2019–20 Southampton F.C. season explained

Club:	Southampton
Season:	2019–20
Manager:	Ralph Hasenhüttl
Chairman:	Gao Jisheng
Stadium:	St Mary's Stadium
League:	Premier League
League Result:	11th
Cup1:	FA Cup
Cup1 Result:	Fourth round
Cup2:	EFL Cup
Cup2 Result:	Fourth round
League Topscorer:	Danny Ings (22)
Season Topscorer:	Danny Ings (25)
Highest Attendance:	31,712 v Liverpool (17 August 2019)
Lowest Attendance:	20,091 v Huddersfield Town (4 January 2020)
Average Attendance:	29,500 (not including 'Behind closed doors' matches)
Prevseason:	2018–19
Nextseason:	2020–21
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The 2019–20 Southampton F.C. season was the club's 21st season in the Premier League and their 43rd in the top division of English football.^[1] In addition to the Premier League, the club also competed in the FA Cup and the EFL Cup.

Competitions

Premier League

See main article: 2019–20 Premier League.

Match results

On 13 June 2019, the Premier League fixtures were announced.^[2]

FA Cup

See main article: 2019–20 FA Cup.

The third round draw was made live on BBC Two from Etihad Stadium, Micah Richards and Tony Adams conducted the draw.^[3] On 6 January, Alex Scott and David O'Leary conducted the fourth round draw live on BBC One from the Emirates Stadium.^[4]

EFL Cup

See main article: 2019–20 EFL Cup.

The second round draw was made on 13 August 2019 following the conclusion of all but one first-round matches.^[5] The third round draw was confirmed on 28 August 2019, live on Sky Sports.^[6] The draw for the fourth round was made on 25 September 2019.^[7]

Squad statistics

		Name	League				FA Cup				EFL Cup				Total
		Name
1	GK	Alex McCarthy	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	31	0	0	0
4	DF	Jannik Vestergaard	17(2)	1	3	0	1(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	18(3)	1	3	0
5	DF	Jack Stephens	27(1)	1	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	30(1)	2	4	1
7	FW	Shane Long	15(11)	2	0	0	2	1	1	0	1(2)	0	0	0	18(13)	3	1	0
9	FW	Danny Ings	32(6)	22	3	0	2	1	0	0	1(1)	2	0	0	35(7)	25	3	0
10	FW	Ché Adams	12(18)	4	0	0	1(2)	0	1	0	1(1)	0	0	0	14(21)	4	1	0
12	MF	Moussa Djenepo	10(8)	2	4	1	0(1)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	11(9)	2	4	1
14	MF	Oriol Romeu	20(10)	0	5	0	2	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	25(10)	0	7	0
16	MF	James Ward-Prowse	38	5	9	0	3	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	44	5	10	0
17	MF	Stuart Armstrong	19(11)	5	4	0	1(2)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	21(13)	5	4	0
19	MF	Sofiane Boufal	8(12)	0	2	0	2(1)	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	12(13)	1	2	0
20	FW	Michael Obafemi	8(13)	3	1	0	1(1)	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	11(14)	4	1	0
21	DF	Ryan Bertrand	31(1)	1	3	1	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	34(1)	1	5	1
22	FW	Nathan Redmond	32	4	2	0	2	0	0	0	1(2)	1	0	0	35(2)	5	2	0
23	MF	Pierre-Emile Højbjerg	30(3)	0	5	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	35(3)	0	5	0
24	DF	Kyle Walker-Peters	7(3)	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7(3)	0	1	0
27	MF	Will Smallbone	4(5)	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5(5)	1	0	0
28	GK	Angus Gunn	10	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	13	0	1	0
29	DF	Jake Vokins	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0(1)	0	0	0	2(1)	1	0	0
35	DF	Jan Bednarek	34	1	4	0	2	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	39	1	6	0
36	MF	Jacob Maddox	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
38	DF	Kevin Danso	3(3)	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	7(3)	0	1	1
40	FW	Dan N'Lundulu	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
41	GK	Harry Lewis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
43	DF	Yan Valery	10(1)	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	11(1)	0	1	0
45	DF	Sam McQueen	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
47	MF	Will Ferry	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
52	MF	Nathan Tella	0(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0(1)	0	0	0
64	MF	Alex Jankewitz	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players with appearances who left during the season
2	DF	Cédric Soares	16	0	1	0	0(1)	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	18(1)	1	1	0
3	DF	Maya Yoshida	6(2)	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1(1)	0	0	0	8(3)	0	1	0

