2020–21 Southampton F.C. season

The 2020–21 Southampton F.C. season is the club's 104th season in existence and the club's 9th consecutive season in the top flight of English football. In addition to the domestic league, Southampton will participate in this season's editions of the FA Cup, and the EFL Cup.

Southampton

2020–21 season
Chairman	Gao Jisheng
Manager	Ralph Hasenhüttl
Stadium	St Mary's Stadium
Premier League	Preseason
FA Cup	Preseason
EFL Cup	Preseason
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Current squad

Further information: Southampton F.C. § Players

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Since	App	Goals	Ends	Transfer fee	Notes
1	GK		Alex McCarthy	30	EU	Summer 2016	81	0	2022	Undisclosed
4	DF		Jannik Vestergaard	28	EU	Summer 2018	47	1	2022	Undisclosed
5	DF		Jack Stephens	26	EU	Summer 2011	111	6	2022	Undisclosed
6	DF		Wesley Hoedt	26	EU	Summer 2017	45	1	2022	£15M
7	FW		Shane Long	33	EU	Summer 2014	212	34	2022	Undisclosed
9	FW		Danny Ings	28	EU	Summer 2019	67	33	2022	£20M	Current record signing
10	FW		Ché Adams	24	EU	Summer 2019	35	4	2024	Undisclosed
12	MF		Moussa Djenepo	22	Non-EU	Summer 2019	20	2	2023	Undisclosed
14	MF		Oriol Romeu	28	EU	Summer 2015	189	6	2021	£5M
16	MF		James Ward-Prowse	25	EU	2003	278	24	2022	Academy	Captain
17	MF		Stuart Armstrong	28	EU	Summer 2018	66	9	2022	£7M
18	MF		Mario Lemina	26	EU	Summer 2017	52	2	2022	£15.4M	French passport
19	MF		Sofiane Boufal	26	EU	Summer 2016	84	5	2021	£16M	French passport
20	FW		Michael Obafemi	20	EU	2016	33	5	2022	Academy
21	DF		Ryan Bertrand	31	EU	Winter 2015	206	8	2021	Undisclosed
22	MF		Nathan Redmond	26	EU	Summer 2016	166	23	2023	Undisclosed
24	DF		Kyle Walker-Peters	23	EU	Summer 2020	10	0	2025	Undisclosed
25	FW		Guido Carrillo	29	EU	Winter 2018	10	0	2021	19M	Italian passport
27	MF		Will Smallbone	20	EU	2008	10	1	2024	Academy
28	GK		Angus Gunn	24	EU	Summer 2018	30	0	2023	13.5M
29	DF		Jake Vokins	20	EU	2008	3	1	2024	Academy
30	MF		Callum Slattery	21	EU	2008	5	0	2022	Academy
31	DF		Kayne Ramsay	19	EU	2017	2	0	2021	Academy
35	DF		Jan Bednarek	24	EU	Summer 2017	74	2	2022	£5M
39	MF		Josh Sims	23	EU	2011	27	0	2021	Academy
40	FW		Dan N'Lundulu	21	EU	2013	0	0	2022	Academy
41	GK		Harry Lewis	22	EU	Summer 2015	3	0	?	Undisclosed
42	MF		Jake Hesketh	24	EU	2006	4	1	2021	Academy
43	DF		Yan Valery	21	EU	2015	36	2	2023	Academy
44	GK		Fraser Forster	32	EU	Summer 2014	125	0	2022	Undisclosed
45	DF		Sam McQueen	25	EU	2003	29	0	2021	Academy
—	DF		Mohammed Salisu	21	Non-EU	Summer 2020	0	0	2024	Undisclosed
—	MF		Harrison Reed	25	EU	2003	30	0	2021	Academy

Transfers

Players transferred in

Date	Pos.	Name	Club	Fee	Ref.
11 August 2020	DF	Kyle Walker-Peters	Tottenham Hotspur	Undisclosed	[1]
12 August 2020	DF	Mohammed Salisu	Real Valladolid	Undisclosed	[2]

Players transferred out

Date	Pos.	Name	Club	Fee	Ref.
26 May 2020	MF	Kornelius Hansen	Stabæk	Compensation	[3]
11 August 2020	MF	Pierre-Emile Højbjerg	Tottenham Hotspur	Undisclosed	[1]

