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 Peter Brezovan 24020+004+000+00
2 DF Joe Mattock 15114+110+000+00
3 DF Gordon Greer 47142+012+003+00
4 DF Tommy Elphick 000+000+000+00
5 DF Lewis Dunk 36031+003+002+00
6 DF Adam El-Abd 25021+202+000+00
7 FW Will Hoskins 912+511+100+00
8 MF Alan Navarro 39124+913+102+00
9 FW Ashley Barnes 521436+7114+112+22
10 MF Matt Sparrow 21215+322+001+00
11 MF Craig Noone 37218+1520+103+00
12 FW Craig Mackail-Smith 501041+492+102+01
13 MF Gai Assulin 702+500+000+00
14 DF Iñigo Calderón 39430+244+003+00
15 MF Vicente Rodríguez 19311+630+100+10
16 GK Casper Ankergren 22019+000+003+00
17 MF Ryan Harley 18213+320+101+00
18 MF Gary Dicker 19017+100+001+00
20 DF Romain Vincelot 20110+512+002+10
21 GK David González 202+000+000+00
22 DF Marcos Painter 20018+000+002+00
23 FW Torbjørn Agdestein 600+400+200+00
24 FW Sam Vokes 1236+531+000+00
25 MF Kazenga LuaLua 30210+1612+010+20
26 MF Liam Bridcutt 49043+003+003+00
27 DF Mauricio Taricco 1209+200+000+10
28 MF Abdul Razak 604+200+000+00
29 FW Roland Bergkamp 000+000+000+00
30 MF Will Buckley 35816+1384+002+00
31 MF Grant Hall 300+102+000+00
32 MF Yaser Kasim 100+000+100+00
33 FW George Barker 000+000+000+00
34 DF Ben Sampayo 100+001+000+00
35 MF Jake Forster-Caskey 623+112+010+00
36 DF Gonzalo Jara 14014+000+000+00
44 MF Anton Rodgers 100+000+100+00
Players currently out on loan:
19 GK Michael Poke 000+000+000+00
Players featured for club who have left:
GK 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 Town0–3Brighton & Hove AlbionLeylands Park
13:00 Barnes  26'
Noone  65' (pen.)
Hoskins  79'
13 July 2011 Horsham1–3Brighton & Hove AlbionWoodside Road
19:45 Rook  46' Agdestein  70'
Noone  73'
Barker  88'
15 July 2011 Whitehawk0–3Brighton & Hove AlbionThe Enclosed Ground
19:45 Noone  31'
Bergkamp  47'
Dunk  54'
16 July 2011 Brighton & Hove Albion2–0Eastbourne BoroughFalmer Stadium
15:00 Hart  70'
Cook  83'
19 July 2011 Tottenham Hotspur XI2–2Brighton & Hove AlbionWhite Hart Lane
19:30 Townsend  40'
Soli  55'		 Hoskins  21'
Agdestein  39'
20 July 2011 Paris Saint-Germain 1–0Brighton & Hove AlbionParc des Princes
19:30 Nenê  28'
23 July 2011 Olhanense 2–1Brighton & Hove AlbionJosé Arcanjo
17:00 Vincelot  76' (o.g.)
Salvador  88'		 Sparrow  50'
30 July 2011 Brighton & Hove Albion2–3Tottenham HotspurFalmer Stadium
15:00 Barnes  11'
LuaLua  62'		 Kaboul  42'
Ćorluka  44'
Livermore  69'		 Referee: Dave Phillips

Championship
6 August 2011 1Brighton & Hove Albion2–1Doncaster RoversFalmer Stadium
15:00 Buckley  83', 90+8' Sharp  39' Attendance: 20,219
13 August 2011 2Portsmouth0–1Brighton & Hove AlbionFratton Park
15:00 Mackail-Smith  45+1' Attendance: 16,496
17 August 2011 3Cardiff City 1–3Brighton & Hove AlbionCardiff City Stadium
19:45 Whittingham  90' (pen.) Barnes  39', 63' (pen.)