Most appearances

		Name	League		FA Cup		EFL Cup		Total
		Name
1	MF	James Ward-Prowse	38	0	3	0	3	0	44	0	44
2	FW	Danny Ings	32	6	2	0	1	1	35	7	42
3	DF	Jan Bednarek	34	0	2	0	3	0	39	0	39
4	MF	Pierre-Emile Højbjerg	30	3	2	0	3	0	35	3	38
5	MF	Nathan Redmond	32	0	2	0	1	2	35	2	37
6	DF	Ryan Bertrand	31	1	2	0	1	0	34	1	35
	MF	Oriol Romeu	20	10	2	0	3	0	25	10	35
	FW	Ché Adams	12	18	1	2	1	1	14	21	35
9	MF	Stuart Armstrong	19	11	1	2	1	0	21	13	34
10	GK	Alex McCarthy	28	0	0	0	3	0	31	0	31
	DF	Jack Stephens	27	1	2	0	1	0	30	1	31
	FW	Shane Long	15	11	2	0	1	2	18	13	31

Top goalscorers

		Name	League		FA Cup		EFL Cup		Total
		Name
1	FW	Danny Ings	22	38	1	2	2	2	25	42	0.60
2	MF	Stuart Armstrong	5	30	0	3	0	1	5	34	0.15
	FW	Nathan Redmond	4	32	0	2	1	3	5	37	0.14
	MF	James Ward-Prowse	5	38	0	3	0	3	5	44	0.11
5	FW	Michael Obafemi	3	21	0	2	1	2	4	25	0.16
5	FW	Ché Adams	4	30	0	3	0	2	4	35	0.11
7	FW	Shane Long	2	26	1	2	0	3	3	31	0.10
8	MF	Moussa Djenepo	2	18	0	1	0	1	2	20	0.10
8	DF	Jack Stephens	1	28	0	2	1	1	2	31	0.06
10	DF	Jake Vokins	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	3	0.33
	MF	Will Smallbone	0	9	1	1	0	0	1	10	0.10
	DF	Cédric Soares	0	16	0	1	1	2	1	19	0.05
	DF	Jannik Vestergaard	1	19	0	2	0	0	1	21	0.05
	MF	Sofiane Boufal	0	20	1	3	0	2	1	25	0.04
	DF	Ryan Bertrand	1	32	0	2	0	1	1	35	0.03
	DF	Jan Bednarek	1	34	0	2	0	3	1	39	0.03

Transfers

Players transferred in

Date		Name	Club	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2019	FW	Ché Adams	Birmingham City	Undisclosed	^[8]
1 July 2019	MF	Moussa Djenepo	Standard Liège	Undisclosed	^[9]
1 July 2019	FW	Danny Ings		£20 million	^[10]
2 August 2019	GK	Tommy Scott	Yeovil Town	Free transfer	^[11]

Players loaned in

Date		Name	Club	Duration	Ref.
8 August 2019	DF	Kevin Danso	Augsburg	End of season	^[12]
29 January 2020	DF	Kyle Walker-Peters	Tottenham Hotspur	End of season	^[13]
31 January 2020	MF	Jacob Maddox	Chelsea	End of season	^[14]

Players transferred out

Date		Name	Club	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2019	DF	Matt Targett	Aston Villa	Undisclosed	^[15]
13 July 2019	FW	Sam Gallagher	Blackburn Rovers	Undisclosed	^[16]
22 July 2019	MF	Jordy Clasie	AZ Alkmaar	Undisclosed	^[17]
8 August 2019	FW	Charlie Austin	West Bromwich Albion	Undisclosed	^[18]
31 January 2020	MF	Harry Hamblin	Macclesfield Town	Free transfer	^[19]
26 May 2020	MF	Kornelius Hansen	Stabæk	Compensation	^[20]

Players loaned out

Date		Name	Club	Duration	Ref.
2 July 2019	DF	Alfie Jones	Gillingham	End of season	^[21]
8 July 2019	GK	Jack Rose	Walsall	End of season	^[22]
9 July 2019	GK	Kingsley Latham	Havant & Waterlooville	1 January 2020	^[23]
10 July 2019	GK	Alex Cull	AFC Totton	1 January 2020	^[24]
17 July 2019	MF	Harry Hamblin	Bath City	1 January 2020	^[25]
2 August 2019	MF	Tyreke Johnson	Woking	1 January 2020	^[26]
7 August 2019	MF	Josh Sims	New York Red Bulls	End of season	^[27] ^[28]
8 August 2019	MF	Harrison Reed	Fulham	End of season	^[29]
22 August 2019	GK	Fraser Forster	Celtic	End of season	^[30]
29 August 2019	MF	Thomas O'Connor	Gillingham	End of season	^[31] ^[32]
30 August 2019	MF	Mohamed Elyounoussi	Celtic	30 June 2020	^[33]
1 September 2019	FW	Guido Carrillo	Leganés	End of season	^[34]
2 September 2019	MF	Jake Hesketh	Lincoln City	End of season	^[35]
2 September 2019	DF	Wesley Hoedt	Royal Antwerp	End of season	^[36]
2 September 2019	MF	Mario Lemina	Galatasaray	End of season	^[37]
3 September 2019	FW	Marcus Barnes	Eastleigh	6 January 2020	^[38]
7 January 2020	DF	Christoph Klarer	SKN St. Pölten	End of season	^[39]
19 January 2020	DF	Šimon Kozák	MFK Zemplín Michalovce	30 June 2020	^[40]
30 January 2020	GK	Kingsley Latham	Gosport Borough	End of season	^[41]
31 January 2020	DF	Cédric Soares	Arsenal	30 June 2020	^[42]
31 January 2020	DF	Kayne Ramsay	Shrewsbury Town	End of season	^[43]
31 January 2020	MF	Callum Slattery	De Graafschap	End of season	^[44]
31 January 2020	DF	Maya Yoshida	Sampdoria	30 June 2020	^[45]
24 February 2020	MF	Tyreke Johnson	Hartford Athletic	30 November 2020	^[46]
30 June 2020	MF	Mohamed Elyounoussi	Celtic	30 June 2021	^[47]

