The 2026–27 season is the 110th season in the history of Southampton, and the second consecutive season being in the Championship. In addition to the domestic league, the club will also participate in the FA Cup and the EFL Cup.
Players
Transfers Players transferred in Date Player Club Fee Ref. 15 June 2026 FW Cyle Larin Mallorca Undisclosed GK George Long Norwich City Undisclosed GK Daniel Peretz Bayern Munich Undisclosed 20 June 2026 MF Issa Tounkara Etoiles Mandé Undisclosed 15 July 2026 FW Lewis Dobbin Aston Villa Undisclosed 27 August 2026 DF Keven Schlotterbeck FC Augsburg Undisclosed 28 August 2026 MF James Ward-Prowse West Ham United Undisclosed 1 September 2026 GK Jamie Jones Unattached Free transfer 4 September 2026 GK Xander Grieves Wolverhampton Wanderers Undisclosed 21 September 2026 MF Yunus Linton Chelsea Undisclosed
Players loaned in Date Player Club Duration Ref. 11 August 2026 FW Divin Mubama Manchester City End of season 1 September 2026 DF Zach Abbott Nottingham Forest End of season
Players transferred out Date Player Club Fee Ref. 30 July 2026 FW Rento Takaoka Patro Eisden Maasmechelen Undisclosed 7 August 2026 GK Josh Jeffries Eastleigh Undisclosed 11 August 2026 MF Shea Charles Fulham Undisclosed 17 August 2026 MF Joe O'Brien-Whitmarsh Northampton Town Undisclosed 28 August 2026 GK Gavin Bazunu Bolton Wanderers Undisclosed 1 September 2026 DF Taylor Harwood-Bellis Aston Villa Undisclosed DF Abdulhalim Okunola Middlesbrough Undisclosed
Players loaned out Date Player Club Duration Ref. 3 July 2026 GK Ollie Wright Gillingham End of season 29 July 2026 DF Jayden Moore Worthing End of season 6 August 2026 MF Daouda Traoré Le Mans End of season 7 August 2026 DF Tommy Dobson-Ventura Eastleigh End of season FW Nicholas Oyekunle Leyton Orient End of season MF Jay Robinson Monza End of season 21 August 2026 MF Moses Sesay Colchester United End of season 27 August 2026 DF Joshua Quarshie Sturm Graz End of season 28 August 2026 FW Ben Brereton Díaz Sheffield United End of season 31 August 2026 MF Issa Tounkara Valenciennes End of season 1 September 2026 FW Cameron Archer Auxerre End of season DF Yukinari Sugawara Cagliari End of season 2 September 2026 FW Damion Downs St. Louis City December 2027
Players released Date Player Subsequent club Join date Ref. 30 June 2026 DF Will Armitage Brackley Town 1 July 2026 DF Sonnie Davis Bedford Town 9 July 2026 MF Oriol Romeu Avispa Fukuoka 13 July 2026 DF Charlie Taylor Derby County 14 July 2026 GK Alex McCarthy Leicester City 16 July 2026 DF Sam Tabares Gillingham 29 July 2026 FW Ross Stewart Swansea City 6 August 2026 FW Will Merry Hednesford Town 7 August 2026 GK Jamie Jones Re-signed 1 September 2026 MF Will Smallbone Leicester City 1 October 2026 MF Joe Aribo Currently unattached GK Hugo Fisher Currently unattached 1 September 2026 DF Juan Larios CD Eldense 3 September 2026
Pre-season and friendlies Southampton announced their first pre-season friendly in June 2026, with the Saints heading to Germany to play against Preußen Münster on 1 August. On 23 June, an away pre-season fixture against Eastleigh was confirmed. On 12 July, a third fixture was added against Eintracht Braunschweig.
Competitions Overall record
Championship
League table
Results summary
Results by round
Matches On 25 June 2026, the Championship fixtures were released.
FA Cup
As a Championship side Southampton would enter the FA Cup in the third round.
EFL Cup
Southampton were drawn away to Colchester United in the first round. In the second round, the Saints were drawn at home to West Ham United.
Squad statistics
PlayerLeaguePlayoffsFA CupEFL CupTotal1GKDaniel Peretz8000000000002000100002DFMads Roerslev000000000000000000003DFRyan Manning7(1)1300000000010008(1)1304MFFlynn Downes8030000000001(1)0009(1)0305DFJack Stephens3(1)0000000000020005(1)0006DFZach Abbott000000000000000000007MFLéo Scienza8200000000002110103108MFCaspar Jander000000000000000000009FWCyle Larin9720000000000(2)1008(2)82010MFFinn Azaz7(1)300000000000(2)0007(3)30011FWLewis Dobbin1(6)0000000000020003(6)00013DFKeven Schlotterbeck6100000000000000610014DFJames Bree80200000000020001002015DFNathan Wood6(1)0200000000010007(1)02018MFTom Fellows3(3)1100000000020005(3)11023MFSamuel Edozie0(5)000000000000(1)0000(6)00025GKGeorge Long0000000000000000000026MFCam Bragg3(3)000000000001(1)0104(4)01027MFKuryu Matsuki6(2)100000000001(1)0007(3)10028FWDivin Mubama0(8)1100000000010001(8)11029MFRomeo Akachukwu0(1)000000000001(1)1001(2)10030MFJames Ward-Prowse4(2)1000000000000004(2)10031GKJamie Jones0000000000000000000032GKAaron Ramsdale0000000000000000000034DFWelington1(1)1000000000010002(1)10040FWPrincewill Ehibhatiomhan00000000000000000000Players with appearances who ended the season on loan19FWCameron Archer0000000000000(1)0000(1)00022FWBen Brereton Díaz0(1)0000000000010001(1)000Players with appearances who left during the season6DFTaylor Harwood-Bellis10000000000010002000
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