2011–12 Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. season

The 2011–12 season was Brighton & Hove Albion's first year in the Championship, returning after being promoted as champions of League One during the 2010–11 season. It was also Brighton's first season at their new home, the Falmer Stadium.

Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.
2011–12 season
ChairmanTony Bloom
ManagerGus Poyet
StadiumFalmer Stadium
Championship10th
FA Cup5th Round
League Cup3rd round
Top goalscorerLeague: Ashley Barnes (11)
All: Ashley Barnes (14)
Highest home attendance21,558 vs. Newcastle United, 28 January 2012
Lowest home attendance16,295 vs. Gillingham, 9 August 2011
Average home league attendance20,003

The season was a successful one for the club, finishing 10th in the league, and reaching the Third Round of the League Cup and Fifth Round of the FA Cup (coincidentally being knocked out by eventual League Cup Champions and FA Cup runners up Liverpool on both occasions). Ashley Barnes was top scorer in both the league and across all competitions.

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
8 Hull City 46 19 11 16 47 44 +3 68
9 Leicester City 46 18 12 16 66 55 +11 66
10 Brighton & Hove Albion 46 17 15 14 52 52 0 66
11 Watford 46 16 16 14 56 64 8 64
12 Derby County 46 18 10 18 50 58 8 64
Updated to match(es) played on 28 April 2012. Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Squad statistics

Statistics

As of 29 April 2012
No. Pos Nat Player TotalChampionshipFA CupLeague Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK  SVK Peter Brezovan 24020+004+000+00
2 DF  ENG Joe Mattock 15114+110+000+00
3 DF  SCO Gordon Greer 47142+012+003+00
4 DF  ENG Tommy Elphick 000+000+000+00
5 DF  ENG Lewis Dunk 36031+003+002+00
6 DF  ENG Adam El-Abd 25021+202+000+00
7 FW  ENG Will Hoskins 912+511+100+00
8 MF  ENG Alan Navarro 39124+913+102+00
9 FW  ENG Ashley Barnes 521436+7114+112+22
10 MF  ENG Matt Sparrow 21215+322+001+00
11 MF  ENG Craig Noone 37218+1520+103+00
12 FW  SCO Craig Mackail-Smith 501041+492+102+01
13 MF  ISR Gai Assulin 702+500+000+00
14 DF  ESP Iñigo Calderón 39430+244+003+00
15 MF  ESP Vicente Rodríguez 19311+630+100+10
16 GK  DEN Casper Ankergren 22019+000+003+00
17 MF  ENG Ryan Harley 18213+320+101+00
18 MF  IRL Gary Dicker 19017+100+001+00
20 DF  FRA Romain Vincelot 20110+512+002+10
21 GK  COL David González 202+000+000+00
22 DF  IRL Marcos Painter 20018+000+002+00
23 FW  NOR Torbjørn Agdestein 600+400+200+00
24 FW  WAL Sam Vokes 1236+531+000+00
25 MF  COD Kazenga LuaLua 30210+1612+010+20
26 MF  ENG Liam Bridcutt 49043+003+003+00
27 DF  ARG Mauricio Taricco 1209+200+000+10
28 MF  CIV Abdul Razak 604+200+000+00
29 FW  NED Roland Bergkamp 000+000+000+00
30 MF  ENG Will Buckley 35816+1384+002+00
31 MF  ENG Grant Hall 300+102+000+00
32 MF  IRQ Yaser Kasim 100+000+100+00
33 FW  ENG George Barker 000+000+000+00
34 DF  ENG Ben Sampayo 100+001+000+00
35 MF  ENG Jake Forster-Caskey 623+112+010+00
36 DF  CHI Gonzalo Jara 14014+000+000+00
44 MF  ENG Anton Rodgers 100+000+100+00
Players currently out on loan:
19 GK  ENG Michael Poke 000+000+000+00
Players featured for club who have left:
GK  ENG Steve Harper 505+000+000+00

Starting 11

These are the most used starting players in the most used formation throughout the complete season

Formation: 4–4–2

Top scorers

Place Position Nation Number Name Championship FA Cup League Cup Total
1 FW9Ashley Barnes111214
2 FW12Craig Mackail-Smith90110
3 MF30Will Buckley8008
4 DF14Iñigo Calderón5005
5 MF15Vicente Rodríguez3003
FW24Sam Vokes3003
6
MF35Jake Forster-Caskey1102
MF17Ryan Harley2002
MF25Kazenga LuaLua1102
MF11Craig Noone2002
MF10Matt Sparrow2002
12 DF3Gordon Greer1001
FW7Will Hoskins1001
DF2Joe Mattock1001
MF8Alan Navarro1001
DF20Romain Vincelot1001
Own Goals1102
TOTALS 564363

