2023–24 Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. season

Brighton & Hove Albion 2023–24
Club information
Manager	Roberto De Zerbi
Stadium	Falmer Stadium
League Season information
Final League position	Premier League, TBD
Cup placements
FA Cup	Third round
EFL Cup	Third round
Europa League	Group stage
Season statistics
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The 2023–24 season is the 122nd season in the history of Brighton & Hove Albion and their 7th consecutive season in the Premier League. The club participated in the Premier League, the FA Cup, the EFL Cup and the UEFA Europa League.

Kits

Home

Away

Third

Pre-season and friendlies

      Win       Draw       Loss       Fixtures The Seagulls announced a tour of the United States to take part in the Premier League Summer Series pre-season tournament with matches against Chelsea, Brentford and Newcastle United. On 30 June, a further friendly at home against Rayo Vallecano in August was confirmed.

Premier League Summer Series 22 July 2023	Chelsea	4–3	Brighton & Hove Albion	Philadelphia, United States
19:00 EDT	Nkunku  19' Mudryk  65' Gallagher  72' Jackson  76'	Report	Welbeck  13' Van Hecke  57', 60' João Pedro  79' (pen.) Undav  89'	Stadium: Lincoln Financial Field Attendance: 65,128 Referee: Robert Jones

Premier League Summer Series 26 July 2023	Brentford	0–2	Brighton & Hove Albion	Atlanta, United States
17:30 EDT		Report	Adingra  19', 58'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Stadium Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Guido Gonzales, Jr. (United States)

Premier League Summer Series 28 July 2023	Brighton & Hove Albion	1–2	Newcastle United	Harrison, United States
19:30 EDT	Welbeck  49'	Report	Anderson  86', 90+2'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 26,150 Referee: Sergii Demianchuk (United States)

Friendly 6 August 2023	Brighton & Hove Albion	1–1	Rayo Vallecano	Falmer
15:00 BST	João Pedro  66' (pen.)	Report	García  14'	Stadium: Falmer Stadium Attendance: 10,563 Referee: Peter Bankes

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Premier League	12 August 2023	19 May 2024	Matchday 1		&0000000000000032.00000032	&0000000000000011.00000011	&0000000000000011.00000011	&0000000000000010.00000010	&0000000000000052.00000052	&0000000000000050.00000050	+2	&0000000000000034.38000034.38
FA Cup	6 January 2024	28 February 2024	Third round	Fifth round	&0000000000000003.0000003	&0000000000000002.0000002	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&0000000000000001.0000001	&0000000000000009.0000009	&0000000000000005.0000005	+4	&0000000000000066.67000066.67
EFL Cup	27 September 2023		Third round	Third round	&0000000000000001.0000001	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&0000000000000001.0000001	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&0000000000000001.0000001	−1	&0&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000.00
UEFA Europa League	21 September 2023	14 March 2024	Group stage	Round of 16	&0000000000000008.0000008	&0000000000000005.0000005	&0000000000000001.0000001	&0000000000000002.0000002	&0000000000000011.00000011	&0000000000000009.0000009	+2	&0000000000000062.50000062.50
Total					&0000000000000044.00000044	&0000000000000018.00000018	&0000000000000012.00000012	&0000000000000014.00000014	&0000000000000072.00000072	&0000000000000065.00000065	+7	&0000000000000040.91000040.91

Last updated: 13 April 2024
Source: Soccerway

Premier League

Main article: 2023–24 Premier League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
2	Manchester City  (C)	38	28	7	3	94	33	+61	91	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
1	Arsenal	38	28	5	5	91	29	+62	89
3	Liverpool	38	24	10	4	86	41	+45	82
4	Aston Villa	38	20	8	10	76	61	+15	68
5	Tottenham	38	20	6	12	74	61	+13	66	Qualification for the Europa League group stage
6	Chelsea	38	18	9	11	77	63	+14	63	Qualification for the Conference League play-off round
7	Newcastle Utd	38	18	6	14	85	62	+23	60
8	Manchester Utd	38	18	6	14	57	58	−1	60	Qualification for the Europa League group stage
9	West Ham Utd	38	14	10	14	60	74	−14	52
10	Crystal Palace	38	13	10	15	57	58	−1	49
11	Brighton	38	12	12	14	55	62	−7	48
12	Bournemouth	38	13	9	16	54	67	−13	48
13	Fulham	38	13	8	17	55	61	−6	47
14	Wolves	38	13	7	18	49	63	−14	46
15	Everton	38	13	9	16	40	51	−11	40
16	Brentford	38	10	9	19	56	65	−9	39
17	Nottm Forest	38	9	9	20	49	67	−18	32
18	Luton Town  (R)	38	6	8	24	52	85	−33	26	Relegation to EFL Championship
19	Burnley  (R)	38	5	9	24	41	78	−37	24
20	Sheffield Utd  (R)	38	3	7	28	35	104	−69	16

Source: 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

• Everton were deducted eight points for breaching profitability and sustainability rules. They were originally deducted 10 points but this was reduced to six after an appeal. The club were then deducted an additional two points for further PSR breaches.
• Nottingham Forest were deducted 4 points for breaching profitability and sustainability rules. The club appealed the decision but were unsuccessful.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
32	11	11	10	52	50	+2	44	7	6	2	28	19	+9	4	5	8	24	31	−7

Last updated: 13 April 2024
Source: Soccerway

Matches

On 15 June, the Premier League fixtures were announced.

