Brighton & Hove Albion

History and achievements

Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. is a football club that was established in 1901. The team started playing in the Football League in 1920. The only trophy of the club is FA Charity Shield. The first campaign of the team in the first division started in the season 1978/1979 where the team spent three seasons. In the early 1980s the club played fairly well in the FA Cup, even reaching the final once where they were beaten by Manchester United.

Under the helm of Peter Taylor in the early 2000s Albion finished atop of the Division Two and won promotion to the Championship.

In the mid-1990s the club faced financial problems and was forced to sell its home stadium Goldstone Ground. The current arena of the team is Falmer Stadium that has a capacity of 27,350.

The club is nicknamed the Seagulls or the Albion. The main rival is Crystal Palace. The chairman of the team is Tony Bloom.

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Club top players

№	Name and surname	Role	Ranking	Age	Weight	Height	Country
1	Martín Montoya	defender	58	32 years	74 kg	174 cm	Spain
2	Bobby Zamora	forward	10	42 years	85 kg	187 cm	England
3	Liam Rosenior	defender	2	39 years	76 kg	178 cm	England
4	Shane Duffy	defender	2	31 years	76 kg	193 cm	Republic of Ireland
5	Will Hoskins	forward	1	37 years	78 kg	178 cm	England
6	David Stockdale	goalkeeper	1	38 years	97 kg	188 cm	England
7	Mathew Ryan	goalkeeper	0	31 years		181 cm	Australia
8	Pascal Groß	midfielder	0	32 years	72 kg	181 cm	Germany
9	Anthony Knockaert	midfielder	0	31 years	69 kg	172 cm	France
10	Vitālijs Maksimenko	midfielder	0	32 years	80 kg	186 cm	Latvia