The 2022–23 season was the 106th season in the existence of Southampton Football Club and the club's eleventh consecutive season in the

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. In addition to the league, they also competed in the

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and the

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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

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manager Nathan Jones. However, after losing nine of 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, and despite victories over Chelsea and fellow strugglers

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, 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

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side

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taking place on 18 July. On 9 June, a home pre-season friendly against

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was confirmed. On 24 June, a further fixture against

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was added to the team's pre-season schedule. A fourth friendly was announced on 7 July against

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, while a fifth against

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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

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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

and

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EFL Cup

Southampton entered in the second round of the competition and were drawn away to

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. In the third round they were drawn at home to

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. 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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