# 2019–20 Southampton F.C. season

The 2019–20 Southampton F.C. season was the club's 21st season in the Premier League and their 43rd in the top division of English football. In addition to the Premier League, the club also competed in the FA Cup and the EFL Cup.

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 9 | Sheffield United | 38 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 39 | 39 | 0 | 54 |
| 10 | Burnley | 38 | 15 | 9 | 14 | 43 | 50 | −7 | 54 |
| 11 | Southampton | 38 | 15 | 7 | 16 | 51 | 60 | −9 | 52 |
| 12 | Everton | 38 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 44 | 56 | −12 | 49 |
| 13 | Newcastle United | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 38 | 58 | −20 | 44 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 26 July 2020. Source: BBC

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | L | W | D | W | L | L | L | D | L | L | L | D | W | W | L | L | W | W | D | W | W | L | W | L | L | W | L | L | W | L | W | W | D | D | D | W | W |
| Position | 17 | 19 | 18 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 |

#### Match results

On 13 June 2019, the Premier League fixtures were announced.

### FA Cup

The third round draw was made live on BBC Two from Etihad Stadium, Micah Richards and Tony Adams conducted the draw. On 6 January, Alex Scott and David O'Leary conducted the fourth round draw live on BBC One from the Emirates Stadium.

### EFL Cup

The second round draw was made on 13 August 2019 following the conclusion of all but one first-round matches. The third round draw was confirmed on 28 August 2019, live on Sky Sports. The draw for the fourth round was made on 25 September 2019.

## Squad statistics

    As of 26 July 2020
| 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 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | | Jannik Vestergaard | 17(2) | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18(3) | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | | Jack Stephens | 27(1) | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 30(1) | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 7 | FW | | Shane Long | 15(11) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18(13) | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | | Danny Ings | 32(6) | 22 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1(1) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 35(7) | 25 | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | | Ché Adams | 12(18) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1(2) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14(21) | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | | Moussa Djenepo | 10(8) | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11(9) | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 14 | MF | | Oriol Romeu | 20(10) | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 25(10) | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | | James Ward-Prowse | 38 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 44 | 5 | 10 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | | Stuart Armstrong | 19(11) | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21(13) | 5 | 4 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | | Sofiane Boufal | 8(12) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2(1) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12(13) | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | | Michael Obafemi | 8(13) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11(14) | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | | Ryan Bertrand | 31(1) | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 34(1) | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| 22 | FW | | Nathan Redmond | 32 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1(2) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 35(2) | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | | Pierre-Emile Højbjerg | 30(3) | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35(3) | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | | Kyle Walker-Peters | 7(3) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7(3) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | | Will Smallbone | 4(5) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5(5) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | GK | | Angus Gunn | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | | Jake Vokins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2(1) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | DF | | Jan Bednarek | 34 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | | Jacob Maddox | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | DF | | Kevin Danso | 3(3) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7(3) | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 40 | FW | | Dan N'Lundulu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | 10(1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11(1) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 45 | DF | | Sam McQueen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | | Nathan Tella | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 64 | MF | | Alex Jankewitz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players with appearances who left during the season ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | | Cédric Soares | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18(1) | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | | Maya Yoshida | 6(2) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8(3) | 0 | 1 | 0 |

### Most appearances

    As of 26 July 2020
| # | 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 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 44 |
| 2 | FW | | Danny Ings | 32 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 7 | 42 |
| 3 | DF | | Jan Bednarek | 34 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 39 |
| 4 | MF | | Pierre-Emile Højbjerg | 30 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 35 | 3 | 38 |
| 5 | MF | | Nathan Redmond | 32 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 35 | 2 | 37 |
| 6 | DF | | Ryan Bertrand | 31 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 1 | 35 |
| 6 | MF | | Oriol Romeu | 20 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 25 | 10 | 35 |
| 6 | FW | | Ché Adams | 12 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 21 | 35 |
| 9 | MF | | Stuart Armstrong | 19 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 13 | 34 |
| 10 | GK | | Alex McCarthy | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 31 |
| 10 | DF | | Jack Stephens | 27 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 31 |
| 10 | FW | | Shane Long | 15 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 31 |

### Top goalscorers

    As of 26 July 2020
| # | 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 | 22 | 38 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 42 | 0.60 |
| 2 | MF | | Stuart Armstrong | 5 | 30 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 34 | 0.15 |
| 2 | FW | | Nathan Redmond | 4 | 32 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 37 | 0.14 |
| 2 | MF | | James Ward-Prowse | 5 | 38 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 44 | 0.11 |
| 5 | FW | | Michael Obafemi | 3 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 0.16 |
| 5 | FW | | Ché Adams | 4 | 30 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 35 | 0.11 |
| 7 | FW | | Shane Long | 2 | 26 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 31 | 0.10 |
| 8 | MF | | Moussa Djenepo | 2 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 0.10 |
| 8 | DF | | Jack Stephens | 1 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 31 | 0.06 |
| 10 | DF | | Jake Vokins | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0.33 |
| 10 | MF | | Will Smallbone | 0 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0.10 |
| 10 | DF | | Cédric Soares | 0 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 0.05 |
| 10 | DF | | Jannik Vestergaard | 1 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 0.05 |
| 10 | MF | | Sofiane Boufal | 0 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 0.04 |
| 10 | DF | | Ryan Bertrand | 1 | 32 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 0.03 |
| 10 | DF | | Jan Bednarek | 1 | 34 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 39 | 0.03 |

