# 2024–25 Brighton & Hove Albion W.F.C. season

The 2024–25 Brighton & Hove Albion W.F.C. season is the club's 34th season in existence and their seventh in the Women's Super League, the highest level of the football pyramid. Along with competing in the WSL, the club will compete in two domestic cup competitions: the FA Cup and the League Cup.
On 10 July 2024, Dario Vidošić was appointed as head coach on a three-year contract.

## Squad

    As of 2 February 2025
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 |
| 2 | DF | NOR | Maria Thorisdottir |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Poppy Pattinson |
| 5 | DF | NOR | Guro Bergsvand |
| 6 | MF | ESP | Vicky Losada (captain) |
| 7 | FW | TAN | Aisha Masaka |
| 8 | FW | GER | Pauline Bremer |
| 9 | FW | ENG | Nikita Parris |
| 10 | MF | SRB | Jelena Čanković |
| 11 | FW | JPN | Kiko Seike |
| 12 | DF | IRL | Caitlin Hayes |
| 14 | FW | ENG | Fran Kirby |
| 15 | MF | NED | Nadine Noordam [nl] |
| 16 | DF | COL | Jorelyn Carabalí |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | MF | ENG | Bex Rayner |
| 18 | MF | ENG | Maisie Symonds |
| 19 | DF | NED | Marisa Olislagers |
| 20 | FW | ESP | Bruna Vilamala (on loan from Barcelona) |
| 21 | MF | USA | Madison Haley |
| 22 | MF | SRB | Dejana Stefanović |
| 23 | DF | NED | Marit Auée |
| 27 | DF | SCO | Rachel McLauchlan |
| 28 | GK | GER | Melina Loeck |
| 32 | GK | ENG | Sophie Baggaley |
| 33 | MF | AUS | Charlize Rule |
| 59 | FW | ENG | Michelle Agyemang (on loan from Arsenal) |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## Competitions
### Overall record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Women's Super League | 21 September 2024 | 11 May 2025 | Matchday 1 | | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 27 | −4 | 037.50 |
| Women's FA Cup | 29 January 2025 | 8 February 2025 | Fourth round | Fifth Round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 050.00 |
| FA Women's League Cup | 2 October 2024 | 22 January 2025 | Group stage | Quarter-final | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 38 | 37 | +1 | 040.91 |
Last updated: 16 March 2025 Source: Soccerway

### Women's Super League
#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 16 March 2025. Source: Women's Super 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 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | L | W | W | D | W | L | W | L | D | L | L | D | L | D | W | | | | | | |
| Position | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | | | | | | |
| Points | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 22 | | | | | | |

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 3 | Manchester United | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 30 | 9 | +21 | 36 | Qualification for the Champions League first round |
| 4 | Manchester City | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 37 | 20 | +17 | 32 | |
| 5 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 27 | −4 | 22 | |
| 6 | Liverpool | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 25 | −8 | 21 | |
| 7 | Tottenham Hotspur | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 20 | 34 | −14 | 17 | |

### FA Cup

As a member of the Women's Super League Brighton & Hove Albion enter the FA Cup in the fourth round.

### League Cup
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | WPEN | LPEN | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 7 | Advanced to knock-out stage |
| 2 | Leicester City | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 6 | |
| 3 | Birmingham City | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 3 | |
| 4 | Bristol City | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 2 | |

#### Knock-out Stage
## Squad statistics

Italics indicate a loaned in player.

