Birmingham City Football Club Birmingham City Football Club is a professional football club based in Birmingham, England. Formed in 1875 as Small Heath Alliance, it was renamed Small Heath in 1888, Birmingham in 1905, and Birmingham City in 1943. Since 2011, the first te ...

, an

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club based in

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, England, was founded in 1875 as Small Heath Alliance. For the first thirteen years of their existence, there was no league football, so matches were arranged on an ''

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'' basis, supplemented by

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s organised at local and national level. Small Heath first entered the

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in the 1881–82 season, and won their first trophy, the Walsall Cup, the following season. During the 1880s, they played between 20 and 30 matches each season. In 1888, the club became a

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under the name of Small Heath F.C. Ltd, and joined

the Combination The Combination was a league during the early days of English football. It had two incarnations; the first ran only for the 1888–89 season for teams across the Northern England and the Midlands, and was wound up before completion. The second ...

, a league set up to provide organised football for those clubs not invited to join

the Football League The English Football League (EFL) is a league of professional football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888 as the Football League, the league is the oldest such competition in the world. It was the top-level football league in Engla ...

which was to start the same year. However, the Combination was not well organised and folded in April 1889 with many fixtures still outstanding. Small Heath were founder members of the

Football Alliance The Football Alliance was an association football league in England which ran for three seasons, from 1889–90 to 1891–92. History In 1888, the same year the Football League was founded, The Combination was established by clubs who had been ...

in 1889–90, and three years later were elected to the newly formed

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of the Football League. They topped the table in their first season, failing to win

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via the

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system then in operation, but reached the top flight for the first time in 1894. and They were renamed Birmingham in 1905, finally becoming Birmingham City in 1943. BirminghamCityFC League Performance

The club's official history rated 1955–56 as their best season to date. The newly promoted club achieved their highest ever finishing position of sixth in the First Division, reached the

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, and became the first English club side to participate in European competition when they played their opening game in the group stages of the

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. Their only major trophy is the

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, which they won in

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and

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; they reached the FA Cup final twice and the final of the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup twice. During the 1990s, they twice won the

Associate Members' Cup The English Football League Trophy, known for sponsorship purposes as the Papa Johns Trophy after restaurant chain Papa John's Pizza, is an annual English association football knockout competition open to all clubs in EFL League One and EFL Le ...

, a competition open to clubs in the third and fourth tiers of English football. As of the end of the 2022–23 season, the club's first team had spent 57 seasons in the top division of English football, 59 in the second and 4 in the third. The table details their achievements in first-team competitions, and records their top goalscorer and average home league attendance, for each completed season since their first appearance in the

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in 1878–79.

Key

Key to league record: *P – Played *W – Games won *D – Games drawn *L – Games lost *F – Goals for *A – Goals against *Pts – Points *Pos – Final position Key to colours and symbols: Key to divisions: *Comb –

The Combination The Combination was a league during the early days of English football. It had two incarnations; the first ran only for the 1888–89 season for teams across the Northern England and the Midlands, and was wound up before completion. The second ...

*All –

*United – United League *Div 1 –

Football League First Division The Football League First Division was a division of the Football League in England from 1888 until 2004. It was the top division in the English football league system from the season 1888–89 until 1991–92, a century in which the First ...

*Div 2 –

Football League Second Division The Football League Second Division was the second level division in the English football league system between 1892 and 1992. Following the foundation of the FA Premier League, the Football League divisions were renumbered and the third ti ...

*Div 3 –

Football League Third Division The Football League Third Division was the third tier of the English football league system in 1920–21 and again from 1958 until 1992. When the FA Premier League was formed, the division become the fourth tier level. In 2004, following the f ...

*Champ –

EFL Championship The English Football League Championship (often referred to as the Championship for short or the Sky Bet Championship for sponsorship purposes) is the highest division of the English Football League (EFL) and second-highest overall in the E ...

*Prem –

Premier League The Premier League (legal name: The Football Association Premier League Limited) is the highest level of the men's English football league system. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the English Foo ...

