2019–20 Birmingham City F.C. season

The 2019–20 season is Birmingham City Football Club's 117th season in the English football league system and ninth consecutive season in the second-tier Championship.[3] 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 a inexperienced Birmingham team lost 3–0 away to Portsmouth of League One.

Birmingham City F.C.
2019–20 season
OwnerBirmingham Sports Holdings[1]
Head coachPep Clotet[2]
StadiumSt Andrew's
EFL Championship16th (as of matches played 27 June 2020)
FA CupFifth round (eliminated by Leicester City)
EFL CupFirst round (eliminated by Portsmouth)
Top goalscorerLeague: Lukas Jutkiewicz (13)
All: Lukas Jutkiewicz (13)
Highest home attendance22,120 (vs Sheffield Wednesday, 22 February 2020)
Lowest home attendance18,161 (vs Queens Park Rangers, 11 December 2019)

On 13 March 2020, as an initial response to the coronavirus pandemic, professional football in England was suspended until 3 April at the earliest.[4] The Championship resumed behind closed doors on 20 June.

Pep Clotet confirmed on 8 June that he would leave the club at the end of the season.[5]

The season covers the period from 1 July 2019 to the end of the 2019–20 Championship season.

Background

The home kit consists of a royal blue shirt with navy sleeves, white stripes on the shoulders and yellow trim at the collar and cuffs, white shorts with blue stripes down the side seams, and navy socks with white trim at the turnover. The away kit is charcoal, with white stripes on the shoulders, the side seams of the shorts, and the sock turnovers. However, after October the charcoal away kit was retired and the club imminently brought back 2018–19 yellow and blue kit as the replacement away kit from then onwards. The kits are supplied by Adidas and bear the logo of the club's new principal sponsor, Irish bookmaker BoyleSports.[6]

Pre-season
Pre-season match details
DateOpponentsVenue ResultScore
F–A		Scorers AttendanceRef
11 July 2019 Cova da PiedadeN D
 Roberts 36' [7]
13 July 2019 Vitória de SetúbalA D
  • 2–2
  • (3–5 pens.)
 Jutkiewicz 13', Pedersen 55' [8]
19 July 2019 Swindon TownN W6–1 Crowley 5', Vassell 19', Bailey 29', C. Gardner 33', Bellingham (2) 74', 84' [lower-alpha 1] [10]
20 July 2019 Bristol RoversA W2–1Pedersen 12', Jutkiewicz 48' 2,743 [11]
27 July 2019 Brighton & Hove AlbionH L0–4 4,846 [12]
  1. Because of problems with Swindon's County Ground pitch, the match was moved to Birmingham's training ground and played behind closed doors.[9]

EFL Championship
Main article: 2019–20 EFL Championship

August–September

Pep Clotet's first competitive match as Birmingham City's head coach was away to Brentford on 3 August 2019. The team lined up in a 3–4–2–1 formation with Lee Camp in goal, Kristian Pedersen, Marc Roberts and newly appointed captain Harlee Dean in central defence, Maxime Colin and debutant Steve Seddon at wing back/wide midfielder, David Davis alongside Gary Gardner in central midfield, and Jacques Maghoma and new arrival Dan Crowley supporting centre forward Lukas Jutkiewicz.[13] According to Sky Sports, "Blues were saved by a combination of the woodwork – which Brentford hit three times before the break – and keeper Lee Camp",[14] and the only goal was scored by Pedersen, whose header from Seddon's cross "looped powerfully and perfectly" over the goalkeeper from outside the penalty area.[15]

