2025–26 Birmingham City F.C. season
| 2025–26 season | |||
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| Owners |
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| Chairman | Tom Wagner | ||
| Manager | Chris Davies | ||
| Stadium | St Andrew's | ||
| Championship | 7th | ||
| FA Cup | Fourth round | ||
| EFL Cup | Second round | ||
| Top goalscorer | League: Jay Stansfield (9) All: Jay Stansfield (10) | ||
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The 2025–26 season is Birmingham City Football Club's 123rd season in the English football league system and first season back in the second-tier, Championship, since the 2023–24 season. As with all second-tier League clubs, the first team compete in the FA Cup, and the EFL Cup.
Pre-season
On 23 May, Birmingham City announced their first three pre-season friendlies, against Solihull Moors, Northampton Town and Port Vale.[1] Three weeks later, a fourth fixture was confirmed to be against Burton Albion.[2] A fifth and sixth, was later added against Sevilla during a training camp in Albufeira and Crewe Alexandra; respectively.[3][4]
Also announced was a fixture versus Nottingham Forest in a memorial game for Trevor Francis.[5]
| Date | Time | Opponents | Venue | Result | Score F–A |
Scorers | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 July 2025 | 20:00 | Sevilla | N | W | 3–1 | Anderson 10', Klarer 26', Leonard 88' | [6] |
| 19 July 2025 | 15:00 | Burton Albion | A | L | 0–1 | — | [7] |
| 19 July 2025 | 15:00 | Crewe Alexandra | A | L | 0–4 | — | [8] |
| 23 July 2025 | 19:30 | Solihull Moors | H | W | 1–0 | Sampsted 45+1' | [9] |
| 26 July 2025 | 13:00 | Port Vale | A | W | 2–0 | Anderson 26', Willumsson 80' | [10] |
| 26 July 2025 | 15:00 | Northampton Town | A | L | 0–3 | — | [11] |
| 2 August 2025 | 15:00 | Nottingham Forest | H | W | 1–0 | Stansfield 23' | [12] |
EFL Championship
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | Watford | 39 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 50 | 46 | +4 | 56 |
| 10 | Norwich City | 39 | 16 | 6 | 17 | 52 | 46 | +6 | 54 |
| 11 | Birmingham City | 39 | 14 | 11 | 14 | 48 | 49 | −1 | 53 |
| 12 | Queens Park Rangers | 39 | 15 | 8 | 16 | 55 | 61 | −6 | 53 |
| 13 | Preston North End | 39 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 45 | 49 | −4 | 52 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Wins; 6) Away goals; 7) Penalty points (sec 9.5); 8) Number of 12-point sending off offences; 9) Play-off (only if needed to determine promotion/relegation)[13]
Results summary
| Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 39 | 14 | 11 | 14 | 48 | 49 | −1 | 53 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 33 | 19 | +14 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 30 | −15 |
Last updated: 21 March 2026.
