2025–26 Birmingham City F.C. season

Birmingham City
2025–26 season
Owners
  • Birmingham Sports Holdings 51.7%
  • Shelby Companies 45.96%
  • Others 2.34% (until 7 November 2025)
  • Shelby Companies Ltd 96.64%
  • Others 3.36%
  • thereafter
ChairmanTom Wagner
ManagerChris Davies
StadiumSt Andrew's
Championship8th
EFL CupSecond round
Top goalscorerLeague: Jay Stansfield (8)
All: Jay Stansfield (9)

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]

Pre-season friendly match details
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

Main article: 2025–26 EFL Championship

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
12 Derby County 22 8 7 7 31 30 +1 31
13 Leicester City 22 8 7 7 31 31 0 31
14 Birmingham City 22 8 5 9 30 29 +1 29
15 Wrexham 22 6 10 6 27 27 0 28
16 West Bromwich Albion 22 8 4 10 25 29 −4 28
Updated to match(es) played on 20 December 2025. 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) 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
21 8 5 8 30 26  +4 29 6 3 1 22 9  +13 2 2 7 8 17  −9

Last updated: 13 December 2025.
Source: [14]

Match results

On 26 June, the EFL Championship fixtures were announced.[15]

Championship match details
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]

FA Cup

Main article: 2025–26 FA Cup
FA Cup match details
Round Date Opponents Venue Result Score
F–A		 Scorers Attendance Refs

EFL Cup

Main article: 2025–26 EFL Cup
EFL Cup match details
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 [37]
Second round 26 August 2025 Port Vale H L 0–1 — 21,052 [38]

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 [39]
4 July 2025 Bright Osayi-Samuel Fenerbahçe Free [40]
5 July 2025 Kyōgo Furuhashi Rennes Undisclosed [41][42]
6 July 2025 Kanya Fujimoto Gil Vicente Free [43]
7 August 2025 Marvin Ducksch Werder Bremen £1,750,000 [44][45]
1 September 2025 Jack Robinson Sheffield United Undisclosed [46]

Loaned in

Date Player Club Return Refs
1 July 2025 James Beadle Brighton & Hove Albion 31 May 2026 [47]
2 July 2025 Tommy Doyle Wolverhampton Wanderers [48]
25 July 2025 Eíran Cashin Brighton & Hove Albion [1]
22 August 2025 Lewis Koumas Liverpool [49]
1 September 2025 Patrick Roberts Sunderland [50]

Out

Date Player Club † Fee Refs
24 June 2025 Brandon Khela Peterborough United Undisclosed [51]
25 June 2025 Ayumu Yokoyama Genk Undisclosed [52]
10 July 2025 Emmanuel Longelo Motherwell Undisclosed [53]
22 July 2025 Alfie May Huddersfield Town £1,200,000 [54][55]
14 August 2025 Krystian Bielik West Bromwich Albion £1,000,000 [56][57]
1 September 2025 George Hall Port Vale Undisclosed [58]

Loaned out

Date Player Club Return Refs
18 July 2025 Bailey Peacock-Farrell Blackpool 31 May 2026 [59]
24 July 2025 Byron Pendleton Yeovil Town 9 November 2025[a] [60][61]
1 August 2025 Emil Hansson Blackpool 31 May 2026 [62]
4 August 2025 Ben Wodskou Yeovil Town 21 October 2025[b] [63][64]
5 August 2025 Dion Sanderson Derby County 31 May 2026 [65]
8 August 2025 Tyrese Warmington Redditch United [66]
19 August 2025 Tommy Fogarty Boston United 31 May 2026 [67]
1 September 2025 Alfie Chang Bristol Rovers [68]
Taylor Gardner-Hickman Blackburn Rovers [69]
Tyler Roberts Mansfield Town [70]
7 October 2025 Frank Tattum Alvechurch 1 January 2026 [71]
24 October 2025 Cody Pennington Redditch United 23 November 2025 [72]
5 December 2025 Byron Pendleton Brackley Town 3 January 2026 [73]
Ben Wodskou [73]
  1. ^ On 9 November, Pendleton was recalled back from his season-long loan at Yeovil
  2. ^ On 21 October, Wodskou was recalled back from his loan at Yeovil

Appearances, goals and discipline

As of match played 13 December 2025
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
Players' appearances, goals and discipline by competition
No. Pos. Nat. Name League FA Cup EFL Cup Total Discipline
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
2 DF Ethan Laird 4+3 0 0+0 0 1+1 0 5+4 0 0 0
4 DF Christoph Klarer 21+0 2 0+0 0 1+0 0 22+0 2 5 0
5 DF Phil Neumann 16+0 1 0+0 0 1+0 0 17+0 1 3 0
6 DF Jack Robinson 5+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 5+1 0 2 2
7 MF Tommy Doyle 12+9 0 0+0 0 2+0 0 14+9 0 2 0
8 MF Paik Seung-ho 19+1 4 0+0 0 0+2 0 19+3 4 4 0
9 FW Kyōgo Furuhashi 5+14 0 0+0 0 1+1 1 6+15 1 1 0
10 FW Demarai Gray 19+2 5 0+0 0 1+0 0 20+2 5 2 0
12 MF Marc Leonard 4+7 0 0+0 0 2+0 0 6+7 0 2 0
14 FW Keshi Anderson 5+12 1 0+0 0 0+1 0 5+13 1 0 0
16 FW Patrick Roberts 14+2 2 0+0 0 0+0 0 14+2 2 2 0
17 FW Lyndon Dykes 2+16 2 0+0 0 1+1 0 3+17 2 0 0
18 MF Willum Þór Willumsson 2+1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 3+1 0 0 0
19 DF Taylor Gardner-Hickman 0+1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 1+1 0 0 0
20 DF Alex Cochrane 17+1 1 0+0 0 1+1 0 18+2 1 3 0
21 GK Ryan Allsop 9+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 9+0 0 2 0
23 DF Alfons Sampsted 0+2 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 1+2 0 0 0
24 MF Tomoki Iwata 20+0 1 0+0 0 1+0 0 21+0 1 6 0
25 GK James Beadle 12+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0 14+0 0 2 0
26 DF Bright Osayi-Samuel 10+4 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 10+5 0 5 0
27 MF Kanya Fujimoto 0+1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 1+1 0 0 0
28 FW Jay Stansfield 20+0 8 0+0 0 0+2 1 20+2 9 5 0
30 FW Lewis Koumas 4+12 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 5+12 0 1 0
33 FW Marvin Ducksch 10+3 3 0+0 0 1+0 0 11+3 3 0 0
41 DF Eiran Cashin 1+5 0 0+0 0 2+0 0 3+5 0 0 0

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