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Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club (/ˈbraɪtə n ... ˈhoʊ v/), commonly referred to as Brighton, is
an English professional football club based in the city of Brighton. They compete in the Premie
r League, the top tier of the English football league system. The club's home ground is the 30,7
50-capacity[2] Falmer Stadium, situated in Falmer to the north east of the city.

Brighton & Hove Albion

Brighton & Hove Albion logo.svg

Full name

Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club

Nickname(s)

The Seagulls, Albion

Founded

24 June 1901; 117 years ago

Ground

Falmer Stadium

Capacity

30,750[1]

Owner

Tony Bloom

Chairman

Tony Bloom

Manager

Chris Hughton

League

Premier League
2017–18

Premier League, 15th of 20

Website

Club website

Home colours

Away colours

Third colours

Current season

Founded in 1901, and nicknamed the "Seagulls" or "Albion", Brighton played their early professio
nal football in the Southern League, before being elected to the Football League in 1920. The cl
ub 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.[3] They were rel
egated from the First Division in the same season.

By the late 1990s, Brighton had slipped to the fourth tier of English football and were in financi
al trouble. After narrowly avoiding relegation from the Football League to the Conference in 199
7, a boardroom takeover saved the club from liquidation. Successive promotions in 2001 and 20
02 brought Brighton back to the second tier, and in 2011, the club moved into the Falmer Stadi
um after 14 years without a permanent home ground. In the 2016–17 season, Brighton finished s
econd in the EFL Championship and were thus promoted to the Premier League, ending a 34-y
ear absence from the