 7 | 21 | 55 | 71 | −16 | 036.36 |
Last updated: 23 May 2021 Source: Competitions

### Premier League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 13 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 38 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 36 | 52 | −16 | 45 |
| 14 | Crystal Palace | 38 | 12 | 8 | 18 | 41 | 66 | −25 | 44 |
| 15 | Southampton | 38 | 12 | 7 | 19 | 47 | 68 | −21 | 43 |
| 16 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 38 | 9 | 14 | 15 | 40 | 46 | −6 | 41 |
| 17 | Burnley | 38 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 33 | 55 | −22 | 39 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 23 May 2021. 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | H | A |
| Result | L | L | W | W | D | W | W | W | D | L | W | W | D | L | D | D | W | L | L | L | L | L | L | D | L | L | W | L | L | W | L | L | D | L | W | W | L | L |
| Position | 14 | 19 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 |

#### Matches

The 2020–21 season fixtures were released on 20 August.

### FA Cup

The third round draw was made on 30 November 2020, with Premier League and EFL Championship all entering the competition. On 7 January 2021, Southampton's third round tie with Shrewsbury Town was postponed following a number of positive COVID-19 tests within the Shrewsbury squad, with the game re-arranged for 19 January. The draw for the fourth and fifth rounds was made, live on BT Sport by Peter Crouch on 11 January. The draw for the quarter finals was made, live on BT Sport by Karen Carney on 11 February. The draw for the semi-finals was made, live on BBC One by Dion Dublin on 21 March.

### EFL Cup

The draw for both the second and third round were confirmed on 6 September, live on Sky Sports by Phil Babb.

## Squad statistics

    As of 18 May 2021
| 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 | 30 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | | Kyle Walker-Peters | 30 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | | Ryan Bertrand | 28 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | | Jannik Vestergaard | 29(1) | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31(1) | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | | Jack Stephens | 17(1) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2(1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20(2) | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | | Oriol Romeu | 20(1) | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22(1) | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | | James Ward-Prowse | 38 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 9 | 5 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | | Danny Ings | 26(3) | 12 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30(3) | 13 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | | Ché Adams | 30(6) | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2(3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33(9) | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | | Nathan Redmond | 17(12) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21(12) | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | | Moussa Djenepo | 15(12) | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18(13) | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | | Michael Obafemi | 0(4) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(5) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | | Stuart Armstrong | 32(1) | 4 | 3 | 0 | 4(1) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36(2) | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | | Takumi Minamino | 9(1) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9(1) | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | | Will Smallbone | 2(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | | Mohammed Salisu | 8(4) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9(6) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | | Nathan Tella | 7(11) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0(3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8(14) | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | | Ibrahima Diallo | 10(12) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14(12) | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | | Kayne Ramsay | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1(1) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | FW | | Theo Walcott | 20(1) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21(2) | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | DF | | Jan Bednarek | 36 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
| 40 | FW | | Dan Nlundulu | 0(13) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1(2) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1(15) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | GK | | Harry Lewis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | GK | | Fraser Forster | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | MF | | Will Ferry | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 52 | MF | | Ryan Finnigan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 62 | DF | | Allan Tchaptchet | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 64 | MF | | Alex Jankewitz | 1(1) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1(2) | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 65 | MF | | Caleb Watts | 0(3) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1(3) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 72 | MF | | Kegs Chauke | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Players with appearances who ended the season on loan ||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | FW | | Shane Long | 1(10) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2(12) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | | Yan Valery | 1(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | | Jake Vokins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Most appearances

    As of 23 May 2021
| # | 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 | 38 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 44 |
| 2 | DF | | Jan Bednarek | 36 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 42 |
| 2 | FW | | Ché Adams | 30 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 9 | 42 |
| 4 | MF | | Stuart Armstrong | 32 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 2 | 38 |
| 5 | DF | | Kyle Walker-Peters | 30 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 35 |
| 6 | DF | | Ryan Bertrand | 29 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 34 |
| 7 | FW | | Danny Ings | 26 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 3 | 33 |
| 7 | MF | | Nathan Redmond | 17 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 12 | 33 |
| 9 | DF | | Jannik Vestergaard | 29 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 1 | 32 |
| 10 | GK | | Alex McCarthy | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 31 |
| 10 | MF | | Moussa Djenepo | 15 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 13 | 31 |

### Top goalscorers

    As of 23 May 2021
| # | 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 | FW | | Danny Ings | 12 | 29 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 33 | 0.39 |
| 2 | FW | | Ché Adams | 9 | 34 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 42 | 0.21 |
| 2 | MF | | James Ward-Prowse | 8 | 38 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 44 | 0.20 |
| 4 | MF | | Stuart Armstrong | 4 | 33 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 38 | 0.13 |
| 5 | MF | | Nathan Redmond | 2 | 29 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 33 | 0.12 |
| 6 | FW | | Theo Walcott | 3 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 0.13 |
| 6 | DF | | Jannik Vestergaard | 3 | 31 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 32 | 0.09 |
| 8 | MF | | Takumi Minamino | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0.20 |
| 8 | MF | | Moussa Djenepo | 1 | 27 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 31 | 0.06 |
| 10 | FW | | Dan Nlundulu | 0 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 0.06 |
| 10 | MF | | Nathan Tella | 1 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 0.05 |
| 10 | MF | | Oriol Romeu | 1 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 0.04 |
| 10 | DF | | Jan Bednarek | 1 | 35 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 42 | 0.02 |