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

Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.
2011–12 season
Chairman Tony Bloom
Manager Gus Poyet
Stadium Falmer Stadium
Championship 10th
FA Cup 5th Round
League Cup 3rd round
Top goalscorer League: Ashley Barnes (11)
All: Ashley Barnes (14)
Highest home attendance 21,558 vs. Newcastle United, 28 January 2012
Lowest home attendance 16,295 vs. Gillingham, 9 August 2011
Average home league attendance 20,003

The 2011–12 season was Brighton & Hove Albion's first year in the Championship, Brighton & Hove Albion returned after being promoted as champions of League One during the 2010–11 season. 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

# Team Pld W D L F A GD Pts
C Reading 46 27 8 11 69 41 +28 89
P Southampton 46 26 10 10 85 46 +39 88
3 West Ham United 46 24 14 8 81 48 +33 86
4 Birmingham City 46 20 16 10 78 51 +27 76
5 Blackpool 46 20 15 11 79 59 +20 75
6 Cardiff City 46 19 18 9 66 53 +13 75
7 Middlesbrough 46 18 16 12 52 51 +1 70
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
13 Burnley 46 17 11 18 61 58 +3 62
14 Leeds United 46 17 10 19 65 68 -3 61
15 Ipswich Town 46 17 10 19 69 77 -8 61
16 Millwall 46 15 12 19 55 57 -2 57
17 Crystal Palace 46 13 17 16 46 51 -5 56
18 Peterborough United 46 13 11 22 67 77 -10 50
19 Nottingham Forest 46 14 8 24 48 63 -15 50
20 Bristol City 46 12 13 21 44 68 -24 49
21 Barnsley 46 13 9 24 49 74 -25 48
R Portsmouth* 46 13 11 22 50 59 -9 40
R Coventry City 46 9 13 24 41 65 -24 40
R Doncaster Rovers 46 8 12 26 43 80 -37 36

* – Portsmouth deducted ten points

Promotion to Premier League
Qualification to Championship playoffs
Relegation to League One
Last updated: 13:28, 28 April 2012 (UTC)

Squad statistics

Statistics

As of 29 April 2012
No. Pos Nat Player TotalChampionship FA Cup League Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Slovakia Peter Brezovan 24 0 20+0 0 4+0 0 0+0 0
2 DF England Joe Mattock 15 1 14+1 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
3 DF Scotland Gordon Greer 47 1 42+0 1 2+0 0 3+0 0
4 DF England Tommy Elphick 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
5 DF England Lewis Dunk 36 0 31+0 0 3+0 0 2+0 0
6 DF England Adam El-Abd 25 0 21+2 0 2+0 0 0+0 0
7 FW England Will Hoskins 9 1 2+5 1 1+1 0 0+0 0
8 MF England Alan Navarro 39 1 24+9 1 3+1 0 2+0 0
9 FW Austria Ashley Barnes 52 14 36+7 11 4+1 1 2+2 2
10 MF England Matt Sparrow 21 2 15+3 2 2+0 0 1+0 0
11 MF England Craig Noone 37 2 18+15 2 0+1 0 3+0 0
12 FW Scotland Craig Mackail-Smith 50 10 41+4 9 2+1 0 2+0 1
13 MF Israel Gai Assulin 7 0 2+5 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
14 DF Spain Iñigo Calderón 39 4 30+2 4 4+0 0 3+0 0
15 MF Spain Vicente Rodríguez 19 3 11+6 3 0+1 0 0+1 0
16 GK Denmark Casper Ankergren 22 0 19+0 0 0+0 0 3+0 0
17 MF England Ryan Harley 18 2 13+3 2 0+1 0 1+0 0
18 MF Republic of Ireland Gary Dicker 19 0 17+1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
20 DF France Romain Vincelot 20 1 10+5 1 2+0 0 2+1 0
21 GK Colombia David González 2 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
22 DF Republic of Ireland Marcos Painter 20 0 18+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
23 FW Norway Torbjørn Agdestein 6 0 0+4 0 0+2 0 0+0 0
24 FW Wales Sam Vokes 12 3 6+5 3 1+0 0 0+0 0
25 MF Democratic Republic of the Congo Kazenga LuaLua 30 2 10+16 1 2+0 1 0+2 0
26 MF England Liam Bridcutt 49 0 43+0 0 3+0 0 3+0 0
27 DF Argentina Mauricio Taricco 12 0 9+2 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
28 MF Ivory Coast Abdul Razak 6 0 4+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
29 FW Netherlands Roland Bergkamp 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
30 MF England Will Buckley 35 8 16+13 8 4+0 0 2+0 0
31 MF England Grant Hall 3 0 0+1 0 2+0 0 0+0 0
32 MF Iraq Yaser Kasim 1 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
33 FW England George Barker 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
34 DF England Ben Sampayo 1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
35 MF England Jake Forster-Caskey 6 2 3+1 1 2+0 1 0+0 0
36 DF Chile Gonzalo Jara 14 0 14+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
44 MF England Anton Rodgers 1 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
Players currently out on loan:
19 GK England Michael Poke 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
Players featured for club who have left:
GK England Steve Harper 5 0 5+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

