Brighton
City: Brighton and Hove
Stadium: Falmer Stadium
Founded: 1901
Nickname: The Seagulls
The Albion
Brighton and Hove Albion Football Club /ˈbraɪtən ən ˈhoʊv/ is an English football club based in the coastal city of Brighton & Hove, East Sussex. It is often referred to just as Brighton. They currently play in the Football League Championship, the second tier of the English football league system, hosting games at the 30,750-capacity Falmer Stadium, known for commercial purposes as the American Express Community Stadium, or simply the Amex.
The team is nicknamed the "Seagulls" or "Albion". The team has historically played in blue and white stripes, though this changed to all white briefly in the 1970s and again to plain blue during the club's most successful spell in the 1980s.Crystal Palace is considered the club's main rival, although the grounds are 40 miles apart.
Founded in 1901, Brighton played their early professional football in the Southern League before being elected to the Football League in 1920. The club enjoyed greatest prominence between 1979 and 1983 when they played in the First Division and reached the 1983 FA Cup Final, losing to Manchester United after a replay. They were relegated from the top division in the same season. Mismanagement brought Brighton close to relegation from the Football League to the Conference which they narrowly avoided in 1997 and 1998. A boardroom takeover saved Brighton from liquidation, and following successive promotions they returned to the second tier of English football in 2002 and have played in the second and third tiers ever since.
Current season top scorers
| # | Player |  |  |  |
| 1. | João Pedro | 10 | 5 | 0 |
| 2. | Danny Welbeck | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 3. | Kaoru Mitoma | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 4. | Yankuba Minteh | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 5. | Georginio Rutter | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 6. | Carlos Baleba | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 7. | Matt O'Riley | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 8. | Tariq Lamptey | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 9. | Simon Adingra | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 10. | Jack Hinshelwood | 2 | 0 | 0 |
First-team squad
Goalkeepers: Kjell Scherpen (0), Tom McGill (0), Bart Verbruggen (1), Jason Steele (23), Carl Rushworth (39),
Defenders: Tariq Lamptey (2), Igor Julio (3), Adam Webster (4), Lewis Dunk (5), Valentín Barco (19), Ferdi Kadıoğlu (24), Jan Paul van Hecke (29), Pervis Estupiñán (30), Joël Veltman (34), Ruairi McConville (44), Imari Samuels (47), Ed Turns (48),
Midfielders: Amario Cozier-Duberry (0), James Milner (6), Solly March (7), Brajan Gruda (8), Simon Adingra (11), Jakub Moder (15), Jeremy Sarmiento (16), Yankuba Minteh (17), Carlos Baleba (20), Kaoru Mitoma (22), Yasin Ayari (26), Mats Wieffer (27), Abdallah Sima (31), Cameron Peupion (32), Matt O'Riley (33), Andrew Moran (36), Malick Yalcouyé (40), Jack Hinshelwood (41),
Forwards: João Pedro (9), Georginio Rutter (14), Danny Welbeck (18),
Tweet