## Transfers

Players transferred in
| Date | Pos. | Name | Club | Fee |
| 1 July 2019 | FW | Ché Adams | Birmingham City | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2019 | MF | Moussa Djenepo | Standard Liège | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2019 | FW | Danny Ings | Liverpool | £20 million |
| 2 August 2019 | GK | Tommy Scott | Yeovil Town | Free transfer |
Players loaned in
| Date | Pos. | Name | Club | Duration |
| 8 August 2019 | DF | Kevin Danso | Augsburg | End of season |
| 29 January 2020 | DF | Kyle Walker-Peters | Tottenham Hotspur | End of season |
| 31 January 2020 | MF | Jacob Maddox | Chelsea | End of season |
* ↑ Move officially confirmed on 9 August 2019.
* ↑ Move officially confirmed on 2 February 2020.
Players transferred out
| Date | Pos. | Name | Club | Fee |
| 1 July 2019 | DF | Matt Targett | Aston Villa | Undisclosed |
| 13 July 2019 | FW | Sam Gallagher | Blackburn Rovers | Undisclosed |
| 22 July 2019 | MF | Jordy Clasie | AZ Alkmaar | Undisclosed |
| 8 August 2019 | FW | Charlie Austin | West Bromwich Albion | Undisclosed |
| 31 January 2020 | MF | Harry Hamblin | Macclesfield Town | Free transfer |
| 26 May 2020 | MF | Kornelius Hansen | Stabæk | Compensation |
Players loaned out
| Date | Pos. | Name | Club | Duration |
| 2 July 2019 | DF | Alfie Jones | Gillingham | End of season |
| 8 July 2019 | GK | Jack Rose | Walsall | End of season |
| 9 July 2019 | GK | Kingsley Latham | Havant & Waterlooville | 1 January 2020 |
| 10 July 2019 | GK | Alex Cull | AFC Totton | 1 January 2020 |
| 17 July 2019 | MF | Harry Hamblin | Bath City | 1 January 2020 |
| 2 August 2019 | MF | Tyreke Johnson | Woking | 1 January 2020 |
| 7 August 2019 | MF | Josh Sims | New York Red Bulls | End of season |
| 8 August 2019 | MF | Harrison Reed | Fulham | End of season |
| 22 August 2019 | GK | Fraser Forster | Celtic | End of season |
| 29 August 2019 | MF | Thomas O'Connor | Gillingham | End of season |
| 30 August 2019 | MF | Mohamed Elyounoussi | Celtic | 30 June 2020 |
| 1 September 2019 | FW | Guido Carrillo | Leganés | End of season |
| 2 September 2019 | MF | Jake Hesketh | Lincoln City | End of season |
| 2 September 2019 | DF | Wesley Hoedt | Royal Antwerp | End of season |
| 2 September 2019 | MF | Mario Lemina | Galatasaray | End of season |
| 3 September 2019 | FW | Marcus Barnes | Eastleigh | 6 January 2020 |
| 7 January 2020 | DF | Christoph Klarer | SKN St. Pölten | End of season |
| 19 January 2020 | DF | Šimon Kozák | MFK Zemplín Michalovce | 30 June 2020 |
| 30 January 2020 | GK | Kingsley Latham | Gosport Borough | End of season |
| 31 January 2020 | DF | Cédric Soares | Arsenal | 30 June 2020 |
| 31 January 2020 | DF | Kayne Ramsay | Shrewsbury Town | End of season |
| 31 January 2020 | MF | Callum Slattery | De Graafschap | End of season |
| 31 January 2020 | DF | Maya Yoshida | Sampdoria | 30 June 2020 |
| 24 February 2020 | MF | Tyreke Johnson | Hartford Athletic | 30 November 2020 |
| 30 June 2020 | MF | Mohamed Elyounoussi | Celtic | 30 June 2021 |
Players released
| Date | Pos. | Name | Subsequent club | Join date |
| 30 June 2019 | MF | Steven Davis | Rangers | 1 July 2019 |
| 30 June 2019 | FW | Jonathan Afolabi | Celtic | 17 August 2019 |
| 30 June 2019 | MF | Jake Flannigan | Hampton & Richmond Borough | 23 August 2019 |
| 30 June 2019 | MF | Ben Rowthorn | Dorchester Town | 1 October 2019 |
| 30 June 2019 | DF | Jamie Bradley-Green | Currently unattached | Currently unattached |
| 30 June 2019 | MF | Siph Mdlalose | Currently unattached | Currently unattached |
| 31 December 2019 | DF | Kieran Freeman | Dundee United | 10 January 2020 |