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)
	← 2013–14 2015–16 →

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

5 July 2014	Lewes	0–5	Brighton & Hove Albion	The Dripping Pan, Lewes
15:00 BST		Report	Calderón 38' LuaLua 41' Mackail-Smith 47' Fenelon 56', 79'	Attendance: 2,300

12 July 2014	Brighton & Hove Albion	4–0	Partick Thistle	Pinatar Arena, San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain
19:00 BST	Mackail-Smith 43' Greer 45' Fenelon 51' Harris 73'	Report

17 July 2014	Brighton & Hove Albion	1–3	Real Betis	Pinatar Arena, San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain
19:00 BST	Mackail-Smith 12'	Report	Rubén Castro 43' Casado 49' Sergio Rodríguez 76'

23 July 2014	Crawley Town	1–1	Brighton & Hove Albion	Checkatrade.com Stadium, Crawley
19:45 BST	John 14'	Report	LuaLua 72'

26 July 2014	Peterborough United	2–1	Brighton & Hove Albion	London Road Stadium, Peterborough
15:00 BST	Assombalonga 56' Vassell 63'	Report	Fenelon 4'

31 July 2014	Brighton & Hove Albion	1–3	Southampton	Falmer Stadium, Brighton and Hove
19:45 BST	LuaLua 74'	Report	Tadić 19' Davis 44' Ward-Prowse 64'	Attendance: 7,296

Statistics

As of 2 May 2015

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

Goalscorers

As of 2 May 2015

Rank	No.	Pos.	Name	Championship	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
1	5	DF	Lewis Dunk	5	1	1	7
2	17	MF	João Carlos Teixeira	6	0	0	6
3	9	FW	Sam Baldock	3	1	0	4
	14	DF	Iñigo Calderón	4	0	0	4
	7	FW	Adrián Colunga	3	0	1	4
	25	MF	Kazenga LuaLua	3	0	1	4
7	2	DF	Bruno	3	0	0	3
	23	MF	Jake Forster-Caskey	1	0	2	3
	21	MF	Rohan Ince	1	0	2	3
	18	FW	Craig Mackail-Smith	1	0	2	3
	11	FW	Chris O'Grady	1	2	0	3
12	39	FW	Darren Bent	2	0	0	2
	19	MF	Gary Gardner	2	0	0	2
	3	DF	Gordon Greer	2	0	0	2
	6	MF	Dale Stephens	2	0	0	2
16	30	DF	Joe Bennett	1	0	0	1
	22	MF	Danny Holla	1	0	0	1
	28	MF	Beram Kayal	1	0	0	1
	27	MF	Solomon March	1	0	0	1
Own goals				1	0	0	1
Total				44	4	9	57

Disciplinary record

No.	Pos.	Name	Championship		FA Cup		League Cup		Total
No.	Pos.	Name
8	MF	Andrew Crofts	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
2	DF	Bruno	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
18	MF	Jake Forster-Caskey	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
25	MF	Kazenga LuaLua	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Totals			3	1	0	0	0	0	3	1

Competitions

Football League Championship

League table

Pos	Team v t e	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^[a]
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:

^ Rotherham United were deducted three points for fielding an ineligible player.^[1]

Result by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46
Ground	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A
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

Updated to match(es) played on 2 October 2014. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
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]

9 August 2014 1	Brighton & Hove Albion	0–1	Sheffield Wednesday	Falmer Stadium, Brighton
15:00	Forster-Caskey 10' Crofts 50' Bruno 74' LuaLua 82'	Report	Coke 40' Loovens 55'	Attendance: 26,993 Referee: James Linington

16 August 2014 2	Birmingham City	1–0	Brighton & Hove Albion	St Andrew's, Birmingham
15:00	Thomas 49'	Report		Attendance: 14,955 Referee: Mark Brown

19 August 2014 3	Leeds United	0–2	Brighton & Hove Albion	Elland Road, Leeds
19:45	Austin 4' Warnock 5' Murphy 50' Byram 67' Pearce 83'	Report	Holla 37' Teixeira 5' LuaLua 84'	Attendance: 21,429 Referee: James Adcock

23 August 2014 4	Brighton & Hove Albion	2–1	Bolton Wanderers	Falmer Stadium, Brighton
15:00	Mackail-Smith 37' Holla 63' Teixeira 64' Bruno 87'	Report	Mills 25' Lee Chung-yong 86'	Attendance: 24,435 Referee: James Adcock

