{"id":871612,"date":"2026-08-28T15:52:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T15:52:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/871612\/"},"modified":"2026-08-28T15:52:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T15:52:10","slug":"womens-super-league-brighton-boss-dario-vidosic-leaves-club","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/871612\/","title":{"rendered":"Women’s Super League: Brighton boss Dario Vidosic leaves club"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brighton manager Dario Vidosic is leaving the Women’s Super League club just a week before the start of the season “to pursue a new opportunity”. <\/p>\n

It is a major blow for Brighton, who reached the Women’s FA Cup final<\/a> for the first time in the club’s history in May under Vidosic.<\/p>\n

The Australian joined from Melbourne City in 2024 and signed a three-year deal as Brighton sought to close in on the WSL’s top four.<\/p>\n

In his first season in charge, Vidosic led them to a fifth-placed finish – their best in the WSL – and they recorded memorable wins over Arsenal and Manchester City in 2025-26.<\/p>\n

“I have loved my time at Albion and am proud of what we have achieved together,” Vidosic said.<\/p>\n

“Leaving has been a difficult decision but I believe it is the right time for me and my family to begin a new chapter. <\/p>\n

“I would like to thank the players, staff and supporters for their support throughout my time at the club and wish everyone associated with Albion every success.”<\/p>\n

With a week to go before the new season, Brighton were being tipped as one of the club’s capable of challenging WSL big hitters Arsenal, Chelsea, Manchester City and Manchester United for a top-four place.<\/p>\n

Reports in Spain, external<\/a> suggest Arturo Ruiz – who has just left Real Sociedad – is lined up to be Vidosic’s replacement at Brighton.<\/p>\n

Sources say Vidosic could be heading to the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) in the United States, with Angel City the most likely destination.<\/p>\n

Brighton kick off their WSL season at home to Arsenal on Sunday, 6 September (12:00 BST).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Brighton manager Dario Vidosic is leaving the Women’s Super League club just a week before the start of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":871613,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-871612","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/871612","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=871612"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/871612\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/871613"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=871612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=871612"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=871612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}