Defensive midfielder Ivan Šunjić made a first start and attacking midfielder Fran Villalba made a lively debut at home to Bristol City. Both sides missed chances before Jutkiewicz scored with a powerful header from Roberts' chipped cross. Late in the game, the defence was caught out of position for the visitors' equaliser – last man Wes Harding apologised afterwards for his part in the proceedings.[16][17] At Nottingham Forest, an unchanged starting eleven suffered Birmingham's first league defeat since March. After a bright start, they were unable to prevent Joe Lolley reacting quickly to a 15th-minute free kick and running through to score; the same player's run and cross set up Lewis Grabban's header seven minutes later, and Michael Dawson's second-half header completed a 3–0 win.[18] Three days later, Birmingham made amends at home to Barnsley. Harding replaced the injured Colin, Seddon returned to the team, and Álvaro Giménez started alongside Jutkiewicz up front. After a low-key and defensively sound first hour, Jutkiewicz converted Harding's cross, Giménez chested down Seddon's through ball and lobbed the goalkeeper, and loanee winger Jefferson Montero made a lively 10-minute cameo on his debut.[19]

In the televised lunchtime visit to Swansea City, still goalless after an hour despite the hosts' domination, Birmingham conceded three in 12 second-half minutes.[20] Montero, who was contractually unavailable to face his parent club, made his full debut at home to Stoke City; he lasted only half an hour before injury forced his replacement by Jude Bellingham, who had made his first Football League appearance as a late substitute at Swansea. A penalty should have been awarded when Danny Batth hauled Giménez back, forced him to the floor and kicked him in the face,[21] and shortly after Dan Crowley replaced the ineffective Villalba, Stoke opened the scoring. Birmingham livened up, Jutkewicz outjumped Tommy Smith at the far post to equalise, and three minutes later, Bellingham's shot crept into the net via a generous deflection to win the match and make him Birmingham's youngest ever goalscorer at 16 years and 93 days.[22][23]

September began with the visit to Charlton Athletic unbeaten at home for nearly a year and managed by Birmingham's 2011 League Cup-winner Lee Bowyer. Bellingham scored the only goal of the game after a pinpoint pass from Kerim Mrabti. Towards the end, Bowyer's reaction to a time-wasting incident involving the coaching staff saw him sent off and Birmingham's bench receive a yellow card.[24][25] An unchanged starting eleven struggled at home to Preston North End, who won the match with a first-half free kick that Camp pushed onto the post from which Sean Maguire tapped in the rebound.[26] Derby County hosted Birmingham just days after two Derby players were charged with drink-driving following a car crash that left their captain badly injured. Derby took a two-goal lead, but within minutes Birmingham had equalised with goals from Gardner and Šunjić,[27] the latter a "rasping rising 20-year shot which flew into the net" and won him the Championship Goal of the Month award.[28] Former Birmingham loanee Krystian Bielik fouled Giménez for a penalty, Jutkiewicz missed it, and Derby secured the win with 15 minutes left.[27]

October

Loanee Jake Clarke-Salter made his first league appearance for Birmingham, in place of the injured Roberts away to newly promoted Wigan Athletic. Neither side looked like scoring until Camp let a shot from distance go underneath his body.[29][30] At home to Middlesbrough, Birmingham had most of the play, but the only goal was Villalba's first for the club from the edge of the area. Both Gardner and Pedersen hit the woodwork, and former Birmingham goalkeeper Darren Randolph made what BBC Sport's reporter dubbed a "string of sublime saves", before, with three minutes of normal time remaining, a defensive error led to an equaliser. Two minutes later, the 19-year-old academy product Odin Bailey headed home Crowley's cross to confirm a first win after three consecutive defeats.[31][32] Birmingham were the visitors as Leeds United celebrated their centenary: they were defensively sound until Colin allowed Jack Harrison to outpace him and cross for Kalvin Phillips to score.[33] Incidents after the match both inside and outside the ground were described by a police spokesman as "the worst trouble we have seen at Elland Road for over a decade."[34] At home to Blackburn Rovers, Colin headed home Crowley's cross for the only goal after half an hour; Birmingham again failed to convert chances but were able to hold on to their lead.[35] October ended with a third consecutive home win, by two goals to one against Luton Town, that took Birmingham to 11th in the table, one point outside the play-off places; the goals both came from headers, Pedersen's on the stroke of half-time and Jutkiewicz from a corner after 82 minutes.[36]

Match results

General source:[37] Match content not verifiable from these sources is referenced individually.