30 August 2014 5	Brighton & Hove Albion	2–2	Charlton Athletic	Falmer Stadium, Brighton
15:00	Forster-Caskey 16' Dunk 61' 67', 90'	Report	Vetokele 4', 75' Church 82'	Attendance: 26,189 Referee: Keith Hill

13 September 2014 6	Brentford	3–2	Brighton & Hove Albion	Griffin Park, Brentford
15:00	Odubajo 18' Douglas 24' Gray 32' Douglas 55'	Report	Dunk 13' Greer 39' Baldock 49' Holla 61'	Attendance: 10,089 Referee: Stephen Martin

16 September 2014 7	Ipswich Town	2–0	Brighton & Hove Albion	Portman Road, Ipswich
19:45	Anderson 34' Skuse 84' Parr 79' 90+2' Murphy 88'	Report	Forster-Caskey 34' LuaLua 61' Greer 84'	Attendance: 15,726 Referee: Chris Sarginson

20 September 2014 8	Brighton & Hove Albion	0–0	Blackpool	Falmer Stadium, Brighton
15:00	Baldock 4' Greer 26' Holla 57'	Report	Lundstram 70' McMahon 71' Miller 76' Lewis 79' Zoko 90+1'	Attendance: 24,569 Referee: Keith Stroud

27 September 2014 9	Nottingham Forest	0–0	Brighton & Hove Albion	City Ground, Nottingham
15:00	Fox 40' Tesche 55'	Report	Bennett 52' Colunga 79' Ince 85'	Attendance: 23,811 Referee: Robert Madley

30 September 2014 10	Brighton & Hove Albion	1–1	Cardiff City	Falmer Stadium, Brighton
19:45	Bruno 20' Greer 55' Forster-Caskey 55' LuaLua 90+6'	Report	Jones 21' Dæhli 39' Whittingham 81' Noone 88'	Attendance: 23,712 Referee: Neil Swarbrick

4 October 2014 11	Watford	1–1	Brighton & Hove Albion	Vicarage Road, Watford
15:00	Doyley 30' Tőzsér 53' Vydra 58' Paredes 65' Munari 71'	Report	Gardner 51' Bruno 52' Dunk 77'	Attendance: 16,531 Referee: Simon Hooper

18 October 2014 12	Brighton & Hove Albion	1–2	Middlesbrough	Falmer Stadium, Brighton
15:00	Gardner 44' Greer 73' 88'	Report	Tomlin 8' Friend 16' Fredericks 34' Adomah 53' 72' Nsue 90'	Attendance: 26,642 Referee: Andy D'Urso

21 October 2014 13	Huddersfield Town	1–1	Brighton & Hove Albion	John Smith's Stadium, Huddersfield
15:00	Butterfield 10'	Report	Dunk 27' 39' LuaLua 41' 90+3' Gardner 62' Greer 79'	Attendance: 10,817 Referee: Gary Sutton

25 October 2014 14	Brighton & Hove Albion	1–1	Rotherham United	Falmer Stadium, Brighton
15:00	Bennett 45+1' McCourt 76'	Report	Skarz 16' Revell 48' Morgan 59'	Attendance: 24,370 Referee: Michael Bull

1 November 2014 15	Bournemouth	3–2	Brighton & Hove Albion	Dean Court, Bournemouth
17:15	Greer 25' (o.g.) Pugh 38' Kermorgant 76' (pen.) 90+6' Cook 84' Daniels 89'	Report	Colunga 28' Bennett 41' Baldock 60' Forster-Caskey 69' Teixeira 71' Calderón 75' LuaLua 90+7'	Attendance: 10,166 Referee: Keith Stroud

4 November 2014 16	Brighton & Hove Albion	1–0	Wigan Athletic	Falmer Stadium, Brighton
19:45	Gardner 1'	Report	Forshaw 70' Waghorn 79'	Attendance: 23,044 Referee: Lee Collins

8 November 2014 17	Brighton & Hove Albion	1–1	Blackburn Rovers	Falmer Stadium, Brighton
15:00	Dunk 29' Gardner 42' Ince 90+4'	Report	Duffy 35' Evans 40' Gestede 51' Baptiste 73' Conway 90+2'	Attendance: 24,840 Referee: Mark Haywood

22 November 2014 (2014-11-22) 18	Norwich City	3–3	Brighton & Hove Albion	Carrow Road, Norwich
15:00 BST (UTC+01)	Howson 38' 40' Martin 49' Johnson 56' 90+1' Hooper 85' Olsson 87'	Report	Bruno 33' LuaLua 66' Colunga 77' (pen.) Halford 87' Calderón 90'	Attendance: 26,379 Referee: Geoff Eltringham