### Appearances

    As of 16 March 2025
Starting appearances are listed first, followed by substitute appearances after the + symbol where applicable.
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | WSL | WSL | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 2 | DF | NOR | Maria Thorisdottir | 13 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Poppy Pattinson | 21 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | NOR | Guro Bergsvand | 22 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | ESP | Vicky Losada | 18 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | TAN | Aisha Masaka | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 8 | FW | GER | Pauline Bremer | 19 | 2 | 8+6 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+2 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | ENG | Nikita Parris | 22 | 10 | 14+2 | 5 | 1+1 | 3 | 1+3 | 2 |
| 10 | MF | SRB | Jelena Čanković | 16 | 1 | 7+3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | JPN | Kiko Seike | 15 | 5 | 8+4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | IRL | Caitlin Hayes | 3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | ENG | Fran Kirby | 12 | 5 | 10+1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 |
| 15 | MF | NED | Nadine Noordam [nl] | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | COL | Jorelyn Carabalí | 19 | 0 | 10+3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | ENG | Bex Rayner | 5 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ENG | Maisie Symonds | 16 | 1 | 4+8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 |
| 19 | DF | NED | Marisa Olislagers | 21 | 2 | 13+2 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | ESP | Bruna Vilamala | 15 | 3 | 8+3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 21 | MF | USA | Madison Haley | 17 | 0 | 7+5 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | SRB | Dejana Stefanović | 6 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | NED | Marit Auée | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | SCO | Rachel McLauchlan | 19 | 2 | 10+3 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 28 | GK | GER | Melina Loeck | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 32 | GK | ENG | Sophie Baggaley | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | MF | ENG | Evie Milner | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 59 | FW | ENG | Michelle Agyemang | 17 | 3 | 0+12 | 1 | 1+1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 61 | MF | ENG | May Balmer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 63 | FW | ENG | Olivia Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

As of 16 March 2025
| Rnk | No | Pos | Nat | Name | WSL | FA Cup | League Cup | Total |
| 1 | 9 | FW | | Nikita Parris | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| 2 | 11 | FW | | Kiko Seike | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | 14 | MF | | Fran Kirby | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | 20 | FW | | Bruna Vilamala | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | 59 | FW | | Michelle Agyemang | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | 5 | DF | | Guro Bergsvand | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | 8 | FW | | Pauline Bremer | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | 19 | DF | | Marisa Olislagers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 27 | DF | | Rachel McLauchlan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | 6 | MF | | Vicky Losada | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 10 | MF | | Jelena Čanković | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 18 | MF | | Maisie Symonds | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 23 | 6 | 9 | 38 |

### Assists

As of 16 March 2025
| Rank | No. | Pos. | Nat. | Player | WSL | FA Cup | League Cup | Total |
| 1 | 20 | FW | | Bruna Vilamala | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 1 | 27 | DF | | Rachel McLauchlan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | 9 | FW | | Nikita Parris | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | 19 | DF | | Marisa Olislagers | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | 3 | DF | | Poppy Pattinson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | 11 | FW | | Kiko Seike | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | 14 | FW | | Fran Kirby | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | 21 | MF | | Madison Haley | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | 10 | MF | | Jelena Čanković | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 18 | MF | | Maisie Symonds | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 59 | FW | | Michelle Agyemang | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 17 | 2 | 6 | 25 |

### Clean sheets

As of 16 March 2025
| Rank | No. | Pos. | Nat. | Player | Matches played | Clean sheet % | WSL | FA Cup | League Cup | Total |
| 1 | 28 | GK | | Melina Loeck | 10 | 30.00% | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | 32 | GK | | Sophie Baggaley | 12 | 16.67% | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 22 | 27.27% | 4 | 0 | 2 | 5 |

