Brighton and dia coach, Fabian Hürzeler, don enta history. Dem become di first team to line up 15 outfield players from different nationalities inside one Premier League match.
Di rare and historic event happun on Sunday, 13 September 2026, as di Seagulls win Coventry City 5-0. Na di fourth matchday of Premier League, and Brighton travel to promoted Coventry.
If you count di 10 outfield starters and di 5 substitutes wey enter di pitch, di club represent four different continents.
Di outfield players wey dem use for di match na Ferdi Kadioglu from Turkey, Luka Vuskovic from Croatia, Lewis Dunk from England, Olivier Boscagli from France, Pascal Gross from Germany, Yasin Ayari from Sweden, Maxime De Cuyper from Belgium, Malick Yacoulyé from Côte d’Ivoire, Diego Gomez from Paraguay, Pascal Struijk from Netherlands, Chema Andres from Spain, Ibrahim Osman from Ghana, Charalampos Kostoulas from Greece, Costinha from Portugal and Matthew O’Riley from Denmark.
Di only nationality wey show double for di whole match sheet na Netherlands. Goalkeeper Bart Verbruggen and substitute defender Pascal Struijk both come from Netherlands.
For di 15 players, 12 come from Europe, including nine of di 11 starters. Ferdi Kadioglu na di only Asian for di list, while Diego Gomez from Paraguay na di only South American.
Malick Yacoulyé from Côte d’Ivoire and Ibrahim Osman from Ghana na di two players wey represent Africa for di match.
