Brentford Football Club for the 2024-25 season! This comprehensive guide explores everything from the club’s current squad and their world ranking to their illustrious nickname and rich history.
Brentford Football Club is an English football club based in London. It currently plays in the Premier League and has as its biggest rivals Fulham, and Chelsea.
They compete in the Premier League, the highest level of English football, and gained promotion via the playoffs at the end of the 2020-21 championship season. Nicknamed “the bees”, the club was founded in 1889 and played home games at Griffin Park from 1904 before moving to Brentford Community Stadium in 2020. Their main rivals are west London-based clubs Fulham and Queens Park Rangers.
Team Profile summary
| Team | Brentford Football Club |
| Nickname(s) | The Bees |
| Home Stadium | Brentford Community Stadium |
| Stadium Capacity | 17,250 |
| Location | London (Brentford) |
| Founded | 1889 |
| Website | http://www.brentfordfc.com/ |
| League | 2024–25 Premier League |
| Manager | Thomas Frank |
What is the Nickname of Brentford FC?
Brentford’s nickname is “The Bees”. The nickname was inadvertently created by Borough Road College students in the 1890s when they attended a game and shouted the college chant “buck up Bs” in support of their friend and then Brentford player Joseph Gettins. Local newspapers misrepresented the chant as “Buck up Bees” and the nickname stuck.
Brentford’s main rivals
Brentford’s main rivals are Fulham and Queens Park Rangers. The club has a long-standing rivalry with Fulham. In the past, this meeting has been marred by mob violence. Brentford’s rivalry with Queens Park Rangers intensified in 1967, when the Rangers failed in an attempt to take control of the Bees, a move which, had it been successful, would have seen the Rangers move to Griffin Park and Brentford leave the Soccer League. As with the Fulham rivalry, in this match passions run high between both groups of supporters with local pride at stake.
Brentford Home Stadium
- Clifden Road (1889–1891)
- Benn’s Field (1891–1895)
- Shotter’s Field (1895–1898)
- Cross Roads (1898–1900)
- York Road (1900–1904)
- Griffin Park (1904–2020)
- Brentford Community Stadium (2020–present)
Read More About Brentford Community Stadium.
Brentford Kit
In 2017, the club redesigned its crest to a more modern, uncluttered design with the flexibility to use a two-tone color print. The design is a double-label with the name of the club and year founded in white on a red background and a large central bee.
Current Uniforms
1st – Shirt with red and white stripes, black shorts, and socks;
2nd – Black shirt, black shorts, and socks.
3rd – Blue shirt, white shorts, and blue socks.
Brentford 2024-25 players
| 41 | Vincent Angelini | Scotland | 12/09/2003 |
| 40 | Ellery Balcombe | England | 15/10/1999 |
| 1 | Mark Flekken | Netherlands | 13/06/1993 |
| 21 | Thomas Strakosha | Albania | 19/03/1995 |
| 31 | Hákon Valdimarsson | Iceland | 13/10/2001 |
| 20 | Kristoffer Ajer | Norway | 17/04/1998 |
| 50 | Benjamin Arthur | England | 09/10/2005 |
| 22 | Nathan Collins | Ireland | 30/04/2001 |
| 43 | Benjamin Fredrick | Nigeria | 28/05/2005 |
| 3 | Rico Henry | England | 08/07/1997 |
| 2 | Aaron Hickey | Scotland | 10/06/2002 |
| 36 | Ji-soo Kim | South Korea | 24/12/2004 |
| 16 | Ben Mee | England | 21/09/1989 |
| 5 | Ethan Pinnock | Jamaica | 29/05/1993 |
| 12 | Reguilón | Spain | 16/12/1996 |
| 30 | Mads Roerslev | Denmark | 24/06/1999 |
| 13 | Zanka | Denmark | 23/04/1990 |
| 26 | Shandon Baptiste | Grenada | 08/04/1998 |
| 38 | Ethan Brierley | England | 23/11/2003 |
| 24 | Mikkel Damsgaard | Denmark | 03/07/2000 |
| 10 | Joshua Dasilva | England | 23/10/1998 |
| 27 | Vitaly Janelt | Germany | 10/05/1998 |
| 8 | Mathias Jensen | Denmark | 01/01/1996 |
| 52 | Yunus Konak | Turkey | 10/01/2006 |
| 6 | Christian Nørgaard | Denmark | 10/03/1994 |
| 15 | Frank Onyeka | Nigeria | 01/01/1998 |
| 32 | Ryan Trevitt | England | 12/03/2003 |
| 33 | Yegor Yarmolyuk | Ukraine | 01/03/2004 |
| 42 | Valentin Adedokun | Ireland | 14/02/2003 |
| 14 | Saman Ghoddos | Iran | 06/09/1993 |
| 23 | Keane Lewis-Potter | England | 22/02/2001 |
| 7 | Neal Maupay | France | 14/08/1996 |
| 19 | Bryan Mbeumo | Cameroon | 07/08/1999 |
| 9 | Kevin Schade | Germany | 27/11/2001 |
| 17 | Ivan Toney | England | 16/03/1996 |
| 11 | Yoane Wissa | Congo DR | 03/09/1996 |
Brentford captain and coach
Pontus Jansson is captain of the team and Thomas Frank is the coach of Brentford FC.
Brentford captain
Have a look at the profile summary of Brentford’s current captain.
Profile summary
- Name: Pontus Jansson
- Date of birth/Age: Feb 13, 1991 (31)
- Place of birth: Arlöv
- Citizenship: Sweden
- Height: 1,96 m
- Position: Centre-Back
- Former International: Sweden
- Caps/Goals: 27 / 0
Brentford Coach
Have a look at the profile summary of the team’s current coach.
Profile summary
- Name: Thomas Frank
- Date of birth/Age: Oct 9, 1973 (48)
- Place of birth: Frederiksværk
- Citizenship: Denmark
- Agent: Elite Consulting
- Avg. the term as coach: 2.17 Years
- Preferred formation: 4-3-3 Attacking
Brentford world rankings
In World ranking, this club is at #97.
Brentford trophies
- Second Division / First Division / Championship (Tier 2)
- Champions (1): 1934–35
- Play-off winners (1): 2020–21
- Third Division / Second Division / League One (Tier 3)
- Champions (2): 1932–33 (South), 1991–92
- Promoted (1): 2013–14
- Fourth Division / Third Division / League Two (Tier 4)
- Champions (3): 1962–63, 1998–99, 2008–09
- Southern League Second Division
- Champions (1): 1900–01
- London League First Division: 1
- Promoted (1): 1897–98
- London League Second Division: 1
- Promoted (1): 1896–97
- West London Alliance: 1
- Champions (1): 1892–93
Celebrity connections with Brentford
- Brentford FC is mentioned often on the BBC comedy People Just Do Nothing. DJ Beats often wears a Brentford jacket, and Angel’s room is full of Brentford memorabilia.
- Actor and comedian Bradley Walsh was a professional at the club in the late 1970s but never made the first-team squad.
- Dan Tana, a Hollywood actor, and restaurateur served on the club’s board and was chairman.
- Model Stephen James played for the club’s youth team prior to his release in 2008.
- Entertainer Vic Oliver served as the club’s vice-president in the early 1950s and was later president of the Brentford Supporters’ Club.
- Politician Jack Dunnett served as club chairman between 1961 and 1967.
- Rod Stewart had a trial at the club in 1960.
- Rick Wakeman became a director of the club for a year in 1979.
Source: FootballArroyo.co.uk
