2022–23 Brighton & Hove Albion W.F.C. season
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The 2022–23 Brighton & Hove Albion W.F.C. season was the club's 32nd season in existence and their fifth in the Women's Super League, the highest level of the football pyramid. Along with competing in the WSL, the club also contested two domestic cup competitions: the FA Cup and the League Cup.
2022–23 season | ||||
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Chairman | Tony Bloom | |||
Manager | Hope Powell (until 31 October) Amy Merricks (interim, 31 October – 28 December) Jens Scheuer [de] (28 December – 6 March) Amy Merricks (interim, 6 March – 7 April) Melissa Phillips (from 7 April) | |||
Stadium | Broadfield Stadium, Crawley | |||
Women's Super League | 11th | |||
FA Cup | Semi-final | |||
League Cup | Group Stage | |||
Top goalscorer | League: Elisabeth Terland (7) All: Danielle Carter (9) | |||
Highest home attendance | 5,220 vs Reading (Women's Super League – 25 September 2022) | |||
Lowest home attendance | 1,005 vs West Ham United (FA Women's League Cup – 18 January 2023) | |||
Average home league attendance | 3,427 | |||
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All statistics correct as of 27 May 2023. |
On 31 October, Hope Powell stepped down as manager after five years in charge. Assistant manager Amy Merricks was promoted to interim manager.[1] Jens Scheuer [de], who had been out of work since leaving Bayern Munich at the conclusion of the 2021–22 Frauen-Bundesliga season in May, was appointed to the role permanently on 28 December.[2] He remained in the role for 65 days until leaving by mutual consent on 6 March 2023. Merricks was reappointed interim manager on the same day.[3] With the team sat bottom of the WSL in 12th, Brighton appointed Melissa Phillips as head coach on a two-year contract on 7 April. Phillips left her role as assistant coach of Angel City FC, a role she had only held since January 2023 after stepping down as head coach of London City Lionesses, to take the job.[4]