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Birmingham City
2024–25 season
Owners
ChairmanTom Wagner[1]
ManagerChris Davies[2]
StadiumSt Andrew's
League One3rd
FA CupThird round
EFL CupSecond round (eliminated by Fulham)
EFL TrophyRound of 16
Top goalscorerLeague: Jay Stansfield (9)
All: Stansfield (11)
Highest home attendance27,985 (vs Reading, 10 August 2024)
Lowest home attendance6,900 (vs Fulham U21, EFL Trophy 29 October 2024)
← 2023–24
2025–26 →
All statistics correct as of matches played 10 December 2024.

The 2024–25 season is Birmingham City Football Club's 122nd season in the English football league system and first season in the third-tier EFL League One since 1994–95. They finished in 22nd place in the 2023–24 EFL Championship, and were relegated after 13 years at that level.[3] As with all third- and fourth-tier League clubs, the first team will compete in the FA Cup, the EFL Cup and the EFL Trophy.

The season covers the period from 1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025.

Background and pre-season

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Main article: 2023–24 Birmingham City F.C. season

Off the field

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In July 2023, Shelby Companies Ltd, a subsidiary of asset management company Knighthead Capital Management fronted by Tom Wagner, Knighthead's co-founder and co-CEO,[4] completed the purchase of 45.64% of Birmingham City plc shares and the whole of Birmingham City Stadium Ltd.[5] Although previous owners Birmingham Sports Holdings (BSH) retained 51% of the shares, Wagner confirmed that Shelby were "responsible for the operations of the club moving forward" and that "nothing about the way the transaction is structured will prevent us from obtaining the long-term goals we have for the club."[1][6] Former Manchester City executive Garry Cook was appointed CEO, and considerable media attention followed the arrival of American football player and seven-time Super Bowl winner Tom Brady as minority owner and chair of the club's advisory board.[7][8]

Works begun during the 2022–23 season to demolish and rebuild the lower tiers of the Kop and Tilton Road stands, closed since late 2020 because of what was initially described as water damage to structural steelwork and eventually revealed to be asbestos-related,[9][10] and interrupted when the main contractors filed for administration finally completed in November 2023 under the management of Mace Consult. The rebuild included conversion of the lower Tilton to safe standing.[11][12] In January 2024, the club's owners, Shelby Companies, renamed the stadium St. Andrew's @ Knighthead Park as part of what it described as "the largest commercial agreement in the club's history". According to Tom Wagner, chairman of both club and Shelby's parent company Knighthead, it was "step one in our plan to create a world-renowned 'Sports Quarter' in Birmingham. We invested in Blues because of the opportunity to not only transform a football club but to also be a catalyst for change in the city itself."[13] By the start of the 2024–25 season, the club intended to construct two fan parks outside the ground as well as refurbish hospitality areas within the stadium and make the public address system work.[14]

Benefiting from the upgrade to the club's agreement with kit suppliers Nike during the 2023–24 season to include bespoke rather than off-the-shelf product, the 2024–25 home kit consists of a royal blue shirt with white trim at collar and cuffs, white sides, and – with echoes of the Co-op Milk shirt of the 1980s – a white strip across the front carrying the logo of the club's principal partner, streetwear company Undefeated, white shorts and royal blue socks.[15][16]

On the field

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On-field matters ran less smoothly, resulting in Birmingham City beginning the 2024–25 season in the third tier of English football for the first time since 1994–95.[17][18]

On 6 June, after "close to 1,000 coaches being evaluated and more than 40 being spoken to directly or through their representatives", Chris Davies, senior assistant coach under Ange Postecoglou at Tottenham Hotspur, was appointed manager on a four-year contract. It would be his first senior managerial role.[2][19]

