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Southampton FC

Stadium
St Mary's
League
Premier
Founded
21 November, 1885
Southampton FC

Southampton Football Club is an English professional football club based in Southampton, Hampshire, which plays in the Premier League, the top tier of English football. One of the founding members of the Premier League, they have spent the majority of their history in the top flight since their first promotion to it in 1966; their longest continuous period was for 27 seasons between 1978 and 2005. Their home ground since 2001 has been St Mary's Stadium, prior to which they were based at The Dell. The club has been nicknamed "The Saints" since its inception in 1885 due to its history as a church football team, founded as St. Mary's Church of England Young Men's Association, and play in red and white shirts. Southampton have a long-standing rivalry with Portsmouth, due in part to geographic proximity and both cities' respective maritime histories. Matches between the two clubs are known as the South Coast derby.

Full name Southampton Football Club
Nickname(s) The Saints
Founded November 21, 1885 as St. Mary's Y.M.A.
Ground St Mary's Stadium
Ground Capacity 32,384
Chairman Gao Jisheng
Manager Ralph Hasenhüttl
League Premier League
2015–16 Premier League, 6th

Sobre Southampton FC

Nicknamed the Saints, the English club won the FA Cup in 1976. They were originally founded at St. Mary's Church by members of the St. Mary's Church of England Young Men's Association.

Conquista de Southampton FC

The club was sponsored by Under Armour and Virgin Media in 2016. They had been sponsored by Adidas, Veho and Umbro in the decade prior.

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Últimas informações sobre Southampton FC atualizado em 28 de Julho, 2021.