Season League record FA Cup League Cup Other competitions Manager Top goalscorer Most league appearances Average attendance Division Pts Pos Player Goals Player App. 1891 -- 92 N / A 2Q Ernie Nicholls Jock Fleming N / A 1892 -- 93 N / A 2Q Cecil Knight Bob Kiddle N / A 1893 -- 94 N / A 2Q 3 players N / A 1894 -- 95 SL Div 1 16 9 5 34 25 20 3rd R1 Charles Baker 12 Alf Littlehales 16 1895 -- 96 18 12 0 6 44 23 24 3rd R1 Charles Robson Jack Farrell 14 Charles Baker Samuel Meston 18 1896 -- 97 20 15 5 0 63 18 35 1st R2 Alfred McMinn Jack Farrell 20 Robert Buchanan George Clawley Jack Farrell William McMillan 20 1897 -- 98 22 18 53 18 37 1st SF Ernest Arnfield Robert Buchanan 16 George Clawley Harry Haynes Samuel Meston 22 1898 -- 99 24 15 5 54 24 35 1st R2 Abe Hartley Harry Wood 16 Jack Robinson Harry Wood 24 1899 -- 1900 28 17 10 70 33 35 3rd RU Alf Milward 28 Alf Milward 28 1900 -- 01 28 18 5 5 58 26 41 1st R1 Edgar Chadwick 15 Samuel Meston Alf Milward George Molyneux 28 1901 -- 02 30 18 6 6 71 28 42 3rd RU Albert Brown 29 Tommy Bowman Bert Lee George Molyneux 27 1902 -- 03 30 20 8 83 20 48 1st R1 Fred Harrison 17 Bert Lee 29 1903 -- 04 34 22 6 6 75 30 50 1st R2 Fred Harrison 27 Tommy Bowman George Molyneux 34 1904 -- 05 34 18 7 9 54 40 43 3rd QF Edgar Bluff 13 Bert Lee 33 1905 -- 06 34 19 7 8 58 39 45 2nd QF Harry Brown Fred Harrison 14 Fred Mouncher 32 1906 -- 07 38 13 9 16 49 56 35 11th R2 Fred Harrison 12 George Clawley 37 1907 -- 08 38 16 6 16 51 60 38 11th SF Frank Costello 12 Frank Thorpe 35 1908 -- 09 40 19 10 11 67 58 48 3rd R1 Arthur Hughes 15 Jack Eastham 37 1909 -- 10 42 16 16 10 64 55 48 5th R2 Charlie McGibbon 20 Tom Burrows Frank Jefferis 41 1910 -- 11 38 11 8 19 42 67 30 17th R1 Harry Brown Martin Dunne 9 Jack Eastham 34 1911 -- 12 38 10 11 17 46 63 31 16th R1 George Swift Henry Hamilton 9 John Denby Jim McAlpine 33 1912 -- 13 38 10 11 17 40 72 31 16th R1 Ernest Arnfield Percy Prince 11 Sid Ireland 38 1913 -- 14 38 15 7 16 55 54 37 11th R1 Arthur Dominy 13 Len Andrews 37 1914 -- 15 38 19 5 14 78 74 43 6th R3 Arthur Dominy 30 Arthur Dominy 37 The Southern League and FA Cup were suspended until after the First World War. 1919 -- 20 SL Div 1 42 18 8 16 72 63 44 8th R3 Jimmy McIntyre Arthur Dominy 20 Joe Barratt Arthur Dominy Jimmy Moore 41 1920 -- 21 Div 3 42 19 16 7 64 28 54 2nd R3 Jimmy McIntyre Bill Rawlings 22 Fred Foxall Jimmy Moore Bill Turner 42 1921 -- 22 Div 3 (S) 42 23 15 68 21 61 1st ↑ R2 Bill Rawlings 32 Tommy Allen Bert Shelley Fred Titmuss 42 1922 -- 23 Div 2 42 14 14 14 40 40 42 11th QF Arthur Dominy 17 Bert Shelley 42 1923 -- 24 42 17 14 11 52 31 48 5th R3 Bill Rawlings 21 Tommy Allen Bert Shelley 42 1924 -- 25 42 13 18 11 40 36 44 7th SF Jimmy McIntyre George Goss Bill Rawlings 16 Bill Rawlings Bert Shelley 41 1925 -- 26 42 15 8 19 63 63 38 