Source: [14]
Match results
On 26 June, the EFL Championship fixtures were announced.[15]
| Date | League position[14] |
Time | Opponents | Venue | Result | Score F–A |
Scorers | Attendance | Refs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 August 2025 | 9th | 20:00 | Ipswich Town | H | D | 1–1 | Stansfield 55' | 27,508 | [16] |
| 16 August 2025 | 6th | 15:00 | Blackburn Rovers | A | W | 2–1 | Stansfield 90' (pen.), Dykes 90+8' | 19,552 | [17] |
| 23 August 2025 | 5th | 15:00 | Oxford United | H | W | 1–0 | Paik 40' | 27,342 | [18] |
| 29 August 2025 | 10th | 20:00 | Leicester City | A | L | 0–2 | — | 30,971 | [19] |
| 13 September 2025 | 11th | 15:00 | Stoke City | A | L | 0–1 | — | 24,676 | [20] |
| 20 September 2025 | 8th | 12:30 | Swansea City | H | W | 1–0 | Dykes 90+4' | 27,441 | [21] |
| 27 September 2025 | 11th | 12:30 | Coventry City | A | L | 0–3 | — | 30,585 | [22] |
| 30 September 2025 | 11th | 19:45 | Sheffield Wednesday | H | D | 2–2 | Stansfield 9', Gray 90+9' | 27,323 | [23] |
| 3 October 2025 | 16th | 20:00 | Wrexham | A | D | 1–1 | Roberts 46' | 10,669 | [24] |
| 18 October 2025 | 17th | 15:00 | Hull City | H | L | 2–3 | Stansfield 27', 90+6' (pen.) | 27,215 | [25] |
| 21 October 2025 | 13th | 19:45 | Preston North End | A | W | 1–0 | Neumann 33' | 16,857 | [26] |
| 25 October 2025 | 15th | 15:00 | Bristol City | A | L | 0–1 | — | 24,923 | [27] |
| 1 November 2025 | 11th | 15:00 | Portsmouth | H | W | 4–0 | Paik Seung-ho 9', Iwata 56', Klarer 61', Anderson 88' | 27,903 | [28] |
| 4 November 2025 | 9th | 19:45 | Millwall | H | W | 4–0 | Paik Seung-ho 28', Gray 45', Cochrane 49', Stansfield 66' | 25,408 | [29] |
| 8 November 2025 | 11th | 15:00 | Middlesbrough | A | L | 1–2 | Gray 29' | 26,378 | [30] |
| 22 November 2025 | 9th | 15:00 | Norwich City | H | W | 4–1 | Ducksch (2) 3', 44', Stansfield (2) 21', 54' | 28,080 | [31] |
| 26 November 2025 | 9th | 20:00 | West Bromwich Albion | A | D | 1–1 | Ducksch 78' | 24,282 | [32] |
| 1 December 2025 | 8th | 20:00 | Watford | H | W | 2–1 | Paik Seung-ho 31', Gray 43' | 26,086 | [33] |
| 6 December 2025 | 8th | 15:00 | Southampton | A | L | 1–3 | Gray 54' | 29,309 | [34] |
| 9 December 2025 | 11th | 20:00 | Queens Park Rangers | A | L | 1–2 | Roberts 90+3' | 14,947 | [35] |
| 13 December 2025 | 12th | 15:00 | Charlton Athletic | H | D | 1–1 | Klarer 28' | 26,822 | [36] |
| 20 December 2025 | 14th | 15:00 | Sheffield United | A | L | 0–3 | — | 28,271 | [37] |
| 26 December 2025 | 15th | 12:30 | Derby County | H | D | 1–1 | Robinson 64' | 28,082 | [38] |
| 29 December 2025 | 15th | 20:15 | Southampton | H | D | 1–1 | Neumann 49' | 27,895 | [39] |
| 1 January 2026 | 17th | 15:00 | Watford | A | L | 0–3 | — | 20,816 | [40] |
| 4 January 2026 | 13th | 12:00 | Coventry City | H | W | 3–2 | Ducksch (2) 6', 63', Koumas 17' | 27,932 | [41] |
| 17 January 2026 | 14th | 17:30 | Swansea City | A | D | 1–1 | Roberts 72' | 16,753 | [42] |
| 20 January 2026 | 13th | 19:45 | Sheffield Wednesday | A | W | 2–0 | Ducksch 83', Furuhashi 90+2' | 22,396 | [43] |
| 24 January 2026 | 13th | 15:00 | Stoke City | H | D | 1–1 | Iwata 42' | 27,904 | [44] |
| 31 January 2026 | 13th | 15:00 | Oxford United | A | W | 2–0 | Peart-Harris 23' (o.g.), Ducksch 66' | 11,509 | [45] |
| 7 February 2026 | 10th | 15:01 | Leicester City | H | W | 2–1 | Osman 3', Stansfield 67' | 27,886 | [46] |
| 10 February 2026 | 10th | 20:00 | West Bromwich Albion | H | D | 0–0 | — | 27,307 | [47] |