Players released

Date		Name	Subsequent club	Join date	Ref.
30 June 2019	MF	Steven Davis		1 July 2019	^[48] ^[49]
	FW	Jonathan Afolabi		17 August 2019	^[50]
	MF	Jake Flannigan	Hampton & Richmond Borough	23 August 2019	^[51]
	MF	Ben Rowthorn	Dorchester Town	1 October 2019	^[52]
	DF	Jamie Bradley-Green	Currently unattached
	MF	Siph Mdlalose	Currently unattached
31 December 2019	DF	Kieran Freeman	Dundee United	10 January 2020	^[53]

External links

Southampton F.C. official website

Notes and References

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Web site: Premier League fixtures for 2019/20 announced . . 13 June 2019.
Web site: Liverpool to host Everton in FA Cup third round . . 3 December 2019.
Web site: FA Cup draw: Liverpool, Chelsea and Leicester get away ties in fourth round . . 6 January 2020.
Web site: Carabao Cup Round Two draw . . 14 August 2019.
Web site: Carabao Cup Round Three draw confirmed . . 30 August 2019.
Web site: Carabao Cup Round Four draw confirmed . . 26 September 2019.
News: Saints swoop for striker Adams . Southampton FC . 1 July 2019 . 1 July 2019 . 1 July 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190701110507/https://southamptonfc.com/news/2019-07-01/che-adams-birmingham-to-southampton-announcement-1-july-2019 . dead .
News: Southampton sign Moussa Djenepo from Standard Liege . Southern Daily Echo . 13 June 2019 . 13 June 2019.
News: Transfer news: Liverpool's Danny Ings joins Southampton on loan . . 9 August 2018 . 12 December 2018.
News: Saints sign young goalkeeper Scott . Southampton FC . 2 August 2019 . 2 August 2019.
News: Danso is a Saint! . Southampton FC . 9 August 2019 . 9 August 2019.
News: Saints sign Walker-Peters on loan . Southampton FC . 29 January 2020 . 29 January 2020.
News: Maddox joins Under-23s on loan . Southampton FC . 2 February 2020 . 2 February 2020.
News: Targett completes Villa move . Southampton FC . 1 July 2019 . 1 July 2019 . 1 July 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190701103814/https://southamptonfc.com/news/2019-07-01/matt-targett-southampton-to-aston-villa-announcement-1-july-2019 . dead .
News: Gallagher completes Blackburn transfer . Southampton FC . 13 July 2019 . 13 July 2019.
News: Clasie joins AZ Alkmaar . Southampton FC . 22 July 2019 . 22 July 2019.
News: Austin joins Albion . West Bromwich Albion FC . 8 August 2019 . 8 August 2019.
News: Hamblin departs for Macclesfield . Southampton FC . 31 January 2020 . 31 January 2020.
News: Fra Southampton til Stabæk . Stabæk . 26 May 2020 . 26 May 2020 . no.
News: Jones completes Gillingham loan move . Southampton FC . 2 July 2019 . 2 July 2019 . 2 July 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190702153729/https://www.southamptonfc.com/news/2019-07-02/alfie-jones-southampton-gillingham-loan-move-announcement . dead .
News: Rose completes Walsall loan move . Southampton FC . 8 July 2019 . 8 July 2019.
News: Latham agrees Havant & Waterlooville loan . Southampton FC . 9 July 2019 . 9 July 2019.
News: Cull lands AFC Totton loan move . Southampton FC . 10 July 2019 . 10 July 2019.
News: Hamblin completes Bath City loan move . Southampton FC . 17 July 2019 . 17 July 2019.
News: Tyreke Johnson joins on loan . Woking FC . 2 August 2019 . 2 August 2019.
News: Sims agrees New York Red Bulls loan . Southampton FC . 7 August 2019 . 8 August 2019 . 7 August 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190807231334/https://www.southamptonfc.com/news/2019-08-07/announcement-josh-sims-southampton-new-york-red-bulls-loan-deal . dead .
News: Sims rejoins New York Red Bulls . Southampton FC . 21 January 2020 . 21 January 2020 . 7 December 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201207080155/https://www.southamptonfc.com/news/2020-01-21/announcement-josh-sims-southampton-new-york-red-bulls-loan-deal-january-2020 . dead .
