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Birmingham City F.C.
2022–23 season
Owner
  • Birmingham Sports Holdings 75.00%
  • Oriental Rainbow 21.64%[1]
Head coach
StadiumSt Andrew's
EFL Championship10th
FA CupThird round
EFL CupFirst round (eliminated by Norwich City)
Top goalscorerLeague: Scott Hogan (9)
All: Hogan (9)
Highest home attendance19,007 (vs Queens Park Rangers, 28 October 2022)
Lowest home attendance15,030 (vs Millwall, 2 November 2022)
← 2021–22
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All statistics correct as of matches played 11 November 2022.

The 2022–23 season is Birmingham City Football Club's 120th season in the English football league system and 12th consecutive season in the second-tier Championship.[4] As with all English Football League clubs, the first team will also compete in the FA Cup and EFL Cup.

The season covers the period from 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2023.

Background and pre-season

Main article: 2021–22 Birmingham City F.C. season

On 2 July 2022, amid rumours of an imminent takeover of the club, head coach Lee Bowyer was sacked,[2] to be replaced the following day by John Eustace.[3]

The club planned a pre-season training camp in Portugal, to include a friendly match against Primeira Liga club Portimonense, and domestic friendlies away to League One clubs Burton Albion and Cheltenham Town,[5] and at home to Rayo Vallecano.[6] On the same date as the Cheltenham match, a Birmingham team faced Solihull Moors for the inaugural Arthur Cup, a match in aid of children's charities in memory of Arthur Labinjo-Hughes.[7]

Pre-season friendly match details
Date Opponents Venue Result Score
F–A 		Scorers Attendance Ref.
5 July 2022 Walsall H W 1–0 Hogan 0 (behind closed doors) [8]
12 July 2022 Portimonense N D 1–1 Hogan 33' [9]
16 July 2022 Burton Albion A W 2–1 Hall 37', Cosgrove 87' 2,588 [10]
19 July 2022 Cheltenham Town A L 0–1 1,429 [11]
19 July 2022 Solihull Moors A L 0–1 [12]
23 July 2022 Rayo Vallecano H D 2–2 Płacheta 15', Bacuna 53' 2,542 [6]

EFL Championship

Main article: 2022–23 EFL Championship

Birmingham opened their season with a goalless draw away to Luton Town. There were four debutants: John Ruddy in goal and three loanees, Dion Sanderson, in his second loan spell with the club, and Auston Trusty in central defence, and Przemysław Płacheta at wing-back. Thre three-man back line was completed by Marc Roberts and Maxime Colin was the other wing-back. Ryan Woods, Jordan James, and Juninho Bacuna formed the midfield, and the forwards were Scott Hogan and captain Troy Deeney. According to the Birmingham Mail's assessment, Ruddy's "commanding presence" and a well-organised defence prevented the hosts taking advantage of their greater number of chances; Luton manager Nathan Jones complained about Birmingham's time-wasting tactics.[13][14]

League table (part)

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
15 Hull City 46 14 16 16 51 61 −10 58
16 Stoke City 46 14 11 21 55 54 +1 53
17 Birmingham City 46 14 11 21 47 58 −11 53
18 Huddersfield Town 46 14 11 21 47 62 −15 53
19 Rotherham United 46 11 17 18 49 60 −11 50
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[15]

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 7 7 7 23 20  +3 28 3 5 3 13 10  +3 4 2 4 10 10  0

Last updated: 11 November 2022.
Source: [16]