29 November 2014 (2014-11-29) 19	Brighton & Hove Albion	1–2	Fulham	Falmer Stadium, Brighton
15:00 BST (UTC+01)	Bent 52' Ince 72' Colunga 89' 90+2'	Report	Grimmer 45+1' Rodallega 62' Parker 65' Christensen 77' McCormack 81'	Attendance: 28,802 Referee: Simon Hooper

6 December 2014 (2014-12-06) 20	Derby County	3–0	Brighton & Hove Albion	Pride Park, Derby
15:00 BST (UTC+01)	Martin 10', 20' Russell 15' Christie 35' Forsyth 39'	Report	Gardner 8' Dunk 40'	Attendance: 28,637 Referee: Mark Heywood

12 December 2014 21	Brighton & Hove Albion	0–1	Millwall	Falmer Stadium, Brighton
19:45		Report	Gregory 15'	Attendance: 24,085 Referee: James Linington

20 December 2014 (2014-12-20) 22	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–1	Brighton & Hove Albion	Molineux Stadium, Wolverhampton
15:00 BST (UTC+01)	Hause 39' Dicko 51' McDonald 78' Batth 88'	Report	Bent 10' Bruno 58' Forster-Caskey 64' Gardner 75' Holla 90' Halford 90+6'	Attendance: 22,882 Referee: Darren Bond

26 December 2014 (2014-12-26) 23	Brighton & Hove Albion	2–2	Reading	Falmer Stadium, Brighton
15:00 BST (UTC+01)	Forster-Caskey 40' Bennett 58' Calderón 90'	Report	Murray 1', 26' 44' Cox 38' Cummings 61' Norwood 90+2'	Attendance: 26,173 Referee: Graham Salisbury

29 December 2014 (2014-12-29) 24	Fulham	0–2	Brighton & Hove Albion	Craven Cottage, London
20:00 BST (UTC+01)	McCormack 84'	Report	Halford 29' Colunga 60' (pen.) March 87'	Attendance: 20,619 Referee: Graham Scott

10 January 2015 (2015-01-10) 25	Charlton Athletic	0–1	Brighton & Hove Albion	The Valley, London
15:00 BST (UTC+01)		Report	Ince 62' Bruno 74'	Attendance: 17,865 Referee: Lee Probert

17 January 2015 (2015-01-17) 26	Brighton & Hove Albion	0–1	Brentford	Falmer Stadium, Brighton
15:00 BST (UTC+01)	Dunk 45+2' 61'	Report	Gray 29' Jota 61' Button 90+1'	Attendance: 27,196 Referee: Andy Davies

21 January 2015 27	Brighton & Hove Albion	3–2	Ipswich Town	Falmer Stadium, Brighton
19:45	Baldock 18' Teixeira 38', 45+2'	Report	Murphy 22' Hunt 58' Sears 78' Bru 90+6'	Attendance: 23,880 Referee: Keith Stroud

31 January 2015 28	Blackpool	1–0	Brighton & Hove Albion	Bloomfield Road, Blackpool
15:00	Clarke 34' Dunne 54' Davies 59' O'Hara 75'	Report	Bennett 84'	Attendance: 10,575 Referee: Seb Stockbridge

7 February 2015 29	Brighton & Hove Albion	2–3	Nottingham Forest	Falmer Stadium, Brighton
15:00	Dunk 42' Ince 62' Kayal 90'	Report	Collins 44' Lansbury 63' Osborn 86'	Attendance: 26,267 Referee: Chris Sarginson

10 February 2015 30	Cardiff City	0–0	Brighton & Hove Albion	Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff
19:45	O'Keefe 37' Peltier 90+3'	Report	Calderón 68' Bruno 86'	Attendance: 19,206 Referee: Iain Williamson

14 February 2015 31	Sheffield Wednesday	0–0	Brighton & Hove Albion	Hillsborough Stadium, Sheffield
15:00	Semedo 22' Hutchinson 40'	Report	Kayal 18' Bruno 43' Teixeira 90+4'	Attendance: 19,274 Referee: Scott Duncan

21 February 2015 (2015-02-21) 32	Brighton & Hove Albion	4–3	Birmingham City	Falmer Stadium, Brighton
15:00 GMT	Teixeira 8', 58' Calderón 50', 85' Stockdale 76'	Report	Donaldson 13' Thomas 76' Grounds 85' Novak 90+2'	Attendance: 25,768 Referee: Gary Sutton

