2018–19 Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. season

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Brighton & Hove Albion
2018–19 season
ChairmanTony Bloom
ManagerChris Hughton
StadiumFalmer Stadium
EFL CupSecond Round – (Lost to Southampton 1-0)

The 2018–19 season is Brighton & Hove Albion's 117th year in existence and second consecutive season in the Premier League.[1] 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 2018 to 30 June 2019.

Players

Current squad

As of 23 August 2018[2]

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 Australia AUS Mathew Ryan
2 DF Spain ESP Bruno (club captain)[3]
3 DF Cameroon CMR Gaëtan Bong
4 DF Republic of Ireland IRL Shane Duffy
5 DF England ENG Lewis Dunk (vice-captain)[4]
6 MF England ENG Dale Stephens
7 MF Israel ISR Beram Kayal
8 MF Mali MLI Yves Bissouma
9 FW Netherlands NED Jürgen Locadia
10 FW Romania ROU Florin Andone
11 MF France FRA Anthony Knockaert
13 MF Germany GER Pascal Groß
14 DF Nigeria NGA Leon Balogun
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 FW Iran IRN Alireza Jahanbakhsh
17 FW England ENG Glenn Murray
19 FW Colombia COL José Izquierdo
20 MF England ENG Solly March
21 DF Italy ITA Ezequiel Schelotto
22 DF Spain ESP Martín Montoya
23 GK England ENG Jason Steele
24 MF Netherlands NED Davy Pröpper
27 GK England ENG David Button
29 DF Austria AUT Markus Suttner
30 DF Brazil BRA Bernardo
36 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Richie Towell

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from Position No. Name From club Fee Joining squad Ref.
1 July 2018 CF 10 Romania Florin Andone Spain Deportivo La Coruña Undisclosed First Team [5]
1 July 2018 CB 14 Nigeria Leon Balogun Germany Mainz 05 Free transfer First Team [6]
1 July 2018 GK 23 England Jason Steele England Sunderland Free transfer First Team [7]
1 July 2018 LB - England Joe Tomlinson England Yeovil Town Free transfer Academy [8]
5 July 2018 LB 30 Brazil Bernardo Germany RB Leipzig Undisclosed First Team [9]
9 July 2018 GK - Finland Hugo Keto England Arsenal Free transfer Academy [10]
16 July 2018 GK 27 England David Button England Fulham Undisclosed First Team [11]
17 July 2018 CM 8 Mali Yves Bissouma France Lille Undisclosed First Team [12]
20 July 2018 ST 26 South Africa Percy Tau South Africa Mamelodi Sundowns Undisclosed First Team [13]
25 July 2018 RW 16 Iran Alireza Jahanbakhsh Netherlands AZ Alkmaar Undisclosed First Team [14]
7 August 2018 LW - Ecuador Billy Arce Ecuador Independiente del Valle Undisclosed Academy [15]
7 August 2018 RW - Denmark Anders Dreyer Denmark Esbjerg Undisclosed Academy [16]
9 August 2018 CB - England Dan Burn England Wigan Athletic £3,000,000 First Team [17]
9 August 2018 LM - Sweden Peter Gwargis Sweden Jönköpings Södra Undisclosed Academy [18]
9 August 2018 RB 22 Spain Martín Montoya Spain Valencia £6,300,000 First Team [19]

Transfers out

Date from Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.
1 July 2018 RW England David Ajiboye England Worthing Released [20][21]
1 July 2018 CF Kenya Jonah Ayunga England Sutton United Released [22]
1 July 2018 RW Norway Henrik Bjørdal Belgium Zulte Waregem Undisclosed [23]
1 July 2018 CB England Tom Dallison Scotland Falkirk Free transfer [24]
1 July 2018 CB England Connor Goldson Scotland Rangers Undisclosed [25]
1 July 2018 RB England Tyler Hornby-Forbes Wales Newport County Released [20][26]
1 July 2018 CB Germany Uwe Hünemeier Germany SC Paderborn Free transfer [27]
1 July 2018 DM Republic of Ireland Dessie Hutchinson Republic of Ireland Waterford Released [20][28]
1 July 2018 DM England Rohan Ince Free agent Released [20]
1 July 2018 RB Portugal Mamadou Koné Free agent Released [20]
1 July 2018 GK Netherlands Tim Krul England Norwich City Released [20][29]
1 July 2018 GK Finland Niki Mäenpää England Bristol City Rejected contract [30][31]
1 July 2018 LW England Reece Meekums England Bromley Released [20][32]
1 July 2018 LW Scotland Jamie Murphy Scotland Rangers Undisclosed [33]
1 July 2018 LB Republic of Ireland Rian O'Sullivan Free agent Released [20]
1 July 2018 RB England Liam Rosenior Retired Released [34][20]
1 July 2018 CM England Steve Sidwell Retired Mutual consent [35]
1 July 2018 GK England Bailey Vose England Colchester United Undisclosed [36]
30 July 2018 FW England Sam Baldock England Reading Undisclosed [37]
2 August 2018 LW Czech Republic Jiří Skalák England Millwall Undisclosed [38]
1 January 2019 CM Northern Ireland Oliver Norwood England Sheffield United Undisclosed [39]

