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<ul id="toc-Retired_numbers-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Birmingham_City_Women" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Birmingham_City_Women"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 8.5 Birmingham City Women </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Birmingham_City_Women-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Club_officials" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Club_officials"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 9 Club officials </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Club_officials-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Managers" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Managers"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 10 Managers </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Managers-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Notes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 11 Notes </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 12 References </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Sources" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Sources"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 13 Sources </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Sources-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 14 External links </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" 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data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target">Azərbaycanca</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%DB%8C%D8%B1%D9%85%D9%86%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%AA%DB%8C_%D9%81%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84_%DA%A9%D9%88%D9%84%D9%88%D8%A8%D9%88" title="بیرمنقام سیتی فوتبال کولوبو – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="بیرمنقام سیتی فوتبال کولوبو" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target">تۆرکجه</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ban mw-list-item"><a href="https://ban.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birmingham_City_F.C." title="Birmingham City F.C. – Balinese" lang="ban" hreflang="ban" data-title="Birmingham City F.C." data-language-autonym="Basa Bali" data-language-local-name="Balinese" class="interlanguage-link-target">Basa Bali</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%82%E0%A6%B9%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AE_%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%BF_%E0%A6%AB%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%B2_%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AC" title="বার্মিংহ্যাম সিটি ফুটবল ক্লাব – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="বার্মিংহ্যাম সিটি ফুটবল ক্লাব" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target">বাংলা</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ba mw-list-item"><a href="https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%BC_%D0%A1%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B8" title="Бирмингем Сити – Bashkir" lang="ba" hreflang="ba" data-title="Бирмингем Сити" data-language-autonym="Башҡортса" data-language-local-name="Bashkir" class="interlanguage-link-target">Башҡортса</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%9A_%D0%91%D1%96%D1%80%D0%BC%D1%96%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%BC_%D0%A1%D1%96%D1%86%D1%96" title="ФК Бірмінгем Сіці – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="ФК Бірмінгем Сіці" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Беларуская</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%96%D1%80%D0%BC%D1%96%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%B3%D1%8D%D0%BC_%D0%A1%D1%96%D1%86%D1%96" title="Бірмінггэм Сіці – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Бірмінггэм Сіці" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target">Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%9A_%D0%91%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%BC_%D0%A1%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B8" title="ФК Бирмингам Сити – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="ФК Бирмингам Сити" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Български</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birmingham_City_FC" title="Birmingham City FC – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Birmingham City FC" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Bosanski</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birmingham_City_Football_Club" title="Birmingham City Football Club – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Birmingham City Football Club" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target">Català</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birmingham_City_FC" title="Birmingham City FC – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Birmingham City FC" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target">Čeština</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birmingham_City_F.C." title="Birmingham City F.C. – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Birmingham City F.C." data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target">Cymraeg</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birmingham_City_F.C." title="Birmingham City F.C. – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Birmingham City F.C." data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Dansk</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birmingham_City" title="Birmingham City – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Birmingham City" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target">Deutsch</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birmingham_City_FC" title="Birmingham City FC – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Birmingham City FC" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Eesti</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9C%CF%80%CE%AD%CF%81%CE%BC%CE%B9%CE%B3%CF%87%CE%B1%CE%BC_%CE%A3%CE%AF%CF%84%CE%B9" title="Μπέρμιγχαμ Σίτι – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Μπέρμιγχαμ Σίτι" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target">Ελληνικά</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birmingham_City_Football_Club" title="Birmingham City Football Club – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Birmingham City Football Club" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Español</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birmingham_City_Football_Club" title="Birmingham City Football Club – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Birmingham City Football Club" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target">Euskara</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B4%DA%AF%D8%A7%D9%87_%D9%81%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84_%D8%A8%DB%8C%D8%B1%D9%85%D9%86%DA%AF%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%AA%DB%8C" title="باشگاه فوتبال بیرمنگام سیتی – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="باشگاه فوتبال بیرمنگام سیتی" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target">فارسی</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birmingham_City_Football_Club" title="Birmingham City Football Club – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Birmingham City Football Club" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target">Français</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birmingham_City_Football_Club" title="Birmingham City Football Club – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Birmingham City Football Club" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Gaeilge</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gv mw-list-item"><a href="https://gv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birmingham_City_F.C." title="Birmingham City F.C. – Manx" lang="gv" hreflang="gv" data-title="Birmingham City F.C." data-language-autonym="Gaelg" data-language-local-name="Manx" class="interlanguage-link-target">Gaelg</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birmingham_City_F.C." title="Birmingham City F.C. – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Birmingham City F.C." data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target">Galego</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gu mw-list-item"><a href="https://gu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AA%AC%E0%AA%B0%E0%AB%8D%E0%AA%AE%E0%AA%BF%E0%AA%82%E0%AA%97%E0%AA%B9%E0%AA%BE%E0%AA%AE_%E0%AA%B8%E0%AA%BF%E0%AA%9F%E0%AB%80_%E0%AA%AB%E0%AB%82%E0%AA%9F%E0%AA%AC%E0%AB%89%E0%AA%B2_%E0%AA%95%E0%AB%8D%E0%AA%B2%E0%AA%AC" title="બર્મિંગહામ સિટી ફૂટબૉલ ક્લબ – Gujarati" lang="gu" hreflang="gu" data-title="બર્મિંગહામ સિટી ફૂટબૉલ ક્લબ" data-language-autonym="ગુજરાતી" data-language-local-name="Gujarati" class="interlanguage-link-target">ગુજરાતી</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%B2%84%EB%B0%8D%EC%97%84_%EC%8B%9C%ED%8B%B0_FC" title="버밍엄 시티 FC – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="버밍엄 시티 FC" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target">한국어</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B2%D5%AB%D6%80%D5%B4%D5%AB%D5%B6%D5%A3%D5%B0%D5%A5%D5%B4_%D5%8D%D5%AB%D5%A9%D5%AB" title="Բիրմինգհեմ Սիթի – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Բիրմինգհեմ Սիթի" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Հայերեն</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%98%E0%A4%AE_%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%9F%E0%A5%80_%E0%A4%8F%E0%A4%AB.%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%80." title="बर्मिंघम सिटी एफ.सी. – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="बर्मिंघम सिटी एफ.सी." data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target">हिन्दी</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birmingham_City_F.C." title="Birmingham City F.C. – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Birmingham City F.C." data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Hrvatski</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birmingham_City_F.C." title="Birmingham City F.C. – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Birmingham City F.C." data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Bahasa Indonesia</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birmingham_City" title="Birmingham City – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Birmingham City" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target">Íslenska</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birmingham_City_Football_Club" title="Birmingham City Football Club – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Birmingham City Football Club" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Italiano</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%91%D7%A8%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%92%D7%94%D7%90%D7%9D_%D7%A1%D7%99%D7%98%D7%99" title="ברמינגהאם סיטי – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="ברמינגהאם סיטי" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target">עברית</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birmingham_City_FC" title="Birmingham City FC – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Birmingham City FC" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Latviešu</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birmingham_City_FC" title="Birmingham City FC – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Birmingham City FC" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Lëtzebuergesch</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birmingham_City_FC" title="Birmingham City FC – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Birmingham City FC" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Lietuvių</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birmingham_City_FC" title="Birmingham City FC – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Birmingham City FC" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Magyar</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%9A_%D0%91%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%BC_%D0%A1%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B8" title="ФК Бирмингем Сити – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="ФК Бирмингем Сити" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Македонски</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%85%E0%A4%AE_%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%9F%E0%A5%80_%E0%A4%8F%E0%A4%AB.%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%80." title="बर्मिंगहॅम सिटी एफ.सी. – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="बर्मिंगहॅम सिटी एफ.सी." data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target">मराठी</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AC%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%89" title="بيرمينجهام سيتى – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="بيرمينجهام سيتى" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target">مصرى</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%BC_%D0%A1%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B8" title="Бирмингем Сити – Mongolian" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" data-title="Бирмингем Сити" data-language-autonym="Монгол" data-language-local-name="Mongolian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Монгол</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%98%E1%80%AC%E1%80%99%E1%80%84%E1%80%BA%E1%80%82%E1%80%99%E1%80%BA_%E1%80%85%E1%80%AE%E1%80%B8%E1%80%90%E1%80%AE%E1%80%B8" title="ဘာမင်ဂမ် စီးတီး – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="ဘာမင်ဂမ် စီးတီး" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target">မြန်မာဘာသာ</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birmingham_City_FC" title="Birmingham City FC – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Birmingham City FC" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target">Nederlands</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%90%E3%83%BC%E3%83%9F%E3%83%B3%E3%82%AC%E3%83%A0%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B7%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3FC" title="バーミンガム・シティFC – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="バーミンガム・シティFC" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target">日本語</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birmingham_City_FC" title="Birmingham City FC – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Birmingham City FC" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target">Norsk bokmål</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birmingham_City" title="Birmingham City – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Birmingham City" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target">Norsk nynorsk</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%AC%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%AE%E0%A8%BF%E0%A9%B0%E0%A8%98%E0%A8%AE_%E0%A8%B8%E0%A8%BF%E0%A8%9F%E0%A9%80_%E0%A8%AB%E0%A9%81%E0%A9%B1%E0%A8%9F%E0%A8%AC%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%B2_%E0%A8%95%E0%A8%B2%E0%A9%B1%E0%A8%AC" title="ਬਰਮਿੰਘਮ ਸਿਟੀ ਫੁੱਟਬਾਲ ਕਲੱਬ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਬਰਮਿੰਘਮ ਸਿਟੀ ਫੁੱਟਬਾਲ ਕਲੱਬ" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target">ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birmingham_City_F.C." title="Birmingham City F.C. – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Birmingham City F.C." data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Polski</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birmingham_City_Football_Club" title="Birmingham City Football Club – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Birmingham City Football Club" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target">Português</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birmingham_City_FC" title="Birmingham City FC – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Birmingham City FC" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Română</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%BC_%D0%A1%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B8" title="Бирмингем Сити – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Бирмингем Сити" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Русский</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birmingham_City_F.C." title="Birmingham City F.C. – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Birmingham City F.C." data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target">Scots</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birmingham_City_F.C." title="Birmingham City F.C. – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Birmingham City F.C." data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Shqip</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birmingham_City_F.C." title="Birmingham City F.C. – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Birmingham City F.C." data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target">Simple English</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birmingham_City_FC" title="Birmingham City FC – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Birmingham City FC" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target">Slovenčina</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birmingham_City_F.C." title="Birmingham City F.C. – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Birmingham City F.C." data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Slovenščina</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%DB%8E%D8%B1%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%86%DA%AF%DA%BE%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%AA%DB%8C" title="بێرمینگھام سیتی – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="بێرمینگھام سیتی" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target">کوردی</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%9A_%D0%91%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%BC_%D0%A1%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B8" title="ФК Бирмингем Сити – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="ФК Бирмингем Сити" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Српски / srpski</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birmingham_City_FC" title="Birmingham City FC – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Birmingham City FC" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Suomi</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birmingham_City_FC" title="Birmingham City FC – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Birmingham City FC" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Svenska</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%AA%E0%B9%82%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%9F%E0%B8%B8%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%9A%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%A5%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%9A%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%A3%E0%B9%8C%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%87%E0%B9%81%E0%B8%AE%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%8B%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%B5" title="สโมสรฟุตบอลเบอร์มิงแฮมซิตี – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="สโมสรฟุตบอลเบอร์มิงแฮมซิตี" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target">ไทย</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birmingham_City_FC" title="Birmingham City FC – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Birmingham City FC" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Türkçe</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%96%D1%80%D0%BC%D1%96%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%BC_%D0%A1%D1%96%D1%82%D1%96" title="Бірмінгем Сіті – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Бірмінгем Сіті" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Українська</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birmingham_City_F.C." 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text-align:left">Full name</th><td class="infobox-data">Birmingham City Football Club</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; text-align:left">Nickname(s)</th><td class="infobox-data nickname">Blues<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERollinRollin201070-1">[1]</a><a href="#cite_note-2">[2]</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; text-align:left">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">1875; 149 years ago (1875) as Small Heath Alliance</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; text-align:left">Ground</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/St_Andrew%27s_(stadium)" title="St Andrew's (stadium)">St Andrew's</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; text-align:left">Capacity</th><td class="infobox-data">29,409<a href="#cite_note-capacity-3">[3]</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; text-align:left">Coordinates</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Birmingham_City_F.C.&params=52_28_32_N_1_52_04_W_">52°28′32″N 1°52′04″W / 52.47556°N 1.86778°W / 52.47556; -1.86778</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; text-align:left">Owner</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Birmingham_Sports_Holdings" title="Birmingham Sports Holdings">Birmingham Sports Holdings</a> 51.7%</li><li>Shelby Companies Ltd 45.96%<a href="#cite_note-Oct_23_Board-4">[4]</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; text-align:left">Chairman</th><td class="infobox-data agent">Tom Wagner<a href="#cite_note-Oct_23_Board-4">[4]</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; text-align:left">Manager</th><td class="infobox-data agent"><a href="/wiki/Chris_Davies_(football_coach)" title="Chris Davies (football coach)">Chris Davies</a><a href="#cite_note-Chris_Davies_in-5">[5]</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; 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left: 31px; top: 0px; width: 38px; height: 59px;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Kit_body.svg/38px-Kit_body.svg.png" decoding="async" width="38" height="59" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Kit_body.svg/57px-Kit_body.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Kit_body.svg/76px-Kit_body.