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2024–25 Birmingham City F.C. season

The 2024–25 season is the 122nd season in the history of Birmingham City Football Club and their first season back in League One, the third-tier of English football, since the 1994–95 season following relegation from the Championship in the previous season. In addition to the domestic league, the club would also participate in the FA Cup, the EFL Cup, and the EFL Trophy.

Birmingham City
2024–25 season
OwnerBirmingham Sports Holdings (51.7%),
Shelby Companies Ltd (45.96%),
Other investors (2.34%)
ChairmanTom Wagner
ManagerChris Davies[1]
StadiumSt Andrew's
FA CupFirst round
EFL CupFirst round
← 2023–24
2025–26 →

Transfers

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For those players sold, released, or whose contract ended before the start of this season, i.e. those whose contracts ended on 30 June 2024 or before, see 2023–24 Birmingham City F.C. season.

In

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Date Pos. Player From Fee Ref.
18 June 2024 GK   Ryan Allsop   Hull City Undisclosed [2]

Out

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Date Pos Player To Fee Ref

Loaned in

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Date Pos Player From Date until Ref

Loaned out

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Date Pos Player To Date until Ref

Released

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Date Pos Player Subsequent club Join date Ref

Pre-season and friendlies

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On 22 May, Birmingham City announced a pre-season tour to Austria and a friendly against Paderborn 07.[3] A further four more fixtures were confirmed against Solihull Moors, Shrewsbury Town, Rangers and Walsall.[4] A second home fixture was later added, versus West Bromwich Albion.[5]

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13 July 2024 Friendly Paderborn 07 v Birmingham City Thiersee, Austria
16:00 CEST
(15:00 BST)		 Stadium: Pendlingstadion
17 July 2024 Friendly Solihull Moors v Birmingham City Solihull
19:00 BST Stadium: Damson Park
20 July 2024 Friendly Shrewsbury Town v Birmingham City Shrewsbury
15:00 BST Stadium: New Meadow
24 July 2024 Friendly Birmingham City v Rangers Bordesley
19:45 BST Stadium: St Andrew's
Note: Trevor Francis Memorial Match
27 July 2024 Friendly Walsall v Birmingham City Bescot
13:00 BST Stadium: Bescot Stadium
3 August 2024 Friendly Birmingham City v West Bromwich Albion Bordesley
15:00 BST Stadium: St Andrew's

Competitions

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League One

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Main article: 2024–25 EFL League One

League table

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Barnsley 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Promotion to EFL Championship
2 Birmingham City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Blackpool 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for League One play-offs
4 Bolton Wanderers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Bristol Rovers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Burton Albion 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 10 August 2024. Source: EFL Official Website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Wins; 6) Away goals; 7) Penalty points (sec 9.5); 8) 12-point sending off offences[6]

Results summary

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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0  0

Last updated: pre-season.
Source: Soccerway

Matches

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FA Cup

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Main article: 2024–25 FA Cup

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EFL Cup

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Main article: 2024–25 EFL Cup

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EFL Trophy

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Main article: 2024–25 EFL Trophy

In the group stage, Birmingham were drawn into Southern Group A alongside Shrewsbury Town, Walsall and a TBC Category One Academy Side.[7]


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Statistics

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Appearances and goals

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As of pre-season

List includes all first team players and any other matchday squad players

No. Pos Nat Player Total League One FA Cup EFL Cup EFL Trophy
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
— GK   ENG Ryan Allsop 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
Defenders
— DF   ENG Lee Buchanan 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
— DF   NIR Tom Fogarty 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
— DF   ENG Ethan Laird 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
— DF   ENG Emmanuel Longelo 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
— DF   NOR Femi Olofinjana 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
— DF   ENG Byron Pendleton 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
— DF   ENG Dion Sanderson 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
— DF   ENG Josh Williams 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
Midfielders
— MF   ENG Keshi Anderson 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
— MF   CUW Juninho Bacuna 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
— MF   POL Krystian Bielik 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
— MF   ENG Alfie Chang 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
— MF   ENG George Hall 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
— MF   ENG Harley Hamilton 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
— MF   ENG Josh Home 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
— MF   WAL Jordan James 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
— MF   ENG Sahid Kamara 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
— MF   ENG Brandon Khela 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
— MF   JPN Kōji Miyoshi 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
— MF   ENG Alex Pritchard 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
— MF   KOR Paik Seung-ho 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
Forwards
— FW   ENG Ben Beresford 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
— FW   SCO Siriki Dembélé 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
— FW   ENG Junior Dixon 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
— FW   ENG Romelle Donovan 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
— FW   WAL Tyler Roberts 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

References

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  1. ^ "Chris Davies named Blues Manager". Birmingham City FC. 6 June 2024. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
  2. ^ "Ryan Allsop is a blue!". Birmingham City FC. 18 June 2024. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
  3. ^ "Blues to face 2. Bundesliga opposition in Austria". Birmingham City FC. 22 May 2024. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  4. ^ "Blues schedule three more pre-season matches". Birmingham City FC. 12 June 2024. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  5. ^ "Blues to welcome West Midlands counterparts in friendly". Birmingham City FC. 14 June 2024. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
  6. ^ "EFL Regulations Section 3 – The League; subsection 9 – Method of Determining League Positions". EFL. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  7. ^ "Under-21 teams and Group Stage draw confirmed for 2024/25 Bristol Street Motors Trophy". English Football League. 24 June 2024. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
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