2023–24_Southampton_F.C._season

Southampton
2023–24 season
Owner	Sport Republic
Manager	Russell Martin
Stadium	St Mary's Stadium
Championship	4th
FA Cup	Fifth round
EFL Cup	First round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Adam Armstrong (20); All: ; Adam Armstrong (20)
Highest home attendance	30,869 v Sunderland ; (9 March 2024)
Lowest home attendance	17,844 v Watford ; (6 February 2024)
Average home league attendance	28,642
	← 2022–23 2024–25 →

2023–24 Southampton F.C. season

107th season in existence of Southampton FC

The 2023–24 season is the 107th season in the history of Southampton and their first season back in the EFL Championship since the 2011–12 season following their relegation from the Premier League in the previous season. The club are participating in the Championship, the FA Cup and the EFL Cup.

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Squad statistics

As of 27 April 2024

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No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	League				FA Cup				EFL Cup				Total
No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Apps.	Goals			Apps.	Goals			Apps.	Goals			Apps.	Goals
1	GK		Alex McCarthy	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0
2	DF		Kyle Walker-Peters	42	2	4	0	0(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	42(1)	2	4	0
3	DF		Ryan Manning	28(8)	0	8	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	29(8)	0	9	0
4	MF		Flynn Downes	30(2)	2	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	31(2)	2	9	0
5	DF		Jack Stephens	16(6)	0	7	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	20(6)	0	7	0
7	MF		Joe Aribo	15(19)	4	5	0	1	0	0	0	0(1)	0	0	0	16(20)	4	5	0
9	FW		Adam Armstrong	43(2)	20	5	0	0(3)	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	43(5)	20	6	0
10	FW		Ché Adams	24(15)	16	5	0	2(2)	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	27(17)	18	5	0
11	FW		Ross Stewart	0(2)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0(2)	0	0	0
13	GK		Joe Lumley	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
14	DF		James Bree	13(5)	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	15(5)	0	0	1
16	MF		Will Smallbone	34(8)	5	8	0	2(2)	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	36(10)	5	9	0
17	MF		Stuart Armstrong	33(9)	5	6	0	0(2)	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	34(11)	6	6	0
18	FW		Sékou Mara	4(24)	3	1	0	4	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	9(24)	6	1	0
19	MF		Joe Rothwell	4(11)	4	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7(11)	4	1	0
20	MF		Kamaldeen Sulemana	10(14)	0	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11(14)	0	4	1
21	DF		Taylor Harwood-Bellis	39	2	3	0	2(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	41(1)	2	3	0
23	MF		Samuel Edozie	16(16)	6	2	0	1(1)	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	17(17)	6	3	0
24	MF		Shea Charles	15(17)	0	5	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	20(17)	0	6	1
26	MF		Ryan Fraser	13(25)	6	5	0	1(1)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	14(26)	8	5	0
27	MF		Sam Amo-Ameyaw	1(2)	0	0	0	1(2)	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	3(4)	0	1	0
28	DF		Juan Larios	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	DF		Jayden Meghoma	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
30	DF		Nico Lawrence	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	GK		Gavin Bazunu	41	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	41	0	1	0
33	MF		Tyler Dibling	0(1)	0	0	0	2(1)	0	1	0	0(1)	0	0	0	2(3)	0	1	0
35	DF		Jan Bednarek	38(3)	2	11	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	40(3)	2	11	0
36	MF		David Brooks	11(6)	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11(6)	2	2	0
40	MF		Cam Bragg	0	0	0	0	0(2)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0(2)	0	0	0
Players with appearances who ended the season on loan
12	FW		Paul Onuachu	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0(1)	0	0	0	0(1)	0	0	0
15	DF		Romain Perraud	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0
22	MF		Carlos Alcaraz	14(9)	3	4	0	2	0	1	0	0(1)	1	0	0	16(10)	4	5	0
25	DF		Lyanco	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0
Players with appearances who left during the season
6	DF		Mason Holgate	4(1)	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6(1)	0	1	0
8	MF		James Ward-Prowse	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
11	MF		Nathan Tella	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	0
19	MF		Moussa Djenepo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
32	MF		Kamari Doyle	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0(1)	0	0	0	0(1)	0	0	0

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12 July 2023 Friendly	Benfica	2–0	Southampton	Burton upon Trent
15:00 BST	Neres 11' Ristić 45'	Report		Stadium: St George's Park National Football Centre Attendance: Behind closed doors Referee: Sunny Gill