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="38" data-file-height="59" /></div> <div style="position: absolute; left: 69px; top: 0px; width: 31px; height: 59px; background-color: #FFFFFF;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c1/Kit_right_arm_birmingham2425a.png" decoding="async" width="31" height="59" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="31" data-file-height="59" /></div> <div style="position: absolute; left: 69px; top: 0px; width: 31px; height: 59px;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Kit_right_arm.svg/31px-Kit_right_arm.svg.png" decoding="async" width="31" height="59" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Kit_right_arm.svg/47px-Kit_right_arm.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Kit_right_arm.svg/62px-Kit_right_arm.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="31" data-file-height="59" /></div> <div style="position: absolute; left: 0px; top: 59px; width: 100px; height: 36px; background-color: #000000"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0b/Kit_shorts_birmingham2425a.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="36" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="36" /></div> <div style="position: absolute; left: 0px; top: 59px; width: 100px; height: 36px;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Kit_shorts.svg/100px-Kit_shorts.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="36" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Kit_shorts.svg/150px-Kit_shorts.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Kit_shorts.svg/200px-Kit_shorts.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="36" /></div> <div style="position: absolute; left: 0px; top: 95px; width: 100px; height: 40px; background-color: #FFFFFF"></div> <div style="position: absolute; left: 0px; top: 95px; width: 100px; height: 40px;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Kit_socks_long.svg/100px-Kit_socks_long.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Kit_socks_long.svg/150px-Kit_socks_long.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Kit_socks_long.svg/200px-Kit_socks_long.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="40" /></div> </div> <div style="padding-top: 0.6em; text-align: center;"><a href="/wiki/Away_colours" title="Away colours">Away colours</a></div> </div></td></tr> </tbody></table></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below noprint"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Soccerball_current_event.svg/33px-Soccerball_current_event.svg.png" decoding="async" width="33" height="33" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Soccerball_current_event.svg/50px-Soccerball_current_event.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Soccerball_current_event.svg/66px-Soccerball_current_event.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="60" data-file-height="60" /> <a href="/wiki/2024%E2%80%9325_Birmingham_City_F.C._season" title="2024–25 Birmingham City F.C. season">Current season</a></td></tr></tbody></table> Birmingham City Football Club is a professional <a href="/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">football</a> club based in <a href="/wiki/Birmingham" title="Birmingham">Birmingham</a>, England. Formed in 1875 as Small Heath Alliance, it was renamed Small Heath in 1888, Birmingham in 1905, and Birmingham City in 1943.<a href="#cite_note-clubname-6">[6]</a> Its first team plays in <a href="/wiki/EFL_League_One" title="EFL League One">EFL League One</a>, the third tier of <a href="/wiki/English_football_league_system" title="English football league system">English football</a>, following relegation in 2024. As Small Heath, they played in the <a href="/wiki/Football_Alliance" title="Football Alliance">Football Alliance</a> before becoming founder members and first champions of the <a href="/wiki/Football_League_Second_Division" title="Football League Second Division">Football League Second Division</a>. The most successful period in their history was in the 1950s and early 1960s. They achieved their highest finishing position of sixth in the <a href="/wiki/Football_League_First_Division" title="Football League First Division">First Division</a> in the <a href="/wiki/1955%E2%80%9356_Football_League" title="1955–56 Football League">1955–56 season</a> and reached the <a href="/wiki/1956_FA_Cup_final" title="1956 FA Cup final">1956 FA Cup final</a>. Birmingham played in two <a href="/wiki/Inter-Cities_Fairs_Cup" title="Inter-Cities Fairs Cup">Inter-Cities Fairs Cup</a> finals, in <a href="/wiki/1960_Inter-Cities_Fairs_Cup_Final" class="mw-redirect" title="1960 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Final">1960</a>, as the first English club side to reach a major European final, and again the <a href="/wiki/1961_Inter-Cities_Fairs_Cup_final" title="1961 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup final">following year</a>. They won the <a href="/wiki/EFL_Cup" title="EFL Cup">League Cup</a> in <a href="/wiki/1963_Football_League_Cup_final" title="1963 Football League Cup final">1963</a> and again in <a href="/wiki/2011_Football_League_Cup_final" title="2011 Football League Cup final">2011</a>. Birmingham have played in the top tier of English football for around half of their history:<a href="#cite_note-footballsite-7">[7]</a> the longest period spent outside the top division, between 1986 and 2002, included two brief spells in the third tier of English football, during which time they won the <a href="/wiki/EFL_Trophy" title="EFL Trophy">Football League Trophy</a> twice. <a href="/wiki/St_Andrew%27s_(stadium)" title="St Andrew's (stadium)">St Andrew's</a>, renamed St. Andrew's @ Knighthead Park in 2024 for sponsorship reasons, has been their home ground since 1906. They have a long-standing and fierce rivalry with <a href="/wiki/Aston_Villa_F.C." title="Aston Villa F.C.">Aston Villa</a>, their nearest neighbours, with whom they play the <a href="/wiki/Second_City_derby" title="Second City derby">Second City derby</a>. The club's nickname is Blues, after the colour of their <a href="/wiki/Kit_(association_football)" title="Kit (association football)">kit</a>, and the fans are known as Bluenoses. <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/History_of_Birmingham_City_F.C." title="History of Birmingham City F.C.">History of Birmingham City F.C.</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_early_years_(1875–1943)">The early years (1875–1943)</h3></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:SmallHeath1893.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a8/SmallHeath1893.jpg/220px-SmallHeath1893.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="139" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a8/SmallHeath1893.jpg/330px-SmallHeath1893.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a8/SmallHeath1893.jpg/440px-SmallHeath1893.jpg 2x" data-file-width="773" data-file-height="487" /></a><figcaption>Small Heath F.C., champions of the inaugural <a href="/wiki/Football_League_Second_Division" title="Football League Second Division">Football League Second Division</a> in <a href="/wiki/1892%E2%80%9393_in_English_football" title="1892–93 in English football">1892–93</a></figcaption></figure> Birmingham City were founded as Small Heath Alliance in 1875, and from 1877 played their home games at <a href="/wiki/Muntz_Street" title="Muntz Street">Muntz Street</a>. The club turned professional in 1885,<a href="#cite_note-BCFCHistory-8">[8]</a> and three years later became the first football club to become a <a href="/wiki/Private_company_limited_by_shares" title="Private company limited by shares">limited company</a> with a board of directors,<a href="#cite_note-9">[9]</a> under the name of Small Heath F.C. Ltd.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMatthews19958-10">[10]</a> From the <a href="/wiki/1889%E2%80%9390_in_English_football" title="1889–90 in English football">1889–90 season</a> they played in the <a href="/wiki/Football_Alliance" title="Football Alliance">Football Alliance</a>, which ran alongside the <a href="/wiki/English_Football_League" title="English Football League">Football League</a>. In 1892, Small Heath, along with the other Alliance teams, were invited to join the newly formed <a href="/wiki/Football_League_Second_Division" title="Football League Second Division">Football League Second Division</a>. They finished as champions, but failed to win <a href="/wiki/Promotion_and_relegation" title="Promotion and relegation">promotion</a> via the <a href="/wiki/Football_League_test_matches" title="Football League test matches">test match</a> system; the following season promotion to the <a href="/wiki/Football_League_First_Division" title="Football League First Division">First Division</a> was secured after a second-place finish and test match victory over <a href="/wiki/Darwen_F.C._(1870)" title="Darwen F.C. (1870)">Darwen</a>.<a href="#cite_note-FCHDSH-11">[11]</a> The club adopted the name Birmingham Football Club in 1905, and moved into their new home, <a href="/wiki/St_Andrew%27s_(stadium)" title="St Andrew's (stadium)">St Andrew's Ground</a>, the following year.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMatthews199512–13-12">[12]</a> Matters on the field failed to live up to their surroundings. Birmingham were relegated in 1908, obliged to apply for <a href="/wiki/Re-election_(Football_League)" title="Re-election (Football League)">re-election</a> two years later, and remained in the Second Division until after the First World War.<a href="#cite_note-FCHDSH-11">[11]</a> <a href="/wiki/Frank_Womack" title="Frank Womack">Frank Womack</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Captain_(association_football)" title="Captain (association football)">captaincy</a> and the creativity of <a href="/wiki/Scotland_national_football_team" title="Scotland national football team">Scottish international</a> <a href="/wiki/Playmaker" title="Playmaker">playmaker</a> <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Crosbie" title="Johnny Crosbie">Johnny Crosbie</a> contributed much to Birmingham winning their second Division Two title in <a href="/wiki/1920%E2%80%9321_Football_League" title="1920–21 Football League">1920–21</a>.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMatthews199514-13">[13]</a> Womack went on to make 515 appearances, a club record for an <a href="/wiki/Outfield" title="Outfield">outfielder</a>, over a twenty-year career.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMatthews1995135–136-14">[14]</a> 1920 also saw the debut of the 19-year-old <a href="/wiki/Joe_Bradford" title="Joe Bradford">Joe Bradford</a>, who went on to score a club record 267 goals in 445 games, and won 12 <a href="/wiki/Cap_(sport)" title="Cap (sport)">caps</a> for <a href="/wiki/England_national_football_team" title="England national football team">England</a>.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMatthews199574-15">[15]</a> In 1931, manager <a href="/wiki/Leslie_Knighton" title="Leslie Knighton">Leslie Knighton</a> led the club to their first <a href="/wiki/1931_FA_Cup_final" title="1931 FA Cup final">FA Cup final</a>, which they lost 2–1 to Second Division club <a href="/wiki/West_Bromwich_Albion" class="mw-redirect" title="West Bromwich Albion">West Bromwich Albion</a>. Though Birmingham remained in the top flight for 18 seasons, they struggled in the league, with much reliance placed on England goalkeeper <a href="/wiki/Harry_Hibbs_(footballer)" title="Harry Hibbs (footballer)">Harry Hibbs</a> to make up for the lack of goals, Bradford excepted, at the other end.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMatthews199515–17-16">[16]</a> They were finally relegated in 1939, the last full season before the Football League was abandoned for the duration of the Second World War.<a href="#cite_note-17">[17]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Birmingham_City:_Post-war_success_(1943–1965)">Birmingham City: Post-war success (1943–1965)</h3></div> The name Birmingham City F.C. was adopted in 1943.<a href="#cite_note-clubname-6">[6]</a> Under <a href="/wiki/Harry_Storer_Jr." title="Harry Storer Jr.">Harry Storer</a>, appointed manager in 1945, the club won the <a href="/wiki/Football_League_North_and_South" title="Football League North and South">Football League South</a> wartime league and reached the semi-final of the first post-war <a href="/wiki/FA_Cup" title="FA Cup">FA Cup</a>. Two years later they won their third Second Division title, conceding only 24 goals in the 42-game season.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMatthews199522–23-18">[18]</a> Storer's successor, <a href="/wiki/Bob_Brocklebank" title="Bob Brocklebank">Bob Brocklebank</a>, though unable to stave off relegation in 1950, brought in players who made a major contribution to the club's successes of the next decade.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMatthews199561-19">[19]</a> When <a href="/wiki/Arthur_Turner_(footballer,_born_1909)" title="Arthur Turner (footballer, born 1909)">Arthur Turner</a> took over as manager in November 1954, he made them play closer to their potential, and a 5–1 win on the last day of the 1954–55 season confirmed them as champions.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMatthews199527–29-20">[20]</a> In their first season back in the First Division, Birmingham achieved their highest league finish of sixth place. They also reached the <a href="/wiki/1956_FA_Cup_final" title="1956 FA Cup final">FA Cup final</a>, losing 3–1 to <a href="/wiki/Manchester_City_F.C." title="Manchester City F.C.">Manchester City</a> in the game notable for City's goalkeeper <a href="/wiki/Bert_Trautmann" title="Bert Trautmann">Bert Trautmann</a> playing the last 20 minutes with a broken bone in his neck. The following season the club lost in the FA Cup semi-final for the third time since the war, this time beaten 2–0 by <a href="/wiki/Manchester_United" class="mw-redirect" title="Manchester United">Manchester United</a>'s "<a href="/wiki/Busby_Babes" title="Busby Babes">Busby Babes</a>".<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMatthews199527–29-20">[20]</a> Birmingham became the first English club side to take part in European competition when they played their first group game in the inaugural <a href="/wiki/Inter-Cities_Fairs_Cup" title="Inter-Cities Fairs Cup">Inter-Cities Fairs Cup</a> competition on 15 May 1956;<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERadnedge1998200-21">[21]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGoodyearMatthews1988-22">[22]</a><a href="#cite_note-RSSSFeuro-23">[23]</a> they went on to reach the semi-final, in which they drew 4–4 on aggregate with <a href="/wiki/FC_Barcelona" title="FC Barcelona">Barcelona</a> but lost the replay 2–1. They were also the first English club side to reach a European final, losing 4–1 <a href="/wiki/Two-legged_match" class="mw-redirect" title="Two-legged match">on aggregate</a> to Barcelona in the 1960 Fairs Cup final and 4–2 to <a href="/wiki/A.S._Roma" class="mw-redirect" title="A.S. Roma">A.S. Roma</a> the following year.<a href="#cite_note-RSSSFeuro-23">[23]</a> In the 1961 semi-final they beat <a href="/wiki/Inter_Milan" title="Inter Milan">Internazionale</a> home and away;<a href="#cite_note-RSSSFeuro-23">[23]</a> no other English club won a competitive game in the <a href="/wiki/San_Siro" title="San Siro">San Siro</a> until <a href="/wiki/Arsenal_F.C." title="Arsenal F.C.">Arsenal</a> managed it in 2003.<a href="#cite_note-24">[24]</a> <a href="/wiki/Gil_Merrick" title="Gil Merrick">Gil Merrick</a>'s side saved their best form for cup competitions. Though opponents in the <a href="/wiki/1963_Football_League_Cup_final" title="1963 Football League Cup final">1963 League Cup final</a>, local rivals <a href="/wiki/Aston_Villa_F.C." title="Aston Villa F.C.">Aston Villa</a>, were pre-match favourites, Birmingham raised their game and won 3–1 on aggregate to lift their first major trophy.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJawad200527–28-25">[25]</a> In 1965, after ten years in the top flight, they returned to the Second Division.<a href="#cite_note-FCHDB-26">[26]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Investment,_promotion_and_decline_(1965–1993)">Investment, promotion and decline (1965–1993)</h3></div> Businessman Clifford Coombs took over as chairman in 1965, luring <a href="/wiki/Stan_Cullis" title="Stan Cullis">Stan Cullis</a> out of retirement to manage the club.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHolden2000161-27">[27]</a> Cullis's team played attractive football which took them to the semi-finals of the League Cup in 1967 and of the FA Cup in 1968, but league football needed a different approach.<a href="#cite_note-28">[28]</a> Successor <a href="/wiki/Freddie_Goodwin" title="Freddie Goodwin">Freddie Goodwin</a> produced a team playing skilful, aggressive football that won promotion as well as reaching an FA Cup semi-final.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMatthews199537–38,_63-29">[29]</a> Two years later, the club raised money by selling <a href="/wiki/Bob_Latchford" title="Bob Latchford">Bob Latchford</a> to <a href="/wiki/Everton_F.C." title="Everton F.C.">Everton</a> for a British record fee of £350,000, but without his goals the team struggled.<a href="#cite_note-30">[30]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMatthews199538–39,_209–15-31">[31]</a> Sir <a href="/wiki/Alf_Ramsey" title="Alf Ramsey">Alf Ramsey</a> briefly managed the club before <a href="/wiki/Jim_Smith_(footballer,_born_1940)" title="Jim Smith (footballer, born 1940)">Jim Smith</a> took over in 1978. With relegation a certainty, the club sold <a href="/wiki/Trevor_Francis" title="Trevor Francis">Trevor Francis</a> to <a href="/wiki/Nottingham_Forest" class="mw-redirect" title="Nottingham Forest">Nottingham Forest</a>, making him the first player transferred for a fee of £1 million;<a href="#cite_note-32">[32]</a> Francis had scored 133 goals in 329 appearances over his nine years at Birmingham.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMatthews199588-33">[33]</a> Smith took Birmingham straight back to the First Division, but a poor start to the 1981–82 season saw him replaced by <a href="/wiki/Ron_Saunders" title="Ron Saunders">Ron Saunders</a>, who had just resigned from league champions Aston Villa. Saunders' team struggled to score goals and were relegated in 1984.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMatthews199542,_219-34">[34]</a> They bounced back up, but the last home game of the 1984–85 promotion season, against <a href="/wiki/Leeds_United_F.C." title="Leeds United F.C.">Leeds United</a>, was marred by rioting, culminating in the death of a boy when a wall collapsed on him. This was on the same day as the <a href="/wiki/Bradford_City_stadium_fire" title="Bradford City stadium fire">Bradford City stadium fire</a>, and the events at St Andrew's formed part of the remit of <a href="/wiki/Oliver_Popplewell" title="Oliver Popplewell">Mr Justice Popplewell</a>'s inquiry into safety at sports grounds.<a href="#cite_note-Leedsriot-35">[35]</a> The club lacked stability both on and off the field. Saunders quit after FA Cup defeat to <a href="/wiki/Non-League" class="mw-redirect" title="Non-League">non-League</a> team <a href="/wiki/Altrincham_F.C." title="Altrincham F.C.">Altrincham</a>, staff were laid off, the training ground was sold, and by 1989 Birmingham were in the <a href="/wiki/Football_League_Third_Division" title="Football League Third Division">Third Division</a> for the first time in their history.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMatthews199544–46-36">[36]</a> In April 1989 the Kumar brothers, owners of a clothing chain, bought the club.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMatthews199544–46-36">[36]</a> A rapid turnover of managers, the absence of promised investment, and a threatened mass refusal of players to renew contracts was relieved only by a victorious trip to <a href="/wiki/Wembley_Stadium_(1923)" title="Wembley Stadium (1923)">Wembley</a> in the <a href="/wiki/1991_Associate_Members%27_Cup_final" title="1991 Associate Members' Cup final">Associate Members' Cup</a>.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMatthews199548–49-37">[37]</a> <a href="/wiki/Terry_Cooper_(footballer,_born_1944)" title="Terry Cooper (footballer, born 1944)">Terry Cooper</a> delivered promotion, but the collapse of the <a href="/wiki/Bank_of_Credit_and_Commerce_International" title="Bank of Credit and Commerce International">Bank of Credit and Commerce International</a> (BCCI) put the Kumars' businesses into <a href="/wiki/Receivership" title="Receivership">receivership</a>; in November 1992 BCCI's <a href="/wiki/Liquidator_(law)" title="Liquidator (law)">liquidator</a> put up for sale their 84% holding in the football club.<a href="#cite_note-BCCI_sell-38">[38]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sale_and_reconstruction_(1992–2007)">Sale and reconstruction (1992–2007)</h3></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Steve_Bruce_pre-season_Germany_2004.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Steve_Bruce_pre-season_Germany_2004.jpg/170px-Steve_Bruce_pre-season_Germany_2004.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="227" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Steve_Bruce_pre-season_Germany_2004.jpg/255px-Steve_Bruce_pre-season_Germany_2004.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Steve_Bruce_pre-season_Germany_2004.jpg/340px-Steve_Bruce_pre-season_Germany_2004.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="1600" /></a><figcaption>Manager <a href="/wiki/Steve_Bruce" title="Steve Bruce">Steve Bruce</a> led Birmingham City to promotion to the Premier League in 2002 and 2007</figcaption></figure> The club continued in <a href="/wiki/Administration_(British_football)" title="Administration (British football)">administration</a> for four months, until <a href="/wiki/Sport_Newspapers" title="Sport Newspapers">Sport Newspapers</a>' proprietor <a href="/wiki/David_Sullivan_(businessman)" title="David Sullivan (businessman)">David Sullivan</a> bought it for £700,000,<a href="#cite_note-Sullivan_buys-39">[39]</a> installed the then 23-year-old <a href="/wiki/Karren_Brady" title="Karren Brady">Karren Brady</a> as managing director and allowed Cooper money for signings. On the last day of the season, the team avoided relegation back to the third tier,<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMatthews199548–52-40">[40]</a> but after a poor start to the 1993–94 season Cooper was replaced by <a href="/wiki/Barry_Fry" title="Barry Fry">Barry Fry</a>. The change did not prevent relegation, but Fry's first full season brought promotion back to the second tier as champions, and victory over <a href="/wiki/Carlisle_United" class="mw-redirect" title="Carlisle United">Carlisle United</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Football_League_Trophy" class="mw-redirect" title="Football League Trophy">Football League Trophy</a> via <a href="/wiki/Paul_Tait_(footballer,_born_1971)" title="Paul Tait (footballer, born 1971)">Paul Tait</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Golden_goal" title="Golden goal">golden goal</a> completed the "<a href="/wiki/Double_(association_football)#Doubles_in_lower_divisions" title="Double (association football)">lower-league Double</a>".