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

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]

Statistics

As of 2 May 2015
No. Pos Nat Player TotalLeague FA Cup League Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Oman Al-Habsi (on loan from Wigan Athletic) 1 0 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
2 DF Spain Bruno 37 3 33+2 3 1 0 1 0
3 DF Scotland Gordon Greer 40 2 37 2 2 0 1 0
4 DF Northern Ireland Aaron Hughes 13 0 7+3 0 0 0 3 0
5 DF England Lewis Dunk 44 7 38 5 2 1 4 1
6 MF England Dale Stephens 16 2 10+6 2 0 0 0 0
7 FW Spain Adrián Colunga 21 4 11+6 3 0+1 0 2+1 1
8 MF Wales Andrew Crofts 8 0 7 0 0 0 1 0
9 FW England Sam Baldock 22 4 19+1 3 2 1 0 0
10 MF Netherlands Kemy Agustien 3 0 1+1 0 0 0 1 0
11 FW England Chris O'Grady 33 3 15+13 1 1+1 2 3 0
12 FW Scotland Craig Mackail-Smith 34 3 15+15 1 1 0 2+1 2
13 GK England David Stockdale 46 0 42 0 2 0 2 0
14 DF Spain Iñigo Calderón 41 4 30+5 4 2 0 4 0
15 DF England Adam Chicksen 10 0 4+1 0 1 0 4 0
16 GK Denmark Casper Ankergren 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
17 MF Portugal João Carlos Teixeira (on loan from Liverpool) 35 6 27+5 6 1 0 0+2 0
18 MF England Jake Forster-Caskey 33 3 28+1 1 1 0 3 2
19 FW Republic of Ireland Leon Best (on loan from Blackburn Rovers) 13 0 6+7 0 0 0 0 0
19 MF England Gary Gardner (on loan from Aston Villa) 20 2 14+3 2 0 0 1+2 0
20 MF Northern Ireland Paddy McCourt 13 0 0+10 0 0 0 2+1 0
21 DF Latvia Vitālijs Maksimenko 1 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0
22 MF Netherlands Danny Holla 27 1 23+1 1 2 0 1 0
23 FW England Shamir Fenelon 3 0 1+1 0 0 0 0+1 0
24 MF England Rohan Ince 38 3 23+9 1 2 0 4 2
25 MF Democratic Republic of the Congo Kazenga LuaLua 38 4 15+19 3 0 0 3+1 1
27 MF England Solomon March 13 1 6+5 1 1+1 0 0 0
28 MF Democratic Republic of the Congo Nzuzi Toko 1 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0
28 MF Israel Beram Kayal 18 1 17+1 1 0 0 0 0
30 DF England Joe Bennett (on loan from Aston Villa) 42 1 41 1 1 0 0 0
31 GK England Christian Walton 4 0 3 0 0 0 1 0
32 DF England Rob Hunt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 DF England James Tilley 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
32 MF England Elliott Bennett (on loan from Norwich City) 7 0 7 0 0 0 0 0
32 MF Argentina Emmanuel Ledesma (on loan from Middlesbrough) 4 0 2+2 0 0 0 0 0
32 MF The Gambia Mustapha Carayol (on loan from Middlesbrough) 5 0 4+1 0 0 0 0 0
33 MF England Greg Halford (on loan from Nottingham Forest) 20 0 14+5 0 0+1 0 0 0
35 DF England Glen Rea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
38 MF England George Cole 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
39 DF England Bradley Barry 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
39 FW England Darren Bent (on loan from Aston Villa) 5 2 5 2 0 0 0 0
43 MF England Charlie Harris 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Players currently out on loan:
22 MF England Jeffrey Monakana (at Aberdeen) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Players who left the club during the season:
30 MF England Will Buckley 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0

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 Smith 1023
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
Red card Red card Red card Red card
8 MF Wales Andrew Crofts 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
2 DF Spain Bruno 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
18 MF England Jake Forster-Caskey 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
25 MF Democratic Republic of the Congo Kazenga LuaLua 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals 3 1 0 0 0 0 3 1

Match details

Pre-season and friendlies

Football League Championship

Result by round

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940414243444546
GroundHAAHHAAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAAHHAHAAHHAHAHAAHAHHAHA
Result L L W W D L L D D D D L D D L W D D L L L D D W W L W L L D D W W L W L D D W L L L D L L D
Position 18 22 16 13 13 17 18 18 17 18 19 20 20 21 21 20 20 20 22 22 22 22 23 21 19 19 19 21 21 21 21 20 18 20 19 19 19 19 16 16 18 19 19 20 20 20

Last updated: 2 October 2014.
Source:
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

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

FA Cup

Main article: 2014–15 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
P
Name
EU
Country
Age
Type
Moving from
Transfer
window
Ends
Transfer
fee
Source
28 MF Toko Nzuzi EU Democratic Republic of the Congo23 Free Transfer Grasshopper Club ZürichSwitzerland Summer 2017 Free Brighton & Hove Albion F.C
4 DF Aaron Hughes EU Northern Ireland34 Free Transfer Queens Park Rangers Summer 2015 Free Brighton & Hove Albion F.C
11 FW Chris O'Grady EU England28 Transfer Barnsley Summer 2017 Undisclosed Brighton & Hove Albion F.C
13 GK David Stockdale EU England28 Transfer Fulham Summer 2017 Undisclosed Brighton & Hove Albion F.C
38 MF George Cole EU England18 Free Transfer Chelsea Summer 2015 Free Brighton & Hove Albion F.C
DF Daniel Pappoe EU Ghana20 Free Transfer Chelsea Summer 2015 Free Brighton & Hove Albion F.C
22 MF Danny Holla EU Netherlands26 Free Transfer ADO Den HaagNetherlands Summer 2017 Free Brighton & Hove Albion F.C
20 MF Paddy McCourt EU Northern Ireland30 Free Transfer Barnsley Summer 2016 Free Brighton & Hove Albion F.C
7 FW Adrián Colunga EU Spain29 Transfer GetafeSpain Summer 2016 Undisclosed Brighton & Hove Albion F.C
9 FW Sam Baldock EU England25 Transfer Bristol City Summer 2018 Undisclosed Brighton & Hove Albion F.C
MF Beram Kayal EU Israel26 Transfer CelticScotland Winter 2017 Undisclosed Brighton & Hove Albion F.C

Out

N
P
Name
EU
Country
Age
Status
Moving to
Transfer
window
Transfer
fee
Source
1 GK Peter Brezovan EU Slovakia34 Released Portsmouth Summer Free Football League
BBC Sport
7 FW Will Hoskins EU England28 Released Oxford United Summer Free Football League
SkySports
29 GK Tomasz Kuszczak EU Poland32 Released Wolverhampton Wanderers Summer Free Football League
BBC Sport
21 MF David López EU Spain31 Released LugoSpain Summer Free Football League
11 MF Andrea Orlandi EU Spain29 Released Blackpool Summer Free Football League
Team Talk
9 FW David Rodríguez EU Spain28 Released AlcorcónSpain Summer Free Football League
20 DF Matthew Upson EU England35 Free transfer Leicester City Summer Free Brighton & Hove Albion F.C
FW Ben Dickenson EU England21 Free transfer Gillingham Summer Free BBC Sport
19 FW Leonardo Ulloa EU Argentina28 Transfer Leicester City Summer £8,000,000 BBC Sport
30 MF Will Buckley EU England24 Transfer Sunderland Summer £2,500,000 Brighton & Hove Albion F.C
28 MF Nzuzi Toko EU Democratic Republic of the Congo24 Released EskişehirsporTurkey 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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