| 21 February 2026 | 8th | 15:00 | Norwich City | A | W | 2–1 | Vicente 5', Ducksch 14' | 26,537 | [48] |
| 25 February 2026 | 10th | 19:45 | Millwall | A | L | 0–3 | — | 16,636 | [49] |
| 2 March 2026 | 12th | 20:00 | Middlesbrough | H | L | 1–3 | Ducksch 48' | 26,918 | [50] |
| 7 March 2026 | 12th | 15:00 | Charlton Athletic | A | L | 0–1 | — | 18,541 | [51] |
| 11 March 2026 | 10th | 19:45 | Queens Park Rangers | H | W | 1–0 | Roberts 6' | 25,212 | [52] |
| 14 March 2026 | 9th | 15:00 | Sheffield United | H | D | 1–1 | Ducksch 25' | 27,588 | [53] |
| 21 March 2026 | 11th | 12:30 | Derby County | A | L | 0–1 | — | 29,928 | [54] |
FA Cup
| Round | Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Score F–A |
Scorers | Attendance | Refs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Third Round | 10 January 2026 | Cambridge United | A | W | 3–2 | Wagner 31', Furuhashi 42' (pen.), Ducksch 78', | 6,241 | [55] |
| Fourth Round | 15 February 2026 | Leeds United | H | D | 1–1 (a.e.t.) (2–4 p) |
Roberts 89' | 28,035 | [56] |
EFL Cup
| Round | Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Score F–A |
Scorers | Attendance | Refs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First round | 13 August 2025 | Sheffield United | H | W | 2–1 | Furuhashi 5', Stansfield 87' | 16,367 | [57] |
| Second round | 26 August 2025 | Port Vale | H | L | 0–1 | — | 21,052 | [58] |
Transfers
- For those players sold, released, or whose contract ended before the start of this season, see 2024–25 Birmingham City F.C. season.
In
| Date | Player | Club † | Fee | Refs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 July 2025 | Demarai Gray | Al-Ettifaq | Undisclosed | [59] |
| 4 July 2025 | Bright Osayi-Samuel | Fenerbahçe | Free | [60] |
| 5 July 2025 | Kyōgo Furuhashi | Rennes | Undisclosed | [61][62] |
| 6 July 2025 | Kanya Fujimoto | Gil Vicente | Free | [63] |
| 7 August 2025 | Marvin Ducksch | Werder Bremen | £1,750,000 | [64][65] |
| 1 September 2025 | Jack Robinson | Sheffield United | Undisclosed | [66] |
| 2 January 2026 | Kai Wagner | Philadelphia Union | Undisclosed | [67] |
| 20 January 2026 | August Priske | Djurgårdens | £6,000,000 | [68][69] |
| 27 January 2026 | Carlos Vicente | Deportivo Alavés | £6,940,000 | [70][71] |
| 2 February 2026 | Jonathan Panzo | Rio Ave | £1,500,000 | [72] |
| Patrick Roberts | Sunderland | Undisclosed | [73] |
Loaned in
| Date | Player | Club | Return | Refs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 July 2025 | James Beadle | Brighton & Hove Albion | 31 May 2026 | [74] |
| 2 July 2025 | Tommy Doyle | Wolverhampton Wanderers | [75] | |
| 25 July 2025 | Eíran Cashin | Brighton & Hove Albion | 6 January 2026[a] | [76][77] |
| 22 August 2025 | Lewis Koumas | Liverpool | 26 January 2026[b] | [78][79] |
| 1 September 2025 | Patrick Roberts | Sunderland | 2 February 2026[c] | [80][73] |
| 17 January 2026 | Jhon Solís | Girona | 31 May 2026 | [81] |
| 19 January 2026 | Ibrahim Osman | Brighton & Hove Albion | [82] |
Loaned out
| Date | Player | Club | Return | Refs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 July 2025 | Bailey Peacock-Farrell | Blackpool | 30 January 2026[a] | [83][84] |
| 24 July 2025 | Byron Pendleton | Yeovil Town | 9 November 2025[b] | [85][86] |
| 1 August 2025 | Emil Hansson | Blackpool | 31 May 2026 | [87] |
| 4 August 2025 | Ben Wodskou | Yeovil Town | 21 October 2025[c] | [88][89] |