<a href="#cite_note-41">[41]</a> After one more year, Fry was dismissed to make way for the return of Trevor Francis.<a href="#cite_note-42">[42]</a> Reinforced by players with top-level experience, including Manchester United captain <a href="/wiki/Steve_Bruce" title="Steve Bruce">Steve Bruce</a>, Francis's team narrowly missed out on a <a href="/wiki/EFL_Championship_play-offs" title="EFL Championship play-offs">play-off</a> position in 1998, and three years of play-off semi-final defeats followed.<a href="#cite_note-BCFCHistory-8">[8]</a> They reached the <a href="/wiki/2001_Football_League_Cup_final" title="2001 Football League Cup final">2001 League Cup final</a> against <a href="/wiki/Liverpool_F.C." title="Liverpool F.C.">Liverpool</a> at <a href="/wiki/Cardiff" title="Cardiff">Cardiff</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Millennium_Stadium" title="Millennium Stadium">Millennium Stadium</a>. Birmingham equalised in the last minute of normal time, but the match went to a <a href="/wiki/Penalty_shoot-out_(association_football)" title="Penalty shoot-out (association football)">penalty shoot-out</a> which Liverpool won.<a href="#cite_note-FLC_2001-43">[43]</a> By October 2001, lack of progress had made Francis's position untenable; after a 6–0 League Cup defeat to Manchester City, he left by mutual consent.<a href="#cite_note-44">[44]</a> Bruce's return as manager shook up a stale team; he took them from mid-table to the play-offs, and beat <a href="/wiki/Norwich_City_F.C." title="Norwich City F.C.">Norwich City</a> on penalties in <a href="/wiki/2002_Football_League_First_Division_play-off_final" title="2002 Football League First Division play-off final">the final</a> to secure promotion to the <a href="/wiki/Premier_League" title="Premier League">Premier League</a>.<a href="#cite_note-45">[45]</a><a href="#cite_note-Promotion_2002-46">[46]</a> Motivated by the inspirational <a href="/wiki/Christophe_Dugarry" title="Christophe Dugarry">Christophe Dugarry</a>,<a href="#cite_note-47">[47]</a> Birmingham's first top-flight season for 16 years finished in mid-table. Loan signing <a href="/wiki/Mikael_Forssell" title="Mikael Forssell">Mikael Forssell</a>'s 17 league goals helped Birmingham to a top-half finish in 2003–04, but when he was injured, the 2004–05 team struggled for goals. In July 2005, chairman <a href="/wiki/David_Gold_(businessman)" title="David Gold (businessman)">David Gold</a> said it was time to "start talking about being as good as anyone outside the top three or four" with "the best squad of players for 25 years".<a href="#cite_note-48">[48]</a> Injuries, loss of form, and lack of transfer window investment saw them relegated in a season whose lowlight was a 7–0 FA Cup defeat to Liverpool.<a href="#cite_note-49">[49]</a> <a href="/wiki/Jermaine_Pennant" title="Jermaine Pennant">Jermaine Pennant</a> and <a href="/wiki/Emile_Heskey" title="Emile Heskey">Emile Heskey</a> left for record fees,<a href="#cite_note-BCFCrecords-50">[50]</a><a href="#cite_note-51">[51]</a> many others were released,<a href="#cite_note-52">[52]</a> but Bruce's amended recruitment strategy, combining free-transfer experience with young "hungry" players and shrewd exploitation of the loan market, brought automatic promotion at the end of a season which had included calls for his head.<a href="#cite_note-Promotion_2007-53">[53]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_Chinese_years_(2007–2023)">The Chinese years (2007–2023)</h3></div> In July 2007, Hong Kong-based businessman <a href="/wiki/Carson_Yeung" title="Carson Yeung">Carson Yeung</a> bought 29.9% of shares in the club, making him the biggest single shareholder, with a view to taking full control in the future.<a href="#cite_note-54">[54]</a> Uncertain as to his future under possible new owners, Bruce left in mid-season.<a href="#cite_note-55">[55]</a> His successor, Scotland national team manager <a href="/wiki/Alex_McLeish" title="Alex McLeish">Alex McLeish</a>, was unable to stave off relegation, but achieved promotion back to the Premier League at the first attempt.<a href="#cite_note-56">[56]</a> Yeung's company completed the takeover in 2009,<a href="#cite_note-SkyYeung-57">[57]</a> and the team finished in ninth place, their highest for 51 years.<a href="#cite_note-58">[58]</a> In 2011, they combined <a href="/wiki/2011_Football_League_Cup_final" title="2011 Football League Cup final">a second League Cup</a>, defeating favourites Arsenal 2–1 with goals from <a href="/wiki/Nikola_%C5%BDigi%C4%87" title="Nikola Žigić">Nikola Žigić</a> and <a href="/wiki/Obafemi_Martins" title="Obafemi Martins">Obafemi Martins</a> and securing qualification for the <a href="/wiki/Europa_League" class="mw-redirect" title="Europa League">Europa League</a>,<a href="#cite_note-FLC_2011-59">[59]</a> with relegation back to the second tier, after which McLeish resigned to join Aston Villa.<a href="#cite_note-60">[60]</a> Birmingham narrowly failed to reach the knockout rounds of the Europa League and the play-off final. With the club in financial turmoil and under a transfer embargo, manager <a href="/wiki/Chris_Hughton" title="Chris Hughton">Chris Hughton</a> left.<a href="#cite_note-61">[61]</a> Under <a href="/wiki/Lee_Clark_(footballer)" title="Lee Clark (footballer)">Lee Clark</a>, Birmingham twice retained their divisional status, albeit through <a href="/wiki/Paul_Caddis" title="Paul Caddis">Paul Caddis</a>'s 93rd-minute goal in the last match of 2013–14 to avoid relegation on <a href="/wiki/Goal_difference" title="Goal difference">goal difference</a>,<a href="#cite_note-62">[62]</a> but continued poor form saw him dismissed in October 2014.<a href="#cite_note-63">[63]</a> <a href="/wiki/Gary_Rowett" title="Gary Rowett">Gary Rowett</a> stabilised the team and led them to two tenth-place finishes before being controversially dismissed by new owners Trillion Trophy Asia in favour of the "pedigree" of <a href="/wiki/Gianfranco_Zola" title="Gianfranco Zola">Gianfranco Zola</a>, who would aid the club's "strategic, long-term view" to take the club in a new direction.<a href="#cite_note-64">[64]</a> Two wins from 24 matches under Zola left Birmingham needing two wins from the last three games to stay up, which they achieved under the managership of <a href="/wiki/Harry_Redknapp" title="Harry Redknapp">Harry Redknapp</a>.<a href="#cite_note-65">[65]</a> Redknapp lasted another month,<a href="#cite_note-66">[66]</a> his former assistant <a href="/wiki/Steve_Cotterill" title="Steve Cotterill">Steve Cotterill</a> five months, leaving successor <a href="/wiki/Garry_Monk" title="Garry Monk">Garry Monk</a> another – ultimately successful – relegation battle.<a href="#cite_note-CotterillDong-67">[67]</a><a href="#cite_note-68">[68]</a> Despite budgetary restrictions and a nine-point deduction for breaches of the League's Profitability and Sustainability (P&S) rules, the team finished 17th in 2018–19; however, Monk was sacked in June after conflict with the board.<a href="#cite_note-69">[69]</a> He was succeeded by his assistant, <a href="/wiki/Pep_Clotet" title="Pep Clotet">Pep Clotet</a>, initially as caretaker.<a href="#cite_note-70">[70]</a> In the <a href="/wiki/2019%E2%80%9320_Birmingham_City_F.C._season" title="2019–20 Birmingham City F.C. season">2019–20 season</a>, the club once again avoided relegation despite a 14-match winless run at the end of the season and the threat of a further points deduction.<a href="#cite_note-71">[71]</a><a href="#cite_note-72">[72]</a> Academy product <a href="/wiki/Jude_Bellingham" title="Jude Bellingham">Jude Bellingham</a> was sold to <a href="/wiki/Borussia_Dortmund" title="Borussia Dortmund">Borussia Dortmund</a> in the summer for a club-record deal reported to be worth up to £30 million,<a href="#cite_note-73">[73]</a> after which <a href="/wiki/Aitor_Karanka" title="Aitor Karanka">Aitor Karanka</a> lasted eight months as head coach before being replaced by former Birmingham player <a href="/wiki/Lee_Bowyer" title="Lee Bowyer">Lee Bowyer</a>.<a href="#cite_note-BowyerIn-74">[74]</a> After 16 months and yet another relegation struggle, amid rumours of an imminent takeover, Bowyer was replaced by <a href="/wiki/John_Eustace" title="John Eustace">John Eustace</a>.<a href="#cite_note-BowyerOut-75">[75]</a><a href="#cite_note-76">[76]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="American_control_(2023–present)">American control (2023–present)</h3></div> After two takeover attempts fell through,<a href="#cite_note-77">[77]</a> Shelby Companies Ltd, a subsidiary of US-based Knighthead Capital Management and fronted by that company's co-founder Tom Wagner, purchased a controlling stake in the club and full ownership of the stadium on 13 July 2023.<a href="#cite_note-78">[78]</a> Former Manchester City CEO <a href="/wiki/Garry_Cook_(executive)" title="Garry Cook (executive)">Garry Cook</a> was appointed to the corresponding role at Birmingham, and the club gained considerable publicity from the arrival of <a href="/wiki/American_football" title="American football">American football</a> player <a href="/wiki/Tom_Brady" title="Tom Brady">Tom Brady</a> as minority owner.<a href="#cite_note-79">[79]</a><a href="#cite_note-80">[80]</a> In early October, with the team in the play-off places, Eustace was sacked. In a move that echoed Rowett's replacement by Zola seven years prior, the board stressed the need for "a winning mentality and a culture of ambition" across the club,<a href="#cite_note-BMail_Eustace_Sacked-81">[81]</a> and a new appointment with "[responsibility] for creating an identity and clear 'no fear' playing style".<a href="#cite_note-82">[82]</a> After former England international <a href="/wiki/Wayne_Rooney" title="Wayne Rooney">Wayne Rooney</a>'s two wins from 15 matches left Birmingham in 20th place,<a href="#cite_note-Rooney_sacked-83">[83]</a> <a href="/wiki/Tony_Mowbray" title="Tony Mowbray">Tony Mowbray</a> was appointed manager.<a href="#cite_note-Mowbray_in-84">[84]</a> His need for medical leave brought the interim appointment of Gary Rowett,<a href="#cite_note-Rowett_returns-85">[85]</a> whose 11 points from the last eight games was not enough to prevent relegation to League One after 29 years at a higher level.<a href="#cite_note-86">[86]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Colours_and_badge">Colours and badge</h2></div> <div class="thumb tright" style=""><div class="thumbinner" style="width:122px"><div class="thumbimage noresize" style="width:120px;"> <div style="width: 100px; margin: 0 auto; padding: 0;"> <div style="position: relative; left: 0px; top: 0px; width: 100px; height: 135px; margin: 0 auto; padding: 0;"> <div style="position: absolute; left: 0px; top: 0px; width: 31px; height: 59px; background-color: #000066;"></div> <div style="position: absolute; left: 0px; top: 0px; width: 31px; height: 59px;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Kit_left_arm.svg/31px-Kit_left_arm.svg.png" decoding="async" width="31" height="59" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Kit_left_arm.svg/47px-Kit_left_arm.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Kit_left_arm.svg/62px-Kit_left_arm.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="31" data-file-height="59" /></div> <div style="position: absolute; left: 31px; top: 0px; width: 38px; height: 59px; background-color: #000066;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/be/Kit_body_whiterightsash.png" decoding="async" width="38" height="59" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="38" data-file-height="59" /></div> <div style="position: absolute; left: 31px; top: 0px; width: 38px; height: 59px;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Kit_body.svg/38px-Kit_body.svg.png" decoding="async" width="38" height="59" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Kit_body.svg/57px-Kit_body.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Kit_body.svg/76px-Kit_body.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="38" data-file-height="59" /></div> <div style="position: absolute; left: 69px; top: 0px; width: 31px; height: 59px; background-color: #000066;"></div> <div style="position: absolute; left: 69px; top: 0px; width: 31px; height: 59px;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Kit_right_arm.svg/31px-Kit_right_arm.svg.png" decoding="async" width="31" height="59" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Kit_right_arm.svg/47px-Kit_right_arm.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Kit_right_arm.svg/62px-Kit_right_arm.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="31" data-file-height="59" /></div> <div style="position: absolute; left: 0px; top: 59px; width: 100px; height: 36px; background-color: #FFFFFF"></div> <div style="position: absolute; left: 0px; top: 59px; width: 100px; height: 36px;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Kit_shorts.svg/100px-Kit_shorts.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="36" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Kit_shorts.svg/150px-Kit_shorts.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Kit_shorts.svg/200px-Kit_shorts.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="36" /></div> <div style="position: absolute; left: 0px; top: 95px; width: 100px; height: 40px; background-color: #000066"></div> <div style="position: absolute; left: 0px; top: 95px; width: 100px; height: 40px;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Kit_socks_long.svg/100px-Kit_socks_long.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Kit_socks_long.svg/150px-Kit_socks_long.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Kit_socks_long.svg/200px-Kit_socks_long.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="40" /></div> </div> </div></div><div class="thumbcaption">Small Heath Alliance original kit</div></div></div> The Small Heath Alliance members decided among themselves that their colours would be blue; in the early days, they wore whatever blue shirt they had.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELewis200025-87">[87]</a> The first <a href="/wiki/Kit_(association_football)" title="Kit (association football)">uniform kit</a> was a dark blue shirt with a white sash and white shorts.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMatthews200056–57-88">[88]</a> Several variations on a blue theme were tried; the one that stuck was the royal blue shirt with a white "V", adopted during the First World War and retained until the late 1920s. Though the design changed, the royal blue remained. In 1971 they adopted the "penguin" strip – royal blue with a broad white central front panel – which lasted five years.<a href="#cite_note-89">[89]</a> Since then they have generally worn plain, nominally royal blue shirts, though the actual shade used has varied. Shorts have been either blue or white, and socks usually blue, white or a combination. White, yellow, red and black, on their own or in combination, have been the most frequently used colours for the away kit.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMatthews200056–57-88">[88]</a><a href="#cite_note-kitclass-90">[90]</a> There were aberrations: the 1992 kit, sponsored by Triton Showers, was made of a blue material covered with multicoloured splashes which resembled a shower curtain.<a href="#cite_note-91">[91]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELewis200031-92">[92]</a> The home shirt has only once featured stripes: in 1999, the blue shirt had a front central panel in narrow blue and white stripes, a design similar to the <a href="/wiki/Tesco" title="Tesco">Tesco</a> supermarket carrier bag of the time.<a href="#cite_note-kitclass-90">[90]</a><a href="#cite_note-93">[93]</a> When the club changed its name from Small Heath to Birmingham in 1905 it adopted the <a href="/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Birmingham" class="mw-redirect" title="Coat of arms of Birmingham">city's coat of arms</a> as its <a href="/wiki/Crest_(sports)" class="mw-redirect" title="Crest (sports)">badge</a>, although this was not always worn on the shirts. The 1970s "penguin" shirt carried the letters "BCFC" intertwined at the centre of the chest. The <a href="/wiki/Sports_Argus" title="Sports Argus">Sports Argus</a> newspaper ran a competition in 1972 to design a new badge for the club. The winning entry, a line-drawn globe and ball, with a ribbon carrying the club's name and date of foundation, in plain blue and white,<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELewis200027–29-94">[94]</a> was adopted by the club but not worn on playing shirts until 1976,<a href="#cite_note-HFKits-95">[95]</a> after the design was granted by the <a href="/wiki/College_of_Arms" title="College of Arms">College of Arms</a> in 1975.<a href="#cite_note-96">[96]</a> An experiment made in the early 1990s with colouring in the globe and ball was soon abandoned.<a href="#cite_note-HFKits-95">[95]</a> The club rarely spends more than three seasons with the same kit supplier.<a href="#cite_note-HFKits-95">[95]</a> The first sponsor to have its name on the shirt was Birmingham-based brewery <a href="/wiki/Ansells" class="mw-redirect" title="Ansells">Ansells</a> in 1983.<a href="#cite_note-HFKits-95">[95]</a> They withdrew in mid-1985,<a href="#cite_note-97">[97]</a> and the shirts went unsponsored until January 1987, when <a href="/wiki/Associated_Co-operative_Creameries" title="Associated Co-operative Creameries">Co-op Milk</a> paid a "five-figure sum" to have its name displayed until the end of the season. That was a relief to the club not only financially: the vice-chairman claimed that as a "big club ... people expect us to have a shirt sponsor and we have been lagging behind".<a href="#cite_note-98">[98]</a> Later sponsors included car retailer PJ Evans/Evans Halshaw (1988–1989), <a href="/wiki/MK_One" title="MK One">Mark One</a> (1989–1992), Triton Showers (1992–1995), <a href="/wiki/Auto_Windscreens" title="Auto Windscreens">Auto Windscreens</a> (1995–2001), <a href="/wiki/Phones_4u" title="Phones 4u">Phones 4u</a> (2001–2003), <a href="/wiki/Flybe_(1979-2020)" class="mw-redirect" title="Flybe (1979-2020)">Flybe</a> (2003–2007), <a href="/wiki/F%26C_Asset_Management" title="F&C Asset Management">F&C Investments</a> (2007–2011), foreign exchange company RationalFX (2011–2012), "lifestyle and leisure" business EZE Group (2012–2013 and 2015–2016), <a href="/wiki/E-cigarette" class="mw-redirect" title="E-cigarette">e-cigarette</a> company Nicolites (2013–2014), <a href="/wiki/Mobile_payment" title="Mobile payment">mobile payment</a> enabler Zapaygo (2014–2015), <a href="/wiki/888sport" title="888sport">888sport</a> (2016–2019) and <a href="/wiki/BoyleSports" title="BoyleSports">BoyleSports</a> (2019–2023).<a href="#cite_note-HFKits-95">[95]</a><a href="#cite_note-99">[99]</a> In June 2020, the club announced a four-year partnership with <a href="/wiki/Nike,_Inc." title="Nike, Inc.">Nike</a> as supplier of kits,<a href="#cite_note-100">[100]</a> upgraded 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 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, <a href="/wiki/Streetwear" title="Streetwear">streetwear</a> company Undefeated, white shorts and royal blue socks.<a href="#cite_note-101">[101]</a><a href="#cite_note-102">[102]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Stadiums">Stadiums</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Muntz_Street" title="Muntz Street">Muntz Street</a>, <a href="/wiki/St_Andrew%27s_(stadium)" title="St Andrew's (stadium)">St Andrew's</a>, and <a href="/wiki/City_of_Birmingham_Stadium" title="City of Birmingham Stadium">City of Birmingham Stadium</a></div> Small Heath Alliance played their first home games on waste ground off Arthur Street, <a href="/wiki/Bordesley_Green" title="Bordesley Green">Bordesley Green</a>. As interest grew, they moved to a fenced-off field in Ladypool Road, <a href="/wiki/Sparkbrook" title="Sparkbrook">Sparkbrook</a>, where admission could be charged. A year later, they moved again, to a field adjoining Muntz Street, <a href="/wiki/Small_Heath,_Birmingham" class="mw-redirect" title="Small Heath, Birmingham">Small Heath</a>, near the <a href="/wiki/A45_road" title="A45 road">main Coventry Road</a>, with a capacity of about 10,000. The Muntz Street ground was adequate for 1880s friendly matches, and the capacity was gradually raised to around 30,000, but when several thousand spectators scaled walls and broke down turnstiles to get into a First Division match against Aston Villa, it became clear that it could no longer cope with the demand.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMatthews199557–59-103">[103]</a> Director <a href="/wiki/Harry_Morris_(footballer,_born_1866)" title="Harry Morris (footballer, born 1866)">Harry Morris</a> identified a site for a new ground in Bordesley Green, some three-quarters of a mile (1 km) from Muntz Street towards the city centre. The site was where a <a href="/wiki/Brickworks" title="Brickworks">brickworks</a> once operated; the land sloped steeply down to stagnant pools, yet the stadium was constructed in under twelve months from land clearance to opening ceremony on <a href="/wiki/Boxing_Day" title="Boxing Day">Boxing Day</a> 1906. Heavy snow nearly prevented the opening; volunteers had to clear pitch and terraces before the match, a goalless draw against <a href="/wiki/Middlesbrough_F.C." title="Middlesbrough F.C.">Middlesbrough</a>, could go ahead.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMatthews199557–59-103">[103]</a> The ground is reputed to have been cursed by <a href="/wiki/Gypsies" class="mw-redirect" title="Gypsies">gypsies</a> evicted from the site;<a href="#cite_note-104">[104]</a> although gypsies are known to have camped nearby,<a href="#cite_note-105">[105]</a> there is no contemporary evidence for their eviction by the club. <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:St_Andrew%27s_Stadium_League_Attendances.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/St_Andrew%27s_Stadium_League_Attendances.png/220px-St_Andrew%27s_Stadium_League_Attendances.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="153" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/St_Andrew%27s_Stadium_League_Attendances.png/330px-St_Andrew%27s_Stadium_League_Attendances.