2025–26 Southampton F.C. season

Southampton
2025–26 season
OwnerSport Republic
ChairmanDragan Šolak
ManagerWill Still
StadiumSt Mary's Stadium

The 2025–26 season is the 109th season in the history of Southampton, and the club's first season back in the Championship since the 2023–24 campaign, following their relegation from the Premier League in the preceding season. In addition to the domestic league, the club will also participate in the FA Cup and the EFL Cup.

Prior to the season starting, Will Still was appointed as the club's new manager on a three-year contract.[1]

Transfers

Players transferred in

Date Pos. Player Club Fee Ref.
1 July 2025 DF Joshua Quarshie Hoffenheim Undisclosed [2]
9 July 2025 FW Damion Downs Köln Undisclosed [3]
10 July 2025 MF Sutura Kakay Sheffield Wednesday Undisclosed [4]

Players loaned in

Date Pos. Player Club Duration Ref.

Players transferred out

Date Pos. Player Club Fee Ref.
1 July 2025 MF Sam Amo-Ameyaw Strasbourg Undisclosed [5]
GK Adli Mohamed Al-Nasr Undisclosed [6]
FW Paul Onuachu Trabzonspor Undisclosed [7]
2 July 2025 MF Kamaldeen Sulemana Atalanta Undisclosed [8]

Players loaned out

Date Pos. Player Club Duration Ref.
4 July 2025 DF Juan Larios Cultural Leonesa End of season [9]
8 July 2025 GK Ollie Wright Accrington Stanley End of season [10]

Players released

Date Pos. Player Subsequent club Join date Ref.
30 June 2025 DF Derrick Abu Valenciennes 1 July 2025 [11][12]
GK Joe Lumley Bristol City [11][13]
DF Josh Lett Currently unattached [11]
GK Josh McNamara Currently unattached [11]
DF Lewis Payne Currently unattached [11]
DF Kyle Walker-Peters Currently unattached [11]
MF Adam Lallana None (retired) [11][14]

Pre-season and friendlies

Southampton announced their first pre-season friendly in May 2025, with the Saints hosting Brighton & Hove Albion at St Mary's Stadium on 2 August.[15] On 5 June, an away pre-season fixture against Eastleigh was confirmed.[16] On 11 June, Valenciennes confirmed a fixture against the Saints at Staplewood Campus.[17] A fourth friendly was added on 16 June as part of a training camp in Spain, with a fixture against Espanyol being arranged.[18]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

12 July 2025 Friendly Eastleigh v Southampton Eastleigh
15:00 BST Stadium: Ten Acres
18 July 2025 Friendly Southampton v Valenciennes Marchwood
11:00 BST Stadium: Staplewood Campus
Attendance: Behind closed doors
26 July 2025 Friendly Espanyol v Southampton Sant Adrià de Besòs, Spain
10:00 BST Stadium: Ciutat Esportiva Dani Jarque
Attendance: Behind closed doors
2 August 2025 Friendly Southampton v Brighton & Hove Albion Southampton
15:30 BST Stadium: St Mary's Stadium

Competitions

Overall record

Competition First match Last match Starting round Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Championship August 2025 May 2026 Matchday 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
FA Cup January 2026 Third round 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
EFL Cup August 2025 First round 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—

Last updated: pre-season
Source: Soccerway

Championship

Main article: 2025–26 EFL Championship

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
17 Sheffield United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Sheffield Wednesday 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Southampton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Stoke City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 Swansea City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 8 August 2025. Source: EFL Official Website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Wins; 6) Away goals; 7) Penalty points (sec 9.5); 8) Number of 12-point sending off offences; 9) Play-off (only if needed to determine promotion/relegation)[19]

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0  0

Last updated: pre-season.
Source: Soccerway

Results by round

Round1234
GroundHAHA
Result
Position
Points
Updated to match(es) played on pre-season. Source: Soccerway
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

On 26 June, the Championship fixtures were released.[20]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

9 August 2025 1 Southampton v Wrexham Southampton
12:30 BST Stadium: St Mary's Stadium
Note: Live on Sky Sports.
17 August 2025 2 Ipswich Town v Southampton Ipswich
12:00 BST Stadium: Portman Road
Note: Live on Sky Sports.
23 August 2025 3 Southampton v Stoke City Southampton
15:00 BST Stadium: St Mary's Stadium
30 August 2025 4 Watford v Southampton Watford
15:00 BST Stadium: Vicarage Road
14 September 2025 5 Southampton v Portsmouth Southampton
12:00 BST Stadium: St Mary's Stadium
Note: Live on Sky Sports.

FA Cup

Main article: 2025–26 FA Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

EFL Cup

Main article: 2025–26 EFL Cup

Southampton were drawn away to Northampton Town in the first round.[21]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

12 August 2025 First round Northampton Town v Southampton Sixfields
19:45 BST Stadium: Sixfields Stadium

Squad statistics

As of 10 July 2025
No. Pos. Nat. Player League FA Cup EFL Cup Total
Apps. Goals Apps. Goals Apps. Goals Apps. Goals
FW Romeo Akachukwu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW Cameron Archer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF Joe Aribo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF Will Armitage 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW Adam Armstrong 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF Zach Awe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW Dom Ballard 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
GK Gavin Bazunu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF Jan Bednarek 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF Armel Bella-Kotchap 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF Nathanael Boot 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF Cam Bragg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF James Bree 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW Ben Brereton Díaz 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF Brandon Charles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF Shea Charles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF Aston Daley 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF Sonnie Davis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF Tyler Dibling 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW Baylee Dipepa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF Tommy Dobson-Ventura 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF Flynn Downes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW Damion Downs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF Samuel Edozie 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF Ronnie Edwards 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW Princewill Ehibhatiomhan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF Mateus Fernandes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF Ryan Fraser 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF Max Fry 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF Taylor Harwood-Bellis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
GK Josh Jeffries 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW Juan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF Joachim Kayi Sanda 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF Sutura Kakay 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF Nico Lawrence 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF Ryan Manning 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF Kuryu Matsuki 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
GK Alex McCarthy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW Will Merry 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF Jayden Moore 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF Brook Myers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF Joe O'Brien-Whitmarsh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW Nick Oyekunle 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF Joshua Quarshie 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
GK Aaron Ramsdale 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF Ben Reeves 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW Jay Robinson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF Moses Sesay 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
GK Khiani Shombe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF Will Smallbone 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF Jack Stephens 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW Ross Stewart 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF Yukinari Sugawara 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF Sam Tabares 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW Rento Takaoka 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF Charlie Taylor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF Daouda Traoré 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW Victor Udoh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF Welington 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF Barnaby Williams 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF Nathan Wood 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

References

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