Disciplinary record

Number Nation Position Name Championship FA Cup League Cup Total
10MFMatt Sparrow32201062
5DFLewis Dunk1200010130
26MFLiam Bridcutt1100000110
3DFGordon Greer81000081
9FWAshley Barnes61100071
36GKGonzalo Jara41000041
22DFMarcos Painter31001041
27DFMauricio Taricco31001041
20DFRomain Vincelot21101041
6DFAdam El-Abd80000080
8MFAlan Navarro40202080
14DFIñigo Calderón60001070
18MFGary Dicker50000050
11MFCraig Noone50000050
25MFKazenga LuaLua40000040
16GKCasper Ankergren20001030
12FWCraig Mackail-Smith30000030
23FWTorbjørn Agdestein10000010
1GKPeter Brezovan10000010
32MFYaser Kasim00100010
15MFVicente Rodríguez10000010
34DFBen Sampayo00100010
TOTALS 93 8 8 0 8 0 109 8

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

Pre-season friendlies

10 July 2011 Burgess Hill Town 0–3 Brighton & Hove Albion Leylands Park
13:00 Barnes 26'
Noone 65' (pen.)
Hoskins 79'
13 July 2011 Horsham 1–3 Brighton & Hove Albion Woodside Road
19:45 Rook 46' Agdestein 70'
Noone 73'
Barker 88'
15 July 2011 Whitehawk 0–3 Brighton & Hove Albion The Enclosed Ground
19:45 Noone 31'
Bergkamp 47'
Dunk 54'

Championship

6 August 2011 1 Brighton & Hove Albion 2–1 Doncaster Rovers Falmer Stadium
15:00 Buckley 83', 90+8' Sharp 39' Attendance: 20,219
13 August 2011 2 Portsmouth 0–1 Brighton & Hove Albion Fratton Park
15:00 Mackail-Smith 45+1' Attendance: 16,496
17 August 2011 3 Cardiff City 1–3 Brighton & Hove Albion Cardiff City Stadium
19:45 Whittingham 90' (pen.) Barnes 39', 63' (pen.)
Hoskins 87'
Attendance: 23,013
20 August 2011 4 Brighton & Hove Albion 2–2 Blackpool Falmer Stadium
15:00 Mackail-Smith 29'
Barnes 50'
K. Phillips 60', 90' Attendance: 19,494
10 September 2011 6 Bristol City 0–1 Brighton & Hove Albion Ashton Gate
15:00 Barnes 80' Attendance: 13,911
17 September 2011 7 Leicester City 1–0 Brighton & Hove Albion Filbert Way
15:00 Abe 46' Attendance: 24,128
23 September 2011 8 Brighton & Hove Albion 3–3 Leeds United Falmer Stadium
19:45 Mackail-Smith 48', 84'
Barnes 61' (pen.)
Keogh 19'
McCormack 24', 91'
Attendance: 20,646
1 October 2011 10 Ipswich Town 3–1 Brighton & Hove Albion Portman Road
15:00 Chopra 59', 73'
Sonko 70'
Rodríguez 53' Attendance: 19,793
15 October 2011 11 Brighton & Hove Albion 0–0 Hull City Falmer Stadium
17:30 Attendance: 19,722
18 October 2011 12 Millwall 1–1 Brighton & Hove Albion The Den
19:45 Simpson 81' Noone 61' Attendance: 11,688
1 November 2011 15 Watford 1–0 Brighton & Hove Albion Vicarage Road
19:45 Deeney 77' Attendance: 11,818
5 November 2011 16 Brighton & Hove Albion 2–0 Barnsley Falmer Stadium
15:00 Greer 45'
Harley 57'
Attendance: 19,841
19 November 2011 17 Southampton 3–0 Brighton & Hove Albion St Mary's Stadium
15:00 Lambert 49', 58' (pen.), 69' (pen.) Attendance: 31,812
26 November 2011 18 Brighton & Hove Albion 2–1 Coventry City Falmer Stadium
15:00 Keogh 7' (o.g.)
Vincelot 37'
Gardner 9' Attendance: 19,108
17 December 2011 22 Brighton & Hove Albion 0–1 Burnley Falmer Stadium
15:00 Trippier 32' Attendance: 19,641
26 December 2011 23 Reading 3–0 Brighton & Hove Albion Madejski Stadium
15:00 McAnuff 17', 45+2'
El-Abd 90+2' (o.g.)
Attendance: 22,141
2 January 2012 25 Brighton & Hove Albion 3–0 Southampton Falmer Stadium
15:00 Forster-Caskey 66'
Sparrow 76', 86'
Attendance: 20,773
31 January 2012 28 Crystal Palace 1–1 Brighton & Hove Albion Selhurst Park
19:45 Martin 64' (pen.) Barnes 74' (pen.) Attendance: 17,271
14 February 2012 31 Brighton & Hove Albion 2–2 Millwall Falmer Stadium
19:45 Vokes 52'
Lualua 88'
Keogh 23'
Feeney 64'
Attendance: 19,503
22 February 2012 32 Hull City 0–0 Brighton & Hove Albion KC Stadium
19:45 Attendance: 17,769
25 February 2012 33 Brighton & Hove Albion 3–0 Ipswich Town Falmer Stadium
15:00 Mackail-Smith 20'
Barnes 65', 88'
Attendance: 20,490
10 March 2012 36 Brighton & Hove Albion 2–0 Portsmouth Falmer Stadium
15:00 Vicente 75', 90' Attendance: 20,772
17 March 2012 37 Blackpool 3–1 Brighton & Hove Albion Bloomfield Road
15:00 Evatt 37'
Phillips 40', 80'
Mattock 7' Attendance: 12,782
6 April 2012 41 Burnley 1–0 Brighton & Hove Albion Turf Moor
15:00 Austin 23' Attendance: 13,516
10 April 2012 42 Brighton & Hove Albion 0–1 Reading Falmer Stadium
19:45 Harte 14' Attendance: 20,610
14 April 2012 43 West Ham United 6–0 Brighton & Hove Albion Boleyn Ground
15:00 Vaz Te 3', 8', 62'
Nolan 11'
Cole 64'
Dicker 78' (og)
Attendance: 32,339
17 April 2012 44 Brighton & Hove Albion 2–2 Watford Falmer Stadium
19:45 Calderón 55'
Buckley 79'
Murray 6'
Deeney 44' (pen.)
Attendance: 19,189
28 April 2012 46 Barnsley 0–0 Brighton & Hove Albion Oakwell
12:30 Attendance: 10,151