Hoskins  87'		 Attendance: 23,013
20 August 2011 4Brighton & Hove Albion2–2BlackpoolFalmer Stadium
15:00 Mackail-Smith  29'
Barnes  50'		 K. Phillips  60', 90' Attendance: 19,494
27 August 2011 5Brighton & Hove Albion2–0Peterborough UnitedFalmer Stadium
15:00 Noone  10'
Harley  64'		 Attendance: 19,656
10 September 2011 6Bristol City0–1Brighton & Hove AlbionAshton Gate
15:00 Barnes  80' Attendance: 13,911
17 September 2011 7Leicester City1–0Brighton & Hove AlbionFilbert Way
15:00 Abe  46' Attendance: 24,128
23 September 2011 8Brighton & Hove Albion3–3Leeds UnitedFalmer Stadium
19:45 Mackail-Smith  48', 84'
Barnes  61' (pen.)		 Keogh  19'
McCormack  24', 91'		 Attendance: 20,646
27 September 2011 9Brighton & Hove Albion1–3Crystal PalaceFalmer Stadium
19:45 Mackail-Smith  7' Zaha  80'
Ambrose  89'
Murray  90+1'		 Attendance: 20,968
1 October 2011 10Ipswich Town3–1Brighton & Hove AlbionPortman Road
15:00 Chopra  59', 73'
Sonko  70'		 Rodríguez  53' Attendance: 19,793
15 October 2011 11Brighton & Hove Albion0–0Hull CityFalmer Stadium
17:30 Attendance: 19,722
18 October 2011 12Millwall1–1Brighton & Hove AlbionThe Den
19:45 Simpson  81' Noone  61' Attendance: 11,688
24 October 2011 13Brighton & Hove Albion0–1West Ham UnitedFalmer Stadium
19:45 Nolan  18' Attendance: 20,686
29 October 2011 14Birmingham City0–0Brighton & Hove AlbionSt. Andrews
15:00 Attendance: 20,095
1 November 2011 15Watford1–0Brighton & Hove AlbionVicarage Road
19:45 Deeney  77' Attendance: 11,818
5 November 2011 16Brighton & Hove Albion2–0BarnsleyFalmer Stadium
15:00 Greer  45'
Harley  57'		 Attendance: 19,841
19 November 2011 17Southampton3–0Brighton & Hove AlbionSt Mary's Stadium
15:00 Lambert  49', 58' (pen.), 69' (pen.) Attendance: 31,812
26 November 2011 18Brighton & Hove Albion2–1Coventry CityFalmer Stadium
15:00 Keogh  7' (o.g.)
Vincelot  37'		 Gardner  9' Attendance: 19,108
29 November 2011 19Derby County0–1Brighton & Hove AlbionPride Park Stadium
19:45 Mackail-Smith  13' Attendance: 22,040
3 December 2011 20Brighton & Hove Albion1–0Nottingham ForestFalmer Stadium
15:00 Buckley  90+2' Attendance: 20,385
10 December 2011 21Middlesbrough1–0Brighton & Hove AlbionRiverside Stadium
15:00 McDonald  21' Attendance: 16,594
17 December 2011 22Brighton & Hove Albion0–1BurnleyFalmer Stadium
15:00 Trippier  32' Attendance: 19,641
26 December 2011 23Reading3–0Brighton & Hove AlbionMadejski Stadium
15:00 McAnuff  17', 45+2'
El-Abd  90+2' (o.g.)		 Attendance: 22,141
31 December 2011 24Coventry City2–0Brighton & Hove AlbionRicoh Arena
15:00 McSheffrey  34'
Jutkiewicz  54'		 Attendance: 14,158
2 January 2012 25Brighton & Hove Albion3–0SouthamptonFalmer Stadium
15:00 Forster-Caskey  66'
Sparrow  76', 86'		 Attendance: 20,773
14 January 2012 26Brighton & Hove Albion2–0Bristol CityFalmer Stadium
15:00 Calderón  37'
Buckley  73'		 Attendance: 20,398
21 January 2012 27Peterborough United1–2Brighton & Hove AlbionLondon Road Stadium
15:00 Ball  72' Buckley  32', 88' Attendance: 9,474
31 January 2012 28Crystal Palace1–1Brighton & Hove AlbionSelhurst Park
19:45 Martin  64' (pen.) Barnes  74' (pen.) Attendance: 17,271
4 February 2012 29Brighton & Hove Albion1–0Leicester CityFalmer Stadium
15:00 Buckley  90' Attendance: 20,223
