Brighton & Hove Albion FC

'**''Brighton** & Hove Albion Football Club**, ta kasance kungiyar kwallon kafa ce wanda aka fi sani da Brighton, kungiya ce ta ƙwallon ƙafa da ke zaune a Brighton da Hove, Gabashin Sussex, [[Ingila]]. Kungiyar tana fafatawa a [[Premier League|Gasar Firimiya]], babbar kungiyar [[Kungiyar Kwallon Kafa|kwallon kafa]] ta Ingila. Gidan su na gida ya kasance Falmer Stadium tun 2011, bayan sun buga wasa a Goldstone Ground na mafi yawan karni na 20.

An kafa shi a 1901, Brighton ta buga wasan ƙwallon ƙafa na farko a Kudancin Kudancin. Daga baya aka zabe su zuwa Kungiyar kwallon kafa a shekarar 1920. Tsakanin 1979 da 1983, sun taka leda a rukunin farko, kuma sun kai wasan karshe na FA Cup na 1983, inda suka sha kashi a hannun kungiyar [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]] bayan sakewa. an sake shi daga rukunin farko a wannan kakar.

A ƙarshen shekarun 1990s, Brighton sun kasance a matsayi na huɗu na ƙwallon ƙafa na kasar [[Ingila]] kuma suna da matsalolin kuɗi. Bayan ya guje wa raguwa daga Kungiyar Kwallon Kafa zuwa Taron a shekarar 1997, karɓar ɗakin kwamitin ya ceci kulob din daga rushewa. ci gaba da ya biyo baya a cikin 2001 da 2002 ya dawo da Brighton zuwa matsayi na biyu, kuma a cikin 2011, kulob din ya koma filin wasa na Falmer bayan shekaru 14 ba tare da gida na dindindin ba. A cikin kakar 2016-17, Brighton ta kammala ta biyu a gasar zakarun EFL kuma an inganta su zuwa Premier League, ta kawo karshen shekaru 34 da ba su halarci gasar ba. A cikin kakar 2022-23, kungiyar Brighton ta kammala ta shida a gasar Firimiya, mafi girman jirgin da suka taba samu, kuma sun cancanci gasar UEFA Europa League; shiga ta farko a kwallon kafa na nahiyar [[Turai]].

Brighton ana kiranta da suna "''Seagulls"'' kuma sun yi wasa a cikin blue-and-white strips for most of their history. Rikici mafi tsananin kuma mafi tsawo na kulob din shine tare da kungiyar Crystal Palace, wanda ya fito a cikin shekarun 1970s saboda dalilai na gasa.

== Tarihi ==

=== Kafa da farkon shekarun (1901-1972) ===
An kafa kungiyar Brighton & Hove Albion FC a cikin 1901 kuma shekaru 19 bayan haka, a cikin 1920, an zabe su zuwa sabon rukuni na uku na Kungiyar Kwallon Kafa - tun da yake a baya sun kasance mambobi ne na Kudancin Kudancin. A cikin Kudancin Kudancin sun lashe lambar yabo ta kasa guda daya har zuwa yau, FA Charity Shield, wanda a wannan lokacin zakarun Kudancin, da Kungiyar Kwallon Kafa, ta hanyar kayar da zakarun kwallon kafa ta [[Aston Villa FC|Aston Villa]] a shekarar 1910.  Bayan sauyawa zuwa yankin na uku na Kudu a 1921, sun kasance a cikin wannan rukuni har zuwa kakar 1957-1958, lokacin da suka lashe taken, suna samun ci gaba zuwa Sashe na Biyu a lokaci guda yayin da yankunan Arewa da Kudu suka haɗu a cikin rukuni na uku da na huɗu na kasa don kakar 1958-1959. Kungiyar Albion ta riƙe matsayi na biyu har zuwa sakewa a 1962, ta sha wahala a sakewa a 1963 kuma ta shiga cikin Sashe na Uku a karon farko. Sun lashe lambar yabo ta hudu a 1964-1965 kuma sun kasance a cikin Division na uku har zuwa 1972 lokacin da suka sami ci gaba zuwa Division na biyu.

=== Shekaru na Mike Bamber (1972-1987) ===
[[Mike Bamber]] ya kasance shine shugaban Brighton daga Oktoba 1972 har zuwa 1983. Ya kawo Brian Clough zuwa kulob din a 1973 kuma daga baya ya nada tsohon dan wasan Ingila Alan Mullery a matsayin kocin. Rayuwar Brighton a matsayin kulob din kwallon kafa ba ta kawo komai ba a hanyar samun nasara da kuma kanun labarai har zuwa 1979, lokacin da, a karkashin jagorancin Mullery, an inganta su zuwa Sashe na Farko a matsayin masu ci gaba a Sashe na Biyu. A shekarar 1982/83 an fara kulob din ne ba tare da daidaituwa ba, tare da nasarorin da aka samu a kan kungiyar [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]] da [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]] tare da cin nasara mai tsanani. Manajan Mike Bailey daga ƙarshe ya rasa aikinsa a farkon Disamba 1982. Jimmy Melia ya zama kocin, amma bai iya juyar da halin da ake ciki ba kuma Brighton, bayan yanayi hudu a saman jirgin, an sake su a 1983, sun gama a matsayi na karshe.