Transfers

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Among out-of-contract players, departures included the long-serving Neil Etheridge, Gary Gardner, Scott Hogan, Marc Roberts and Ivan Sunjic, as well as young professionals Marcel Oakley and Tate Campbell. New contracts were offered to Lukas Jutkiewicz and John Ruddy – Jutkiewicz accepted, Ruddy did not[20][21] – and the option on Keshi Anderson's contract was taken up.[22] The return of loanee Jay Stansfield, 2023–24 Player of the Year and top scorer, to his parent club left Birmingham particularly short of strikers.[23][24]

The first contracted player to leave was midfielder Alex Pritchard, who joined Turkish Süper Lig club Sivasspor for an undisclosed fee.[25]

The first new signings were goalkeepers Ryan Allsop from Hull City and Northern Ireland international Bailey Peacock-Farrell from Burnley,[26][27] followed by 2023–24 League One top scorer Alfie May from divisional rivals Charlton Athletic.[28]

Pre-season

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After a week's training in Austria, to include a friendly against German second-tier team Paderborn 07,[29] the team would take part in the third edition of the Arthur Cup, a match against Solihull Moors in aid of children's charities in memory of Arthur Labinjo-Hughes.[30] The club's programme continued with three friendlies against local opposition – away to Walsall and Shrewsbury Town and at home to West Bromwich Albion – and a match to mark the first anniversary of the death of Birmingham City legend Trevor Francis, at home to another of his former clubs, Rangers.[29]

Pre-season friendly match details
Date Opponents Venue Result Score
F–A 		Scorers Ref.
13 July 2024 Paderborn 07 N L 0–5 [31]
17 July 2024 Solihull Moors A W 3–0 May, Miyoshi, Jutkiewicz [32]
20 July 2024 Shrewsbury Town A W 2–0 James 20', Jutkiewicz 84' [33]
24 July 2024 Rangers H W 2–1 Tavernier 10' (o.g.), May 36' [34]
27 July 2024 Walsall A W 1–0 May 60' [35]
3 August 2024 West Bromwich Albion H W 4–1 May (2) 20', 82', Klarer 72', Willumsson 80' [36]

EFL League One

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Main article: 2024–25 EFL League One

August

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Birmingham began their league campaign at home to Reading on 10 August 2024.[37]

League table (part)

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Wycombe Wanderers 18 12 4 2 39 21 +18 40 Promotion to EFL Championship
2 Wrexham 19 12 4 3 28 11 +17 40
3 Birmingham City 17 12 3 2 32 16 +16 39 Qualification for League One play-offs
4 Huddersfield Town 18 11 2 5 28 16 +12 35
5 Stockport County 19 9 6 4 31 19 +12 33
Updated to match(es) played on 9 December 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[38]

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
17 12 3 2 32 16  +16 39 6 2 0 15 6  +9 6 1 2 17 10  +7

Last updated: matches played 7 December 2024.
Source: [39]

Match results

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EFL League One match details
Date League
position[39] 		Opponents Venue Result Score
F–A 		Scorers Attendance Refs
10 August 2024 13th Reading H D 1–1 May 87' (pen.) 27,985 [40]
17 August 2024 7th Wycombe Wanderers A W 3–2 May 31', Harris 68', Willumsson 82' 6,224 [41]
24 August 2024 5th Leyton Orient A W 2–1 Anderson 7', May 20' 8,005 [42]
31 August 2024 3rd Wigan Athletic H W 2–1 May 18', Wright 90+1' 26,136 [43]
16 September 2024 2nd Wrexham H W 3–1 Stansfield 22', 52', Iwata 59' 27,980 [44]
21 September 2024 2nd Rotherham United A W 2–0 Iwata 14', Stansfield 22' 10,335 [45]
28 September 2024 1st Peterborough United H W 3–2 Willumsson 24', Wallin 49' o.g., Bielik 66' 27,206 [46]
1 October 2024 1st Huddersfield Town H W 1–0 May 63' 24,757 [47]
5 October 2024 1st Charlton Athletic A L 0–1 16,250 [48]
19 October 2024 1st Lincoln City A W 3–1 Anderson 14', 79', Willumsson 52' 10,026 [49]
22 October 2024 1st Bolton Wanderers H W 2–0 Iwata 3', Stansfield 86' pen. 25,793 [50]
26 October 2024 1st Mansfield Town A D 1–1 Willumsson 10' 8,583 [51]
9 November 2024 2nd Northampton Town H D 1–1 Stansfield 58' 27,485 [52]
23 November 2024 4th Shrewsbury Town A L 2–3 Iwata 44', Stansfield 76' pen. 7,887 [53]
26 November 2024 3rd Exeter City A W 2–0 Iwata 11', Stansfield 83' pen. 7,928 [54]
4 December 2024 3rd Stockport County H W 2–0 May 26', 35' 24,863 [55]
7 December 2024 3rd Barnsley A W 2–1 Stansfield 60', 79' 15,367 [56]

