Southampton F.C.
The Southampton FC ( officially: Southampton Football Club ) - also known by the nickname The Saints ( the saints ) - is an English football club based in Southampton. The Saints currently play in the English Premier League.
History
The club was founded in November 1885 as St. Mary's YMA. From 1889 was their home stadium, "The Dell". 2001, the club moved but due to the limited number of spectators in the St. Mary's Stadium to where the record attendance was achieved on 28 April 2012 in a 4-0 victory for Southampton FC in the Football League Championship game against Coventry City with 32,363 spectators.
The first successes of the club were reaching the finals of the English Cup in the years 1900 and 1902 were lost with 0:4 against Bury FC, respectively 1:1 and 1:2 against Sheffield United.
Middle of 1904 traveled from Southampton FC at the invitation of Hippic clubs to Argentina, becoming the first European club who played in South America. In Buenos Aires won the matches against Southampton Alumni, the Belgrano AC, a selection of British players and two Argentine national teams with a goal difference of 32:4. The matches attracted large crowds and the first game against alumni came to the major social event, which even President General Julio Roca attended. Southampton finished the trip with a 8-1 victory in Montevideo against an Uruguayan League selection. The benefits of Southampton should stay at the La Plata estuary still many years in your memory. In 1905 followed the Nottingham Forest FC in the footsteps of Saints to South America.
The greatest success of the Southampton FC was winning the English Cup in 1976 with a 1-0 victory over Manchester United. Reached in 2003, the Saints again in the final. In 1979 she came to the final of the League Cup, but had to beat Nottingham Forest with 2:3.
Southampton's traditionally biggest rival is FC Portsmouth. In the 1980s and 1990s, the two did not play in the same league, only with the rise of Portsmouth in the Premier League in 2003 were able to take place after a long time, at least for two seasons the Derby again.
In the season 2004/ 05 Southampton rose after a thrilling season finale due to a home defeat against Manchester United on the final day for the first time introduced in 1992 from the Premier League from. From 2005 to 2009 the Saints played in the Football League Championship, from which they descended into the 2009-11 Football League One. After a year in the second English top of the walkover in the Premier League succeeded by a victory in the final game over Coventry City.
Achievements
- Runner-up: 1984
- FA Cup winner: 1976 (1-0 against Manchester United)
- FA Cup finalist: 1900 ( 0:4 against FC Bury ), 1902 (1:1 and 1:2 against Sheffield United) and 2003 (0-1 against Arsenal )
- FA Charity Shield Runners-up: 1976 ( 0-1 against Liverpool )
- League Cup Runners-up: 1979 ( 2:3 against Nottingham Forest )
- Football League Trophy winners: 2010 ( 4-1 against Carlisle United)
International Participation
- Inter-Cities Fairs Cup: 1969/70
- UEFA Cup: 1971/72
- European Cup Winners' Cup: 1976/77
- UEFA Cup: 1984/85
- UEFA Cup: 2003/ 04
Squad 2013/14 season
(As of August 21, 2013 )
Well-known former players
- England Sid Kimpton (1910-1920)
- England Bill Rawlings (1920-1927)
- England Ted Bates (1937-1953)
- England Eric Day (1945-1957)
- Northern Ireland Tommy Traynor (1952-1966)
- England Tommy Mulgrew (1954-1962)
- England Derek Reeves (1954-1963)
- England Terry Paine (1956-1974)
- Scotland George O'Brien (1959-1966)
- England Martin Chivers (1962-1968)
- Mick Channon England (1966-1977 and 1979-1982)
- Wales Ron Davies (1966-1972)
- Nick Holmes England (1972-1987)
- England Peter Osgood (1974-1977)
- England David Peach (1974-1980)
- England Alan Ball (1976-1978 and 1981-1982)
- Northern Ireland Chris Nicholl (1977-1983)
- England Charlie George (1979-1981)
- England Kevin Keegan (1980-1982)
- England Mick Mills (1982-1985)
- England Peter Shilton (1982-1987)
- England Mark Wright (1982-1987)
- Ireland Andy Townsend (1985-1988)
- England Jimmy Case (1985-1991)
- Northern Ireland Colin Clarke (1986-1989)
- England Tim Flowers (1986-1994)
- England Matthew Le Tissier (1986-2002)
- England Alan Shearer (1988-1992)
- England Jason Dodd (1989-2005)
- Ken Monkou Netherlands (1992-1999)
- England Dave Beasant (1993-1997)
- England Matthew Oakley (1994-2006)
- Norway Claus Lundekvam (1996-2008)
- England Wayne Bridge (1998-2003)
- England James Beattie (1998-2005)
- Latvia Marians Pahars (1999-2006)
- Germany Uwe Rösler (2000-2001)
- Ireland Rory Delap (2001-2006)
- Finland Antti Niemi (2002-2006)
- England Danny Higginbotham (2003-2006)
- England Peter Crouch (2004-2005)
- England Theo Walcott (2004-2006)
- Wales Gareth Bale (2005-2007)
- England Alex Oxlade -Chamberlain (2010-2011)
Southampton coach
(Source: soccerbase.com (English) )