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      | The Saints | 
      Southampton FC
 Founded 21 November 1885 as St. Mary's Youth Men's Association FC
 Name Changed  1887-88 to St. Mary's FC
 Turned professional 1894 as Southampton St. Mary's FC
 Name Changed 1897
 
 Players provided 40
 Different scorers 11 (40 goals)
 Total appearances 282
 1899-2024
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      | St Mary's 
          Stadium |  
      | Domestic Honours | Southern League winners 1896-97, 
		  1897-98, 1898-99, 1900-01, 1902-03, 1903-04, runners-up 1905-06; FA Cup runners-up 1899-1900, 1901-02, 2002-03, winners  
		  1975-76;
 Football League Division Three  
           
          runners-up 1920-21, winners 
           
          1959-60; Division Three South winners 
           
          1921-22;  Division Two runners-up 1965-66, 
		  1977-78; Division One runners-up 1983-84;
 Southern 
		  Professional Floodlit Cup best: semi-finals 1959-60 (beaten by 
		  Coventry City 1-2);
 Texaco Cup 
		  runners-up 1974-75 (beaten by Newcastle United, agg 1-3);
 FA Charity Shield runners-up 1976 (beaten by Liverpool 0-1);
 Football League Cup runners-up 1978-79 (beaten by Nottingham 
		  Forest 2-3), 2016-17 (beaten by Manchester United 2-3);
 Football
          League ScreenSport Super Cup best: group stages 1985-86;
 Full Members Cup runners-up 1991-92 (beaten by Nottingham Forest 
		  2-3);
 After League restructure: Football League Division One/Championship
		  sixth place-play-off semi-finalists 2006-07, 
		  runners-up 2011-12, fourth-place play-off winners 
		  2023-24; Division Two/League One
		  runners-up 2010-11;
 FA Premier League
		  best: sixth place 2015-16;
 Football League Trophy winners 
		  2009-10;
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      | European Honours | Inter-Cities Fairs Cup best: 
		  third round 1969-70 (beaten by Newcastle United, agg 1-1); Anglo-Italian League Cup runners-up 1976 (beaten by Napoli, 
		  agg 1-4);
 UEFA Cup best: second round 1981-82 (beaten by SC Lisboa, agg 
		  2-4);
 European Cup Winners Cup best: 
		  Quarter-finals, 1976-77 (beaten by Anderlecht agg 2-3);
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      | Home 
      venue | St Mary's Stadium, 
          since August 2001 (initially sponsored by Friends Provident); previously 
          occupied The Dell, 1898-2001; County Ground, 
		  1896-98; Antelope Ground, 1887-96; |  
      | Home strip | Red and white striped shirts, black shorts, white 
          socks |  |