The Falmer Stadium is a football stadium in the village of Falmer, in the City of Brighton and Hove, East Sussex. It serves as the home of Premier League club Brighton & Hove Albion and has an all-seater capacity of 31,800. The stadium was handed over from the developers to the club on 31 May 2011.

The first competitive game played at the stadium was the 2010–11 season final of the Sussex Senior Cup between Brighton and Eastbourne Borough on 16 July 2011. The first league game was against Doncaster Rovers, who were also the opponents in the last game played at Brighton's former stadium, the Goldstone Ground, 14 years earlier.

Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club, commonly referred to simply as Brighton, is an English professional football club based in the city of Brighton and Hove. They compete in the Premier League, the top tier of the English football league system.

Founded in 1901, and nicknamed the "Seagulls" or "Albion", Brighton played their early professional football in the Southern League, before being elected to the Football League in 1920.

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