Key to rounds: *Prelim – Preliminary round *Group – Group stage *QR3 – Third qualifying round *QR4 – Fourth qualifying round, etc. *IntR – Intermediate round (between qualifying rounds and rounds proper) *R1 – First round *R2 – Second round, etc. *QF – Quarter-final *SF – Semi-final *P3rd – Third place *F – Finalists *W – Winners *DQ – Disqualified *DNE – Did not enter Details of abandoned competitions –

in 1888–89 and the

1939–40 Football League The abandoned 1939–40 season would have been the 48th season of The Football League. The kick-off in all divisions took place on Saturday 26 August 1939.Ian Laschke: ''Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79''. Macdonald ...

– are shown ''in italics'' and appropriately footnoted.

Seasons

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The Football League and FA Cup were suspended until after the Second World War.

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3rd Third or 3rd may refer to: Numbers * 3rd, the ordinal form of the cardinal number 3 * , a fraction of one third * Second#Sexagesimal divisions of calendar time and day, 1⁄60 of a ''second'', or 1⁄3600 of a ''minute'' Places * 3rd Street (d ...

, data-sort-value="R6", QF, , , , —, , , style="text-align:left", , , 19 , 32,462 , - !scope=row, 1947–48 , style="background:#cfc", Div 2 , , 42, , 22, , 15, , 5, , 55, , 24, , 59, , style="background:gold", 1st , R3, , , , —, , , style="text-align:left", , , 14 , 36,467 , - !scope=row, 1948–49 , Div 1, , 42, , 11, , 15, , 16, , 36, , 38, , 37, , 17th , R3, , , , —, , , style="text-align:left", , , 11 , 38,821 , - !scope=row, 1949–50 , style=background:MistyRose, Div 1 , , 42, , 7, , 14, , 21, , 31, , 67, , 28, , 22nd , R3, , , , —, , , style="text-align:left", , , 9 , 34,310 , - !scope=row, 1950–51 , Div 2, , 42, , 20, , 9, , 13, , 64, , 53, , 49, , 4th , SF, , , , —, , , style="text-align:left", , , 19 , 24,728 , - !scope=row, 1951–52 , Div 2, , 42, , 21, , 9, , 12, , 67, , 56, , 51, ,

, R4, , , , —, , , style="text-align:left", , , 19 , 24,570 , - !scope=row, 1952–53 , Div 2, , 42, , 19, , 10, , 13, , 71, , 66, , 48, , 6th , data-sort-value="R6", QF, , , , —, , , style="text-align:left", , , 26 , 20,046 , - !scope=row, 1953–54 , Div 2, , 42, , 18, , 11, , 13, , 78, , 58, , 47, ,

7th 7 (seven) is the natural number following 6 and preceding 8. It is the only prime number preceding a cube (algebra), cube. As an early prime number in the series of positive integers, the number seven has greatly symbolic associations in religion ...

, R4, , , , —, , , style="text-align:left", , , 15 , 22,594 , - !scope=row, 1954–55 , style="background:#cfc", Div 2 , , 42, , 22, , 10, , 10, , 92, , 47, , 54, , style="background:gold", 1st , data-sort-value="R6", QF, , , , —, , , style="text-align:left", , , 20 , 21,002 , - !scope=row, 1955–56 , Div 1, , 42, , 18, , 9, , 15, , 75, , 57, , 45, , 6th , style="background:silver" data-sort-value="U", F , , ,

, , , style="text-align:left", , , 29 , 33,828 , - !scope=row, 1956–57 , Div 1, , 42, , 15, , 9, , 18, , 69, , 69, , 39, ,

12th 12 (twelve) is the natural number following 11 and preceding 13. Twelve is a superior highly composite number, divisible by 2, 3, 4, and 6. It is the number of years required for an orbital period of Jupiter. It is central to many systems ...