Loans out

Start date Position Nationality Name To End date Ref.
1 July 2018 CB Northern Ireland Ben Hall England Notts County 31 May 2019 [40]
1 July 2018 GK Spain Robert Sánchez England Forest Green Rovers 31 May 2019 [41]
1 July 2018 GK England Christian Walton England Wigan Athletic 31 May 2019 [42]
2 July 2018 SS England Steven Alzate England Swindon Town 31 May 2019 [43]
12 July 2018 RB Czech Republic Aleš Matějů Italy Brescia 31 May 2019 [44]
28 July 2018 GK England Tom McGill England Worthing 31 August 2018 [45]
1 August 2018 RW England Jordan Maguire-Drew Wales Wrexham 31 May 2019 [46]
7 August 2018 LW Ecuador Billy Arce Spain Extremadura 31 May 2019 [15]
9 August 2018 CB England Dan Burn England Wigan Athletic January 2019 [17]
13 August 2018 CM Northern Ireland Oliver Norwood England Sheffield United 1 January 2019 [39]
15 August 2018 CF South Africa Percy Tau Belgium Union Saint-Gilloise 31 May 2019 [47]
23 August 2018 CF Israel Tomer Hemed England Queens Park Rangers 31 May 2019 [48]
28 August 2018 CF Serbia Bojan Radulovic Spain Espanyol B 31 May 2019 [49]
31 August 2018 GK England Tom McGill England Greenwich Borough 4 January 2019 [50]
31 August 2018 DF England Joe Tomlinson England Bognor Regis Town 4 January 2019 [50]
31 August 2018 CM Republic of Ireland Richie Towell England Rotherham United 31 May 2019 [51]

Contract

Pre-season

Brighton & Hove Albion announced five pre-season friendlies against St. Gallen, Wimbledon, Charlton Athletic, Birmingham City, and FC Nantes†.

14 July 2018 Friendly St. Gallen 1–1 Brighton & Hove Albion St. Gallen, Switzerland
14:00 CEST Ben Khalifa 44' Report Hemed 59' Stadium: kybunpark
21 July 2018 Friendly AFC Wimbledon 2–1 Brighton & Hove Albion Wimbledon, England
15:00 BST Pigott 15'
Appiah 31'		 Report Norwood 65' Stadium: Kingsmeadow
24 July 2018 Friendly Charlton Athletic 1–1 Brighton & Hove Albion Charlton, England
19:45 BST Sarr 82' Report Groß 47' Stadium: The Valley
Attendance: 2,256
28 July 2018 Friendly Birmingham City 1–1 Brighton & Hove Albion Birmingham, England
15:00 BST Kieftenbeld 31' Report Bissouma 90+1' Stadium: St. Andrew's
3 August 2018 Friendly Brighton & Hove Albion 2–1 FC Nantes Falmer, Brighton, England
19:45 Knockaert 37'
Groß 48'		 Report Rongier 80' Stadium: Amex Stadium

† The opponents for this match were supposed to be Sporting Clube de Portugal but were replaced by FC Nantes due to Sporting being unable to fulfill the fixture.[52]

Competitions

Premier League

Main article: 2018–19 Premier League

League table

Template:2018–19 Premier League table

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
8 2 2 4 9 13  −4 8 2 1 1 7 6  +1 0 1 3 2 7  −5

Last updated: 5 October 2018.
Source: Premier League

Results by matchday

Matchday12345678
GroundAHAHAHAH
ResultLWLDDLLW
Position1711121214131412
Updated to match(es) played on 5 October 2018. Source: Statto.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

On 14 June 2018, the Premier League fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced.[53][54]

