2016–17 Birmingham City F.C. season

Birmingham City 2016–17
Club information
Manager	Gary Rowett
League Season information
Points	17
Goals for	13
Goals against	9
Goals difference	+4
Cup placements
FA Cup	Third round
EFL Cup	First round (eliminated by Oxford United)
Season statistics
Matches played	10
Top goalscorer	Clayton Donaldson (4)
Biggest home win	3–0 vs Norwich City 27 August 2016
Biggest away win	1–0 vs Fulham 10 September 2016
Biggest home attendance	19,833 vs Cardiff City 8 August 2016
Biggest away attendance	27,392 vs Leeds United 13 August 2016
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The 2016–17 season is Birmingham City Football Club's 114th season in the English football league system and sixth consecutive season in the Football League Championship. As with all Football League clubs, the first team will also compete in the FA Cup and EFL Cup. It covers the period from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017.

Background and pre-season

Pre-season match details

Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score F–A	Scorers	Attendance
12 July 2016	Solihull Moors	A	W	3–1	Donaldson 17', 34', Fabbrini 28'
16 July 2016	Forest Green Rovers	A	W	3–0	Morrison 11', Storer 81', Fabbrini 89'	1,382
19 July 2016	Shrewsbury Town	A	L	0–1		1,020
19 July 2016	Walsall	A	D	1–1	Caddis 80'	3,301
24 July 2016	Hibernian	A	L	0–1		5,904
27 July 2016	Port Vale	A	W	2–0	Storer 73', Caddis 84' pen.	1,603
30 July 2016	Roda JC	H	D	0–0		4,218
2 August 2016	Kidderminster Harriers	A	W	4–0	Storer 3', 67', Shinnie 9', Vaughan 33'	1,137

Football League Championship

Main article: 2016–17 Football League Championship

Match results

General source: Match content not verifiable from these sources is referenced individually.

Match results: Championship

Date	League position	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score F–A	Scorers	Attendance
8 August 2016	10th	Cardiff City	H	D	0–0		19,833
13 August 2016	7th	Leeds United	A	W	2–1	Maghoma 15', Morrison 55'	27,392
16 August 2016	9th	Wigan Athletic	A	D	1–1	Davis 44'	11,182
20 August 2016	13th	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	L	1–3	Che Adams 24'	18,569
27 August 2016	10th	Norwich City	H	W	3–0	Davis 22', Donaldson 68' pen., 83'	16,295
10 September 2016	4th	Fulham	A	W	1–0	Donaldson 49' pen.	17,603
13 September 2016	5th	Reading	A	D	0–0		14,602
17 September 2016	5th	Sheffield Wednesday	H	W	2–1	Donaldson 81' pen., Jutkiewicz 90+2'	16,786
24 September 2016	6th	Queens Park Rangers	A	D	1–1	Jutkiewicz 23'	13,693
27 September 2016	6th	Preston North End	H	D	2–2	Shotton 30', Che Adams 68'	15,779

Current league table (part)

2016–17 Football League Championship table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Newcastle Utd  (C) (P)	46	29	7	10	85	40	+45	94	Promotion to the Premier League
2	Brighton  (P)	46	28	9	9	74	40	+34	93
3	Reading	46	26	7	13	68	64	+4	85	Qualification to the Championship Play-offs
4	Reading	46	24	9	13	60	45	+15	81
5	Huddersfield Town  (P)	46	25	6	15	56	58	−2	81
6	Fulham	46	22	14	10	85	57	+28	80
7	Leeds United	46	22	9	15	61	47	+14	75
8	Norwich City	46	20	10	16	85	69	+16	70
9	Derby County	46	18	13	15	54	50	+4	67
10	Brentford	46	18	10	18	75	65	+10	64
11	Preston North End	46	16	14	16	64	63	+1	62
12	Cardiff City	46	17	11	18	60	61	−1	62
13	Aston Villa	46	16	14	16	47	48	−1	62
14	Barnsley	46	15	13	18	64	67	−3	58
15	Wolves	46	16	10	20	54	58	−4	58
16	Ipswich Town	46	13	16	17	48	58	−10	55
17	Bristol City	45	14	9	22	60	66	−6	51
18	Queens Park Rangers	46	15	8	23	52	66	−14	53
19	Birmingham City	46	13	14	19	45	64	−19	53
20	Burton Albion	46	13	13	20	49	63	−14	52
21	Nottm Forest	46	14	9	23	62	72	−10	51
22	Blackburn Rovers  (R)	46	12	15	19	53	65	−12	51	Relegation to the Football League One
23	Wigan Athletic  (R)	46	10	12	24	40	57	−17	42
24	Rotherham United  (R)	46	5	8	33	40	98	−58	23