, SF, , , ,

, , , style="text-align:left", , , 30 , 32,582 , - !scope=row, 1957–58 , Div 1, , 42, , 14, , 11, , 17, , 76, , 89, , 39, , 13th , R3, , , ,

, , SF , style="text-align:left", , , 23 , 29,647 , - !scope=row, 1958–59 , Div 1, , 42, , 20, , 6, , 16, , 84, , 68, , 46, ,

9th 9 (nine) is the natural number following and preceding . Evolution of the Arabic digit In the beginning, various Indians wrote a digit 9 similar in shape to the modern closing question mark without the bottom dot. The Kshatrapa, Andhra and ...

, R5, , , ,

, , , style="text-align:left", , , 23 , 26,893 , - !scope=row, 1959–60 , Div 1, , 42, , 13, , 10, , 19, , 63, , 80, , 36, , 19th , R3, , , ,

, , style="background:silver" data-sort-value="U", F , style="text-align:left", , , 19 , 26,880 , - !scope=row, 1960–61 , Div 1, , 42, , 14, , 6, , 22, , 62, , 84, , 34, , 19th , R5, , R3 ,

, , style="background:silver" data-sort-value="U", F , style="text-align:left", , , 17 , 25,751 , - !scope=row, 1961–62 , Div 1, , 42, , 14, , 10, , 18, , 65, , 81, , 38, , 17th , R3, , R1, ,

, , R2 , , , 20 , 23,587 , - !scope=row, 1962–63 , Div 1, , 42, , 10, , 13, , 19, , 63, , 90, , 33, , 20th , R3, , style="background:gold", W , —, , , style="text-align:left", , , 29 , 22,559 , - !scope=row, 1963–64 , Div 1, , 42, , 11, , 7, , 24, , 54, , 92, , 29, , 20th , R3, , R2, , —, , , style="text-align:left", , , 10 , 21,996 , - !scope=row, 1964–65 , style="background:MistyRose", Div 1 , , 42, , 8, , 11, , 23, , 64, , 96, , 27, , 22nd , R3, , R2, , —, , , , , 10 , 19,714 , - !scope=row, 1965–66 , Div 2, , 42, , 16, , 9, , 17, , 70, , 75, , 41, ,

10th 10 (ten) is the even natural number following 9 and preceding 11. Ten is the base of the decimal numeral system, by far the most common system of denoting numbers in both spoken and written language. It is the first double-digit number. The rea ...

, R4, , R2, , —, , , style="text-align:left", , , 23 , 14,398 , - !scope=row, 1966–67 , Div 2, , 42, , 16, , 8, , 18, , 70, , 66, , 40, ,

, data-sort-value="R6", QF, , SF, , —, , , style="text-align:left", , , 21 , 19,798 , - !scope=row, 1967–68 , Div 2, , 42, , 19, , 14, , 9, , 83, , 51, , 52, , 4th , SF, , R3, , —, , , style="text-align:left", , , 28 , 28,083 , - !scope=row, 1968–69 , Div 2, , 42, , 18, , 8, , 16, , 73, , 59, , 44, ,

, R5, , R2, , —, , , , , 17 , 26,008 , - !scope=row, 1969–70 , Div 2, , 42, , 11, , 11, , 20, , 51, , 78, , 33, ,

18th 18 (eighteen) is the natural number following 17 and preceding 19. In mathematics * Eighteen is a composite number, its divisors being 1, 2, 3, 6 and 9. Three of these divisors (3, 6 and 9) add up to 18, hence 18 is a semiperfect number. ...

, R3, , R2, , —, , , style="text-align:left", , , 13 , 24,028 , - !scope=row, 1970–71 , Div 2, , 42, , 17, , 12, , 13, , 58, , 48, , 46, ,

, R3, , R4, , —, , , style="text-align:left", , , 21 , 24,164 , - !scope=row, 1971–72 , style="background:#cfc", Div 2 , , 42, , 19, , 18, , 5, , 60, , 31, , 56, , style="background:silver",

2nd A second is the base unit of time in the International System of Units (SI). Second, Seconds or 2nd may also refer to: Mathematics * 2 (number), as an ordinal (also written as ''2nd'' or ''2d'') * Second of arc, an angular measurement unit ...

