Southampton Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Southampton, Hampshire. Founded in 1885 as St Mary's Y.M.A. and later known as Southampton St Mary's, they became a professional club in 1891, and co-founded the Southern League in 1894. Southampton won the Southern League championship six times between 1896 and 1904, and were later elected to the Football League in 1920 as co-founders of the Third Division. The Saints finished as runners-up in their first season, and the following year received promotion to the Second Division as Third Division South champions. The club first entered the First Division in 1966, and currently play in its modern-day counterpart, the Premier League. Southampton won the FA Cup in 1976, reached the final of the League Cup in 1979 and 2017, and won the League Trophy in 2010.

Southampton's first team have competed in a number of regionally and nationally contested leagues. Their record against each club faced in these competitions is listed below. The club's first league match was against Chatham Town, their first Football League match was against Gillingham, and they met their 117th and most recent different league opponent, Wigan Athletic, for the first time in the 2012–13 season. The team that Southampton have met most often in league competition is Tottenham Hotspur, who they first played in the 1896–97 Southern League season; the 66 defeats from 154 meetings is more than they have lost against any other club. Coventry City tie with Tottenham Hotspur for most league draws against Southampton, with 39 in 122 meetings. The club have recorded more league victories against Queens Park Rangers than against any other club, having beaten them 53 out of 120 attempts.

Table key The table below includes results of matches played by Southampton (including under the former names of St. Mary's Y.M.A. and Southampton St. Mary's) in the Southern League, the United League, the Southern District Combination, the Western League, the Football League and the Premier League. Matches from the abandoned 1939–40 season are excluded, as are those played during the various wartime competitions. The name used for each opponent is that which they had when Southampton most recently played a league match against them. Results against each opponent include results against that club under any former name. For example, results against Millwall include matches played against Millwall Athletic (until 1920). The columns headed "First" and "Last" contain the first and most recent seasons in which Southampton played league matches against each opponent. Clubs with this background and symbol in the "Opponent" column are Southampton's divisional rivals in the current season. Clubs with this background and symbol in the "Opponent" column are defunct.

League record Results current as of 19 September 2026 +Southampton F.C. league record by opponentOpponentFirstLastNotesHomeAwayTotalAberdare Athletic 110011001921–221921–22Accrington Stanley 220020201958–591959–60Aldershot 532051221953–541957–58Arsenal5021111850217311897–982024–25Aston Villa3917101239911191936–372024–25Barnsley2715662767141922–232011–12Bedminster 220021011898–991899–1900Birmingham City 221435235991946–472025–26Blackburn Rovers 2416622435161936–372025–26Blackpool2113622142151922–232011–12Bolton Wanderers16556163581933–342004–05Bournemouth15843156361953–542024–25Bradford City171133176471922–232000–01Bradford Park Avenue 169431633101907–081949–50Brentford42295842138211901–022024–25Brighton & Hove Albion4121119411212171903–042024–25Brighton United 220021011898–991898–99Bristol City 2620332554161897–982025–26Bristol Rovers3426263478191899–19002010–11Burnley30141243066181930–312021–22Bury2617452646161922–231965–66Cardiff City2714942765161912–132023–24Carlisle United531151131965–662010–11Charlton Athletic 30186630811111921–222025–26Chatham 750273221894–951899–1900Chelsea50141323501314231924–252024–25Chesterfield12642122281931–321959–60Clapton220021011894–951895–96Colchester United11632114251953–542010–11Coventry City 633421863820351908–092025–26Crewe Alexandra110010102005–062005–06Croydon Common 420241031909–101914–15Crystal Palace51261312511711231906–072024–25Dagenham and Redbridge110011002010–112010–11Darlington220021011925–261926–27Derby County 33159933513151922–232025–26Doncaster Rovers953193241935–362011–12Everton5025111450610341930–312024–25Exeter City171331175571908–092010–11Fulham39268539517171903–042024–25Gillingham29207229115131895–961957–58Gravesend and Northfleet550053201896–971900–01Grimsby Town12732122461920–211963–64Halifax Town220020021958–591959–60Hartlepool United220021102009–102010–11Hereford United110010011976–771976–77Huddersfield Town14743144281952–532023–24Hull City 29159529810111922–232025–26Ilford220022001894–951895–96Ipswich Town 331013103389161953–542025–26Kettering Town651062131897–981903–04Leeds United482082048813271922–232023–24Leicester City 4723168471213221922–232025–26Leyton 651062221907–081911–12Leyton Orient181044183691906–072010–11Lincoln City540162311932–331960–61Liverpool4920111849511331960–612024–25Loughborough Town 110010101897–981897–98Luton Town49281011491610231894–952006–07Manchester City46181315461013231926–272024–25Manchester United5716182357913351922–232024–25Mansfield Town330032011958–591977–78Merthyr Town541052301912–131921–22Middlesbrough 29141052997131924–252025–26Millwall 60371211591714281894–952025–26Milton Keynes Dons220021012009–102010–11Nelson110010101923–241923–24Newcastle United47261384758341934–352024–25Newport County12930125341913–141959–60Northampton Town2417252484121901–021964–65Northfleet 220022001896–971897–98Norwich City 6235216621317321905–062025–26Nottingham Forest5124121551119311925–262024–25Notts County2215522210661922–231991–92Oldham Athletic2113532146111923–242010–11Oxford United 651062131974–752025–26Peterborough United220021102010–112011–12Plymouth Argyle52241315521114271903–042023–24Port Vale15546153571922–231958–59Portsmouth 452291445179191899–19002025–26Preston North End 2210752257101925–262025–26Queens Park Rangers 62331316622413251899–19002025–26Reading47211412471713171894–952012–13Rochdale210120021958–591958–59Rotherham County 110010101922–231922–23Rotherham United962193151951–522023–24Royal Artillery 110010101898–991898–99Royal Ordnance 220021011894–951895–96Rushden 220020021897–981898–99Scunthorpe United541051131960–612007–08Sheffield United 2713772775151934–352025–26Sheffield Wednesday 381891138812181922–232025–26Sheppey United440043011896–971899–1900Shrewsbury Town642061231953–541959–60South Shields 612362221922–231927–28Southend United191243196491908–092009–10Stockport County761072321922–232009–10Stoke City 412461140119201911–122025–26Sunderland2917752988131960–612023–24Swansea City 392676381310151919–202025–26Swindon Town38255838147171894–952010–11Torquay United532050321953–541957–58Tottenham Hotspur83382718831414551896–972024–25Tranmere Rovers531151131938–392010–11Walsall972093421953–542010–11Watford 41266942917161900–012025–26Wellingborough650164111897–981904–05West Bromwich Albion 392213439910201927–282025–26West Ham United76342418761318451899–19002024–25Wigan Athletic100110102012–132012–13Wimbledon 14482145451986–871999–2000Wolverhampton Wanderers341851134612161922–232024–25Wolverton 220022001896–971897–98Wrexham 320142021958–592025–26Wycombe Wanderers110010102009–102009–10Yeovil Town220021102009–102010–11York City330030211959–601975–76

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