Match results

EFL Championship match details
Date League
position 		Opponents Venue Result Score
F–A 		Scorers Attendance Ref.
30 July 2022 11th Luton Town A D 0–0 9,921 [17]
5 August 2022 1st Huddersfield Town H W 2–1 Hogan 5', Płacheta 45' 17,065 [18]
13 August 2022 11th Cardiff City A L 0–1 18,893 [19]
16 August 2022 11th Watford H D 1–1 Hall 19' 16,811 [20]
20 August 2022 18th Wigan Athletic H L 0–1 16,013 [21]
27 August 2022 21st Rotherham United A L 0–2 11,027 [22]
30 August 2022 21st Norwich City H L 1–2 Hogan 50' 16,156 [23]
3 September 2022 20th Preston North End A W 1–0 Colin 16' 16,098 [24]
14 September 2022 14th West Bromwich Albion A W 3–2 Hogan (3) 14', 54', 71' 23,089 [25]
17 September 2022 17th Coventry City H D 0–0 16,633 [26]
1 October 2022 15th Sheffield United A D 1–1 Deeney 70' 29,927 [27]
5 October 2022 19th Middlesbrough A L 0–1 22,374 [28]
8 October 2022 14th Bristol City H W 3–0 Trusty (2) 3', 43', Sanderson 75' 16,807[29] [30]
16 October 2022 12th Hull City A W 2–0 Deeney 14' pen., Bacuna 47' 16,587 [31]
19 October 2022 14th Burnley H D 1–1 Hogan 80' 16,303 [32]
22 October 2022 14th Blackburn Rovers A L 1–2 Hogan 80' 14,092 [33]
28 October 2022 11th Queens Park Rangers H W 2–0 Trusty 4', Longelo 29' 19,007 [34]
2 November 2022 13th Millwall H D 0–0 15,030 [35]
5 November 2022 11th Stoke City A W 2–1 Hogan 13', Dean 67' 22,459 [36]
8 November 2022 10th Swansea City H D 2–2 Hogan 12', Deeney 89' 15,491 [37]
11 November 2022 10th Sunderland H L 1–2 Jutkiewicz 78' 18,702 [38]

FA Cup

Main article: 2022–23 FA Cup

The Blues were drawn away to Forest Green Rovers in the third round.[39]


EFL Cup

Main article: 2021–22 EFL Cup

Birmingham made seven changes from their previous starting eleven for the first-round visit to fellow Championship club Norwich City; the three-man central midfield comprised Jordan James, a first-team regular at just 18, Alfie Chang (19), and Jobe Bellingham, the 16-year-old brother of England international Jude. Norwich took a two-goal lead in first-half stoppage time, but Jonathan Leko's first goal for the club and an own goal following a corner kick brought the scores level, so the tie was determined on penalties. Sam Cosgrove and Leko missed their kicks, but Norwich missed only one of their first four, so went through to the next round.[40]

EFL Cup match details
Round Date Opponents Venue Result Score
F–A		 Scorers Attendance Refs
First round 9 August 2022 Norwich City A D 2–2
(2–4 pens.) 		Leko 53', Tomkinson 77' o.g. 18,971 [40]

Transfers

For those players released or contract ended before the start of this season, see 2021–22 Birmingham City F.C. season.

In

Date Player Club † Fee Ref.
1 July 2022 Finley Thorndike (Aston Villa) Out of contract [41]
14 July 2022 John Ruddy (Wolverhampton Wanderers) Out of contract [42]
1 September 2022 Tahith Chong Manchester United Undisclosed [43]
12 October 2022 Lewis Cunningham * (York City) Out of contract [44]
† Brackets round a club's name indicate the player's contract with that club had expired before he joined Birmingham.
* Signed primarily for the development squad

Loaned in

Date Player Club Return Ref.
5 July 2022 Dion Sanderson Wolverhampton Wanderers End of season [45]
6 July 2022 Przemysław Płacheta Norwich City End of season [46]
15 July 2022 Auston Trusty Arsenal End of season [47]
29 July 2022 Krystian Bielik Derby County End of season [48]
29 August 2022 Hannibal Mejbri Manchester United End of season [49]
30 August 2022 Emmanuel Longelo West Ham United End of season [50]

Out

Date Player Club † Fee Ref.
22 July 2022 Kyle Hurst Doncaster Rovers Free [51][52]
18 August 2022 Ryan Woods Hull City Undisclosed [53]
1 September 2022 Odin Bailey Salford City Undisclosed [54]
  • † Brackets round a club's name denote the player joined that club after his Birmingham City contract expired.

