2024–25 Southampton F.C. season

Southampton
2024–25 season
Owner	Sport Republic
Manager	Russell Martin
Stadium	St Mary's Stadium
	← 2023–24 2025–26 →

The 2024–25 season is the 108th season in the history of Southampton and their first season back in the Premier League since the 2022–23 season following their promotion from the Championship in the previous season. The club are participating in the 2024–25 Premier League, the FA Cup, and the EFL Cup.

Players

N	Pos.	Name	Age	Since	App	Goals	Ends	Transfer fee	Notes
1	GK	Alex McCarthy	34	2016	147	0	2026	Undisclosed
2	DF	Kyle Walker-Peters	27	2020	167	6	2025	Undisclosed
3	DF	Ryan Manning	28	2023	41	0	2027	Free transfer
5	DF	Jack Stephens	30	2011	181	6	2025	Academy	Captain
7	MF	Joe Aribo	27	2022	67	6	2026	Undisclosed
9	FW	Adam Armstrong	27	2021	119	29	2025	Undisclosed
10	FW	Ché Adams	27	2019	191	49	2024	Undisclosed
11	FW	Ross Stewart	27	2023	4	0	2026	Undisclosed
12	FW	Paul Onuachu	30	2023	12	0	2026	Undisclosed
13	GK	Joe Lumley	29	2023	4	0	2025	Free transfer
14	DF	James Bree	26	2023	27	0	2026	Undisclosed
16	MF	Will Smallbone	24	2008	70	8	2026	Academy
18	FW	Sékou Mara	21	2022	64	8	2026	Undisclosed
20	MF	Kamaldeen Sulemana	22	2023	44	2	2027	Undisclosed
21	DF	Taylor Harwood-Bellis	22	2024	46	2	2028	Undisclosed
22	MF	Carlos Alcaraz	21	2023	47	8	2028	Undisclosed
23	MF	Samuel Edozie	21	2022	60	6	2027	Undisclosed
24	MF	Shea Charles	20	2023	38	0	2027	Undisclosed
25	DF	Lyanco	27	2021	49	1	2025	Undisclosed
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	220	9	2025	Undisclosed
37	DF	Armel Bella-Kotchap	22	2022	26	0	2026	Undisclosed
	GK	Mateusz Lis	27	2021	0	0	2025	Free transfer
	DF	Duje Ćaleta-Car	27	2022	19	2	2026	Undisclosed
	DF	Ronnie Edwards	21	2024	0	0	2028	Undisclosed
	DF	Charlie Taylor	30	2024	0	0	2026	Free transfer
	MF	Adam Lallana	36	2024	265	60	2025	Free transfer

Transfers

Players transferred in

Date	Pos.	Player	Club	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2024	DF	Taylor Harwood-Bellis	Manchester City	Undisclosed	^[1]^[2]
1 July 2024	MF	Adam Lallana	Brighton & Hove Albion	Free transfer	^[3]
1 July 2024	DF	Charlie Taylor	Burnley	Free transfer	^[4]
3 July 2024	DF	Ronnie Edwards	Peterborough United	Undisclosed	^[5]
12 March 2025	FW	Rento Takaoka	Nissho Gakuen High School	Undisclosed	^[6]

Players loaned in

Date	Pos.	Player	Club	Duration	Ref.

Players transferred out

Date	Pos.	Player	Club	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2024	DF	Romain Perraud	Real Betis	Undisclosed	^[7]

Players loaned out

Date	Pos.	Player	Club	Duration	Ref.
25 June 2024	GK	Ollie Wright	Yeovil Town	End of season	^[8]
25 June 2024	DF	Zach Awe	Accrington Stanley	End of season	^[9]

Players released

Date	Pos.	Player	Subsequent club	Join date	Ref.
30 June 2024	DF	Matt Carson	Torquay United	1 July 2024	^[10]^[11]
	FW	Luke Pearce	Cardiff City	4 July 2024	^[10]^[12]
	MF	Stuart Armstrong	Currently unattached		^[10]
	DF	Dynel Simeu	Currently unattached		^[10]
	DF	Jake Vokins	Currently unattached		^[10]

Pre-season and friendlies

Southampton announced their first pre-season fixtures in June 2024, with the Saints travelling to neighbours Eastleigh on 19 July before a week-long training camp in Spain, with friendly matches against French clubs Bordeaux on 24 July and Montpellier on 27 July taking place behind closed doors.^[13] On 4 July, an away pre-season fixture against Millwall was confirmed.^[14]

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

19 July 2024 Friendly	Eastleigh	v	Southampton	Eastleigh
19:00 BST				Stadium: Silverlake Stadium

24 July 2024 Friendly	Bordeaux	v	Southampton
10:00 BST

27 July 2024 Friendly	Montpellier	v	Southampton
10:00 BST

3 August 2024 Friendly	Millwall	v	Southampton	Bermondsey
13:00 BST				Stadium: The Den

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	Starting round	Record
Competition	Starting round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Premier League	Matchday 1	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
FA Cup	Third round	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
EFL Cup	First round	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total		0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—

