diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index faee75610..0da36ae19 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -118,6 +118,9 @@ Bugs fixed
 * #8683: :confval:`html_last_updated_fmt` generates wrong time zone for %Z
 * #1112: ``download`` role creates duplicated copies when relative path is
   specified
+* #2616 (fifth item): LaTeX: footnotes from captions are not clickable,
+  and for manually numbered footnotes only first one with same number is
+  an hyperlink
 * #7576: LaTeX with French babel and memoir crash: "Illegal parameter number
   in definition of ``\FNH@prefntext``"
 * #8055: LaTeX (docs): A potential display bug with the LaTeX generation step
diff --git a/sphinx/texinputs/footnotehyper-sphinx.sty b/sphinx/texinputs/footnotehyper-sphinx.sty
index 5ed0e8e6e..3bba385a8 100644
--- a/sphinx/texinputs/footnotehyper-sphinx.sty
+++ b/sphinx/texinputs/footnotehyper-sphinx.sty
@@ -325,8 +325,58 @@
 % some extras for Sphinx :
 % \sphinxfootnotemark: usable in section titles and silently removed from TOCs.
 \def\sphinxfootnotemark [#1]%
-   {\ifx\thepage\relax\else\protect\spx@opt@BeforeFootnote
-                             \protect\footnotemark[#1]\fi}%
+   {\ifx\thepage\relax\else\sphinxfootref{#1}\fi}%
+% \sphinxfootref:
+% - \spx@opt@BeforeFootnote is from BeforeFootnote sphinxsetup option
+% - \ref:
+%     the latex.py writer inserts a \phantomsection\label{<scope>.<num>}
+%     whenever
+%     - the footnote was explicitly numbered in sources,
+%     - or it was in restrained context and is rendered using footnotetext
+%
+%     These are the two types of footnotes that \sphinxfootnotemark must
+%     handle. But for explicitly numbered footnotes the same number
+%     can be found in document. So a secondary part in  <scope> is updated
+%     at each novel such footnote to know what is the target from then on
+%     for \sphinxfootnotemark and already encountered [1], or [2],...
+%
+% LaTeX package varioref is not supported by hyperref (from its doc: "There
+% are too many problems with varioref. Nobody has time to sort them out.
+% Therefore this package is now unsupported.") So we will simply use our own
+% macros to access the page number of footnote text and decide whether to print
+% it. \pagename is internationalized by latex-babel.
+\def\spx@thefnmark#1#2{%
+  % #1=label for reference, #2=page where footnote was printed
+  \ifx\spx@tempa\spx@tempb
+     % same page
+     #1%
+  \else
+    \sphinxthefootnotemark{#1}{#2}%
+  \fi
+}%
+\def\sphinxfootref@get #1#2#3#4#5\relax{%
+    \def\sphinxfootref@label{#1}%
+    \def\sphinxfootref@page {#2}%
+    \def\sphinxfootref@Href {#4}%
+}%
+\protected\def\sphinxfootref#1{% #1 always explicit number in Sphinx usage
+  \spx@opt@BeforeFootnote
+  \ltx@ifundefined{r@\thesphinxscope.#1}%
+    {\gdef\@thefnmark{?}\H@@footnotemark}%
+    {\expandafter\expandafter\expandafter\sphinxfootref@get
+                 \csname r@\thesphinxscope.#1\endcsname\relax
+     \edef\spx@tempa{\thepage}\edef\spx@tempb{\sphinxfootref@page}%
+     \protected@xdef\@thefnmark{\spx@thefnmark{\sphinxfootref@label}{\sphinxfootref@page}}%
+     \let\spx@@makefnmark\@makefnmark
+     \def\@makefnmark{%
+       \hyper@linkstart{link}{\sphinxfootref@Href}%
+       \spx@@makefnmark
+       \hyper@linkend
+     }%
+     \H@@footnotemark
+     \let\@makefnmark\spx@@makefnmark
+    }%
+}%
 \AtBeginDocument{%
    % let hyperref less complain
    \pdfstringdefDisableCommands{\def\sphinxfootnotemark [#1]{}}%
diff --git a/sphinx/texinputs/sphinx.sty b/sphinx/texinputs/sphinx.sty
index adc9a23a7..556302930 100644
--- a/sphinx/texinputs/sphinx.sty
+++ b/sphinx/texinputs/sphinx.sty
@@ -847,6 +847,28 @@
 
 %% FOOTNOTES
 %
+% Support scopes for footnote numbering
+\newcounter{sphinxscope}
+\newcommand{\sphinxstepscope}{\stepcounter{sphinxscope}}
+% Explictly numbered footnotes may be referred to, and for this to be
+% clickable we need to have only one target. So we will step this at each
+% explicit footnote and let \thesphinxscope take it into account
+\newcounter{sphinxexplicit}
+\newcommand{\sphinxstepexplicit}{\stepcounter{sphinxexplicit}}
+% Some babel/polyglossia languages fiddle with \@arabic, so let's be extra
+% cautious and redefine \thesphinxscope with \number not \@arabic.
