Southampton FC

Southampton FC
Basic data
Surname	Southampton Football Club
Seat	Southampton , England
founding	1885 (as St. Mary's YMA )
owner	Gao Jisheng (80%) Katharina Liebherr (20%)
president	Ralph Krueger
Website	southamptonfc.com
First soccer team
Head coach	Ralph Hasenhüttl
Venue	St. Mary's Stadium
Places	32.505
league	Premier League
2019/20	11th place
home Away Alternatively

The FC Southampton (officially: Southampton Football Club ) - also known by the nickname The Saints (Saints) - is an English football club from Southampton , who in the Premier League play.

history

The association was founded in November 1885 as St. Mary's YMA . From 1889 their home stadium was " The Dell ". In 2001 the club moved due to the limited number of spectator seats to St. Mary's Stadium , where on April 28, 2012 the 4-0 victory of Southampton FC in the Football League Championship game against Coventry City achieved the record attendance with 32,363 spectators has been.

The club's first successes were reaching the finals of the English Cup in 1900 and 1902, which were lost 4-0 to Bury FC , and 1: 1 and 1: 2 against Sheffield United , respectively.

In mid-1904, Southampton FC traveled to Argentina at the invitation of the Hippic Club, becoming the first European club to play in South America. In Buenos Aires, Southampton won the matches against alumni, the Belgrano AC , a selection of British players and two Argentinian national teams with a goal difference of 32: 4. The games attracted a large number of spectators and the first game against alumni turned out to be a major social event, which even President General Julio Roca attended. Southampton concluded the trip with an 8-1 win in Montevideo against a Uruguayan league selection. Southampton's achievements at the La Plata Estuary would be fondly remembered for many years to come. As early as 1905, Nottingham Forest FC followed in the footsteps of the Saints to South America.

Southampton FC's greatest achievement was winning the English Cup in 1976 with a 1-0 victory over Manchester United . In 2003 the Saints reached the final again. In 1979 they came to the final of the League Cup , but had to admit defeat Nottingham Forest 2: 3.

In the 2004/05 season, Southampton rose for the first time from the 1992 Premier League after an exciting season finale due to a home defeat by Manchester United on the last day of the game. From 2005 to 2009, the Saints played in the Football League Championship , from which they were relegated to Football League One in 2009-2011 . After a year in the second-highest English division, the march into the Premier League succeeded with a win in the last game over Coventry City. In the 2014/15 season , Southampton reached seventh place after a surprising eighth place in the preseason , which entitles them to the Europa League due to the FA Cup victory of the already established Champions League participant Arsenal London .

League affiliation

Placements since 1920

• 1894-1920: Southern League
• 1920–1922: Football League Third Division
• 1922–1953: Football League Second Division
• 1953-1960: Football League Third Division
• 1960–1966: Football League Second Division
• 1966–1974: Football League First Division
• 1974–1978: Football League Second Division
• 1978–1992: Football League First Division
• 1992-2005: FA Premier League
• 2005–2009: Football League Championship
• 2009-2011: Football League One
• 2011–2012: Football League Championship
• 2012– 0000: FA Premier League

Rivalries

Traditionally Southampton's biggest rival is Portsmouth FC . The games between the Saints and “Pompey” are called the “South Coast Derby”. In the 1980s and 1990s, the two did not play in the same league, only with the rise of Portsmouth, 30 kilometers away in the Premier League in 2003, the derbies could take place again after a long time for at least two seasons . Since Portsmouth currently plays in League One , the 70 games played out remain. Of these, the Saints won 34, 15 ended in a draw and 21 were lost. Despite these statistics, it has to be said that Portsmouth FC is the more successful team if you choose the number of titles as a benchmark. Nonetheless, the Saints can be found more regularly in the higher leagues.

