South Coast derby
| Location | Hampshire |
|---|---|
| Teams | Southampton Portsmouth |
| First meeting | Portsmouth 2–0 Southampton (6 September 1899 (Friendly)) |
| Latest meeting | Portsmouth 0–4 Southampton (24 September 2019) |
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| Statistics | |
| Meetings total | 71 |
| Most wins | Southampton (35) |
| Largest victory | Southampton 5–1 Portsmouth (FA Cup, 13 January 1906) Portsmouth 5–1 Southampton (18 October 1919) Southampton 5–1 Portsmouth (11 September 1920) Southampton 5–1 Portsmouth (27 August 1960) Southampton 4–0 Portsmouth (17 April 1975) Portsmouth 0–4 Southampton (League Cup, 24 September 2019) |
The South Coast Derby is a term used to describe football matches played between Southampton Football Club and Portsmouth Football Club. The term is popular in broadcast media and newspapers.
Southampton play their home games at St. Mary's Stadium, while Portsmouth play theirs at Fratton Park. Southampton and Portsmouth are historically the most successful clubs on the southern coast of England and lie only 19 miles (31 km) apart in Hampshire. However, because the two clubs have often been in different divisions, the derby game has only been played 71 times in "First Class" competition since the first meeting in 1899.
In "first class" matches between the two teams, Southampton have the most wins and have consistently been in a higher league than Portsmouth, including their 27 consecutive years in the top flight of English football. Portsmouth have won the most titles of the pair, being champions of England twice (1948–49 and 1949–50) and twice FA Cup winners (1939 and 2008), whilst Southampton have won the FA Cup once (1976).
With Southampton being relegated from the Premier League and Portsmouth successfully avoiding relegation from the EFL Championship, the South Coast derby will return during the 2025–26 EFL Championship, marking the first time the clubs have shared a division since 2011–12.