Result round by round

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940414243444546
GroundHAAHHAAHHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAAHHAAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHA
ResultWWWDWWLDLLDDLDLWLWWWLLLLWWWDWWDDWDDWLWDDLLLDDD
Position3223113356512121012101111767911161312101110899777584467789910
Updated to match(es) played on 28 April 2012. Source: seagulls.co.uk
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

FA Cup

7 January 2012 3rd round Brighton & Hove Albion 1–1 Wrexham Brighton
15:00 GMT Forster-Caskey 48' Cieslewicz 62' Stadium: Falmer Stadium
Attendance: 18,573
Referee: Deadman
28 January 2012 4th round Brighton & Hove Albion 1–0 Newcastle United Falmer Stadium, Falmer
17:15 GMT Williamson 76', og' Attendance: 21,558
Referee: Propert
19 February 2012 5th Round Liverpool 6–1 Brighton & Hove Albion Anfield, Liverpool
17:00 GMT Škrtel 5'
Bridcutt 44' (og), 71' (og)
Carroll 57'
Dunk 74' (og)
Suárez 85'
LuaLua 17' Attendance: 43,940
Referee: Marriner

League Cup

9 August 2011 Round 1 Brighton & Hove Albion 1–0 Gillingham Falmer Stadium
19:45 Barnes 67' (pen.) Attendance: 16,295
Referee: Malone
23 August 2011 Round 2 Brighton & Hove Albion 1 – 0 (a.e.t.) Sunderland Falmer Stadium
19:45 Mackail-Smith 96' Attendance: 17,090
Referee: D'Urso
21 September 2011 Round 3 Brighton & Hove Albion 1–2 Liverpool Falmer Stadium
19:45 Barnes 90' (pen.) Bellamy 7'
Kuyt 81'
Attendance: 21,897
Referee: Oliver