Sale to Gao

August 2017 it became known that the Chinese business family Gao had bought 80% of the club's shares. This was confirmed by the club boss Katharina Liebherr, the daughter of the late Markus Liebherr . The exact purchase price was not given, the English media estimate it to be the equivalent of 230–275 million euros.

titles and achievements

• Vice champion (1): 1984
• FA Cup Winner (1): 1976 (1-0 against Manchester United )
• FA Cup finalist (3): 1900 (0: 4 against Bury FC ), 1902 (1: 1 and 1: 2 against Sheffield United ) and 2003 (0: 1 against Arsenal )
• FA Charity Shield Finalist (1): 1976 (0: 1 against Liverpool )
• League Cup finalist (2): 1979 (2: 3 against Nottingham Forest ), 2017 (2: 3 against Manchester United )
• Football League Trophy winner (1): 2010 (4-1 against Carlisle United )

European Cup balance sheet

season	competition	round	opponent	total	To	Back
1969/70	Exhibition cities cup	1 round	Rosenborg Trondheim	2: 1	0: 1 (A)	2: 0 (H)
		2nd round	Vitória Guimarães	8: 4	3: 3 (A)	5: 1 (H)
		3rd round	Newcastle United	(a)1: 1 ( a )	0: 0 (A)	1: 1 (H)
1971/72	Uefa cup	1 round	Athletic Bilbao	2: 3	2: 1 (H)	0: 2 (A)
1976/77	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	1 round	Olympique Marseille	5: 2	4: 0 (H)	1: 2 (A)
		2nd round	Carrick Rangers FC	9: 3	5: 2 (A)	4: 1 (H)
		Quarter finals	RSC Anderlecht	2: 3	0: 2 (A)	2: 1 (H)
1981/82	Uefa cup	1 round	Limerick United	4: 1	3: 0 (A)	1: 1 (H)
		2nd round	Sporting Lisbon	2: 4	2: 4 (H)	0: 0 (A)
1982/83	Uefa cup	1 round	IFK Norrköping	(a)2: 2 ( a )	2: 2 (H)	0: 0 (A)
1984/85	Uefa cup	1 round	Hamburger SV	0: 2	0: 0 (H)	0: 2 (A)
2003/04	Uefa cup	1 round	Steaua Bucharest	1: 2	1: 1 (H)	0: 1 (A)
2015/16	UEFA Europa League	3rd qualifying round	Vitesse Arnhem	5-0	3: 0 (H)	2: 0 (A)
		Play-offs	FC Midtjylland	1: 2	1: 1 (H)	0: 1 (A)
2016/17	UEFA Europa League	Group stage	Sparta Prague	3: 1	3: 0 (H)	0: 1 (A)
			Hapoel Beer Sheva	1: 1	0: 0 (A)	1: 1 (H)
			Inter Milan	2: 2	0: 1 (A)	2: 1 (H)

Legend: (H) - home game, (A) - away game, (N) - neutral place, (a) - away goal rule , (i. E.) - on penalties , (n. V.) - after extra time

Overall record: 34 games, 12 wins, 12 draws, 10 defeats, 50:34 goals (goal difference +16)

Current squad 2019/20

(As of February 7, 2020)

No. position Surname 1 TW Alex McCarthy 4th FROM Jannik Vestergaard 5 FROM Jack Stephens 7th ST Shane Long 9 ST Danny Ings 10 ST Che Adams 12 ST Moussa Djenepo 14th MF Oriol Romeu 16 MF James Ward-Prowse 17th MF Stuart Armstrong 19th ST Sofiane Boufal 20th ST Michael Obafemi 21st FROM Ryan Bertrand 22nd MF Nathan Redmond

No. position Surname 23 MF Pierre Emile Højbjerg 24 FROM Kyle Walker-Peters 27 MF Will smallbone 28 TW Angus Gunn 29 FROM Jake Vokins 35 FROM Jan Bednarek 38 FROM Kevin Danso 40 ST Dan N'Lundulu 41 TW Harry Lewis 43 FROM Yan Valery 45 FROM Sam McQueen 51 MF Tyreke Johnson 65 ST Marcus Barnes