Loaned out

Date Player Club Return Ref.
5 July 2022 Ivan Šunjić Hertha BSC End of season [55]
8 July 2022 Josh Andrews Doncaster Rovers January 2023 [56]
25 August 2022 Mitchell Roberts Oldham Athletic 1 January 2023 [57]
1 September 2022 Sam Cosgrove Plymouth Argyle End of season [58]
1 September 2022 Marcel Oakley Arbroath January 2023 [59]
1 September 2022 Keyendrah Simmonds Grimsby Town January 2023 [60]

Appearances and goals

Sources: [61][62][63]
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 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
1 GK  PHI Neil Etheridge 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
2 DF  FRA Maxime Colin 20 1 0 0 1 0 21 1 3 0
3 DF  ENG George Friend 0 (2) 0 0 0 0 0 0 (2) 0 0 0
4 DF  ENG Marc Roberts 7 0 0 0 1 0 8 0 1 0
5 DF  USA Auston Trusty * 21 3 0 0 1 0 22 3 3 0
6 MF  ENG Ryan Woods † 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0
6 MF  TUN Hannibal Mejbri * 8 (7) 0 0 0 0 0 8 (7) 0 4 0
7 MF  CUR Juninho Bacuna 17 (4) 1 0 0 0 0 17 (4) 1 5 0
8 FW  ENG Troy Deeney 17 (4) 3 0 0 0 0 17 (4) 3 3 0
9 FW  IRL Scott Hogan 21 9 0 0 0 0 21 9 3 0
10 FW  ENG Lukas Jutkiewicz 2 (17) 1 0 0 1 0 3 (17) 1 2 0
11 MF  ENG Jordan Graham 7 (5) 0 0 0 1 0 8 (5) 0 0 0
12 DF  ENG Harlee Dean 7 1 0 0 0 0 7 1 0 0
14 FW  ENG Jonathan Leko 0 (4) 0 0 0 1 1 1 (4) 1 0 0
16 FW  ENG Sam Cosgrove 0 (2) 0 0 0 0 (1) 0 0 (3) 0 0 0
17 MF  POL Przemysław Płacheta * 5 1 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 0
18 MF  NED Tahith Chong 12 (2) 0 0 0 0 0 12 (2) 0 2 0
19 MF  WAL Jordan James 6 (10) 0 0 0 1 0 7 (10) 0 3 0
20 MF  ENG Gary Gardner 1 (1) 0 0 0 0 0 1 (1) 0 0 0
21 GK  ENG John Ruddy 21 0 0 0 0 0 21 0 1 0
23 DF  ENG Manny Longelo * 10 1 0 0 0 0 10 1 3 0
27 MF  ENG Jobe Bellingham 1 (10) 0 0 0 1 0 2 (10) 0 0 0
28 DF  ENG Dion Sanderson * 20 1 0 0 0 0 20 1 8 0
30 MF  ENG Tate Campbell 0 (1) 0 0 0 0 (1) 0 0 (2) 0 0 0
31 MF  POL Krystian Bielik * 13 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 5 0
35 MF  ENG George Hall 5 (12) 1 0 0 0 0 5 (12) 1 0 0
38 GK  ENG Zach Jeacock 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
42 MF  ENG Alfie Chang 2 (1) 0 0 0 1 0 3 (1) 0 0 0
47 MF  WAL Ryan Stirk 0 (1) 0 0 0 0 (1) 0 0 (2) 0 0 0
48 MF  ENG Josh Williams 6 (1) 0 0 0 1 0 7 (1) 0 1 0
Players not included in matchday squads
No. Pos. Nat. Name
25 DF  ENG Nico Gordon
32 DF  ENG Marcel Oakley
33 MF  ENG Finley Thorndike
37 MF  ENG Odin Bailey †
40 FW  ENG Adan George
41 MF  ENG Remi Walker
43 DF  ENG Mitchell Roberts
45 FW  ENG Keyendrah Simmonds
46 MF  ENG Brandon Khela

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