15 July 2023 Friendly	Göztepe	1–1	Southampton	Bornova, İzmir, Turkey
18:25 BST	Kayan 26'	Report	Alcaraz 64'	Stadium: Bornova Aziz Kocaoğlu Stadium Attendance: 4,500

22 July 2023 Friendly	Reading	2–4	Southampton	Reading
15:00 BST	Knibbs 22' Shodipo 89'	Report	Bednarek 2' Ward-Prowse 9' A. Armstrong 50' Aribo 76'	Stadium: Madejski Stadium

25 July 2023 Friendly	Southampton	2–3	Bournemouth	Southampton
19:45 BST	Charles 44' S. Armstrong 65'	Report	Ouattara 15' Christie 17' Brooks 86'	Stadium: St Mary's Stadium Attendance: 13,049 Referee: James Linington

29 July 2023 Friendly	Southampton	0–1	AZ	Southampton
15:00 BST		Report	Lahdo 65'	Stadium: St Mary's Stadium Attendance: 7,277 Referee: Keith Stroud

2023–24_Southampton_F.C._season

2023–24 Southampton F.C. season

Current squad

Transfers

Pre-season and friendlies

Competitions

Overall record

Championship

League table

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

FA Cup

EFL Cup

Squad statistics

References

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N	Pos.	Name	Age	Since	App	Goals	Ends	Transfer fee	Notes
1	GK	Alex McCarthy	34	2016	143	0	2024	Undisclosed
2	DF	Kyle Walker-Peters	27	2020	163	6	2025	Undisclosed
3	DF	Ryan Manning	27	2023	37	0	2027	Free transfer
4	MF	Flynn Downes	25	2023	33	2	2024	Loan
5	DF	Jack Stephens	30	2011	177	6	2025	Academy	Captain
7	MF	Joe Aribo	27	2022	63	6	2026	Undisclosed
9	FW	Adam Armstrong	27	2021	115	25	2025	Undisclosed
10	FW	Ché Adams	27	2019	189	49	2024	Undisclosed
11	FW	Ross Stewart	27	2023	2	0	2026	Undisclosed
13	GK	Joe Lumley	29	2023	4	0	2025	Free transfer
14	DF	James Bree	26	2023	26	0	2026	Undisclosed
16	MF	Will Smallbone	24	2008	66	6	2026	Academy
17	MF	Stuart Armstrong	32	2018	214	25	2024	£7M
18	FW	Sékou Mara	21	2022	63	8	2026	Undisclosed
19	MF	Joe Rothwell	29	2024	18	4	2024	Loan
20	MF	Kamaldeen Sulemana	22	2023	43	2	2027	Undisclosed
21	DF	Taylor Harwood-Bellis	22	2023	42	2	2024	Loan
23	MF	Samuel Edozie	21	2022	58	6	2027	Undisclosed
24	MF	Shea Charles	20	2023	37	0	2027	Undisclosed
26	MF	Ryan Fraser	30	2023	40	8	2024	Loan
27	MF	Sam Amo-Ameyaw	17	2022	8	0	2026	Academy
28	DF	Juan Larios	20	2022	5	0	2027	Undisclosed
31	GK	Gavin Bazunu	22	2022	78	0	2027	Undisclosed
35	DF	Jan Bednarek	28	2017	216	9	2025	Undisclosed
36	MF	David Brooks	26	2024	17	2	2024	Loan

Date	Pos.	Player	Club	Fee	Ref.
5 July 2023	DF	Derrick Abu	Chelsea	Free transfer	^[2]
6 July 2023	GK	Josh McNamara	Manchester City	Undisclosed	^[3]
11 July 2023	DF	Ryan Manning	Swansea City	Free transfer	^[4]
12 July 2023	MF	Shea Charles	Manchester City	Undisclosed	^[5]
7 August 2023	GK	Joe Lumley	Middlesbrough	Free transfer	^[6]
8 August 2023	DF	Zach Awe	Arsenal	Free transfer	^[7]
1 September 2023	FW	Ross Stewart	Sunderland	Undisclosed	^[8]
12 January 2024	MF	Joe O'Brien-Whitmarsh	Cork City	Undisclosed	^[9]