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Anglo-Italian Cup The Anglo-Italian Cup ( it, Coppa Anglo-Italiana, also known as the Anglo-Italian Inter-League Clubs Competition and from 1976 to 1986 as the Alitalia Challenge Cup, Talbot Challenge Cup or Gigi Peronace Memorial) is a defunct European football c ...

, ,

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, R3, , R4, , —, , , style="text-align:left", , , 20 , 36,663 , - !scope=row, 1973–74 , Div 1, , 42, , 12, , 13, , 17, , 52, , 64, , 37, , 19th , R4, , data-sort-value="R6", QF ,

Texaco Cup The Texaco Cup, officially known as the International League Board Competition, was an association football competition started in 1970, involving sides from England, Scotland, and Ireland that had not qualified for European competitions. It wa ...

, , data-sort-value="R6", QF , style="text-align:left", , , 20 , 33,048 , - !scope=row, 1974–75 , Div 1, , 42, , 14, , 9, , 19, , 53, , 61, , 37, , 17th , SF, , R2, ,

, , SF , style="text-align:left", , , 18 , 30,854 , - !scope=row, 1975–76 , Div 1, , 42, , 13, , 7, , 22, , 57, , 75, , 33, , 19th , R3, , R3, , —, , , style="text-align:left", , , 18 , 28,002 , - !scope=row, 1976–77 , Div 1, , 42, , 13, , 12, , 17, , 63, , 61, , 38, , 13th , R4, , R2, , —, , , style="text-align:left", , , 21 , 28,338 , - !scope=row, 1977–78 , Div 1, , 42, , 16, , 9, , 17, , 55, , 60, , 41, , 1977–78 Football League, 11th , 1977–78 FA Cup, R4, , 1977–78 Football League Cup, R2, , Anglo-Scottish Cup, , Group , style="text-align:left", , , 29 , 23,910 , - !scope=row, 1978–79 Birmingham City F.C. season, 1978–79 , style="background:MistyRose", Div 1 , , 42, , 6, , 10, , 26, , 37, , 64, , 22, , 1978–79 Football League, 21st , 1978–79 FA Cup, R3, , 1978–79 Football League Cup, R2, , —, , , style="text-align:left", , , 8 , 20,164 , - !scope=row, 1979–80 Birmingham City F.C. season, 1979–80 , style="background:#cfc", Div 2 , , 42, , 21, , 11, , 10, , 58, , 38, , 53, , 1979–80 Football League, 3rd , 1979–80 FA Cup, R5, , 1979–80 Football League Cup, R3, , Anglo-Scottish Cup, , Group , style="text-align:left", , , 18 , 20,427 , - !scope=row, 1980–81 Birmingham City F.C. season, 1980–81 , Div 1, , 42, , 13, , 12, , 17, , 50, , 61, , 38, , 1980–81 Football League, 13th , 1980–81 FA Cup, R4, , data-sort-value="R6", 1980–81 Football League Cup, QF, , —, , , style="text-align:left", , , 18 , 19,248 , - !scope=row, 1981–82 Birmingham City F.C. season, 1981–82 , data-sort-value="Div 1", Div 1, , 42, , 10, , 14, , 18, , 53, , 61, , 44, , 1981–82 Football League, 16th , 1981–82 FA Cup, R3, , 1981–82 Football League Cup, R2, , —, , , style="text-align:left", , , 16 , 17,116 , - !scope=row, 1982–83 Birmingham City F.C. season, 1982–83 , Div 1, , 42, , 12, , 14, , 16, , 40, , 55, , 50, , 1982–83 Football League, 17th , 1982–83 FA Cup, R4, , 1982–83 Football League Cup, R4, , —, , , style="text-align:left", , , 8 , 15,880 , - !scope=row, 1983–84 Birmingham City F.C. season, 1983–84 , style="background:MistyRose", Div 1 , , 42, , 12, , 12, , 18, , 39, , 50, , 48, , 1983–84 Football League, 20th , data-sort-value="R6", 1983–84 FA Cup, QF, , 1983–84 Football League Cup, R4, , —, , , style="text-align:left", , , 15 , 14,106 , - !scope=row, 1984–85 Birmingham City F.C. season, 1984–85 , style="background:#cfc", Div 2 , , 42, , 25, , 7, , 10, , 59, , 33, , 82, , style="background:silver", 1984–85 Football League, 2nd , 1984–85 FA Cup, R3, , 1984–85 Football League Cup, R3, , —, , , style="text-align:left", , , 19 , 12,522 , - !scope=row, 1985–86 Birmingham City F.C. season, 1985–86 , style="background:MistyRose", Div 1 , , 42, , 8, , 5, , 29, , 30, , 73, , 29, , 1985–86 Football League, 21st , 1985–86 FA Cup, R3, , 1985–86 Football League Cup, R3, , —, , , style="text-align:left", , , 8 , 10,899 , - !scope=row, 1986–87 Birmingham City F.C. season, 1986–87 , Div 2, , 42, , 11, , 17, , 14, , 47, , 59, , 50, , 1986–87 Football League, 19th , 1986–87 FA Cup, R4, , 1986–87 Football League Cup, R3, , Full Members' Cup, , 1986–87 Full Members' Cup, R2 , style="text-align:left", , , 19 , 7,426 , - !scope=row, 1987–88 Birmingham City F.C. season, 1987–88 , Div 2, , 44, , 11, , 15, , 18, , 41, , 66, , 48, , 1987–88 Football League, 19th , 1987–88 FA Cup, R5, , 1987–88 Football League Cup, R1, , Full Members' Cup, , 1987–88 Full Members' Cup, R1 , style="text-align:left", , , 16 , 8,576 , - !scope=row, 1988–89 Birmingham City F.C. season, 1988–89 , style="background:MistyRose" data-sort-value="Div 2", Div 2 , 46, , 8, , 11, , 27, , 31, , 76, , 35, , 1988–89 Football League, 23rd , 1988–89 FA Cup, R3, , 1988–89 Football League Cup, R2, , Full Members' Cup, , 1988–89 Full Members' Cup, R1 , style="text-align:left", , , 6 , 6,289 , - !scope=row, 1989–90 Birmingham City F.C. season, 1989–90 , Div 3, , 46, , 18, , 12, , 16, , 60, , 59, , 66, , 1989–90 Football League, 7th , 1989–90 FA Cup, R3, , 1989–90 Football League Cup, R2, ,

