Southampton F.C. league record by opponent

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 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'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 6 February 2021
Southampton F.C. league record by opponent
Opponent PWDL PWDL PWDL Win% First Last Notes
Home Away Total
Aberdare Athletic 1100 1100 2 2 0 0 100.00 1921–22 1921–22
Accrington Stanley 2200 2020 4 2 2 0 050.00 1958–59 1959–60
Aldershot 5320 5122 10 4 4 2 040.00 1953–54 1957–58
Arsenal 47201017 4721629 94 22 26 46 023.40 1897–98 2020-21 [upper-alpha 1]
Aston Villa 36161010 3691116 72 25 21 26 034.72 1936–37 2020-21
Barnsley 271566 276714 54 21 13 20 038.89 1922–23 2011–12
Bedminster 2200 2101 4 3 0 1 075.00 1898–99 1899–1900
Birmingham City 201235 20479 40 16 10 14 040.00 1946–47 2011–12
Blackburn Rovers 221462 223415 44 17 10 17 038.64 1936–37 2004–05
Blackpool 211362 214215 42 17 8 17 040.48 1922–23 2011–12
Bolton Wanderers 16556 16358 32 8 10 14 025.00 1933–34 2004–05
Bournemouth 13841 13535 26 13 7 6 050.00 1953–54 2019–20 [upper-alpha 2]
Bradford City 171133 17647 34 17 7 10 050.00 1922–23 2000–01
Bradford Park Avenue 16943 163310 32 12 7 13 037.50 1907–08 1949–50
Brentford 392856 3913818 78 41 13 24 052.56 1901–02 2010–11
Brighton & Hove Albion 3721106 38121016 75 33 20 22 044.00 1903–04 2020-21
Brighton United 2200 2101 4 3 0 1 075.00 1898–99 1898–99
Bristol City 231823 235414 46 23 6 17 050.00 1897–98 2011–12
Bristol Rovers 342626 347819 68 33 10 25 048.53 1899–1900 2010–11
Burnley 2813114 296617 57 19 17 21 033.33 1930–31 2020-21
Bury 261745 264616 52 21 10 21 040.38 1922–23 1965–66
Cardiff City 261394 266515 52 19 14 19 036.54 1912–13 2018–19
Carlisle United 5311 5113 10 4 2 4 040.00 1965–66 2010–11
Charlton Athletic 291856 2971111 58 25 16 17 043.10 1921–22 2010–11
Chatham 7502 7322 14 8 2 4 057.14 1894–95 1899–1900
Chelsea 46131221 47121421 93 25 26 42 026.88 1924–25 2020-21
Chesterfield 12642 12228 24 8 6 10 033.33 1931–32 1959–60
Clapton 2200 2101 4 3 0 1 075.00 1894–95 1895–96
Colchester United 11632 11425 22 10 5 7 045.45 1953–54 2010–11
Coventry City 6133208 6171935 122 40 39 43 032.79 1908–09 2011–12
Crewe Alexandra 1100 1010 2 1 1 0 050.00 2005–06 2005–06
Croydon Common 4202 4103 8 3 0 5 037.50 1909–10 1914–15
Crystal Palace 47251210 48171021 95 42 22 31 044.21 1906–07 2020-21
Dagenham and Redbridge 1100 1100 2 2 0 0 100.00 2010–11 2010–11
Darlington 2200 2101 4 3 0 1 075.00 1925–26 1926–27
Derby County 321499 3251215 64 19 21 24 029.69 1922–23 2011–12
Doncaster Rovers 9531 9324 18 8 5 5 044.44 1935–36 2011–12
Everton 47231113 4651031 93 28 21 44 030.11 1930–31 2020-21
Exeter City 171331 17557 34 18 8 8 052.94 1908–09 2010–11
Fulham 362583 3751616 73 30 24 19 041.10 1903–04 2020-21
Gillingham 292072 2911513 58 31 12 15 053.45 1895–96 1957–58 [upper-alpha 3]
Gravesend and Northfleet 5500 5320 10 8 2 0 080.00 1896–97 1900–01
Grimsby Town 12732 12246 24 9 7 8 037.50 1920–21 1963–64
Halifax Town 2200 2002 4 2 0 2 050.00 1958–59 1959–60
Hartlepool United 2200 2110 4 3 1 0 075.00 2009–10 2010–11
Hereford United 1100 1001 2 1 0 1 050.00 1976–77 1976–77
Huddersfield Town 13643 13418 26 10 5 11 038.46 1952–53 2018–19
Hull City 271593 2771010 54 22 19 13 040.74 1922–23 2016–17