Date	Pos.	Player	Club	Duration	Ref.
21 August 2023	MF	Flynn Downes	West Ham United	End of season	^[10]
25 August 2023	MF	Ryan Fraser	Newcastle United	End of season	^[11]
25 August 2023	DF	Mason Holgate	Everton	1 February 2024	^[12]^[13]
1 September 2023	DF	Taylor Harwood-Bellis	Manchester City	End of season	^[14]
15 January 2024	MF	Joe Rothwell	AFC Bournemouth	End of season	^[15]
30 January 2024	MF	David Brooks	AFC Bournemouth	End of season	^[16]
1 February 2024	MF	Ussumane Djaló	Porto B	End of season	^[17]

Date	Pos.	Player	Club	Fee	Ref.
24 June 2023	FW	Dan Nlundulu	Bolton Wanderers	Undisclosed	^[18]
29 June 2023	MF	Kegs Chauke	Burton Albion	Undisclosed	^[19]
30 June 2023	MF	Mislav Oršić	Trabzonspor	Undisclosed	^[20]
19 July 2023	MF	Ibrahima Diallo	Al-Duhail	Undisclosed	^[21]
1 August 2023	DF	Mohammed Salisu	Monaco	Undisclosed	^[22]
8 August 2023	DF	Tino Livramento	Newcastle United	Undisclosed	^[23]
14 August 2023	MF	James Ward-Prowse	West Ham United	Undisclosed	^[24]
18 August 2023	MF	Roméo Lavia	Chelsea	Undisclosed	^[25]
27 August 2023	MF	Nathan Tella	Bayer Leverkusen	Undisclosed	^[26]
29 August 2023	MF	Kazeem Olaigbe	Cercle Brugge	Undisclosed	^[27]
5 September 2023	MF	Moussa Djenepo	Standard Liège	Undisclosed	^[28]
12 January 2024	GK	Jack Bycroft	Swindon Town	Undisclosed	^[29]
26 January 2024	MF	Kamari Doyle	Brighton & Hove Albion	Undisclosed	^[30]
31 January 2024	MF	Ryan Finnigan	Blackpool	Undisclosed	^[31]

Date	Pos.	Player	Club	Duration	Ref.
23 June 2023	GK	Ollie Wright	Bath City	End of season	^[32]
26 June 2023	DF	Nico Lawrence	Colchester United	25 January 2024	^[33]^[34]
11 July 2023	GK	Mateusz Lis	Göztepe	End of season	^[35]
2 August 2023	DF	Duje Ćaleta-Car	Lyon	End of season	^[36]
11 August 2023	DF	Lewis Payne	Newport County	End of season	^[37]
26 August 2023	DF	Thierry Small	St Mirren	3 January 2024	^[38]^[39]
28 August 2023	DF	Romain Perraud	Nice	End of season	^[40]
29 August 2023	DF	Lyanco	Al-Gharafa	End of season	^[41]
31 August 2023	GK	Jack Bycroft	Aldershot Town	30 September 2023	^[42]
1 September 2023	FW	Dom Ballard	Reading	End of season	^[43]
1 September 2023	DF	Armel Bella-Kotchap	PSV	End of season	^[44]
1 September 2023	DF	Matt Carson	Braintree Town	30 September 2023	^[45]
1 September 2023	MF	Ryan Finnigan	Shrewsbury Town	31 January 2024	^[46]^[31]
1 September 2023	FW	Luke Pearce	Torquay United	30 September 2023	^[47]
11 September 2023	FW	Paul Onuachu	Trabzonspor	End of season	^[48]
7 October 2023	FW	Luke Pearce	Weston-super-Mare	31 October 2023	^[49]
4 November 2023	GK	Jack Bycroft	Oxford City	31 December 2023	^[50]
17 November 2023	GK	Josh McNamara	St Albans City	31 December 2023	^[51]
17 November 2023	FW	Luke Pearce	Dover Athletic	31 December 2023	^[52]
31 January 2024	MF	Carlos Alcaraz	Juventus	End of season	^[53]
1 February 2024	DF	Derrick Abu	Harrogate Town	End of season	^[54]
29 March 2024	FW	Will Merry	Eastleigh	End of season	^[55]
29 March 2024	DF	Jake Vokins	Eastleigh	End of season	^[56]