+% Memo: we expect some subtle redefinition of \thesphinxscope to be a part of page
+% scoping for footnotes, when we shall implement it.
+\renewcommand{\thesphinxscope}{\number\value{sphinxscope}.\number\value{sphinxexplicit}}
+\newcommand\sphinxthefootnotemark[2]{%
+   % this is used to make reference to an explicitly numbered footnote not on same page
+   % #1=label of footnote text, #2=page number where footnote text was printed
+   \ifdefined\pagename
+      \pagename\space#2, % <- space
+    \else
+      p. #2, % <- space
+   \fi #1% no space
+}
 % Support large numbered footnotes in minipage
 % But now obsolete due to systematic use of \savenotes/\spewnotes
 % when minipages are in use in the various macro definitions next.
diff --git a/sphinx/writers/latex.py b/sphinx/writers/latex.py
index 8319cbbfe..cf166fb21 100644
--- a/sphinx/writers/latex.py
+++ b/sphinx/writers/latex.py
@@ -846,11 +846,16 @@ class LaTeXTranslator(SphinxTranslator):
     def visit_footnote(self, node: Element) -> None:
         self.in_footnote += 1
         label = cast(nodes.label, node[0])
+        if 'auto' not in node.attributes:
+            self.body.append('\\sphinxstepexplicit ')
         if self.in_parsed_literal:
             self.body.append('\\begin{footnote}[%s]' % label.astext())
         else:
             self.body.append('%\n')
             self.body.append('\\begin{footnote}[%s]' % label.astext())
+        if 'auto' not in node:
+            self.body.append('\\phantomsection'
+                             '\\label{\\thesphinxscope.%s}%%\n' % label.astext())
         self.body.append('\\sphinxAtStartFootnote\n')
 
     def depart_footnote(self, node: Element) -> None:
@@ -1749,7 +1754,9 @@ class LaTeXTranslator(SphinxTranslator):
         label = cast(nodes.label, node[0])
         self.body.append('%\n')
         self.body.append('\\begin{footnotetext}[%s]'
-                         '\\sphinxAtStartFootnote\n' % label.astext())
+                         '\\phantomsection\\label{\\thesphinxscope.%s}%%\n'
+                         % (label.astext(), label.astext()))
+        self.body.append('\\sphinxAtStartFootnote\n')
 
     def depart_footnotetext(self, node: Element) -> None:
         # the \ignorespaces in particular for after table header use
diff --git a/tests/test_build_latex.py b/tests/test_build_latex.py
index f268064c6..cc79580f6 100644
--- a/tests/test_build_latex.py
+++ b/tests/test_build_latex.py
@@ -724,7 +724,8 @@ def test_footnote(app, status, warning):
     print(result)
     print(status.getvalue())
     print(warning.getvalue())
-    assert ('\\begin{footnote}[1]\\sphinxAtStartFootnote\nnumbered\n%\n'
+    assert ('\\sphinxstepexplicit %\n\\begin{footnote}[1]\\phantomsection'
+            '\\label{\\thesphinxscope.1}%\n\\sphinxAtStartFootnote\nnumbered\n%\n'
             '\\end{footnote}') in result
     assert ('\\begin{footnote}[2]\\sphinxAtStartFootnote\nauto numbered\n%\n'
             '\\end{footnote}') in result