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/St_Andrew%27s_Stadium_League_Attendances.png/440px-St_Andrew%27s_Stadium_League_Attendances.png 2x" data-file-width="827" data-file-height="576" /></a><figcaption>Average and peak league attendances at St Andrew's</figcaption></figure> The original capacity of St Andrew's was reported as 75,000, with 4,000 seats in the Main Stand and space for 22,000 under cover.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMatthews199557–59-103">[103]</a> By 1938 the official capacity was 68,000, and February 1939 saw the attendance record set at the fifth round FA Cup tie against Everton, variously recorded as 66,844 or 67,341.<a href="#cite_note-attendance-109">[A]</a> On the outbreak of the Second World War, the <a href="/wiki/Chief_Constable" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief Constable">Chief Constable</a> ordered the ground's closure because of the danger from air raids; it was the only ground to be thus closed, and was only re-opened after the matter was raised in Parliament. It was badly damaged during the <a href="/wiki/Birmingham_Blitz" title="Birmingham Blitz">Birmingham Blitz</a>: the Railway End and the Kop as a result of bombing, while the Main Stand burnt down when a fireman mistook petrol for water.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMatthews199557–59-103">[103]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:St_Andrews_Birmingham_City_Main_Stand.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/St_Andrews_Birmingham_City_Main_Stand.JPG/220px-St_Andrews_Birmingham_City_Main_Stand.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/St_Andrews_Birmingham_City_Main_Stand.JPG/330px-St_Andrews_Birmingham_City_Main_Stand.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/St_Andrews_Birmingham_City_Main_Stand.JPG/440px-St_Andrews_Birmingham_City_Main_Stand.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1200" /></a><figcaption>Main Stand, St Andrew's, 2005</figcaption></figure> The replacement Main Stand used a propped <a href="/wiki/Cantilever" title="Cantilever">cantilever</a> roof design, which meant fewer pillars to block spectators' view of the pitch. <a href="/wiki/Floodlights_(sport)" class="mw-redirect" title="Floodlights (sport)">Floodlights</a> were installed in 1956, and officially switched on for a friendly match against <a href="/wiki/Borussia_Dortmund" title="Borussia Dortmund">Borussia Dortmund</a> in 1957.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMatthews2000193–196-110">[109]</a> By the early 1960s a stand had been built at the Railway End to the same design as the Main Stand, roofs had been put on the Kop and Tilton Road End, and the ground capacity was down to about 55,000.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMatthews2000193–196-110">[109]</a> Resulting from the 1986 Popplewell Report into the safety of sports grounds and the later <a href="/wiki/Taylor_Report" title="Taylor Report">Taylor Report</a>, the capacity of St Andrew's was set at 28,235 for safety reasons,<a href="#cite_note-Leedsriot-35">[35]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMatthews2000193–196-110">[109]</a> but it was accepted that the stadium had to be brought up to modern all-seated standards. After the last home game of the 1993–94 season, the Kop and Tilton Road terraces were demolished – fans took home a significant proportion as souvenirs – to be replaced at the start of the new season by a 7,000-seat Tilton Road Stand, continuing round the corner into the 9,500-seat Kop which opened two months later.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMatthews199557–59-103">[103]</a> The 8,000-seat Railway Stand followed in 1999;<a href="#cite_note-111">[110]</a> ten years later, this was renamed the Gil Merrick Stand, in honour of the club's appearance record-holder and former manager,<a href="#cite_note-112">[111]</a> but the Main Stand has still to be modernised. In 2021, the club website listed the stadium capacity as 29,409.<a href="#cite_note-capacity-3">[3]</a> In 2004 a proposal was put forward to build a "sports village" comprising a 55,000-capacity <a href="/wiki/City_of_Birmingham_Stadium" title="City of Birmingham Stadium">City of Birmingham Stadium</a>, other sports and leisure facilities, and a <a href="/wiki/Regional_casino" title="Regional casino">super casino</a>, to be jointly financed by <a href="/wiki/Birmingham_City_Council" title="Birmingham City Council">Birmingham City Council</a>, Birmingham City F.C. (via the proceeds of the sale of St Andrew's) and the casino group <a href="/wiki/Las_Vegas_Sands" title="Las Vegas Sands">Las Vegas Sands</a>. The feasibility of the plan depended on the government issuing a licence for a super casino, and Birmingham being chosen as the venue,<a href="#cite_note-113">[112]</a> but this did not happen. The club have <a href="/wiki/Planning_permission" title="Planning permission">planning permission</a> to redevelop the Main Stand,<a href="#cite_note-114">[113]</a> but club and council continued to seek alternative sources of funding for the City of Birmingham Stadium project.<a href="#cite_note-115">[114]</a> In 2013, the Birmingham City Supporters' Trust's application for listing St Andrew's as an <a href="/wiki/Asset_of_Community_Value" class="mw-redirect" title="Asset of Community Value">Asset of Community Value</a> (ACV) – a building or other land whose main use "furthers the social wellbeing or social interests of the local community" and where it is realistic to believe it could do so in the future.<a href="#cite_note-116">[115]</a> – under the <a href="/wiki/Localism_Act_2011" title="Localism Act 2011">Localism Act 2011</a> was approved by Birmingham City Council.<a href="#cite_note-ACV-117">[116]</a> This requires any proposed sale to be notified to the council, and provides for a six-month moratorium on that sale to allow the Trust and other community groups to submit their own bid.<a href="#cite_note-ACV-117">[116]</a> In 2018, the club's owners agreed a three-year sponsorship deal under which the name became St Andrew's Trillion Trophy Stadium.<a href="#cite_note-118">[117]</a> The lower tiers of the Tilton and Kop stands were closed for <a href="/wiki/Asbestos" title="Asbestos">asbestos</a>-related repairs for approaching three years, reopening fully in November 2023.<a href="#cite_note-119">[118]</a> In 2024, the stadium was renamed St. Andrew's @ Knighthead Park for sponsorship reasons, as "step one in [the owners'] plan to create a world-renowned 'Sports Quarter' in Birmingham."<a href="#cite_note-120">[119]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Supporters">Supporters</h2></div> Birmingham fans consider their main rivals to be Aston Villa, their nearest neighbours geographically, with whom they contest the <a href="/wiki/Second_City_derby" title="Second City derby">Second City derby</a>. Lesser rivalries include fellow <a href="/wiki/West_Midlands_(county)" title="West Midlands (county)">West Midlands</a> clubs <a href="/wiki/Wolverhampton_Wanderers_F.C." title="Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.">Wolverhampton Wanderers</a> and West Bromwich Albion. According to a 2003 Football Fans Census survey, Aston Villa fans thought of Birmingham City as their main rivals, though this was not always the case.<a href="#cite_note-FFC-121">[120]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:BeauBrummie.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/87/BeauBrummie.jpg" decoding="async" width="159" height="219" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="159" data-file-height="219" /></a><figcaption>Birmingham City mascot Beau Brummie</figcaption></figure> Birmingham's supporters are generally referred to as "Bluenoses" in the media and by the fans themselves; the name is also used in a derogatory manner by fans of other clubs.<a href="#cite_note-FFC-121">[120]</a><a href="#cite_note-122">[121]</a> A piece of public sculpture in the form of a ten-times-life-size head lying on a mound near the St Andrew's ground, Ondré Nowakowski's Sleeping Iron Giant, has been repeatedly defaced with blue paint on its nose.<a href="#cite_note-123">[122]</a> Between 1994 and 1997, the club <a href="/wiki/Mascot" title="Mascot">mascot</a> took the form of a blue nose,<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELewis2000167–168-124">[123]</a> though it is now a dog named Beau Brummie, a play on the name <a href="/wiki/Beau_Brummell" title="Beau Brummell">Beau Brummell</a> and <a href="/wiki/Brummie_dialect" title="Brummie dialect">Brummie</a>, the slang word for a person from Birmingham. A number of supporters' clubs are affiliated to the football club, both in England and abroad.<a href="#cite_note-125">[124]</a> An action group was formed in 1991 to protest against chairman Samesh Kumar,<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMatthews199548–49-37">[37]</a> the club blamed an internet petition for the collapse of the purchase of player <a href="/wiki/Lee_Bowyer" title="Lee Bowyer">Lee Bowyer</a> in 2005,<a href="#cite_note-126">[125]</a> and antipathy towards the board provoked hostile chanting and a pitch invasion after the last match of the <a href="/wiki/2007%E2%80%9308_Premier_League" title="2007–08 Premier League">2007–08 season</a>,<a href="#cite_note-127">[126]</a> but when the club was in financial difficulties, supporters contributed to schemes which funded the purchase of players <a href="/wiki/Brian_Roberts_(English_footballer)" title="Brian Roberts (English footballer)">Brian Roberts</a> in 1984<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMatthews1995120-128">[127]</a> and <a href="/wiki/Paul_Peschisolido" title="Paul Peschisolido">Paul Peschisolido</a> in 1992.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMatthews199548–49-37">[37]</a> A <a href="/wiki/Supporters%27_trust" title="Supporters' trust">supporters' trust</a> was formed under the auspices of <a href="/wiki/Supporters_Direct" title="Supporters Direct">Supporters Direct</a> in 2012.<a href="#cite_note-129">[128]</a> There have been several <a href="/wiki/Fanzine" title="Fanzine">fanzines</a> published by supporters. Made in Brum, first issued in 2000, was the only one regularly on sale in 2013.<a href="#cite_note-130">[129]</a> The Zulu began some years earlier and ran for at least 16 seasons.<a href="#cite_note-131">[130]</a> The <a href="/wiki/Hooligan_firm" class="mw-redirect" title="Hooligan firm">hooligan firm</a> associated with the club, the <a href="/wiki/Zulu_Warriors_(hooligan_firm)" class="mw-redirect" title="Zulu Warriors (hooligan firm)">Zulu Warriors</a>, were unusual in that they had multi-racial membership at a time when many such firms had associations with racist or right-wing groups.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGall2006-132">[131]</a><a href="#cite_note-133">[132]</a><figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Birmingham_City_Away_(2011).JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Birmingham_City_Away_%282011%29.JPG/220px-Birmingham_City_Away_%282011%29.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Birmingham_City_Away_%282011%29.JPG/330px-Birmingham_City_Away_%282011%29.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Birmingham_City_Away_%282011%29.JPG/440px-Birmingham_City_Away_%282011%29.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1632" data-file-height="1224" /></a><figcaption>Visiting Birmingham fans during the club's first away appearance in group stage of the UEFA Europa League in 2011</figcaption></figure> The fans' anthem,<a href="#cite_note-134">[133]</a> an adaptation of <a href="/wiki/Harry_Lauder" title="Harry Lauder">Harry Lauder</a>'s "<a href="/wiki/Keep_Right_On_To_The_End_of_the_Road" title="Keep Right On To The End of the Road">Keep Right On To The End of the Road</a>",<a href="#cite_note-135">[134]</a> was adopted during the 1956 FA Cup campaign. <a href="/wiki/The_Times" title="The Times">The Times</a>'s football correspondent described in his Cup final preview how<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote">the Birmingham clans swept their side along to Wembley – the first side ever to reach a final without once playing at home – on the wings of the song "Keep right on to the end of the road".<a href="#cite_note-136">[135]</a></blockquote> Player <a href="/wiki/Alex_Govan" title="Alex Govan">Alex Govan</a> is credited with popularising the song, by singing it on the coach on the way to the quarter-final<a href="#cite_note-137">[136]</a> and when he revealed in an interview that it was his favourite.<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"><blockquote class="templatequote">In the build-up to the 1956 FA Cup semi-final with Sunderland I was interviewed by the press and happened to let slip that my favourite song was Harry Lauder's old music hall number "Keep Right on to the End of the Road". I thought no more about it, but when the third goal went in at Hillsborough the Blues fans all started singing it. It was the proudest moment of my life.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELewis200063-138">[137]</a></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Ownership">Ownership</h2></div> Small Heath F.C. became a limited company in 1888; its first share issue was to the value of £650.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELewis200011-139">[138]</a> The board was made up of local businessmen and dignitaries until 1965, when the club was sold to Clifford Coombs.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMatthews199535-140">[139]</a> By the mid-1980s the club was in financial trouble. Control passed from the Coombs family to former <a href="/wiki/Walsall_F.C." title="Walsall F.C.">Walsall</a> chairman Ken Wheldon, who cut costs, made redundancies, and sold off assets, including the club's training ground. Still unable to make the club pay, Wheldon sold it to the Kumar brothers, owners of a clothing chain.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMatthews199544–46-36">[36]</a> Debt was still increasing when matters came to a head; the collapse of the Bank of Credit and Commerce International (BCCI) put the Kumars' businesses into receivership. The club continued in administration for four months until <a href="/wiki/Sport_Newspapers" title="Sport Newspapers">Sport Newspapers</a>' proprietor David Sullivan bought the Kumars' 84% holding for £700,000 from BCCI's liquidator in March 1993.<a href="#cite_note-BCCI_sell-38">[38]</a><a href="#cite_note-Sullivan_buys-39">[39]</a> Birmingham City <a href="/wiki/Public_limited_company" title="Public limited company">plc</a>, of which the football club was a wholly owned subsidiary, was floated on the <a href="/wiki/Alternative_Investment_Market" title="Alternative Investment Market">Alternative Investment Market</a> (AIM) in 1997 with an issue of 15 million new shares,<a href="#cite_note-prospectus-141">[140]</a> raising £7.5 million of new investment.<a href="#cite_note-142">[141]</a> It made a pre-tax profit of £4.3M in the year ending 31 August 2008.<a href="#cite_note-143">[142]</a> In July 2007, Hong Kong businessman Carson Yeung, via the <a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong_Stock_Exchange" title="Hong Kong Stock Exchange">Hong Kong Stock Exchange</a> (SEHK)-listed company <a href="/wiki/Grandtop_International_Holdings_Limited" class="mw-redirect" title="Grandtop International Holdings Limited">Grandtop International Holdings Limited</a> (GIH), bought 29.9% of the plc from its directors. Although his intention to take full control of the club initially came to nothing,<a href="#cite_note-144">[143]</a> GIH completed the purchase in October 2009 at a total cost of £81.5M, re-registered the club as a private company, and renamed the holding company Birmingham International Holdings (BIH).<a href="#cite_note-145">[144]</a><a href="#cite_note-SkyYeung-57">[57]</a><a href="#cite_note-146">[145]</a> Trading in BIH shares was suspended in June 2011 after Yeung's arrest on charges of money-laundering.<a href="#cite_note-147">[146]</a> Publication of financial results was repeatedly delayed,<a href="#cite_note-148">[147]</a> which led the Football League to impose a transfer embargo,<a href="#cite_note-149">[148]</a> and offers for the club were entertained from 2012 onwards.<a href="#cite_note-150">[149]</a> After Yeung resigned his positions with both club and company in early 2014, share trading resumed,<a href="#cite_note-151">[150]</a> and following his conviction,<a href="#cite_note-152">[151]</a> efforts intensified to dispose of the club, which had to be done piecemeal in order to retain BIH's share listing.<a href="#cite_note-153">[152]</a> Going into 2015, the Football League made public their concerns over Yeung's attempts to impose his choice of directors on the BIHL board despite his conviction disqualifying him from exerting influence over a club.<a href="#cite_note-154">[153]</a> Relationships became increasingly factional, as illustrated by the failure of three directors, including the club's de facto chief executive Panos Pavlakis, to gain re-election, followed the next day by their reinstatement.<a href="#cite_note-155">[154]</a> On 17 February, the board voluntarily appointed receivers from accountants <a href="/wiki/Ernst_%26_Young" title="Ernst & Young">Ernst & Young</a> to take over management of the company. Their statement stressed that no winding-up petition had been issued and the company was not in liquidation.<a href="#cite_note-156">[155]</a><a href="#cite_note-157">[156]</a> In June 2015, the receivers struck deals with the previous major shareholders such that legal action against them would be dropped in return for their agreement not to obstruct any transfer of ownership to their preferred bidder, the <a href="/wiki/British_Virgin_Islands" title="British Virgin Islands">British Virgin Islands</a>-registered investment vehicle Trillion Trophy Asia (TTA), wholly owned by Chinese businessman Paul Suen Cho Hung, who in turn agreed that the company would not be sold on within two years. The process completed in October 2016, leaving TTA owning 50.64% of BIH's share capital, a level of ownership that required them to make an offer for the remainder.<a href="#cite_note-158">[157]</a> To keep the company running, TTA arranged loans which it settled with discounted shares to the same value; the process of creating such shares diluted the percentage holding of all shareholders. Attempts to diversify the company's holdings to make it less reliant on the football club were similarly funded.<a href="#cite_note-159">[158]</a> To reduce the club's losses in light of breaches of the EFL's Profitability and Sustainability Regulations, the stadium was sold for £22.8 million to Birmingham City Stadium Ltd, a new company wholly owned by the football club's parent, and would be leased back to the club,<a href="#cite_note-2019NewOwner-160">[159]</a> In December 2020, 21.64% of the club and 25% of Birmingham City Stadium were sold to Vong Pech's Oriental Rainbow,<a href="#cite_note-161">[160]</a> and in April 2021, the remaining 75% of the stadium was sold.<a href="#cite_note-162">[161]</a> A June 2022 attempt to purchase the club by a group fronted by former <a href="/wiki/Watford_F.C." title="Watford F.C.">Watford</a> owner <a href="/wiki/Laurence_Bassini" title="Laurence Bassini">Laurence Bassini</a>, involving financier <a href="/wiki/Keith_R._Harris" title="Keith R. Harris">Keith Harris</a> and with money loaned by David Sullivan, came to nothing.<a href="#cite_note-163">[162]</a><a href="#cite_note-164">[163]</a> A consortium led by fashion industry businessman Paul Richardson and Argentine former footballer <a href="/wiki/Maxi_L%C3%B3pez" title="Maxi López">Maxi López</a> announced in July that they were close to completing the purchase of a stake in the club, and later confirmed that they were providing operating funds,<a href="#cite_note-165">[164]</a><a href="#cite_note-166">[165]</a> but pulled out in December citing a failure to agree revisions to the original terms of agreement;<a href="#cite_note-167">[166]</a> in April 2023, Richardson, López and their proposed chief executive, former <a href="/wiki/Charlton_Athletic" class="mw-redirect" title="Charlton Athletic">Charlton Athletic</a> chairman Matt Southall, were sanctioned by the EFL after admitting breaching regulations by taking effective control of the club without approval.<a href="#cite_note-Relevant_Persons-168">[167]</a><a href="#cite_note-169">[168]</a> In April 2023, Birmingham Sports Holdings confirmed letters of intent had been signed to sell 24% of Birmingham City plc shares held by themselves and the 21.64% owned by Oriental Rainbow, as well as the whole of Birmingham City Stadium Ltd, to a then unnamed potential purchaser, definitive agreements to be reached within a two-month exclusivity period.<a href="#cite_note-170">[169]</a><a href="#cite_note-OwnersJun22-171">[170]</a><a href="#cite_note-172">[171]</a> The purchaser was named as Shelby Companies Ltd, a subsidiary of asset management company Knighthead Capital Management fronted by Tom Wagner, Knighthead's co-founder and co-CEO.<a href="#cite_note-KCM_completes-173">[172]</a> The agreements were subject to approval by the <a href="/wiki/English_Football_League" title="English Football League">English Football League</a> (EFL), which was forthcoming in early June, and by the <a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong_Stock_Exchange" title="Hong Kong Stock Exchange">Hong Kong Stock Exchange</a> (HKSE),<a href="#cite_note-174">[173]</a> and an <a href="/wiki/Extraordinary_general_meeting" title="Extraordinary general meeting">extraordinary general meeting</a> (EGM) on 13 July voted overwhelmingly to accept.<a href="#cite_note-KCM_completes-173">[172]</a> Although BSH retain 51% of the shares,<a href="#cite_note-Oct_23_Board-4">[4]</a> 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."<a href="#cite_note-Wagner_interview-175">[174]</a><a href="#cite_note-176">[175]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Honours">Honours</h2></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Birmingham_City_trophy_cabinet.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Birmingham_City_trophy_cabinet.jpg/220px-Birmingham_City_trophy_cabinet.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Birmingham_City_trophy_cabinet.jpg/330px-Birmingham_City_trophy_cabinet.