24 February 2015 (2015-02-24) 33	Brighton & Hove Albion	2–0	Leeds United	Falmer Stadium, Brighton
19:45 GMT	Baldock 26' Kayal 42' Calderón 63' LuaLua 90'	Report	Austin 85'	Attendance: 25,274 Referee: Fred Graham

28 February 2015 (2015-02-28) 34	Bolton Wanderers	1–0	Brighton & Hove Albion	Macron Stadium, Bolton
15:00 GMT	Heskey 45' Clough 64'	Report	Teixeira 45+1' Greer 74'	Attendance: 14,115 Referee: Dean Whitestone

3 March 2015 (2015-03-03) 35	Brighton & Hove Albion	2–0	Derby County	Falmer Stadium, Brighton
19:45 GMT	Greer 45+1' Bennett 61' Stephens 69' LuaLua 77'	Report	Bryson 31' Mascarell 62' Forsyth 80' Shotton 85'	Attendance: 23,665 Referee: Neil Swarbrick

10 March 2015 (2015-03-10) 36	Reading	2–1	Brighton & Hove Albion	Madejski Stadium, Reading
20:00 GMT	Mackie 24', 56' McCleary 88' Pogrebnyak 90'	Report	O'Grady 53' (pen.) Ince 61' Dunk 87' Bennett 88' Greer 90'	Attendance: 14,748 Referee: Andy Haines

14 March 2015 (2015-03-14) 37	Brighton & Hove Albion	1–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Falmer Stadium, Brighton
15:00 GMT	Dunk 10' Greer 42' Bruno 70'	Report	van La Parra 74' Doherty 87'	Attendance: 27,019 Referee: Trevor Kettle

17 March 2015 (2015-03-17) 38	Millwall	0–0	Brighton & Hove Albion	The Den, Millwall
19:45 GMT	Woolford 42' Taylor-Fletcher 59'	Report		Attendance: 9,105 Referee: Andy Woolmer

21 March 2015 (2015-03-21) 39	Blackburn Rovers	0–1	Brighton & Hove Albion	Ewood Park, Blackburn
15:00 GMT		Report	Kilgallon 26' (o.g.) Ledesma 36'	Attendance: 13,605 Referee: Stuart Attwell

3 April 2015 (2015-04-03) 40	Brighton & Hove Albion	0–1	Norwich City	Falmer Stadium, Brighton
15:00 GMT	Greer 20' Ince 90+2'	Report	Whittaker 28' Johnson 62' Hooper 90+4'	Attendance: 28,890 Referee: Andy Davies

6 April 2015 (2015-04-06) 41	Rotherham United	1–0	Brighton & Hove Albion	New York Stadium, Rotherham
15:00 GMT	Derbyshire 8' Pringle 38' Green 57'	Report	Ince 44' Kayal 54'	Attendance: 9,872 Referee: Kevin Wright

10 April 2015 (2015-04-10) 42	Brighton & Hove Albion	0–2	Bournemouth	Falmer Stadium, Brighton
19:45 GMT	Dunk 69' J. Bennett 90+2'	Report	Kermorgant 70' Wilson 81' Smith 90+2'	Attendance: 25,919 Referee: Craig Pawson

14 April 2015 (2015-04-14) 43	Brighton & Hove Albion	0–0	Huddersfield Town	Falmer Stadium, Brighton
19:45 GMT	Carayol 48' Calderón 67' Teixeira 76' J. Bennett 86'	Report	Smith 20' Coady 34' James 72'	Attendance: 23,270 Referee: Andy D'Urso

18 April 2015 (2015-04-18) 44	Wigan Athletic	2–1	Brighton & Hove Albion	DW Stadium, Wigan
15:00 GMT	Chow 26' Perch 81'	Report	Stephens 38' 55' Holla 51' Halford 90+2'	Attendance: 11,100 Referee: Keith Hill

25 April 2015 (2015-04-25) 45	Brighton & Hove Albion	0–2	Watford	Falmer Stadium, Brighton
12:15 GMT	Kayal 43' Stephens 90+2' Greer 90+7'	Report	Deeney 29' Cathcart 61' Angella 66' Deeney 87' Guedioura 90' Vydra 90+5'	Attendance: 28,841 Referee: Keith Stroud

2 May 2015 (2015-05-02) 46	Middlesbrough	0–0	Brighton & Hove Albion	Riverside Stadium, Middlesbrough
12:15 GMT	Tiendalli 34'	Report	Forster-Caskey 87'	Attendance: 33,381 Referee: Andy Madley

