2017–18 Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. season

Brighton & Hove Albion 2017–18
Club information
Manager	Chris Hughton
League Season information
Final League position	Premier League
Cup placements
FA Cup
EFL Cup
Season statistics
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The 2017–18 season is Brighton & Hove Albion's 116th year in existence and first season in the Premier League. Along with competing in the Premier League, the club will also participate in the FA Cup and EFL Cup.

The season covers the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee
1 July 2017	CM		Pascal Groß	FC Ingolstadt 04	Undisclosed
1 July 2017	RB		Josh Kerr	Celtic	Undisclosed
1 July 2017	GK		Mathew Ryan	Valencia	Undisclosed

Transfers out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee
1 July 2017	CB		Vegard Forren	Free agent	Released
1 July 2017	CF		Chris O'Grady	Chesterfield	Released
1 July 2017	GK		David Stockdale	Birmingham City	Free
1 July 2017	RW		Joe Ward	Woking	Free

Competitions

Pre-season

As of 24 June 2017, Brighton & Hove Albion have announced six pre-season friendlies against Crawley Town, Southend United, Norwich City, Atlético Madrid, Girona and Fortuna Düsseldorf.

14 July 2017	Fortuna Düsseldorf	v	Brighton & Hove Albion	Bischofshofen, Austria
18:00 CEST				Stadium: Sportplatz Bischofshofen

22 July 2017	Crawley Town	v	Brighton & Hove Albion	Crawley
15:00 BST				Stadium: Checkatrade.com Stadium

25 July 2017	Southend United	v	Brighton & Hove Albion	Southend-on-Sea
19:45 BST				Stadium: Roots Hall

29 July 2017	Norwich City	v	Brighton & Hove Albion	Norwich
15:00 BST				Stadium: Carrow Road

1 August 2017	Girona	v	Brighton & Hove Albion	Palamós, Spain
20:00 CEST				Stadium: Estadi Palamós Costa Brava

6 August 2017	Brighton & Hove Albion	v	Atlético Madrid	Falmer
16:00 BST				Stadium: Falmer Stadium

Premier League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Manchester City  (C)	38	32	4	2	106	27	+79	100	Qualification for the  Champions League group stage
2	Manchester Utd  (Q)	38	25	6	7	68	28	+40	81
3	Tottenham  (Q)	38	23	8	7	74	36	+38	77
4	Liverpool  (Q)	38	21	12	5	84	38	+46	75
5	Chelsea  (Q)	38	21	7	10	62	38	+24	70	Qualification for the Europa League group stage
6	Arsenal  (Q)	38	19	6	13	74	51	+23	63
7	Burnley  (Q)	38	14	12	12	36	39	−3	54	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
8	Everton	38	13	10	15	44	58	−14	49
9	Leicester City	38	12	11	15	56	60	−4	47
10	Newcastle Utd	38	12	8	18	39	47	−8	44
11	Crystal Palace	38	11	11	16	45	55	−10	44
12	Bournemouth	38	11	11	16	45	61	−16	44
13	West Ham Utd	38	10	12	16	48	68	−20	42
14	Watford	38	11	8	19	44	64	−20	41
15	Brighton	38	9	13	16	34	54	−20	40
16	Huddersfield Town	38	9	10	19	28	58	−30	37
17	Southampton	38	7	15	16	37	56	−19	36
18	Swansea City  (R)	38	8	9	21	28	56	−28	33	Relegation to EFL Championship
19	Stoke City  (R)	38	7	12	19	35	68	−33	33
20	West Brom  (R)	38	6	13	19	31	56	−25	31

Updated to games played on 13 May 2018
Source: Barclays Premier League
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round; (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament

Results by matchday

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	H	A	A
Result
Position

Last updated: pre-season.
Source: Statto.com
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Lose; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

On 14 June 2017, Brighton & Hove Albion's fixtures were announced.

1 12 August 2017	Brighton & Hove Albion	v	Manchester City	Falmer
17:30 BST				Stadium: Falmer Stadium

2 19 August 2017	Leicester City	v	Brighton & Hove Albion	Leicester
15:00 BST				Stadium: King Power Stadium

3 26 August 2017	Watford	v	Brighton & Hove Albion	Watford
15:00 BST				Stadium: Vicarage Road Stadium