# 2016–17 Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. season

The 2016–17 season is Brighton & Hove Albion's 115th year in existence and sixth consecutive season in the Championship. Along with competing in the Championship, the club participated in the FA Cup and League Cup.
Brighton were promoted to the Premier League following their 2–1 home win against Wigan Athletic on 17 April 2017, with fellow promotion chasers Huddersfield Town failing to match Brighton's result in their fixture against Derby County.
The season covers the period from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017.

## Squad
### First-Team squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | FIN | Niki Mäenpää |
| 2 | DF | ESP | Bruno (Captain) |
| 3 | DF | CMR | Gaëtan Bong |
| 4 | DF | GER | Uwe Hünemeier |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Lewis Dunk (vice-captain) |
| 6 | MF | ENG | Dale Stephens |
| 7 | MF | ISR | Beram Kayal |
| 8 | MF | CZE | Jiří Skalák |
| 9 | FW | ENG | Sam Baldock |
| 10 | FW | ISR | Tomer Hemed |
| 11 | MF | FRA | Anthony Knockaert |
| 12 | DF | BEL | Sébastien Pocognoli (on loan from West Brom) |
| 13 | GK | ENG | David Stockdale |
| 14 | MF | ENG | Steve Sidwell |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 15 | MF | SCO | Jamie Murphy |
| 16 | GK | DEN | Casper Ankergren |
| 17 | FW | ENG | Glenn Murray |
| 18 | DF | ENG | Connor Goldson |
| 20 | MF | ENG | Solly March |
| 21 | MF | NIR | Oliver Norwood |
| 22 | DF | IRL | Shane Duffy |
| 23 | DF | ENG | Liam Rosenior |
| 24 | MF | ENG | Rohan Ince |
| 25 | DF | NOR | Vegard Forren |
| 27 | DF | ENG | Fikayo Tomori (on loan from Chelsea) |
| 28 | FW | ENG | Chuba Akpom (on loan from Arsenal) |
| 29 | MF | IRL | Richie Towell |

### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | FW | GHA | Elvis Manu (on loan at Go Ahead Eagles until 30 June 2017) |
| 30 | MF | COD | Kazenga LuaLua (on loan at Queens Park Rangers until 30 June 2017) |
| 34 | FW | KEN | Jonah Ayunga (on loan at Sligo Rovers until 1 January 2018) |
| 35 | MF | WAL | Connor Tighe (on loan at Whitehawk until 13 February 2017) |
| 38 | MF | ENG | Joe Ward (on loan at Lincoln City until 13 February 2017) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 42 | DF | ENG | Rob Hunt (on loan at Oldham Athletic until 30 June 2017) |
| 45 | DF | IRL | Tom Cadman (on loan at East Grinstead until 13 February 2017) |
| — | FW | ENG | Jordan Maguire-Drew (on loan at Dagenham & Redbridge until 30 June 2017) |
| — | FW | ENG | Chris O'Grady (on loan at Burton Albion until 30 June 2017) |
| — | GK | ENG | Christian Walton (on loan at Luton Town until 30 June 2017) |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 1 July 2016 | CB | Ben Hall | Motherwell | £200,000 |
| 1 July 2016 | CM | Steve Sidwell | Stoke City | Free transfer |
| 12 July 2016 | RB | Tyler Hornby-Forbes | Fleetwood Town | Undisclosed |
| 4 August 2016 | CM | Oliver Norwood | Reading | Undisclosed |
| 26 August 2016 | CB | Shane Duffy | Blackburn Rovers | £4,500,000 |
| 9 January 2017 | LB | Jordan Davies | Wrexham | Undisclosed |
| 17 January 2017 | GK | Billy Collings | Reading | Undisclosed |
| 21 January 2017 | CF | Harry Cardwell | Reading | Undisclosed |
| 31 January 2017 | CF | Glenn Murray | AFC Bournemouth | Undisclosed |
| 7 March 2017 | CB | Vegard Forren | Molde | Free transfer |

### Transfers out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 1 July 2016 | RB | Iñigo Calderón | Anorthosis | Released |
| 1 July 2016 | LB | Adam Chicksen | Charlton Athletic | Released |
| 1 July 2016 | CM | Andrew Crofts | Charlton Athletic | Released |
| 1 July 2016 | CB | Gordon Greer | Blackburn Rovers | Released |
| 1 July 2016 | CB | Glen Rea | Luton Town | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2016 | CF | Bobby Zamora | Retired | Released |
| 6 July 2016 | CF | Daniel Akindayini | Margate | Free transfer |
| 5 August 2016 | CF | Chike Kandi | Woking | Free transfer |
| 25 August 2016 | CM | Danny Holla | PEC Zwolle | Free transfer |
| 4 January 2017 | LW | Jack Harper | Málaga | Undisclosed |
| 5 January 2017 | CM | Jake Forster-Caskey | Charlton Athletic | Undisclosed |
| 19 January 2017 | ST | Thomas Byrne | Drogheda United | Free transfer |
| 31 January 2017 | CM | Jesse Starkey | Swindon Town | Undisclosed |
* ↑ Following Adam Chicksen being released, he later signed for Charlton Athletic.
* ↑ Following Andrew Crofts being released, he later signed for Charlton Athletic.
* ↑ Following Gordon Greer being released, he later signed for Blackburn Rovers.
* ↑ Following Bobby Zamora being release, he later announced his retirement from professional football.