14th R3 Arthur Chadwick Bill Rawlings 20 Stan Woodhouse 37 1926 -- 27 42 15 12 15 60 62 42 13th SF Bill Rawlings 28 Tommy Allen Michael Keeping 42 1927 -- 28 42 14 7 21 68 77 35 17th R3 Bill Rawlings 21 George Harkus 41 1928 -- 29 42 17 14 11 74 60 48 4th R3 Willie Haines 16 Bert Shelley 41 1929 -- 30 42 17 11 14 77 76 45 7th R3 Dick Rowley 26 Willie White 40 1930 -- 31 42 19 6 17 74 62 44 9th R3 Willie Haines 15 Arthur Bradford Bert Jepson 39 1931 -- 32 42 17 7 18 66 77 41 14th R3 George Kay Johnny Arnold 20 Bill Adams 42 1932 -- 33 42 18 5 19 66 66 41 12th R3 Ted Drake 20 Bill Luckett 42 1933 -- 34 42 15 8 19 54 58 38 14th R3 Ted Drake 23 Dick Neal 41 1934 -- 35 42 11 12 19 46 75 34 19th R4 Laurie Fishlock 9 Fred Tully 40 1935 -- 36 42 14 9 19 47 65 37 17th R3 Vic Watson 14 Charlie Sillett 42 1936 -- 37 42 11 12 19 53 77 34 19th R3 George Goss Tom Parker Jimmy Dunne 14 Billy Kingdon Charlie Sillett 41 1937 -- 38 42 15 9 18 55 77 39 15th R3 Tom Parker Harry Osman 22 Harry Osman 40 1938 -- 39 42 13 9 20 56 82 35 18th R3 Fred Briggs 14 Billy Bevis Harry Brophy Sam Warhurst 37 1939 -- 40 Div 2 0 5 6 17th N / A N / A N / A The Football League and FA Cup were suspended until after the Second World War. 1945 -- 46 The Football League was not resumed in 1945 -- 46 due to planning difficulties from the war. R4 Arthur Dominy Bill Dodgin Jack Bradley Doug McGibbon N / A N / A 1946 -- 47 Div 2 42 15 9 18 69 76 39 14th R4 Bill Dodgin Jack Bradley George Lewis 15 Bill Rochford 41 16,039 1947 -- 48 42 21 10 11 71 53 52 3rd QF Charlie Wayman 19 Alf Ramsey 42 1948 -- 49 42 23 9 10 69 36 55 3rd R3 Charlie Wayman 32 Eric Webber 42 1949 -- 50 42 19 14 9 64 48 52 4th R3 Sid Cann Charlie Wayman 26 George Curtis Eric Webber 42 1950 -- 51 42 15 13 14 66 73 43 12th R4 Eddy Brown 22 Joe Mallett 42 1951 -- 52 42 15 11 16 61 73 41 13th R3 Sid Cann George Roughton Eddy Brown 12 Eric Day 42 1952 -- 53 42 10 13 19 68 85 33 21st ↓ R5 George Roughton Frank Dudley 15 Eric Day 42 1953 -- 54 Div 3 (S) 46 22 7 17 76 63 51 6th R1 Eric Day 27 Eric Day 46 1954 -- 55 46 24 11 11 75 51 59 3rd R2 Eric Day 29 Tommy Traynor Len Wilkins 46 1955 -- 56 46 18 8 20 91 81 44 14th R2 Ted Bates Eric Day 29 Eric Day 45 1956 -- 57 46 22 10 14 76 52 54 4th R3 Derek Reeves 21 Pat Parker 46 1957 -- 58 46 22 10 14 112 72 54 6th R2 Southern Floodlit Cup R1 Derek Reeves 35 Terry Paine 44 1958 -- 59 Division 3 46 17 11 18 88 80 45 14th R3 Southern Floodlit Cup R2 Derek Reeves 17 Terry Paine 46 1959 -- 60 46 26 9 11 106 75 61 1st ↑ R4 Southern Floodlit Cup SF Derek Reeves 45 Ron Davies Terry Paine Derek Reeves 46 1960 -- 61 Div 2 42 18 8 16 84 81 44 8th R4 QF George O'Brien 27 Terry Paine 42 1961 -- 62 42 18 9 15 77 62 45 6th R3 R1 George O'Brien 30 Brian Clifton Cliff Huxford Tony Knapp 42 1962 -- 63 42 17 8 17 72 67 42 11th SF R2 