# 2019–20 Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. season

The 2019–20 season was Brighton & Hove Albion's 118th year in existence and third 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 covered the period from 1 July 2019 to 26 July 2020.
On 14 March 2020, The FA made the decision to suspend the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The season recommenced on 17 June, with Brighton's fixture against Arsenal rescheduled for the 20 June.

## Summary

On the back of four wins in five matches in pre-season, Brighton began their league campaign with a 3–0 away win over Watford, which was Potter's first competitive game in charge of the club. The Seagulls drew 1–1 with West Ham in their first competitive home game of the season. Brighton's first defeat came in the third game of the season in a 2–0 home loss to Southampton where Florin Andone was sent off for a wild challenge on Yan Valery. On 5 October, Brighton stunned Tottenham Hotspur by beating them 3–0 at Falmer Stadium with Aaron Connolly scoring 2 goals in his first ever Premier League start.
Brighton's first cup game came away against Bristol Rovers where the Seagulls won 2–1 in the EFL Cup. They were knocked out in the next round on 25 September, losing 3–1 at home to Aston Villa where 10 Albion players made their debut in the youthful side of an average age of just over 21.
After reaching the quarter-final and the semi-final of the FA Cup in the previous two seasons Brighton were knocked out in their first match (third round) of this season's competition to Sheffield Wednesday, losing 1–0 at home.
Brighton's goalless draw at Wolves on 7 March 2020 was their last until 20 June due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Seagulls first game back came against Arsenal at home on 20 June 2020, where they achieved their first ever double over the London side, winning the match 2–1. This, like the rest of the upcoming matches was played behind closed doors.
Brighton secured their Premier League status on 20 July in a 0–0 home draw against Newcastle, earning a 4th consecutive season in the top flight. The Seagulls beat Burnley 2–1 on the final game of the season finishing the season with 41 points, their highest tally in a Premier League season, also finishing with their highest number of goals scored (39) and their joint highest finish (15th).

## Players
### Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | AUS | Mathew Ryan |
| 2 | DF | ENG | Tariq Lamptey |
| 4 | DF | IRL | Shane Duffy |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Lewis Dunk (Captain) |
| 6 | MF | ENG | Dale Stephens |
| 7 | FW | FRA | Neal Maupay |
| 8 | MF | MLI | Yves Bissouma |
| 10 | MF | ARG | Alexis Mac Allister |
| 11 | MF | BEL | Leandro Trossard |
| 13 | MF | GER | Pascal Groß |
| 15 | DF | ENG | Adam Webster |
| 16 | FW | IRN | Alireza Jahanbakhsh |
| 17 | FW | ENG | Glenn Murray (Vice-captain) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | MF | AUS | Aaron Mooy |
| 19 | FW | COL | José Izquierdo |
| 20 | MF | ENG | Solly March |
| 21 | DF | ITA | Ezequiel Schelotto |
| 22 | DF | ESP | Martín Montoya |
| 23 | GK | ENG | Jason Steele |
| 24 | MF | NED | Davy Pröpper |
| 25 | MF | ISR | Beram Kayal |
| 27 | GK | ENG | David Button |
| 30 | DF | BRA | Bernardo |
| 33 | DF | ENG | Dan Burn |
| 44 | FW | IRL | Aaron Connolly |
| 46 | MF | COL | Steven Alzate |

### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | FRA | Anthony Knockaert (at Fulham until 30 June 2020) |
| — | FW | RSA | Percy Tau (at Club Brugge until 30 June 2020) |
| — | GK | ENG | Christian Walton (at Blackburn Rovers until 30 June 2020) |
| — | DF | ENG | Matt Clarke (at Derby County until 30 June 2020) |
| — | FW | ROU | Florin Andone (at Galatasaray until 30 June 2020) |
Note
All loan spells, except Percy Tau's loan at Club Brugge extended to the end of each respective league season due to the breaks enforced as a result of COVID-19. Tau returned to Brighton on 30 June 2020 as Club Brugge were announced as the Belgium champions in May, with the league permanently suspended with one remaining match.
Fulham took up their option to buy Anthony Knockaert on 9 July 2020.

