The 2025–26 season was the 124th season in the history of Brighton & Hove Albion, and their ninth consecutive season in the Premier League. In addition to the domestic league, the club also participated in the FA Cup and the EFL Cup.
Brighton finished the league season in eighth place, qualifying for European football in the Conference League play-off stage.
Squad
Transfers and contracts In DatePos.PlayerFromFeeRef. First team 1 June 2025 LW Tom Watson Sunderland £10,000,000 17 June 2025 CB Diego Coppola Hellas Verona £9,500,000 1 July 2025 RW Yoon Do-young Daejeon Hana Citizen £2,000,000 1 July 2025 FW Charalampos Kostoulas Olympiacos £29,780,000 2 July 2025 CB Olivier Boscagli PSV Eindhoven Free 5 July 2025 LB Maxim De Cuyper Club Brugge £17,500,000 2 January 2026 CM Pascal Groß Borussia Dortmund Undisclosed Academy 25 June 2025 GK Michael Dike Treaty United Undisclosed 29 June 2025 GK Nils Ramming Eintracht Frankfurt Undisclosed 1 July 2025 CB Ben Barclay Carlisle United Free 1 August 2025 LB Sean Keogh Dundalk Undisclosed 1 August 2025 CAM Kofi Shaw Bristol Rovers Undisclosed 15 October 2025 MF Anton Palmer Middlesbrough Undisclosed 15 October 2025 MF Bailey Palmer Middlesbrough Undisclosed Expenditure: £
Out DatePos.PlayerToFeeRef. First team2 July 2025 LB Valentín Barco RC Strasbourg Undisclosed CF João Pedro Chelsea 10 July 2025 LW Simon Adingra Sunderland £21,000,000+ 24 July 2025 LB Pervis Estupiñán AC Milan £17,000,000 GK Kjell Scherpen Royale Union Saint-Gilloise Undisclosed 29 August 2025 RW Abdallah Sima Lens Undisclosed 1 September 2025 CAM Julio Enciso Strasbourg Undisclosed RB Tariq Lamptey Fiorentina £5,200,000 Academy5 July 2025 RB Odeluga Offiah Preston North End £1,000,000+ 15 July 2025 MF Jamie Mullins Wycombe Wanderers Undisclosed 31 August 2025 MF Adrian Mazilu Dinamo București Undisclosed 31 January 2026 CM Joe Knight Stevenage Undisclosed 2 February 2026 CM Andrew Moran Preston North End £1,000,000
Loaned out DatePos.PlayerToDate untilRef. First team 8 July 2025 LW Ibrahim Osman Auxerre 19 January 2026 16 July 2025 RW Yoon Do-young Excelsior 9 January 2026 23 July 2025 CF Evan Ferguson Roma 30 June 2026 25 July 2025 CB Eiran Cashin Birmingham City 6 January 2026 14 August 2025 CM Malick Yalcouyé Swansea City 30 June 2026 1 September 2025 CAM Facundo Buonanotte Chelsea 15 January 2026 CB Igor West Ham United 27 January 2026 CAM Jeremy Sarmiento Cremonese 27 January 2026 2 September 2025 CM Matt O'Riley Marseille 2 February 2026 6 January 2026 CB Eiran Cashin Blackburn Rovers 30 June 2026 9 January 2026 RW Yoon Do-young Dordrecht 30 June 2026 15 January 2026 CAM Facundo Buonanotte Leeds United 30 June 2026 19 January 2026 LW Ibrahim Osman Birmingham City 30 June 2026 27 January 2026 CAM Jeremy Sarmiento Middlesbrough 30 June 2026 29 January 2026 CB Diego Coppola Paris 30 June 2026 1 February 2026 LW Tom Watson Millwall 30 June 2026 2 February 2026 RW Brajan Gruda RB Leipzig 30 June 2026 Academy 21 July 2025 FW Caylan Vickers Barnsley 9 January 2026 24 July 2025 GK Carl Rushworth Coventry City 30 June 2026 1 July 2025 GK James Beadle Birmingham City 30 June 2026 5 July 2025 CAM Amario Cozier-Duberry Bolton Wanderers 30 June 2026 7 July 2025 CF Mark O'Mahony Reading 30 June 2026 4 August 2025 CAM Kamari Doyle 21 August 2025 CAM Andrew Moran Los Angeles 31 December 2025 1 September 2025CB Charlie Penman Aldershot Town 30 June 2026 LB Jacob Slater Harrogate Town 31 May 2026 2 February 2026 FW Caylan Vickers Wigan Athletic 30 June 2026 13 February 2026 GK Michael Dike Burgess Hill Town 25 April 2026
Released / Out of contract DatePos.PlayerTeamSubsequent clubJoin dateRef.30 June 2025 GK Killian Cahill Under-21s Leyton Orient 1 July 2025 FW Louis Flower Under-21s Crawley Town 4 July 2025 MF Remerio Moulton Under-21s Watford 30 July 2025 CB Ben Jackson Under-21s Aldershot Town 31 July 2025 DF Harry Lee Under-21s Bromley July 2025 FW Joshua Duffus Under-21s Saint-Étienne 13 August 2025 MF Samy Chouchane Under-21s Dijon 18 August 2025 MF Sahil Bashir Under-21s Huddersfield Town 20 August 2025 GK Hugo Fisher Under-21s Southampton 1 September 2025 AM Luca Barrington Under-21s Boston United 2 March 2026 MF Ronnie Gorman Under-18s Horsham August 2025 GK Alfie Mansell Under-18s Burgess Hill Town
New contracts DatePos.PlayerContract endRef. 4 June 2025 RB Charlie Tasker Undisclosed 9 June 2025 GK Sebastian Jensen 30 June 2026 RB Tariq Lamptey LM Harry Mills AM Jamie Mullins RB Odeluga Offiah LW Abdallah Sima 13 June 2025 CM James Milner 8 July 2025 CF Joe Belmont Undisclosed GK Lorenz Ferdinand RB Matthew Hayden AM Harry Howell CM Henry Kasvosve Darius Lane CB Callum Mackley CM Shane Nti LW Nehemiah Oriola CDM Yussif Owusu LW Tyler Silsby CB Freddie Simmonds 16 October 2025 GK Jason Steele 30 June 2027 6 February 2026 MF Josh Robertson 30 June 2028 6 March 2026 CDM Jack Hinshelwood 30 June 2029
Pre-season and friendlies On 29 May, Brighton & Hove Albion announced their first two pre-season fixtures, against Southampton and Wolfsburg.