FA Cup

3 January 2015 Third round	Brentford	0–2	Brighton & Hove Albion	Griffin Park, Brentford
15:00	Tarkowski 56' Judge 86'	Report	Greer 25' Baldock 37' Teixeira 38' Chicksen 64' Halford 83' Dunk 88' O'Grady 90+3'	Attendance: 8,542 Referee: David Coote

25 January 2015 Fourth round	Brighton & Hove Albion	2–3	Arsenal	Falmer Stadium, Brighton
16:00 GMT	O'Grady 50' Baldock 72', 75' Holla 79' Greer 86' Dunk 90'	Report	Walcott 2' Özil 24' Rosický 59'	Attendance: 30,278 Referee: Michael Oliver

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]

12/13 August 2014 Round One	Brighton & Hove Albion	2–0	Cheltenham Town	Falmer Stadium, Brighton
19:45	Dunk 79' Mackail-Smith 90'	Summary	Richards 90+3'	Attendance: 6,595 Referee: Michael Bull

26 August 2014 Round Two	Swindon Town	2–4 (a.e.t.)	Brighton & Hove Albion	County Ground, Swindon
19:45	Thompson 46' Kasim 112' Thompson 59' 120+3'	Report	Ince 10' Colunga 95' Forster-Caskey 100' (pen.), 120+3' (pen.)	Attendance: 5,414 Referee: Andy Madley

24 September 2014 Round Three	Burton Albion	0–3	Brighton & Hove Albion	Pirelli Stadium, Burton upon Trent
19:45		Report	Ince 18' LuaLua 37' Mackail-Smith 66' Calderón 88'	Attendance: 3,253 Referee: Darren Bond

29 October 2014 Round Four	Tottenham Hotspur	2–0	Brighton & Hove Albion	White Hart Lane, London
19:45	Fazio 33' Lamela 54' Kane 74'	Report		Attendance: 33,537 Referee: Mark Clattenburg

Transfers

In

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
28	MF	Toko Nzuzi	23	EU	Grasshopper Club Zürich	Free Transfer	Summer	2017	Free	Brighton & Hove Albion F.C
4	DF	Aaron Hughes	34	EU	Queens Park Rangers	Free Transfer	Summer	2015	Free	Brighton & Hove Albion F.C
11	FW	Chris O'Grady	28	EU	Barnsley	Transfer	Summer	2017	Undisclosed	Brighton & Hove Albion F.C
13	GK	David Stockdale	28	EU	Fulham	Transfer	Summer	2017	Undisclosed	Brighton & Hove Albion F.C
38	MF	George Cole	18	EU	Chelsea	Free Transfer	Summer	2015	Free	Brighton & Hove Albion F.C
—	DF	Daniel Pappoe	20	EU	Chelsea	Free Transfer	Summer	2015	Free	Brighton & Hove Albion F.C
22	MF	Danny Holla	26	EU	ADO Den Haag	Free Transfer	Summer	2017	Free	Brighton & Hove Albion F.C
20	MF	Paddy McCourt	30	EU	Barnsley	Free Transfer	Summer	2016	Free	Brighton & Hove Albion F.C
7	FW	Adrián Colunga	29	EU	Getafe	Transfer	Summer	2016	Undisclosed	Brighton & Hove Albion F.C
9	FW	Sam Baldock	25	EU	Bristol City	Transfer	Summer	2018	Undisclosed	Brighton & Hove Albion F.C
—	MF	Beram Kayal	26	EU	Celtic	Transfer	Winter	2017	Undisclosed	Brighton & Hove Albion F.C

