The 2023–24 season was the 122nd season in the history of Brighton & Hove Albion and their seventh consecutive season in the Premier League. The club also competed in the Premier League, the FA Cup, the EFL Cup and a debut appearance in UEFA Europa League, playing European football for the first time in the club's history.
Summary
Brighton hosted Luton Town in the opening game of the season on 12 August, with this fixture being the Hatters Premier League debut. The Albion came out superior winning 4–1, with several players making their Brighton debuts including goalscorers João Pedro and Simon Adingra. The Albion followed their previous result with another 4–1 win this time away at Wolverhampton Wanderers in the second weekend of the season. However, they could not repeat this in their third, a 3–1 home loss against West Ham where Pascal Groß became Brighton's all time Premier League top scorer with his consolation strike in the match taking his tally to 27 top flight goals.
A week later on 2 September, Brighton beat Champions League participants Newcastle United 3–1 on Sussex soil with Evan Ferguson scoring his first career hat-trick. He became only the second non-English player with 10 Premier League goal involvements aged 18 or under, an achievement he shares with Cesc Fàbregas.
On Brighton's European debut on 21 September, Brighton fell to a 3–2 home defeat to Greek champions AEK Athens, with both of Brighton's goals coming from João Pedro's spot kicks. At the Stade Vélodrome in Marseille on 5 October, in their first ever away game in Europe, Brighton came from two down to draw 2–2 with Pascal Groß scoring his first European goal. Pedro scored the equaliser, hitting home his third penalty in two Europa League matches. On 26 October, Brighton would win their first-ever match in Europe, after defeating six-time European champions, Ajax at home in a 2-0 victory.
After more positive results, Brighton would finish at the top of their group and were set to play Roma in the Round of 16. In the first of the two legs, the Albion would be thrashed 4-0 at Stadio Olimpico, but would defeat Roma in a 1-0 win at home at Falmer Stadium. Still, between the two games, Brighton would end up losing 4-1 on aggregate to I Giallorossi and were inevitably eliminated from the Europa League.
Being plagued with injuries throughout the season, and more so in the latter half, the squad saw many players from the academy make their debuts or take more important roles such as Benicio Baker-Boaitey and Odel Offiah. After competing in the 2024 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament, new signing, Valentín Barco from Boca Juniors in Argentina, would also come to the South Coast and make his debut as a substitute against Wolverhampton in the FA Cup.
On 18 May, before Brighton's final match against Manchester United, the club announced that Head Coach Roberto De Zerbi would be leaving the club at the conclusion of the season. De Zerbi's final match with Brighton would come to be a 2-0 defeat to the Red Devils, resulting in the Seagulls finishing in eleventh place after the final day of the 2023-24 Premier League season.
Players
No. Player Position Nationality Place of birth Date of birth (age) Signed from Date signed Fee Contract end Goalkeepers 1 Bart Verbruggen GK Breda Anderlecht 3 July 2023 £16,300,000 30 June 2028 23 Jason Steele GK Newton Aycliffe Sunderland 1 July 2018 Free transfer 30 June 2026 38 Tom McGill GK Belleville Academy 1 July 2018 30 June 2025 Defenders 2 Tariq Lamptey RB Hillingdon Chelsea 31 January 2020 £1,200,000 30 June 2025 3 Igor Julio CB Bom Sucesso Fiorentina 26 July 2023 £15,000,000 30 June 2027 4 Adam Webster CB Chichester Bristol City 3 August 2019 £22,220,000 30 June 2026 5 Lewis Dunk CB Brighton Academy 1 July 2010 30 June 2026 19 Valentín Barco LB Veinticinco de Mayo Boca Juniors 20 January 2024 £8,000,000 30 June 2028 29 Jan