2025–26 Brighton & Hove Albion W.F.C. season

Brighton & Hove Albion

2025–26 season
Chairman	Tony Bloom
Manager	Dario Vidošić
Stadium	Broadfield Stadium, Crawley
Women's Super League	7th
League Cup	Group stage
Highest home attendance	2,219 (Broadfield Stadium)
Average home league attendance	2,219
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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All statistics correct as of 7 September 2025.

The 2025–26 Brighton & Hove Albion W.F.C. season will be the club's 35th season in existence and their eighth in the Women's Super League, the highest level of the football pyramid. Along with competing in the WSL, the club will compete in two domestic cup competitions: the FA Cup and the League Cup.

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   NGA Chiamaka Nnadozie 2 DF   COL Manuela Vanegas 3 DF   JPN Moeka Minami 5 DF   FRA Maelys Mpomé 6 FW   SWE Rosa Kafaji (on loan from Arsenal ) 7 FW   TAN Aisha Masaka 8 MF   ENG Maisie Symonds (captain) 9 FW   ENG Michelle Agyemang (on loan from Arsenal ) 10 MF   SRB Jelena Čanković 11 FW   JPN Kiko Seike 14 FW   ENG Fran Kirby 15 MF   NED Nadine Noordam 16 DF   COL Jorelyn Carabalí

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 MF   ENG Bex Rayner 18 DF   IRL Caitlin Hayes 19 DF   NED Marisa Olislagers 21 MF   USA Madison Haley 22 FW   ESP Carla Camacho 23 DF   NED Marit Auée 25 GK   ENG Hannah Poulter 27 DF   SCO Rachel McLauchlan 29 MF   JPN Fuka Tsunoda 32 GK   ENG Sophie Baggaley 33 MF   AUS Charlize Rule 64 MF   ENG Emilie Gay

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

Brighton & Hove Albion v Hammarby

2 August 2025 Friendly	Brighton & Hove Albion	0–1	Hammarby	Lancing
12:00		Report	Wangerheim	Stadium: American Express Elite Football Performance Centre Attendance: 0 (Behind closed doors)

Brighton & Hove Albion v Ajax

8 August 2025 Friendly	Brighton & Hove Albion	2–2	Ajax	Lancing
	Kirby (pen.) Seike	Report	Tolhoek Derks	Stadium: American Express Elite Football Performance Centre Attendance: 0 (Behind closed doors) Referee: Lisa Benn
Note: The match was composed of two 30-minute periods and one 45-minute period.

Brighton & Hove Albion v Crystal Palace

15 August 2025 Friendly	Brighton & Hove Albion	5–0	Crystal Palace	Lancing
14:00 BST	Nolan 5' (o.g.) Seike Noordam 45' Olislagers 49' Rayner 58'	Report		Stadium: American Express Elite Football Performance Centre Attendance: 0 (Behind closed doors)

Alhama v Brighton & Hove Albion

20 August 2025 Friendly	Alhama	1–2	Brighton & Hove Albion	Murcia, Spain
09:30 BST	Kuki 78'	Report	Haley 22' Kirby 25'	Stadium: Pinatar Arena Attendance: 0 (Behind closed doors)

Levante v Brighton & Hove Albion

23 August 2025 Friendly	Levante	0–8	Brighton & Hove Albion	Murcia, Spain
18:00 BST		Report	Rule 10' Kirby 13' Haley 20' Agyemang Seike Symonds	Stadium: Pinatar Arena Attendance: 0 (Behind closed doors)

Brighton & Hove Albion v West Ham

31 August 2025 Friendly	Brighton & Hove Albion	2–0	West Ham	Crawley
	Agyemang Kirby			Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: 0 (Behind closed doors)

Pre-season and friendly goalscorers

As of 31 August 2025

Rnk	No	Pos	Nat	Name	Goals
1	14	MF		Fran Kirby	4
	21	MF		Madison Haley
2	11	FW		Kiko Seike	3
3	9	FW		Michelle Agyemang	2
4	8	MF		Maisie Symonds	1
	15	MF		Nadine Noordam
	17	MF		Bex Rayner
	19	DF		Marisa Olislagers
	33	MF		Charlize Rule
Own goals					1
Total					19

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
				Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Women's Super League	7 September 2025		Matchday 1	1	0	1	0	0	0	+0	000.00
Women's FA Cup			Fourth round	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Women's League Cup	24 September 2025		Group stage	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total				1	0	1	0	0	0	+0	000.00