@@ -732,9 +733,13 @@ def test_footnote(app, status, warning):
     assert '\\sphinxcite{footnote:bar}' in result
     assert ('\\bibitem[bar]{footnote:bar}\n\\sphinxAtStartPar\ncite\n') in result
     assert '\\sphinxcaption{Table caption \\sphinxfootnotemark[4]' in result
-    assert ('\\hline%\n\\begin{footnotetext}[4]\\sphinxAtStartFootnote\n'
+    assert ('\\hline%\n\\begin{footnotetext}[4]'
+            '\\phantomsection\\label{\\thesphinxscope.4}%\n'
+            '\\sphinxAtStartFootnote\n'
             'footnote in table caption\n%\n\\end{footnotetext}\\ignorespaces %\n'
-            '\\begin{footnotetext}[5]\\sphinxAtStartFootnote\n'
+            '\\begin{footnotetext}[5]'
+            '\\phantomsection\\label{\\thesphinxscope.5}%\n'
+            '\\sphinxAtStartFootnote\n'
             'footnote in table header\n%\n\\end{footnotetext}\\ignorespaces '
             '\n\\sphinxAtStartPar\n'
             'VIDIOC\\_CROPCAP\n&\n\\sphinxAtStartPar\n') in result
@@ -760,19 +765,27 @@ def test_reference_in_caption_and_codeblock_in_footnote(app, status, warning):
     assert '\\subsubsection*{The rubric title with a reference to {[}AuthorYear{]}}' in result
     assert ('\\chapter{The section with a reference to \\sphinxfootnotemark[5]}\n'
             '\\label{\\detokenize{index:the-section-with-a-reference-to}}'
-            '%\n\\begin{footnotetext}[5]\\sphinxAtStartFootnote\n'
+            '%\n\\begin{footnotetext}[5]'
+            '\\phantomsection\\label{\\thesphinxscope.5}%\n'
+            '\\sphinxAtStartFootnote\n'
             'Footnote in section\n%\n\\end{footnotetext}') in result
     assert ('\\caption{This is the figure caption with a footnote to '
             '\\sphinxfootnotemark[7].}\\label{\\detokenize{index:id29}}\\end{figure}\n'
-            '%\n\\begin{footnotetext}[7]\\sphinxAtStartFootnote\n'
+            '%\n\\begin{footnotetext}[7]'
+            '\\phantomsection\\label{\\thesphinxscope.7}%\n'
+            '\\sphinxAtStartFootnote\n'
             'Footnote in caption\n%\n\\end{footnotetext}') in result
     assert ('\\sphinxcaption{footnote \\sphinxfootnotemark[8] in '
             'caption of normal table}\\label{\\detokenize{index:id30}}') in result
     assert ('\\caption{footnote \\sphinxfootnotemark[9] '
             'in caption \\sphinxfootnotemark[10] of longtable\\strut}') in result
-    assert ('\\endlastfoot\n%\n\\begin{footnotetext}[9]\\sphinxAtStartFootnote\n'
+    assert ('\\endlastfoot\n%\n\\begin{footnotetext}[9]'
+            '\\phantomsection\\label{\\thesphinxscope.9}%\n'
+            '\\sphinxAtStartFootnote\n'
             'Foot note in longtable\n%\n\\end{footnotetext}\\ignorespaces %\n'
-            '\\begin{footnotetext}[10]\\sphinxAtStartFootnote\n'
+            '\\begin{footnotetext}[10]'
+            '\\phantomsection\\label{\\thesphinxscope.10}%\n'
+            '\\sphinxAtStartFootnote\n'
             'Second footnote in caption of longtable\n') in result
     assert ('This is a reference to the code\\sphinxhyphen{}block in the footnote:\n'