Paul van Hecke CB Arnemuiden NAC Breda 10 September 2020 £1,500,000 30 June 2027 30 Pervis Estupiñán LB Esmeraldas Villarreal 16 August 2022 £17,800,000 30 June 2027 34 Joël Veltman RB IJmuiden Ajax 29 July 2020 £900,000 30 June 2025 42 Odeluga Offiah CB Camden Bromley 13 September 2017 Undisclosed 30 June 2025 50 Ben Jackson CB Watford 1 July 2020 30 June 2024 52 Leigh Kavanagh CB Bray Wanderers 1 July 2020 30 June 2024 Midfielders 6 James Milner CM Leeds Liverpool 1 July 2023 Free transfer 30 June 2025 7 Solly March RW Eastbourne Lewes 1 November 2011 £5,000 30 June 2026 11 Billy Gilmour CM Irvine Chelsea 1 September 2022 £8,330,000 30 June 2026 13 Pascal Groß CM Mannheim Ingolstadt 04 1 July 2017 £3,000,000 30 June 2025 14 Adam Lallana AM St Albans Liverpool 27 July 2020 Free transfer 30 June 2024 15 Jakub Moder CM Szczecinek Lech Poznań 4 October 2020 £11,000,000 30 June 2025 20 Carlos Baleba CM Douala Lille 29 August 2023 £23,200,000 30 June 2028 22 Kaoru Mitoma LW Hita Kawasaki Frontale 10 August 2021 £3,000,000 30 June 2027 24 Simon Adingra LW Yamoussoukro Nordsjælland 1 July 2022 £8,000,000 30 June 2026 31 Ansu Fati LW Bissau Barcelona 1 September 2023 Loan 31 May 2024 40 Facundo Buonanotte AM Pérez Rosario Central 1 January 2023 £6,000,000 30 June 2026 41 Jack Hinshelwood CM Worthing Academy 1 July 2012 30 June 2028 44 Cameron Peupion AM Sydney Sydney 18 August 2020 £165,000 30 June 2024 47 Benicio Baker-Boaitey LW FC Porto 20 June 2022 Free transfer 48 Samy Chouchane CM Paris AC Boulogne-Billancourt 1 July 2020 30 June 2025 Forwards 9 João Pedro CF Ribeirão Preto Watford 1 July 2023 £34,200,000 30 June 2028 10 Julio Enciso CF Caaguazú Libertad 1 July 2022 £11,600,000 30 June 2026 18 Danny Welbeck CF Manchester Watford 18 October 2020 Free transfer 30 June 2026 28 Evan Ferguson CF Bettystown Bohemians 9 January 2021 Undisclosed 30 June 2029 55 Mark O'Mahony CF Carrigaline Cork City 26 January 2023 Undisclosed 30 June 2027 56 Joshua Duffus CF Lambeth Academy 1 October 2017 30 June 2024 Out on Loan 8 Mahmoud Dahoud CM Amuda Borussia Dortmund 1 July 2023 Free transfer 30 June 2027 16 Kjell Scherpen GK Emmen Ajax 16 July 2021 £5,000,000 30 June 2027 17 Steven Alzate CM Camden Leyton Orient 31 July 2017 £110,000 30 June 2024 19 Jeremy Sarmiento AM Madrid Benfica 2 July 2021 Undisclosed 30 June 2027 21 Deniz Undav CF Achim Union Saint-Gilloise 30 January 2022 £7,000,000 30 June 2026 26 Yasin Ayari CM Solna AIK 30 January 2023 £4,000,000 30 June 2027 45 Jack Hinchy CM Stockport County 14 August 2021 Kacper Kozłowski CM Koszalin Pogoń Szczecin 5 January 2022 £11,000,000 30 June 2026 Abdallah Sima RW Dakar Slavia Prague 31 August 2021 £8,000,000 30 June 2025
Transfers In DatePos.PlayerTransferred fromFeeTeamRef. 14 June 2023 CF João Pedro Watford Undisclosed First team 1 July 2023 CM Mahmoud Dahoud Borussia Dortmund Free transfer First team 1 July 2023 CM James Milner Liverpool Free transfer First team 3 July 2023 GK Bart Verbruggen Anderlecht £16,300,000 First team 5 July 2023 FW Joe Belmont Liverpool U18s Undisclosed Under-18s https://twitter.com/crownfootball1/status/1676573664177803264 21 July 2023 FW Brody Peart Basingstoke Town Undisclosed Under-21s 26 July 2023 CB Igor Julio Fiorentina Undisclosed First Team 29 July 2023 LB Jacob Slater Preston North End Undisclosed Under-21s 11 August 2023 CB Noël Atom RB Leipzig Undisclosed Under-21s 29 August 2023 CM Carlos Baleba Lille Undisclosed First Team 1 September 2023 FW Louis Flower Chelsea Undisclosed Under-21s 20 January 2024 LB Valentín Barco Boca Juniors £7,870,000 First Team 26 January 2024 GK Steven Hall Adelaide United Undisclosed Under-21s 26 January 2024 MF Kamari Doyle Southampton Undisclosed Under-21s 1 February 2024 AM Josh Robertson Sunderland Undisclosed Under-21s 1 February 2024 AM Caylan Vickers Reading Undisclosed Under-21s