Ilford 2200 2200 4 4 0 0 100.00 1894–95 1895–96
Ipswich Town 3010119 307815 60 17 19 24 028.33 1953–54 2011–12
Kettering Town 6510 6213 12 7 2 3 058.33 1897–98 1903–04
Leeds United 4418719 4471225 88 25 19 44 028.41 1922–23 2020-21
Leicester City 4121146 42101319 83 31 27 25 037.35 1922–23 2020-21
Leyton 6510 6222 12 7 3 2 058.33 1907–08 1911–12
Leyton Orient 181044 18369 36 13 10 13 036.11 1906–07 2010–11 [upper-alpha 4]
Lincoln City 5401 5221 10 6 2 2 060.00 1932–33 1960–61
Liverpool 46201016 4551129 91 25 21 45 027.47 1960–61 2020-21
Loughborough Town 1100 1010 2 1 1 0 050.00 1897–98 1897–98
Luton Town 49281011 49161023 98 44 20 34 044.90 1894–95 2006–07
Manchester City 43181114 42101220 85 28 23 34 032.94 1926–27 2020-21
Manchester United 54161721 5491134 108 25 28 55 023.15 1922–23 2020-21
Mansfield Town 3300 3201 6 5 0 1 083.33 1958–59 1977–78
Merthyr Town 5410 5230 10 6 4 0 060.00 1912–13 1921–22
Middlesbrough 271485 279711 54 23 15 16 042.59 1924–25 2016–17
Millwall 57361110 57161427 114 52 25 37 045.61 1894–95 2011–12 [upper-alpha 5]
Milton Keynes Dons 2200 2101 4 3 0 1 075.00 2009–10 2010–11 [upper-alpha 6]
Nelson 1100 1010 2 1 1 0 050.00 1923–24 1923–24
Newcastle United 4426135 445732 88 31 20 37 035.23 1934–35 2020-21
Newport County 12930 12534 24 14 6 4 058.33 1913–14 1959–60
Northampton Town 241725 248412 48 25 6 17 052.08 1901–02 1964–65
Northfleet 2200 2200 4 4 0 0 100.00 1896–97 1897–98
Norwich City 5933206 59131630 118 46 36 36 038.98 1905–06 2019–20
Nottingham Forest 49241213 4911929 98 35 21 42 035.71 1925–26 2011–12
Notts County 221552 221066 44 25 11 8 056.82 1922–23 1991–92
Oldham Athletic 211353 214611 42 17 11 14 040.48 1923–24 2010–11
Oxford United 5410 5212 10 6 2 2 060.00 1974–75 1987–88
Peterborough United 2200 2110 4 3 1 0 075.00 2010–11 2011–12
Plymouth Argyle 51231315 51101427 102 33 27 42 032.35 1903–04 2010–11
Port Vale 15546 15357 30 8 9 13 026.67 1922–23 1958–59
Portsmouth 4422814 4417819 88 39 16 33 044.32 1899–1900 2011–12
Preston North End 20974 204610 40 13 13 14 032.50 1925–26 2008–09
Queens Park Rangers 60311316 60221325 120 53 26 41 044.17 1899–1900 2014–15
Reading 47211412 47171317 94 38 27 29 040.43 1894–95 2012–13
Rochdale 2101 2002 4 1 0 3 025.00 1958–59 1958–59
Rotherham County 1100 1010 2 1 1 0 050.00 1922–23 1922–23
Rotherham United 8611 8215 16 8 2 6 050.00 1951–52 1965–66
Royal Artillery 1100 1010 2 1 1 0 050.00 1898–99 1898–99
Royal Ordnance 2200 2101 4 3 0 1 075.00 1894–95 1895–96
Rushden 2200 2002 4 2 0 2 050.00 1897–98 1898–99
Scunthorpe United 5410 5113 10 5 2 3 050.00 1960–61 2007–08
Sheffield United 261277 255515 51 17 12 22 033.33 1934–35 2020-21
Sheffield Wednesday 3616911 3661218 72 22 21 29 030.56 1922–23 2010–11 [upper-alpha 7]
Sheppey United 4400 4301 8 7 0 1 087.50 1896–97 1899–1900
Shrewsbury Town 6420 6123 12 5 4 3 041.67 1953–54 1959–60
South Shields 6123 6222 12 3 4 5 025.00 1922–23 1927–28
Southend United 191243 19649 38 18 8 12 047.37 1908–09 2009–10
Stockport County 7610 7232 14 8 4 2 057.14 1922–23 2009–10
Stoke City 382369 389920 76 32 15 29 042.11 1911–12 2017–18 [upper-alpha 8]
Sunderland 281675 288812 56 24 15 17 042.86 1960–61 2016–17
Swansea City 362466 36111015 72 35 16 21 048.61 1919–20 2017–18
