2014–15 Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. season

Brighton & Hove Albion
2014-15 season
Chairman Tony Bloom
Manager Sami Hyypiä
(until 22 December)
Chris Hughton
(from 31 December)
Stadium Falmer Stadium
Championship 20th
FA Cup Fourth round
League Cup Fourth round
Top goalscorer League: João Carlos Teixeira (6)
All: Lewis Dunk (7)
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours

The 2014–15 season was Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club's 4th consecutive season in the Championship.

Brighton entered this season having finished in a play-off position in both seasons prior, twice going out in the semi-finals. A new manager, Sami Hyypiä, had been appointed following Óscar Garcia's resignation in the previous season after bowing out of the play-offs to Derby County. A sense of optimism presided the beginning of the season, however it would have a drastically different outcome than was anticipated, as Brighton languished towards the bottom of the Championship table for much of the campaign. A very poor first half of the season, in which Brighton had only won three out of their first 23 games and at one point had gone on an 11-game winless run, culminated in manager Hyypia's demise by December, with the Seagulls in the relegation zone at the time of his dismissal. Chris Hughton was swiftly appointed as the new manager, and he was able to steady the ship in the second half of the season, guiding Brighton to 20th position in the league and, as such, safety for the forthcoming campaign. The Seagulls went on another winless run of seven games towards the end of the season, however previous results proved enough to keep them six points above relegated Millwall in 22nd.

Pre-season

Friendlies

Statistics

As of 2 May 2015
No. Pos Nat Player TotalLeagueFA CupLeague Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK Oman Al-Habsi (on loan from Wigan Athletic) 10100+000+00
2 DF Spain Bruno 37333+231010
3 DF Scotland Gordon Greer 4023722010
4 DF Northern Ireland Aaron Hughes 1307+300030
5 DF England Lewis Dunk 4473852141
6 MF England Dale Stephens 16210+620000
7 FW Spain Adrián Colunga 21411+630+102+11
8 MF Wales Andrew Crofts 80700010
9 FW England Sam Baldock 22419+132100
10 MF Netherlands Kemy Agustien 301+100010
11 FW England Chris O'Grady 33315+1311+1230
12 FW Scotland Craig Mackail-Smith 34315+151102+12
13 GK England David Stockdale 4604202020
14 DF Spain Iñigo Calderón 41430+542040
15 DF England Adam Chicksen 1004+101040
16 GK Denmark Casper Ankergren 10000010
17 MF Portugal João Carlos Teixeira (on loan from Liverpool) 35627+56100+20
18 MF England Jake Forster-Caskey 33328+111032
19 FW Republic of Ireland Leon Best (on loan from Blackburn Rovers) 1306+700000
19 MF England Gary Gardner (on loan from Aston Villa) 20214+32001+20
20 MF Northern Ireland Paddy McCourt 1300+100002+10
21 DF Latvia Vitālijs Maksimenko 1000000+10
22 MF Netherlands Danny Holla 27123+112010
23 FW England Shamir Fenelon 301+10000+10
24 MF England Rohan Ince 38323+912042
25 MF Democratic Republic of the Congo Kazenga LuaLua 38415+193003+11
27 MF England Solomon March 1316+511+1000
28 MF Democratic Republic of the Congo Nzuzi Toko 1000000+10
28 MF Israel Beram Kayal 18117+110000
30 DF England Joe Bennett (on loan from Aston Villa) 4214111000
31 GK England Christian Walton 40300010
32 DF England Rob Hunt 00000000
32 DF England James Tilley 100+100000
32 MF England Elliott Bennett (on loan from Norwich City) 70700000
32 MF Argentina Emmanuel Ledesma (on loan from Middlesbrough) 402+200000
32 MF The Gambia Mustapha Carayol (on loan from Middlesbrough) 504+100000
33 MF England Greg Halford (on loan from Nottingham Forest) 20014+500+1000
35 DF England Glen Rea 00000000
38 MF England George Cole 00000000
39 DF England Bradley Barry 00000000
39 FW England Darren Bent (on loan from Aston Villa) 52520000
43 MF England Charlie Harris 00000000
Players currently out on loan:
22 MF England Jeffrey Monakana (at Aberdeen) 00000000
Players who left the club during the season:
30 MF England Will Buckley 100+100000

Goalscorers

As of 2 May 2015
RankNo.Pos.NameChampionshipFA CupLeague CupTotal
1 5DFLewis Dunk5117
2 17MFJoao Carlos Teixeira6006
3 9FWSam Baldock3104
14DFInigo Calderon4004
7FWAdrian Colunga3014
25MFKazenga Lua Lua3014
7 2DFBruno3003
23MFJake Forster-Caskey1023
21MFRohan Ince1023
18FWCraig Mackail Smith1023
11FWChris O'Grady1203
12 39FWDarren Bent2002
19MFGary Gardner2002
3DFGordon Greer2002
6MFDale Stephens2002
16 30DFJoe Bennett1001
22MFDanny Holla1001
28MFBeram Kayal1001
27MFSolomon March1001
Own goals 1 0 0 1
Total444957

