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Birmingham City
Birmingham City FC
Full name Birmingham City Football Club
Nickname(s) The Blues
Founded 1875
Ground St. Andrews Stadium
(Capacity: 29,409)
Owner Flag of China Birmingham Sports Holdings (51.7%)
Flag of United States Shelby Companies Ltd. (48.3%)
Chairman Flag of United States Tom Wagner
Manager Flag of Wales Chris Davies
Current League League One 
2023–24 Championship, 22nd (relegated)
Website Club home page
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Football current event Current season

Birmingham City Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of Birmingham, England. Formed in 1875 as Small Heath Alliance, they became Small Heath in 1888, then Birmingham in 1905, finally becoming Birmingham City in 1943. They compete in League One, the third tier of league football in England.

As Small Heath, they played in the Football Alliance before becoming founder members and first ever champions of the Football League Second Division. The most successful period in their history was in the 1950s and early 1960s. They achieved their highest finishing position of sixth in the First Division in the 1955–56 season and reached the 1956 FA Cup Final, progressed to the final of the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup in 1960 and 1961, and won their first major trophy, the League Cup, in 1963, beating Aston Villa 3–1 on aggregate. They won the latter competition for the second time in 2011. They have played in the top tier of English football for the majority of their history. Their longest period spent outside the top division, between 1986 and 2002, included two brief spells in the third tier of the English League, during which time they twice won the Football League Trophy.

St Andrew's has been their home ground since 1906. They have a long-standing and fierce rivalry with Aston Villa, their nearest neighbours, with whom they play the Second City derby. The club's nickname is Blues, due to the colour of their kit, and their fans are known as Bluenoses.

Players[]

First-team squad[]

As of 6 January 2025
No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF Flag of England Ethan Laird
3 DF Flag of England Lee Buchanan
4 DF Flag of Austria Christoph Klarer
5 DF Flag of England Dion Sanderson
6 MF Flag of Poland Krystian Bielik (captain)
7 MF Flag of Sweden Emil Hansson
9 FW Flag of England Alfie May
10 FW Flag of England Lukas Jutkiewicz
11 MF Flag of Scotland Scott Wright
12 MF Flag of Scotland Marc Leonard
13 MF Flag of South Korea Paik Seung-ho
14 MF Flag of England Keshi Anderson
15 MF Flag of England Alfie Chang
17 FW Flag of Scotland Lyndon Dykes
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 MF Flag of Iceland Willum Þór Willumsson
19 MF Flag of England Taylor Gardner-Hickman (on loan from Bristol City)
20 DF Flag of England Alex Cochrane
21 GK Flag of England Ryan Allsop
23 DF Flag of Iceland Alfons Sampsted (on loan from Twente)
24 MF Flag of Japan Tomoki Iwata
25 DF Flag of England Ben Davies (on loan from Rangers)
26 MF Flag of Wales Luke Harris (on loan from Fulham)
28 FW Flag of England Jay Stansfield
33 FW Flag of Japan Ayumu Yokoyama
45 GK Flag of Northern Ireland Bailey Peacock-Farrell
47 MF Flag of England Josh Home
48 GK Flag of England Brad Mayo
49 MF Flag of England Romelle Donovan

Out on loan[]

No. Pos. Nation Player
8 FW Flag of Wales Tyler Roberts (on loan to Northampton Town for the season)
27 MF Flag of England Brandon Khela (on loan to Bradford City to the end of the season)
35 MF Flag of England George Hall (on loan to Walsall for the season)
42 DF Flag of England Josh Williams (on loan to Gateshead)
46 DF Flag of Northern Ireland Tommy Fogarty (on loan to Dunfermline Athletic for the season)
FW Flag of England Ben Beresford (on loan to Kidderminster Harriers for the season)
FW Flag of England Junior Dixon (on loan to Boreham Wood for the season)
DF Flag of England Emmanuel Longelo (on loan to Cambridge United for the season)

Reserves and Academy[]

Main article:Birmingham City F.C. Reserves and Academy

Retired numbers[]

In appreciation of Jude Bellingham's contribution in a short time with the first team – the club's youngest debutant, at 16 years and 38 days, and youngest goalscorer, he completed a full season in the Championship before becoming Birmingham's record transfer and the world's most expensive 17-year-old, "showing what can be achieved through talent, hard work and dedication" while retaining a "caring, humble and engaging off-the-field demeanour" – the club retired his number 22 shirt "to remember one of our own and to inspire others."

Birmingham City Women[]

Main article:Birmingham City W.F.C.