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Birmingham_City_trophy_cabinet.jpg/440px-Birmingham_City_trophy_cabinet.jpg 2x" data-file-width="450" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption>Trophy cabinet with the Carling Cup trophy</figcaption></figure> Birmingham City's honours include the following:<a href="#cite_note-honours-177">[176]</a> League <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Football_League_Second_Division" title="Football League Second Division">Second Division</a> / <a href="/wiki/Football_League_First_Division" title="Football League First Division">First Division</a> / <a href="/wiki/EFL_Championship" title="EFL Championship">Championship</a> (<a href="/wiki/English_football_league_system" title="English football league system">level 2</a>) <ul><li>Champions: <a href="/wiki/1892%E2%80%9393_Football_League" title="1892–93 Football League">1892–93</a>, <a href="/wiki/1920%E2%80%9321_Football_League" title="1920–21 Football League">1920–21</a>, <a href="/wiki/1947%E2%80%9348_Football_League" title="1947–48 Football League">1947–48</a>, <a href="/wiki/1954%E2%80%9355_Football_League" title="1954–55 Football League">1954–55</a></li> <li>Runners-up: <a href="/wiki/1893%E2%80%9394_Football_League" title="1893–94 Football League">1893–94</a>, <a href="/wiki/1900%E2%80%9301_Football_League" title="1900–01 Football League">1900–01</a>, <a href="/wiki/1902%E2%80%9303_Football_League" title="1902–03 Football League">1902–03</a>, <a href="/wiki/1971%E2%80%9372_Football_League" title="1971–72 Football League">1971–72</a>, <a href="/wiki/1984%E2%80%9385_Football_League" title="1984–85 Football League">1984–85</a>, <a href="/wiki/2006%E2%80%9307_Football_League" title="2006–07 Football League">2006–07</a>, <a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Football_League" title="2008–09 Football League">2008–09</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_League_Championship_play-offs" class="mw-redirect" title="Football League Championship play-offs">Play-off</a> winners: <a href="/wiki/2002_Football_League_First_Division_play-off_final" title="2002 Football League First Division play-off final">2002</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_League_Third_Division" title="Football League Third Division">Third Division</a> / <a href="/wiki/Football_League_Second_Division" title="Football League Second Division">Second Division</a> (level 3) <ul><li>Champions: <a href="/wiki/1994%E2%80%9395_Football_League" title="1994–95 Football League">1994–95</a></li> <li>Runners-up: <a href="/wiki/1991%E2%80%9392_Football_League" title="1991–92 Football League">1991–92</a></li></ul></li></ul> Cup <ul><li><a href="/wiki/FA_Cup" title="FA Cup">FA Cup</a> <ul><li>Runners-up: <a href="/wiki/1930%E2%80%9331_FA_Cup" title="1930–31 FA Cup">1930–31</a>, <a href="/wiki/1955%E2%80%9356_FA_Cup" title="1955–56 FA Cup">1955–56</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_League_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="Football League Cup">Football League Cup</a> <ul><li>Winners: <a href="/wiki/1962%E2%80%9363_Football_League_Cup" title="1962–63 Football League Cup">1962–63</a>, <a href="/wiki/2010%E2%80%9311_Football_League_Cup" title="2010–11 Football League Cup">2010–11</a></li> <li>Runners-up: <a href="/wiki/2000%E2%80%9301_Football_League_Cup" title="2000–01 Football League Cup">2000–01</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inter-Cities_Fairs_Cup" title="Inter-Cities Fairs Cup">Inter-Cities Fairs Cup</a> <ul><li>Runners-up: <a href="/wiki/1958%E2%80%9360_Inter-Cities_Fairs_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="1958–60 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup">1958–60</a>, <a href="/wiki/1960%E2%80%9361_Inter-Cities_Fairs_Cup" title="1960–61 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup">1960–61</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Associate_Members%27_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="Associate Members' Cup">Associate Members' Cup</a> / <a href="/wiki/Football_League_Trophy" class="mw-redirect" title="Football League Trophy">Football League Trophy</a> <ul><li>Winners: <a href="/wiki/1990%E2%80%9391_Associate_Members%27_Cup" title="1990–91 Associate Members' Cup">1990–91</a>, <a href="/wiki/1994%E2%80%9395_Football_League_Trophy" title="1994–95 Football League Trophy">1994–95</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Birmingham_Senior_Cup" title="Birmingham Senior Cup">Birmingham Senior Cup</a> <ul><li>Winners: 1905</li></ul></li></ul> Small Heath first entered the Birmingham Senior Cup in 1878–79 – ten years before the foundation of <a href="/wiki/The_Football_League" class="mw-redirect" title="The Football League">the Football League</a> – and won for the first time in 1905, defeating <a href="/wiki/West_Bromwich_Albion_F.C." title="West Bromwich Albion F.C.">West Bromwich Albion</a> 7–2 in the final. Its importance declined with the increase in League fixtures, and from the 1905–06 season onwards, Birmingham fielded teams containing reserve-team players.<a href="#cite_note-178">[177]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMatthews200030–31-179">[178]</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Football_League_South" class="mw-redirect" title="Football League South">Football League South</a> (wartime) <ul><li>Champions: <a href="/wiki/1945%E2%80%9346_in_English_football" title="1945–46 in English football">1945–46</a></li></ul></li></ul> Preparatory to the Football League resuming in 1946–47, the First and Second Division clubs from the <a href="/wiki/1939%E2%80%9340_Football_League" title="1939–40 Football League">last pre-war season</a> were divided geographically between the Leagues North and South for 1945–46. Going into the last day of the season, Aston Villa were top of League South but had finished their programme two points (one win) ahead of the chasers but with a worse <a href="/wiki/Goal_average" class="mw-redirect" title="Goal average">goal average</a>. <a href="/wiki/Charlton_Athletic" class="mw-redirect" title="Charlton Athletic">Charlton Athletic</a> were second, above Birmingham by 0.002 of a goal.<a href="#cite_note-180">[179]</a> While Charlton could only draw at home to <a href="/wiki/Wolverhampton_Wanderers" class="mw-redirect" title="Wolverhampton Wanderers">Wolverhampton Wanderers</a>, Birmingham won away at <a href="/wiki/Luton_Town_F.C." title="Luton Town F.C.">Luton Town</a>, so claimed the title by 0.3 of a goal.<a href="#cite_note-181">[180]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERollin2005247-182">[181]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Records_and_statistics">Records and statistics</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/List_of_Birmingham_City_F.C._records_and_statistics" title="List of Birmingham City F.C. records and statistics">List of Birmingham City F.C. records and statistics</a></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:BirminghamCityFC_League_Performance.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/BirminghamCityFC_League_Performance.svg/300px-BirminghamCityFC_League_Performance.svg.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/BirminghamCityFC_League_Performance.svg/450px-BirminghamCityFC_League_Performance.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/BirminghamCityFC_League_Performance.svg/600px-BirminghamCityFC_League_Performance.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1407" data-file-height="500" /></a><figcaption>Chart of English Football League performance of Birmingham City F.C. since the 1892–93 season</figcaption></figure> Birmingham achieved their highest finishing position, of sixth in the top flight, in the <a href="/wiki/1955%E2%80%9356_Football_League_First_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="1955–56 Football League First Division">1955–56 First Division</a>.<a href="#cite_note-183">[182]</a><a href="#cite_note-FCHDB-26">[26]</a> Frank Womack holds the record for Birmingham league appearances, having played 491 matches between 1908 and 1928, closely followed by Gil Merrick with 485 between 1946 and 1959. If all senior competitions are included, Merrick has 551, less closely followed by Womack's 515 which is the record for an outfield player.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMatthews200012–15-184">[183]</a> The player who won most international caps while at the club is <a href="/wiki/Maik_Taylor" title="Maik Taylor">Maik Taylor</a> with 58 for <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_national_football_team" title="Northern Ireland national football team">Northern Ireland</a>.<a href="#cite_note-185">[184]</a> The goalscoring record is held by Joe Bradford, with 249 league goals, 267 altogether, scored between 1920 and 1935; no other player comes close. <a href="/wiki/Walter_Abbott_(footballer,_born_1877)" title="Walter Abbott (footballer, born 1877)">Walter Abbott</a> holds the records for the most goals scored in a season, in <a href="/wiki/1898%E2%80%9399_in_English_football" title="1898–99 in English football">1898–99</a>, with 34 league goals in the Second Division and 42 goals in total.<a href="#cite_note-BCFCrecords-50">[50]</a> The club's widest victory margin in the league was 12–0, a scoreline which they achieved once in the Football Alliance, against Nottingham Forest in 1899, and twice in the Second Division, against <a href="/wiki/Walsall_Town_Swifts" class="mw-redirect" title="Walsall Town Swifts">Walsall Town Swifts</a> in 1892 and <a href="/wiki/Doncaster_Rovers_F.C." title="Doncaster Rovers F.C.">Doncaster Rovers</a> in 1903. They have lost a league match by an eight-goal margin on eight occasions: twice in the Football Alliance and five times in the First Division, all away from home,<a href="#cite_note-recordresults-186">[185]</a> and once at home, beaten 8–0 by <a href="/wiki/AFC_Bournemouth" title="AFC Bournemouth">AFC Bournemouth</a> in the <a href="/wiki/EFL_Championship" title="EFL Championship">Championship</a> in 2014.<a href="#cite_note-StattoRecords-187">[186]</a> Their record FA Cup win was 10–0 against <a href="/wiki/Druids_F.C." title="Druids F.C.">Druids</a> in the fourth qualifying round of the 1899 competition;<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMatthews2000240-188">[187]</a> their record FA Cup defeat was 7–0 at home to Liverpool in the 2006 quarter-final.<a href="#cite_note-StattoRecords-187">[186]</a> Birmingham's home attendance record was set at the fifth-round FA Cup tie against Everton on 11 February 1939. It is variously recorded as 66,844 or 67,341.<a href="#cite_note-attendance-109">[A]</a> The highest transfer fee received for a Birmingham player is, according to the <a href="/wiki/Sky_Sports" title="Sky Sports">Sky Sports</a> website, "a guaranteed £25 million up front" received in July 2020 from <a href="/wiki/Borussia_Dortmund" title="Borussia Dortmund">Borussia Dortmund</a> for <a href="/wiki/Jude_Bellingham" title="Jude Bellingham">Jude Bellingham</a>, which made him the most expensive 17-year-old in world football; the deal also included add-ons "worth 'several millions more'".<a href="#cite_note-JudeFee-189">[188]</a> The highest fee paid, for English forward <a href="/wiki/Jay_Stansfield" title="Jay Stansfield">Jay Stansfield</a>, who joined from <a href="/wiki/Fulham_F.C." title="Fulham F.C.">Fulham</a> in August 2024 after a successful loan spell at Birmingham the previous season, is variously reported as an initial £10 m, £12 m or £15 m, plus bonuses and a sell-on clause.<a href="#cite_note-190">[189]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Players">Players</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_Birmingham_City_F.C._players" title="List of Birmingham City F.C. players">List of Birmingham City F.C. players</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="First-team_squad">First-team squad</h3></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r973156043">.mw-parser-output .nogrid,.mw-parser-output .nogrid td,.mw-parser-output .nogrid tr,.mw-parser-output .nogrid th{border:0}</style> Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under <a href="/wiki/FIFA_eligibility_rules" title="FIFA eligibility rules">FIFA eligibility rules</a>. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Squad correct as of 13 November 2024.<a href="#cite_note-SquadNos-191">[190]</a><a href="#cite_note-Squad_list-192">[191]</a><a href="#cite_note-RepNat-193">[192]</a><a href="#cite_note-194">[193]</a> <table role="presentation" border="0"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color:var(--background-color-base, #FFFFFF); color: inherit; vertical-align:top;"> <table class="wikitable football-squad nogrid" style="display:inline-table;"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th style=";" scope="col"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> </th> <th style=";" scope="col"><abbr title="Position">Pos.</abbr> </th> <th style=";" scope="col">Nation </th> <th style=";" scope="col">Player </th></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">2 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Defender_(association_football)" title="Defender (association football)"><abbr title="Defender">DF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /> <a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><a href="/wiki/Ethan_Laird" title="Ethan Laird">Ethan Laird</a> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">3 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Defender_(association_football)" title="Defender (association football)"><abbr title="Defender">DF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /> <a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><a href="/wiki/Lee_Buchanan_(footballer)" title="Lee Buchanan (footballer)">Lee Buchanan</a> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">4 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Defender_(association_football)" title="Defender (association football)"><abbr title="Defender">DF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><img alt="Austria" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Austria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Austria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Austria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Austria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Austria.svg/45px-Flag_of_Austria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Austrian_Football_Association" title="Austrian Football Association">AUT</a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><a href="/wiki/Christoph_Klarer" title="Christoph Klarer">Christoph Klarer</a> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">5 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Defender_(association_football)" title="Defender (association football)"><abbr title="Defender">DF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /> <a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><a href="/wiki/Dion_Sanderson" title="Dion Sanderson">Dion Sanderson</a> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">6 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Midfielder" title="Midfielder"><abbr title="Midfielder">MF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><img alt="Poland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="800" /> <a href="/wiki/Polish_Football_Association" title="Polish Football Association">POL</a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><a href="/wiki/Krystian_Bielik" title="Krystian Bielik">Krystian Bielik</a> (<a href="/wiki/Captain_(association_football)" title="Captain (association football)">captain</a><a href="#cite_note-195">[194]</a>) </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">7 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Midfielder" title="Midfielder"><abbr title="Midfielder">MF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><img alt="Sweden" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/46px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1000" /> <a href="/wiki/Swedish_Football_Association" title="Swedish Football Association">SWE</a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><a href="/wiki/Emil_Hansson" title="Emil Hansson">Emil Hansson</a> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">9 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Forward_(association_football)" title="Forward (association football)"><abbr title="Forward">FW</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /> <a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><a href="/wiki/Alfie_May" title="Alfie May">Alfie May</a> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">10 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Forward_(association_football)" title="Forward (association football)"><abbr title="Forward">FW</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /> <a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><a href="/wiki/Lukas_Jutkiewicz" title="Lukas Jutkiewicz">Lukas Jutkiewicz</a> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">11 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Midfielder" title="Midfielder"><abbr title="Midfielder">MF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><img alt="Scotland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Football_Association" title="Scottish Football Association">SCO</a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><a href="/wiki/Scott_Wright_(footballer)" title="Scott Wright (footballer)">Scott Wright</a> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">12 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Midfielder" title="Midfielder"><abbr title="Midfielder">MF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><img alt="Scotland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Football_Association" title="Scottish Football Association">SCO</a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><a href="/wiki/Marc_Leonard" title="Marc Leonard">Marc Leonard</a> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">13 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Midfielder" title="Midfielder"><abbr title="Midfielder">MF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><img alt="South Korea" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/45px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Korea_Football_Association" title="Korea Football Association">KOR</a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><a href="/wiki/Paik_Seung-ho" title="Paik Seung-ho">Paik Seung-ho</a> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">14 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Midfielder" title="Midfielder"><abbr title="Midfielder">MF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /> <a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><a href="/wiki/Keshi_Anderson" title="Keshi Anderson">Keshi Anderson</a> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">15 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Midfielder" title="Midfielder"><abbr title="Midfielder">MF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /> <a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><a href="/wiki/Alfie_Chang" title="Alfie Chang">Alfie Chang</a> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">17 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Forward_(association_football)" title="Forward (association football)"><abbr title="Forward">FW</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><img alt="Scotland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Football_Association" title="Scottish Football Association">SCO</a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><a href="/wiki/Lyndon_Dykes" title="Lyndon Dykes">Lyndon Dykes</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td style="background-color:var(--background-color-base, #FFFFFF); color: inherit; vertical-align:top;"> <table class="wikitable football-squad nogrid" style="display:inline-table;"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th style=";" scope="col"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> </th> <th style=";" scope="col"><abbr title="Position">Pos.