FA Cup

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Main article: 2024–25 FA Cup

As with all teams in the lower two divisions of the Football League, Birmingham entered the competition in the first round, in which they were drawn to play away to National League (fifth-tier) club Sutton United.[57] Willumsson scored during the first half and Sutton failed to take chances to equalise.[58] In the second round, Birmingham travelled to League One rivals Blackpool, managed by Steve Bruce, who had twice led Birmingham into the Premier League in the early 2000s.[59] Davies made ten changes from the team that won at Exeter City five days before, starting Lyndon Dykes and Lukas Jutkiewicz up front and retaining only Krystian Bielik as captain. Both strikers scored within the first half hour, Jordan Rhodes made it 2–1 early in the second half but Birmingham brought on three regular first-teamers to strengthen the side.[60]

FA Cup match details
Round Date Opponents Venue Result Score
F–A		 Scorers Attendance Refs
First round 3 November 2024 Sutton United A W 1–0 Willumsson 34' 4,804 [58]
Second round 1 December 2024 Blackpool A W 2–1 Dykes 6', Jutkiewicz 24' 4,835 [60]

EFL Cup

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Main article: 2024–25 EFL Cup

Birmingham were drawn to play away to League One rivals Charlton Athletic in the first round.[61] In the second round, they lost 2–0 at home to Fulham.[62]

EFL Cup match details
Round Date Opponents Venue Result Score
F–A		 Scorers Attendance Refs
First round 13 August 2024 Charlton Athletic A W 1–0 Khela 32' 5,899 [63]
Second round 27 August 2024 Fulham H L 0–2 11,949 [62]

EFL Trophy

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Main article: 2024–25 EFL Trophy

When Birmingham last took part in this competition, then named the Football League Trophy, in the 1994–95 season, they beat Carlisle United in the final via Paul Tait's golden goal.[64] In the group stage, Birmingham were drawn into Southern Group A alongside Shrewsbury Town, Walsall and Fulham U21.[65]

They faced Exeter City away in the round of 32.[66]

Pos Div Team
 Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 L2 Walsall 3 2 1 0 0 5 1 +4 8 Advance to Round 2
2 L1 Birmingham City 3 2 0 1 0 12 2 +10 7
3 ACA Fulham U21 3 1 0 0 2 3 9 −6 3
4 L1 Shrewsbury Town 3 0 0 0 3 1 9 −8 0
Updated to match(es) played on 12 November 2024. Source: EFL
EFL Trophy match details
Round Date Opponents Venue Result Score
F–A		 Scorers Attendance Refs
Group stage 3 September 2024 Walsall H D 1–1
(3–4 pens.)		 Klarer 84' 9,752 [67]
Group stage 8 October 2024 Shrewsbury Town A W 4–0 Wright 8', 38', Iwata 29', Hansson 71' 4,847 [68]
Group stage 29 October 2024 Fulham U21 H W 7–1 Stansfield 17', 43', Yokoyama 54', 74', May 59', Anderson 90+4', Dykes 90+6' 6,900 [69]
Round of 32 10 December 2024 Exeter City A W 2–1 Harris 22', Anderson 88' 1,986 [70]

Transfers

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For those players sold, released, or whose contract ended before the start of this season, see 2023–24 Birmingham City F.C. season.