### Reserves and Academy
## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 1 July 2019 | CB | Matthew Clarke | Portsmouth | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2019 | LW | Leandro Trossard | Genk | £18,000,000 |
| 18 July 2019 | CM | Taylor Richards | Manchester City | Undisclosed |
| 19 July 2019 | RW | Todd Miller | Colchester United | Undisclosed |
| 27 July 2019 | CM | Andrew Crofts | Yeovil Town | Free transfer |
| 29 July 2019 | LB | Lewis Freestone | Peterborough United | Free transfer |
| 3 August 2019 | CB | Adam Webster | Bristol City | £20,000,000 |
| 5 August 2019 | CF | Neal Maupay | Brentford | Undisclosed |
| 8 August 2019 | RB | Romaric Yapi | Paris Saint-Germain | Undisclosed |
| 11 January 2020 | MF | Markus Ifill | Swindon Town | Undisclosed |
| 24 January 2020 | CM | Aaron Mooy | Huddersfield Town | Undisclosed |
| 31 January 2020 | RB | Tariq Lamptey | Chelsea | Undisclosed |

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | From | Date until | Ref. |
| 8 August 2019 | CM | | Aaron Mooy | Huddersfield Town | 24 January 2020 | |

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Date until |
| 1 July 2019 | AM | Alexis Mac Allister | Boca Juniors | 31 January 2020 |
| 1 July 2019 | CB | Ben White | Leeds United | 30 June 2020 |
| 18 July 2019 | CB | Leo Skiri Østigård | St. Pauli | 30 June 2020 |
| 21 July 2019 | RW | Anthony Knockaert | Fulham | 30 June 2020 |
| 23 July 2019 | CM | Jayson Molumby | Millwall | 30 June 2020 |
| 23 July 2019 | GK | Christian Walton | Blackburn Rovers | 30 June 2020 |
| 24 July 2019 | CF | Jan Mlakar | Queens Park Rangers | 30 June 2020 |
| 24 July 2019 | GK | Robert Sánchez | Rochdale | 30 June 2020 |
| 25 July 2019 | CF | Viktor Gyökeres | St. Pauli | 30 June 2020 |
| 29 July 2019 | CF | Percy Tau | Club Brugge | 30 June 2020 |
| 2 August 2019 | CB | Matthew Clarke | Derby County | 30 June 2020 |
| 5 August 2019 | GK | Carl Rushworth | Worthing | 30 June 2020 |
| 5 August 2019 | GK | Roco Rees | Worthing | Work experience |
| 8 August 2019 | CM | Beram Kayal | Charlton Athletic | 30 June 2020 |
| 23 August 2019 | RW | Anders Dreyer | Heerenveen | 5 January 2020 |
| 29 August 2019 | CF | Jürgen Locadia | Hoffenheim | 3 February 2020 |
| 1 September 2019 | LM | Soufyan Ahannach | Union Saint-Gilloise | 19 January 2020 |
| 2 September 2019 | CF | Florin Andone | Galatasaray | 30 June 2020 |
| 2 September 2019 | LB | George Cox | Fortuna Sittard | 30 June 2020 |
| 2 September 2019 | CM | Max Sanders | AFC Wimbledon | 30 June 2020 |
| 2 September 2019 | AM | James Tilley | Yeovil Town | 15 January 2020 |
| 16 January 2020 | DM | Tudor Băluță | ADO Den Haag | 30 June 2020 |
| 24 January 2020 | GK | Tom McGill | Crawley Town | 30 June 2020 |
| 31 January 2020 | GK | Fynn Talley | Burgess Hill Town | 31 May 2020 |
| 31 January 2020 | CB | Leon Balogun | Wigan Athletic | 30 June 2020 |
| 31 January 2020 | CB | Kacper Łopata | Zagłębie Sosnowiec | 30 June 2020 |
| 31 January 2020 | CF | Jan Mlakar | Wigan Athletic | 30 June 2020 |
| 31 January 2020 | CF | Bojan Radulovic | Deportivo Alavés B | 30 June 2020 |
| 3 February 2020 | CF | Jürgen Locadia | FC Cincinnati | 5 July 2020 |
| 20 February 2020 | CM | Marcus Dackers | Lancing | 30 June 2020 |