George O'Brien 30 Tony Knapp George O'Brien Terry Paine 42 1963 -- 64 42 19 9 14 100 73 47 5th R3 R2 Martin Chivers Terry Paine 22 Cliff Huxford 42 1964 -- 65 42 17 14 11 83 63 48 4th R4 R3 George O'Brien 37 Terry Paine 42 1965 -- 66 42 22 10 10 85 56 54 2nd ↑ R3 R3 Martin Chivers 33 John Sydenham 41 1966 -- 67 Div 1 42 14 6 22 74 92 34 19th R4 R3 Ron Davies 43 Martin Chivers Jimmy Melia Terry Paine 42 1967 -- 68 42 13 11 18 66 83 37 16th R4 R2 Ron Davies 28 Terry Paine 41 1968 -- 69 42 16 13 13 57 48 45 7th R4 QF Ron Davies 24 Terry Paine 42 1969 -- 70 42 6 17 19 46 67 29 19th R4 R2 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup R1 Mick Channon 21 Mick Channon Jimmy Gabriel 39 1970 -- 71 42 17 12 13 56 44 46 7th R5 R2 Ron Davies 21 Mick Channon Hugh Fisher Joe Kirkup Brian O'Neil 42 1971 -- 72 42 12 7 23 52 80 31 19th R3 R3 UEFA Cup R1 Mick Channon 17 Mick Channon Eric Martin 42 1972 -- 73 42 11 18 13 47 52 40 13th R3 R3 Mick Channon 18 Eric Martin Hugh Fisher 42 1973 -- 74 42 11 14 17 47 68 36 20th ↓ R5 R4 Ted Bates Lawrie McMenemy Mick Channon 23 Hugh Fisher 42 1974 -- 75 Div 2 42 15 11 16 53 54 41 13th R3 R4 Texaco Cup RU Lawrie McMenemy Mick Channon 24 Mick Channon Peter Osgood 40 1975 -- 76 42 21 7 14 66 50 49 6th R2 Mick Channon 25 Mick Channon 42 1976 -- 77 42 17 10 15 72 67 44 9th R5 R2 FA Charity Shield RU Ted MacDougall 26 Mick Channon 40 European Cup Winners ' Cup QF 1977 -- 78 42 22 13 7 70 39 57 2nd ↑ R4 R3 Phil Boyer 19 Alan Ball Phil Boyer Mike Pickering 41 1978 -- 79 Div 1 42 12 16 14 47 53 40 14th QF RU Phil Boyer 16 Alan Ball Phil Boyer Malcolm Waldron 42 1979 -- 80 42 18 9 15 65 53 45 8th R3 R3 Phil Boyer 25 Phil Boyer 42 1980 -- 81 42 20 10 12 76 56 50 6th R5 R2 Steve Moran 20 Mick Channon Chris Nicholl 42 1981 -- 82 42 19 9 14 72 67 66 7th R3 R2 UEFA Cup R2 Kevin Keegan 30 David Armstrong Kevin Keegan 41 1982 -- 83 42 15 12 15 54 58 57 12th R3 R4 UEFA Cup R1 Danny Wallace 13 Chris Nicholl 42 1983 -- 84 42 22 11 9 66 38 77 2nd SF R3 Steve Moran 25 David Armstrong Nick Holmes Peter Shilton 42 1984 -- 85 42 19 11 12 56 47 68 5th R5 R4 UEFA Cup R1 Steve Moran 18 Mick Mills 42 1985 -- 86 42 12 10 20 51 62 46 14th SF R4 Chris Nicholl David Armstrong 15 David Armstrong 41 1986 -- 87 42 14 10 18 69 68 52 12th R3 SF Colin Clarke 22 Glenn Cockerill 42 1987 -- 88 40 12 14 14 49 53 50 12th R4 R2 Colin Clarke 17 Colin Clarke 40 1988 -- 89 38 10 15 13 52 66 45 13th R3 QF Rod Wallace 14 Rod Wallace 38 1989 -- 90 38 15 10 13 71 63 55 7th R5 QF Matthew Le Tissier 24 Rod Wallace 38 1990 -- 91 38 12 9 17 58 69 45 14th R5 QF Matthew Le Tissier 23 Barry Horne 38 15,413 1991 -- 92 42 14 10 18 39 55 52 16th QF R4 Full Members Cup RU Ian Branfoot Alan Shearer 18 Tim Flowers Alan Shearer 41 14,070 1992 -- 93 Premier League 42 13 11 18 54 61 50 18th R3 R3 Matthew Le