, , 1989–90 Associate Members' Cup, Group , style="text-align:left", , , 20 , 8,558 , - !scope=row, 1990–91 Birmingham City F.C. season, 1990–91 , Div 3, , 46, , 16, , 17, , 13, , 45, , 49, , 65, , 1990–91 Football League, 12th , 1990–91 FA Cup, R2, , 1990–91 Football League Cup, R1, ,

, , style="background:gold", 1991 Associate Members' Cup Final, W , , , 10 , 7,030 , - !scope=row, 1991–92 Birmingham City F.C. season, 1991–92 , style="background:#cfc", Div 3 , , 46, , 23, , 12, , 11, , 69, , 52, , 81, , style="background:silver", 1991–92 Football League, 2nd , 1991–92 FA Cup, R1, , 1991–92 Football League Cup, R3, ,

, , 1991–92 Associate Members' Cup, Group , style="text-align:left", , , 22 , 12,399 , - !scope=row, 1992–93 Birmingham City F.C. season, 1992–93 , data-sort-value="Div 2A", Div 1, , 46, , 13, , 12, , 21, , 50, , 72, , 51, , 1992–93 Football League, 19th , 1992–93 FA Cup, R1, , 1992–93 Football League Cup, R1, ,

, , 1992–93 Anglo-Italian Cup, R1 , style="text-align:left", , , 8 , 12,328 , - !scope=row, 1993–94 Birmingham City F.C. season, 1993–94 , style="background:MistyRose" data-sort-value="Div 2A", Div 1 , , 46, , 13, , 12, , 21, , 52, , 69, , 51, , 1993–94 Football League, 22nd , 1993–94 FA Cup, R3, , 1993–94 Football League Cup, R2, ,

, , data-sort-value="B4Group", 1993–94 Anglo-Italian Cup, Prelim , , , 10 , 14,378 , - !scope=row, 1994–95 Birmingham City F.C. season, 1994–95 , style="background:#cfc" data-sort-value="Div 3A", Div 2 , , 46, , 25, , 14, , 7, , 84, , 37, , 89, , style="background:gold", 1994–95 Football League, 1st , 1994–95 FA Cup, R3, , 1994–95 Football League Cup, R2, , Football League Trophy, , style="background:gold", 1995 Football League Trophy Final, W , style="text-align:left", , , 25 , 16,941 , - !scope=row, 1995–96 Birmingham City F.C. season, 1995–96 , data-sort-value="Div 2A", Div 1, , 46, , 15, , 13, , 18, , 61, , 64, , 58, , 1995–96 Football League, 15th , 1995–96 FA Cup, R3, , 1995–96 Football League Cup, SF, ,