             '{\\hyperref[\\detokenize{index:codeblockinfootnote}]'
@@ -793,7 +806,9 @@ def test_latex_show_urls_is_inline(app, status, warning):
     print(result)
     print(status.getvalue())
     print(warning.getvalue())
-    assert ('Same footnote number %\n\\begin{footnote}[1]\\sphinxAtStartFootnote\n'
+    assert ('Same footnote number \\sphinxstepexplicit %\n'
+            '\\begin{footnote}[1]\\phantomsection\\label{\\thesphinxscope.1}%\n'
+            '\\sphinxAtStartFootnote\n'
             'footnote in bar\n%\n\\end{footnote} in bar.rst') in result
     assert ('Auto footnote number %\n\\begin{footnote}[1]\\sphinxAtStartFootnote\n'
             'footnote in baz\n%\n\\end{footnote} in baz.rst') in result
@@ -807,12 +822,16 @@ def test_latex_show_urls_is_inline(app, status, warning):
             '{\\sphinxcrossref{The section with a reference to }}}' in result)
     assert ('First footnote: %\n\\begin{footnote}[2]\\sphinxAtStartFootnote\n'
             'First\n%\n\\end{footnote}') in result
-    assert ('Second footnote: %\n\\begin{footnote}[1]\\sphinxAtStartFootnote\n'
+    assert ('Second footnote: \\sphinxstepexplicit %\n'
+            '\\begin{footnote}[1]\\phantomsection\\label{\\thesphinxscope.1}%\n'
+            '\\sphinxAtStartFootnote\n'
             'Second\n%\n\\end{footnote}') in result
     assert '\\sphinxhref{http://sphinx-doc.org/}{Sphinx} (http://sphinx\\sphinxhyphen{}doc.org/)' in result
     assert ('Third footnote: %\n\\begin{footnote}[3]\\sphinxAtStartFootnote\n'
             'Third \\sphinxfootnotemark[4]\n%\n\\end{footnote}%\n'
-            '\\begin{footnotetext}[4]\\sphinxAtStartFootnote\n'
+            '\\begin{footnotetext}[4]'
+            '\\phantomsection\\label{\\thesphinxscope.4}%\n'
+            '\\sphinxAtStartFootnote\n'
             'Footnote inside footnote\n%\n\\end{footnotetext}\\ignorespaces') in result
     assert ('\\sphinxhref{http://sphinx-doc.org/~test/}{URL including tilde} '
             '(http://sphinx\\sphinxhyphen{}doc.org/\\textasciitilde{}test/)') in result
@@ -820,7 +839,9 @@ def test_latex_show_urls_is_inline(app, status, warning):
             '(http://sphinx\\sphinxhyphen{}doc.org/)}] '
             '\\leavevmode\n\\sphinxAtStartPar\nDescription' in result)
     assert ('\\item[{Footnote in term \\sphinxfootnotemark[6]}] '
-            '\\leavevmode%\n\\begin{footnotetext}[6]\\sphinxAtStartFootnote\n'
+            '\\leavevmode%\n\\begin{footnotetext}[6]'
+            '\\phantomsection\\label{\\thesphinxscope.6}%\n'
+            '\\sphinxAtStartFootnote\n'
             'Footnote in term\n%\n\\end{footnotetext}\\ignorespaces '
             '\n\\sphinxAtStartPar\nDescription') in result
     assert ('\\item[{\\sphinxhref{http://sphinx-doc.org/}{Term in deflist} '
@@ -841,7 +862,9 @@ def test_latex_show_urls_is_footnote(app, status, warning):
     print(result)
     print(status.getvalue())
     print(warning.getvalue())
-    assert ('Same footnote number %\n\\begin{footnote}[1]\\sphinxAtStartFootnote\n'