Updated to games played on 7 May 2017
Source: EFL.com
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round; (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
10	4	5	1	13	9	+4	17	2	2	1	8	6	+2	2	3	0	5	3	+2

Source: BBC

FA Cup

Main article: 2016–17 FA Cup

EFL Cup

Main article: 2016–17 EFL Cup

EFL Cup match details

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score F–A	Scorers	Attendance
First	9 August 2016	Oxford United	H	L	0–1 a.e.t.		7,202

Transfers

In

Date	Player	Club	Fee
30 June 2016	Ryan Shotton	Derby County	Undisclosed
1 July 2016	Robert Tesche	(Nottingham Forest)	Free
27 July 2016	Daniel Cleary	(Liverpool)	Free
8 August 2016	Che Adams	Sheffield United	Undisclosed
12 August 2016	Greg Stewart	Dundee	Undisclosed

Brackets around club names indicate the player's contract with that club had expired before he joined Birmingham.

Out

Date	Player	Club	Fee
24 August 2016	James Vaughan	(Bury)	Mutual consent

Brackets round a club denote the player joined that club after his Birmingham City contract expired.

Loan in

Date	Player	Club	Return
31 August 2016	Lukas Jutkiewicz	Burnley	2 January 2017
31 August 2016	Rhoys Wiggins	AFC Bournemouth	2 January 2017

Loan out

Date	Player	Club	Return
9 August 2016	Wes Harding	Alfreton Town	9 September 2016
12 August 2016	Alex Jones	Port Vale	2 January 2017
17 August 2016	Andrew Shinnie	Hibernian	End of season
19 August 2016	Koby Arthur	Cheltenham Town	2 January 2017
19 August 2016	Charlee Adams	Kilmarnock	5 January 2017
31 August 2016	Nicolai Brock-Madsen	PEC Zwolle	End of season

Appearances and goals

Sources:

Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute.

Players with name and squad number struck through and marked left the club during the playing season.

Players with names in italics and marked * were on loan from another club for the whole of their season with Birmingham.

Players listed with no appearances have been in the matchday squad but only as unused substitutes.

Key to positions: GK – Goalkeeper; DF – Defender; MF – Midfielder; FW – Forward

Players included in matchday squads

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	League		FA Cup		EFL Cup		Total		Discipline
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	England	Adam Legzdins	4	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	0
3	DF	England	Jonathan Grounds	10	0	0	0	1	0	11	0	3	0
4	DF	England	Paul Robinson	0 (2)	0	0	0	1	0	1 (2)	0	0	0
5	DF	England	Ryan Shotton	10	1	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	0
6	MF	Netherlands	Maikel Kieftenbeld	8	0	0	0	1	0	9	0	1	0
7	MF	Germany	Robert Tesche	3 (3)	0	0	0	1	0	4 (3)	0	0	0
8	MF	Republic of Ireland	Stephen Gleeson	6	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	6 (1)	0	2	0
9	FW	Jamaica	Clayton Donaldson	7 (1)	4	0	0	0 (1)	0	7 (2)	4	2	0
10	MF	Italy	Diego Fabbrini	1 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	1 (1)	0	0	0
11	MF	Wales	David Cotterill	6 (2)	0	0	0	0	0	6 (2)	0	0	0
12	DF	Wales	Rhoys Wiggins	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	FW	England	Che Adams	6 (2)	2	0	0	0	0	6 (2)	2	0	0
15	FW	England	Lukas Jutkiewicz	3 (2)	2	0	0	0	0	3 (2)	2	0	0
17	MF	England	Viv Solomon-Otabor	0 (2)	0	0	0	1	0	1 (2)	0	0	0
18	MF	England	Reece Brown	1 (3)	0	0	0	0	0	1 (3)	0	0	0
19	MF	DR Congo	Jacques Maghoma	9 (1)	1	0	0	0 (1)	0	9 (2)	1	1	0
20	FW	Scotland	Greg Stewart	1 (5)	0	0	0	0	0	1 (5)	0	0	0
21	FW	England	James Vaughan	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
22	MF	Scotland	Andrew Shinnie	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	DF	United States	Jonathan Spector	10	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	1	0
25	DF	England	Josh Cogley	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
26	MF	England	David Davis	9 (1)	2	0	0	0	0	9 (1)	2	4	0
27	GK	England	Connal Trueman	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	DF	England	Michael Morrison	10	1	0	0	1	0	11	1	1	0
29	GK	Poland	Tomasz Kuszczak	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0
31	DF	Scotland	Paul Caddis	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
38	FW	England	Jack Storer	0 (3)	0	0	0	1	0	1 (3)	0	1	1

Players not included in matchday squads

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name
16	MF	England	Charlee Adams
24	MF	Ghana	Koby Arthur
44	FW	Denmark	Nicolai Brock-Madsen