2016–17 Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. season

Brighton & Hove Albion 2016–17
Club information
Manager	Chris Hughton
League Season information
Final League position	2nd in The Championship (promoted)
Highest position	1st
Cup placements
FA Cup	Third Round
EFL Cup	Third Round
Season statistics
Top goalscorer	Glenn Murray (23)
Biggest home win	30,338 vs Bristol City (29 April 2017)
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The 2016–17 season is Brighton & Hove Albion's 115th year in existence and sixth consecutive season in the Championship. Along with competing in the Championship, the club will also participate in the FA Cup and League Cup.

Brighton were promoted to the Premier League following their 2-1 home win against Wigan Athletic on 17 April 2017, with fellow promotion chasers Huddersfield Town failing to match Brighton's result in their fixture against Derby County.

The season covers the period from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017.

Squad

First-Team squad

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK Niki Mäenpää 2 DF Bruno (Captain) 3 DF Gaëtan Bong 4 DF Uwe Hünemeier 5 DF Lewis Dunk (vice-captain) 6 MF Dale Stephens 7 MF Beram Kayal 8 MF Jiří Skalák 9 FW Sam Baldock 10 FW Tomer Hemed 11 MF Anthony Knockaert 12 DF Sébastien Pocognoli (on loan from West Brom) 13 GK David Stockdale 14 MF Steve Sidwell

No. Pos. Nation Player 15 MF Jamie Murphy 16 GK Casper Ankergren 17 FW Glenn Murray 18 DF Connor Goldson 20 MF Solly March 21 MF Oliver Norwood 22 DF Shane Duffy 23 DF Liam Rosenior 24 MF Rohan Ince 25 DF Vegard Forren 27 DF Fikayo Tomori (on loan from Chelsea) 28 FW Chuba Akpom (on loan from Arsenal) 29 MF Richie Towell

Out on loan

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 FW Elvis Manu (on loan at Go Ahead Eagles until 30 June 2017) 30 MF Kazenga LuaLua (on loan at Queens Park Rangers until 30 June 2017) 34 FW Jonah Ayunga (on loan at Sligo Rovers until 1 January 2018) 35 MF Connor Tighe (on loan at Whitehawk until 13 February 2017) 38 MF Joe Ward (on loan at Lincoln City until 13 February 2017)

No. Pos. Nation Player 42 DF Rob Hunt (on loan at Oldham Athletic until 30 June 2017) 45 DF Tom Cadman (on loan at East Grinstead until 13 February 2017) — FW Jordan Maguire-Drew (on loan at Dagenham & Redbridge until 30 June 2017) — FW Chris O'Grady (on loan at Burton Albion until 30 June 2017) — GK Christian Walton (on loan at Luton Town until 30 June 2017)

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee
1 July 2016	CB		Ben Hall	Motherwell	£200,000
1 July 2016	CM		Steve Sidwell	Stoke City	Free transfer
12 July 2016	RB		Tyler Hornby-Forbes	Fleetwood Town	Undisclosed
4 August 2016	CM		Oliver Norwood	Reading	Undisclosed
26 August 2016	CB		Shane Duffy	Blackburn Rovers	£4,500,000
9 January 2017	LB		Jordan Davies	Wrexham	Undisclosed
17 January 2017	GK		Billy Collings	Reading	Undisclosed
21 January 2017	CF		Harry Cardwell	Reading	Undisclosed
31 January 2017	CF		Glenn Murray	AFC Bournemouth	Undisclosed
7 March 2017	CB		Vegard Forren	Molde	Free transfer

Transfers out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee
1 July 2016	RB		Iñigo Calderón	Anorthosis	Released
1 July 2016	LB		Adam Chicksen	Charlton Athletic	Released
1 July 2016	CM		Andrew Crofts	Charlton Athletic	Released
1 July 2016	CB		Gordon Greer	Blackburn Rovers	Released
1 July 2016	CB		Glen Rea	Luton Town	Undisclosed
1 July 2016	CF		Bobby Zamora	Retired	Released
6 July 2016	CF		Daniel Akindayini	Margate	Free transfer
5 August 2016	CF		Chike Kandi	Woking	Free transfer
25 August 2016	CM		Danny Holla	PEC Zwolle	Free transfer
4 January 2017	LW		Jack Harper	Malaga	Undisclosed
5 January 2017	CM		Jake Forster-Caskey	Charlton Athletic	Undisclosed
19 January 2017	ST		Thomas Byrne	Drogheda United	Free transfer
31 January 2017	CM		Jesse Starkey	Swindon Town	Undisclosed

Loans in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Date until
3 July 2016	CF		Glenn Murray	AFC Bournemouth	31 January 2017
15 July 2016	LB		Sam Adekugbe	Vancouver Whitecaps	End of season
31 August 2016	LB		Sébastien Pocognoli	West Bromwich Albion	End of season
23 January 2017	CB		Fikayo Tomori	Chelsea	End of season
30 January 2017	CF		Chuba Akpom	Arsenal	End of season

Loans out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Date until
1 July 2016	GK		Christian Walton	Luton Town	31 January 2017
16 July 2016	CF		Chris O'Grady	Burton Albion	End of season
18 July 2016	CB		Tom Dallison	Cambridge United	8 January 2017
19 July 2016	CF		Jordan Maguire-Drew	Dagenham & Redbridge	End of season
20 July 2016	CM		Jake Forster-Caskey	Rotherham United	5 January 2017
23 October 2016	CF		Jonah Ayunga	Burgess Hill Town	20 November 2016
25 November 2016	GK		Bailey Vose	Concord Rangers	1 January 2017
1 January 2017	FW		Elvis Manu	Go Ahead Eagles	End of season
11 January 2017	LW		Kazenga LuaLua	Queens Park Rangers	End of season
13 January 2017	DF		Tom Cadman	East Grinstead Town	12 February 2017
13 January 2017	CM		Connor Tighe	Whitehawk	12 February 2017
13 January 2017	RW		Joe Ward	Lincoln City	14 April 2017
23 January 2017	CF		Jonah Ayunga	Sligo Rovers	January 2018
26 January 2017	RB		Rob Hunt	Oldham Athletic	End of Season
31 January 2017	DM		Rohan Ince	Swindon Town	End of Season
6 March 2017	RW		Henrik Björdal	Göteborg	16 July 2017