+    assert ('Same footnote number \\sphinxstepexplicit %\n'
+            '\\begin{footnote}[1]\\phantomsection\\label{\\thesphinxscope.1}%\n'
+            '\\sphinxAtStartFootnote\n'
             'footnote in bar\n%\n\\end{footnote} in bar.rst') in result
     assert ('Auto footnote number %\n\\begin{footnote}[2]\\sphinxAtStartFootnote\n'
             'footnote in baz\n%\n\\end{footnote} in baz.rst') in result
@@ -854,14 +877,18 @@ def test_latex_show_urls_is_footnote(app, status, warning):
             '{\\sphinxcrossref{The section with a reference to }}}') in result
     assert ('First footnote: %\n\\begin{footnote}[3]\\sphinxAtStartFootnote\n'
             'First\n%\n\\end{footnote}') in result
-    assert ('Second footnote: %\n\\begin{footnote}[1]\\sphinxAtStartFootnote\n'
+    assert ('Second footnote: \\sphinxstepexplicit %\n'
+            '\\begin{footnote}[1]\\phantomsection\\label{\\thesphinxscope.1}%\n'
+            '\\sphinxAtStartFootnote\n'
             'Second\n%\n\\end{footnote}') in result
     assert ('\\sphinxhref{http://sphinx-doc.org/}{Sphinx}'
             '%\n\\begin{footnote}[4]\\sphinxAtStartFootnote\n'
             '\\sphinxnolinkurl{http://sphinx-doc.org/}\n%\n\\end{footnote}') in result
     assert ('Third footnote: %\n\\begin{footnote}[6]\\sphinxAtStartFootnote\n'
             'Third \\sphinxfootnotemark[7]\n%\n\\end{footnote}%\n'
-            '\\begin{footnotetext}[7]\\sphinxAtStartFootnote\n'
+            '\\begin{footnotetext}[7]'
+            '\\phantomsection\\label{\\thesphinxscope.7}%\n'
+            '\\sphinxAtStartFootnote\n'
             'Footnote inside footnote\n%\n'
             '\\end{footnotetext}\\ignorespaces') in result
     assert ('\\sphinxhref{http://sphinx-doc.org/~test/}{URL including tilde}'
@@ -869,16 +896,22 @@ def test_latex_show_urls_is_footnote(app, status, warning):
             '\\sphinxnolinkurl{http://sphinx-doc.org/~test/}\n%\n\\end{footnote}') in result
     assert ('\\item[{\\sphinxhref{http://sphinx-doc.org/}'
             '{URL in term}\\sphinxfootnotemark[9]}] '
-            '\\leavevmode%\n\\begin{footnotetext}[9]\\sphinxAtStartFootnote\n'
+            '\\leavevmode%\n\\begin{footnotetext}[9]'
+            '\\phantomsection\\label{\\thesphinxscope.9}%\n'
+            '\\sphinxAtStartFootnote\n'
             '\\sphinxnolinkurl{http://sphinx-doc.org/}\n%\n'
             '\\end{footnotetext}\\ignorespaces \n\\sphinxAtStartPar\nDescription') in result
     assert ('\\item[{Footnote in term \\sphinxfootnotemark[11]}] '
-            '\\leavevmode%\n\\begin{footnotetext}[11]\\sphinxAtStartFootnote\n'
+            '\\leavevmode%\n\\begin{footnotetext}[11]'
+            '\\phantomsection\\label{\\thesphinxscope.11}%\n'
+            '\\sphinxAtStartFootnote\n'
             'Footnote in term\n%\n\\end{footnotetext}\\ignorespaces '
             '\n\\sphinxAtStartPar\nDescription') in result
     assert ('\\item[{\\sphinxhref{http://sphinx-doc.org/}{Term in deflist}'
             '\\sphinxfootnotemark[10]}] '
