This is a list of seasons played by Southampton Football Club in English and European football, from 1892 (the year of the club's first FA Cup entry) to the most recent completed season. The first six seasons are Southampton St. Mary's.

Previous names of the club

• St. Mary's Young Men's Association F.C.
• St. Mary's F.C.
• Southampton St. Mary's F.C
• Southampton F.C.

Non-Football League era

Season	League									FA Cup	Top Goalscorer
	Division	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Pos		Name	Goals
1891–92	n/a									2Q
1892–93	n/a									2Q
1893–94	n/a									3Q
1894–95	SL Div 1	16	9	2	5	34	25	20	3rd	R1
1895–96	SL Div 1	18	12	0	6	44	23	24	3rd	R1
1896–97	SL Div 1	20	15	5	0	63	18	35	1st	R2
1897–98	SL Div 1	22	18	1	3	53	18	37	1st	SF
1898–99	SL Div 1	24	15	5	4	54	24	35	1st	R2
1899–00	SL Div 1	28	17	1	10	70	33	35	3rd	R/U
1900–01	SL Div 1	28	18	5	5	58	26	41	1st	R1
1901–02	SL Div 1	30	18	6	6	71	28	42	3rd	R/U
1902–03	SL Div 1	30	20	8	2	83	20	48	1st	R1
1903–04	SL Div 1	34	22	6	6	75	30	50	1st	R2
1904–05	SL Div 1	34	18	7	9	54	40	43	3rd	QF
1905–06	SL Div 1	34	19	7	8	58	39	45	2nd	QF
1906–07	SL Div 1	38	13	9	16	49	56	35	11th	R2
1907–08	SL Div 1	38	16	7	16	51	60	38	11th	SF
1908–09	SL Div 1	40	19	10	11	67	58	48	3rd	R1
1909–10	SL Div 1	42	16	16	10	64	55	48	5th	R2
1910–11	SL Div 1	38	11	8	19	42	67	30	17th	R1
1911–12	SL Div 1	38	10	11	17	46	63	31	16th	R1
1912–13	SL Div 1	38	10	11	17	40	72	31	16th	R1
1913–14	SL Div 1	38	15	7	16	55	54	37	11th	R1
1914–15	SL Div 1	38	19	5	14	78	74	43	6th	R3
No competitive football was played between 1915 and 1919 due to the First World War
1919–20	SL Div 1	42	18	8	16	72	63	44	8th	R3

Non-Football League era (Other Leagues)

• 1897-98 UNITED 16 6 3 7 23 28 13 * 6/9
• 1898-99 WEST-1 8 4 0 4 18 15 8 3/5
• 1898-99 UNITED 20 12 1 7 53 32 25 2/11
• 1900-01 WEST-1 16 5 2 9 20 29 12 7/9
• 1901-02 WEST-1 16 7 1 8 30 28 15 6/9
• 1902-03 WEST-1 16 7 6 3 32 20 20 3/9
• 1903-04 WEST-1 16 9 3 4 30 18 21 2/9
• 1904-05 WEST-1 20 11 2 7 45 22 24 3/11
• 1905-06 WEST-1 20 10 5 5 41 35 25 2/11
• 1906-07 WEST-1B 10 4 0 6 14 16 8 5/6
• 1907-08 WEST-1A 12 8 1 3 30 12 17 1/7
• 1908-09 WEST-1B 12 7 0 5 20 20 14 2/7