Players loaned out

Date	Pos.	Name	Club	Duration	Ref.
24 February 2020	MF	Tyreke Johnson	Hartford Athletic	30 November 2020	[4]
30 June 2020	MF	Mohamed Elyounoussi	Celtic	End of season	[5]

Players released

Date	Pos.	Name	Subsequent club	Join date	Ref.
30 June 2020	DF	Cédric Soares	Arsenal	1 July 2020	[6][7]
	FW	Marcus Barnes	Currently unattached		[6]
	GK	Alex Cull	Currently unattached		[6]
	MF	Harlem Hale	Currently unattached		[6]
	DF	Šimon Kozák	Currently unattached		[6]
	FW	Christian Norton	Currently unattached		[6]
	DF	Aaron O'Driscoll	Currently unattached		[6]
	GK	Jack Rose	Currently unattached		[6]
	DF	Maya Yoshida	Currently unattached		[6]

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
				Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Premier League	11 September 2020	May 2021	Matchday 1	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
FA Cup	2020		Third round	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
EFL Cup	September 2020		Third round	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total				0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—

Last updated: August 2020

Source: Competitions

Premier League

Main article: 2020–21 Premier League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
14	Newcastle United	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	Sheffield United	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	Southampton	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	Tottenham Hotspur	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	West Bromwich Albion	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Relegation to the EFL Championship

First match(es) will be played on 12 September 2020. Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) If the champions, relegated teams or qualified teams for UEFA competitions cannot be determined by rules 1 to 3, rules 4.1 to 4.3 are applied – 4.1) Points gained in head to head record between such teams; 4.2) Away goals scored in head to head record between such teams; 4.3) Play-offs[8]

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: September 2020.
Source:

Results by matchday

Matchday	1
Ground
Result
Position

Updated to match(es) played on September 2020. Source:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

FA Cup

Main article: 2020–21 FA Cup

EFL Cup

Main article: 2020–21 EFL Cup

Squad statistics

As of 12 August 2020

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	League				FA Cup				EFL Cup				Total
				Apps.	Goals			Apps.	Goals			Apps.	Goals			Apps.	Goals
	FW		Ché Adams	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF		David Agbontohoma	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		Stuart Armstrong	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
	FW		Sam Bellis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF		Ryan Bertrand	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		Sofiane Boufal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		Sean Brennan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	GK		Jack Bycroft	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Guido Carrillo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF		Kegs Chauke	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		Lucas Defise	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		Moussa Djenepo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		Will Ferry	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	GK		Fraser Forster	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	GK		Angus Gunn	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		Jake Hesketh	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF		Wesley Hoedt	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Danny Ings	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		Alex Jankewitz	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF		Alfie Jones	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF		Séamus Keogh	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF		Christoph Klarer	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF		Pascal Kpohomouh	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	GK		Kingsley Latham	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF		Kameron Ledwidge	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		Mario Lemina	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	GK		Harry Lewis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Shane Long	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
	DF		Sam McQueen	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		Ramello Mitchell	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF		James Morris	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Dan N'Lundulu	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		Thomas O'Connor	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Michael Obafemi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Kazeem Olaigbe	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF		Oludare Olufunwa	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF		Kayne Ramsay	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		Nathan Redmond	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		Harrison Reed	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Enzo Robise	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		Oriol Romeu	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF		Mohammed Salisu	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	GK		Tommy Scott	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		Josh Sims	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		Callum Slattery	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Benni Smales-Braithwaite	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
	DF		Allan Tchaptchet	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		Nathan Tella	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF		Yan Valery	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF		Jannik Vestergaard	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF		Jake Vokins	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF		Kyle Walker-Peters	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		James Ward-Prowse	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		Caleb Watts	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Notes

References

1. "Saints seal Walker-Peters deal". Southampton FC. 11 August 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
2. "Saints complete Salisu transfer". Southampton FC. 12 August 2020. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
3. "Fra Southampton til Stabæk" (in Norwegian). Stabæk. 26 May 2020. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
4. "Johnson completes Hartford Athletic loan". Southampton FC. 24 February 2020. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
5. "Delight as Mohamed Elyounoussi signs new season-long loan deal". Celtic FC. 30 June 2020. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
6. "Premier League clubs publish 2019/20 released lists". Premier League. 25 June 2020. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
7. "Four playes extend stay at club". Arsenal FC. 24 June 2020. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
8. "Premier League Handbook Season 2019/20: Rules of the Premier League Section C pages 101–102". premierleague.com. 2 August 2019.

External links

• Official website