Swindon Town 382558 3814717 76 39 12 25 051.32 1894–95 2010–11
Torquay United 5320 5032 10 3 5 2 030.00 1953–54 1957–58
Tottenham Hotspur 80382517 79131452 158 51 39 68 032.28 1896–97 2020-21
Tranmere Rovers 5311 5113 10 4 2 4 040.00 1938–39 2010–11
Walsall 9720 9342 18 10 6 2 055.56 1953–54 2010–11
Watford 382468 3881515 76 32 21 23 042.11 1900–01 2019–20
Wellingborough 6501 6411 12 9 1 2 075.00 1897–98 1904–05
West Bromwich Albion 3619134 358819 71 27 21 23 038.03 1927–28 2020-21
West Ham United 73342217 72121743 145 46 39 60 031.72 1899–1900 2020-21
Wigan Athletic 1001 1010 2 0 1 1 000.00 2012–13 2012–13
Wimbledon 14482 14545 28 9 12 7 032.14 1986–87 1999–2000 [upper-alpha 6]
Wolverhampton Wanderers 301857 3161213 61 24 17 20 039.34 1922–23 2020-21
Wolverton 2200 2200 4 4 0 0 100.00 1896–97 1897–98
Wrexham 2101 2101 4 2 0 2 050.00 1958–59 1959–60
Wycombe Wanderers 1100 1010 2 1 1 0 050.00 2009–10 2009–10
Yeovil Town 2200 2110 4 3 1 0 075.00 2009–10 2010–11
York City 3300 3021 6 3 2 1 050.00 1959–60 1975–76

Footnotes
  1. Arsenal statistics include matches played against the club under their former name of Woolwich Arsenal.
  2. Bournemouth statistics include matches played against the club under their former name of Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic.
  3. Gillingham statistics include matches played against the club under their former name of New Brompton.
  4. Leyton Orient statistics include matches played against the club under their former name of Clapton Orient.
  5. Milwall statistics include matches played against the club under their former name of Millwall Athletic.
  6. Wimbledon relocated to Milton Keynes in 2003 and were rebranded as Milton Keynes Dons a year later. That club renounced all claims to Wimbledon's history in 2007, and have since regarded themselves as a new club founded in 2004.[15]
  7. Sheffield Wednesday statistics include matches played against the club under their former name of The Wednesday.
  8. Stoke City statistics include matches played against the club under their former name of Stoke.

References
General
  • Chalk, Gary; Holley, Duncan (1987), Saints: A Complete Record of Southampton Football Club 1885–1987, London, England: Breedon Books Sports
Specific
  1. Chalk & Holley 1987, p. 9
  2. Chalk & Holley 1987, p. 13
  3. Chalk & Holley 1987, p. 16
  4. "Southampton St Mary's". Football Club History Database. Retrieved 6 March 2018.
  5. Chalk & Holley 1987, pp. 21–35
  6. "Southampton". Football Club History Database. Retrieved 6 March 2018.
  7. Chalk & Holley 1987, p. 64
  8. Chalk & Holley 1987, p. 5
  9. Chalk & Holley 1987, p. 67
  10. Chalk & Holley 2003, p. 86
  11. Chalk & Holley 2003, pp. 361–363
  12. Chalk & Holley 2003, pp. 286–287
  13. McNulty, Phil (26 February 2017). "Manchester United 3–2 Southampton". BBC Sport. Retrieved 6 March 2018.
  14. Shemilt, Stephan (28 March 2010). "Carlisle 1–4 Southampton". BBC Sport. Retrieved 6 March 2018.
  15. "Wimbledon FC patrimony is returned to its rightful home in Borough of Merton". Football Supporters' Federation. 3 August 2007. Archived from the original on 11 October 2007. Retrieved 6 March 2018.
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