, , data-sort-value="R6", 1995–96 Anglo-Italian Cup, QF , style="text-align:left", , , 15 , 18,098 , - !scope=row, 1996–97 Birmingham City F.C. season, 1996–97 , data-sort-value="Div 2A", Div 1, , 46, , 17, , 15, , 14, , 52, , 48, , 66, , 1996–97 Football League, 10th , 1996–97 FA Cup, R5, , 1996–97 Football League Cup, R2, , —, , , style="text-align:left", , , 19 , 17,732 , - !scope=row, 1997–98 Birmingham City F.C. season, 1997–98 , data-sort-value="Div 2A", Div 1, , 46, , 19, , 17, , 10, , 60, , 35, , 74, , 1997–98 Football League, 7th , 1997–98 FA Cup, R5, , 1997–98 Football League Cup, R3, , —, , , style="text-align:left", , , 19 , 18,751 , - !scope=row, 1998–99 Birmingham City F.C. season, 1998–99 , data-sort-value="Div 2A", Div 1, , 46, , 23, , 12, , 11, , 66, , 37, , 81, , 1998–99 Football League, 4th , 1998–99 FA Cup, R3, , 1998–99 Football League Cup, R3, , —, , , style="text-align:left", , , 17 , 20,794 , - !scope=row, 1999–2000 Birmingham City F.C. season, 1999–2000 , data-sort-value="Div 2A", Div 1, , 46, , 22, , 11, , 13, , 65, , 44, , 77, , 1999–2000 Football League, 5th , 1999–2000 FA Cup, R4, , 1999–2000 Football League Cup, R4, , —, , , style="text-align:left", , , 11 , 21,895 , - !scope=row, 2000–01 Birmingham City F.C. season, 2000–01 , data-sort-value="Div 2A", Div 1, , 46, , 23, , 9, , 14, , 59, , 48, , 78, , 2000–01 Football League, 5th , 2000–01 FA Cup, R3, , style="background:silver" data-sort-value="U", 2001 Football League Cup Final, F, , —, , , style="text-align:left", , , 12 , 21,283 , - !scope=row, 2001–02 Birmingham City F.C. season, 2001–02 , style="background:#cfc" data-sort-value="Div 2A", Div 1 , , 46, , 21, , 13, , 12, , 70, , 49, , 76, , 2001–02 Football League, 5th , 2001–02 FA Cup, R3, , 2001–02 Football League Cup, R3, , —, , , style="text-align:left", , , 15 , 21,978 , - !scope=row, 2002–03 Birmingham City F.C. season, 2002–03 , data-sort-value="Div 1A", Prem, , 38, , 13, , 9, , 16, , 41, , 49, , 48, , 2002–03 FA Premier League, 13th , 2002–03 FA Cup, R3, , 2002–03 Football League Cup, R3, , —, , , style="text-align:left", , , 9 , 28,831 , - !scope=row, 2003–04 Birmingham City F.C. season, 2003–04 , data-sort-value="Div 1A", Prem, , 38, , 12, , 14, , 12, , 43, , 48, , 50, , 2003–04 FA Premier League, 10th , 2003–04 FA Cup, R5, , 2003–04 Football League Cup, R2, , —, , , style="text-align:left", , , 19 , 29,078 , - !scope=row, 2004–05 Birmingham City F.C. season, 2004–05 , data-sort-value="Div 1A", Prem, , 38, , 11, , 12, , 15, , 40, , 46, , 45, , 2004–05 FA Premier League, 12th , 2004–05 FA Cup, R4, , 2004–05 Football League Cup, R3, , —, , , style="text-align:left", , , 