Date League
position[38]		 Opponents Venue Result Score
F–A		 Scorers Attendance Refs
3 August 2019 8th BrentfordA W1–0Pedersen 18' 11,332 [39]
10 August 2019 8th Bristol CityH D1–1Jutkiewicz 64' 21,808 [16]
17 August 2019 15th Nottingham ForestA L0–3 27,281 [18]
20 August 2019 8th BarnsleyH W2–0Jutkiewicz 69', Giménez 77' 20,061 [19]
25 August 2019 15th Swansea CityA L0–3 17,277 [20]
31 August 2019 9th Stoke CityH W2–1Jutkiewicz 73', Bellingham 76' 20,652 [22]
14 September 2019 8th Charlton AthleticA W1–0Bellingham 52' 18,752 [24]
21 September 2019 11th Preston North EndH L0–1 20,806 [26]
28 September 2019 13th Derby CountyA L2–3G. Gardner 56', Šunjić 59' 28,454 [27]
1 October 2019 14th Wigan AthleticA L0–1 9,244 [29]
4 October 2019 12th MiddlesbroughH W2–1Villalba 33', Bailey 89' 19,703 [31]
19 October 2019 12th Leeds UnitedA L0–1 35,731 [33]
22 October 2019 11th Blackburn RoversH W1–0Colin 31' 18,561 [35]
26 October 2019 11th Luton TownH W2–1Pedersen 45+3', Jutkiewicz 82' 21,799 [36]
2 November 2019 12th Cardiff CityA L2–4Pedersen 3', Šunjić 89' 23,778 [40]
9 November 2019 13th FulhamH L0–1 21,334 [41]
23 November 2019 14th Huddersfield TownA D1–1Jutkiewicz 78' 22,573 [42]
27 November 2019 15th Sheffield WednesdayA D1–1Giménez 48' 22,059 [43]
30 November 2019 15th MillwallH D1–1Clarke-Salter 79' 19,715 [44]
7 December 2019 13th ReadingA W3–2Morrison 41' o.g., Bela 59', Giménez 88' 14,103 [45]
11 December 2019 15th Queens Park RangersH L0–2 18,161 [46]
14 December 2019 15th West Bromwich AlbionH L2–3Jutkiewicz 3', Dean 47' 20,796 [47]
21 December 2019 15th Hull CityA L0–3 11,334 [48]
26 December 2019 16th Blackburn RoversA D1–1Mrabti 63' pen. 15,887 [49]
29 December 2019 17th Leeds UnitedH L4–5Bellingham 27', Jutkiewicz 61', 90+1', Bela 83' 22,059 [50]
1 January 2020 18th Wigan AthleticH L2–3Mrabti 39', Maghoma 81' 18,616 [51]
11 January 2020 18th Luton TownA W2–1Jutkiewicz 4', G. Gardner 69' 10,062 [52]
18 January 2020 18th Cardiff CityH D1–1Bellingham 4' 20,482 [53]
21 January 2020 18th MiddlesbroughA D1–1Jutkiewicz 27' 18,350 [54]
1 February 2020 17th Nottingham ForestH W2–1Hogan 42', Pedersen 74' 20,837 [55]
7 February 2020 14th Bristol CityA W3–1Hogan 23', Weimann 30' o.g., Jutkiewicz 90+2' 22,065 [56]
11 February 2020 14th BarnsleyA W1–0Hogan 76' 12,788 [57]
15 February 2020 14th BrentfordH D1–1Jutkiewicz 13' 20,379 [58]
22 February 2020 14th Sheffield WednesdayH D3–3Murphy 6' (o.g.), Jutkiewicz 30', Hogan 90+1' 22,120 [59]
26 February 2020 14th MillwallA D0–0 11,209 [60]
29 February 2020 15th Queens Park RangersA D2–2Hogan 24', 81' 14,113 [61]
7 March 2020 16th ReadingH L1–3Hogan 6' 19,525 [62]
20 June 2020 16th West Bromwich AlbionA D0–0 0 [63]
27 June 2020 16th Hull CityH D3–3G. Gardner 47', 88', Crowley 60' 0 [64]

League table (part)
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
14 Queens Park Rangers 39 14 8 17 58 64 −6 50
15 Reading 39 13 10 16 48 45 +3 49
16 Birmingham City 39 12 13 14 51 60 −9 49
17 Wigan Athletic 39 12 11 16 42 50 −8 47
18 Charlton Athletic 39 12 9 18 46 54 −8 45
Updated to match(es) played on 28 June 2020. Source: EFL Official Website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Wins; 6) Away goals; 7) Penalty points (sec 9.5); 8) 12-point sending off offences[65]

Result summary
OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
39 12 13 14 51 60  −9 49 6 6 7 30 32  −2 6 7 7 21 28  −7

Last updated: match played 27 June 2020.
Source: [38]

FA Cup
Main article: 2019–20 FA Cup

As with all teams in the top two division, Birmingham entered the FA Cup in the third round. They were drawn to play at home to Championship club Blackburn Rovers. Clotet made seven changes from the previous league match, with Camp, Clarke-Salter, Davis, Maghoma, Crowley, Montero and Giménez replacing Trueman, Jutkiewicz, Bellingham, Bela, McEachran, Mrabti and Šunjić in the starting eleven.[51][66] Crowley gave Birmingham an early lead with an individual effort, but Blackburn came back into the match and, afer an hour, Šunjić came on for Gary Gardner to solidify the defence. Within two minutes, he fouled Sam Gallagher for a penalty and was sent off. Birmingham were obliged to use their last substitute when Harding came on for the tiring Clarke-Salter, and were in danger of being overrun when Maghoma's run played in Bela whose 90th-minute shot was diverted low into the far corner to give his team a 2–1 win.[66]

In the fourth round, Birmingham were drawn away to the winners of a replay between League One clubs Bristol Rovers and Coventry City. Coventry, who were without their own ground for the 2019–20 season and had entered into a ground-sharing agreement with Birmingham, won the replay, so Birmingham faced the prospect of using the away dressing-room and with their supporters in the away end, while their tenants benefited from the home team's facilities.[67]

FA Cup match details
Round DateOpponentsVenue ResultScore
F–A		Scorers AttendanceRefs
Third round 4 January 2020Blackburn RoversH W2–1Crowley 4', Bela 90' 7,330 [66]
Fourth round 25 January 2020Coventry CityA D0–0 21,193 [68]
Fourth round replay 4 February 2020Coventry CityH D2–2 (4–1 p)Dean 90+2', Bela 120' 11,680 [69]
Fifth round 4 March 2020Leicester CityA L0–1 27,181 [70]

EFL Cup
Main article: 2019–20 EFL Cup

Birmingham were drawn to play away to League One club Portsmouth in the first round.[71] Clotet chose to make nine changes from the team that started the opening league match, and the resulting eleven included four debutants: Jake Clarke-Salter and Geraldo Bajrami in defence, and Agus Medina and Jude Bellingham in midfield. All but five of the matchday squad had come through Birmingham's youth system. Bellingham became Birmingham City's youngest ever first-team player at the age of 16 years, 38 days, beating the record of 16 years 139 days set by Trevor Francis in 1970.[72] After a lively start, Portsmouth's strength and experience brough two first-half goals, and the third followed soon after half-time. Another two academy products, midfielders Odin Bailey and Caolan Boyd-Munce, made their debuts in the second half.[73]

EFL Cup match details
Round DateOpponentsVenue ResultScore
F–A		Scorers AttendanceRefs
First round 6 August 2019PortsmouthA L0–3 9,913 [74]