In

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Date Player Club † Fee Refs
18 June 2024 Ryan Allsop Hull City Undisclosed [26]
30 June 2024 Bailey Peacock-Farrell Burnley Undisclosed [27]
2 July 2024 Alfie May Charlton Athletic Undisclosed [28]
5 July 2024 Emil Hansson Heracles Almelo Undisclosed [71]
16 July 2024 Alex Cochrane Heart of Midlothian Undisclosed [72]
19 July 2024 Willum Þór Willumsson Go Ahead Eagles Undisclosed [73]
20 July 2024 Christoph Klarer Darmstadt 98 Undisclosed [74]
25 July 2024 Marc Leonard Brighton & Hove Albion Undisclosed [75]
10 August 2024 Ayumu Yokoyama Sagan Tosu Undisclosed [76]
27 August 2024 Cody Pennington * (Liverpool) Free [77]
28 August 2024 Lyndon Dykes Queens Park Rangers Undisclosed [78]
30 August 2024 Scott Wright Rangers Undisclosed [79]
30 August 2024 Tomoki Iwata Celtic Undisclosed [80]
30 August 2024 Jay Stansfield Fulham Undisclosed [81]
† Brackets round a club's name indicate the player's contract with that club had expired before he joined Birmingham.
* Signed primarily for the development squad

Loaned in

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Date Player Club Return Refs
4 August 2024 Luke Harris Fulham End of season [82]
12 August 2024 Alfons Sampsted Twente End of season [83]
23 August 2024 Taylor Gardner-Hickman Bristol City End of season [84]
25 August 2024 Ben Davies Rangers End of season [85]

Out

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Date Player Club † Fee Refs
1 July 2024 Alex Pritchard Sivasspor Undisclosed [25]
12 August 2024 Jordan James Rennes Undisclosed [86]
28 August 2024 Juninho Bacuna Al-Wehda Undisclosed [87]
29 August 2024 Siriki Dembélé Oxford United Undisclosed [88]
30 August 2024 Kōji Miyoshi VfL Bochum Undisclosed [89]
† Brackets round a club's name denote the player joined that club after his Birmingham City contract expired.

Loaned out

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Date Player Club Return Refs
1 August 2024 Junior Dixon Boreham Wood End of season [90]
9 August 2024 Ben Beresford Kidderminster Harriers End of season [91]
22 August 2024 Manny Longelo Cambridge United End of season [92]
25 August 2024 Tommy Fogarty Dunfermline Athletic End of season [93]
30 August 2024 Romelle Donovan Burton Albion 6 December 2024[a] [94][95]
30 August 2024 George Hall Walsall End of season [96]
30 August 2024 Tyler Roberts Northampton Town End of season [97]
6 September 2024 Laiith Fairnie Rushall Olympic End of season [98]
18 September 2024 Josh Home Gateshead End of season [99]
8 November 2024 Femi Olofinjana Redditch United 1 January 2025 [100]
12 November 2024 Josh Williams Gateshead January 2025 [101]
7 December 2024 Olly Sayer Stafford Rangers 5 January 2025 [102]
  1. ^ On 6 December, Donovan was recalled back early from his season-long loan at Burton.