### Disciplinary record

As of 16 March 2025
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Player | WSL | WSL | WSL | FA Cup | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Total | Total | Total |
| 2 | DF | | Maria Thorisdottir | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | | Poppy Pattinson | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | | Guro Bergsvand | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | | Vicky Losada | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | | Nikita Parris | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | | Jelena Čanković | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | | Fran Kirby | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | | Nadine Noordam [nl] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | | Jorelyn Carabalí | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | | Maisie Symonds | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 | DF | | Marisa Olislagers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | | Madison Haley | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | | Rachel McLauchlan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 59 | FW | | Michelle Agyemang | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 26 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 1 |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Position | Name | From |
| 1 July 2024 | DF | Marisa Olislagers | Twente |
| 4 July 2024 | MF | Fran Kirby | Chelsea |
| 4 July 2024 | FW | Kiko Seike | Urawa Red Diamonds |
| 9 July 2024 | DF | Marit Auée | Twente |
| 11 July 2024 | DF | Rachel McLauchlan | Rangers |
| 12 July 2024 | GK | Hannah Poulter | USC Trojans |
| 12 July 2024 | MF | Bex Rayner | Sheffield United |
| 17 July 2024 | FW | Aisha Masaka | BK Häcken |
| 23 August 2024 | MF | Jelena Čanković | Chelsea |
| 13 September 2024 | FW | Nikita Parris | Manchester United |
| 23 January 2025 | DF | Caitlin Hayes | Celtic |
| 31 January 2025 | MF | Nadine Noordam [nl] | Ajax |

### Loans in

| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | From | Until | Ref. |
| 24 August 2024 | FW | | Bruna Vilamala | Barcelona | End of season | |
| 13 September 2024 | FW | | Michelle Agyemang | Arsenal | End of season | |

### Out

| Date | Position | Name | To |
| 30 June 2024 | MF | Lulu Jarvis | Plymouth Argyle |
| 30 June 2024 | DF | Emma Kullberg | Juventus |
| 30 June 2024 | MF | Tatiana Pinto | Atlético Madrid |
| 30 June 2024 | MF | Katie Robinson | Aston Villa |
| 30 June 2024 | MF | Veatriki Sarri | Everton |
| 1 July 2024 | MF | Kayla Ginger | South Alabama Jaguars |
| 1 July 2024 | DF | Issy Payne | Saint Peter's Peacocks |
| 1 July 2024 | FW | Farrah Stephens-Martin | Kansas State Wildcats |
| 17 July 2024 | FW | Elisabeth Terland | Manchester United |
| 19 July 2024 | MF | Sydney Schreimaier | Lewes |
| 24 July 2024 | FW | Julia Zigiotti Olme | Bayern Munich |
| 26 July 2024 | MF | Rubie Harris | West Bromwich Albion |
| 7 August 2024 | DF | Hazel Cotton | Loughborough Lightning |
| 9 August 2024 | MF | Lucy White | Loughborough Lightning |
| 6 September 2024 | GK | Katie Startup | Manchester City |
| 13 September 2024 | FW | Lee Geum-min | Birmingham City |

### Loans out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Until |
| 16 August 2024 | MF | Clarabella Hall | Watford | End of season |
| 7 September 2024 | MF | Libby Bance | Bristol City | End of season |
| 13 September 2024 | FW | Lily Dent | Portsmouth | End of season |
| 13 September 2024 | DF | Grace McEwan | Portsmouth | End of season |
| 13 September 2024 | DF | Li Mengwen | West Ham United | End of season |
| 18 September 2024 | GK | Comfort Erhabor | Plymouth Argyle | 30 January 2025 |
| 18 January 2025 | GK | Hannah Poulter | Portsmouth | End of season |
| 30 January 2025 | GK | Comfort Erhabor | Portsmouth | End of Season |
* 1 2 Dual registration
* ↑ On 30 January 2025, Erhabor was recalled from her season-long loan at Plymouth Argyle and subsequently was loaned to Portsmouth

## Results by team

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | WPCT |
| Arsenal | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | −9 | 0.00 |
| Aston Villa | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 100.00 |
| Birmingham City | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 100.00 |
| Bristol City | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 100.00 |
| Chelsea | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 0.00 |
| Crystal Palace | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 50.00 |
| Durham | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 100.00 |
| Everton | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 100.00 |
| Granada | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 100.00 |
| Leicester City | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 50.00 |
| Liverpool | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 0.00 |
| Málaga | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | +7 | 100.00 |
| Manchester City | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 0.00 |
| Manchester United | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 0.00 |
| Portsmouth | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 100.00 |
| Tottenham Hotspur | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| West Ham United | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 100.00 |
| Total | 21 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 47 | 30 | +17 | 52.38 |