Date	Pos.	Player	Subsequent club	Join date	Ref.
30 June 2023	DF	Will Tizzard	Queen's Park	1 July 2023	^[57]^[58]
	MF	Jack Turner	Queen's Park	1 July 2023	^[57]^[59]
	GK	Matthew Hall	Bristol Rovers	26 July 2023	^[57]^[60]
	MF	Mohamed Elyounoussi	Copenhagen	27 July 2023	^[57]^[61]
	FW	Sam Bellis	Barrow	22 August 2023	^[57]^[62]
	MF	Caleb Watts	Exeter City	15 September 2023	^[57]^[63]
	DF	Zuriel Otseh-Taiwo	Potters Bar Town	20 November 2023	^[57]^[64]
	MF	Fedel Ross-Lang	FK Tauras	19 March 2024	^[57]^[65]
	MF	Goran Babić	Currently unattached		^[57]
	DF	Léon Pambou	Currently unattached		^[57]
	GK	Jak Stewart	Currently unattached		^[57]
	GK	Willy Caballero	None (retired)		^[66]^[67]
	MF	Theo Walcott	None (retired)		^[57]^[68]
30 August 2023	DF	Sam Bailey	Currently unattached		^[69]
1 February 2024	DF	Thierry Small	Charlton Athletic	2 February 2024	^[70]^[71]

Competition	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Championship	Matchday 1	4th	45	25	9	11	85	62	+23	055.56
FA Cup	Third round	Fifth round	4	2	1	1	8	4	+4	050.00
EFL Cup	First round	First round	1	0	0	1	1	3	−2	000.00
Total			50	27	10	13	94	69	+25	054.00

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Leicester City (P)	44	30	4	10	86	39	+47	94	Promotion to the Premier League
2	Leeds United (X)	45	27	9	9	80	41	+39	90	Promotion to the Premier League
3	Ipswich Town (X)	44	26	12	6	88	56	+32	90	Qualification for the Championship play-offs
4	Southampton (Q)	45	25	9	11	85	62	+23	84
5	Norwich City (Y)	45	21	10	14	79	63	+16	73
6	West Bromwich Albion (Y)	45	20	12	13	67	47	+20	72
7	Hull City (Y)	45	19	13	13	68	59	+9	70

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	H	A	A	H	A
Result	W	D	W	W	L	L	L	L	W	W	D	W	D	W	W	W	D	W	W	D	D	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	L	W	L	L	W	W	D	L	D	W	W	W	L	L	L
Position	5	6	5	4	7	9	13	15	10	10	10	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4

4 August 2023 1	Sheffield Wednesday	1–2	Southampton	Owlerton
20:00 BST	Gregory 54'	Report	A. Armstrong 8' Adams 87'	Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium Attendance: 28,558 Referee: Bobby Madley
Note: Live on Sky Sports.

12 August 2023 2	Southampton	4–4	Norwich City	Southampton
15:00 BST	Bednarek 17' A. Armstrong 21' (pen.), 90+7' (pen.) Adams 57'	Report	Sargent 7' Sara 23' Rowe 45+2' Fassnacht 84'	Stadium: St Mary's Stadium Attendance: 30,113 Referee: Darren England

25 October 2023 13	Preston North End	2–2	Southampton	Preston
19:45 BST	Osmajić 52' Potts 55'	Report	Walker-Peters 33' Evans 90+6' (o.g.)	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 15,346 Referee: Jeremy Simpson
Note: Live on Sky Sports.

23 December 2023 23	Queens Park Rangers	0–1	Southampton	Shepherd's Bush
15:00 GMT		Report	Harwood-Bellis 42'	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 17,745 Referee: Oliver Langford

19 August 2023 3	Plymouth Argyle	1–2	Southampton	Plymouth
12:30 BST	Hardie 51'	Report	Tella 49' Adams 90+4'	Stadium: Home Park Attendance: 16,392 Referee: David Webb
Note: Live on Sky Sports.

26 August 2023 4	Southampton	2–1	Queens Park Rangers	Southampton
15:00 BST	Edozie 30' A. Armstrong 64'	Report	Colback 32'	Stadium: St Mary's Stadium Attendance: 30,401 Referee: James Bell

2 September 2023 5	Sunderland	5–0	Southampton	Sunderland
12:30 BST	Clarke 1' Ekwah 7', 45' Dack 48' Rigg 90+5'	Report		Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 41,459 Referee: David Coote
Note: Live on Sky Sports.