Appearances and goals

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Sources: [103][22][104][105]
Numbers in parentheses denote appearances made as a substitute.
Players 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
As of match played 10 December 2024
Players' appearances and goals by competition
No. Pos. Nat. Name League FA Cup EFL Cup EFL Trophy Total Discipline
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals A yellow rectangle, denoting the yellow penalty card shown to a player being cautioned A red rectangle, denoting the red penalty card shown to a player being sent off
2 DF  ENG Ethan Laird 9 (2) 0 2 0 2 0 1 (1) 0 14 (3) 0 3 0
3 DF  ENG Lee Buchanan 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0
4 DF  AUT Christoph Klarer 16 0 1 0 2 0 2 (1) 1 21 (1) 1 5 0
5 DF  ENG Dion Sanderson 1 (1) 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 6 (1) 0 2 1
6 MF  POL Krystian Bielik 13 1 1 0 1 (1) 0 0 (2) 0 15 (3) 1 3 1
7 FW  SWE Emil Hansson 8 (3) 0 0 0 2 0 0 (2) 1 10 (5) 1 0 0
8 FW  WAL Tyler Roberts 0 0 0 0 1 (1) 0 0 0 1 (1) 0 0 0
9 FW  ENG Alfie May 13 (4) 7 0 (2) 0 1 (1) 0 3 (1) 1 17 (8) 8 2 0
10 FW  ENG Lukas Jutkiewicz 0 (4) 0 1 (1) 1 1 (1) 0 1 (2) 0 3 (8) 1 0 0
11 MF  JPN Koji Miyoshi † 1 (2) 0 0 0 0 (1) 0 0 0 1 (3) 0 0 0
11 MF  SCO Scott Wright 0 (5) 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 (5) 3 1 0
12 MF  SCO Marc Leonard 3 (11) 0 1 0 2 0 4 0 10 (11) 0 3 0
13 MF  KOR Paik Seung-ho 17 0 1 (1) 0 1 (1) 0 0 (2) 0 19 (4) 0 0 0
14 FW  ENG Keshi Anderson 11 (4) 3 1 (1) 0 2 0 2 (1) 2 16 (6) 5 7 0
17 FW  SCO Siriki Dembélé † 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
17 FW  SCO Lyndon Dykes 3 (10) 0 1 1 0 0 0 (1) 1 4 (11) 2 2 0
18 MF  ISL Willum Þór Willumsson 14 (2) 4 1 1 1 0 1 0 17 (2) 5 0 0
19 MF  ENG Taylor Gardner-Hickman * 7 (4) 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 12 (4) 0 4 0
20 DF  ENG Alex Cochrane 17 0 1 0 1 (1) 0 2 (1) 0 21 (2) 0 5 0
21 GK  ENG Ryan Allsop 10 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 15 0 4 0
23 DF  ISL Alfons Sampsted * 0 (8) 0 0 (1) 0 0 (2) 0 1 0 1 (11) 0 0 0
24 MF  JPN Tomoki Iwata 13 5 1 0 0 0 2 1 16 6 3 0
25 DF  ENG Ben Davies * 7 (2) 0 1 0 0 0 3 (1) 0 11 (3) 0 2 0
26 MF  WAL Luke Harris * 5 (5) 1 2 0 1 0 1 1 9 (5) 2 2 0
27 MF  ENG Brandon Khela 0 (2) 0 1 0 1 1 1 (1) 0 3 (3) 1 1 0
28 FW  ENG Jay Stansfield 11 (1) 9 1 0 0 0 2 2 14 (1) 11 2 0
33 FW  JPN Ayumu Yokoyama 0 (8) 0 1 (1) 0 0 (1) 0 4 2 5 (10) 2 1 0
35 MF  ENG George Hall 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
41 MF  ENG Cody Pennington 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
42 DF  ENG Josh Williams 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 (1) 0 0 (1) 0 0 0
43 FW  ENG Zaid Betteka 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
45 GK  NIR Bailey Peacock-Farrell 7 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 10 0 1 0
48 GK  ENG Brad Mayo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Players not included in matchday squads
No. Pos. Nat. Name
15 MF  ENG Alfie Chang
19 MF  WAL Jordan James †
46 DF  NIR Tommy Fogarty
47 MF  ENG Josh Home
49 MF  ENG Romelle Donovan

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