Last updated: pre-season
Source: Soccerway

Premier League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Qualification or relegation
15	Newcastle United
16	Nottingham Forest
17	Southampton
18	Tottenham Hotspur	Relegation to the EFL Championship
19	West Ham United	Relegation to the EFL Championship

First match(es) will be played: 17 August 2024. 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^[15]

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

Matches

On 18 June, the Premier League fixtures were released.^[16]

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

17 August 2024 1	Newcastle United	v	Southampton	Newcastle upon Tyne
15:00 BST				Stadium: St James' Park

24 August 2024 2	Southampton	v	Nottingham Forest	Southampton
15:00 BST				Stadium: St. Mary's Stadium

31 August 2024 3	Brentford	v	Southampton	Brentford
15:00 BST				Stadium: Brentford Community Stadium

14 September 2024 4	Southampton	v	Manchester United	Southampton
15:00 BST				Stadium: St. Mary's Stadium

21 September 2024 5	Southampton	v	Ipswich Town	Southampton
15:00 BST				Stadium: St Mary's Stadium

28 September 2024 6	Bournemouth	v	Southampton	Bournemouth
15:00 BST				Stadium: Vitality Stadium

5 October 2024 7	Arsenal	v	Southampton	Holloway
15:00 BST		Report		Stadium: Emirates Stadium

19 October 2024 8	Southampton	v	Leicester City	Southampton
15:00 BST				Stadium: St Mary's Stadium
Note: Live on Sky Sports

26 October 2024 9	Manchester City	v	Southampton	Manchester
15:00 BST		Report		Stadium: Etihad Stadium

2 November 2024 10	Southampton	v	Everton	Southampton
15:00 BST				Stadium: St Mary's Stadium

9 November 2024 11	Wolverhampton Wanderers	v	Southampton	Wolverhampton
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Molineux Stadium

23 November 2024 12	Southampton	v	Liverpool	Southampton
15:00 GMT		Report		Stadium: St Mary's Stadium

30 November 2024 13	Brighton & Hove Albion	v	Southampton	Falmer
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Falmer Stadium

4 December 2024 14	Southampton	v	Chelsea	Southampton
19:45 GMT		Report		Stadium: St Mary's Stadium

7 December 2024 15	Aston Villa	v	Southampton	Birmingham
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Villa Park

14 December 2024 16	Southampton	v	Tottenham Hotspur	Southampton
15:00 GMT		Report		Stadium: St Mary's Stadium

21 December 2024 17	Fulham	v	Southampton	Fulham
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Craven Cottage

26 December 2024 18	Southampton	v	West Ham United	Southampton
19:45 GMT				Stadium: St Mary's Stadium

29 December 2024 19	Crystal Palace	v	Southampton	Selhurst
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Selhurst Park

4 January 2025 20	Southampton	v	Brentford	Southampton
15:00 GMT				Stadium: St Mary's Stadium

15 January 2025 21	Manchester United	v	Southampton	Trafford
20:00 GMT				Stadium: Old Trafford

18 January 2025 22	Nottingham Forest	v	Southampton	West Bridgford
15:00 GMT				Stadium: City Ground

25 January 2025 23	Southampton	v	Newcastle United	Southampton
15:00 GMT				Stadium: St Mary's Stadium

1 February 2025 24	Ipswich Town	v	Southampton	Ipswich
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Portman Road

15 February 2025 25	Southampton	v	Bournemouth	Southampton
15:00 GMT				Stadium: St Mary's Stadium

22 February 2025 26	Southampton	v	Brighton & Hove Albion	Southampton
15:00 GMT				Stadium: St Mary's Stadium

26 February 2025 27	Chelsea	v	Southampton	Fulham
19:45 GMT		Report		Stadium: Stamford Bridge

8 March 2025 28	Liverpool	v	Southampton	Liverpool
15:00 GMT		Report		Stadium: Anfield

15 March 2025 29	Southampton	v	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Southampton
15:00 BST				Stadium: St Mary's Stadium