      Win       Draw       Loss       Fixtures

1 12 August 2023	Brighton & Hove Albion	v	Luton Town	Falmer
15:00 BST				Stadium: Falmer Stadium

2 19 August 2023	Wolverhampton Wanderers	v	Brighton & Hove Albion	Wolverhampton
15:00 BST				Stadium: Molineux Stadium

3 26 August 2023	Brighton & Hove Albion	v	West Ham United	Falmer
17:30 BST				Stadium: Falmer Stadium

4 2 September 2023	Brighton & Hove Albion	v	Newcastle United	Falmer
17:30 BST				Stadium: Falmer Stadium

FA Cup

Main article: 2023–24 FA Cup

As a Premier League side, Brighton entered in the third round, and were drawn away to EFL Championship club Stoke City. They were then drawn away to Sheffield United in the fourth round, and away to Wolverhampton Wanderers in the fifth round.       Win       Draw       Loss       Fixtures

Third round 6 January 2024	Stoke City	2–4	Brighton & Hove Albion	Stoke-on-Trent
15:00 GMT	Van Hecke  16' (o.g.) Baker  63' (pen.)	Report	Estupiñán  45+6' Dunk  52' João Pedro  71', 80'	Stadium: bet365 Stadium Attendance: 17,032 Referee: Paul Tierney

Fourth round 27 January 2024	Sheffield United	2–5	Brighton & Hove Albion	Sheffield
15:00 GMT	Hamer  44' Osula  45+8'	Report	Buonanotte  14' João Pedro  29' (pen.), 52' (pen.), 67' Welbeck  90+7'	Stadium: Bramall Lane Attendance: 18,391 Referee: Sunny Singh Gill

Fifth round 28 February 2024	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–0	Brighton & Hove Albion	Wolverhampton
19:45 GMT	Lemina  2'	Report		Stadium: Molineux Stadium Attendance: 23,822 Referee: Andrew Madley

EFL Cup

Main article: 2023–24 EFL Cup

Brighton entered the EFL Cup in the third round due to competing in UEFA competition, and were drawn away to Chelsea.       Win       Draw       Loss       Fixtures

Third round 27 September 2023	Chelsea	1–0	Brighton & Hove Albion	Fulham
19:45 BST	Jackson  50'	Report		Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 37,516 Referee: Thomas Bramall

UEFA Europa League

Main article: 2023–24 UEFA Europa League

      Win       Draw       Loss       Fixtures

Group stage

Main article: 2023–24 UEFA Europa League group stage#Group B

Brighton were drawn into Group B, alongside Ajax, Marseille and AEK Athens.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
Brighton & Hove Albion	6	4	1	1	10	5	+5	13	Advance to round of 16
Marseille	6	3	2	1	14	10	+4	11	Advance to knockout round play-offs
Ajax	6	1	2	3	10	13	−3	5	Transfer to Europa Conference League
AEK Athens	6	1	1	4	6	12	−6	4

1 21 September 2023	Brighton & Hove Albion	2–3	AEK Athens	Falmer, England
20:00 BST	João Pedro  30' (pen.), 67' (pen.)	Report	Sidibé  11' Gaćinović  40' Ponce  84'	Stadium: Falmer Stadium Attendance: 30,178 Referee: Kristo Tohver (Estonia)

2 5 October 2023	Marseille	2–2	Brighton & Hove Albion	Marseille, France
17:45 BST	Mbemba  19' Veretout  20'	Report	Groß  54' João Pedro  88' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 63,465 Referee: Mykola Balakin (Ukraine)

3 26 October 2023	Brighton & Hove Albion	2–0	Ajax	Falmer, England
20:00 BST	João Pedro  42' Fati  53'	Report		Stadium: Falmer Stadium Attendance: 30,540 Referee: Bartosz Frankowski (Poland)

4 9 November 2023	Ajax	0–2	Brighton & Hove Albion	Amsterdam, Netherlands
17:45 GMT		https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/2039242/ Report]	Fati  15' Adingra  53'	Stadium: Johan Cruyff Arena Attendance: 52,095 Referee: Nikola Dabanović (Montenegro)

5 30 November 2023	AEK Athens	0–1	Brighton & Hove Albion	Athens, Greece
17:45 GMT	Gaćinović  27', 65'	Report	João Pedro  55' (pen.)	Stadium: Agia Sophia Stadium Attendance: 30,520 Referee: Sandro Schärer (Switzerland)

6 14 December 2023	Brighton & Hove Albion	1–0	Marseille	Falmer, England
20:00 GMT	João Pedro  88'	Report		Stadium: Falmer Stadium Attendance: 30,214 Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez (Spain)

Knockout phase

Main article: 2023–24 UEFA Europa League knockout phase

Round of 16

The round of 16 draw was held on 23 February 2024, where Brighton were drawn against Italian club Roma.

First leg 7 March 2024	Roma	4–0	Brighton & Hove Albion	Rome, Italy
17:45 GMT	Dybala  13' Lukaku  43' Mancini  64' Cristante  68'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 64,877 Referee: François Letexier (France)

Second leg 14 March 2024	Brighton & Hove Albion	1–0 (1–4 agg.)	Roma	Falmer, England
20:00 GMT	Welbeck  37'	Report		Stadium: Falmer Stadium Attendance: 30,380 Referee: Felix Zwayer (Germany)

External links

• Official website