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Brighton & Hove Albion
Brighton & Hove Albion
Full name Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club
Nickname(s) The Seagulls, The Albion
Founded 21 August 1901
Ground Falmer Stadium
(Capacity: 30,750)
Owner Flag of England Tony Bloom
Chairman Flag of England Tony Bloom
Manager Flag of Italy Roberto De Zerbi
Current League Premier League 
2022–23 Premier League, 6th
Website Club home page
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Football current event Current season

Brighton and Hove Albion Football Club is an English football club based in the coastal city of Brighton & Hove, East Sussex. It is often referred to just as Brighton. They currently play in the Premier League after being promoted from the EFL Championship.

The team is nicknamed the "Seagulls" or "Albion". The team has historically played in blue and white stripes, though this changed to all white briefly in the 1970s and again to plain blue during the club's most successful spell in the 1980s. Crystal Palace is considered the club's main rival, although the grounds are 40 miles apart.

Founded in 1901, Brighton played their early professional football in the Southern League before being elected to the Football League in 1920. The club enjoyed greatest prominence between 1979 and 1983 when they played in the First Division and reached the 1983 FA Cup Final, losing to Manchester United after a replay. They were relegated from the top division in the same season. Mismanagement brought Brighton close to relegation from the Football League to the Conference which they narrowly avoided in 1997 and 1998. A boardroom takeover saved Brighton from liquidation, and following successive promotions they returned to the second tier of English football in 2002 and have played in the second and third tiers ever since.

Players[]

Current squad[]

As of 2 September 2023
No. Position Player
1 Flag of Netherlands GK Bart Verbruggen
2 Flag of Ghana DF Tariq Lamptey
3 Flag of Brazil DF Igor Julio
4 Flag of England DF Adam Webster
5 Flag of England DF Lewis Dunk (captain)
6 Flag of England MF James Milner
7 Flag of England MF Solly March
8 Flag of Germany MF Mahmoud Dahoud
9 Flag of Brazil FW João Pedro
10 Flag of Paraguay FW Julio Enciso
11 Flag of Scotland MF Billy Gilmour
13 Flag of Germany MF Pascal Groß (vice-captain)
14 Flag of England MF Adam Lallana
15 Flag of Poland MF Jakub Moder
No. Position Player
17 Flag of Colombia MF Steven Alzate
18 Flag of England FW Danny Welbeck
20 Flag of Cameroon MF Carlos Baleba
22 Flag of Japan MF Kaoru Mitoma
23 Flag of England GK Jason Steele
24 Flag of Ivory Coast MF Simon Adingra
28 Flag of Republic of Ireland FW Evan Ferguson
29 Flag of Netherlands DF Jan Paul van Hecke
30 Flag of Ecuador DF Pervis Estupiñán
31 Flag of Spain FW Ansu Fati (on loan from Barcelona)
34 Flag of Netherlands DF Joël Veltman
38 Flag of Canada GK Tom McGill
40 Flag of Argentina MF Facundo Buonanotte
Flag of Switzerland FW Andi Zeqiri

Out on loan[]

No. Position Player
16 Flag of Netherlands GK Kjell Scherpen (at Sturm Graz until end of season)
19 Flag of Ecuador MF Jeremy Sarmiento (at West Brom until end of season)
21 Flag of Germany FW Deniz Undav (at Stuttgart until end of season)
No. Position Player
26 Flag of Sweden MF Yasin Ayari (at Coventry City until end of season)
Flag of Poland MF Kacper Kozłowski (at Vitesse until end of season)
Flag of Senegal FW Abdallah Sima (at Rangers until end of season)

Under 21s and academy[]

Main article: Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. Under-21s and Academy

The Under-21s and Academy are the youth teams of Brighton & Hove Albion. The under-21 players play in the Premier League 2, the highest tier of under-21 team football in England. They also compete in the EFL Trophy and the Premier League International Cup.

The academy teams culminate with the under-18's squad, who compete in the U18 Premier League Division South.

The following academy players featured in a matchday squad for the 2023–24 season

No. Position Player

Honours[]

Domestic[]

League[]

Winners (3) 1957–58, 2001–02, 2010–11
Winners (2) 1964–65, 2000–01
  • Southern Football League
Winners (1) 1909–10

Cup[]

Winners (1): 1910
  • Sussex Senior Challenge Cup
Winners (13): 1943, 1988, 1992, 1994, 1995, 2000, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2017
  • The Sussex Royal Ulster Rifles Charity Cup
Winners: (2) 1959–60, 1960–61

External links[]

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Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. squad - 2023–24

Verbruggen •  Lamptey •  Igor •  Webster •  Dunk (c) •  Milner •  March •  Dahoud •  João Pedro •  10 Enciso •  11 Gilmour •  13 Groß •  14 Lallana •  15 Moder •  17 Alzate •  18 Welbeck •  20 Baleva •  22 Mitoma •  23 Steele •  24 Adingra •  28 Ferguson •  29 van Hecke •  30 Estupiñán •  31 Fati •  34 Veltman •  38 McGill •  40 Buonanotte •  41 Hinshelwood •  43 Samuels •  45 Hinchy •  47 Baker-Boaitey •  48 Chouchane •  50 Jackson •  51 Nilsson •  52 Kavanagh •  53 Barrington •  54 Mullins •  55 O'Mahony •  56 Duffus •  57 McConville •  60 Slater •  61 Cahill • 

Manager:  Flag of Italy Roberto De Zerbi
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Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. seasons

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Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. squad seasons

1982-83 · 2011-12 · 2012-13 · 2013-14 · 2014-15 · 2015-16 · 2016-17 · 2017-18 · 2018-19 ·

Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club - Managers

Jackson (1901–05) • Scott-Walford (1905–08) • Robson (1908–14) • Webb (1919–47) • Cook (1947) • Welsh (1947–51) • Lane (1951–61) • Curtis (1961–63) • Macauley (1963–68) • Goodwin (1968–70) • Saward (1970–73) • Clough (1973–74) • P.T. Taylor (1974–76) • Mullery (1976–81) • Bailey (1981–82) • Melia (1982–83) • Cattlin (1983–86) • Mullery (1986–87) • Lloyd (1987–93) • Brady (1993–95) • Case (1995–96) • Gritt (1996–98) • Horton (1998–99) • Wood (1999) • Adams (1999–2001) • Hinshelwood (2001c) • Booker (2001c) • P.J. Taylor (2001–02) • Hinshelwood (2002) • Coppell (2002–03) • Booker (2003c) • McGhee (2003–06) • Wilkins (2006–08) • Adams (2008–09) • White (2009c) • Slade (2009) • Hinshelwood (2009c) • Poyet (2009–13) • Óscar (2013–14) • Hyypiä (2014) • Jones (2014c) • Hughton (2014–19) • Potter (2019–22) • De Zerbi (2022–)

Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. matches - 2023–24
2023-24 Premier League

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2023-24 FA Cup
2023-24 EFL Cup
2023-24 UEFA Europa League

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