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Source OpenFootballUpdated Founded 1885Ground St Mary's StadiumSeasons held 25
Source OpenFootballUpdated Founded 1885Ground St Mary's StadiumSeasons held 25
Season statistics: Wikipedia. The archive holds no team sheets for 1997/98, so these are Southampton's league figures according to the club-season article on English Wikipedia, in the article's order. Players link to their page where the archive holds them, matched through Wikidata.
| Player | Pos. | Apps | Starts | Sub | Goals | All apps | All goals |
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| Paul Jones | Not held | 38 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 0 |
| Jason Dodd | Not held | 36 | 36 | 0 | 1 | 40 | 1 |
| Lee Todd | Not held | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| Carlton Palmer | Not held | 26 | 26 | 0 | 3 | 30 | 3 |
| Ken Monkou | Not held | 32 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 36 | 2 |
| Claus Lundekvam | Not held | 31 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 0 |
| Matt Le Tissier | Not held | 26 | 25 | 1 | 11 | 30 | 14 |
| Matt Oakley | Not held |
Southampton scored 50 league goals that season by the archive's results. A dash means the article gives no figure, not zero.
Includes data from Wikipedia (“1997–98 Southampton F.C. season”, revision 1357311977, read 16 Oct 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikipedia is edited by volunteers; the archive treats it as a secondary source and checks it against its own records where it can.
| 33 |
| 32 |
| 1 |
| 1 |
| 38 |
| 1 |
| Egil Østenstad | Not held | 29 | 21 | 8 | 11 | 31 | 11 |
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| Richard Dryden | Not held | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
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| Neil Moss | Not held | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| John Beresford | Not held | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
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| Francis Benali | Not held | 33 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 37 | 1 |
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| Kevin Davies | Not held | 25 | 20 | 5 | 9 | 30 | 12 |
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| Cosimo Sarli | Not held | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Kevin Richardson | Not held | 28 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 33 | 0 |
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| Darryl Flahavan | Not held | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Andy Williams | Not held | 20 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
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| Duncan Spedding | Not held | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
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| Steve Basham | Not held | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
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| Stig Johansen | Not held | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
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| David Hughes | Not held | 13 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
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| David Hirst | Not held | 28 | 28 | 0 | 9 | 30 | 9 |
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| Kevin Gibbens | Not held | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
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| Phil Warner | Not held | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
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| Jim Magilton | Not held | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
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| Mickey Evans | Not held | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 1 |
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| Robbie Slater | Not held | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
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| Maik Taylor | Not held | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Neil Maddison | Not held | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
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| Simon Charlton | Not held | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
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| Ulrich van Gobbel | Not held | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
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| Alan Neilson | Not held | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
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| Dave Beasant | Not held | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Matthew Robinson | Not held | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
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| Jason Bowen | Not held | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
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| Total | 505 | 48 |
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| Player | Years | Matches | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mateus Fernandes | 2024–2025 | 39 | 2 |
| Roméo Lavia | 2022–2023 | 29 | 1 |
| Tino Livramento | 2021–2023 | 30 | 1 |
| Armando Broja | 2021–2022 | 32 | 6 |
| Kevin Danso | 2019–2020 | 6 | 0 |
| Virgil van Dijk | 2015–2018 | 67 | 4 |
| Nathaniel Clyne | 2012–2015 | 94 | 3 |
| Luke Shaw | 2011–2014 | 60 | 0 |
| Graham Potter | 1996–1997 | 8 | 0 |
Not limited to the season above, and not the club's full list: only people who appear elsewhere in this archive are listed. Years and figures are the spells' own, across all competitions, as Wikidata records them.
| Date | Player | From | Move |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Jul 1997 | Paul Jones | Stockport County | Transfer |
| 1 Jul 1997 | Lee Todd | Stockport County | Transfer |
| 6 Aug 1997 | Stig Johansen | Bodø/Glimt | Transfer |
| 2 Sept 1997 | Jason Bowen | Birmingham City | Loan |
| 9 Sept 1997 | Kevin Richardson |   Coventry City | Transfer |
| 23 Sept 1997 | Carlton Palmer |   Leeds United | Transfer |
| 17 Oct 1997 | David Hirst |   Sheffield Wednesday | Transfer |
| 6 Feb 1998 | John Beresford |   Newcastle United | Transfer |
| 26 Mar 1998 | Cosimo Sarli | Torino | Transfer |
| Date | Player | To | Move |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14 Aug 1997 | Ulrich van Gobbel | Feyenoord | Transfer |
| 21 Aug 1997 | Dave Beasant | Nottingham Forest | Loan |
| 9 Sept 1997 | Jim Magilton | Sheffield Wednesday | Transfer |
| 10 Oct 1997 | Christer Warren |   Bournemouth | Transfer |
| 24 Oct 1997 | Mickey Evans |   West Bromwich Albion | Transfer |
| 28 Oct 1997 | Neil Maddison |   Middlesbrough | Transfer |
| 3 Nov 1997 | Dave Beasant |   Nottingham Forest | Transfer |
| 14 Nov 1997 | Maik Taylor |   Fulham | Transfer |
| 26 Nov 1997 | Alan Neilson | Fulham | Transfer |
| 5 Dec 1997 |
According to Wikipedia: the transfer tables of the club-season article. Fees are held but not shown.
Includes data from Wikipedia (“1997–98 Southampton F.C. season”, revision 1357311977, read 16 Oct 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikipedia is edited by volunteers; the archive treats it as a secondary source and checks it against its own records where it can.
| Simon Charlton |
| Birmingham City |
| Loan |
| 8 Jan 1998 | Simon Charlton |   Birmingham City | Transfer |
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| 5 Feb 1998 | Steve Basham | Wrexham | Loan |
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| 12 Feb 1998 | Stig Johansen | Bristol City | Loan |
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| 20 Feb 1998 | Matthew Robinson |   Portsmouth | Transfer |
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| 26 Mar 1998 | Robbie Slater |   Wolverhampton Wanderers | Transfer |
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