Starting 11

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

Formation: 4–4–2

No. Pos. Name Starts
1 GK Slovakia Peter Brezovan 24
14 RB Spain Iñigo Calderón 37
5 CB England Lewis Dunk 36
3 CB Scotland Gordon Greer 47
22 LB Republic of Ireland Marcos Painter 18
11 RM England Craig Noone 21
8 CM England Alan Navarro 29
26 CM England Liam Bridcutt 43
30 LM England Will Buckley 22
9 ST Austria Ashley Barnes 41
12 ST Scotland Craig Mackail-Smith 44

Top scorers

Place Position Nation Number Name Championship FA Cup League Cup Total
1 FWAustria9Ashley Barnes111214
2 FWScotland12Craig Mackail-Smith90110
3 MFEngland30Will Buckley8008
4 DFSpain14Iñigo Calderón5005
5 MFSpain15Vicente Rodríguez3003
FWWales24Sam Vokes3003
6
MFEngland35Jake Forster-Caskey1102
MFEngland17Ryan Harley2002
MFDemocratic Republic of the Congo25Kazenga LuaLua1102
MFEngland11Craig Noone2002
MFEngland10Matt Sparrow2002
12 DFScotland3Gordon Greer1001
FWEngland7Will Hoskins1001
DFEngland2Joe Mattock1001
MFEngland8Alan Navarro1001
DFFrance20Romain Vincelot1001
Own Goals1102
TOTALS 56 4 3 63

Disciplinary record

Number Nation Position Name Championship FA Cup League Cup Total
Red card Red card Red card Red card
10EnglandMFMatt Sparrow32201062
5EnglandDFLewis Dunk1200010130
26EnglandMFLiam Bridcutt1100000110
3ScotlandDFGordon Greer81000081
9AustriaFWAshley Barnes61100071
36ChileGKGonzalo Jara41000041
22Republic of IrelandDFMarcos Painter31001041
27ArgentinaDFMauricio Taricco31001041
20FranceDFRomain Vincelot21101041
6EnglandDFAdam El-Abd80000080
8EnglandMFAlan Navarro40202080
14SpainDFIñigo Calderón60001070
18Republic of IrelandMFGary Dicker50000050
11EnglandMFCraig Noone50000050
25Democratic Republic of the CongoMFKazenga LuaLua40000040
16DenmarkGKCasper Ankergren20001030
12ScotlandFWCraig Mackail-Smith30000030
23NorwayFWTorbjørn Agdestein10000010
1SlovakiaGKPeter Brezovan10000010
32IraqMFYaser Kasim00100010
15SpainMFVicente Rodríguez10000010
34EnglandDFBen Sampayo00100010
TOTALS 93 8 8 0 8 0 109 8

Matches

      Win       Draw       Loss

Pre-season friendlies

Championship

Result round by round

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940414243444546
GroundHAAHHAAHHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAAHHAAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHA
Result W W W D W W L D L L D D L D L W L W W W L L L L W W W D W W D D W D D W L W D D L L L D D D
Position 3 2 2 3 1 1 3 3 5 6 5 12 12 10 12 10 11 11 7 6 7 9 11 16 13 12 10 11 10 8 9 9 7 7 7 5 8 4 4 6 7 7 8 9 9 10

Last updated: 28 April 2012.
Source: seagulls.co.uk
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

FA Cup

League Cup

Transfers

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

References

  1. "Brighton sign Will Hoskins on two-year deal". Official Brighton and Hove Albion website.
  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.
  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.
  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. 1 2 "Albion's Double loan deal". Seagulls Official Site.
  25. 1 2 "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.
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