Tissier 18 Tim Flowers 42 15,148 1993 -- 94 42 12 7 23 49 66 43 18th R3 R2 Ian Branfoot Alan Ball Matthew Le Tissier 25 Jeff Kenna Neil Maddison 41 14,751 1994 -- 95 42 12 18 12 61 63 54 10th R5 R3 Alan Ball Matthew Le Tissier 29 Jim Magilton 42 14,685 1995 -- 96 38 9 11 18 34 52 38 17th QF R4 Dave Merrington Neil Shipperley 12 Jason Dodd Neil Shipperley 37 14,820 1996 -- 97 38 10 11 17 50 56 41 16th R3 QF Graeme Souness Matthew Le Tissier 17 Jim Magilton 37 15,099 1997 -- 98 38 14 6 18 50 55 48 12th R3 R4 Dave Jones Matthew Le Tissier 14 Paul Jones 38 15,159 1998 -- 99 38 11 8 19 37 64 41 17th R3 R2 Egil Østenstad 8 James Beattie 35 15,140 1999 -- 2000 38 12 8 18 45 62 44 15th R4 R4 Dave Jones Glenn Hoddle Marian Pahars 13 Dean Richards 35 15,132 2000 -- 01 38 14 10 14 40 48 52 10th R5 R3 Glenn Hoddle James Beattie 12 Wayne Bridge Claus Lundekvam 38 15,115 2001 -- 02 38 12 9 17 46 54 45 11th R3 R3 Stuart Gray Gordon Strachan Marian Pahars 16 Wayne Bridge 38 30,633 2002 -- 03 38 13 13 12 43 46 52 8th RU R3 Gordon Strachan James Beattie 24 James Beattie 38 30,680 2003 -- 04 38 12 11 15 44 45 47 12th R3 QF UEFA Cup R1 Gordon Strachan Paul Sturrock James Beattie 17 James Beattie Paul Telfer 37 31,716 2004 -- 05 38 6 14 18 45 66 32 20th ↓ QF R4 Paul Sturrock Steve Wigley Harry Redknapp Peter Crouch 16 Rory Delap 37 30,609 2005 -- 06 Championship 46 13 19 14 49 50 58 12th R5 R4 Harry Redknapp George Burley Ricardo Fuller 9 Danny Higginbotham 37 23,613 2006 -- 07 46 21 12 13 77 53 75 6th R4 R3 George Burley Grzegorz Rasiak 21 Chris Baird 44 23,556 2007 -- 08 46 13 15 18 56 72 54 20th R5 R1 George Burley Nigel Pearson Stern John 19 Stern John Andrew Surman 40 21,081 2008 -- 09 46 10 15 21 46 69 45 23rd ↓ R3 R3 Jan Poortvliet Mark Wotte David McGoldrick 14 Kelvin Davis David McGoldrick 46 18,149 2009 -- 10 One 46 23 14 9 85 47 73 7th R5 R2 Football League Trophy Alan Pardew Rickie Lambert 36 Rickie Lambert 45 20,108 2010 -- 11 46 28 8 10 86 38 92 2nd ↑ R4 R2 Football League Trophy R1 Alan Pardew Dean Wilkins Nigel Adkins Rickie Lambert 21 Kelvin Davis 46 21,726 2011 -- 12 Championship 46 26 10 10 85 46 88 2nd ↑ R4 R4 Nigel Adkins Rickie Lambert 31 Jack Cork 46 26,420 2012 -- 13 Premier League 38 9 14 15 49 60 41 14th R3 R4 Nigel Adkins Mauricio Pochettino Rickie Lambert 15 Rickie Lambert 38 30,874 2013 -- 14 38 15 11 12 54 46 56 8th R5 R4 Mauricio Pochettino Jay Rodriguez 17 Adam Lallana 38 30,211 2014 -- 15 38 18 6 14 54 33 60 7th R4 QF Ronald Koeman Graziano Pellè 16 Graziano Pellè 38 30,652 2015 -- 16 38 18 9 11 59 41 63 6th R3 R5 Europa League Play - off round Sadio Mané 15 José Fonte 37 30,750 2016 -- 17 38 12 10 16 41 48 46 8th R4 RU Europa League Group stage Claude Puel Charlie Austin 9 Fraser Forster 38 30,936
when did southampton get promoted to the premier league
2014