The 2022–23 season was the 106th season in the existence of

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and the club's eleventh consecutive season in the Premier League. In addition to the league, they also competed in the FA Cup and the

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. Ralph Hasenhüttl was sacked on 7 November 2022 due to a poor start to the season, which saw Southampton dragged into the relegation zone. He was replaced with the former Luton Town and

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manager Nathan Jones. However, after winning just once in his 14 games in charge, Jones was sacked as the team dropped to the bottom of the league.

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took charge until the end of the season, however, despite wins over Chelsea and fellow strugglers Leicester City, he was unable to keep Southampton in the Premier League. On 13 May 2023, Southampton's eleven-year stay in the top flight came to an end after a 2–0 home loss to

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resulted in their relegation to the

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Squad

Transfers

Players transferred in Players loaned in Players transferred out Players loaned out Players released

Pre-season and friendlies

Southampton revealed that a summer training camp would take place in Austria between 13 and 20 July, with a friendly match against Bundesliga side

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taking place on 18 July. On 9 June, a home pre-season friendly against Villarreal was confirmed. On 24 June, a further fixture against Watford was added to the team's pre-season schedule. A fourth friendly was announced on 7 July against Monaco at St Mary's Stadium, while a fifth against RB Leipzig was added to the side's Austrian pre-season tour on 8 July.

Competitions

Overall record

Premier League

League table

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

On 16 June, the Premier League fixtures were released.

FA Cup

The ''Saints'' were drawn away to Crystal Palace in the third round and at home to

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in the fourth round. The ''Saints'' were drawn at home again in the fifth round, against the winners of the tie between Luton Town and Grimsby Town.

EFL Cup

Southampton entered in the second round of the competition and were drawn away to Cambridge United. In the third round they were drawn at home to Sheffield Wednesday. A fourth round tie against

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side Lincoln City was drawn next for the ''Saints''. In the quarter-finals, Southampton were drawn as host to

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. Over two legs in the semi-finals, Southampton were drawn against

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Squad statistics

Most appearances

Top goalscorers

References

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