Transfers

In
Date Player Club Fee Ref
5 June 2019Gary GardnerAston VillaUndisclosed [75]
5 July 2019Jayden Reid(Swansea City)Free [76]
18 July 2019Dan CrowleyWillem IIUndisclosed [77]
26 July 2019Ivan ŠunjićDinamo ZagrebUndisclosed [78]
27 July 2019Iván Guzmán(UE Olot)Free [79]
28 July 2019Agus Medina(UE Cornellà)Free [80]
6 August 2019Álvaro GiménezAlmeríaUndisclosed [81]
7 August 2019Fran VillalbaValencíaFree [82]
15 August 2019Miguel Fernández(UE Cornellà)Free [83][lower-alpha 1]
1 September 2019Bernard Sun(Estudiantes de Murcia)Free [84]
27 September 2019Josh McEachran(Brentford)Free [85]
6 November 2019Jérémie Bela(Albacete)Free [86]
Brackets round a club's name indicate the player's contract with that club had expired before he joined Birmingham.
  1. Player signed specifically for the U23 team.

Loans in
Date Player Club Return Ref
24 July 2019Jake Clarke-SalterChelseaEnd of season [87]
31 July 2019Moha RamosReal MadridEnd of season [88]
9 August 2019Jefferson MonteroSwansea CityEnd of season [89]
29 January 2020Scott HoganAston VillaEnd of season [90]

Out
Date Player Club Fee Ref
1 July 2019Che AdamsSouthamptonUndisclosed [91]
8 August 2019Isaac VassellCardiff CityUndisclosed [92]
30 June 2020George BakerReleased [93]
30 June 2020Josh Bradley-HurstReleased at end of scholarship [94]
30 June 2020Ben ForrestReleased [93]
30 June 2020Craig GardnerRetired [95]
30 June 2020Jonathan GroundsReleased [96]
30 June 2020Rhys HiltonReleased [93]
30 June 2020Cheick KeitaReleased [96]
30 June 2020Nick KininaReleased at end of scholarship [94]
30 June 2020Kai KnightReleased at end of scholarship [94]
30 June 2020Michael Luyambula(VfB Lübeck)Released [93][97]
30 June 2020Jacques MaghomaReleased [96]
30 June 2020Olly McCoyReleased [93]
30 June 2020Kerim MrabtiReleased [96]
30 June 2020Corey O'KeeffeReleased [93]
30 June 2020Lucas PowellReleased at end of scholarship [94]
30 June 2020Adam SiviterReleased [93]
30 June 2020David StockdaleReleased [96]
30 June 2020Oumar TraoréReleased at end of scholarship [94]
30 June 2020Jake WeaverReleased [93]
Brackets round a club's name denote the player joined that club after his Birmingham City contract expired.

Loans out
Date Player Club Return Ref
12 July 2019Michael LuyambulaCrawley TownRecalled 20 January 2020 [98]
18 July 2019Zach JeacockGloucester CityRecalled 4 February 2020 [99]
26 July 2019Adam SiviterHungerford TownEnd of season [100]
27 July 2019Iván GuzmánUE CornellàEnd of season [79]
31 July 2019Jake WeaverLeamingtonEnd of season [101]
2 August 2019Remeao HuttonYeovil TownEnd of season [102]
2 August 2019Olly McCoyYeovil Town2 January 2020 [102]
8 August 2019Josh Dacres-CogleyCrawley TownEnd of season [103]
9 August 2019Corey O'KeeffeMacclesfield TownEnd of season [104]
22 August 2019Charlie LakinStevenageEnd of season [105]
2 September 2019Josh Bradley-HurstGloucester CityOctober 2019 [106]
2 January 2020Steve SeddonPortsmouthEnd of season [107]
15 January 2020Agus MedinaUE Cornellà30 June 2020 [108]
24 January 2020Odin BaileyForest Green RoversEnd of season [109]
24 January 2020Olly McCoyWealdstoneEnd of season [110]
24 January 2020David StockdaleWycombe WanderersEnd of season [111]
27 January 2020Fran VillalbaAlmeríaEnd of season [112]
30 January 2020Michael LuyambulaA.F.C. Telford United16 May 2020 [113]
31 January 2020David DavisCharlton AthleticEnd of season [114]
31 January 2020Joe RedmondCork City30 June 2020 [115]
31 January 2020Álvaro GiménezCádizEnd of season [116]
20 February 2020Geraldo BajramiSolihull MoorsEnd of season [117]
27 February 2020Josh Bradley-HurstLeamingtonShort-term [118]

