2024–25 Birmingham City F.C. season

Birmingham City

2024–25 season
Owner	Birmingham Sports Holdings (51.7%), Shelby Companies Ltd (45.96%), Other investors (2.34%)
Chairman	Tom Wagner
Manager	Vacant
Stadium	St Andrew's
FA Cup	First round
EFL Cup	First round

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.

Transfers

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

Date	Pos	Player	From	Fee	Ref

Out

Date	Pos	Player	To	Fee	Ref

Loaned in

Date	Pos	Player	From	Date until	Ref

Loaned out

Date	Pos	Player	To	Date until	Ref

Released

Date	Pos	Player	Subsequent club	Join date	Ref

Pre-season and friendlies

On 22 May, Birmingham City announced a pre-season tour to Austria and a friendly against Paderborn 07.

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Paderborn 07 v Birmingham City

13 July 2024 Friendly	Paderborn 07	v	Birmingham City	Thiersee, Austria
16:00 CEST (15:00 BST)				Stadium: Pendlingstadion

Competitions

League One

Main article: 2024–25 EFL League One

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Birmingham City	23	16	5	2	41	17	+24	53	Promotion to EFL Championship
2	Wycombe Wanderers	25	15	6	4	50	27	+23	51
3	Wrexham	25	15	6	4	37	18	+19	51	Qualification for League One play-offs
4	Huddersfield Town	24	14	5	5	37	19	+18	47
5	Barnsley	25	12	6	7	39	33	+6	42

Updated to match(es) played on 7 January 2025. 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

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
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

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

FA Cup

Main article: 2024–25 FA Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

EFL Cup

Main article: 2024–25 EFL Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

EFL Trophy

Main article: 2024–25 EFL Trophy

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Statistics

Appearances and goals

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
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