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Southampton St Mary's

Southampton F.C.
FC Southampton.svg
Full name Southampton Football Club
Nickname(s) The Saints
Founded 21 November 1885; 131 years ago (1885-11-21) as St. Mary's Y.M.A.
Ground The Dell (1898–2001)
St Mary's Stadium (since 2001)
Ground Capacity 32,505
Owner Katharina Liebherr
Chairman Ralph Krueger
Manager Mauricio Pellegrino
League Premier League
2016–17 Premier League, 8th of 20
Website Club home page
Current season

Southampton Football Club /sθˈæmptən, -hæmptən/ is a professional association football club based in Southampton, Hampshire, England, which plays in the Premier League, the top tier of English football.

Their home ground since 2001 has been St Mary's Stadium, before which they were based at The Dell. The club has been nicknamed "The Saints" since its inception in 1885 due to its history as a church football team, founded as St. Mary's Church of England Young Men's Association, and play in red and white shirts. Southampton has a long-standing rivalry with Portsmouth due to its close proximity and both cities' respective maritime history. Matches between the two sides are known as the South Coast derby.

The club has won the FA Cup once, in 1976, and their highest-ever league finish was second in the First Division in 1983–84. Southampton were relegated from the Premier League on 15 May 2005, ending 27 successive seasons of top-division football for the club. They returned after a seven-year absence, and have played there ever since.


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