Southampton Football Club Listeni/saʊθˈæmptən, -hæmptən/ is an English football club, nicknamed The Saints, based in the city of Southampton, Hampshire, who currently compete in the Premier League. The Saints' 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 (or St Mary's Y.M.A) and has since generally played in red and white shirts. The club 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. The club eventually returned to the Premier League after a 7-year absence and have been playing there since the 2012–13 season.

Il Southampton Football Club, noto semplicemente come Southampton, è una società calcistica inglese con sede a Southampton, città dell'Hampshire. Milita attualmente nella Premier League, la massima divisione del campionato inglese di calcio. Fondato nel 1885, il club è conosciuto anche con il soprannome The Saints dal momento che fu costituito come squadra di una parrocchia, la St. Mary's Church of England Young Men's Association, ed è attualmente di proprietà della Southampton Leisure Holdings Plc. Dal 2001 disputa le partite casalinghe al St. Mary's Stadium, impianto da 32.505 posti; in precedenza giocava al The Dell. Gioca in tenuta biancorossa ed è divisa dal Portsmouth da un'accesa rivalità. Il club vanta la vittoria di una FA Cup, ottenuta nel 1975-1976 e un secondo posto in massima serie nel 1983-1984. Nel 2005 retrocesse in seconda serie dopo 27 stagioni consecutive in massima divisione. Nel 2012 il club è tornato in massima serie e vi gioca da allora.