Southampton F.C. league record by opponent

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Southampton were founded in 1885, but did not play league football until the 1894–95 season, when they joined the Southern Football League. The team pictured above won the Southern League Division One title in 1903–04.

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,[1] they became a professional club in 1891,[2] and co-founded the Southern League in 1894.[3][4] Southampton won the Southern League championship six times between 1896 and 1904,[4][5][6] and were later elected to the Football League in 1920 as co-founders of the Third Division.[6][7] The Saints finished as runners-up in their first season,[8] and the following year received promotion to the Second Division as Third Division South champions.[6][9] The club first entered the First Division in 1966,[10] and currently play in its modern-day counterpart, the Premier League.[6] Southampton won the FA Cup in 1976,[11] reached the final of the League Cup in 1979 and 2017,[12][13] and won the League Trophy in 2010.[14]

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.

  • 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 28 April 2026
Southampton F.C. league record by opponent
Opponent PldWDL PldWDL PldWDL Win% First Last Notes
Home Away Total
Aberdare Athletic ‡ 1100 1100 2200100.00 1921–22 1921–22
Accrington Stanley ‡ 2200 2020 4220050.00 1958–59 1959–60
Aldershot ‡ 5320 5122 10442040.00 1953–54 1957–58
Arsenal 50211118 5021731 100232750023.00 1897–98 2024–25 [A]
Aston Villa 39171012 3991119 78262131033.33 1936–37 2024–25
Barnsley 271566 276714 54211320038.89 1922–23 2011–12
Bedminster ‡ 2200 2101 4301075.00 1898–99 1899–1900
Birmingham City † 221435 22589 44191114043.18 1946–47 2025–26
Blackburn Rovers † 241662 243516 48191118039.58 1936–37 2025–26
Blackpool 211362 214215 4217817040.48 1922–23 2011–12
Bolton Wanderers 16556 16358 3281014025.00 1933–34 2004–05
Bournemouth 15843 15636 301479046.67 1953–54 2024–25 [B]
Bradford City 171133 17647 3417710050.00 1922–23 2000–01
Bradford Park Avenue ‡ 16943 163310 3212713037.50 1907–08 1949–50
Brentford 422958 4213821 84421329050.00 1901–02 2024–25
Brighton & Hove Albion 4121119 41121217 82332326040.24 1903–04 2024–25
Brighton United ‡ 2200 2101 4301075.00 1898–99 1898–99
Bristol City † 251933 255416 error24619048.00 1897–98 2025–26
Bristol Rovers 342626 347819 68331025048.53 1899–1900 2010–11
Burnley 3014124 306618 60201822033.33 1930–31 2021–22
Bury 261745 264616 52211021040.38 1922–23 1965–66
Cardiff City 271494 276516 54201420037.04 1912–13 2023–24
Carlisle United 5311 5113 10424040.00 1965–66 2010–11
Charlton Athletic † 301866 3081111 60261717043.33 1921–22 2025–26
Chatham ‡ 7502 7322 14824057.14 1894–95 1899–1900
Chelsea 50141323 50131423 100272746027.00 1924–25 2024–25
Chesterfield 12642 12228 248610033.33 1931–32 1959–60
Clapton 2200 2101 4301075.00 1894–95 1895–96
Colchester United 11632 11425 221057045.45 1953–54 2010–11
Coventry City † 6334218 6382035 126424143033.33 1908–09 2025–26
Crewe Alexandra 1100 1010 2110050.00 2005–06 2005–06
Croydon Common ‡ 4202 4103 8305037.50 1909–10 1914–15
Crystal Palace 51261312 51171123 102432435042.16 1906–07 2024–25
Dagenham and Redbridge 1100 1100 2200100.00 2010–11 2010–11
Darlington 2200 2101 4301075.00 1925–26 1926–27
Derby County † 331599 3351315 66202224030.30 1922–23 2025–26
Doncaster Rovers 9531 9324 18855044.44 1935–36 2011–12
Everton 50251114 5061034 100312148031.00 1930–31 2024–25
Exeter City 171331 17557 341888052.94 1908–09 2010–11
Fulham 392685 3951717 78312522039.74 1903–04 2024–25
Gillingham 292072 2911513 58311215053.45 1895–96 1957–58 [C]
Gravesend and Northfleet 5500 5320 10820080.00 1896–97 1900–01
Grimsby Town 12732 12246 24978037.50 1920–21 1963–64
Halifax Town 2200 2002 4202050.00 1958–59 1959–60
Hartlepool United 2200 2110 4310075.00 2009–10 2010–11
Hereford United 1100 1001 2101050.00 1976–77 1976–77
Huddersfield Town 14743 14428 2811611039.29 1952–53 2023–24
Hull City † 291595 2981011 58231916039.66 1922–23 2025–26