Football League era

Season	League									FA Cup	League Cup	Europe Other	Top Goalscorer
	Division	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Pos				Name	Goals
1920–21	Div 3	42	19	16	7	64	28	54	2nd	R3
1921–22	Div 3(S)	42	23	15	4	68	21	61	1st	R2
1922–23	Div 2	42	14	14	14	40	40	42	11th	QF
1923–24		42	17	14	11	52	31	48	5th	R3
1924–25		42	13	18	11	40	36	44	7th	SF
1925–26		42	15	8	19	63	63	38	14th	R3
1926–27		42	15	12	15	60	62	42	13th	SF
1927–28		42	14	7	21	68	77	35	17th	R3
1928–29		42	17	14	11	74	60	48	4th	R3
1929–30		42	17	11	14	77	76	45	7th	R3
1930–31		42	19	6	17	74	62	44	9th	R3
1931–32		42	17	7	18	66	77	41	14th	R3
1932–33		42	18	5	19	66	66	41	12th	R3
1933–34		42	15	8	19	54	58	38	14th	R3
1934–35		42	11	12	19	46	75	34	19th	R4
1935–36		42	14	9	19	47	65	37	17th	R3
1936–37		42	11	12	19	53	77	34	19th	R3
1937–38		42	15	9	18	55	77	39	15th	R3
1938–39		42	13	9	20	56	82	35	18th	R3
1939–40		3	1	0	2	5	6	2	17th
No competitive football was played between 1939 and 1946 due to the Second World War
1945–46										R4
1946–47	Div 2	42	15	9	18	69	76	39	14th	R4
1947–48		42	21	10	11	71	53	52	3rd	QF
1948–49		42	23	9	10	69	36	55	3rd	R3
1949–50		42	19	14	9	64	48	52	4th	R3
1950–51		42	15	13	14	66	73	43	12th	R4
1951–52		42	15	11	16	61	73	41	13th	R3
1952–53		42	10	13	19	68	85	33	21st	R5
1953–54	Div 3(S)	46	22	7	17	76	63	51	6th	R1
1954–55		46	24	11	11	75	51	59	3rd	R2
1955–56		46	18	8	20	91	81	44	14th	R2
1956–57		46	22	10	14	76	52	54	4th	R3
1957–58		46	22	10	14	112	72	54	6th	R2
1958–59	Div 3	46	17	11	18	88	80	45	14th	R3
1959–60		46	26	9	11	106	75	61	1st	R4
1960–61	Div 2	42	18	8	16	84	81	44	8th	R4	QF
1961–62		42	18	9	15	77	62	45	6th	R3	R1
1962–63		42	17	8	17	72	67	42	11th	SF	R2
1963–64		42	19	9	14	100	73	47	5th	R3	R2
1964–65		42	17	14	11	83	63	48	4th	R4	R3
1965–66		42	22	10	10	85	56	54	2nd	R3	R3
1966–67	Div 1	42	14	6	22	74	92	34	19th	R4	R3
1967–68		42	13	11	18	66	83	37	16th	R4	R2
1968–69		42	16	13	13	57	48	45	7th	R4	QF
1969–70		42	6	17	19	46	67	29	19th	R4	R2	ICFC R1
1970–71		42	17	12	13	56	44	46	7th	R5	R2
1971–72		42	12	7	23	52	80	31	19th	R3	R3	UC R1
1972–73		42	11	18	13	47	52	40	13th	R3	R3
1973–74		42	11	14	17	47	68	36	20th	R5	R4
1974–75	Div 2	42	15	11	16	53	54	41	13th	R3	R4
1975–76		42	21	7	14	66	50	49	6th	W	R2
1976–77		42	17	10	15	72	67	44	9th	R5	R2	FACS R/U ECWC QF
1977–78		42	22	13	7	70	39	57	2nd	R4	R3
1978–79	Div 1	42	12	16	14	47	53	40	14th	QF	R/U
1979–80		42	18	9	15	65	53	45	8th	R3	R3
1980–81		42	20	10	12	76	56	50	6th	R5	R2
1981–82		42	19	9	14	72	67	66	7th	R3	R2	UC R2
1982–83		42	15	12	15	54	58	57	12th	R3	R4	UC R1
1983–84		42	22	11	9	66	38	77	2nd	SF	R3
1984–85		42	19	11	12	56	47	68	5th	R5	R4	UC R1
1985–86		42	12	10	20	51	62	46	14th	SF	R4
1986–87		42	14	10	18	69	68	52	12th	R3	SF
1987–88		40	12	14	14	49	53	50	12th	R4	R2
1988–89		38	10	15	13	52	66	45	13th	R3	QF
1989–90		38	15	10	13	71	63	55	7th	R5	QF
1990–91		38	12	9	17	58	69	45	14th	R5	QF
1991–92		42	14	10	18	39	55	52	16th	QF	R4
1992–93	Prem	42	13	11	18	54	61	50	18th	R3	R3
1993–94		42	12	7	23	49	66	43	18th	R3	R2
1994–95		42	12	18	12	61	63	54	10th	R5	R3
1995–96		38	9	11	18	34	52	38	17th	QF	R4
1996–97		38	10	11	17	50	56	41	16th	R3	QF
1997–98		38	14	6	18	50	55	48	12th	R3	R4
1998–99		38	11	8	19	37	64	41	17th	R3	R2
1999–2000		38	12	8	18	45	62	44	15th	R4	R4
2000–01		38	14	10	14	40	48	52	10th	R5	R3
2001–02		38	12	9	17	46	54	45	11th	R3	R3
2002–03		38	13	13	12	43	46	52	8th	R/U	R3
2003–04		38	12	11	15	44	45	47	12th	R3	QF	UC R1
2004–05		38	6	14	18	45	66	32	20th	QF	R4
2005–06	Champ	46	13	19	14	49	50	58	12th	R5	R4
2006–07		46	21	12	13	77	53	75	6th	R4	R3
2007–08		46	13	15	18	56	72	54	20th	R5	R1

Key

• P = Played
• W = Games won
• D = Games drawn
• L = Games lost
• F = Goals for
• A = Goals against
• Pts = Points
• Pos = Final position

• Div 1 = Football League First Division
• Div 2 = Football League Second Division
• Div 3 = Football League Third Division
• Div 3(S) = Football League Third Division South
• Prem = Premier League
• Champ = Football League Championship
• FACS = FA Charity Shield
• ICFC = Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
• FMC = Full Members Cup
• ECWC = European Cup Winners' Cup
• UC = UEFA Cup.
• n/a = Not applicable

• GS = Group Stage
• R1 = Round 1
• R2 = Round 2
• R3 = Round 3
• R4 = Round 4
• R5 = Round 5
• QF = Quarter-Finals
• SF = Semi-Finals
• R/U = Runners-up
• W = Winners

Champions

Runners-up

Promoted

Relegated

Note: Bold text indicates a competition won.
''Note 2: Where fields are left blank, the club did not participate in a competition that season.

Footnotes