List of Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. seasons

The table details their achievements and the top goalscorer in senior competitions from their debut in the Southern League and FA Cup in 1901–02 to the end of the most recently completed season.

[1] They also entered the FA Cup for the first time, disposing of Brighton Athletic, Eastbourne, and Hastings & St Leonards before succumbing 3–2 at home to Clapton in the third qualifying round.

[4] The committee's recommendation against accepting the promotion on financial grounds was overruled by the membership,[5] but their fears were justified when the club lost £1,500 on their first year's trading as a limited company.

The Times wrote that "Brighton and Hove Albion have not had much difficulty in finishing at the head of the Southern League, and for that reason the competition has lost some of its interest, though probably the rivalry between the teams has been as keen as ever.

"[7] This achievement earned them a place in the FA Charity Shield to face reigning Football League champions Aston Villa; Albion won 1–0 with a second-half goal from Charlie Webb.

Interest was such that the game was filmed for cinematic release, and Brighton's eventual victory, in a second replay at Chelsea's ground, Stamford Bridge, was watched by a Monday-afternoon crowd of 45,000.

[22] The club played two seasons at Gillingham, some 70 miles (110 km) from home, before returning to Brighton to the Withdean Stadium, a municipal athletics track, in 1999.

Bobby Zamora's 28 League goals in each of two consecutive seasons helped his team to two successive divisional titles and promotion back to the second tier.

[28] Following Potter's departure to Chelsea and the appointment of Roberto De Zerbi in the following season, Brighton surpassed this achievement and finished in sixth place in the 2022–23 Premier League, qualifying for European football for the first time in club history.