News: Reed joins Fulham on loan . Southampton FC . 8 August 2019 . 8 August 2019 . 11 September 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200911175738/https://www.southamptonfc.com/news/2019-08-08/announcement-harrison-reed-loan-move-southampton-fulham-deadline-day . dead .
News: Celtic agree deal to sign keeper Forster on loan . BBC Sport . 22 August 2019 . 22 August 2019.
News: O'Connor joins Gillingham on loan . Southampton FC . 29 August 2019 . 29 August 2019.
News: O'Connor extends Gillingham loan . Southampton FC . 31 December 2019 . 31 December 2019.
News: Celtic sign Elyounoussi on loan . Southampton FC . 30 August 2019 . 30 August 2019.
News: Carrillo joins CD Leganés on loan . Southampton FC . 1 September 2019 . 1 September 2019 . 1 September 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190901092602/https://www.southamptonfc.com/news/2019-09-01/announcement-guido-carrillo-southampton-cd-leganes-loan-deal . dead .
News: Hesketh joins Lincoln on loan . Southampton FC . 2 September 2019 . 2 September 2019 . 2 September 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190902115440/https://www.southamptonfc.com/news/2019-09-02/announcement-jake-hesketh-southampton-lincoln-city-loan . dead .
News: Hoedt signs Antwerp loan deal . Southampton FC . 2 September 2019 . 2 September 2019 . 2 September 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190902172149/https://www.southamptonfc.com/news/2019-09-02/announcement-wesley-hoedt-southampton-royal-antwerp-loan . dead .
News: Lemina completes Galatasaray loan move . Southampton FC . 2 September 2019 . 2 September 2019 . 2 September 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190902194850/https://www.southamptonfc.com/news/2019-09-02/announcement-mario-lemina-southampton-to-galatasaray-loan-201920 . dead .
News: Barnes joins Eastleigh until January . Southampton FC . 3 September 2019 . 3 September 2019 . 3 September 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190903164631/https://www.southamptonfc.com/news/2019-09-03/announcement-marcus-barnes-southampton-to-eastleigh-loan-201920 . dead .
News: Klarer joins SKN St Pölten . Southampton FC . 7 January 2020 . 7 January 2020.
News: K LABORCU PRIŠIEL NA DRUHÝ POKUS . MFK Zemplín Michalovce . 19 January 2020 . 20 January 2020 . sk.
News: Latham agrees Gosport Borough loan . Southampton FC . 30 January 2020 . 30 January 2020.
News: Cédric completes Arsenal loan move . Southampton FC . 31 January 2020 . 31 January 2020.
News: Ramsay joins Shrewsbury Town . Southampton FC . 31 January 2020 . 31 January 2020.
News: Slattery joins De Graafschap . Southampton FC . 31 January 2020 . 31 January 2020.
News: Yoshida joins Sampdoria on loan . Southampton FC . 31 January 2020 . 31 January 2020.
News: Johnson completes Hartford Athletic loan . Southampton FC . 24 February 2020 . 24 February 2020.
News: Delight as Mohamed Elyounoussi signs new season-long loan deal . Celtic FC . 30 June 2020 . 30 June 2020.
Web site: 2018/19 Premier league clubs' released lists . . 7 June 2019 . 7 June 2019 .
News: Steven Davis Joins Rangers . https://web.archive.org/web/20190502204135/https://rangers.co.uk/news/headlines/steven-davis-joins-rangers/ . dead . 2 May 2019 . Rangers FC . 2 May 2019 . 2 May 2019 .
News: Jonathan Afolabi: Celtic sign forward from Southampton on two-year deal . BBC Sport . 17 August 2019 . 18 August 2019.
1165258243888877568 . HRBFC . Signed late yesterday, Jake Flannigan is a defender/midfielder who was a free agent after being released by Southampton. . 24 August 2019 . 2 September 2019.
News: Double signing as Rowthorn and Wells join The Magpies . Dorchester Town . 1 October 2019 . 1 October 2019 . 1 October 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191001192133/https://dorchestertownfc.co.uk/2019/10/01/rowthorn-and-wells-join-the-magpies/ . dead .
News: Dundee United welcome back Kieran Freeman . Dundee United . 10 January 2020 . 10 January 2020.