11 , 28,760 , - !scope=row, 2005–06 Birmingham City F.C. season, 2005–06 , style=background:"MistyRose" data-sort-value="Div 1A", Prem , , 38, , 8, , 10, , 20, , 28, , 50, , 34, , 2005–06 FA Premier League, 18th , data-sort-value="R6", 2005–06 FA Cup, QF, , data-sort-value="R6", 2005–06 Football League Cup, QF, , —, , , , , 8 , 27,392 , - !scope=row, 2006–07 Birmingham City F.C. season, 2006–07 , style="background:#cfc" data-sort-value="Div 2B", Champ , 46, , 26, , 8, , 12, , 67, , 42, , 86, , style="background:silver", 2006–07 Football League, 2nd , 2006–07 FA Cup, R4, , 2006–07 Football League Cup, R4, , —, , , style="text-align:left", , , 16 , 22,273 , - !scope=row, 2007–08 Birmingham City F.C. season, 2007–08 , style="background:MistyRose" data-sort-value="Div 1A", Prem , , 38, , 8, , 11, , 19, , 46, , 62, , 35, , 2007–08 Premier League, 19th , 2007–08 FA Cup, R3, , 2007–08 Football League Cup, R3, , —, , , style="text-align:left", , , 9 , 26,181 , - !scope=row, 2008–09 Birmingham City F.C. season, 2008–09 , style="background:#cfc" data-sort-value="Div 2B", Champ , , 46, , 23, , 14, , 9, , 54, , 37, , 83, , style="background:silver", 2008–09 Football League, 2nd , 2008–09 FA Cup, R3, , 2008–09 Football League Cup, R2, , —, , , style="text-align:left", , , 14 , 19,081 , - !scope=row, 2009–10 Birmingham City F.C. season, 2009–10 , data-sort-value="Div 1A", Prem, , 38, , 13, , 11, , 14, , 38, , 47, , 50, , 2009–10 Premier League, 9th , , , 2009–10 Football League Cup, R3, , —, , , style="text-align:left", , , 11 , 25,246 , - !scope=row, 2010–11 Birmingham City F.C. season, 2010–11 , style="background:MistyRose" data-sort-value="Div 1A", Prem , , 38, , 8, , 15, , 15, , 37, , 58, , 39, , 2010–11 Premier League, 18th , data-sort-value="R6", 2010–11 FA Cup, QF, , style="background:gold", 2011 Football League Cup Final, W , —, , , style="text-align:left", , , 10 , 25,461 , - !scope=row, 2011–12 Birmingham City F.C. season, 2011–12 , data-sort-value="Div 2B", Champ, , 46, , 20, , 16, , 10, , 78, , 51, , 76, , 2011–12 Football League Championship, 4th , 2011–12 FA Cup, R5, , 2011–12 Football League Cup, R3 , UEFA Europa League, , 2011–12 UEFA Europa League#Group stage, Group , style="text-align:left", , , 18 , 19,126 , - !scope=row, 2012–13 Birmingham City F.C. season, 2012–13 , data-sort-value="Div 2B", Champ, , 46, , 15, , 16, , 15, , 63, , 69, , 61, , 2012–13 Football League Championship, 12th , 2012–13 FA Cup, R3, , 2012–13 Football League Cup, R2, , —, , , style="text-align:left", , , 14 , 16,702 , - !scope=row, 2013–14 Birmingham City F.C. season, 2013–14 , data-sort-value="Div 2B", Champ, , 46, , 11, , 11, , 24, , 