Competitions Overall record
Premier League
League table
Results summary
Results by round
Matches On 18 June 2025, the Premier League fixtures were released.
FA Cup
Brighton entered the competition in the third round, and were drawn away to Manchester United. They were then drawn away to Liverpool in the fourth round.
EFL Cup
Brighton entered the competition in the second round, and were drawn away to Oxford United. They were then drawn away to Barnsley in the third round. Following successive 6–0 away victories, Brighton were drawn away again in the fourth round, this time to fellow Premier League side Arsenal.
Statistics Appearances and goals
|colspan="14"|Player(s) who featured but departed the club on loan during the season:
|colspan="14"|Player who featured but departed the club permanently during the season:
Goalscorers
PlayerPremier LeagueFA CupEFL CupTotal1 18 CF Danny Welbeck 13 1 0 142 25 CM Diego Gómez 5 0 5 103 13 CM Jack Hinshelwood 4 0 0 4 26 CM Yasin Ayari 3 0 1 45 6 CB Jan Paul van Hecke 3 0 0 3 8 RW Brajan Gruda 1 1 1 3 9 CF Stefanos Tzimas 1 0 2 3 10 CF Georginio Rutter 3 0 0 3 11 RW Yankuba Minteh 3 0 0 3 22 LW Kaoru Mitoma 3 0 0 311 19 CF Charalampos Kostoulas 2 0 0 2 27 CM Mats Wieffer 2 0 0 2 29 LB Maxim De Cuyper 2 0 0 214 5 CB Lewis Dunk 1 0 0 1 14 LW Tom Watson 0 0 1 1 20 CM James Milner 1 0 0 1 21 CB Olivier Boscagli 0 0 1 1 24 LB Ferdi Kadıoğlu 1 0 0 1 30 CM Pascal Groß 1 0 0 1 33 CM Matt O'Riley 1 0 0 1 34 RB Joël Veltman 1 0 0 1 53 CAM Harry Howell 0 0 1 1Own goals1001Totals5221266
Hat-tricks
Player Opposition Result Competition Date 25 CM Diego Gómez 4 Barnsley 0–6 (A) EFL Cup Note (H) – Home; (A) – Away 4 – player scored 4 goals
Assists
PlayerPremier LeagueFA CupEFL CupTotal1 10 CF Georginio Rutter 4 0 0 4 11 RW Yankuba Minteh 4 0 0 4 13 CM Jack Hinshelwood 4 0 0 44 6 CB Jan Paul van Hecke 3 0 0 3 8 RW Brajan Gruda 1 1 1 3 14 LW Tom Watson 0 0 3 3 26 CM Yasin Ayari 3 0 0 3 27 CM Mats Wieffer 3 0 0 3 29 LB Maxim De Cuyper 3 0 0 3 30 CM Pascal Groß 3 0 0 311 9 CF Stefanos Tzimas 1 0 1 2 18 CF Danny Welbeck 1 0 1 2 42 CB Diego Coppola 0 0 2 2 53 CAM Harry Howell 0 0 2 215 19 CF Charalampos Kostoulas 1 0 0 1 20 CM James Milner 1 0 0 1 21 CB Olivier Boscagli 1 0 0 1 22 LW Kaoru Mitoma 1 0 0 1 25 CM Diego Gómez 1 0 0 1 34 RB Joël Veltman 0 0 1 1Totals3511147
Clean sheets
PlayerMatches playedClean sheet %Premier LeagueFA CupEFL CupTotal 1 1 Bart Verbruggen 38 10 0 0 10 2 23 Jason Steele 5 0 0 2 2Totals43100212
Disciplinary record
Rank Player Premier League FA Cup EFL Cup Total 15CBLewis Dunk 1000100000110026CBJan Paul van Hecke 900100000100025CMDiego Gómez 9001000001000427CMMats Wieffer 800000000800517CMCarlos Baleba 50010010070024LBFerdi Kadıoğlu 600000100700718CFDanny Welbeck 50000000050022LWKaoru Mitoma 50000000050034RBJoël Veltman500000000500101GKBart Verbruggen30000000030011RWYankuba Minteh30000000030019CFCharalampos Kostoulas 20010000030021CBOlivier Boscagli 20000010030042CBDiego Coppola 200000100300158RWBrajan Gruda20000000020010CFGeorginio Rutter 20000000020020CMJames Milner 20000000020029LBMaxim De Cuyper 20000000020030CMPascal Groß 200000000200209CFStefanos Tzimas 00000010010014LWTom Watson10000000010026CMYasin Ayari100000000100Total 86005005009600
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