Duk da raguwarsu, a wannan kakar Brighton ta kai wasan karshe na FA Cup na farko kuma ta ci 2-2 tare da Manchester United a wasan farko. Gordon Smith da Gary Stevens ne suka zira kwallaye na Brighton. Wasan karshe ya nuna wani sanannen "rashin" na Gordon Smith tare da bugun karshe na wasan a cikin karin lokaci, wanda ya sa mai sharhi na [[BBC]] Peter Jones ya furta sanannen magana "...kuma Smith dole ne ya ci". Mai tsaron gidan Manchester United, Gary Bailey ne ya ceci ƙwallon Smith. A cikin sakewa, Manchester United ta ci 4-0.

=== Sakewa, shekaru na ƙarshe, kuma Knight ya cece shi (1987-1997) ===

Bayan yanayi huɗu, raguwa zuwa Division 3 ya zo a 1987, amma an sake inganta kungiyar Albion a kakar wasa mai zuwa. A shekara ta 1991 sun rasa wasan karshe a Wembley zuwa Notts County 3-1, kawai don a sake su a kakar wasa mai zuwa zuwa zuwa sabon Division Two. A shekara ta 1996 ci gaba da raguwa ya zo zuwa Division Three. Yanayin kudi na kulob din ya kara tabarbarewa, kuma daraktocin kulob din sun yanke shawarar cewa dole ne a sayar da Goldstone Ground don biyan wasu manyan basussukan kulob din. An kori manajan Jimmy Case, bayan mummunan farawa zuwa kakar 1996-97 ya bar kulob din Brighton a kasan gasar da babbar dama. Daraktocin kulob din sun nada Steve Gritt, tsohon manajan hadin gwiwa na Charlton Athletic, a matsayin manajan - Gritt ba a san shi ba. Ayyukan Brighton na gasar sun ci gaba da ingantawa a karkashin Gritt, kodayake inganta damar da suke da ita na tsira an sanya su cikin barazana ta hanyar cire maki biyu daga Ƙungiyar Kwallon Kafa, wanda aka sanya a matsayin horo ga mamayewar filin da magoya bayan da ke zanga-zanga game da sayar da filin Goldstone. Wani magoya bayan rayuwa mai suna Dick Knight ya mallaki kulob din a shekarar 1997 bayan ya jagoranci matsin lamba don fitar da kwamitin da ya gabata bayan sayar da Goldstone Ground na kulob din ga masu haɓaka dukiya.

=== Komawa a cikin rukuni na farko (2017-yanzu) ===
Lokacin farko na Brighton a [[Premier League|Gasar Firimiya]] ya yi nasara sosai, tare da kulob din ya tashi zuwa saman rabin sau da yawa a kakar. Bayan kasancewa daya a sama da yankin relegation a watan Janairu, nasarar da aka samu a kan Arsenal da Manchester United a cikin watanni na karshe na yakin ya taimaka wajen samun matsayi na 15.

Kungiyar ta jimre da mawuyacin lokaci na biyu a cikin rukuni na farko, ta guje wa raguwa tare da kammala matsayi na 17. A gasar cin kofin FA, Brighton ta kai wasan kusa da na karshe a karo na farko tun 1983, inda ta sha kashi 1-0 a hannun Manchester City. An kori Hughton bayan karshen kakar saboda mummunan sakamako.

Bayan korar Hughton, an nada kocin kungiyar **Swansea City''' Graham Potter a matsayin sabon kocin a kwangilar shekaru hudu. Potter ya tsawaita kwantiraginsa da karin shekaru biyu a watan Nuwamba 2019.  Daga Maris zuwa Yuni 2020, an dakatar da kakar saboda annobar COVID-19.  Brighton ta gama 15th da 16th a cikin lokutan farko biyu na Potter, ta tabbatar da tarihin kakar wasa ta biyar a Premier League a watan Mayu 2021 wanda ya tabbatar da halin da suke ciki a yanzu a saman jirgin ya wuce lokacin da suka gabata daga 1979 zuwa 1983. 

Kungiyar ta 2021-22 ta ga matsayi na tara a gasar Firimiya, mafi girma da Brighton ta taba gamawa a wasan kwallon kafa na Ingila, tare da rikodin maki 51. A watan Satumbar 2022, Potter ya bar kulob din ya zama kocin Chelsea, bayan korar Thomas Tuchel.

A ranar 18 ga Satumba 2022, Brighton ta sanar da Roberto De Zerbi a matsayin sabon kocin kulob din. An dakatar da kakar wasan don Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya ta FIFA ta 2022, inda dan wasan tsakiya na Brighton Alexis Mac Allister ya taka muhimmiyar rawa a nasarar Argentina a gasar ciki har da farawa da taimakawa a wasan ƙarshe. Brighton ta kai wasan kusa da na karshe na FA Cup na biyu a cikin yanayi huɗu, inda ta sha kashi a hannun Manchester United bayan da ta ci 0-0. A ranar 21 ga Mayu 2023, kungiyar Brighton ta cancanci kwallon kafa na Turai a karo na farko a tarihin su tare da nasarar 3-1 a kan Southampton. Kwanaki uku bayan haka, bayan 1-1 draw tare da kungiyar Manchester City, Brighton ta sami cancanta don matakin rukuni na 2023-24 UEFA Europa League .  Brighton ta gama kakar a matsayi na shida tare da rikodin maki 62.

