Brighton chairman Tony Bloom stated Hurzeler’s “rules and method align with our values as a membership” and the brand new deal “displays our dedication to a shared long-term imaginative and prescient”.
“Since his appointment, Fabian has continued the progress the membership has made in current seasons with constant on-pitch performances, and he has developed a transparent enjoying identification,” he added.
“This season, he has constructed on the foundations laid throughout his first season through which he led us to a powerful eighth place.
“Throughout his time as head coach the workforce has proven resilience, depth and management. With three video games to play we’re pushing for a robust end.”
Hurzeler grew to become the youngest ever full-time supervisor of a Premier League workforce when he changed present Tottenham boss Roberto de Zerbi, who left Brighton on the finish of the 2023-24 season.
The membership’s solely marketing campaign in continental competitors was within the 2023-24 Europa League after De Zerbi led them to a sixth-placed top-flight end.
That was the very best in Brighton‘s historical past and Hurzeler now has the possibility to match that feat, together with his facet simply two factors behind Bournemouth in that place.
There’s additionally an out of doors probability that ending sixth might end in a Champions League spot for subsequent season.
Brighton nonetheless have a mathematical probability of overtaking fifth-placed Aston Villa for a particular Champions League qualification place, however are eight factors behind Unai Emery’s males.
Hurzeler got here by way of the youth ranks at Bayern Munich however lower quick his skilled enjoying profession at 23 to enter lower-level teaching.
He later grew to become assistant coach at St Pauli in 2020 and took cost of the workforce in December 2022, earlier than main them to the Bundesliga 2 title in 2024.
Hurzeler had been linked with a return to Germany, with reports, external of curiosity from Bundesliga facet Bayer Leverkusen.