</abbr> </th> <th style=";" scope="col">Nation </th> <th style=";" scope="col">Player </th></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">18 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Midfielder" title="Midfielder"><abbr title="Midfielder">MF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><img alt="Iceland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Iceland.svg/21px-Flag_of_Iceland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Iceland.svg/32px-Flag_of_Iceland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Iceland.svg/42px-Flag_of_Iceland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1250" data-file-height="900" /> <a href="/wiki/Football_Association_of_Iceland" title="Football Association of Iceland">ISL</a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><a href="/wiki/Willum_%C3%9E%C3%B3r_Willumsson" title="Willum Þór Willumsson">Willum Þór Willumsson</a> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">19 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Midfielder" title="Midfielder"><abbr title="Midfielder">MF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /> <a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><a href="/wiki/Taylor_Gardner-Hickman" title="Taylor Gardner-Hickman">Taylor Gardner-Hickman</a> (on loan from <a href="/wiki/Bristol_City_F.C." title="Bristol City F.C.">Bristol City</a><a href="#cite_note-196">[195]</a>) </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">20 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Defender_(association_football)" title="Defender (association football)"><abbr title="Defender">DF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /> <a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><a href="/wiki/Alex_Cochrane_(footballer)" title="Alex Cochrane (footballer)">Alex Cochrane</a> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">21 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Goalkeeper_(association_football)" title="Goalkeeper (association football)"><abbr title="Goalkeeper">GK</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /> <a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><a href="/wiki/Ryan_Allsop" title="Ryan Allsop">Ryan Allsop</a> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">23 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Defender_(association_football)" title="Defender (association football)"><abbr title="Defender">DF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><img alt="Iceland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Iceland.svg/21px-Flag_of_Iceland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Iceland.svg/32px-Flag_of_Iceland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Iceland.svg/42px-Flag_of_Iceland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1250" data-file-height="900" /> <a href="/wiki/Football_Association_of_Iceland" title="Football Association of Iceland">ISL</a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><a href="/wiki/Alfons_Sampsted" title="Alfons Sampsted">Alfons Sampsted</a> (on loan from <a href="/wiki/FC_Twente" title="FC Twente">Twente</a><a href="#cite_note-197">[196]</a>) </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">24 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Midfielder" title="Midfielder"><abbr title="Midfielder">MF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Japan_Football_Association" title="Japan Football Association">JPN</a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><a href="/wiki/Tomoki_Iwata" title="Tomoki Iwata">Tomoki Iwata</a> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">25 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Defender_(association_football)" title="Defender (association football)"><abbr title="Defender">DF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /> <a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><a href="/wiki/Ben_Davies_(footballer,_born_1995)" title="Ben Davies (footballer, born 1995)">Ben Davies</a> (on loan from <a href="/wiki/Rangers_F.C." title="Rangers F.C.">Rangers</a><a href="#cite_note-198">[197]</a>) </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">26 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Midfielder" title="Midfielder"><abbr title="Midfielder">MF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><img alt="Wales" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/23px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/35px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/46px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /> <a href="/wiki/Football_Association_of_Wales" title="Football Association of Wales">WAL</a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><a href="/wiki/Luke_Harris" title="Luke Harris">Luke Harris</a> (on loan from <a href="/wiki/Fulham_F.C." title="Fulham F.C.">Fulham</a><a href="#cite_note-199">[198]</a>) </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">27 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Midfielder" title="Midfielder"><abbr title="Midfielder">MF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /> <a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><a href="/wiki/Brandon_Khela" title="Brandon Khela">Brandon Khela</a> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">28 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Forward_(association_football)" title="Forward (association football)"><abbr title="Forward">FW</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /> <a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><a href="/wiki/Jay_Stansfield" title="Jay Stansfield">Jay Stansfield</a> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">33 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Forward_(association_football)" title="Forward (association football)"><abbr title="Forward">FW</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Japan_Football_Association" title="Japan Football Association">JPN</a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><a href="/wiki/Ayumu_Yokoyama" title="Ayumu Yokoyama">Ayumu Yokoyama</a> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">45 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Goalkeeper_(association_football)" title="Goalkeeper (association football)"><abbr title="Goalkeeper">GK</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><img alt="Northern Ireland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Flag_of_Northern_Ireland_%281953%E2%80%931972%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Northern_Ireland_%281953%E2%80%931972%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Flag_of_Northern_Ireland_%281953%E2%80%931972%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Northern_Ireland_%281953%E2%80%931972%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Flag_of_Northern_Ireland_%281953%E2%80%931972%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Northern_Ireland_%281953%E2%80%931972%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="300" /> <a href="/wiki/Irish_Football_Association" title="Irish Football Association">NIR</a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><a href="/wiki/Bailey_Peacock-Farrell" title="Bailey Peacock-Farrell">Bailey Peacock-Farrell</a> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">48 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Goalkeeper_(association_football)" title="Goalkeeper (association football)"><abbr title="Goalkeeper">GK</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /> <a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;">Brad Mayo </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Out_on_loan">Out on loan</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r973156043"> Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under <a href="/wiki/FIFA_eligibility_rules" title="FIFA eligibility rules">FIFA eligibility rules</a>. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.<a href="#cite_note-SquadNos-191">[190]</a><a href="#cite_note-RepNat-193">[192]</a> <table role="presentation" border="0"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color:var(--background-color-base, #FFFFFF); color: inherit; vertical-align:top;"> <table class="wikitable football-squad nogrid" style="display:inline-table;"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th style=";" scope="col"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> </th> <th style=";" scope="col"><abbr title="Position">Pos.</abbr> </th> <th style=";" scope="col">Nation </th> <th style=";" scope="col">Player </th></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">8 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Forward_(association_football)" title="Forward (association football)"><abbr title="Forward">FW</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><img alt="Wales" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/23px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/35px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/46px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /> <a href="/wiki/Football_Association_of_Wales" title="Football Association of Wales">WAL</a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><a href="/wiki/Tyler_Roberts" title="Tyler Roberts">Tyler Roberts</a> (on loan to <a href="/wiki/Northampton_Town_F.C." title="Northampton Town F.C.">Northampton Town</a> for the season<a href="#cite_note-200">[199]</a>) </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">35 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Midfielder" title="Midfielder"><abbr title="Midfielder">MF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /> <a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><a href="/wiki/George_Hall_(footballer,_born_2004)" title="George Hall (footballer, born 2004)">George Hall</a> (on loan to <a href="/wiki/Walsall_F.C." title="Walsall F.C.">Walsall</a> for the season<a href="#cite_note-201">[200]</a>) </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">42 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Defender_(association_football)" title="Defender (association football)"><abbr title="Defender">DF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /> <a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><a href="/wiki/Josh_Williams_(English_footballer)" title="Josh Williams (English footballer)">Josh Williams</a> (on loan to <a href="/wiki/Gateshead_F.C." title="Gateshead F.C.">Gateshead</a><a href="#cite_note-202">[201]</a>) </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">46 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Defender_(association_football)" title="Defender (association football)"><abbr title="Defender">DF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><img alt="Northern Ireland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Flag_of_Northern_Ireland_%281953%E2%80%931972%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Northern_Ireland_%281953%E2%80%931972%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Flag_of_Northern_Ireland_%281953%E2%80%931972%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Northern_Ireland_%281953%E2%80%931972%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Flag_of_Northern_Ireland_%281953%E2%80%931972%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Northern_Ireland_%281953%E2%80%931972%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="300" /> <a href="/wiki/Irish_Football_Association" title="Irish Football Association">NIR</a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;">Tommy Fogarty (on loan to <a href="/wiki/Dunfermline_Athletic_F.C." title="Dunfermline Athletic F.C.">Dunfermline Athletic</a> for the season<a href="#cite_note-203">[202]</a>) </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">47 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Midfielder" title="Midfielder"><abbr title="Midfielder">MF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /> <a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;">Josh Home (on loan to <a href="/wiki/Gateshead_F.C." title="Gateshead F.C.">Gateshead</a> for the season<a href="#cite_note-204">[203]</a>) </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">49 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Midfielder" title="Midfielder"><abbr title="Midfielder">MF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /> <a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><a href="/wiki/Romelle_Donovan" title="Romelle Donovan">Romelle Donovan</a> (on loan to <a href="/wiki/Burton_Albion_F.C." title="Burton Albion F.C.">Burton Albion</a> for the season<a href="#cite_note-205">[204]</a>) </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">— </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Forward_(association_football)" title="Forward (association football)"><abbr title="Forward">FW</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /> <a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;">Ben Beresford (on loan to <a href="/wiki/Kidderminster_Harriers" class="mw-redirect" title="Kidderminster Harriers">Kidderminster Harriers</a> for the season<a href="#cite_note-206">[205]</a>) </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">— </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Forward_(association_football)" title="Forward (association football)"><abbr title="Forward">FW</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /> <a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;">Junior Dixon (on loan to <a href="/wiki/Boreham_Wood_F.C." title="Boreham Wood F.C.">Boreham Wood</a> for the season<a href="#cite_note-207">[206]</a>) </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">— </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Defender_(association_football)" title="Defender (association football)"><abbr title="Defender">DF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /> <a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><a href="/wiki/Emmanuel_Longelo" title="Emmanuel Longelo">Emmanuel Longelo</a> (on loan to <a href="/wiki/Cambridge_United_F.C." title="Cambridge United F.C.">Cambridge United</a> for the season<a href="#cite_note-208">[207]</a>) </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Reserves_and_Academy">Reserves and Academy</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Birmingham_City_F.C._Reserves_and_Academy" title="Birmingham City F.C. Reserves and Academy">Birmingham City F.C. Reserves and Academy</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Retired_numbers">Retired numbers</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_retired_numbers_in_association_football" title="List of retired numbers in association football">List of retired numbers in association football</a></div> In appreciation of <a href="/wiki/Jude_Bellingham" title="Jude Bellingham">Jude Bellingham</a>'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 href="/wiki/2019%E2%80%9320_EFL_Championship" title="2019–20 EFL Championship">a full season in the Championship</a> before becoming Birmingham's record transfer and the world's most expensive 17-year-old,<a href="#cite_note-JudeFee-189">[188]</a> "showing what can be achieved through talent, hard work and dedication" while retaining a "caring, humble and engaging off-the-field demeanour" – the club <a href="/wiki/Retired_number" title="Retired number">retired his number 22 shirt</a> "to remember one of our own and to inspire others."<a href="#cite_note-209">[208]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Birmingham_City_Women">Birmingham City Women</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Birmingham_City_W.F.C." title="Birmingham City W.F.C.">Birmingham City W.F.C.</a></div> <a href="/wiki/Birmingham_City_Ladies_Football_Club" class="mw-redirect" title="Birmingham City Ladies Football Club">Birmingham City Ladies Football Club</a> was formed in 1968. The first team worked their way through the leagues until promoted to the <a href="/wiki/FA_Women%27s_Premier_League" class="mw-redirect" title="FA Women's Premier League">FA Women's Premier League</a> 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 <a href="/wiki/FA_WSL" class="mw-redirect" title="FA WSL">FA WSL</a> the following year, and won the <a href="/wiki/FA_Women%27s_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="FA Women's Cup">FA Women's Cup</a> in 2012.<a href="#cite_note-210">[209]</a> A second-place finish in the <a href="/wiki/2012_FA_WSL" title="2012 FA WSL">2012 FA WSL</a> earned them qualification for the <a href="/wiki/2013%E2%80%9314_UEFA_Women%27s_Champions_League" title="2013–14 UEFA Women's Champions League">2013–14 Champions League</a>, 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.<a href="#cite_note-211">[210]</a> 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.<a href="#cite_note-212">[211]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Club_officials">Club officials</h2></div> Owners: <dl><dd>As of October 2023<a href="#cite_note-Oct_23_Board-4">[4]</a></dd></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Birmingham_Sports_Holdings" title="Birmingham Sports Holdings">Birmingham Sports Holdings</a> 51.7%</li> <li>Shelby Companies Ltd 45.96%</li></ul> Board: <dl><dd>As of October 2023<a href="#cite_note-Oct_23_Board-4">[4]</a></dd></dl> <ul><li>Chairman: Tom Wagner</li> <li>CEO: <a href="/wiki/Garry_Cook_(executive)" title="Garry Cook (executive)">Garry Cook</a></li> <li>Directors: Matthew Alvarez • Andrew Shannahan • Kyle Kneisly • Wenqing Zhao • Gannan Zheng</li></ul> Football staff: <dl><dd>As of 29 September 2024<a href="#cite_note-Squad_list-192">[191]</a></dd></dl> <ul><li>Technical director: <a href="/wiki/Craig_Gardner" title="Craig Gardner">Craig Gardner</a><a href="#cite_note-Oct_23_Board-4">[4]</a></li> <li>Manager: <a href="/wiki/Chris_Davies_(football_coach)" title="Chris Davies (football coach)">Chris Davies</a><a href="#cite_note-Chris_Davies_in-5">[5]</a></li> <li>Assistant manager: <a href="/wiki/Ben_Petty" title="Ben Petty">Ben Petty</a><a href="#cite_note-213">[212]</a></li> <li>Coaching staff: <a href="/wiki/Tom_Huddlestone" title="Tom Huddlestone">Tom Huddlestone</a> • Nathan Gardiner<a href="#cite_note-214">[213]</a></li> <li>Goalkeeper coach: <a href="/wiki/Maik_Taylor" title="Maik Taylor">Maik Taylor</a></li> <li>Head of physical performance: Sean Rush</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Managers">Managers</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_Birmingham_City_F.C._managers" title="List of Birmingham City F.C. managers">List of Birmingham City F.C. managers</a></div> Gil Merrick was the first Birmingham manager to win a major trophy, the League Cup in 1963. Merrick also led the club to the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup final in <a href="/wiki/1960%E2%80%9361_Inter-Cities_Fairs_Cup" title="1960–61 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup">1961</a>, following <a href="/wiki/Pat_Beasley" title="Pat Beasley">Pat Beasley</a> who had done the same in <a href="/wiki/1958%E2%80%9360_Inter-Cities_Fairs_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="1958–60 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup">1960</a>.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMatthews199562–63-215">[214]</a> Leslie Knighton took the club to the final of the FA Cup in 1931;<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMatthews199515–17-16">[16]</a> Arthur Turner did likewise in 1956, as well as taking charge of the club's highest league finish, sixth place in the <a href="/wiki/1955%E2%80%9356_Football_League" title="1955–56 Football League">1955–56 First Division</a>.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMatthews199527–29-20">[20]</a> Birmingham reached the 2001 Football League Cup Final under Trevor Francis,<a href="#cite_note-FLC_2001-43">[43]</a> whose successor as permanent manager, Steve Bruce, twice achieved promotion to the Premier League.<a href="#cite_note-Promotion_2002-46">[46]</a><a href="#cite_note-Promotion_2007-53">[53]</a> Birmingham won the League Cup for the second time under Alex McLeish in 2011.<a href="#cite_note-FLC_2011-59">[59]</a> The <a href="/wiki/1966_World_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="1966 World Cup">1966 World Cup</a>-winning manager, Sir Alf Ramsey, took charge of the club briefly in 1977.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMatthews199562–63-215">[214]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output 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the history page of Birmingham City F.C.'s website,<a href="#cite_note-BCFCHistory-8">[8]</a> Matthews' Encyclopedia,<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMatthews200020–21-107">[107]</a> and <a href="/wiki/The_Times" title="The Times">The Times</a> newspaper from the Monday following the match,<a href="#cite_note-108">[108]</a> say 67,341. </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTERollinRollin201070-1"><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTERollinRollin201070_1-0">^</a> <a href="#CITEREFRollinRollin2010">Rollin & Rollin (2010)</a>, p. 70. </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output 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title="1897–98 Small Heath F.C. season">1897–98</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1898%E2%80%9399_Small_Heath_F.C._season" title="1898–99 Small Heath F.C. season">1898–99</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1899%E2%80%931900_Small_Heath_F.C._season" title="1899–1900 Small Heath F.C. season">1899–1900</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1900%E2%80%9301_Small_Heath_F.C._season" title="1900–01 Small Heath F.C. season">1900–01</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1901%E2%80%9302_Small_Heath_F.C._season" title="1901–02 Small Heath F.C. season">1901–02</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1902%E2%80%9303_Small_Heath_F.C._season" title="1902–03 Small Heath F.C. season">1902–03</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1903%E2%80%9304_Small_Heath_F.C._season" title="1903–04 Small Heath F.C. season">1903–04</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1904%E2%80%9305_Small_Heath_F.C._season" title="1904–05 Small Heath F.C. season">1904–05</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1905%E2%80%9306_Birmingham_F.C._season" title="1905–06 Birmingham F.C. season">1905–06</a></li> 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Birmingham F.C. season">1914–15</a></li> <li>1915–19</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1919%E2%80%9320_Birmingham_F.C._season" title="1919–20 Birmingham F.C. season">1919–20</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1920%E2%80%9321_Birmingham_F.C._season" title="1920–21 Birmingham F.C. season">1920–21</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1921%E2%80%9322_Birmingham_F.C._season" title="1921–22 Birmingham F.C. season">1921–22</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1922%E2%80%9323_Birmingham_F.C._season" title="1922–23 Birmingham F.C. season">1922–23</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1923%E2%80%9324_Birmingham_F.C._season" title="1923–24 Birmingham F.C. season">1923–24</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1924%E2%80%9325_Birmingham_F.C._season" title="1924–25 Birmingham F.C. season">1924–25</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1925%E2%80%9326_Birmingham_F.C._season" title="1925–26 Birmingham F.C. season">1925–26</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1926%E2%80%9327_Birmingham_F.C._season" title="1926–27 Birmingham F.C. season">1926–27</a></li> <li><a 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F.C. season">1935–36</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1936%E2%80%9337_Birmingham_F.C._season" title="1936–37 Birmingham F.C. season">1936–37</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1937%E2%80%9338_Birmingham_F.C._season" title="1937–38 Birmingham F.C. season">1937–38</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1938%E2%80%9339_Birmingham_F.C._season" title="1938–39 Birmingham F.C. season">1938–39</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1939%E2%80%9340_Birmingham_F.C._season" title="1939–40 Birmingham F.C. season">1939–40</a></li> <li>1940–45</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1945%E2%80%9346_Birmingham_City_F.C._season" title="1945–46 Birmingham City F.C. season">1945–46</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1946%E2%80%9347_Birmingham_City_F.C._season" title="1946–47 Birmingham City F.C. season">1946–47</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1947%E2%80%9348_Birmingham_City_F.C._season" title="1947–48 Birmingham City F.C. season">1947–48</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1948%E2%80%9349_Birmingham_City_F.C._season" title="1948–49 Birmingham City F.C. season">1948–49</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1949%E2%80%9350_Birmingham_City_F.C._season" title="1949–50 Birmingham City F.C. season">1949–50</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1950%E2%80%9351_Birmingham_City_F.C._season" title="1950–51 Birmingham City F.C. season">1950–51</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1951%E2%80%9352_Birmingham_City_F.C._season" title="1951–52 Birmingham City F.C. season">1951–52</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1952%E2%80%9353_Birmingham_City_F.C._season" title="1952–53 Birmingham City F.C. season">1952–53</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1953%E2%80%9354_Birmingham_City_F.C._season" title="1953–54 Birmingham City