Disciplinary record

No. Pos. Name Championship FA Cup League Cup Total
Yellow cardRed cardYellow cardRed cardYellow cardRed cardYellow cardRed card
8MFWales Andrew Crofts01000001
2DFSpain Bruno10000010
18MFEngland Jake Forster-Caskey10000010
25MFDemocratic Republic of the Congo Kazenga LuaLua10000010
Totals31000031

Competitions

Football League Championship

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
18 Bolton Wanderers 46 13 12 21 54 67 13 51
19 Reading 46 13 11 22 48 69 21 50
20 Brighton & Hove Albion 46 10 17 19 44 54 10 47
21 Rotherham United 46 11 16 19 46 67 21 46[lower-alpha 1]
22 Millwall (R) 46 9 14 23 42 76 34 41 Relegation to Football League One
Updated to match(es) played on 2 May 2015. Source: Sky Sports
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Rotherham United were deducted three points for fielding an ineligible player.[1]

Result by round

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940414243444546
GroundHAAHHAAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAAHHAHAAHHAHAHAAHAHHAHA
ResultLLWWDLLDDDDLDDLWDDLLLDDWWLWLLDDWWLWLDDWLLLDLLD
Position18221613131718181718192020212120202022222222232119191921212121201820191919191616181919202020

Updated to match(es) played on 2 October 2014. Source:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The fixtures for the 2014–15 season were announced on 18 June 2014 at 9am.[2]

FA Cup

League Cup

The draw for the first round was made on 17 June 2014 at 10am. Brighton & Hove Albion were drawn at home to Cheltenham Town.[3]

Transfers

In

N
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
EU
Moving from
Type
Transfer
window
Ends
Transfer
fee
Source
28 MF Democratic Republic of the Congo Toko Nzuzi 23EU Grasshopper Club Zürich Switzerland Free Transfer Summer 2017 Free Brighton & Hove Albion F.C
4 DF Northern Ireland Aaron Hughes 34EU Queens Park Rangers Free Transfer Summer 2015 Free Brighton & Hove Albion F.C
11 FW England Chris O'Grady 28EU Barnsley Transfer Summer 2017 Undisclosed Brighton & Hove Albion F.C
13 GK England David Stockdale 28EU Fulham Transfer Summer 2017 Undisclosed Brighton & Hove Albion F.C
38 MF England George Cole 18EU Chelsea Free Transfer Summer 2015 Free Brighton & Hove Albion F.C
DF Ghana Daniel Pappoe 20EU Chelsea Free Transfer Summer 2015 Free Brighton & Hove Albion F.C
22 MF Netherlands Danny Holla 26EU ADO Den Haag Netherlands Free Transfer Summer 2017 Free Brighton & Hove Albion F.C
20 MF Northern Ireland Paddy McCourt 30EU Barnsley Free Transfer Summer 2016 Free Brighton & Hove Albion F.C
7 FW Spain Adrián Colunga 29EU Getafe Spain Transfer Summer 2016 Undisclosed Brighton & Hove Albion F.C
9 FW England Sam Baldock 25EU Bristol City Transfer Summer 2018 Undisclosed Brighton & Hove Albion F.C
MF Israel Beram Kayal 26EU Celtic Scotland Transfer Winter 2017 Undisclosed Brighton & Hove Albion F.C

Out

N
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
EU
Moving to
Type
Transfer
window
Transfer
fee
Source
1 GK Slovakia Peter Brezovan 34EU Portsmouth Released Summer Free Football League
BBC Sport
7 FW England Will Hoskins 28EU Oxford United Released Summer Free Football League
SkySports
29 GK Poland Tomasz Kuszczak 32EU Wolverhampton Wanderers Released Summer Free Football League
BBC Sport
21 MF Spain David López 31EU Lugo Spain Released Summer Free Football League
11 MF Spain Andrea Orlandi 29EU Blackpool Released Summer Free Football League
Team Talk
9 FW Spain David Rodríguez 28EU Alcorcón Spain Released Summer Free Football League
20 DF England Matthew Upson 35EU Leicester City Free transfer Summer Free Brighton & Hove Albion F.C
FW England Ben Dickenson 21EU Gillingham Free transfer Summer Free BBC Sport
19 FW Argentina Leonardo Ulloa 28EU Leicester City Transfer Summer £8,000,000 BBC Sport
30 MF England Will Buckley 24EU Sunderland Transfer Summer £2,500,000 Brighton & Hove Albion F.C
28 MF Democratic Republic of the Congo Nzuzi Toko 24EU Eskişehirspor Turkey Released Winter Free Brighton & Hove Albion F.C

EU = if holds or not a European Union passport; Country: when 2 flags, 1st flag = country that plays for internationally, 2nd flag = country of birth; N = number on jersey; P = Position (for position name, pause mouse pointer on abbreviation); Name = Name on jersey (for more extensive name, pause mouse pointer on name); Age = age on the day of the signing; Moving from = only indicate the club the player was playing before start playing for this club in this season, for the type of the moving see Status column; Moving to = only indicates the club the player is going to play next, for the type of the moving see Status column; Ends = when the player's current contract ends; n/a = Not applicable.