Last updated: 7 September 2025
Source: Soccerway

Women's Super League

Main article: 2025–26 Women's Super League

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: 7 September 2025.
Source: Women's Super League

Results by matchday

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Ground	H
Result	D
Position	7
Points	1

Source: Women's Super League
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Brighton & Hove Albion v Aston Villa

7 September 20251	Brighton & Hove Albion	0–0	Aston Villa	Crawley
12:00 BST	Olislagers  84' Haley  90+6'	Report	Grant  33' Deslandes  45+4' Wilms  47' Baijings  51' Taylor  72' Daly  90+1'	Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: 2,219 Referee: Ryan Atkin

Manchester City v Brighton & Hove Albion

13 September 20252	Manchester City	v	Brighton & Hove Albion	Manchester
12:00 BST				Stadium: Academy Stadium

Brighton & Hove Albion v West Ham United

21 September 20253	Brighton & Hove Albion	v	West Ham United	Crawley
14:00 BST				Stadium: Broadfield Stadium

Brighton & Hove Albion v Everton

28 September 20254	Brighton & Hove Albion	v	Everton	Crawley
14:00 BST				Stadium: Broadfield Stadium

Tottenham Hotspur v Brighton & Hove Albion

5 October 20255	Tottenham Hotspur	v	Brighton & Hove Albion	London (Leyton)
14:00 BST				Stadium: Brisbane Road

Arsenal v Brighton & Hove Albion

12 October 20256	Arsenal	v	Brighton & Hove Albion	London (Holloway)
14:00 BST				Stadium: Emirates Stadium

Brighton & Hove Albion v Manchester United

2 November 20257	Brighton & Hove Albion	v	Manchester United	Crawley
14:00 GMT				Stadium: Broadfield Stadium

Liverpool v Brighton & Hove Albion

9 November 20258	Liverpool	v	Brighton & Hove Albion	St Helens
14:00 GMT				Stadium: Totally Wicked Stadium

Brighton & Hove Albion v Leicester City

16 November 20259	Brighton & Hove Albion	v	Leicester City	Falmer
12:00 GMT				Stadium: Falmer Stadium

London City Lionesses v Brighton & Hove Albion

7 December 202510	London City Lionesses	v	Brighton & Hove Albion	London (Bromley)
12:00 GMT				Stadium: Hayes Lane

Brighton & Hove Albion v Chelsea

14 December 202511	Brighton & Hove Albion	v	Chelsea	Crawley
14:00 GMT				Stadium: Broadfield Stadium

Aston Villa v Brighton & Hove Albion

11 January 202612	Aston Villa	v	Brighton & Hove Albion	Birmingham (Aston)
14:00 GMT				Stadium: Villa Park

Everton v Brighton & Hove Albion

25 January 202613	Everton	v	Brighton & Hove Albion	Liverpool (Walton)
14:00 GMT				Stadium: Goodison Park

Brighton & Hove Albion v London City Lionesses

1 February 202614	Brighton & Hove Albion	v	London City Lionesses	Crawley
14:00 GMT				Stadium: Broadfield Stadium

West Ham United v Brighton & Hove Albion

8 February 202615	West Ham United	v	Brighton & Hove Albion	London (Dagenham)
12:00 GMT				Stadium: Victoria Road

Brighton & Hove Albion v Arsenal

15 February 202616	Brighton & Hove Albion	v	Arsenal	Crawley
14:00 GMT				Stadium: Broadfield Stadium

Chelsea v Brighton & Hove Albion

15 March 202617	Chelsea	v	Brighton & Hove Albion	London (Kingston upon Thames)
14:00 GMT				Stadium: Kingsmeadow

Brighton & Hove Albion v Liverpool

22 March 202618	Brighton & Hove Albion	v	Liverpool	Crawley
14:00 GMT				Stadium: Broadfield Stadium

Leicester City v Brighton & Hove Albion

29 March 202619	Leicester City	v	Brighton & Hove Albion	Leicester
15:00 BST				Stadium: King Power Stadium

Brighton & Hove Albion v Manchester City

26 April 202620	Brighton & Hove Albion	v	Manchester City	Crawley
14:00 BST				Stadium: Broadfield Stadium

Manchester United v Brighton & Hove Albion

3 May 202621	Manchester United	v	Brighton & Hove Albion	Leigh
13:00 BST				Stadium: Leigh Sports Village

Brighton & Hove Albion v Tottenham Hotspur

16/17 May 202622	Brighton & Hove Albion	v	Tottenham Hotspur	Crawley
TBD BST				Stadium: Broadfield Stadium

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
5	Tottenham Hotspur	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	3
6	Aston Villa	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
7	Brighton & Hove Albion	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
8	Manchester City	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	0
9	West Ham United	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	0

Updated to match(es) played on 7 September 2025. Source: Women's Super League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored.