F.C. season">1953–54</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1954%E2%80%9355_Birmingham_City_F.C._season" title="1954–55 Birmingham City F.C. season">1954–55</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1955%E2%80%9356_Birmingham_City_F.C._season" title="1955–56 Birmingham City F.C. season">1955–56</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1956%E2%80%9357_Birmingham_City_F.C._season" title="1956–57 Birmingham City F.C. season">1956–57</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1957%E2%80%9358_Birmingham_City_F.C._season" title="1957–58 Birmingham City F.C. season">1957–58</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1958%E2%80%9359_Birmingham_City_F.C._season" title="1958–59 Birmingham City F.C. season">1958–59</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1959%E2%80%9360_Birmingham_City_F.C._season" title="1959–60 Birmingham City F.C. season">1959–60</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1960%E2%80%9361_Birmingham_City_F.C._season" title="1960–61 Birmingham City F.C. season">1960–61</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1961%E2%80%9362_Birmingham_City_F.C._season" title="1961–62 Birmingham City F.C. season">1961–62</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1962%E2%80%9363_Birmingham_City_F.C._season" title="1962–63 Birmingham City F.C. season">1962–63</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1963%E2%80%9364_Birmingham_City_F.C._season" title="1963–64 Birmingham City F.C. season">1963–64</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1964%E2%80%9365_Birmingham_City_F.C._season" title="1964–65 Birmingham City F.C. season">1964–65</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1965%E2%80%9366_Birmingham_City_F.C._season" title="1965–66 Birmingham City F.C. season">1965–66</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1966%E2%80%9367_Birmingham_City_F.C._season" title="1966–67 Birmingham City F.C. season">1966–67</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1967%E2%80%9368_Birmingham_City_F.C._season" title="1967–68 Birmingham City F.C. season">1967–68</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1968%E2%80%9369_Birmingham_City_F.C._season" title="1968–69 Birmingham City F.C. season">1968–69</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1969%E2%80%9370_Birmingham_City_F.C._season" title="1969–70 Birmingham City F.C. season">1969–70</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1970%E2%80%9371_Birmingham_City_F.C._season" title="1970–71 Birmingham City F.C. season">1970–71</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1971%E2%80%9372_Birmingham_City_F.C._season" title="1971–72 Birmingham City F.C. season">1971–72</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972%E2%80%9373_Birmingham_City_F.C._season" title="1972–73 Birmingham City F.C. season">1972–73</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1973%E2%80%9374_Birmingham_City_F.C._season" title="1973–74 Birmingham City F.C. season">1973–74</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1974%E2%80%9375_Birmingham_City_F.C._season" title="1974–75 Birmingham City F.C. season">1974–75</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1975%E2%80%9376_Birmingham_City_F.C._season" title="1975–76 Birmingham City F.C. season">1975–76</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976%E2%80%9377_Birmingham_City_F.C._season" title="1976–77 Birmingham City F.C. season">1976–77</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1977%E2%80%9378_Birmingham_City_F.C._season" title="1977–78 Birmingham City F.C. season">1977–78</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1978%E2%80%9379_Birmingham_City_F.C._season" title="1978–79 Birmingham City F.C. season">1978–79</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1979%E2%80%9380_Birmingham_City_F.C._season" title="1979–80 Birmingham City F.C. season">1979–80</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1980%E2%80%9381_Birmingham_City_F.C._season" title="1980–81 Birmingham City F.C. season">1980–81</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1981%E2%80%9382_Birmingham_City_F.C._season" title="1981–82 Birmingham City F.C. season">1981–82</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982%E2%80%9383_Birmingham_City_F.C._season" title="1982–83 Birmingham City F.C. season">1982–83</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1983%E2%80%9384_Birmingham_City_F.C._season" title="1983–84 Birmingham City F.C. season">1983–84</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984%E2%80%9385_Birmingham_City_F.C._season" title="1984–85 Birmingham City F.C. season">1984–85</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1985%E2%80%9386_Birmingham_City_F.C._season" title="1985–86 Birmingham City F.C. season">1985–86</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Birmingham_City_F.C._season" title="1986–87 Birmingham City F.C. season">1986–87</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_Birmingham_City_F.C._season" title="1987–88 Birmingham City F.C. season">1987–88</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Birmingham_City_F.C._season" title="1988–89 Birmingham City F.C. season">1988–89</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989%E2%80%9390_Birmingham_City_F.C._season" title="1989–90 Birmingham City F.C. season">1989–90</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990%E2%80%9391_Birmingham_City_F.C._season" title="1990–91 Birmingham City F.C. season">1990–91</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1991%E2%80%9392_Birmingham_City_F.C._season" title="1991–92 Birmingham City F.C. season">1991–92</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992%E2%80%9393_Birmingham_City_F.C._season" title="1992–93 Birmingham City F.C. season">1992–93</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1993%E2%80%9394_Birmingham_City_F.C._season" title="1993–94 Birmingham City F.C. season">1993–94</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994%E2%80%9395_Birmingham_City_F.C._season" title="1994–95 Birmingham City F.C. season">1994–95</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1995%E2%80%9396_Birmingham_City_F.C._season" title="1995–96 Birmingham City F.C. season">1995–96</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996%E2%80%9397_Birmingham_City_F.C._season" title="1996–97 Birmingham City F.C. season">1996–97</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997%E2%80%9398_Birmingham_City_F.C._season" title="1997–98 Birmingham City F.C. season">1997–98</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998%E2%80%9399_Birmingham_City_F.C._season" title="1998–99 Birmingham City F.C. season">1998–99</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_Birmingham_City_F.C._season" title="1999–2000 Birmingham City F.C. season">1999–2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000%E2%80%9301_Birmingham_City_F.C._season" title="2000–01 Birmingham City F.C. season">2000–01</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001%E2%80%9302_Birmingham_City_F.C._season" title="2001–02 Birmingham City F.C. season">2001–02</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002%E2%80%9303_Birmingham_City_F.C._season" title="2002–03 Birmingham City F.C. season">2002–03</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003%E2%80%9304_Birmingham_City_F.C._season" title="2003–04 Birmingham City F.C. season">2003–04</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004%E2%80%9305_Birmingham_City_F.C._season" title="2004–05 Birmingham City 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F.C. season">2012–13</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013%E2%80%9314_Birmingham_City_F.C._season" title="2013–14 Birmingham City F.C. season">2013–14</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014%E2%80%9315_Birmingham_City_F.C._season" title="2014–15 Birmingham City F.C. season">2014–15</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_Birmingham_City_F.C._season" title="2015–16 Birmingham City F.C. season">2015–16</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016%E2%80%9317_Birmingham_City_F.C._season" title="2016–17 Birmingham City F.C. season">2016–17</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017%E2%80%9318_Birmingham_City_F.C._season" title="2017–18 Birmingham City F.C. season">2017–18</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018%E2%80%9319_Birmingham_City_F.C._season" title="2018–19 Birmingham City F.C. season">2018–19</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019%E2%80%9320_Birmingham_City_F.C._season" title="2019–20 Birmingham City F.C. season">2019–20</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020%E2%80%9321_Birmingham_City_F.C._season" title="2020–21 Birmingham City F.C. season">2020–21</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021%E2%80%9322_Birmingham_City_F.C._season" title="2021–22 Birmingham City F.C. season">2021–22</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022%E2%80%9323_Birmingham_City_F.C._season" title="2022–23 Birmingham City F.C. season">2022–23</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023%E2%80%9324_Birmingham_City_F.C._season" title="2023–24 Birmingham City F.C. season">2023–24</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024%E2%80%9325_Birmingham_City_F.C._season" title="2024–25 Birmingham City F.C. season">2024–25</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="EFL_Championship" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" 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href="/wiki/2010%E2%80%9311_Football_League_Championship" title="2010–11 Football League Championship">2010–11</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_Football_League_Championship" title="2011–12 Football League Championship">2011–12</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012%E2%80%9313_Football_League_Championship" title="2012–13 Football League Championship">2012–13</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013%E2%80%9314_Football_League_Championship" title="2013–14 Football League Championship">2013–14</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014%E2%80%9315_Football_League_Championship" title="2014–15 Football League Championship">2014–15</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_Football_League_Championship" title="2015–16 Football League Championship">2015–16</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016%E2%80%9317_EFL_Championship" title="2016–17 EFL Championship">2016–17</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017%E2%80%9318_EFL_Championship" title="2017–18 EFL Championship">2017–18</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018%E2%80%9319_EFL_Championship" title="2018–19 EFL Championship">2018–19</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019%E2%80%9320_EFL_Championship" title="2019–20 EFL Championship">2019–20</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020%E2%80%9321_EFL_Championship" title="2020–21 EFL Championship">2020–21</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021%E2%80%9322_EFL_Championship" title="2021–22 EFL Championship">2021–22</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022%E2%80%9323_EFL_Championship" title="2022–23 EFL Championship">2022–23</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023%E2%80%9324_EFL_Championship" title="2023–24 EFL Championship">2023–24</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024%E2%80%9325_EFL_Championship" title="2024–25 EFL Championship">2024–25</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_EFL_Championship_clubs" title="List of EFL Championship clubs">Clubs</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/2024%E2%80%9325_EFL_Championship" title="2024–25 EFL Championship">2024–25 clubs</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Blackburn_Rovers_F.C." title="Blackburn Rovers F.C.">Blackburn Rovers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bristol_City_F.C." title="Bristol City F.C.">Bristol City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burnley_F.C." title="Burnley F.C.">Burnley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cardiff_City_F.C." title="Cardiff City F.C.">Cardiff City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coventry_City_F.C." title="Coventry City F.C.">Coventry City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Derby_County_F.C." title="Derby County F.C.">Derby County</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hull_City_A.F.C." title="Hull City A.F.C.">Hull City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leeds_United_F.C." title="Leeds United F.C.">Leeds United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luton_Town_F.C." title="Luton Town F.C.">Luton Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Middlesbrough_F.C." title="Middlesbrough F.C.">Middlesbrough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Millwall_F.C." title="Millwall F.C.">Millwall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norwich_City_F.C." title="Norwich City F.C.">Norwich City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oxford_United_F.C." title="Oxford United F.C.">Oxford United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plymouth_Argyle_F.C." title="Plymouth Argyle F.C.">Plymouth Argyle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portsmouth_F.C." title="Portsmouth F.C.">Portsmouth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Preston_North_End_F.C." title="Preston North End F.C.">Preston North End</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Queens_Park_Rangers_F.C." title="Queens Park Rangers F.C.">Queens Park Rangers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sheffield_United_F.C." title="Sheffield United F.C.">Sheffield United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sheffield_Wednesday_F.C." title="Sheffield Wednesday F.C.">Sheffield Wednesday</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stoke_City_F.C." title="Stoke City F.C.">Stoke City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sunderland_A.F.C." title="Sunderland A.F.C.">Sunderland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swansea_City_A.F.C." title="Swansea City A.F.C.">Swansea City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Watford_F.C." title="Watford F.C.">Watford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Bromwich_Albion_F.C." title="West Bromwich Albion F.C.">West Bromwich Albion</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Former clubs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aston_Villa_F.C." title="Aston Villa F.C.">Aston Villa</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barnsley_F.C." title="Barnsley F.C.">Barnsley</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Birmingham City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blackpool_F.C." title="Blackpool F.C.">Blackpool</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bolton_Wanderers_F.C." title="Bolton Wanderers F.C.">Bolton Wanderers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AFC_Bournemouth" title="AFC Bournemouth">Bournemouth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brentford_F.C." title="Brentford F.C.">Brentford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brighton_%26_Hove_Albion_F.C." title="Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.">Brighton & Hove Albion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burton_Albion_F.C." title="Burton Albion F.C.">Burton Albion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlton_Athletic_F.C." title="Charlton Athletic F.C.">Charlton Athletic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colchester_United_F.C." title="Colchester United F.C.">Colchester United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crewe_Alexandra_F.C." title="Crewe Alexandra F.C.">Crewe Alexandra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crystal_Palace_F.C." title="Crystal Palace F.C.">Crystal Palace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doncaster_Rovers_F.C." title="Doncaster Rovers F.C.">Doncaster Rovers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fulham_F.C." title="Fulham F.C.">Fulham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gillingham_F.C." title="Gillingham F.C.">Gillingham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Huddersfield_Town_A.F.C." title="Huddersfield Town A.F.C.">Huddersfield Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ipswich_Town_F.C." title="Ipswich Town F.C.">Ipswich Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leicester_City_F.C." title="Leicester City F.C.">Leicester City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milton_Keynes_Dons_F.C." title="Milton Keynes Dons F.C.">Milton Keynes Dons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newcastle_United_F.C." title="Newcastle United F.C.">Newcastle United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nottingham_Forest_F.C." title="Nottingham Forest F.C.">Nottingham Forest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peterborough_United_F.C." title="Peterborough United F.C.">Peterborough United</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reading_F.C." title="Reading F.C.">Reading</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rotherham_United_F.C." title="Rotherham United F.C.">Rotherham United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scunthorpe_United_F.C." title="Scunthorpe United F.C.">Scunthorpe United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southampton_F.C." title="Southampton F.C.">Southampton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southend_United_F.C." title="Southend United F.C.">Southend United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Ham_United_F.C." title="West Ham United F.C.">West Ham United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wigan_Athletic_F.C." title="Wigan Athletic F.C.">Wigan Athletic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wolverhampton_Wanderers_F.C." title="Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.">Wolverhampton Wanderers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wycombe_Wanderers_F.C." title="Wycombe Wanderers F.C.">Wycombe Wanderers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yeovil_Town_F.C." title="Yeovil Town F.C.">Yeovil Town</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Competition</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_EFL_Championship_seasons" title="List of EFL Championship seasons">Seasons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_EFL_Championship_clubs" title="List of EFL Championship clubs">Teams</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_winners_of_the_EFL_Championship_and_predecessors" title="List of winners of the EFL Championship and predecessors">winners</a>)</li> <li>Players (<a href="/wiki/List_of_foreign_EFL_Championship_players" title="List of foreign EFL Championship players">foreign</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_EFL_Championship_managers" title="List of EFL Championship managers">Managers</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_current_Premier_League_and_English_Football_League_managers" title="List of current Premier League and English Football League managers">current</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_EFL_Championship_stadiums" title="List of EFL Championship stadiums">Stadiums</a></li> 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class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Coca-Cola" title="Coca-Cola">Coca-Cola</a> (2004–10)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Npower_(United_Kingdom)" title="Npower (United Kingdom)">Npower</a> (2010–13)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sky_Betting_%26_Gaming#Sky_Bet" title="Sky Betting & Gaming">Sky Bet</a> (2013–present)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Associated competitions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Current: <a href="/wiki/EFL_Championship_play-offs" title="EFL Championship play-offs">Play-offs</a> - <a href="/wiki/FA_Cup" title="FA Cup">FA Cup</a> - <a href="/wiki/EFL_Cup" title="EFL Cup">EFL Cup</a></li> <li>Past: <a href="/wiki/Anglo-Franco-Scottish_Friendship_Cup" title="Anglo-Franco-Scottish Friendship Cup">Anglo-Franco-Scottish Friendship Cup</a> - <a href="/wiki/Anglo-Italian_Cup" title="Anglo-Italian Cup">Anglo-Italian Cup</a> - <a href="/wiki/Full_Members%27_Cup" title="Full Members' Cup">Full Members' Cup</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Prospects</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Promotion to <a href="/wiki/Premier_League" title="Premier League">Premier League</a></li> <li>Relegation to <a href="/wiki/EFL_League_One" title="EFL League One">EFL League One</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Premier_League" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" 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class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Premier_League_seasons" title="List of Premier League seasons">Seasons</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1992%E2%80%9393_FA_Premier_League" title="1992–93 FA Premier League">1992–93</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1993%E2%80%9394_FA_Premier_League" title="1993–94 FA Premier League">1993–94</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994%E2%80%9395_FA_Premier_League" title="1994–95 FA Premier League">1994–95</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1995%E2%80%9396_FA_Premier_League" title="1995–96 FA Premier League">1995–96</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996%E2%80%9397_FA_Premier_League" title="1996–97 FA Premier League">1996–97</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997%E2%80%9398_FA_Premier_League" title="1997–98 FA Premier League">1997–98</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998%E2%80%9399_FA_Premier_League" title="1998–99 FA Premier League">1998–99</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_FA_Premier_League" title="1999–2000 FA Premier League">1999–2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000%E2%80%9301_FA_Premier_League" title="2000–01 FA Premier League">2000–01</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001%E2%80%9302_FA_Premier_League" title="2001–02 FA Premier League">2001–02</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002%E2%80%9303_FA_Premier_League" title="2002–03 FA Premier League">2002–03</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003%E2%80%9304_FA_Premier_League" title="2003–04 FA Premier League">2003–04</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004%E2%80%9305_FA_Premier_League" title="2004–05 FA Premier