The 2016–17 season was Brighton & Hove Albion's 115th year in existence and sixth consecutive season in the Championship. Along with competing in the Championship, the club participated in the FA Cup and EFL Cup.

Brighton were promoted to the Premier League following their 2–1 home win against Wigan Athletic on 17 April 2017, with fellow promotion chasers Huddersfield Town failing to match Brighton's result in their fixture against Derby County.

The season covers the period from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017.

Squad First-team squad

Out on loan

Transfers

Transfers in Date from Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref. 1 July 2016 CB Ben Hall Motherwell £200,000 1 July 2016 CM Steve Sidwell Stoke City Free transfer 12 July 2016 RB Tyler Hornby-Forbes Fleetwood Town Undisclosed 4 August 2016 CM Oliver Norwood Reading Undisclosed 26 August 2016 CB Shane Duffy Blackburn Rovers £4,500,000 9 January 2017 LB Jordan Davies Wrexham Undisclosed 17 January 2017 GK Billy Collings Reading Undisclosed 21 January 2017 CF Harry Cardwell Reading Undisclosed 31 January 2017 CF Glenn Murray AFC Bournemouth Undisclosed 7 March 2017 CB Vegard Forren Molde Free transfer

Transfers out Date from Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref. 1 July 2016 RB Iñigo Calderón Anorthosis Released 1 July 2016 LB Adam Chicksen Charlton Athletic Released 1 July 2016 CM Andrew Crofts Charlton Athletic Released 1 July 2016 CB Gordon Greer Blackburn Rovers Released 1 July 2016 CB Glen Rea Luton Town Undisclosed 1 July 2016 CF Bobby Zamora Retired Released 6 July 2016 CF Daniel Akindayini Margate Free transfer 5 August 2016 CF Chike Kandi Woking Free transfer 25 August 2016 CM Danny Holla PEC Zwolle Free transfer 4 January 2017 LW Jack Harper Málaga Undisclosed 5 January 2017 CM Jake Forster-Caskey Charlton Athletic Undisclosed 19 January 2017 ST Thomas Byrne Drogheda United Free transfer 31 January 2017 CM Jesse Starkey Swindon Town Undisclosed

Loans in Date from Position Nationality Name From Date until Ref. 3 July 2016 CF Glenn Murray AFC Bournemouth 31 January 2017 15 July 2016 LB Sam Adekugbe Vancouver Whitecaps End of season 31 August 2016 LB Sébastien Pocognoli West Bromwich Albion End of season 23 January 2017 CB Fikayo Tomori Chelsea End of season 30 January 2017 CF Chuba Akpom Arsenal End of season

Loans out Date from Position Nationality Name To Date until Ref. 1 July 2016 GK Christian Walton Luton Town 31 January 2017 16 July 2016 CF Chris O'Grady Burton Albion End of season 18 July 2016 CB Tom Dallison Cambridge United 8 January 2017 19 July 2016 CF Jordan Maguire-Drew Dagenham & Redbridge End of season 20 July 2016 CM Jake Forster-Caskey Rotherham United 5 January 2017 23 October 2016 CF Jonah Ayunga Burgess Hill Town 20 November 2016 25 November 2016 GK Bailey Vose Concord Rangers 1 January 2017 1 January 2017 FW Elvis Manu Go Ahead Eagles End of season 11 January 2017 LW Kazenga LuaLua Queens Park Rangers End of season 13 January 2017 DF Tom Cadman East Grinstead Town 12 February 2017 13 January 2017 CM Connor Tighe Whitehawk 12 February 2017 13 January 2017 RW Joe Ward Lincoln City 14 April 2017 23 January 2017 CF Jonah Ayunga Sligo Rovers January 2018 26 January 2017 RB Rob Hunt Oldham Athletic End of Season 31 January 2017 DM Rohan Ince Swindon Town End of Season 6 March 2017 RW Henrik Björdal Göteborg 16 July 2017

Pre-season Friendlies

Competitions

Championship

League table

Results round by round

Matches Brighton's fixture list for the 2016–17 Championship season was revealed on 22 June 2016.

FA Cup

EFL Cup

Statistics Appearances and goals

References