The 2011–12 season was Brighton & Hove Albion's first year in the Championship, returning after being promoted as champions of League One during the 2010–11 season. It was also Brighton's first season at their new home, the Falmer Stadium.
The season was a successful one for the club, finishing 10th in the league, and reaching the Third Round of the League Cup and Fifth Round of the FA Cup (coincidentally being knocked out by eventual League Cup Champions and FA Cup runners up Liverpool on both occasions). Ashley Barnes was top scorer in both the league and across all competitions.
League table
Squad statistics
Statistics
|colspan="14"|Players currently out on loan:
|colspan="14"|Players featured for club who have left:
Top scorers PlacePositionNationNumberNameChampionshipFA CupLeague CupTotal1FW9Ashley Barnes1112142FW12Craig Mackail-Smith901103MF30Will Buckley80084DF14Iñigo Calderón50055MF15Vicente Rodríguez3003FW24Sam Vokes30036MF35Jake Forster-Caskey1102MF17Ryan Harley2002MF25Kazenga LuaLua1102MF11Craig Noone2002MF10Matt Sparrow200212DF3Gordon Greer1001FW7Will Hoskins1001DF2Joe Mattock1001MF8Alan Navarro1001DF20Romain Vincelot1001Own Goals1102TOTALS56 4 3 63
Disciplinary record NumberNationPositionNameChampionshipFA CupLeague CupTotal10MFMatt Sparrow322010625DFLewis Dunk120001013026MFLiam Bridcutt11000001103DFGordon Greer810000819FWAshley Barnes6110007136GKGonzalo Jara4100004122DFMarcos Painter3100104127DFMauricio Taricco3100104120DFRomain Vincelot211010416DFAdam El-Abd800000808MFAlan Navarro4020208014DFIñigo Calderón6000107018MFGary Dicker5000005011MFCraig Noone5000005025MFKazenga LuaLua4000004016GKCasper Ankergren2000103012FWCraig Mackail-Smith3000003023FWTorbjørn Agdestein100000101GKPeter Brezovan1000001032MFYaser Kasim0010001015MFVicente Rodríguez1000001034DFBen Sampayo00100010TOTALS93880801098
Matches
Pre-season friendlies
Championship
Result round by round
FA Cup
League Cup
Transfers Players transferred inDatePos.NameFromFeeRef.20 May 2011FW Will Hoskins Bristol RoversUndisclosed29 May 2011DF Ben Sampayo ChelseaFree29 May 2011MF Anton Rodgers ChelseaFree6 June 2011MF Will Buckley Watford£1,000,0001 July 2011FW Roland Bergkamp SBV ExcelsiorUndisclosed4 July 2011FW Craig Mackail-Smith Peterborough UnitedUndisclosed15 July 2011DF Romain Vincelot Dagenham & RedbridgeUndisclosed15 July 2011GK Daniel East Wolverhampton WanderersFree22 August 2011MF Ryan Harley Swansea CityUndisclosed2 September 2011MF VicenteFree agentFree21 November 2011MF Kazenga LuaLua Newcastle UnitedUndisclosed19 January 2012GK David GonzálezFree agentFree20 January 2012FW Ben Dickenson Dorchester TownUndisclosedPlayers transferred outDatePos.NameToFeeRef.24 May 2011FW Glenn Murray Crystal PalaceFree29 May 2011MF Ryan ThomsonFree agentFree29 May 2011GK Mitch WalkerFree agentFree29 May 2011GK Josh PellingFree agentFree29 May 2011MF Cristian BazFree agentFree31 May 2011MF Agustin BattipiediFree agentFree14 June 2011MF Elliott Bennett Norwich CityUndisclosed20 June 2011FW Chris Holroyd Rotherham UnitedFree22 June 2011DF James Tunnicliffe Wycombe WanderersFree24 June 2011DF Jimmy McNulty BarnsleyUndisclosed3 July 2011MF Radostin Kishishev Chernomorets BurgasFree23 July 2011MF Gary Hart Eastbourne BoroughFree25 July 2011FW Francisco Sandaza St JohnstoneFree3 January 2012DF Steve Cook BournemouthUndisclosedPlayers loaned inDate fromPos.NameFromDate toRef.16 July 2011MF Kazenga LuaLua Newcastle UnitedJanuary 201221 October 2011DF Gonzalo Jara West Bromwich Albion20 December 2011(recalled)24 October 2011GK Steve Harper Newcastle UnitedNovember 201130 January 2012FW Sam Vokes Wolverhampton WanderersJune 201231 January 2012DF Gonzalo Jara West Bromwich AlbionJune 201231 January 2012DF Joe Mattock West Bromwich AlbionJune 201217 February 2012MF Gai Assulin Manchester CityMay 201217 February 2012MF Abdul Razak Manchester CityMay 2012Players loaned outDate fromPos.NameToDate toRef.1 January 2012GK Michael Poke Bristol Rovers1 February 2012
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