Out DatePos.PlayerTransferred toFeeTeamRef. 14 June 2023 CM Alexis Mac Allister Liverpool £55,000,000 First team 14 June 2023 CM Taylor Richards Queens Park Rangers Undisclosed Under-21s 30 June 2023 GK Toby Bull Eastbourne Town Free transfer Under-21s 30 June 2023 MF Billie Clark Reading Free transfer Under-21s 30 June 2023 MF Matt Everitt Dorking Wanderers Free transfer Under-21s 30 June 2023 MF Jake Gee Released Under-18s 30 June 2023 MF Eliot Jenks Lancing Released Under-18s 30 June 2023 MF Teddy Jenks Forest Green Rovers Free transfer Under-21s 30 June 2023 RW Todd Miller Bromley Free transfer Under-21s 30 June 2023 DF Sam Packham Released Under-21s 30 June 2023 LB Haydon Roberts Bristol City Free transfer Under-21s 30 June 2023 DF Casey Shann Queens Park Rangers Released Under-21s 30 June 2023 MF Jack Spong Queens Park Free transfer Under-21s 30 June 2023 GK Fynn Talley Peterborough United Free transfer Under-21s 30 June 2023 FW Lorent Tolaj Aldershot Town Free transfer Under-21s 30 June 2023 CB Antef Tsoungui Feyenoord Free transfer Under-21s 30 June 2023 MF Ben Wilson Cliftonville Free transfer Under-21s 30 June 2023 DF Joe Winstanley Released Under-18s 21 July 2023 MF Reda Khadra Reims Undisclosed Under-21s 2 August 2023 FW Aaron Connolly Hull City Undisclosed First Team 5 August 2023 GK Robert Sánchez Chelsea £25,000,000+ First Team 8 August 2023 LB Michał Karbownik Hertha BSC Undisclosed First Team 14 August 2023 DM Moisés Caicedo Chelsea £100,000,000+ First Team 1 September 2023 LB James Furlong Hull City Undisclosed Under-21s 5 September 2023 CF Andi Zeqiri Genk Undisclosed First Team
Loaned in DatePos.PlayerLoaned fromUntilTeamRef. 1 September 2023 LW Ansu Fati Barcelona End of season First Team
Loaned out DatePos.PlayerLoaned toUntilTeamRef. 1 July 2023 GK James Beadle Oxford United 8 January 2024 Under-21s 1 July 2023 RW Abdallah Sima Rangers End of season Under-21s 6 July 2023 GK Kjell Scherpen Sturm Graz End of season First Team 18 July 2023 CM Kacper Kozłowski Vitesse End of season First team 25 July 2023 AM Jeremy Sarmiento West Bromwich Albion 1 January 2024 First team 29 July 2023 CM Marc Leonard Northampton Town End of season Under-21s 31 July 2023 GK Carl Rushworth Swansea City End of season Under-21s 1 August 2023 CB Ed Turns Leyton Orient 1 February 2024 Under-21s 2 August 2023 CF Deniz Undav Stuttgart End of season First team 11 August 2023 CM Jensen Weir Blackpool 1 January 2024 Under-21s 18 August 2023 CB Odeluga Offiah Heart of Midlothian End of season Under-21s 21 August 2023 CM Yasin Ayari Coventry City 5 January 2024 First team 26 August 2023 AM Andrew Moran Blackburn Rovers End of season Under-21s 29 August 2023 AM Cameron Peupion Cheltenham Town 2 January 2024 Under-21s 1 September 2023 FW Bailey Smith Worthing January 2024 Under-18s 6 September 2023 CM Steven Alzate Standard Liège End of season First team 3 January 2024 AM Jeremy Sarmiento Ipswich Town End of season First team 5 January 2024 CM Yasin Ayari Blackburn Rovers End of season First team 8 January 2024 GK James Beadle Sheffield Wednesday End of season Under-21s 9 January 2024 CM Jensen Weir Port Vale End of season Under-21s 22 January 2024 RW Adrian Mazilu Vitesse End of season Under-21s 1 February 2024 CM Mahmoud Dahoud Stuttgart End of season First team 1 February 2024 CM Jack Hinchy Shrewsbury Town End of season Under-21s 1 February 2024 LB Imari Samuels Fleetwood Town End of season Under-21s 1 February 2024 CB Ed Turns Crewe Alexandra End of season Under-21s
Pre-season and friendlies
The Seagulls announced a tour of the United States to take part in the Premier League Summer Series pre-season tournament with matches against Chelsea, Brentford and Newcastle United. On 30 June, a further friendly at home against Rayo Vallecano in August was confirmed.
Competitions Overall record
Premier League
League table
Results summary
Results by round
Matches On 15 June, the Premier League fixtures were announced.
FA Cup