The 2024–25 season was the 108th season in the history of Southampton, and the club's first season back in the Premier League since the 2022–23 campaign, following their promotion from the Championship in the previous season. In addition to the domestic league, the club participated in the FA Cup and the EFL Cup.
After winning the promotion play-offs in May, head coach Russell Martin was sacked as Southampton dropped to the bottom of the league just a few hours after the team lost 5–0 to Tottenham Hotspur on 15 December 2024. Ivan Jurić replaced him on an 18-month contract on 20 December.
On 6 April 2025, Southampton were relegated to the Championship following a 3–1 defeat to Tottenham Hotspur. They were relegated after 31 games, breaking Derby County's 2007–08 and Huddersfield Town's 2018–19 record for the earliest relegation in Premier League history. The next day, Southampton announced that Ivan Jurić had left his role as manager by mutual consent with Simon Rusk taking interim charge for the last seven games of the season.
Players
Transfers Players transferred in Date Player Club Fee Ref. 1 July 2024 DF Taylor Harwood-Bellis Manchester City Undisclosed 1 July 2024 MF Adam Lallana Brighton & Hove Albion Free transfer 1 July 2024 DF Charlie Taylor Burnley Free transfer 3 July 2024 DF Ronnie Edwards Peterborough United Undisclosed 5 July 2024 DF Nathan Wood Swansea City Undisclosed 14 July 2024 DF Yukinari Sugawara AZ Alkmaar Undisclosed 16 July 2024 MF Flynn Downes West Ham United Undisclosed 20 July 2024 GK Khiani Shombe Lewisham Borough Free transfer 21 July 2024 MF Brook Myers Charlton Athletic Free transfer 30 July 2024 FW Ben Brereton Díaz Villarreal Undisclosed 30 July 2024 MF Kuryu Matsuki FC Tokyo Undisclosed 5 August 2024 MF Romeo Akachukwu Waterford Undisclosed 15 August 2024 MF Ben Reeves Eastleigh Free transfer 16 August 2024 FW Cameron Archer Aston Villa Undisclosed 16 August 2024 FW Juan São Paulo Undisclosed 20 August 2024 MF Mateus Fernandes Sporting CP Undisclosed 30 August 2024 FW Baylee Dipepa Port Vale Undisclosed 30 August 2024 MF Ryan Fraser Newcastle United Free transfer 30 August 2024 GK Aaron Ramsdale Arsenal Undisclosed 30 August 2024 DF Sam Tabares Fulham Undisclosed 30 August 2024 MF Daouda Traoré Nice Undisclosed 1 January 2025 DF Welington São Paulo Free transfer 9 January 2025 DF Joachim Kayi Sanda Valenciennes Undisclosed 3 February 2025 FW Victor Udoh Royal Antwerp Undisclosed 12 March 2025 FW Rento Takaoka Nissho Gakuen High School Undisclosed
Players loaned in Date Player Club Duration Ref. 16 August 2024 MF Lesley Ugochukwu Chelsea End of season 30 August 2024 MF Noel Buck New England Revolution 31 December 2024 30 August 2024 MF Maxwel Cornet West Ham United 20 January 2025 30 August 2024 FW Rory MacLeod Dundee United End of season 21 January 2025 MF Albert Grønbæk Stade Rennais End of season 3 February 2025 MF Ízzet Furkan Malak Göztepe End of season
Players transferred out Date Player Club Fee Ref. 1 July 2024 DF Romain Perraud Real Betis Undisclosed 5 July 2024 DF Lyanco Atlético Mineiro Undisclosed 8 July 2024 DF Duje Ćaleta-Car Olympique Lyonnais Undisclosed 14 August 2024 MF Diamond Edwards Port Vale Undisclosed 21 August 2024 FW Sékou Mara Strasbourg Undisclosed 22 August 2024 GK Mateusz Lis Göztepe Undisclosed 28 August 2024 MF Charly Alcaraz Flamengo Undisclosed 30 August 2024 DF Jayden Meghoma Brentford Undisclosed
Players loaned out Date Player Club Duration Ref. 25 June 2024 GK Ollie Wright Yeovil Town 3 February 2025 4 July 2024 DF Zach Awe Accrington Stanley 3 February 2025 19 July 2024 DF Lewis Payne Cheltenham Town 15 January 2025 30 July 2024 MF Kuryu Matsuki Göztepe End of season 31 July 2024 MF Cam Bragg Crawley Town 3 January 2025 2 August 2024 DF Nico Lawrence Milton Keynes Dons End of season 13 August 2024 FW Dom Ballard Blackpool 3 January 2025 16 August 2024 FW Juan Göztepe End of season 27 August 2024 MF Shea Charles Sheffield Wednesday End of season 30 August 2024 MF Daouda Traoré Valenciennes End of season 4 September 2024 MF Samuel Edozie Anderlecht End of season 1 January 2025 DF Ronnie Edwards Queens Park Rangers End of season 10 January 2025 DF Will Armitage Aldershot Town End of season 20 January 2025 FW Ben Brereton Díaz Sheffield United End of season 27 January 2025 FW Dom Ballard Cambridge United End of season 3 February 2025 MF Sam Amo-Ameyaw Strasbourg End of season 3 February 2025 FW Adam Armstrong West Bromwich Albion End of season 3 February 2025 GK Gavin Bazunu Standard Liège End of Season 3 February 2025 MF Joe O'Brien-Whitmarsh Accrington Stanley End of season 4 February 2025 GK Ollie Wright Solihull Moors End of season 14 February 2025 GK Adli Mohamed United FC End of season
Players released Date Player Subsequent club Join date Ref. 30 June 2024 DF Matt Carson Torquay United 1 July 2024 FW Luke Pearce Cardiff City 4 July 2024 FW Ché Adams Torino 23 July 2024 DF Jake Vokins Eastleigh 2 August 2024 MF Stuart Armstrong Vancouver Whitecaps 3 September 2024 DF Dynel Simeu Teuta 3 September 2024
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. On 4 July, an away pre-season fixture against Millwall was confirmed. A fifth friendly was announced on 11 July against Oxford United at the Kassam Stadium. On 15 July, two home pre-season fixtures against Lazio and Getafe were confirmed.