2 April 2025 30	Southampton	v	Crystal Palace	Southampton
19:45 BST				Stadium: St Mary's Stadium

5 April 2025 31	Tottenham Hotspur	v	Southampton	Tottenham
15:00 BST		Report		Stadium: Tottenham Hotspur Stadium

12 April 2025 32	Southampton	v	Aston Villa	Southampton
15:00 BST				Stadium: St Mary's Stadium

19 April 2025 33	West Ham United	v	Southampton	Stratford
15:00 BST				Stadium: London Stadium

26 April 2025 34	Southampton	v	Fulham	Southampton
15:00 BST				Stadium: St Mary's Stadium

3 May 2025 35	Leicester City	v	Southampton	Leicester
15:00 BST				Stadium: King Power Stadium

10 May 2025 36	Southampton	v	Manchester City	Southampton
15:00 BST		Report		Stadium: St Mary's Stadium

18 May 2025 37	Everton	v	Southampton	Liverpool
15:00 BST				Stadium: Goodison Park

25 May 2025 38	Southampton	v	Arsenal	Southampton
16:00 BST		Report		Stadium: St. Mary's Stadium

FA Cup

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

EFL Cup

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

Squad statistics

As of 14 June 2024

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	League				FA Cup				EFL Cup				Total
No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Apps.	Goals			Apps.	Goals			Apps.	Goals			Apps.	Goals
	DF		Derrick Abu	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Ché Adams	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		Carlos Alcaraz	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		Sam Amo-Ameyaw	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
	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		Nathaniel 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
	DF		Duje Ćaleta-Car	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
	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
	DF		Tommy Dobson-Ventura	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
	MF		Diamond Edwards	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		Princewell Ehibhatiomhan	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
	DF		Jem Hewlett	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
	MF		Adam Lallana	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF		Juan Larios	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		Josh Lett	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	GK		Mateusz Lis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	GK		Joe Lumley	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF		Lyanco	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
	FW		Sékou Mara	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
	GK		Josh McNamara	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF		Jayden Meghoma	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
	GK		Adli Mohammed	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		Josh O'Brien-Whitmarsh	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Paul Onuachu	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Nicholas Oyekunle	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF		Lewis Payne	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
	MF		Kamaldeen Sulemana	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
	DF		Kyle Walker-Peters	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

References

^ "Saints win triggers permanent Harwood-Bellis move". BBC Sport. 26 May 2024. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
^ "Harwood-Bellis completes permanent move". Southampton FC. 1 July 2024. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
^ "Lallana returns as first summer signing" (Press release). Southampton FC. 14 June 2024. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
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^ "Saints swoop for defender Edwards" (Press release). Southampton FC. 3 July 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
^ "Saints sign Rento Takaoka on pre-contract" (Press release). Southampton FC. 19 June 2024. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
^ "Perraud departs for Real Betis" (Press release). Southampton FC. 24 June 2024. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
^ "Ollie Wright joins Yeovil on loan" (Press release). Southampton FC. 25 June 2024. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
^ "Zach Awe joins Accrington on loan" (Press release). Southampton FC. 4 July 2024. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Men's retained list published for 2024" (Press release). Southampton FC. 4 June 2024. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
^ "Matt Carson makes Gulls Switch" (Press release). Torquay United FC. 21 June 2024. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
^ "Four new recruits added to City's U21s" (Press release). Cardiff City FC. 4 July 2024. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
^ "Saints start pre-season against Spitfires before trip to Spain" (Press release). Southampton FC. 27 June 2024. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
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^ Premier League Handbook: Season 2023/24 (PDF). 29 August 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 September 2023. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
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[Taylor_Harwood-Bellis-1] "Saints win triggers permanent Harwood-Bellis move". BBC Sport. 26 May 2024. Retrieved 9 June 2024.

[2] "Harwood-Bellis completes permanent move". Southampton FC. 1 July 2024. Retrieved 1 July 2024.

[Adam_Lallana-3] "Lallana returns as first summer signing" (Press release). Southampton FC. 14 June 2024. Retrieved 14 June 2024.

[Charlie_Taylor-4] "Saints complete Taylor signing" (Press release). Southampton FC. 1 July 2024. Retrieved 1 July 2024.

[Ronnie_Edwards-5] "Saints swoop for defender Edwards" (Press release). Southampton FC. 3 July 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2024.

[Rento_Takaoka-6] "Saints sign Rento Takaoka on pre-contract" (Press release). Southampton FC. 19 June 2024. Retrieved 19 June 2024.

[Romain_Perraud-7] "Perraud departs for Real Betis" (Press release). Southampton FC. 24 June 2024. Retrieved 24 June 2024.

[Ollie_Wright-8] "Ollie Wright joins Yeovil on loan" (Press release). Southampton FC. 25 June 2024. Retrieved 25 June 2024.

[Zach_Awe-9] "Zach Awe joins Accrington on loan" (Press release). Southampton FC. 4 July 2024. Retrieved 4 July 2024.

[Retained_list-10] "Men's retained list published for 2024" (Press release). Southampton FC. 4 June 2024. Retrieved 4 June 2024.

[Matt_Carson-11] "Matt Carson makes Gulls Switch" (Press release). Torquay United FC. 21 June 2024. Retrieved 21 June 2024.

[Luke_Pearce-12] "Four new recruits added to City's U21s" (Press release). Cardiff City FC. 4 July 2024. Retrieved 4 July 2024.

[13] "Saints start pre-season against Spitfires before trip to Spain" (Press release). Southampton FC. 27 June 2024. Retrieved 27 June 2024.

[14] "Saints set for Millwall friendly" (Press release). Southampton FC. 4 July 2024. Retrieved 4 July 2024.

[PLhandbook-15] Premier League Handbook: Season 2023/24 (PDF). 29 August 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 September 2023. Retrieved 22 September 2023.

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