2022–23 Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. season
Brighton's opening game of the Premier League season made history, with The Seagulls recording their first ever win at Old Trafford in the 2–1 victory over Manchester United.[5] However, any chance of extending this was ended in their next match after losing 2–1 at Fulham with Lewis Dunk scoring his sixth Premier League own goal of his career.The game finished 0–0, with Solly March firing over his penalty in the shootout to miss the opportunity to send Albion through to the quarter-finals, with Brighton eventually losing.[18] After the turn of the year on 3 January 2023, Ferguson scored again on his first Premier League start, also assisting March's second goal of the season in the 4–1 away victory over Everton.[20] In the fifth round of the cup competition, on 28 February captain and hometown boy Lewis Dunk made his 400th Brighton appearance, helping the Albion progress into the quarter-final after a 1–0 away win over Championship side Stoke City.[21] On 4 March, long term back-up keeper Jason Steele made his second Premier League appearance of his career – his first coming in November 2021 – keeping his first top flight clean sheet in the 4–0 home win over West Ham.[24] Dunk became the first Brighton player to make 200 Premier League appearances on 8 April in an away match at Tottenham, scoring an equaliser in an eventual 1–2 defeat.Two matches against Union SG and Brentford will take place at the club's training ground, the American Express Elite Football Performance Centre and an away fixture was announced against Reading at the Madejski Stadium.[107] Win Draw Loss Fixtures Brighton entered the competition in the second round and were drawn away to Forest Green Rovers, the first time the senior team have played there.[109] Win Draw Loss Fixtures Note • Shane Duffy joined Fulham on 5 August on a season-long loan, made into a permanent transfer on 31 January 2023.