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==Pre-season and friendlies==
==Pre-season and friendlies==
On 22 May, Birmingham City announced a pre-season tour to Austria and a friendly against [[SC Paderborn 07|Paderborn 07]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Blues to face 2. Bundesliga opposition in Austria |url=https://www.bcfc.com/news/all/blues-to-face-2-bundesliga-opposition-in-austria |access-date=22 May 2024 |publisher=Birmingham City FC |date=22 May 2024}}</ref>
On 22 May, Birmingham City announced a pre-season tour to Austria and a friendly against [[SC Paderborn 07|Paderborn 07]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Blues to face 2. Bundesliga opposition in Austria |url=https://www.bcfc.com/news/all/blues-to-face-2-bundesliga-opposition-in-austria |access-date=22 May 2024 |publisher=Birmingham City FC |date=22 May 2024}}</ref> A further four more fixtures were confirmed against [[Solihull Moors F.C.|Solihull Moors]], [[Shrewsbury Town F.C.|Shrewsbury Town]], [[Rangers F.C.|Rangers]] and [[Walsall F.C.|Walsall]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Blues schedule three more pre-season matches |url=https://www.bcfc.com/news/all/blues-schedule-three-more-pre-season-matches |access-date=12 June 2024 |publisher=Birmingham City FC |date=12 June 2024}}</ref>


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Revision as of 15:33, 12 June 2024

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
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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.[2] A further four more fixtures were confirmed against Solihull Moors, Shrewsbury Town, Rangers and Walsall.[3]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

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

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[4]

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 England ENG Lee Buchanan 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
— DF Northern Ireland NIR Tom Fogarty 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
— DF England ENG Ethan Laird 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
— DF England ENG Emmanuel Longelo 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
— DF Norway NOR Femi Olofinjana 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
— DF England ENG Byron Pendleton 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
— DF England ENG Dion Sanderson 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
— DF England ENG Josh Williams 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
Midfielders
— MF England ENG Keshi Anderson 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
— MF Curaçao CUW Juninho Bacuna 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
— MF Poland POL Krystian Bielik 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
— MF England ENG Alfie Chang 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
— MF England ENG George Hall 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
— MF England ENG Harley Hamilton 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
— MF England ENG Josh Home 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
— MF Wales WAL Jordan James 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
— MF England ENG Sahid Kamara 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
— MF England ENG Brandon Khela 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
— MF Japan JPN Kōji Miyoshi 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
— MF England ENG Alex Pritchard 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
— MF South Korea KOR Paik Seung-ho 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
Forwards
— FW England ENG Ben Beresford 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
— FW Scotland SCO Siriki Dembélé 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
— FW England ENG Junior Dixon 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
— FW England ENG Romelle Donovan 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
— FW Wales WAL Tyler Roberts 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

References

  1. ^ "Chris Davies named Blues Manager". Birmingham City FC. 6 June 2024. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
  2. ^ "Blues to face 2. Bundesliga opposition in Austria". Birmingham City FC. 22 May 2024. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  3. ^ "Blues schedule three more pre-season matches". Birmingham City FC. 12 June 2024. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  4. ^ "EFL Regulations Section 3 – The League; subsection 9 – Method of Determining League Positions". EFL. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
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