11 August 2018 (2018-08-11) 1 Watford 2–0 Brighton & Hove Albion Watford
15:00 BST Pereyra 35', 54' Report Stadium: Vicarage Road
Attendance: 20,051
Referee: Jonathon Moss
19 August 2018 (2018-08-19) 2 Brighton & Hove Albion 3–2 Manchester United Falmer, Brighton
16:00 BST Murray 25'
Duffy 27'
Groß 44' (pen.)		 Report Lukaku 34'
Pogba 90+5' (pen.)		 Stadium: Falmer Stadium
Attendance: 30,592
Referee: Kevin Friend
25 August 2018 (2018-08-25) 3 Liverpool 1–0 Brighton & Hove Albion Liverpool
15:00 BST Salah 23' Report Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 53,294
Referee: Chris Kavanagh
1 September 2018 (2018-09-01) 4 Brighton & Hove Albion 2–2 Fulham Falmer, Brighton
15:00 BST Stephens Yellow card 45'
Pröpper Yellow card 52'
Murray Yellow card 59', 67', 84' (pen)		 Report Schürrle 43'
Mitrović 62', Yellow card 84'
Johansen Yellow card 82'
Le Marchand Yellow card 90+4'		 Stadium: Falmer Stadium
Attendance: 30,526
Referee: Lee Probert
17 September 2018 (2018-09-17) 5 Southampton 2–2 Brighton & Hove Albion Southampton
20:00 BST Højbjerg 35'
Ings 64' (pen.)		 Report Duffy 67'
Murray 90+1' (pen.)		 Stadium: St Mary's Stadium
Referee: Anthony Taylor
22 September 2018 (2018-09-22) 6 Brighton & Hove Albion 1–2 Tottenham Hotspur Falmer, Brighton
17:30 BST Kayal Yellow card 61'
Bissouma Yellow card 74'
Knockaert 90+3'		 Report Kane 42' (pen.)
Trippier Yellow card 49'
Lamela 76'		 Stadium: Amex Stadium
Attendance: 30,531
Referee: Chris Kavanagh
29 September 2018 (2018-09-29) 7 Manchester City 2–0 Brighton Manchester
15:00 BST Sterling 29'
Agüero 65'		 Report Knockaert Yellow card 9'
Duffy Yellow card 42'
Montoya Yellow card 87'		 Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium
Attendance: 54,152
Referee: Lee Mason
5 October 2018 (2018-10-05) 8 Brighton & Hove Albion 1–0 West Ham United Falmer, Brighton
20:00 BST Murray 25'
Duffy Yellow card 33'
Jahanbakhsh Yellow card 58'
Kayal Yellow card 61'		 Report Arnautović Yellow card 57'
Snodgrass Yellow card 88'		 Stadium: Amex Stadium
Attendance: 30,544
Referee: Kevin Friend

EFL Cup

The second round draw was made from the Stadium of Light on 16 August.[55]

28 August 2018 (2018-08-28) Second round Brighton & Hove Albion 0–1 Southampton Falmer
19:45 BST Report Austin 88' Stadium: Falmer Stadium
Attendance: 13,651
Referee: Andre Marriner

Squad statistics

As of 02 October 2018
No. Pos Nat Player Total Premier League EFL Cup FA Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 GK Australia AUS Mathew Ryan 7 0 7 0 0 0 0 0
27 GK England ENG David Button 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Defenders
2 DF Spain ESP Bruno 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
3 DF Cameroon CMR Gaëtan Bong 7 0 6+1 0 0 0 0 0
4 DF Republic of Ireland IRL Shane Duffy 7 2 7 2 0 0 0 0
5 DF England ENG Lewis Dunk 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0
14 DF Nigeria NGA Leon Balogun 2 0 1+1 0 0 0 0 0
21 DF Italy ITA Ezequiel Schelotto 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 DF Spain ESP Martín Montoya 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0
29 DF Austria AUT Markus Suttner 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
30 DF Brazil BRA Bernardo 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
Midfielders
6 MF England ENG Dale Stephens 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0
7 MF Israel ISR Beram Kayal 4 0 1+2 0 1 0 0 0
8 MF Mali MLI Yves Bissouma 7 0 4+2 0 1 0 0 0
11 MF France FRA Anthony Knockaert 7 1 7 1 0 0 0 0
13 MF Germany GER Pascal Groß 5 1 3+1 1 1 0 0 0
20 MF England ENG Solly March 7 0 7 0 0 0 0 0
24 MF Netherlands NED Davy Pröpper 8 0 7 0 0+1 0 0 0
Forwards
9 FW Netherlands NED Jürgen Locadia 7 0 1+5 0 1 0 0 0
16 FW Iran IRN Alireza Jahanbakhsh 7 0 0+6 0 1 0 0 0
17 FW England ENG Glenn Murray 7 4 6+1 4 0 0 0 0
19 FW Colombia COL Jose Izquierdo 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
Players who have made an appearance or had a squad number this season but have left the club

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