FA Cup

Main article: 2025–26 Women's FA Cup

As a member of the Women's Super League Brighton & Hove Albion enter the FA Cup in the fourth round.

League Cup

Main article: 2025–26 Women's League Cup

Group stage

Portsmouth v Brighton & Hove Albion

24 September 2025 Group C	Portsmouth	v	Brighton & Hove Albion	Havant
19:00 BST				Stadium: Westleigh Park

West Ham United v Brighton & Hove Albion

8 October 2025 Group C	West Ham United	v	Brighton & Hove Albion	Dagenham
19:00 BST				Stadium: Victoria Road

Brighton & Hove Albion v Southampton

19 October 2025 Group C	Brighton & Hove Albion	v	Southampton	Crawley
14:00 BST				Stadium: Broadfield Stadium

Brighton & Hove Albion v Charlton Athletic

12 November 2025 Group C	Brighton & Hove Albion	v	Charlton Athletic	Crawley
19:00 GMT				Stadium: Broadfield Stadium

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brighton & Hove Albion	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Advanced to knock-out stage
2	Charlton Athletic	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Portsmouth	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Southampton	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	West Ham United	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played: September 2025. Source: Women's League Cup
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Number of wins; 5) Head-to-head record

Squad statistics

Italics indicate a loaned in player.

Appearances

Starting appearances are listed first, followed by substitute appearances after the + symbol where applicable.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		WSL		FA Cup		League Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	NGA	Chiamaka Nnadozie	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF	JPN	Moeka Minami	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
8	MF	ENG	Maisie Symonds	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
9	FW	ENG	Michelle Agyemang	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
10	MF	SRB	Jelena Čanković	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
11	FW	JPN	Kiko Seike	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
14	MF	ENG	Fran Kirby	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
15	MF	NED	Nadine Noordam	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
17	MF	ENG	Bex Rayner	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
19	DF	NED	Marisa Olislagers	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
21	MF	USA	Madison Haley	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
22	FW	ESP	Carla Camacho	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
27	DF	SCO	Rachel McLauchlan	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
33	MF	AUS	Charlize Rule	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0

Goalscorers

Rnk	No	Pos	Nat	Name	WSL	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
Own goals					0	0	0	0
Total					0	0	0	0

Assists

Rank	No.	Pos.	Nat.	Player	WSL	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
Totals					0	0	0	0

Clean sheets

Rank	No.	Pos.	Nat.	Player	Matches played	Clean sheet %	WSL	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
1	1	GK		Chiamaka Nnadozie	1	100.00%	1	0	0	1
Totals					1	100.00%	1	0	0	1

Disciplinary record

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Player	WSL			FA Cup			League Cup			Total
19	DF		Marisa Olislagers	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
21	MF		Madison Haley	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Total				2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0

Transfers

In

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Ref.
21 June 2025	DF		Moeka Minami	Roma	[1]
1 July 2025 [a]	GK		Chiamaka Nnadozie	Paris FC	[2] [3]
3 July 2025	DF		Manuela Vanegas	Real Sociedad	[4] [5]
4 August 2025	FW		Carla Camacho	Real Madrid	[6]
	MF		Taylor Warren	Chelsea	[7]
11 August 2025	DF		Maelys Mpomé	Chelsea	[8]
4 September 2025	MF		Fuka Tsunoda	Urawa Reds	[9] [10]

1. The transfer was announced on 27 June, but became official on 1 July when her current contract expired

Loans in

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Until	Ref.
11 August 2025	FW		Rosa Kafaji	Arsenal	End of season	[11] [12]
19 August 2025	FW		Michelle Agyemang	Arsenal	End of season	[13] [14]

Out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Ref.
June 2025	DF		Guro Bergsvand	VfL Wolfsburg	[15] [16]
	FW		Pauline Bremer	1. FC Köln	[15]
	DF		Poppy Pattinson	London City Lionesses	[15] [17]
	MF		Dejana Stefanović	Crvena Zvezda	[15]
	DF		Maria Thorisdottir	Marseille	[15] [18]
4 June 2025	MF		Olivia Carpenter	Lewes	[19]
	GK		Comfort Erhabor	Portsmouth	[19] [20]
	FW		Chelsea Ferguson	Lewes	[19]
	MF		Clarabella Hall	Cheltenham Town	[19] [21]
	DF		Beth Kaluya		[19]
	GK		Lily Murray	Southern Illinois University	[19] [22]
18 June 2025	DF		Li Mengwen	Jiangsu	[23] [24]
9 July 2025	MF		Vicky Losada	Bristol City	[25] [26] [27]
22 July 2025	FW		Nikita Parris	London City Lionesses	[28] [29] [30]

