Brighton 2022-23 season player ratings gallery: Brilliant midfielder scores 11/10 but Spain international nets 2/10

Brighton supporters will still be struggling to grasp the idea that they will be watching their football club play European football next season.

By Frankie Elliott

Published 2nd Jun 2023, 15:33 BST

Updated 2nd Jun 2023, 16:13 BST

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The Albion have enjoyed one of the greatest-ever seasons in the club history. A sixth-placed league finish, the highest ever in the top flight, booked them a place in next season’s Europa League for the first time in the club’s history.

It was a predictably engrossing eights months on the south coast, with numerous twists and turns along the way to this historic achievement. The club sold three of its best players (Yves Bissouma, Marc Cucurella and Leandro Trossard) to ‘big six’ clubs and managed to keep hold another (Moises Caicedo) by the skin of their teeth in two action-packed transfer windows.

The Seagulls also lost their long-term manager Graham Potter, whose hard-work building the club up to top-half Premier League material over the course of three years had lead to him attracting the interest of Chelsea.

The Albion have enjoyed one of the greatest-ever seasons in the club history.

The Albion have enjoyed one of the greatest-ever seasons in the club history.

The 48-year-old departed for the capital in September, taking most of his backroom staff with him, leaving Brighton in a vulnerable position after just six games in the season.

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A really difficult season for the former number one goalkeeper. A glaring error at Selhurst Park cost his side three points against their arch-rivals. Soon after that, the Spaniard found himself on the bench behind De Zerbi's preferred shot stopper - Jason Steele.
Sanchez clearly did not take kindly to his new position in the team and was not seen in any matchday squads for the last three league games.
Even a world class save to keep Brighton in the FA Cup semi final cannot improve his rank, as he will have been disappointed to not have kept out Marcel Sabitzer penalty in the shootout. — A really difficult season for the former number one goalkeeper. A glaring error at Selhurst Park cost his side three points against their arch-rivals. Soon after that, the Spaniard found himself on the bench behind De Zerbi's preferred shot stopper - Jason Steele. Sanchez clearly did not take kindly to his new position in the team and was not seen in any matchday squads for the last three league games. Even a world class save to keep Brighton in the FA Cup semi final cannot improve his rank, as he will have been disappointed to not have kept out Marcel Sabitzer penalty in the shootout.

A really difficult season for the former number one goalkeeper. A glaring error at Selhurst Park cost his side three points against their arch-rivals. Soon after that, the Spaniard found himself on the bench behind De Zerbi's preferred shot stopper - Jason Steele.
Sanchez clearly did not take kindly to his new position in the team and was not seen in any matchday squads for the last three league games.
Even a world class save to keep Brighton in the FA Cup semi final cannot improve his rank, as he will have been disappointed to not have kept out Marcel Sabitzer penalty in the shootout. — A really difficult season for the former number one goalkeeper. A glaring error at Selhurst Park cost his side three points against their arch-rivals. Soon after that, the Spaniard found himself on the bench behind De Zerbi's preferred shot stopper - Jason Steele. Sanchez clearly did not take kindly to his new position in the team and was not seen in any matchday squads for the last three league games. Even a world class save to keep Brighton in the FA Cup semi final cannot improve his rank, as he will have been disappointed to not have kept out Marcel Sabitzer penalty in the shootout.

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In stepped Roberto De Zerbi, who built on the foundations put in place by Potter to take the Sussex side further then they have ever gone before. Playing a brand of football unlike any ever seen on these shores, the Italian oversaw a run to the semi-final of the FA Cup and a place in Europe’s second biggest club competition; beating Liverpool (twice), Manchester United, Chelsea and Arsenal along the way.

De Zerbi and Potter both stressed that the success of this side was solely down to the quality of the players on the pitch and there has been a number of stand-out performances for the Albion this season, with at least five players taking a claim to win the club’s Player Of The Season award.

Here is how SussexWorld have ranked each Brighton’s players season out of ten.

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