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2019–20 Birmingham City F.C. Season
The 2019–20 season was Birmingham City Football Club's 117th season in the English football league system and ninth consecutive season in the second-tier EFL Championship. The team finished 20th in the Championship, having avoided relegation on the final day of the season despite losing their own match, after other results went in their favour and Wigan Athletic suffered a 12-point deduction for entering administration. As with all English Football League clubs, the first team also competed in the FA Cup and EFL Cup. They reached the fifth round of the FA Cup, in which they lost 1–0 away to Premier League club Leicester City, and were eliminated in the first round of the EFL Cup, a match in which an inexperienced Birmingham team lost 3–0 away to Portsmouth of League One. On 13 March 2020, as an initial response to the coronavirus pandemic, professional football in England was suspended until 3 April at the earliest. The Championship resumed behind closed doors on 20 June ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pep Clotet
Josep "Pep" Clotet Ruiz (born 28 April 1977) is a Spanish Association football, football coach. As well as working as assistant at several clubs, he managed UE Cornellà, Cornellà, UE Figueres, Figueres, RCD Espanyol B, Espanyol B, Halmstads BK, Halmstad, Atlético Malagueño, Oxford United F.C., Oxford United, Birmingham City F.C., Birmingham City, S.P.A.L., SPAL and Brescia Calcio, Brescia. Career Early years Born in Barcelona, Catalonia Clotet only appeared for local amateurs CF Igualada, Igualada as a player. He became a coach while still in his 20s, starting with UE Cornellà, Cornellà then moving to RCD Espanyol, Espanyol's youth teams. Clotet began the 2006–07 Segunda División B, 2006–07 season with another side in his native region, UE Figueres, Figueres, being fired after only nine matches as they eventually suffered relegation from Segunda División B. He subsequently returned to his previous club, still in charge of the youths. Clotet returned to senior footb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