League">2004–05</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005%E2%80%9306_FA_Premier_League" title="2005–06 FA Premier League">2005–06</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006%E2%80%9307_FA_Premier_League" title="2006–07 FA Premier League">2006–07</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007%E2%80%9308_Premier_League" title="2007–08 Premier League">2007–08</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Premier_League" title="2008–09 Premier League">2008–09</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_Premier_League" title="2009–10 Premier League">2009–10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010%E2%80%9311_Premier_League" title="2010–11 Premier League">2010–11</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_Premier_League" title="2011–12 Premier League">2011–12</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012%E2%80%9313_Premier_League" title="2012–13 Premier League">2012–13</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013%E2%80%9314_Premier_League" title="2013–14 Premier League">2013–14</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014%E2%80%9315_Premier_League" title="2014–15 Premier League">2014–15</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_Premier_League" title="2015–16 Premier League">2015–16</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016%E2%80%9317_Premier_League" title="2016–17 Premier League">2016–17</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017%E2%80%9318_Premier_League" title="2017–18 Premier League">2017–18</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018%E2%80%9319_Premier_League" title="2018–19 Premier League">2018–19</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019%E2%80%9320_Premier_League" title="2019–20 Premier League">2019–20</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020%E2%80%9321_Premier_League" title="2020–21 Premier League">2020–21</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021%E2%80%9322_Premier_League" title="2021–22 Premier League">2021–22</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022%E2%80%9323_Premier_League" title="2022–23 Premier League">2022–23</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023%E2%80%9324_Premier_League" title="2023–24 Premier League">2023–24</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024%E2%80%9325_Premier_League" title="2024–25 Premier League">2024–25</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Premier_League_clubs" title="List of Premier League clubs">Clubs</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/2024%E2%80%9325_Premier_League" title="2024–25 Premier League">2024–25</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arsenal_F.C." title="Arsenal F.C.">Arsenal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aston_Villa_F.C." title="Aston Villa F.C.">Aston Villa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AFC_Bournemouth" title="AFC Bournemouth">Bournemouth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brentford_F.C." title="Brentford F.C.">Brentford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brighton_%26_Hove_Albion_F.C." title="Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.">Brighton & Hove Albion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chelsea_F.C." title="Chelsea F.C.">Chelsea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crystal_Palace_F.C." title="Crystal Palace F.C.">Crystal Palace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Everton_F.C." title="Everton F.C.">Everton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fulham_F.C." title="Fulham F.C.">Fulham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ipswich_Town_F.C." title="Ipswich Town F.C.">Ipswich Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leicester_City_F.C." title="Leicester City F.C.">Leicester City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liverpool_F.C." title="Liverpool F.C.">Liverpool</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manchester_City_F.C." title="Manchester City F.C.">Manchester City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manchester_United_F.C." title="Manchester United F.C.">Manchester United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newcastle_United_F.C." title="Newcastle United F.C.">Newcastle United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nottingham_Forest_F.C." title="Nottingham Forest F.C.">Nottingham Forest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southampton_F.C." title="Southampton F.C.">Southampton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tottenham_Hotspur_F.C." title="Tottenham Hotspur F.C.">Tottenham Hotspur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Ham_United_F.C." title="West Ham United F.C.">West Ham United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wolverhampton_Wanderers_F.C." title="Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.">Wolverhampton Wanderers</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Former</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Barnsley_F.C." title="Barnsley F.C.">Barnsley</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Birmingham City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blackburn_Rovers_F.C." title="Blackburn Rovers F.C.">Blackburn Rovers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blackpool_F.C." title="Blackpool F.C.">Blackpool</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bolton_Wanderers_F.C." title="Bolton Wanderers F.C.">Bolton Wanderers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bradford_City_A.F.C." title="Bradford City A.F.C.">Bradford City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burnley_F.C." title="Burnley F.C.">Burnley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cardiff_City_F.C." title="Cardiff City F.C.">Cardiff City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlton_Athletic_F.C." title="Charlton Athletic F.C.">Charlton Athletic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coventry_City_F.C." title="Coventry City F.C.">Coventry City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Derby_County_F.C." title="Derby County F.C.">Derby County</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Huddersfield_Town_A.F.C." title="Huddersfield Town A.F.C.">Huddersfield Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hull_City_A.F.C." title="Hull City A.F.C.">Hull City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leeds_United_F.C." title="Leeds United F.C.">Leeds United</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luton_Town_F.C." title="Luton Town F.C.">Luton Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Middlesbrough_F.C." title="Middlesbrough F.C.">Middlesbrough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norwich_City_F.C." title="Norwich City F.C.">Norwich City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oldham_Athletic_A.F.C." title="Oldham Athletic A.F.C.">Oldham Athletic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portsmouth_F.C." title="Portsmouth F.C.">Portsmouth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Queens_Park_Rangers_F.C." title="Queens Park Rangers F.C.">Queens Park Rangers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reading_F.C." title="Reading F.C.">Reading</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sheffield_United_F.C." title="Sheffield United F.C.">Sheffield United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sheffield_Wednesday_F.C." title="Sheffield Wednesday F.C.">Sheffield Wednesday</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stoke_City_F.C." title="Stoke City F.C.">Stoke City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sunderland_A.F.C." title="Sunderland A.F.C.">Sunderland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swansea_City_A.F.C." title="Swansea City A.F.C.">Swansea City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swindon_Town_F.C." title="Swindon Town F.C.">Swindon Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Watford_F.C." title="Watford F.C.">Watford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Bromwich_Albion_F.C." title="West Bromwich Albion F.C.">West Bromwich Albion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wigan_Athletic_F.C." title="Wigan Athletic F.C.">Wigan Athletic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wimbledon_F.C." title="Wimbledon F.C.">Wimbledon</a> (defunct)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Competition</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Premier_League_clubs" title="List of Premier League clubs">Teams</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_English_football_champions#Premier_League_(1992–present)" title="List of English football champions">winners</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Performance_record_of_clubs_in_the_Premier_League" title="Performance record of clubs in the Premier League">performance record</a></li></ul></li> <li>Players <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_foreign_Premier_League_players" title="List of foreign Premier League players">foreign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_foreign_Premier_League_goalscorers" title="List of foreign Premier League goalscorers">foreign scorers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Premier_League_winning_players" title="List of Premier League winning players">winners</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Premier_League_managers" title="List of Premier League managers">Managers</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_current_Premier_League_and_English_Football_League_managers" title="List of current Premier League and English Football League managers">current</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Premier_League_stadiums" title="List of Premier League stadiums">Stadiums</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foundation_of_the_Premier_League" title="Foundation of the Premier League">Founding</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Premier_League_broadcasters" title="List of Premier League broadcasters">Broadcasters</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Premier_League_overseas_broadcasters" title="List of Premier League overseas broadcasters">overseas</a></li> <li><a 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href="/wiki/List_of_highest-scoring_Premier_League_matches" title="List of highest-scoring Premier League matches">Highest scores</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Premier_League_Golden_Boot" title="Premier League Golden Boot">Golden Boot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Premier_League_Golden_Glove" title="Premier League Golden Glove">Golden Glove</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Premier_League_Manager_of_the_Season" title="Premier League Manager of the Season">Manager of the Season</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Premier_League_Player_of_the_Season" title="Premier League Player of the Season">Player of the Season</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Premier_League_Young_Player_of_the_Season" title="Premier League Young Player of the Season">Young Player of the Season</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Premier_League_Playmaker_of_the_Season" title="Premier League Playmaker of the Season">Playmaker of the Season</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Premier_League_Goal_of_the_Season" title="Premier League Goal of the Season">Goal of the Season</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Premier_League_Save_of_the_Season" title="Premier League Save of the Season">Save of the Season</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Premier_League_Game_Changer_of_the_Season" title="Premier League Game Changer of the Season">Game Changer of the Season</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Premier_League_Most_Powerful_Goal" title="Premier League Most Powerful Goal">Most Powerful Goal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Premier_League_Manager_of_the_Month" title="Premier League Manager of the Month">Manager of the Month</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Premier_League_Player_of_the_Month" title="Premier League Player of the Month">Player of the Month</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Premier_League_Goal_of_the_Month" title="Premier League Goal of the Month">Goal of the Month</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Premier_League_Save_of_the_Month" title="Premier League Save of the Month">Save of the Month</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_footballers_with_100_or_more_Premier_League_goals" title="List of footballers with 100 or more Premier League goals">Players with 100+ goals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_footballers_with_500_or_more_Premier_League_appearances" title="List of footballers with 500 or more Premier League appearances">Players with 500+ appearances</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_top_Premier_League_goal_scorers_by_season" title="List of top Premier League goal scorers by season">Top scorers by season</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_goalkeepers_with_100_or_more_Premier_League_clean_sheets" title="List of goalkeepers with 100 or more Premier League clean sheets">Goalkeepers with 100+ clean sheets</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_goalkeepers_who_have_scored_in_the_Premier_League" title="List of goalkeepers who have scored in the Premier League">Goalkeepers who have scored a goal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Premier_League_10_Seasons_Awards" title="Premier League 10 Seasons Awards">10 Seasons Awards</a></li> <li><a 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fee record">Transfer records</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Game_39" title="Game 39">Game 39</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Premier_League%E2%80%93Football_League_gulf" title="Premier League–Football League gulf">Premier League–Football League gulf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Premier_League_parachute_and_solidarity_payments" title="Premier League parachute and solidarity payments">Parachute and solidarity payments</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Associated competitions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fantasy_Premier_League" title="Fantasy Premier League">Fantasy Premier League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Premier_League_Asia_Trophy" title="Premier League Asia Trophy">Asia Trophy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/FA_Community_Shield" title="FA Community Shield">FA Community Shield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/FA_Cup" title="FA Cup">FA Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/EFL_Cup" title="EFL Cup">EFL Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UEFA_Champions_League" title="UEFA Champions League">UEFA Champions League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UEFA_Europa_League" title="UEFA Europa League">UEFA Europa League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UEFA_Conference_League" title="UEFA Conference League">UEFA Conference League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Professional_Development_League#Under-21_level" title="Professional Development League">Premier League 2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Premier_League_Cup_(football)" title="Premier League Cup (football)">Premier League Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Premier_Reserve_League" title="Premier Reserve League">Premier Reserve League</a> (defunct)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Professional_Development_League#Under-18_level" title="Professional Development League">U18 Premier League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Premier_League_International_Cup" title="Premier League International Cup">Premier League International 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title="English Football League">Football League</a> (<a href="/wiki/English_football_league_system" title="English football league system">tiers</a> 1–4)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aston_Villa_F.C." title="Aston Villa F.C.">Aston Villa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wolverhampton_Wanderers_F.C." title="Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.">Wolverhampton Wanderers</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Coventry_City_F.C." title="Coventry City F.C.">Coventry City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Bromwich_Albion_F.C." title="West Bromwich Albion F.C.">West Bromwich Albion</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">3</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Birmingham City</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">4</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Walsall_F.C." title="Walsall F.C.">Walsall</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Non-League_football" title="Non-League football">Non-League</a> (<a href="/wiki/English_football_league_system" title="English football league system">tiers</a> 5–12)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;">5</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Solihull_Moors_F.C." title="Solihull Moors F.C.">Solihull Moors</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;">6</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rushall_Olympic_F.C." title="Rushall Olympic F.C.">Rushall Olympic</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;">7</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Halesowen_Town_F.C." title="Halesowen Town F.C.">Halesowen Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stourbridge_F.C." title="Stourbridge F.C.">Stourbridge</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;">8</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Boldmere_St._Michaels_F.C." title="Boldmere St. Michaels F.C.">Boldmere St. Michaels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coventry_Sphinx_F.C." title="Coventry Sphinx F.C.">Coventry Sphinx</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lye_Town_F.C." title="Lye Town F.C.">Lye Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sporting_Khalsa_F.C." title="Sporting Khalsa F.C.">Sporting Khalsa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sutton_Coldfield_Town_F.C." title="Sutton Coldfield Town F.C.">Sutton Coldfield Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walsall_Wood_F.C." title="Walsall Wood F.C.">Walsall Wood</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;">9</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/A.F.C._Wulfrunians" title="A.F.C. Wulfrunians">AFC Wulfrunians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coventry_United_F.C." title="Coventry United F.C.">Coventry United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dudley_Town_F.C." title="Dudley Town F.C.">Dudley Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Highgate_United_F.C." title="Highgate United F.C.">Highgate United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Romulus_F.C." title="Romulus F.C.">Romulus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tividale_F.C." title="Tividale F.C.">Tividale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wolverhampton_Casuals_F.C." title="Wolverhampton Casuals F.C.">Wolverhampton Casuals</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;">10</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bilston_Town_F.C." title="Bilston Town F.C.">Bilston Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_Country_Rangers_F.C." class="mw-redirect" title="Black Country Rangers F.C.">Black Country Rangers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chelmsley_Town_F.C." title="Chelmsley Town F.C.">Chelmsley Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coventry_Copsewood_F.C." title="Coventry Copsewood F.C.">Coventry Copsewood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cradley_Town_F.C." title="Cradley Town F.C.">Cradley Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paget_Rangers_F.C." title="Paget Rangers F.C.">Paget Rangers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Smethwick_F.C." class="mw-redirect" title="Smethwick F.C.">Smethwick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wednesfield_F.C." title="Wednesfield F.C.">Wednesfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wolverhampton_Sporting_C.F.C." title="Wolverhampton Sporting C.F.C.">Wolverhampton Sporting Community</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;">11</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bustleholme_F.C." title="Bustleholme 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href="/wiki/Continental_Star_F.C." title="Continental Star F.C.">Continental Star</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northfield_Town_F.C." title="Northfield Town F.C.">Northfield Town</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Massey_Ferguson_F.C." title="Massey Ferguson F.C.">Massey Ferguson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Midlands_Police_F.C." title="West Midlands Police F.C.">West Midlands Police</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willenhall_Town_F.C." title="Willenhall Town F.C.">Willenhall Town</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Defunct/Former</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aston_F.C." title="Aston F.C.">Aston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bartley_Green_F.C." title="Bartley Green F.C.">Bartley Green</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Birmingham_Excelsior_F.C." title="Birmingham Excelsior F.C.">Birmingham Excelsior</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Birmingham_St_George%27s_F.C." title="Birmingham St George's F.C.">Birmingham St George's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blackwood_F.C." title="Blackwood F.C.">Blackwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blakenall_F.C." title="Blakenall F.C.">Blakenall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bloxwich_United_A.F.C." title="Bloxwich United A.F.C.">Bloxwich United (2006-2012)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bloxwich_United_F.C." title="Bloxwich United F.C.">Bloxwich United (2001-2002)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Castle_Vale_F.C." title="Castle Vale F.C.">Castle Vale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Causeway_United_F.C." title="Causeway United F.C.">Causeway United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coventry_Sporting_F.C." title="Coventry Sporting F.C.">Coventry Sporting</a></li> <li><a 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