Competitions Overall record
Premier League
League table
Results summary
Results by round
Matches On 18 June, the Premier League fixtures were released.
FA Cup
Southampton entered the FA Cup at the third round stage, and were drawn at home to Swansea City. In the fourth round they were given another home tie, this time against Burnley.
EFL Cup
As a Premier League club not competing in any European competitions, Southampton entered the EFL Cup in the second round, and were drawn away to EFL Championship side Cardiff City. They were then drawn away to fellow Premier League side Everton in the third round, at home to Championship side Stoke City in the fourth round, and at home to Liverpool in the quarter-finals.
Squad statistics
PlayerLeagueFA CupEFL CupTotal1GKAlex McCarthy50001000200080002DFKyle Walker-Peters3305020000000350503DFRyan Manning18(6)0202010100021(6)0304MFFlynn Downes25(2)112000001(1)01026(3)11305DFJack Stephens17(2)1220000000017(2)1226DFTaylor Harwood-Bellis32(2)1901000320036(2)3907MFJoe Aribo21(11)3102000300026(11)3108MFWill Smallbone6(12)1100(2)00000006(14)11010MFAdam Lallana5(9)0400(1)0001(2)0006(12)04011FWRoss Stewart4(8)11000000(1)0004(9)11013GKJoe Lumley300000001000400014DFJames Bree13(4)0002010421019(4)22015DFNathan Wood9(2)0200(1)000301012(3)03016DFYukinari Sugawara16(14)14000001(1)00017(15)14018MFMateus Fernandes34(2)28020003(1)10039(3)38019FWCameron Archer13(22)2000(2)000330016(24)50020MFKamaldeen Sulemana17(9)11021100(2)00019(11)23021DFCharlie Taylor3(5)010000020005(5)01024MFRyan Fraser4(4)001000020006(4)00126MFLesley Ugochukwu18(8)1702000300023(8)17028DFJuan Larios000000000(1)0000(1)00029MFAlbert Grønbæk2(2)0000(1)00000002(3)00030GKAaron Ramsdale30020100010003202032FWPaul Onuachu11(14)4400(1)0000(2)00011(17)44033MFTyler Dibling20(13)26022002(1)01024(14)47034DFWelington6(4)010100000007(4)01035DFJan Bednarek30260200020003426037DFArmel Bella-Kotchap2(2)00000000(1)0002(3)00039DFJoachim Kayi Sanda0(2)000000000000(2)00046FWJay Robinson1(3)000000000001(3)00054FWRomeo Akachukwu000000000(1)0000(1)00057DFJayden Moore0000000000000000Players with appearances who ended the season on loan9FWAdam Armstrong15(5)2400(1)000212017(6)36012DFRonnie Edwards0(1)000000010001(1)00017FWBen Brereton Díaz4(6)01000000(3)0104(9)02023MFSamuel Edozie0(2)010000010001(2)01027MFSam Amo-Ameyaw0(2)01000001(1)1001(3)11060MFJoe O'Brien-Whitmarsh000000000(1)0000(1)000Players with appearances who left during the season22MFCarlos Alcaraz0(1)000000000000(1)00022MFMaxwel Cornet1(1)01000001(1)0102(2)020
Most appearances
NameLeagueFA CupEFL CupTotal1MFMateus Fernandes3422031393422FWCameron Archer132202301624403DFTaylor Harwood-Bellis322103036238MFTyler Dibling201320212414385MFJoe Aribo211120302611376DFKyle Walker-Peters3302000350357DFJan Bednarek3002020340348GKAaron Ramsdale300101032032DFYukinari Sugawara1614001117153210MFLesley Ugochukwu188203023831
Top goalscorers
NameLeagueFA CupEFL CupTotal1FWCameron Archer23502335400.132FWPaul Onuachu42501024280.14MFTyler Dibling23322034380.114FWAdam Armstrong22001123230.13MFJoe Aribo33202033370.08DFTaylor Harwood-Bellis13401233380.08MFMateus Fernandes23602143420.078DFJames Bree01702242230.09MFKamaldeen Sulemana12612022300.07DFJan Bednarek23002022340.06
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