During the 1983–84 English football season, Southampton competed in the
Football League First Division
The Football League First Division was a division of the Football League in England from 1888 until 2004. It was the top division in the English football league system from the season 1888–89 until 1991–92, a century in which the First ...
.
Season summary
Southampton enjoyed their best season ever, achieving their highest-ever finish in the Football League of second, three points behind champions
Liverpool. They also reached the FA Cup semifinal, only to be beaten by
Everton.
First-team squad
:
Transfers
In
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Mark Dennis -
Birmingham City
*
Ivan Golac
Ivan Golac ( sr-cyr, Иван Голац, ; born 15 June 1950) is a Yugoslav former professional football player and manager.
A Yugoslav international right-back, he is best known as a player and manager of FK Partizan, of Belgrade. In the Unit ...
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FK Belasica
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History
The club was founded on 22 April 1922 at the cafe of Tašo Todorov, ...
*
Alan Curtis -
Swansea City
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Frank Worthington -
Sunderland
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*
Ken Armstrong -
Kilmarnock
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Out
*
Chris Nicholl -
Grimsby Town, August 1983
*
Malcolm Waldron -
Burnley, £90,000, September 1983
Results
1st Division
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:1983-84 Southampton F.C. season
Southampton F.C. seasons
Southampton F.C.