Loans out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Until	Ref.
1 August 2025	GK		Melina Loeck	Hammarby	1 January 2026	[31]
1 September 2025	MF		Olivia Johnson	Bristol City	End of season	[32] [33]
4 September 2025	MF		Libby Bance	Birmingham City	End of season	[34]
5 September 2025	DF		Jess Pegram	Rangers	End of season	[35]

References

1. "Minami signs for Albion". Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. 21 June 2025. Retrieved 21 June 2025.
2. "Chiamaka Nnadozie joins Albion". Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. 27 June 2025. Retrieved 27 June 2025.
3. "Brighton sign goalkeeper Nnadozie from Paris FC". British Broadcasting Corporation. 27 June 2025. Retrieved 27 June 2025.
4. "Brighton Women sign Colombia international Manuela Vanegas". The Argus. 3 July 2025. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
5. "Manuela Vanegas Catano signs for Albion". Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. 3 July 2025. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
6. "Albion sign striker Carla Camacho". Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. 4 August 2025. Retrieved 4 August 2025.
7. "Taylor Warren joins Brighton academy". Taylor Warren Instagram. 4 August 2025. Retrieved 4 August 2025.
8. "Albion sign Maelys Mpome from Chelsea". Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. 11 August 2025. Retrieved 11 August 2025.
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12. "Brighton sign Arsenal forward Kafaji on loan". BBC Sport. 11 August 2025. Retrieved 11 August 2025.
13. "Michelle Agyemang returns on loan to Albion from Arsenal". Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. 19 August 2025. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
14. "Euros star Agyemang returns to Brighton on loan". BBC Sport. 19 August 2025. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
15. "Five players to bid farewell". Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. 5 May 2025. Retrieved 26 May 2025.
16. "Experienced new signing from the WSL". VfL Wolfsburg. 6 June 2025. Retrieved 6 June 2025.
17. "London City Lionesses confirm the signing of defender Poppy Pattinson". London City Lionesses. 8 July 2025. Retrieved 8 July 2025.
18. "Maria Thorisdottir joins les Marseillaises !". www.om.fr. 18 August 2025. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
19. "Erhabor and Ferguson released". Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. 4 June 2025. Retrieved 4 June 2025.
20. "Pompey Women Sign Comfort Erhabor". Portsmouth F.C. 19 July 2025. Retrieved 20 July 2025.
21. https://www.instagram.com/p/DMYe5kaABwD/
22. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DLDIINjMWHG/
23. "Li Mengwen to leave Albion". Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. 18 June 2025. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
24. @westhamwomen (20 April 2025). "Yesterday was Li Mengwen's final game in Claret & Blue. Li will now return to China to represent Jiangsu province in the National Games and will miss the remaining three games of the season. Thank you for the memories, Wenzi! ⚒️" (Tweet). Retrieved 7 September 2025– via Twitter.
25. "Vicky Losada departs Albion". Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. 9 July 2025. Retrieved 9 July 2025.
26. "Brighton captain Losada leaves as contract expires". British Broadcasting Corporation. 9 July 2025. Retrieved 26 July 2025.
27. "Losada joins City". Bristol City F.C. 14 August 2025. Retrieved 17 August 2025.
28. "Parris departs Albion". Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. 22 July 2025. Retrieved 22 July 2025.
29. "London City Lionesses sign Nikita Parris ahead of Women's Super League debut". London City Lionesses. 26 July 2025. Retrieved 26 July 2025.
30. "Parris joins London City Lionesses on two-year deal". BBC Sport. 26 July 2025. Retrieved 27 July 2025.
31. "Loeck signs new contract". Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. 1 August 2025. Retrieved 1 August 2025.
32. "Olivia Johnson joins Bristol City on loan". Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. 1 September 2025. Retrieved 1 September 2025.
33. "Johnson signs on loan". Bristol City F.C. 1 September 2025. Retrieved 1 September 2025.
34. "Libby Bance joins Birmingham City on loan". Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. 4 September 2025. Retrieved 4 September 2025.
35. "Jess Pegram joins Rangers on loan". Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. 5 September 2025. Retrieved 5 September 2025.

External links

• Official website