58, , 74, , 44, , 2013–14 Football League Championship, 21st , 2013–14 FA Cup, R4, , 2013–14 Football League Cup, R4, , —, , , data-sort-value="Macheda", , , 10 , 15,457 , - !scope=row, 2014–15 Birmingham City F.C. season, 2014–15 , data-sort-value="Div 2B", Champ, , 46, , 16, , 15, , 15, , 54, , 64, , 63, , 2014–15 Football League Championship, 10th , 2014–15 FA Cup, R4, , 2014–15 Football League Cup, R2, , —, , , style="text-align:left", , , 16 , 16,111 , - !scope=row, 2015–16 Birmingham City F.C. season, 2015–16 , data-sort-value="Div 2B", Champ, , 46, , 16, , 15, , 15, , 53, , 49, , 63, , 2015–16 Football League Championship, 10th , 2015–16 FA Cup, R3, , 2015–16 Football League Cup, R3, , —, , , style="text-align:left", , , 11 , 17,602 , - !scope=row, 2016–17 Birmingham City F.C. season, 2016–17 , data-sort-value="Div 2B", Champ, , 46, , 13, , 14, , 19, , 45, , 64, , 53, , 2016–17 EFL Championship, 19th , 2016–17 FA Cup, R3, , 2016–17 EFL Cup, R1, , —, , , style="text-align:left", , , 12 , 18,717 , - !scope=row, 2017–18 Birmingham City F.C. season, 2017–18 , data-sort-value="Div 2B", Champ, , 46, , 13, , 7, , 26, , 38, , 68, , 46, , 2017–18 EFL Championship, 19th , 2017–18 FA Cup, R4, , 2017–18 EFL Cup, R2, , —, , , style="text-align:left", , , 9 , 21,041 , - !scope=row, 2018–19 Birmingham City F.C. season, 2018–19 , data-sort-value="Div 2B", Champ, , 46, , 14, , 19, , 13, , 64, , 58, , 52, , 2018–19 EFL Championship, 17th , 2018–19 FA Cup, R3, , 2018–19 EFL Cup, R1, , —, , , style="text-align:left", , , 22 , 22,483 , - !scope=row, 2019–20 Birmingham City F.C. season, 2019–20 , data-sort-value="Div 2B", Champ, , 46, , 12, , 14, , 20, , 54, , 75, , 50, , 2019–20 EFL Championship, 20th , 2019–20 FA Cup, R5, , 2019–20 EFL Cup, R1, , —, , , style="text-align:left", , , 15 , 20,411 , - !scope=row, 2020–21 Birmingham City F.C. season, 2020–21 , data-sort-value="Div 2B", Champ, , 46, , 13, , 13, , 20, , 37, , 61, , 52, , 2020–21 EFL Championship, 18th , 2020–21 FA Cup, R3, , 2020–21 EFL Cup, R1, , —, , , style="text-align:left", , , 8 , 0 , - !scope=row, 2021–22 Birmingham City F.C. season, 2021–22 , data-sort-value="Div 2B", Champ, , 46, , 11, , 14, , 21, , 50, , 75, , 47, , 2021–22 EFL Championship, 20th , 2021–22 FA Cup, R3, , 2021–22 EFL Cup, R2, , —, , , style="text-align:left", , , 10 , 16,161 , - !scope=row, 2022–23 Birmingham City F.C. season, 2022–23 , data-sort-value="Div 2B", Champ, , 46, , 14, , 11, , 21, , 47, , 58, , 53, , 2022–23 EFL Championship, 17th , 2022–23 FA Cup, R4, , 2022–23 EFL Cup, R1, , —, , , style="text-align:left", , , 10 , 16,758

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