Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.

Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.

Full name	Brighton and Hove Albion Football Club
Nickname(s)	Seagulls
Founded	1901
Ground	American Express Community Stadium
Capacity	32,500
Chairman	Tony Bloom
Manager	Fabian Hürzeler
League	Premier League
2023–24	Premier League, 11th of 20
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. are an English football team based in the city of Brighton and Hove, East Sussex, England. Founded in 1901, they finally began playing in the Premier League in the 2017–18 season. Currently being managed by Fabian Hürzeler, the youngest ever permanent Premier League manager, they are looking for a return into European club competition.

History

Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. were formed in 1901.

Players

Current first-team squad

As of 10 October 2022

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK Spain Robert Sánchez 2 DF Ghana Tariq Lamptey 4 DF England Adam Webster 5 DF England Lewis Dunk (captain) 6 DF England Levi Colwill (on loan from Chelsea) 7 MF England Solly March 10 MF Argentina Alexis Mac Allister 11 MF Belgium Leandro Trossard 13 MF Germany Pascal Groß 14 MF England Adam Lallana 15 MF Poland Jakub Moder 18 FW England Danny Welbeck

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 MF Ecuador Jeremy Sarmiento 20 FW Paraguay Julio Enciso 21 FW Germany Deniz Undav 22 MF Japan Kaoru Mitoma 23 GK England Jason Steele 25 MF Ecuador Moisés Caicedo 27 MF Scotland Billy Gilmour 29 DF Netherlands Jan Paul van Hecke 30 DF Ecuador Pervis Estupiñán 34 DF Netherlands Joël Veltman 38 GK England Tom McGill

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 GK Netherlands Kjell Scherpen (on loan at Vitesse until end of season) 17 MF Colombia Steven Alzate (on loan at Standard Liège until end of season) 24 DF Republic of Ireland Shane Duffy (on loan at Fulham until end of season) 27 MF Poland Kacper Kozłowski (on loan at Vitesse until end of season) — DF Poland Michał Karbownik (on loan at Fortuna Düsseldorf until end of season)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF Germany Reda Khadra (on loan at Sheffield United until end of season) — MF England Taylor Richards (on loan at Queens Park Rangers until end of season) — FW Republic of Ireland Aaron Connolly (on loan at Venezia until end of season) — FW Switzerland Andi Zeqiri (on loan at Basel until end of season)

League position

Season	League	Position
2000/01	Third Division	Champions
2001/02	Second Division	Champions
2002/03	First Division	23rd
2003/04	Second Division	4th (Play off winners)
2004/05	League Championship	20th
2005/06	League Championship	24th
2006/07	League One	18th
2007/08	League One	7th
2008/09	League One	16th
2009/10	League One	13th
2010/11	League One	Champions
2011/12	League Championship	10th
2012/13	League Championship	4th
2013/14	League Championship	6th
2014/15	League Championship	20th
2015/16	League Championship	3rd
2016/17	League Championship	2nd (Promoted)
2017/18	Premier League	15th
2018/19	Premier League	17th
2019/20	Premier League	15th
2020/21	Premier League	16th
2021/22	Premier League	9th
2022/23	Premier League	6th
2023/24	Premier League	11th

Former position

1920/21: Third Division - 18th 1921/22: Third Division - 19th / South 1922/23: Third Division - 4th / South 1923/24: Third Division - 5th / South 1924/25: Third Division - 8th / South 1925/26: Third Division - 5th / South 1926/27: Third Division - 4th / South 1927/28: Third Division - 4th / South 1928/29: Third Division - 15th / South 1929/30: Third Division - 5th / South 1930/31: Third Division - 4th / South 1931/32: Third Division - 8th / South 1932/33: Third Division - 12th / South 1933/34: Third Division - 10th / South 1934/35: Third Division - 9th / South 1935/36: Third Division - 7th / South 1936/37: Third Division - 3rd / South 1937/38: Third Division - 5th / South 1938/39: Third Division - 3rd / South 1939/40: Third Division - - / South 1946/47: Third Division - 17th / South 1947/48: Third Division - 22nd / South 1948/49: Third Division - 6th / South 1949/50: Third Division - 8th / South 1950/51: Third Division - 13th / South 1951/52: Third Division - 5th / South 1952/53: Third Division - 7th / South 1953/54: Third Division - 2nd / South 1954/55: Third Division - 6th / South 1955/56: Third Division - 2nd / South 1956/57: Third Division - 6th / South 1957/58: Third Division - Champions / South 1958/59: Second Division - 12th 1959/60: Second Division - 14th 1960/61: Second Division - 16th 1961/62: Second Division - 22nd 1962/63: Third Division - 22nd 1963/64: Fourth Division - 8th 1964/65: Fourth Division - Champions 1965/66: Third Division - 15th 1966/67: Third Division - 19th 1967/68: Third Division - 10th 1968/69: Third Division - 12th 1969/70: Third Division - 5th 1970/71: Third Division - 14th 1971/72: Third Division - 2nd 1972/73: Second Division - 22nd 1973/74: Third Division - 19th 1974/75: Third Division - 19th 1975/76: Third Division - 4th 1976/77: Third Division - 2nd 1977/78: Second Division - 4th 1978/79: Second Division - 2nd 1979/80: First Division - 16th 1980/81: First Division - 19th 1981/82: First Division - 13th 1982/83: First Division - 22nd 1983/84: Second Division - 9th 1984/85: Second Division - 6th 1985/86: Second Division - 11th 1986/87: Second Division - 22nd 1987/88: Third Division - 2nd 1988/89: Second Division - 19th 1989/90: Second Division - 18th 1990/91: Second Division - 6th 1991/92: Second Division - 23rd 1992/93: Second Division - 9th 1993/94: Second Division - 14th 1994/95: Second Division - 16th 1995/96: Second Division - 23rd 1996/97: Third Division - 23rd 1997/98: Third Division - 23rd 1998/99: Third Division - 17th 1999/2000: Third Division - 11th

Other websites

• Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. official website