A ranar 14 ga watan Disamba na shekara ta 2023, Brighton ta kai ga kungiyar UEFA Europa League, inda ta cancanci zagaye na 16 bayan ta doke Marseille 1-0.  Brighton za a kawar da ita a zagaye na 16 ta Roma a cikin asarar 4-1 a ranar 14 ga Maris 2024. A ranar 18 ga Mayu 2024, Brighton da De Zerbi sun amince da juna don kawo karshen kwangilarsa a ƙarshen kakar 2023-24 yayin da Brighton ya fadi zuwa 11th a ranar ƙarshe ta kakar tare da maki 48, abokan hamayyarsu na Crystal Palace sun tsallake su akan bambancin burin bayan sun kasance a gaba duk kakar.

A watan Yunin 2024, Fabian Hürzeler ya maye gurbin De Zerbi wanda ya zama mafi ƙanƙanta a tarihin Premier League yana da shekaru 31. Hürzeler ya kasance kocin FC St. Pauli, inda ya jagoranci tawagar zuwa gabatarwa zuwa saman matakin kwallon kafa na Jamus bayan shekaru 13 da ba ya nan. Wasansa na farko na hukuma a matsayin mai kula da Brighton ya kasance a ranar 17 ga watan Agusta, 2024, a kan Everton . Brighton ta lashe wasan 3-0. Brighton ta gama kakar 2024-25 a matsayi na 8.

## Filin wasa

### Gidan Zinariya

Shekaru 95 Brighton da Hove Albion sun kasance a Goldstone Ground a Hove, har sai kwamitin daraktoci ya yanke shawarar sayar da filin wasa. Sayarwar, wanda mai hannun jari mafi rinjaye Bill Archer da shugabansa David Bellotti suka aiwatar, sun kasance masu kawo rigima, kuma matakin ya haifar da zanga-zangar da aka yi wa hukumar. Kungiyar ta samu kadan idan akwai kudi daga wannan sayarwa.

A kakar wasa ta karshe a Goldstone, 1996-97, Seagulls suna cikin haɗarin sakewa daga Kungiyar kwallon kafa. Sun lashe wasan karshe a Goldstone a kan Doncaster Rovers,  inda suka kafa wasan da suka lashe Ƙasar ta Hereford United, wadanda suka kasance daidai da maki tare da Seagulls. Brighton ta jawo 1-1, kuma Hereford sun koma Taron kwallon kafa a kan kwallaye da aka zira.

### Filin wasa na Withdean

Shekaru biyu, daga 1997 zuwa 1999, kulob din ya raba Filin wasa na Priestfield, filin Gillingham, kafin ya koma Brighton don yin wasa a Filin wasa na Withdean. Wannan ba filin kwallon kafa ba ne, an yi amfani da shi don wasanni a cikin mafi yawan tarihinsa, kuma a baya a matsayin gidan zoo.

### Filin wasa na Falmer

A ranar 28 ga Oktoba 2005, Ofishin Mataimakin Firayim Minista ya ba da sanarwar cewa aikace-aikacen Falmer ya ci nasara. Majalisar Gundumar Lewes ta kalubalanci shawarar John Prescott na amincewa da izinin tsarawa ga Falmer, wanda ya tilasta sake dubawa na shari'a. Wannan ya dogara ne akan ƙaramin kuskure a cikin amincewar asali na Prescott wanda ya yi watsi da bayyana cewa wasu wuraren ajiye motoci don filin wasa suna cikin gundumar Lewes kamar yadda ya saba da ikon haɗin Brighton & Hove. Wannan ya haifar da ƙarin jinkiri. Da zarar Binciken shari'a ya yanke hukunci a madadin filin wasa, Majalisar Gundumar Lewes ta ce ba za ta kaddamar da wani karin roko ba.

Ginin filin wasa na Falmer ya fara ne a watan Disamba na shekara ta 2008. A ranar 31 ga Mayu 2011 kulob din ya kammala mika shi a hukumance kuma an ba shi makullin filin wasa tare da damar farko na kujeru 22,374, wanda ke nuna ƙarshen shekaru 14 ba tare da gida da aka tsara ba. A watan Janairun 2012, kulob din ya gabatar da aikace-aikace ga majalisar Brighton da Hove City don kara karfin filin wasa da ƙarin kujeru 8,000 tare da ƙara ƙarin akwatunan kamfanoni, sabbin wuraren talabijin da ɗakin alatu. Kwamitin tsarawa na Brighton & Hove City Council ya ba da wannan a ranar 25 ga Afrilu 2012. An faɗaɗa filin wasan zuwa 27,250 don farkon kakar 2012-13 sannan kuma zuwa 27,750 a watan Disamba na 2012 kafin ya kai 30,750 a lokacin Mayu 2013.

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