
Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club or simply Brighton, is an English professional football club based in the city of Brighton and Hove.
They compete in the Premier League, the top tier of the English football league system. The home ground is Amex Stadium.
The club is founded in 1901, and Brighton played their early professional football in the Southern League, before being elected to the Football League in 1920. The club performed well between 1979 and 1983 when they played in the First Division and reached the 1983 FA Cup Final, but lost to Manchester United.
They were relegated from the First Division in the same season.
By the late 1990s, Brighton was in the fourth tier of English football and were having financial difficulties.
After narrowly avoiding relegation from the Football League to the Conference in 1997, a boardroom takeover saved the club from liquidation. Successive promotions in 2001 and 2002 brought Brighton back to the second tier, and in 2011, the club moved into the Falmer Stadium after 14 years without a permanent home ground.
In the 2016–17 season, Brighton finished second in the EFL Championship and were thus promoted to the Premier League, ending a 34-year absence from the top series.
Stadium: | Amex Stadium | |
Official Website: | Brighton and Hove Albion Official Website | |
Club Shop: | Brighton and Hove Albion Webshop | |
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Albion Pre-Season Well Underway
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Julio Enciso's First Day At Brighton
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The Paraguayan's first taste of life at the Seagulls. -
Gross: Trust Behind New Deal
Pascal Gross reveals that the club's faith in him was a driving force behind him penning a new two-year deal at Brighton & Hove Albion. -
BHAFC Players Return To Training
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Our men's first team arrived back for pre-season this week. -
Deniz Undav's BHAFC Training Ground Tour
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Deniz Undav gets shown around his new place of work on his first day at Brighton & Hove Albion.
Brighton and Hove Albion News
- Transfer news RECAP: Barcelona president doubles down on Frenkie de Jong stanceon 3rd July 2022 at 09:07
Manchester United are still looking to make their first signing of the summer transfer window but have hit another roadblock in their pursuit of Frenkie de Jong. Follow all the latest here with Sportsmail.
- Transfer news RECAP: Forest confirm signing of Manchester United goalkeeper Dean Hendersonon 2nd July 2022 at 07:44
Here is Sportsmail's daily live blog for all the latest transfer news and rumours with a number of high-profile deals expected to be completed imminently.
- Transfer news RECAP: Salah signs Liverpool deal; Phillips arrives for Man City medicalon 1st July 2022 at 07:16
Here is Sportsmail's daily live blog for all the latest transfer news and rumours with a number of high-profile players set to be on the move this summer.
- Transfer news RECAP: Tottenham close in on Richarlison; Man United edge closer to Malacia dealon 30th June 2022 at 07:02
Here is Sportsmail's daily live blog for all the latest transfer news and rumours with a number of high-profile players set to be on the move this summer.
- Transfer news RECAP: Romelu Lukaku has Inter Milan medical, Man Utd 'keep tabs on Youri Tielemans'on 29th June 2022 at 07:18
Here is Sportsmail's daily live blog for all the latest transfer news and rumours with a number of high-profile players set to be on the move this summer.
Brighton and Hove Albion Overview
Full Name: | Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club |
Nickname: | The Seagulls, Albion |
Founded: | 24 June 1901 |
Stadium: | Amex Stadium |
Chairman: | Tony Bloom |
Chief executive: | Paul Barber |
Head Coach: | Graham Potter |
Assistant Head Coach: | Billy Reid |
First-team coach: | Björn Hamberg |
Brighton and Hove Albion Stats
Player Stats, Premier League (as of 2019-09-06)
Top Scorers | ||
1. Glenn Murray | 25 Goals | |
2. Pascal Groß | 10 Goals | |
3. Shane Duffy | 5 Goals | |
Most Wins | ||
1. Lewis Dunk | 19 matches | |
2. Shane Duffy | 18 matches | |
3. Solly March | 18 matches | |
Most appearences | ||
1. Lewis Dunk | 78 matches | |
2. Glenn Murray | 77 matches | |
3. Mat Ryan | 76 matches |
Honours
- Football League Second Division/EFL Championship (Tier 2)
runners up: 1978–79, 2016–17 - Football League Third Division South/Football League Second Division/Football League One (Tier 3)
champions: 1957–58, 2001–02, 2010–11 - Football League Fourth Division/Football League Third Division (Tier 4)
champions: 1964–65, 2000–01 - Southern Football League
champions: 1909–10 - FA Cup
runners-up: 1983 - FA Charity Shield
winners: 1910 - Sussex Senior Challenge Cup
winners: 1942–43, 1987–88, 1991–92, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1999–00, 2003–04, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2012–13, 2016–17, 2017–18 - The Sussex Royal Ulster Rifles Charity Cup
winners: 1959–60, 1960–61
Stadium
Amex Stadium: 30,666
Attendance record: 30,565 v Everton (15 Oct 2017)
Built: 2011
Pitch size: 105m x 68m
Stadium address: American Express Community Stadium, Village Way, Brighton, BN1 9BL