Ilford 2200 2200 4400100.00 1894–95 1895–96
Ipswich Town † 33101310 338916 66182226027.27 1953–54 2025–26
Kettering Town 6510 6213 12723058.33 1897–98 1903–04
Leeds United 4820820 4881327 97292147029.90 1922–23 2023–24
Leicester City † 4723168 47121322 94352930037.23 1922–23 2025–26
Leyton ‡ 6510 6222 12732058.33 1907–08 1911–12
Leyton Orient 181044 18369 36131013036.11 1906–07 2010–11 [D]
Lincoln City 5401 5221 10622060.00 1932–33 1960–61
Liverpool 49201118 4951133 98252251025.51 1960–61 2024–25
Loughborough Town ‡ 1100 1010 2110050.00 1897–98 1897–98
Luton Town 49281011 49161023 98442034044.90 1894–95 2006–07
Manchester City 46181315 46101323 92282638030.43 1926–27 2024–25
Manchester United 57161823 5791335 114253158021.93 1922–23 2024–25
Mansfield Town 3300 3201 6501083.33 1958–59 1977–78
Merthyr Town 5410 5230 10640060.00 1912–13 1921–22
Middlesbrough † 2914105 299713 58231718039.66 1924–25 2025–26
Millwall † 59361211 59171428 118532639044.92 1894–95 2025–26 [E]
Milton Keynes Dons 2200 2101 4301075.00 2009–10 2010–11 [F]
Nelson 1100 1010 2110050.00 1923–24 1923–24
Newcastle United 4726138 475834 94312142032.98 1934–35 2024–25
Newport County 12930 12534 241464058.33 1913–14 1959–60
Northampton Town 241725 248412 4825617052.08 1901–02 1964–65
Northfleet ‡ 2200 2200 4400100.00 1896–97 1897–98
Norwich City † 6235216 62131732 124483838038.71 1905–06 2025–26
Nottingham Forest 51241215 5111931 102352146034.31 1925–26 2024–25
Notts County 221552 221066 4425118056.82 1922–23 1991–92
Oldham Athletic 211353 214611 42171114040.48 1923–24 2010–11
Oxford United † 6510 6213 12723058.33 1974–75 2025–26
Peterborough United 2200 2110 4310075.00 2010–11 2011–12
Plymouth Argyle 52241315 52111427 104352742033.65 1903–04 2023–24
Port Vale 15546 15357 308913026.67 1922–23 1958–59
Portsmouth † 4522914 4517919 90391833043.33 1899–1900 2025–26
Preston North End † 221075 214710 43141415032.56 1925–26 2025–26
Queens Park Rangers † 62331316 62241325 124572641045.97 1899–1900 2025–26
Reading 47211412 47171317 94382729040.43 1894–95 2012–13
Rochdale 2101 2002 4103025.00 1958–59 1958–59
Rotherham County ‡ 1100 1010 2110050.00 1922–23 1922–23
Rotherham United 9621 9315 18936050.00 1951–52 2023–24
Royal Artillery ‡ 1100 1010 2110050.00 1898–99 1898–99
Royal Ordnance ‡ 2200 2101 4301075.00 1894–95 1895–96
Rushden ‡ 2200 2002 4202050.00 1897–98 1898–99
Scunthorpe United 5410 5113 10523050.00 1960–61 2007–08
Sheffield United † 271377 277515 54201222037.04 1934–35 2025–26
Sheffield Wednesday † 3818911 3881218 76262129034.21 1922–23 2025–26 [G]
Sheppey United 4400 4301 8701087.50 1896–97 1899–1900
Shrewsbury Town 6420 6123 12543041.67 1953–54 1959–60
South Shields ‡ 6123 6222 12345025.00 1922–23 1927–28
Southend United 191243 19649 3818812047.37 1908–09 2009–10
Stockport County 7610 7232 14842057.14 1922–23 2009–10
Stoke City † 4023611 4011920 80341531042.50 1911–12 2025–26 [H]
Sunderland 291775 298813 58251518043.10 1960–61 2023–24
Swansea City † 382576 38131015 76381721050.00 1919–20 2025–26
Swindon Town 382558 3814717 76391225051.32 1894–95 2010–11
Torquay United 5320 5032 10352030.00 1953–54 1957–58
Tottenham Hotspur 83382718 83141455 166524173031.33 1896–97 2024–25
Tranmere Rovers 5311 5113 10424040.00 1938–39 2010–11
Walsall 9720 9342 181062055.56 1953–54 2010–11
Watford † 412669 4191715 82352324042.68 1900–01 2025–26
Wellingborough 6501 6411 12912075.00 1897–98 1904–05
West Bromwich Albion † 3922134 3991020 78312324039.74 1927–28 2025–26
West Ham United 76342418 76131845 152474263030.92 1899–1900 2024–25
Wigan Athletic 1001 1010 2011000.00 2012–13 2012–13
Wimbledon ‡ 14482 14545 289127032.14 1986–87 1999–2000 [F]
Wolverhampton Wanderers 3418511 3461216 68241727035.29 1922–23 2024–25
Wolverton ‡ 2200 2200 4400100.00 1896–97 1897–98
Wrexham † 3201 3201 6402066.67 1958–59 2025–26
Wycombe Wanderers 1100 1010 2110050.00 2009–10 2009–10
Yeovil Town 2200 2110 4310075.00 2009–10 2010–11
York City 3300 3021 6321050.00 1959–60 1975–76

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