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Date until |
| 3 July 2016 | CF | Glenn Murray | AFC Bournemouth | 31 January 2017 |
| 15 July 2016 | LB | Sam Adekugbe | Vancouver Whitecaps | End of season |
| 31 August 2016 | LB | Sébastien Pocognoli | West Bromwich Albion | End of season |
| 23 January 2017 | CB | Fikayo Tomori | Chelsea | End of season |
| 30 January 2017 | CF | Chuba Akpom | Arsenal | End of season |
* ↑ On 31 January 2017, Glenn Murray signed on a permanent deal.

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Date until |
| 1 July 2016 | GK | Christian Walton | Luton Town | 31 January 2017 |
| 16 July 2016 | CF | Chris O'Grady | Burton Albion | End of season |
| 18 July 2016 | CB | Tom Dallison | Cambridge United | 8 January 2017 |
| 19 July 2016 | CF | Jordan Maguire-Drew | Dagenham & Redbridge | End of season |
| 20 July 2016 | CM | Jake Forster-Caskey | Rotherham United | 5 January 2017 |
| 23 October 2016 | CF | Jonah Ayunga | Burgess Hill Town | 20 November 2016 |
| 25 November 2016 | GK | Bailey Vose | Concord Rangers | 1 January 2017 |
| 1 January 2017 | FW | Elvis Manu | Go Ahead Eagles | End of season |
| 11 January 2017 | LW | Kazenga LuaLua | Queens Park Rangers | End of season |
| 13 January 2017 | DF | Tom Cadman | East Grinstead Town | 12 February 2017 |
| 13 January 2017 | CM | Connor Tighe | Whitehawk | 12 February 2017 |
| 13 January 2017 | RW | Joe Ward | Lincoln City | 14 April 2017 |
| 23 January 2017 | CF | Jonah Ayunga | Sligo Rovers | January 2018 |
| 26 January 2017 | RB | Rob Hunt | Oldham Athletic | End of Season |
| 31 January 2017 | DM | Rohan Ince | Swindon Town | End of Season |
| 6 March 2017 | RW | Henrik Björdal | Göteborg | 16 July 2017 |
* ↑ On 31 January 2017, Walton's loan at Luton was terminated.
* ↑ On 12 January 2017, Maguire-Drew extended his loan spell with Dagenham & Redbridge.
* ↑ On 5 January 2017, Forster-Caskey's loan at Rotherham was terminated.
* ↑ On 10 February 2017, Ward extended his loan spell with Lincoln City.

## Competitions
### Championship
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Newcastle United (C, P) | 46 | 29 | 7 | 10 | 85 | 40 | +45 | 94 | Promotion to the Premier League |
| 2 | Brighton & Hove Albion (P) | 46 | 28 | 9 | 9 | 74 | 40 | +34 | 93 | Promotion to the Premier League |
| 3 | Reading | 46 | 26 | 7 | 13 | 68 | 64 | +4 | 85 | Qualification for the Championship play-offs |
| 4 | Sheffield Wednesday | 46 | 24 | 9 | 13 | 60 | 45 | +15 | 81 | Qualification for the Championship play-offs |
| 5 | Huddersfield Town (O, P) | 46 | 25 | 6 | 15 | 56 | 58 | −2 | 81 | Qualification for the Championship play-offs |
* ↑ Four teams play for one spot and promotion to the Premier League.

#### Results round by round

| 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 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 |
| Ground | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | W | W | D | L | L | W | W | W | D | W | D | W | W | W | W | D | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | L | D | W | D | W | W | L | L | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | L | L | D |
| Position | 11 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |

#### Matches

Brighton's fixture list for the 2016/17 Championship season was revealed on 22 June 2016.

### EFL Cup
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Championship | Championship | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | FIN | Niki Mäenpää | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | ESP | Bruno | 42 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | CMR | Gaëtan Bong | 24 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | GER | Uwe Hünemeier | 15 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Lewis Dunk | 43 | 2 | 43 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | ENG | Dale Stephens | 39 | 2 | 33+6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ISR | Beram Kayal | 21 | 1 | 17+3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | CZE | Jiří Skalák | 33 | 0 | 24+7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ENG | Sam Baldock | 34 | 12 | 27+4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | ISR | Tomer Hemed | 39 | 13 | 20+17 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 2 |
| 11 | MF | FRA | Anthony Knockaert | 45 | 15 | 44+1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | BEL | Sébastien Pocognoli | 21 | 1 | 17+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | ENG | David Stockdale | 45 | 0 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | ENG | Steve Sidwell | 37 | 1 | 26+8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | SCO | Jamie Murphy | 40 | 4 | 20+15 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 2 |
| 16 | GK | DEN | Casper Ankergren | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | ENG | Glenn Murray | 47 | 23 | 39+6 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | ENG | Connor Goldson | 8 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | NED | Elvis Manu | 5 | 2 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 20 | MF | ENG | Solly March | 27 | 3 | 9+16 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | NIR | Oliver Norwood | 37 | 0 | 16+17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | IRL | Shane Duffy | 33 | 2 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | NED | Danny Holla | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | ENG | Liam Rosenior | 10 | 0 | 9+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | ENG | Rohan Ince | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | ENG | Fikayo Tomori | 10 | 0 | 2+7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | ENG | Chuba Akpom | 10 | 0 | 1+9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | IRL | Richie Towell | 3 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | COD | Kazenga LuaLua | 5 | 1 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 42 | DF | ENG | Rob Hunt | 5 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 43 | DF | ENG | Ben White | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | CAN | Sam Adekugbe | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 46 | FW | ENG | James Tilley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |