2025–26 Birmingham City F.C. season

Birmingham City
2025–26 season
Owners
ChairmanTom Wagner
ManagerChris Davies
StadiumSt Andrew's
Championship6th
Top goalscorerLeague: Jay Stansfield (2)
All: Jay Stansfield (3)

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 Promotion, qualification or relegation
4 Bristol City 2 1 1 0 4 1 +3 4 Qualification for the Championship play-offs
5 Coventry City 2 1 1 0 5 3 +2 4
6 Birmingham City 2 1 1 0 3 2 +1 4
7 Preston North End 2 1 1 0 3 2 +1 4
8 Southampton 2 1 1 0 3 2 +1 4
Updated to match(es) played on 17 August 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
2 1 1 0 3 2  +1 4 0 1 0 1 1  0 1 0 0 2 1  +1

Last updated: 16 August 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]

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 [18]

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 Jamaica Demarai Gray Saudi Arabia Al-Ettifaq Undisclosed [19]
4 July 2025 Nigeria Bright Osayi-Samuel Turkey Fenerbahçe Free [20]
5 July 2025 Japan Kyōgo Furuhashi France Rennes Undisclosed [21][22]
6 July 2025 Japan Kanya Fujimoto Portugal Gil Vicente Free [23]
7 August 2025 Germany Marvin Ducksch Germany Werder Bremen £1,750,000 [24][25]

Loaned in

Date Player Club Return Refs
1 July 2025 England James Beadle England Brighton & Hove Albion 31 May 2026 [26]
2 July 2025 England Tommy Doyle England Wolverhampton Wanderers [27]
25 July 2025 Republic of Ireland Eíran Cashin England Brighton & Hove Albion [1]

Out

Date Player Club † Fee Refs
24 June 2025 England Brandon Khela England Peterborough United Undisclosed [28]
25 June 2025 Japan Ayumu Yokoyama Belgium Genk Undisclosed [29]
10 July 2025 England Emmanuel Longelo Scotland Motherwell Undisclosed [30]
22 July 2025 England Alfie May England Huddersfield Town £1,200,000 [31][32]
14 August 2025 Poland Krystian Bielik England West Bromwich Albion £1,000,000 [33][34]

Loaned out

Date Player Club Return Refs
18 July 2025 Northern Ireland Bailey Peacock-Farrell England Blackpool 31 May 2026 [35]
24 July 2025 England Byron Pendleton England Yeovil Town [36]
1 August 2025 Sweden Emil Hansson England Blackpool [37]
4 August 2025 England Ben Wodskou England Yeovil Town [38]
5 August 2025 England Dion Sanderson England Derby County [39]
8 August 2025 England Tyrese Warmington England Redditch United [40]

Appearances, goals and discipline

As of match played 16 August 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 A yellow rectangle, denoting the yellow penalty card shown to a player being cautioned A red rectangle, denoting the red penalty card shown to a player being sent off
2 DF England Ethan Laird 0+2 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 1+2 0 0 0
4 DF Austria Christoph Klarer 2+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 3+0 0 1 0
5 DF Germany Phil Neumann 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0 0 0
7 MF England Tommy Doyle 0+2 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 1+2 0 0 0
8 MF South Korea Paik Seung-ho 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 2+1 0 1 0
9 FW Japan Kyōgo Furuhashi 2+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 1 3+0 1 0 0
10 FW Jamaica Demarai Gray 2+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 3+0 0 0 0
12 MF Scotland Marc Leonard 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 0 0
14 FW England Keshi Anderson 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 2+1 0 0 0
17 FW Scotland Lyndon Dykes 0+2 1 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+3 1 0 0
18 MF Iceland Willum Þór Willumsson 0+1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 1+1 0 0 0
19 DF England Taylor Gardner-Hickman 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0 0
20 DF England Alex Cochrane 2+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 3+0 0 0 0
21 GK England Ryan Allsop 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0 0 0
24 MF Japan Tomoki Iwata 2+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 3+0 0 1 0
25 GK England James Beadle 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 0 0
26 DF Nigeria Bright Osayi-Samuel 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 2+1 0 2 0
28 FW England Jay Stansfield 2+0 2 0+0 0 0+1 1 2+1 3 1 0
41 DF Republic of Ireland Eiran Cashin 0+1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 1+1 0 0 0

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