Out

N	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
1	GK	Peter Brezovan	34	EU	Portsmouth	Released	Summer	Free	Football League BBC Sport
7	FW	Will Hoskins	28	EU	Oxford United	Released	Summer	Free	Football League SkySports
29	GK	Tomasz Kuszczak	32	EU	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Released	Summer	Free	Football League BBC Sport
21	MF	David López	31	EU	Lugo	Released	Summer	Free	Football League
11	MF	Andrea Orlandi	29	EU	Blackpool	Released	Summer	Free	Football League Team Talk
9	FW	David Rodríguez	28	EU	Alcorcón	Released	Summer	Free	Football League
20	DF	Matthew Upson	35	EU	Leicester City	Free transfer	Summer	Free	Brighton & Hove Albion F.C
—	FW	Ben Dickenson	21	EU	Gillingham	Free transfer	Summer	Free	BBC Sport
19	FW	Leonardo Ulloa	28	EU	Leicester City	Transfer	Summer	£8,000,000	BBC Sport
30	MF	Will Buckley	24	EU	Sunderland	Transfer	Summer	£2,500,000	Brighton & Hove Albion F.C
28	MF	Nzuzi Toko	24	EU	Eskişehirspor	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	Age	Loan club	Started	Ended	Start source	End source
17	MF	João Carlos Teixeira	21	Liverpool	15 August 2014	30 June 2015	Brighton & Hove Albion F.C
30	DF	Joe Bennett	24	Aston Villa	20 August 2014	30 June 2015	Brighton & Hove Albion F.C
19	MF	Gary Gardner	22	Aston Villa	26 August 2014	31 December 2014	Brighton & Hove Albion F.C	Vital Football
1	GK	Ali Al-Habsi	32	Wigan Athletic	31 October 2014	30 November 2014	Brighton & Hove Albion F.C
32	MF	Elliott Bennett	25	Norwich City	1 November 2014	29 December 2014	Brighton & Hove Albion F.C Brighton & Hove Albion F.C
33	DF	Greg Halford	29	Nottingham Forest	4 November 2014	1 December 2014	Brighton & Hove Albion F.C
39	FW	Darren Bent	30	Aston Villa	26 November 2014	29 December 2014	Brighton & Hove Albion F.C
19	FW	Leon Best	28	Blackburn Rovers	20 January 2015	30 June 2015	Brighton & Hove Albion F.C
—	MF	Emmanuel Ledesma	26	Middlesbrough	19 February 2015	21 March 2015	Brighton & Hove Albion F.C
—	MF	Mustapha Carayol	26	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	Age	Loan club	Started	Ended	Start source	End source
22	MF	Jeffrey Monakana	20	Aberdeen	21 July 2014	2 February 2015	Brighton & Hove Albion F.C
23	FW	Shamir Fenelon	21	Rochdale	29 August 2014	8 October 2014	Brighton & Hove Albion F.C	Rochdale A.F.C
21	DF	Vitālijs Maksimenko	23	VVV-Venlo	1 September 2014	30 June 2015	BBC Sport
15	DF	Adam Chicksen	23	Gillingham	14 November 2014	13 December 2014	Brighton & Hove Albion F.C
23	FW	Shamir Fenelon	21	Tranmere Rovers	21 November 2014	1 January 2015	BBC Sport
12	FW	Craig Mackail-Smith	30	Peterborough United	27 November 2014	23 December 2014	BBC Sport	Brighton & Hove Albion F.C
11	FW	Chris O'Grady	28	Sheffield United	27 November 2014	31 January 2015	Brighton & Hove Albion F.C
7	FW	Adrián Colunga	30	Granada	30 January 2015	30 June 2015	Brighton & Hove Albion F.C
—	DF	Tom Dallison	19	Dartford	13 February 2015	30 June 2015	BBC Sport Brighton & Hove Albion F.C
22	MF	Jeffrey Monakana	21	Mansfield Town	20 February 2015	23 March 2015	Brighton & Hove Albion F.C
20	MF	Paddy McCourt	31	Notts County	21 February 2015	30 June 2015	Brighton & Hove Albion F.C
15	DF	Adam Chicksen	23	Fleetwood Town	27 February 2015	29 March 2015	Brighton & Hove Albion F.C
23	FW	Shamir Fenelon	21	Dagenham & Redbridge	27 February 2015	28 March 2015	Brighton & Hove Albion F.C
22	MF	Jeffrey Monakana	21	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

^ "Rotherham United deducted three points for ineligible player". BBC Sport. 24 April 2015. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
^ "Albion Start With Wednesday". Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. 18 June 2014. Archived from the original on 9 July 2014. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
^ "Albion Draw Cheltenham In Capital One Cup". Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. 17 June 2014. Archived from the original on 9 July 2014. Retrieved 17 June 2014.

[table_hth_ROT0.44410688357619-2] Rotherham United were deducted three points for fielding an ineligible player.^[1]

[1] "Rotherham United deducted three points for ineligible player". BBC Sport. 24 April 2015. Retrieved 24 April 2015.

[3] "Albion Start With Wednesday". Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. 18 June 2014. Archived from the original on 9 July 2014. Retrieved 18 June 2014.

[4] "Albion Draw Cheltenham In Capital One Cup". Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. 17 June 2014. Archived from the original on 9 July 2014. Retrieved 17 June 2014.

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