Loans in

No.
P
Name
Country
Age
Loan club
Started
Ended
Start source
End source
17 MF João Carlos Teixeira Portugal21 Liverpool 15 August 2014 30 June 2015 Brighton & Hove Albion F.C
30 DF Joe Bennett England24 Aston Villa 20 August 2014 30 June 2015 Brighton & Hove Albion F.C
19 MF Gary Gardner England22 Aston Villa 26 August 2014 31 December 2014 Brighton & Hove Albion F.C Vital Football
1 GK Ali Al-Habsi Oman32 Wigan Athletic 31 October 2014 30 November 2014 Brighton & Hove Albion F.C
32 MF Elliott Bennett England25 Norwich City 1 November 2014 29 December 2014 Brighton & Hove Albion F.C
Brighton & Hove Albion F.C
33 DF Greg Halford England29 Nottingham Forest 4 November 2014 1 December 2014 Brighton & Hove Albion F.C
39 FW Darren Bent England30 Aston Villa 26 November 2014 29 December 2014 Brighton & Hove Albion F.C
19 FW Leon Best Republic of Ireland28 Blackburn Rovers 20 January 2015 30 June 2015 Brighton & Hove Albion F.C
MF Emmanuel Ledesma Argentina26 Middlesbrough 19 February 2015 21 March 2015 Brighton & Hove Albion F.C
MF Mustapha Carayol The Gambia26 Middlesbrough 26 March 2015 30 June 3015 Brighton & Hove Albion F.C
Sources: For loan start source see "Start source". For loan end source see "End source".
EU = if holds or not a European Union passport; Country: when 2 flags, 1st flag = country that plays for internationally, 2nd flag = country of birth; No. = number on jersey; P = Position (for position name, pause mouse pointer on abbreviation); Name = Name on jersey (for more extensive name, pause mouse pointer on name); In/Out = In: The player came in on loan, Out: The player went out on loan; Loan club = the club that the player moved on loan to or the club that the player came from on loan; Started = the date when the player's loan started; Ended = the date when the player's loan ended.

Loans out

No.
P
Name
Country
Age
Loan club
Started
Ended
Start source
End source
22 MF Jeffrey Monakana England20 Aberdeen 21 July 2014 2 February 2015 Brighton & Hove Albion F.C
23 FW Shamir Fenelon England21 Rochdale 29 August 2014 8 October 2014 Brighton & Hove Albion F.C Rochdale A.F.C
21 DF Vitālijs Maksimenko Latvia23 VVV-Venlo 1 September 2014 30 June 2015 BBC Sport
15 DF Adam Chicksen England23 Gillingham 14 November 2014 13 December 2014 Brighton & Hove Albion F.C
23 FW Shamir Fenelon England21 Tranmere Rovers 21 November 2014 1 January 2015 BBC Sport
12 FW Craig Mackail-Smith Scotland30 Peterborough United 27 November 2014 23 December 2014 BBC Sport Brighton & Hove Albion F.C
11 FW Chris O'Grady England28 Sheffield United 27 November 2014 31 January 2015 Brighton & Hove Albion F.C
7 FW Adrián Colunga Spain30 Granada 30 January 2015 30 June 2015 Brighton & Hove Albion F.C
DF Tom Dallison England19 Dartford 13 February 2015 30 June 2015 BBC Sport
Brighton & Hove Albion F.C
22 MF Jeffrey Monakana England21 Mansfield Town 20 February 2015 23 March 2015 Brighton & Hove Albion F.C
20 MF Paddy McCourt Northern Ireland31 Notts County 21 February 2015 30 June 2015 Brighton & Hove Albion F.C
15 DF Adam Chicksen England23 Fleetwood Town 27 February 2015 29 March 2015 Brighton & Hove Albion F.C
23 FW Shamir Fenelon England21 Dagenham & Redbridge 27 February 2015 28 March 2015 Brighton & Hove Albion F.C
22 MF Jeffrey Monakana England21 Carlisle United 26 March 2015 30 June 2015 Brighton & Hove Albion F.C
Sources: For loan start source see "Start source". For loan end source see "End source".
EU = if holds or not a European Union passport; Country: when 2 flags, 1st flag = country that plays for internationally, 2nd flag = country of birth; No. = number on jersey; P = Position (for position name, pause mouse pointer on abbreviation); Name = Name on jersey (for more extensive name, pause mouse pointer on name); In/Out = In: The player came in on loan, Out: The player went out on loan; Loan club = the club that the player moved on loan to or the club that the player came from on loan; Started = the date when the player's loan started; Ended = the date when the player's loan ended.

References

  1. "Rotherham United deducted three points for ineligible player". BBC Sport. 24 April 2015. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
  2. "Albion Start With Wednesday". Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. 18 June 2014. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  3. "Albion Draw Cheltenham In Capital One Cup". Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. 17 June 2014. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
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