-            '\\leavevmode%\n\\begin{footnotetext}[10]\\sphinxAtStartFootnote\n'
+            '\\leavevmode%\n\\begin{footnotetext}[10]'
+            '\\phantomsection\\label{\\thesphinxscope.10}%\n'
+            '\\sphinxAtStartFootnote\n'
             '\\sphinxnolinkurl{http://sphinx-doc.org/}\n%\n'
             '\\end{footnotetext}\\ignorespaces \n\\sphinxAtStartPar\nDescription') in result
     assert ('\\sphinxurl{https://github.com/sphinx-doc/sphinx}\n' in result)
@@ -896,7 +929,9 @@ def test_latex_show_urls_is_no(app, status, warning):
     print(result)
     print(status.getvalue())
     print(warning.getvalue())
-    assert ('Same footnote number %\n\\begin{footnote}[1]\\sphinxAtStartFootnote\n'
+    assert ('Same footnote number \\sphinxstepexplicit %\n'
+            '\\begin{footnote}[1]\\phantomsection\\label{\\thesphinxscope.1}%\n'
+            '\\sphinxAtStartFootnote\n'
             'footnote in bar\n%\n\\end{footnote} in bar.rst') in result
     assert ('Auto footnote number %\n\\begin{footnote}[1]\\sphinxAtStartFootnote\n'
             'footnote in baz\n%\n\\end{footnote} in baz.rst') in result
@@ -909,18 +944,24 @@ def test_latex_show_urls_is_no(app, status, warning):
             '{\\sphinxcrossref{The section with a reference to }}}' in result)
     assert ('First footnote: %\n\\begin{footnote}[2]\\sphinxAtStartFootnote\n'
             'First\n%\n\\end{footnote}') in result
-    assert ('Second footnote: %\n\\begin{footnote}[1]\\sphinxAtStartFootnote\n'
+    assert ('Second footnote: \\sphinxstepexplicit %\n'
+            '\\begin{footnote}[1]\\phantomsection\\label{\\thesphinxscope.1}%\n'
+            '\\sphinxAtStartFootnote\n'
             'Second\n%\n\\end{footnote}') in result
     assert '\\sphinxhref{http://sphinx-doc.org/}{Sphinx}' in result
     assert ('Third footnote: %\n\\begin{footnote}[3]\\sphinxAtStartFootnote\n'
             'Third \\sphinxfootnotemark[4]\n%\n\\end{footnote}%\n'
-            '\\begin{footnotetext}[4]\\sphinxAtStartFootnote\n'
+            '\\begin{footnotetext}[4]'
+            '\\phantomsection\\label{\\thesphinxscope.4}%\n'
+            '\\sphinxAtStartFootnote\n'
             'Footnote inside footnote\n%\n\\end{footnotetext}\\ignorespaces') in result
     assert '\\sphinxhref{http://sphinx-doc.org/~test/}{URL including tilde}' in result
     assert ('\\item[{\\sphinxhref{http://sphinx-doc.org/}{URL in term}}] '
             '\\leavevmode\n\\sphinxAtStartPar\nDescription') in result
     assert ('\\item[{Footnote in term \\sphinxfootnotemark[6]}] '
-            '\\leavevmode%\n\\begin{footnotetext}[6]\\sphinxAtStartFootnote\n'
+            '\\leavevmode%\n\\begin{footnotetext}[6]'
+            '\\phantomsection\\label{\\thesphinxscope.6}%\n'
+            '\\sphinxAtStartFootnote\n'
             'Footnote in term\n%\n\\end{footnotetext}\\ignorespaces '
             '\n\\sphinxAtStartPar\nDescription') in result
     assert ('\\item[{\\sphinxhref{http://sphinx-doc.org/}{Term in deflist}}] '