Havant & Waterlooville Football Club, an association football club based in Havant, Hampshire, England, was founded in 1998 as a result of Havant Town and Waterlooville merging as one team. In the 1997–98 Southern Football League Southern Division the two teams finished in 12th and 10th respectively, so when they merged Havant & Waterlooville played in the same league the following season. In their inaugural season they won the 1998–99 Southern Football League Southern Division and gained promotion to the Southern League Premier Division where they remained until 2004. At the end of the 2003–04 season the National League System was reorganised and Havant & Waterlooville joined the Football Conference South where they have remained to the present day, in 2015 the league was renamed National League South. The club experience its first relegation at the end of the 2015–16 season finishing in twentieth position in the twenty-four-team National League South.

Since their formation Havant & Waterlooville have also participated in three cup competitions each season, the FA Cup, the FA Trophy and the Hampshire Senior Cup (excluding 2007–08). Their furthest run in the FA Cup saw the club reach the fourth round of the 2007–08 season; the club, being in the Conference South, were drawn away to Premier League side Liverpool, they caused an upset by leading twice before eventually losing 5–2; before being drawn to face Liverpool they had already eliminated three teams from higher divisions: York City (Conference Premier), Notts County (League Two) and Swansea City (League One). Their furthest FA Trophy run has seen the club reach the semi-finals twice in 2002–03 and 2013–14. Their furthest run in the Hampshire Senior Cup saw the club reach the final six times: becoming the runners-up in 2001, 2002 and 2014; and winning the competition in 2016, 2018 and 2019.

As of the 2023–24 season, the club's first team has spent one season in the fifth tier of English football, twenty-two in the sixth and three in the seventh. The table details their achievements in first-team competitions, and records their top goalscorer and average home league attendance, for each season since their first appearance in the Southern League Southern Division in 1998–99.

Key

Key to divisions SLS – Southern League Southern SLP – Southern League Premier Conf S – Conference South Nat S – National League South ILP – Isthmian League Premier Division National – National League

Key to rounds QR2 – Second Qualifying Round, etc. R1 – First Round, etc. QF – Quarter-finals SF – Semi-finals RU – Runner-up W – Winner

Key to positions and symbols – Champions – Runners-up – Promoted – Relegated

Seasons SeasonLeague recordFA CupFA TrophyHampshireSenior CupAverageattendanceTop scorersTierDivisionNameGoals1998–997SLS 42 29 7 6 85 32 94 1stQR4 R3 359 Steve Tate 301999–20006SLP 42 13 13 16 63 68 52 13thQR2 R2 R2 437 James Taylor 242000–01SLP 42 18 9 15 66 54 63 6thR1 R2 RU 401 Dave LeworthyJamie O'Rourke 172001–02SLP 42 22 9 11 74 50 75 3rdQR4 R1 RU 552 James Taylor 322002–03SLP 42 15 15 12 67 64 60 8thR1 SF 431 James Taylor 312003–047 42 15 10 17 59 70 55 12thQR3 R2 466 Chukki Eribenne 192004–056Conf S 42 16 7 19 64 69 55 13thQR2 R4 R3 434 Dean Holdsworth 302005–06Conf S 42 21 10 11 64 48 70 6thQR3 QR3 R2 503 Rocky Baptiste 292006–07Conf S 42 20 13 9 75 46 73 4thR1 R1 R3 554 Rocky Baptiste 362007–08Conf S 42 19 10 13 59 53 67 7thR4 QR3 – 743 Rocky Baptiste 192008–09Conf S 42 11 15 16 59 58 48 15thR1 R2 716 Craig Watkins 172009–10Conf S 42 19 4 9 65 44 71 6thQR3 R1 R3 891 Manny Williams 242010–11Conf S 42 16 10 16 56 51 58 9thR1 QR3 656 Wes Fogden 182011–12Conf S 42 11 11 20 64 75 44 19thQR3 QR3 722 Ollie Palmer 152012–13Conf S 42 14 16 12 68 60 58 10thQR2 R2 632 Ollie Palmer 252013–14Conf S 42 19 12 11 57 43 69 6thQR2 SF RU 563 Nic Ciardini 142014–15Conf S 40 21 7 12 61 41 70 5thR1 R2 R3 660 Scott DonnellyJJ Hooper 172015–16Nat S 42 12 11 19 52 75 47 20thQR4 R3 W 640 Scott DonnellyJames Hayter 162016–177 46 28 10 8 88 43 94 1stQR3 QR3 R2 763 Jason Prior 172017–186Nat S 42 25 11 6 70 30 86 1stQR4 R1 W 880 Jason Prior 292018–195National 46 9 13 24 62 84 40 23rdQR4R1 W 1296 Alfie Rutherford 182019–206Nat S 34 19 10 5 64 37 67 2ndQR4R1 N/A 1398 Jonah Ayunga 172020–21Nat S 14 6 2 6 25 21 20 9thR2R5 N/A 801 Tommy Wright 82021–22Nat S 40 15 12 13 58 55 57 8thR1R2 R3 1198 James RobertsTommy Wright 82022–23Nat S 46 19 12 15 80 70 69 10thQR4R2 R2 1005 Muhammadu Faal 212023–24Nat S 46 10 7 29 52 92 37 23rdQR2R2R3 2024–257SLS422111108449746thQR2R3QF

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