11 February 2012 30Leeds United1–2Brighton & Hove AlbionElland Road
15:00 Becchio  79' Mackail-Smith  77'
Navarro  90'		 Attendance: 23,171
14 February 2012 31Brighton & Hove Albion2–2MillwallFalmer Stadium
19:45 Vokes  52'
Lualua  88'		 Keogh  23'
Feeney  64'		 Attendance: 19,503
22 February 2012 32Hull City0–0Brighton & Hove AlbionKC Stadium
19:45 Attendance: 17,769
25 February 2012 33Brighton & Hove Albion3–0Ipswich TownFalmer Stadium
15:00 Mackail-Smith  20'
Barnes  65', 88'		 Attendance: 20,490
3 March 2012 34Doncaster Rovers1–1Brighton & Hove AlbionKeepmoat Stadium
15:00 Diouf  79' (pen.) Mackail-Smith  20' Attendance: 8,964
7 March 2012 35Brighton & Hove Albion2–2Cardiff CityFalmer Stadium
19:45 Barnes  72'
Vokes  89'		 Mason  57'
Whittingham  74'		 Attendance: 18,786
10 March 2012 36Brighton & Hove Albion2–0PortsmouthFalmer Stadium
15:00 Vicente  75', 90' Attendance: 20,772
17 March 2012 37Blackpool3–1Brighton & Hove AlbionBloomfield Road
15:00 Evatt  37'
Phillips  40', 80'		 Mattock  7' Attendance: 12,782
20 March 2012 38Brighton & Hove Albion2–0Derby CountyFalmer Stadium
19:45 Calderón  10'
Barnes  66'		 Attendance: 18,412
24 March 2012 39Nottingham Forest1–1Brighton & Hove AlbionCity Ground
15:00 Lynch  90+4' Vokes  63' Attendance: 21,249
31 March 2012 40Brighton & Hove Albion1–1MiddlesbroughFalmer Stadium
15:00 Calderón  73' Emnes  61' Attendance: 20,553
6 April 2012 41Burnley1–0Brighton & Hove AlbionTurf Moor
15:00 Austin  23' Attendance: 13,516
10 April 2012 42Brighton & Hove Albion0–1ReadingFalmer Stadium
19:45 Harte  14' Attendance: 20,610
14 April 2012 43West Ham United6–0Brighton & Hove AlbionBoleyn Ground
15:00 Vaz Te  3', 8', 62'
Nolan  11'
Cole  64'
Dicker  78' (og)		 Attendance: 32,339
17 April 2012 44Brighton & Hove Albion2–2WatfordFalmer Stadium
19:45 Calderón  55'
Buckley  79'		 Murray  6'
Deeney  44' (pen.)		 Attendance: 19,189
21 April 2012 45Brighton & Hove Albion1–1Birmingham CityFalmer Stadium
15:00 Barnes  84' Redmond  69' Attendance: 20,594
28 April 2012 46Barnsley0–0Brighton & Hove AlbionOakwell
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 roundBrighton & Hove Albion1–1WrexhamBrighton
15:00 GMT Forster-Caskey  48' Cieslewicz  62' Stadium: Falmer Stadium
Attendance: 18,573
Referee: Deadman
18 January 2012 ReplayWrexham1 – 1 (a.e.t.)
(4–5 p)		Brighton & Hove AlbionWrexham
19:15 GMT Morrell  23' Barnes  77' Stadium: Racecourse Ground
Attendance: 8,316
Referee: Webster
Penalties
Keates
Clarke
Hunt
Ashton
Little 		Barnes
Sparrow
Bridcutt
Calderón
Mackail-Smith
28 January 2012 4th roundBrighton & Hove Albion1–0Newcastle UnitedFalmer Stadium, Falmer
17:15 GMT Williamson  76', og' Attendance: 21,558
Referee: Propert
19 February 2012 5th RoundLiverpool6–1Brighton & Hove AlbionAnfield, 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 1Brighton & Hove Albion1–0GillinghamFalmer Stadium
19:45 Barnes  67' (pen.) Attendance: 16,295
Referee: Malone
23 August 2011 Round 2Brighton & Hove Albion1 – 0 (a.e.t.)SunderlandFalmer Stadium
19:45 Mackail-Smith  96' Attendance: 17,090
Referee: D'Urso
21 September 2011 Round 3Brighton & Hove Albion1–2LiverpoolFalmer 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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