Brighton will kick off their Sky Bet Championship 2016/17 season with a trip to fellow promotion hopefuls Derby County on August 6.
Just a week later, Nottingham Forest will visit the south coast to play at the Amex Stadium.
Manager Chris Hughton will return to the club he got promoted from the Championship in 2010 on August 27 when Brighton face Newcastle United at St. James' Park.
Brighton, who missed out on automatic promotion on the final day of last season, will hope to avoid a similar fate when they travel to Aston Villa on May 7.
Brighton Sky Bet Championship fixtures 2016/17:
August
06: Derby County (a)
13: Nottingham Forest (h)
16: Rotherham United (h)
20: Reading (a)
27: Newcastle United (a)
September
10: Brentford (h)
13: Huddersfield Town (h)
17: Burton Albion (a)
24: Barnsley (h)
27: Ipswich Town (a)
October
01: Sheffield Wednesday (a)
15: Preston North End (h)
18: Wolverhampton (h)
22: Wigan Athletic (a)
29: Norwich City (h)
November
05: Bristol City (a)
19: Aston Villa (h)
26: Fulham (h)
December
03: Cardiff City (a)
10: Leeds United (h)
13: Blackburn Rovers (a)
17: Birmingham City (a)
26: Queens Park Rangers (h)
31: Cardiff City (h)
January
02: Fulham (a)
14: Preston North End (a)
21: Sheffield Wednesday (h)
28: Newcastle United (h)
31: Huddersfield Town (a)
February
04: Brentford (a)
11: Burton Albion (h)
14: Ipswich Town (h)
18: Barnsley (a)
25: Reading (h)
March
04: Nottingham Forest (a)
07: Rotherham United (a)
11: Derby County (h)
18: Leeds United (a)
April
01: Blackburn Rovers (h)
04: Birmingham City (h)
08: Queens Park Rangers (a)
15: Wolverhampton (a)
17: Wigan Athletic (h)
22: Norwich City (a)
29: Bristol City (h)
May
07: Aston Villa (a)
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