| 5 August 2025 | Dion Sanderson | Derby County | 31 December 2025[d] | [90][91] |
| 8 August 2025 | Tyrese Warmington | Redditch United | [92] | |
| 19 August 2025 | Tommy Fogarty | Boston United | 23 January 2026[e] | [93][94] |
| 1 September 2025 | Alfie Chang | Bristol Rovers | 6 January 2026[f] | [95][96] |
| Taylor Gardner-Hickman | Blackburn Rovers | 31 May 2026 | [97] | |
| Tyler Roberts | Mansfield Town | 2 February 2026[g] | [98][99] | |
| 7 October 2025 | Frank Tattum | Alvechurch | 1 January 2026 | [100] |
| 24 October 2025 | Cody Pennington | Redditch United | 23 November 2025 | [101] |
| 5 December 2025 | Byron Pendleton | Brackley Town | 31 May 2026[h] | [102][103] |
| Ben Wodskou | [102][103] | |||
| 20 December 2025 | O'Shea Ellis | Oxford City | 31 May 2026[i] | [104][105] |
| 23 December 2025 | Zach Willis | Peterborough Sports | 31 May 2026[j] | [106][105] |
| 5 January 2026 | George Wynne | Bromsgrove Sporting | 30 April 2026 | [107] |
| 23 January 2026 | Tommy Fogarty | Morecambe | 31 May 2026 | [94] |
| Marc Leonard | Heart of Midlothian | [108] | ||
| 2 February 2026 | Menzi Mazwi | Queen of the South | [109] | |
| Scott Wright | Dundee | [110] | ||
| 6 February 2026 | Daniel Isichei | Tamworth | [111] | |
| 20 February 2026 | Godfred Boakye | Sabah | [112] |
- ^ On 30 January, Peacock-Farrell joined Blackpool on a permanent basis
- ^ On 9 November, Pendleton was recalled back from his season-long loan at Yeovil
- ^ On 21 October, Wodskou was recalled back from his loan at Yeovil
- ^ On 31 December, it was announced that Sanderson would sign for Derby on a permament basis
- ^ On 23 January, Fogarty was recalled back from his season-long loan at Boston United and subsequently joined Morecambe on loan
- ^ On 6 January, Chang's season-long loan at Bristol Rovers was terminated
- ^ On 2 February, Roberts joined Mansfield Town on a permanent basis
- ^ On 7 January, Pendleton's and Wodskou loan at Brackley Town was extended until the end of the season
- ^ On 3 February, Ellis' loan at Oxford City was extended until the end of the season
- ^ On 3 February, Willis' loan at Peterborough Sports until the end of the season
Out
| Date | Player | Club † | Fee | Refs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 June 2025 | Brandon Khela | Peterborough United | Undisclosed | [113] |
| 25 June 2025 | Ayumu Yokoyama | Genk | Undisclosed | [114] |
| 10 July 2025 | Emmanuel Longelo | Motherwell | Undisclosed | [115] |
| 22 July 2025 | Alfie May | Huddersfield Town | £1,200,000 | [116][117] |
| 14 August 2025 | Krystian Bielik | West Bromwich Albion | £1,000,000 | [118][119] |
| 1 September 2025 | George Hall | Port Vale | Undisclosed | [120] |
| 1 January 2026[a] | Dion Sanderson | Derby County | Undisclosed | [91] |
| 5 January 2026 | Emil Hansson | Excelsior | Free Transfer | [121] |
| 14 January 2026 | Keshi Anderson | Portsmouth | Free | [122] |
| 15 January 2026 | Lyndon Dykes | Charlton Athletic | Undisclosed | [123] |
| 24 January 2026 | Alfons Sampsted | Go Ahead Eagles | [124] | |
| 30 January 2026 | Alfie Chang | Walsall | Free | [125] |
| Bailey Peacock-Farrell | Blackpool | Undisclosed | [84] | |
| 1 February 2026 | Willum Þór Willumsson | NEC Nijmegen | [126] | |
| 2 February 2026 | Tyler Roberts | Mansfield Town | Free Transfer | [99] |
Appearances, goals and discipline
- As of match played 21 March 2026
- Numbers in parentheses denote appearances made as a substitute.