### Transfers out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 1 July 2019 | CM | Jordan Araujo | GD Bragança | Released |
| 1 July 2019 | CB | Ben Barclay | Accrington Stanley | Released |
| 1 July 2019 | GK | George Bentley | Horsham | Released |
| 1 July 2019 | RB | Bruno | Retired | Retired |
| 1 July 2019 | CB | Julien Carre | Brentford | Released |
| 1 July 2019 | CM | Will Collar | Hamilton Academical | Released |
| 1 July 2019 | GK | Billy Collings | Lewes | Released |
| 1 July 2019 | CB | Ben Hall | Partick Thistle | Released |
| 1 July 2019 | CB | Josh Kerr | Airdrieonians | Released |
| 1 July 2019 | FW | Stefan Ljubicic | Grindavík | Released |
| 1 July 2019 | RB | Aleš Matějů | Brescia | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2019 | RB | Owen Moore | Free agent | Released |
| 1 July 2019 | LB | Joe Tomlinson | Hungerford Town | Released |
| 1 July 2019 | CM | Richie Towell | Salford City | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2019 | CB | Matthew Weaire | Colchester United | Released |
| 1 July 2019 | GK | Piotr Zalewski | Hellas Verona | Released |
| 26 July 2019 | LB | Cameron Tutt | Worthing | Free transfer |
| 30 July 2019 | LB | Markus Suttner | Fortuna Düsseldorf | Undisclosed |
| 19 August 2019 | CF | Tomer Hemed | Charlton Athletic | Released |
| 7 January 2020 | RW | Anders Dreyer | FC Midtjylland | Undisclosed |
| 15 January 2020 | AM | James Tilley | Grimsby Town | Undisclosed |
| 20 January 2020 | LW | Soufyan Ahannach | Go Ahead Eagles | Free Transfer |
| 30 January 2020 | LB | Gaëtan Bong | Nottingham Forest | Undisclosed |
| 21 April 2020 | CB | Tareq Shihab | Retired | Retired |
| 9 July 2020 | RW | Anthony Knockaert | Fulham | Undisclosed |

## Pre-season friendlies

In June 2019, The Seagulls confirmed their pre-season schedule.

## Competitions
### Premier League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 13 | Newcastle United | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 38 | 58 | −20 | 44 |
| 14 | Crystal Palace | 38 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 31 | 50 | −19 | 43 |
| 15 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 38 | 9 | 14 | 15 | 39 | 54 | −15 | 41 |
| 16 | West Ham United | 38 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 49 | 62 | −13 | 39 |
| 17 | Aston Villa | 38 | 9 | 8 | 21 | 41 | 67 | −26 | 35 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 26 July 2020. Source: Premier League

#### Results by matchday

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 |
| Ground | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | D | L | L | D | D | L | W | L | W | W | L | L | L | W | D | D | L | L | W | D | L | D | L | D | D | D | L | D | W | D | L | W | L | L | D | D | W |
| Position | 4 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 15 |

#### Matches

On 13 June 2019, the Premier League fixtures were announced.

### FA Cup

The third round draw was made live on BBC Two from Etihad Stadium, Micah Richards and Tony Adams conducted the draw.

### EFL Cup
## Squad statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Premier League | Premier League | EFL Cup | EFL Cup | FA Cup | FA Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | AUS | Mathew Ryan | 38 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | GK | ENG | Jason Steele | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | GK | ENG | David Button | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | ENG | Tariq Lamptey | 8 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | IRL | Shane Duffy | 22 | 1 | 12+8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Lewis Dunk | 36 | 3 | 36 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | ENG | Adam Webster | 33 | 3 | 31 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | ITA | Ezequiel Schelotto | 10 | 0 | 5+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | ESP | Martín Montoya | 27 | 0 | 23+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | BRA | Bernardo | 16 | 0 | 7+7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | ENG | Dan Burn | 34 | 0 | 33+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 49 | DF | FRA | Romaric Yapi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 51 | DF | ENG | Archie Davies | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 58 | DF | ENG | Haydon Roberts | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 6 | MF | ENG | Dale Stephens | 34 | 0 | 28+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | MLI | Yves Bissouma | 23 | 1 | 14+8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | ARG | Alexis Mac Allister | 9 | 0 | 3+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | BEL | Leandro Trossard | 31 | 5 | 22+9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | GER | Pascal Groß | 31 | 2 | 22+7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | AUS | Aaron Mooy | 32 | 2 | 25+6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | ENG | Solly March | 19 | 0 | 11+8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | NED | Davy Pröpper | 35 | 1 | 33+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | MF | ENG | Taylor Richards | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 46 | MF | COL | Steven Alzate | 21 | 0 | 12+7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 50 | MF | ENG | Alex Cochrane | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | MF | SWE | Peter Gwargis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 60 | MF | ENG | Ryan Longman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 71 | MF | ENG | Jack Spong | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 72 | MF | ENG | Teddy Jenks | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 7 | FW | FRA | Neal Maupay | 38 | 10 | 30+7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | IRN | Alireza Jahanbakhsh | 12 | 2 | 3+7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | ENG | Glenn Murray | 24 | 2 | 7+16 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | COL | Jose Izquierdo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | FW | IRL | Aaron Connolly | 27 | 4 | 14+10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Players who left the club permanently or on loan during the season ||||||||||||
| 3 | DF | CMR | Gaëtan Bong | 7 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | NED | Jürgen Locadia | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | ROU | Florin Andone | 3 | 1 | 1+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | NGA | Leon Balogun | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | ROU | Tudor Băluță | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |