The 2018–19 season was Brighton & Hove Albion's 117th year in existence and second consecutive season in the Premier League. Along with competing in the Premier League, the club also participated in the FA Cup and EFL Cup.

The season covers the period from 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019.

Brighton beat Manchester United at home for the second season running on 19 August 2018. The game finished 3–2 to the Albion. On 4 May 2019 Brighton's Premier League status was confirmed for a third season after bitter rivals Crystal Palace beat Cardiff 3–2 in Wales. This confirmation came exactly a year after The Seagulls secured their safety in the 2017–18 season.

In the FA Cup Brighton made the semi-final where they lost to Manchester City 1–0 at Wembley. In the EFL Cup Brighton lost 1–0 to Southampton at home in the second round.https://www.theargus.co.uk/sport/16603946

On 10 May 2019 it was announced that captain, Bruno would be retiring from football. In his last game Brighton lost 4–1 to Manchester City. As a result City defended their Premier League title.

Brighton sacked manager Chris Hughton on 13 May, one day after the final game of the season, due to a poor end of season run of three wins in 23 games meaning Brighton narrowly secured survival by two points.

On 20 May Brighton appointed Graham Potter as the new manager.

Players

Squad

Out on loan

Reserves and Academy

Transfers Transfers in

Date fromPositionNo.NameFromFeeJoining squadRef. 1 July 2018 CF 10 Florin Andone Deportivo La Coruña Undisclosed First Team 1 July 2018 CB 14 Leon Balogun Mainz 05 Free transfer First Team 1 July 2018 GK 23 Jason Steele Sunderland Free transfer First Team 1 July 2018 LB - Joe Tomlinson Yeovil Town Free transfer Academy 5 July 2018 LB 30 Bernardo RB Leipzig Undisclosed First Team 9 July 2018 GK - Hugo Keto Arsenal Free transfer Academy 16 July 2018 GK 27 David Button Fulham Undisclosed First Team 17 July 2018 CM 8 Yves Bissouma Lille Undisclosed First Team 20 July 2018 ST 26 Percy Tau Mamelodi Sundowns Undisclosed First Team 25 July 2018 RW 16 Alireza Jahanbakhsh AZ Alkmaar Undisclosed First Team 7 August 2018 LW - Billy Arce Independiente del Valle Undisclosed Academy 7 August 2018 RW - Anders Dreyer Esbjerg Undisclosed Academy 9 August 2018 CB - Dan Burn Wigan Athletic £3,000,000 First Team 9 August 2018 LM - Peter Gwargis Jönköpings Södra Undisclosed Academy 9 August 2018 RB 22 Martín Montoya Valencia £6,300,000 First Team 24 January 2019 AM — Alexis Mac Allister Argentinos Juniors Undisclosed First Team 31 January 2019 DM — Tudor Băluță Viitorul Constanța Undisclosed Academy 31 January 2019 CF — Jan Mlakar Maribor Undisclosed Academy

Transfers out Date fromPositionNo.NameToFeeLeaving squadRef. 1 July 2018 RW David Ajiboye Worthing Released Academy 1 July 2018 CF Jonah Ayunga Sutton United Released Academy 1 July 2018 RW Henrik Bjørdal Zulte Waregem Undisclosed Academy 1 July 2018 CB Tom Dallison Falkirk Free transfer Academy 1 July 2018 CB Connor Goldson Rangers Undisclosed First Team 1 July 2018 RB Tyler Hornby-Forbes Newport County Released Academy 1 July 2018 CB Uwe Hünemeier SC Paderborn Free transfer First Team 1 July 2018 DM Dessie Hutchinson Waterford Released Academy 1 July 2018 DM Rohan Ince Free agent Released First Team 1 July 2018 RB Mamadou Koné Free agent Released Academy 1 July 2018 GK Tim Krul Norwich City Released First Team 1 July 2018 GK Niki Mäenpää Bristol City Rejected contract First Team 1 July 2018 LW Reece Meekums Bromley Released Academy 1 July 2018 LW Jamie Murphy Rangers Undisclosed First Team 1 July 2018 LB Rian O'Sullivan Free agent Released Academy 1 July 2018 RB Liam Rosenior Retired Released First Team 1 July 2018 CM Steve Sidwell Retired Mutual consent First Team 1 July 2018 GK Bailey Vose Colchester United Undisclosed Academy 30 July 2018 FW Sam Baldock Reading Undisclosed First Team 2 August 2018 LW Jiří Skalák Millwall Undisclosed First Team 3 December 2018 AM Danny Mandroiu Bohemians Undisclosed Academy 17 December 2018 AM Jayden Onen Brentford Free transfer Academy 2 January 2019 RW Jordan Maguire-Drew Leyton Orient Undisclosed Academy 4 January 2019 CM Oliver Norwood Sheffield United Undisclosed First Team 28 January 2019 CM Mathias Normann Rostov Undisclosed Academy