- Players marked † left the club during the playing season.
- Players with names in italics and marked * were on loan from another club for the whole of their season with Birmingham.
- Players listed with no appearances have been in the matchday squad but only as unused substitutes.
- Key to positions: GK – Goalkeeper; DF – Defender; MF – Midfielder; FW – Forward
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | League | FA Cup | EFL Cup | Total | Discipline | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||||
| 2 | DF | Ethan Laird | 7+7 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 8+8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 4 | DF | Christoph Klarer | 36+0 | 2 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 39+0 | 2 | 10 | 1 | |
| 5 | DF | Phil Neumann | 26+1 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 27+2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | |
| 6 | DF | Jack Robinson | 13+1 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 14+1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | |
| 7 | MF | Tommy Doyle | 18+16 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 22+16 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| 8 | MF | Paik Seung-ho | 34+2 | 4 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 35+4 | 4 | 6 | 0 | |
| 9 | FW | Kyōgo Furuhashi | 8+20 | 1 | 1+0 | 1 | 1+1 | 1 | 10+21 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
| 10 | FW | Demarai Gray | 25+6 | 5 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 27+6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | |
| 11 | FW | Scott Wright | 0+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | MF | Marc Leonard | 5+10 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 7+10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 14 | MF | Jhon Solís | 8+3 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 9+3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| 16 | FW | Patrick Roberts | 26+7 | 4 | 1+1 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 27+8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | |
| 17 | FW | Ibrahim Osman | 8+4 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 8+4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| 19 | DF | Taylor Gardner-Hickman | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 20 | DF | Alex Cochrane | 18+1 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 19+2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |
| 21 | GK | Ryan Allsop | 11+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 12+0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 23 | FW | Carlos Vicente | 4+6 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 5+6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| 24 | MF | Tomoki Iwata | 37+1 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 39+1 | 2 | 8 | 0 | |
| 25 | GK | James Beadle | 28+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 31+0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| 26 | DF | Bright Osayi-Samuel | 14+6 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 15+7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| 27 | MF | Kanya Fujimoto | 0+5 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 28 | FW | Jay Stansfield | 34+3 | 9 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+2 | 1 | 35+5 | 10 | 9 | 0 | |
| 29 | FW | August Priske | 3+7 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 4+7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 31 | DF | Kai Wagner | 11+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 13+0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| 33 | FW | Marvin Ducksch | 24+7 | 10 | 1+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 26+7 | 11 | 1 | 0 | |
| 37 | DF | Jonathan Panzo | 5+2 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 6+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 43 | FW | Zaid Betteka | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Player(s) who featured but departed the club permanently during the season: | |||||||||||||
| 14 | FW | Keshi Anderson | 7+12 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 7+13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| 17 | FW | Lyndon Dykes | 2+19 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 3+20 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| 18 | MF | Willum Þór Willumsson | 5+5 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 6+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 23 | DF | Alfons Sampsted | 2+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 30 | FW | Lewis Koumas | 7+16 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 9+16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| 41 | DF | Eiran Cashin | 3+8 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 5+8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Notes
- ^ The transfer was announced on 31 December, and would become official on January 1 once the transfer window opens
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