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Birmingham City
Source OpenFootballUpdated Founded 1875Ground St Andrew'sSeasons held 7
Birmingham City were founded in 1875; Birmingham is their recorded home city. Their earlier honours include the League Cup of 1962/63. The stored record also includes Second Division championships before the Premier League era. Detailed league coverage in this archive begins at 1992/93; Birmingham's Premier League entry came later.
Steve Bruce's recorded appointment preceded the return to the top flight, with St Andrew's their home throughout the seasons covered. The opening Premier League campaign ended in 13th place. An improvement to 10th followed, accompanied by their best goal difference in the archive.
The next season ended lower, though still clear of the relegation places. In the following campaign, a 5–0 defeat of Portsmouth at St Andrew's became their widest league victory here. The final table nonetheless placed Birmingham in 18th, ending that first spell with relegation.
By the end of the spell, their points total had fallen from the earlier top-half campaign before the first relegation. The relegated side took 34 points, below the returns in either of its previous league seasons. Their goal difference was also more negative in that final campaign than it had been at the start of the spell.
Premier League football resumed in 2007/08. Bruce's tenure ended during the campaign, with Alex McLeish's appointment recorded later that November. The return lasted only that season: Birmingham finished 19th before going down again.
The next return brought their highest league placing in the archive. That autumn, the side began an unbeaten run stretching into January. That sequence covered 12 league matches and included their longest winning run. The season ended with a 9th-place finish.
Their next campaign returned fewer points and a lower placing, with the club falling back into the relegation positions. McLeish's recorded spell ended after the season. The latest covered campaign, 2010/11, closed in 18th place.
Coverage Premier League matches only, in the seasons the archive publishes; cups and European matches are not included. Team sheets (line-ups, minutes, cards) are held for 2025/26 only. History and all-time records refer to this archive's coverage, not the club's entire existence. Manager and ground histories may have gaps; no missing spells are inferred.
Sources Football Research Archive data, Wikidata (CC0), Facts from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Birmingham City F.C.)Figures up to 16 Oct 2026Approved 17 Oct 2026
Current manager not recorded. Wikidata gives no head coach spell for Birmingham City that is still open, so none is shown.
Source OpenFootballUpdated Founded 1875Ground St Andrew'sSeasons held 7
Birmingham City finished as high as 9th and as low as 19th in 7 completed Premier League seasons held, and went down after 2005/06, 2007/08 and 2010/11.
| Season | Position | Clubs | Points | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010/11 | 18th | 20 | 39 | Relegated |
| 2009/10 | 9th | 20 | 50 | Not held |
| 2008/09 | Not held | 20 | Not held | Not in Premier League |
| 2007/08 | 19th | 20 | 35 | Relegated |
| 2006/07 | Not held | 20 | Not held | Not in Premier League |
| 2005/06 | 18th | 20 | 34 | Relegated |
| 2004/05 | 12th | 20 | 45 | Not held |
| 2003/04 | 10th | 20 | 50 | Not held |
| 2002/03 | 13th | 20 | 48 | Not held |
Data cutoff 16 Oct 2026, 01:37 BSTMetrics league position, points
Source: Wikidata (CC0), Q19444, revision 2554418977, checked 15 Oct 2026. The ground comes from the ground history below.
| Ground | When | Seasons here | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Andrew's | throughout the archive's seasons | 2002/03 to 2010/11 (7) | Wikidata Q19444, revision 2554418977Wikipedia, “Birmingham City F.C.”, revision 1378370110 |
Dates come from Wikidata's home venue statements where they carry start and end dates, and otherwise from the club's English Wikipedia article. A move between seasons is dated by season. Matches count at a ground by these dates; the archive holds the venue of each match only for 2025/26.
League results for the 7 seasons below. It is not a complete club history: cups and European matches are not included.
| Season | Competition | Position | Ground | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010/11 | Premier League | 18th of 20 | St Andrew's | 38 | 8 | 15 | 15 | 37 | 58 | −21 | 39 | Relegated |
| 2009/10 | Premier League | 9th of 20 | St Andrew's | 38 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 38 | 47 | −9 | 50 | Promoted |
| 2007/08 | Premier League | 19th of 20 | St Andrew's | 38 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 46 | 62 | −16 | 35 | PromotedRelegated |
| 2005/06 | Premier League | 18th of 20 | St Andrew's | 38 | 8 | 10 | 20 | 28 | 50 | −22 | 34 | Relegated |
| 2004/05 | Premier League | 12th of 20 | St Andrew's | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 40 | 46 | −6 | 45 | |
| 2003/04 | Premier League | 10th of 20 | St Andrew's | 38 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 43 | 48 | −5 | 50 | |
| 2002/03 | Premier League | 13th of 20 | St Andrew's | 38 | 13 | 9 | 16 | 41 | 49 | −8 | 48 | Promoted |
Positions and points are calculated by the archive from the results, after any sourced points adjustment (*). Promoted and relegated are inferred only by comparing adjacent seasons the archive publishes.