Transfers

Players transferred in
Date Pos. Name From Fee Ref.
20 May 2011 FW Will Hoskins Bristol Rovers Undisclosed [1]
29 May 2011 DF Ben Sampayo Chelsea Free [2]
29 May 2011 MF Anton Rodgers Chelsea Free [3]
6 June 2011 MF Will Buckley Watford £1,000,000 [4]
1 July 2011 FW Roland Bergkamp SBV Excelsior Undisclosed [5]
4 July 2011 FW Craig Mackail-Smith Peterborough United Undisclosed [6]
15 July 2011 DF Romain Vincelot Dagenham & Redbridge Undisclosed [7]
15 July 2011 GK Daniel East Wolverhampton Wanderers Free [8]
22 August 2011 MF Ryan Harley Swansea City Undisclosed [9]
2 September 2011 MF Vicente Free agent Free [10]
21 November 2011 MF Kazenga LuaLua Newcastle United Undisclosed [11]
19 January 2012 GK David González Free agent Free [12]
20 January 2012 FW Ben Dickenson Dorchester Town Undisclosed [13]
Players transferred out
Date Pos. Name To Fee Ref.
24 May 2011 FW Glenn Murray Crystal Palace Free
29 May 2011 MF Ryan Thomson Free agent Free
29 May 2011 GK Mitch Walker Free agent Free
29 May 2011 GK Josh Pelling Free agent Free
29 May 2011 MF Cristian Baz Free agent Free
31 May 2011 MF Agustin Battipiedi Free agent Free
14 June 2011 MF Elliott Bennett Norwich City Undisclosed [14]
20 June 2011 FW Chris Holroyd Rotherham United Free
22 June 2011 DF James Tunnicliffe Wycombe Wanderers Free [15]
24 June 2011 DF Jimmy McNulty Barnsley Undisclosed [16]
3 July 2011 MF Radostin Kishishev Chernomorets Burgas Free
23 July 2011 MF Gary Hart Eastbourne Borough Free
25 July 2011 FW Francisco Sandaza St Johnstone Free [17]
3 January 2012 DF Steve Cook Bournemouth Undisclosed [18]
Players loaned in
Date from Pos. Name From Date to Ref.
16 July 2011 MF Kazenga LuaLua Newcastle United January 2012 [19]
21 October 2011 DF Gonzalo Jara West Bromwich Albion 20 December 2011(recalled)[20] [21]
24 October 2011 GK Steve Harper Newcastle United November 2012 [22]
30 January 2012 FW Sam Vokes Wolverhampton Wanderers June 2012 [23]
31 January 2012 DF Gonzalo Jara West Bromwich Albion June 2012 [24]
31 January 2012 DF Joe Mattock West Bromwich Albion June 2012 [24]
17 February 2012 MF Gai Assulin Manchester City May 2012 [25]
17 February 2012 MF Abdul Razak Manchester City May 2012 [25]
Players loaned out
Date from Pos. Name To Date to Ref.
1 January 2012 GK Michael Poke Bristol Rovers 1 February 2012 [26]

References

  1. "Brighton sign Will Hoskins on two-year deal". Official Brighton and Hove Albion website. Archived from the original on 22 May 2011.
  2. "Brighton sign Ben Sampayo". Tribal Football.
  3. "Brighton sign Anton Rodgers". Tribal Football.
  4. "Brighton sign Watford's Will Buckley". BBC Football. 6 June 2011.
  5. "Dennis Bergkamp nephew Roland joins Brighton". BBC Football. 1 July 2011.
  6. "Poyet hails Mackail-Smith coup". Sky Sports.
  7. "Brighton sign defender Romain Vincelot on two-year deal". BBC Football. 15 July 2011.
  8. "Brighton sign goalkeeper Daniel East on one-year deal". Official Brighton and Hove Albion website. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 23 July 2011.
  9. "Swansea's Ryan Harley completes Brighton move". BBC Football. 22 August 2011.
  10. "Brighton complete signing of ex-Valencia winger Vicente". BBC Football. 2 September 2011.
  11. "Brighton & Hove Albion complete Kazenga LuaLua signing". BBC Football. 21 November 2011.
  12. "Brighton & Hove Albion bring in keeper David Gonzalez". BBC Football. 19 January 2012.
  13. "Brighton sign Dorchester striker Ben Dickenson". BBC Football. 21 January 2012.
  14. "Norwich swoop for Brighton midfielder Elliott Bennett". BBC Football. 14 June 2011.
  15. "Chairboys capture Tunnicliffe". Sky Sports.
  16. "Tykes tie up McNulty deal". Sky Sports.
  17. "Saints land Spanish striker". Sky Sports.
  18. "Cherries sign Cook on permanent basis". BBC Football. 3 January 2012. Archived from the original on 10 January 2012. Retrieved 21 January 2012.
  19. "Seagulls swoop for LuaLua". Sky Sports.
  20. "West Brom recall Jara". ESPN Soccernet. 20 December 2011. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
  21. "West Brom defender Gonzalo Jara joins Brighton on loan". BBC Sports.
  22. "Brighton sign Newcastle United goalkeeper Steve Harper". BBC Sports.
  23. "Brighton & Hove Albion sign Wolves striker Sam Vokes". BBC Sport.
  24. "Albion's Double loan deal". Seagulls Official Site. Archived from the original on 5 August 2012.
  25. "Brighton sign Man City's Abdul Razak and Gai Assulin". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 17 February 2012. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
  26. "ROVERS MAKES TWO LOAN SIGNINGS". BRFC. Archived from the original on 11 January 2012.
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