Loans out Date fromPositionNo.NameToDate untilLeaving squadRef. 1 July 2018 CB Ben Hall Notts County 4 January 2019 Academy 1 July 2018 GK Robert Sánchez Forest Green Rovers 31 May 2019 Academy 1 July 2018 GK Christian Walton Wigan Athletic 31 May 2019 First Team 2 July 2018 SS Steven Alzate Swindon Town 9 January 2019 Academy 12 July 2018 RB Aleš Matějů Brescia 31 May 2019 Academy 28 July 2018 GK Tom McGill Worthing 31 August 2018 Academy 1 August 2018 RW Jordan Maguire-Drew Wrexham 2 January 2019 First Team 7 August 2018 LW Billy Arce Extremadura 9 January 2019 Academy 9 August 2018 CB Dan Burn Wigan Athletic January 2019 First Team 13 August 2018 CM Oliver Norwood Sheffield United 4 January 2019 First Team 15 August 2018 CF Percy Tau Union Saint-Gilloise 31 May 2019 Academy 23 August 2018 CF Tomer Hemed Queens Park Rangers 31 May 2019 First Team 28 August 2018 CF Bojan Radulovic Espanyol B 31 May 2019 Academy 31 August 2018 GK Tom McGill Greenwich Borough 4 January 2019 Academy 31 August 2018 DF Joe Tomlinson Bognor Regis Town 31 May 2019 Academy 31 August 2018 CM Richie Towell Rotherham United 31 May 2019 First Team 26 October 2018 CB Matthew Weaire Gosport Borough December 2018 Academy 3 January 2019 CB Ben White Peterborough United 31 May 2019 Academy 4 January 2019 CB Ben Barclay Notts County 31 May 2019 Academy 7 January 2019 LB George Cox Northampton Town 31 May 2019 Academy 7 January 2019 CB Josh Kerr Derry City 31 May 2019 Academy 12 January 2019 GK Tom McGill Basingstoke Town Youth loan Academy 18 January 2019 LB Markus Suttner Fortuna Düsseldorf 31 May 2019 First Team 18 January 2019 AM James Tilley Cork City 31 May 2019 Academy 24 January 2019 AM Alexis Mac Allister Argentinos Juniors 31 May 2019 First Team 26 January 2019 RW Anders Dreyer St Mirren 31 May 2019 Academy 28 January 2019 RB Ezequiel Schelotto Chievo Verona 31 May 2019 First Team 31 January 2019 DM Tudor Băluță Viitorul Constanța 31 May 2019 Academy 31 January 2019 CF Aaron Connolly Luton Town 31 May 2019 Academy 31 January 2019 CF Jan Mlakar Maribor 31 May 2019 Academy 31 January 2019 CF Stefan Ljubicic Eastbourne Borough 30 April 2019 Academy 5 February 2019 LW Billy Arce Emelec 31 December 2019 Academy 11 February 2019 GK Hugo Keto Waterford 30 June 2019 Academy

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

† 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 fulfil the fixture.

Competitions Premier League

League table

Results summary

Results by matchday

Matches On 14 June 2018, the Premier League fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced.

FA Cup The third round draw was made live on BBC by Ruud Gullit and Paul Ince from Stamford Bridge on 3 December 2018. The fourth round draw was made live on BBC by Robbie Keane and Carl Ikeme from Wolverhampton on 7 January 2019. The fifth round draw was broadcast on 28 January 2019 live on BBC, Alex Scott and Ian Wright conducted the draw. Draw for the quarter-final was made on 18 February by Darren Fletcher & Wayne Bridge.

EFL Cup The second round draw was made from the Stadium of Light on 16 August.

Squad statistics

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! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center|Forwards

! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Players who have made an appearance or had a squad number this season but have left the club (All gone out on loan)

References