Southampton Saints Girls Youth

FA Accredited

Hampshire, South East

U8-U16

Girls development linked to Southampton FC. Professional pathway for female talent on the South Coast.

What your child plays at Southampton Saints Girls Youth

Southampton Saints Girls Youth runs teams across 9 age groups. Here's the format, ball and pitch size at each stage under FA youth rules — tap an age group for the full detail.

Age group	Format	Ball	Pitch
U8 · 6–7 years old	5v5	Size 3	37×27 yards
U9 · 7–8 years old	7v7	Size 4	60×40 yards
U10 · 8–9 years old	7v7	Size 4	60×40 yards
U11 · 9–10 years old	9v9	Size 4	80×50 yards
U12 · 10–11 years old	9v9	Size 4	80×50 yards
U13 · 11–12 years old	11v11	Size 4	90×55 yards
U14 · 12–13 years old	11v11	Size 4	90×55 yards
U15 · 13–14 years old	11v11	Size 5	100×60 yards
U16 · 14–15 years old	11v11	Size 5	100×60 yards

Not sure which group your child is in? Use our age-group calculator.

Club history

Southampton Saints Girls and Ladies Football Club, founded in 1979 as Red Star Southampton, was an English women's football club formerly affiliated with Southampton F.C.

About Southampton Saints Girls Youth

Southampton Saints Girls Youth is based in Hampshire, South East. It caters for U8-U16. Southampton Saints Girls Youth holds FA Accreditation, the FA's quality mark for grassroots clubs meeting safeguarding, coaching, and player-welfare standards.