Appearances and goals
Sources:[119][120]
Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute.
Players with name and squad number struck through and 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
Players included in matchday squads
No. Pos. Nat. Name League FA Cup EFL Cup Total Discipline
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1GK NIR Lee Camp 290400033000
2DF ENG Wes Harding 6 (7)02 (1)0109 (8)05[lower-alpha 1]0
3DF DEN Kristian Pedersen 384400042430
4DF ENG Marc Roberts 27 (1)0100028 (1)040
5DF FRA Maxime Colin 371300040140
6MF NED Maikel Kieftenbeld 2 (3)010003 (3)000
7MF IRL Dan Crowley 23 (8)11 (1)11025 (9)230
8MF ENG Craig Gardner 0000101000
10FW ENG Lukas Jutkiewicz 36 (3)132 (1)00038 (4)1370
11FW ENG Isaac Vassell 0000000000
11FW FRA Jérémie Bela 17 (6)20 (3)20017 (9)400
12DF ENG Harlee Dean 29 (4)1410033 (4)242
13GK ENG David Stockdale 0000101000
14DF ENG Jake Clarke-Salter * 161301020160
15DF ECU Jefferson Montero * 2 (12)03 (1)0005 (13)010
16MF ENG Josh McEachran 5 (3)020007 (3)020
17MF ESP Fran Villalba 15 (2)1000015 (2)100
18MF SWE Kerim Mrabti 12 (3)2200015 (3)230
19MF COD Jacques Maghoma 7 (11)12 (1)0009 (12)110
20MF ENG Gary Gardner 20 (8)41 (3)00021 (11)490
21MF ESP Agus Medina 0 (1)000101 (1)010
22MF ENG Jude Bellingham 27 (7)4201030 (7)440
23GK ESP Moha Ramos * 0000000000
24FW ESP Álvaro Giménez 12 (12)3100013 (12)35[lower-alpha 1]0
25DF ENG Josh Dacres-Cogley 0000101000
26MF ENG David Davis 13 (2)0100014 (2)050
27GK ENG Connal Trueman 100000010000
30DF IRL Corey O'Keeffe 0000000000
31MF ENG Charlie Lakin 0000101000
33DF MLI Cheick Keita 0000000000
34MF CRO Ivan Šunjić 31 (3)23 (1)00034 (4)281
37MF ENG Odin Bailey 0 (6)1000 (1)00 (7)110
40FW IRL Scott Hogan * 107100011700
42DF ENG Steve Seddon 3 (1)000104 (1)010
43DF ALB Geraldo Bajrami 2000103010
44MF NIR Caolan Boyd-Munce 0 (1)00 (1)00 (1)00 (3)000
45DF IRL Ryan Burke 0000000000
46DF IRL Joe Redmond 0000000000
47MF WAL Ryan Stirk 0000000000
48MF ENG Jack Concannon 0010001010
49FW ENG Jayden Reid 0000000000
50DF ENG Nico Gordon 0 (1)000000 (1)000
  1. Soccerbase mistakenly attributes Harding's yellow card against Barnsley in August to Giménez.[121]
Players not included in matchday squads
No. Pos. Nat. Name
28FW ESP Miguel Fernández
29DF ENG Jonathan Grounds
51MF ENG Kyle Hurst

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