2022–23 Southampton F.C. season

The 2022–23 season was the 106th season in the existence of Southampton Football Club and the club's eleventh consecutive season in the Premier League. In addition to the league, they also competed in the FA Cup and the EFL Cup.

Ralph Hasenhüttl 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 the former Luton Town and Stoke City manager Nathan Jones. However, after winning just once in his 14 games in charge, Jones was sacked as the team dropped to the bottom of the league. Rubén Sellés took charge until the end of the season, however, despite wins over Chelsea and fellow strugglers Leicester City, 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 Fulham resulted in their relegation to the EFL Championship.

Squad

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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 Bundesliga side Austria Klagenfurt taking place on 18 July. On 9 June, a home pre-season friendly against Villarreal was confirmed. On 24 June, a further fixture against Watford was added to the team's pre-season schedule. A fourth friendly was announced on 7 July against Monaco at St Mary's Stadium, while a fifth against RB Leipzig was added to the side's Austrian pre-season tour on 8 July.

Matches
On 16 June, the Premier League fixtures were released.

FA Cup
The Saints were drawn away to Crystal Palace in the third round and at home to Blackpool in the fourth round. The Saints were drawn at home again in the fifth round, against the winners of the tie between Luton Town and Grimsby Town.

EFL Cup
Southampton entered in the second round of the competition and were drawn away to Cambridge United. In the third round they were drawn at home to Sheffield Wednesday. A fourth round tie against EFL League One side Lincoln City was drawn next for the Saints. In the quarter-finals, Southampton were drawn as host to Manchester City. Over two legs in the semi-finals, Southampton were drawn against Newcastle United.