Birmingham City Ladies Football Club was formed in 1968. The first team worked their way through the leagues until promoted to the FA Women's Premier League in 2002. After Birmingham City F.C. withdrew financial support in 2005, the club were only able to continue because of a personal donation. They re-affiliated with Birmingham City in 2010, were founder members of the FA WSL the following year, and won the FA Women's Cup in 2012. A second-place finish in the 2012 FA WSL earned them qualification for the 2013–14 Champions League, in which they reached the semi-final. After TTA took over Birmingham City F.C. in November 2016, the women's club became an integral part of the organisation. It was formally renamed Birmingham City Women in 2018, and would be known as plain Birmingham City except where that would cause confusion with the men's team.

Out on loan[]

No. Pos. Nation Player
25 DF Flag of England Josh Dacres-Cogley (on loan at Crawley Town)
30 DF Flag of Republic Ireland Corey O'Keeffe (on loan at Macclesfield Town)
31 MF Flag of England Charlie Lakin (on loan at Stevenage)
42 DF Flag of England Steve Seddon (on loan at Portsmouth)

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Laird · Buchanan · Klarer · Sanderson · Bielik · Hansson · May · 10 Jutkiewicz · 11 Wright · 12 Leonard · 13 Paik · 14 Anderson · 15 Chang · 17 Dykes · 18 Willumsson · 19 Gardner-Hickman · 20 Cochrane · 21 Allsop · 23 Sampsted · 24 Iwata · 25 Davies · 26 Harris · 27 Khela · 28 Stansfield · 33 Yokoyama · 45 Peacock-Farrell · 48 Mayo ·

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Birmingham City Football Club - Managers

Jones (1892–1908) · Watson (1908–10) · McRoberts (1910–15) · Richards (1915–23) · Beer (1923–27) · Harvey (1927–28) · Knighton (1928–33) · Liddell (1933–39) · Camkin (1939–44) · Goodier (1944–45) · Storer (1945–49) · Brocklebank (1949–54) · Turner (1954–58) · Turner and Beasley (1958) · Beasley (1958–60) · Merrick (1960–64) · Mallett (1964–65) · Cullis (1965–70) · Goodwin (1970–75) · Bell (1975–77) · Ramsey (1977–78) · Smith (1978–82) · Saunders (1982–86) · Bond (1986–87) · Pendrey (1987–89) · Mackay (1989–91) · Macari (1991) · Cooper (1991–93) · Fry (1993–96) · Francis (1996–2001) · Bruce (2001–07) · McLeish (2007–11) · Hughton (2011–12) · Clark (2012–14) · Rowett (2014–16) · Zola (2016–17) · Redknapp (2017) · Cotterill (2017–18) · Monk (2018–19) · Clotet (2019–20) · Karanka (2020–21) · Bowyer (2021–22)  · Eustace (2022–23) · Rooney (2023–24) · Mowbray (2024) · Venusc (2024) · Rowetti (2024) · Davies (2024–)

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Birmingham City F.C. squad seasons
2011-12 · 2012-13 · 2013-14 · 2014-15 · 2015-16 · 2016-17 · 2017-18 · 2018-19 · 2019-20
EFL Cup winners

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Football League Trophy winners

1984: Bournemouth • 1985: Wigan Athletic • 1986: Bristol City • 1987: Mansfield Town • 1988: Wolverhampton Wanderers • 1989: Bolton Wanderers • 1990: Tranmere Rovers • 1991: Birmingham City • 1992: Stoke City • 1993: Port Vale • 1994: Swansea City • 1995: Birmingham City • 1996: Rotherham United • 1997: Carlisle United • 1998: Grimsby Town • 1999: Wigan Athletic • 2000: Stoke City • 2001: Port Vale • 2002: Blackpool • 2003: Bristol City • 2004: Blackpool • 2005: Wrexham • 2006: Swansea City • 2007: Doncaster Rovers • 2008: Milton Keynes Dons • 2009: Luton Town • 2010: Southampton • 2011: Carlisle United • 2012: Chesterfield • 2013: Crewe Alexandra • 2014: Peterborough United • 2015: Bristol City • 2016: Barnsley • 2017: Coventry City • 2018: Lincoln City • 2019: Portsmouth • 2020: Salford City • 2021: Sunderland • 2022: Rotherham United • 2023: Bolton Wanderers • 2024: Peterborough United •

Inter-Cities Fairs Cup winners
1955–58: Flag of Spain Barcelona · 1958–60: Flag of Spain Barcelona · 1960–61: Flag of Italy Roma · 1961–62: Flag of Spain Valencia · 1962–63: Flag of Spain Valencia · 1963–64: Flag of Spain Real Zaragoza · 1964–65: Flag of Hungary Ferencváros · 1965–66: Flag of Spain Barcelona · 1966–67: Flag of Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dinamo Zagreb · 1967–68: Flag of England Leeds United · 1968–69: Flag of England Newcastle United · 1969–70: Flag of England Arsenal · 1970–71: Flag of England Leeds United
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