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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 Germany Fabian Hürzeler
Current League Premier League 
2023–24 Premier League, 11th
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[]

First-team squad[]

As of 8 June 2024
No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Flag of Netherlands Bart Verbruggen
2 DF Flag of Ghana Tariq Lamptey
3 DF Flag of Brazil Igor Julio
4 DF Flag of England Adam Webster
5 DF Flag of England Lewis Dunk (captain)
6 MF Flag of England James Milner
7 MF Flag of England Solly March
8 MF Flag of Germany Mahmoud Dahoud
9 FW Flag of Brazil João Pedro
10 FW Flag of Paraguay Julio Enciso
11 MF Flag of Scotland Billy Gilmour
13 MF Flag of Germany Pascal Groß (vice-captain)
15 MF Flag of Poland Jakub Moder
18 FW Flag of England Danny Welbeck
19 DF Flag of Argentina Valentín Barco
20 MF Flag of Cameroon Carlos Baleba
21 FW Flag of Germany Deniz Undav
No. Pos. Nation Player
22 MF Flag of Japan Kaoru Mitoma
23 GK Flag of England Jason Steele
24 MF Flag of Ivory Coast Simon Adingra
26 MF Flag of Sweden Yasin Ayari
27 MF Flag of Poland Kacper Kozłowski
28 FW Flag of Republic of Ireland Evan Ferguson
29 DF Flag of Netherlands Jan Paul van Hecke
30 DF Flag of Ecuador Pervis Estupiñán
34 DF Flag of Netherlands Joël Veltman
38 GK Flag of Canada Tom McGill
40 MF Flag of Argentina Facundo Buonanotte
41 MF Flag of England Jack Hinshelwood
MF Flag of Romania Adrian Mazilu
FW Flag of Gambia Yankuba Minteh
GK Flag of England Carl Rushworth
MF Flag of Ecuador Jeremy Sarmiento
MF Flag of Senegal Abdallah Sima

Out on loan[]

No. Pos. Nation Player
16 GK Flag of Netherlands Kjell Scherpen (at Sturm Graz 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 have featured in a matchday squad for the 2023–24 season

No. Pos. Nation Player
42 DF Flag of England Odeluga Offiah
44 MF Flag of Australia Cameron Peupion
47 MF Flag of England Benicio Baker-Boaitey
48 MF Flag of Tunisia Samy Chouchane
50 DF Flag of England Ben Jackson
No. Pos. Nation Player
53 MF Flag of England Luca Barrington
55 FW Flag of Republic of Ireland Mark O'Mahony
56 FW Flag of England Joshua Duffus
65 DF Flag of Germany Noël Atom

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 - 2024–25

Verbruggen · Lamptey · Igor · Webster · Dunk · Milner · March · Gruda · João Pedro · 10 Enciso · 14 Rutter · 15 Moder · 17 Minteh · 18 Welbeck · 20 Baleba · 22 Mitoma · 23 Steele · 24 Adingra · 25 O'Riley · 26 Ayari · 27 Wieffer · 28 Ferguson · 29 van Hecke · 30 Estupiñán · 32 Peupion · 34 Veltman · 41 Hinshelwood ·  Kadıoğlu ·

Manager:  Flag of Germany Fabian Hürzeler
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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 (2022–24) •

Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. matches - 2024–25
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