Former players

Alan Shearer began his playing career at Southampton FC in 1988

• Sid Kimpton (1910-1920)
• Bill Rawlings (1920-1927)
• Ted Bates (1937-1953)
• Eric Day (1945–1957)
• Tommy Traynor (1952-1966)
• Tommy Mulgrew (1954-1962)
• Derek Reeves (1954-1963)
• Terry Paine (1956-1974)
• George O'Brien (1959-1966)
• Martin Chivers (1962–1968)
• Mick Channon (1966–1977 and 1979–1982)
• Ron Davies (1966-1972)
• Nick Holmes (1972-1987)
• Peter Osgood (1974-1977)
• David Peach (1974-1980)
• Alan Ball (1976–1978 and 1981–1982)
• Chris Nicholl (1977-1983)
• Charlie George (1979-1981)
• Kevin Keegan (1980-1982)
• Mick Mills (1982-1985)
• Peter Shilton (1982-1987)
• Mark Wright (1982-1987)
• Andy Townsend (1985-1988)
• Jimmy Case (1985-1991)
• Colin Clarke (1986-1989)
• Tim Flowers (1986-1994)
• Matthew Le Tissier (1986-2002)
• Alan Shearer (1988-1992)
• Jason Dodd (1989-2005)
• Ken Monkou (1992-1999)
• Dave Beasant (1993-1997)
• Matthew Oakley (1994-2006)
• Claus Lundekvam (1996-2008)
• Wayne Bridge (1998-2003)
• James Beattie (1998-2005)
• Marians Pahars (1999-2006)
• Uwe Rösler (2000-2001)
• Rory Delap (2001-2006)
• Antti Niemi (2002-2006)
• Danny Higginbotham (2003-2006)
• Peter Crouch (2004-2005)
• Theo Walcott (2004-2006)
• Gareth Bale (2005-2007)
• Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (2010-2011)
• Dušan Tadić (2014-2018)
• Virgil van Dijk (2015-2017)

Southampton's coach

So far Southampton FC has mainly been trained by the English. Alfred McMinn brought the club's first title to Southampton in 1897 by winning the Southern Football League Premier Division (SFLPD). Again his successor, the Englishman Ernest Arnfield , is the most successful man in this post so far. Between 1898 and 1904 he won the title in the SFLPD five times. He was also in two FA Cup finals with his team , both of which were lost. Arnfield was the Saints' head coach for 20 years. Alongside Steve Wigley , he is the only coach to date to have sat on the head coach of Southampton FC in two periods. Ted Bates was a coach for 18 years, but in just one period. He holds the record for the longest non-stop coaching as well as the most games on the sideline for Southampton FC.

Chris Nicholl became the first non-Englishman to hold this post in July 1985. The Northern Irish stayed with the Saints for six years. Since 1996, Scots have been coaches in Southampton. The first was Graeme Souness . Since then there have been four football teachers from the British northern part. With Jan Poortvliet 2008, a non-British coach. However, he had to vacate his post after seven months and was replaced by his compatriot Mark Wotte . From March to December 2018, the position was filled by Mark Hughes , who was dismissed in the following season after narrow relegation in the 2017/18 season due to continued unsuccessfulness . After Kelvin Davis had coached the team in one game as interim coach, he was followed by the first Austrian coach of the Premier League, Ralph Hasenhüttl . (As of December 2018)

(Source: soccerbase.com)

Web links

• Official website of Southampton FC

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Javier García et al. a .: British and Irish Clubs - Overseas Tours 1890–1939 . Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation , October 30, 2005
2. ^ Southampton qualify for Europa League , accessed May 30, 2015
3. ↑ Katharina Liebherr: A letter to Saints fans . In: Southampton FC . ( southamptonfc.com [accessed August 14, 2017]).
4. ↑ Chinese businessman buys stake in Premier League club Southampton . In: Mail Online . ( dailymail.co.uk [accessed August 14, 2017]).
5. ^ First Team , southamptonfc.com
6. ^ Manager History for Southampton ( English ) soccerbase.com. Archived from the original on March 25, 2009. Retrieved April 4, 2019.