15 September 2023 6	Southampton	1–4	Leicester City	Southampton
20:00 BST	Edozie 25'	Report	Vardy 1' McAteer 18' Ndidi 45+3' Mavididi 67'	Stadium: St Mary's Stadium Attendance: 28,877 Referee: Robert Madley
Note: Live on Sky Sports.

19 September 2023 7	Southampton	0–1	Ipswich Town	Southampton
19:45 BST		Report	Hutchinson 30'	Stadium: St Mary's Stadium Attendance: 27,265 Referee: Joshua Smith

23 September 2023 8	Middlesbrough	2–1	Southampton	Middlesbrough
15:00 BST	McGree 44' Howson 65' (pen.)	Report	A. Armstrong 17'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 26,141 Referee: Tim Robinson

30 September 2023 9	Southampton	3–1	Leeds United	Southampton
12:30 BST	A. Armstrong 2', 35' Smallbone 31'	Report	Struijk 58'	Stadium: St Mary's Stadium Attendance: 30,372 Referee: John Brooks
Note: Live on Sky Sports.

3 October 2023 10	Stoke City	0–1	Southampton	Stoke-on-Trent
20:00 BST		Report	S. Armstrong 41'	Stadium: Bet365 Stadium Attendance: 20,002 Referee: James Bell
Note: Live on Sky Sports.

7 October 2023 11	Southampton	1–1	Rotherham United	Southampton
15:00 BST	S. Armstrong 2'	Report	Hugill 74'	Stadium: St Mary's Stadium Attendance: 28,404 Referee: John Busby

21 October 2023 12	Hull City	1–2	Southampton	Kingston upon Hull
15:00 BST	Delap 25'	Report	Smallbone 20' Fraser 90+5'	Stadium: MKM Stadium Attendance: 21,524 Referee: Geoff Eltringham

28 October 2023 14	Southampton	3–1	Birmingham City	Southampton
12:30 BST	Harwood-Bellis 9' Alcaraz 22' A. Armstrong 86'	Report	Stansfield 58'	Stadium: St Mary's Stadium Attendance: 28,924 Referee: David Webb
Note: Live on Sky Sports.

4 November 2023 15	Millwall	0–1	Southampton	Bermondsey
15:00 GMT		Report	Fraser 90+3'	Stadium: The Den Attendance: 18,905 Referee: James Linington

11 November 2023 16	Southampton	2–1	West Bromwich Albion	Southampton
15:00 GMT	Smallbone 5' A. Armstrong 79'	Report	Bartley 65'	Stadium: St Mary's Stadium Attendance: 30,160 Referee: Tom Nield

25 November 2023 17	Huddersfield Town	1–1	Southampton	Huddersfield
15:00 GMT	Jackson 87'	Report	A. Armstrong 45+1'	Stadium: Kirklees Stadium Attendance: 19,387 Referee: David Webb

29 November 2023 18	Southampton	1–0	Bristol City	Southampton
19:45 GMT	Walker-Peters 47'	Report		Stadium: St Mary's Stadium Attendance: 28,047 Referee: Keith Stroud
Note: Live on Sky Sports.

2 December 2023 19	Southampton	2–0	Cardiff City	Southampton
15:00 GMT	A. Armstrong 11', 15'	Report		Stadium: St Mary's Stadium Attendance: 28,659 Referee: James Bell

9 December 2023 20	Watford	1–1	Southampton	Watford
15:00 GMT	Healey 90+6'	Report	Adams 56'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 19,797 Referee: Geoff Eltringham

13 December 2023 21	Coventry City	1–1	Southampton	Coventry
19:45 GMT	Wright 50'	Report	Edozie 67'	Stadium: Coventry Building Society Arena Attendance: 23,996 Referee: Ben Toner
Note: Live on Sky Sports.

16 December 2023 22	Southampton	4–0	Blackburn Rovers	Southampton
15:00 GMT	Edozie 44' S. Armstrong 64' Mara 90+7' Alcaraz 90+9'	Report		Stadium: St Mary's Stadium Attendance: 27,545 Referee: Graham Scott

26 December 2023 24	Southampton	5–0	Swansea City	Southampton
15:00 GMT	Aribo 17' Edozie 48' Fraser 74', 87' Adams 90+3'	Report		Stadium: St Mary's Stadium Attendance: 30,279 Referee: Keith Stroud