2009–10 Birmingham City F.C. season: Difference between revisions

Birmingham City F.C.
2009-10 season
Chairman	David Gold
Manager	Alex McLeish
Premier League	N/A
FA Cup	N/A
League Cup	N/A
Home colours	Away colours
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The 2009–10 season will be Birmingham City's sixth season in the Premier League, and their 56th in the first tier of English football. The side will be managed by former Scotland manager Alex McLeish, who successfully guided the side to promotion from the Championship the previous season.

Review

Chronological list of events

The following is a list of all significant events to occur during the 2009-10 season. This list does not include transfers, which are listed in the transfer section, or results, which are listed in the matches section.

22 May: The new away kit was revealed.^[1]
7 July: The club broke its transfer record by signing Christian Benítez from Mexican side Santos Laguna, for a fee that will rise to $12.5million (around £7.75million). ^[2]
15 July: The new home kit was revealed.^[3]

Player statistics

Appearances, goals and cards

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		FA Cup		League Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	NIR	Maik Taylor	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	DF	EIR	Stephen Carr	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF	ENG	David Murphy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF	ENG	Martin Taylor	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	DF	ENG	Liam Ridgewell	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	MF	SWE	Sebastian Larsson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	FW	SCO	Garry O'Connor	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	FW	ENG	Kevin Phillips	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	FW	ENG	Cameron Jerome	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	MF	ENG	Gary McSheffrey	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	GK	EIR	Colin Doyle	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	FW	SCO	James McFadden	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	MF	ENG	Jordon Mutch	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	DF	FRA	Franck Queudrue	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	DF	ENG	Stuart Parnaby	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	MF	NIR	Damien Johnson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	FW	ENG	Marcus Bent	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	FW	GER	Semih Aydilek	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	DF	ENG	Jared Wilson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	MF	EIR	Lee Carsley	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	MF	ENG	Ashley Sammons	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	MF	EIR	Keith Fahey	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	MF	ENG	Mitchell McPike	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	GK	ENG	Dean Lyness	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players on professional contracts, but on loan with other clubs:
27	DF	ENG	Krystian Pearce	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	MF	ENG	Robin Shroot	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players on professional contracts, with no squad number.:
—	FW	ECU	Christian Benítez	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
—	MF	ENG	Lee Bowyer	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
—	DF	ENG	Scott Dann	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
—	DF	ECU	Giovanny Espinoza	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	Barry Ferguson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
—	GK	ENG	Joe Hart	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
—	DF	ENG	Roger Johnson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
—	GK	POL	Artur Krysiak	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
—	DF	ENG	Jacob Rowe	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
—	DF	EIR	Shaun Timmins	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	No.	Name		From	Fee	Source	Note
12 June 2009	DF	—	ENG	Scott Dann	Coventry City	Undisclosed	BCFC	^[1]
24 June 2009	DF	—	ECU	Giovanny Espinoza	Barcelona SC	Undisclosed	BCFC	^[2]
25 June 2009	DF	—	ENG	Roger Johnson	Cardiff City	£5,000,000	BCFC
7 July 2009	FW	—	ECU	Christian Benítez	Santos Laguna	Undisclosed	BCFC	^[3]
8 July 2009	MF	—	ENG	Lee Bowyer	West Ham United	Out of Contract	BCFC
13 July 2009	GK	—	POL	Artur Krysiak		Out of Contract	BCFC	^[4]
17 July 2009	MF	—	SCO	Barry Ferguson	Rangers	£1,250,000	BCFC

Out

Date	Pos.	No.	Name		To	Fee	Source	Note
30 June 2009	DF	15	TUN	Radhi Jaidi		Out of Contract	BCFC	^[5]
30 June 2009	DF	—	IRE	Stephen Kelly	Fulham	Out of Contract	FFC	^[5]
30 June 2009	GK	28	POL	Artur Krysiak		Out of Contract	BCFC	^[4]
30 June 2009	MF	12	TUN	Mehdi Nafti	Aris Thessaloniki	Out of Contract	BCFC	^[5]

Loans in

In	Pos.	No.	Name		From	Length	Source	Note
24 June 2009	GK	—	ENG	Joe Hart	Manchester City	Season	BCFC

Loans out

Out	Pos.	No.	Name		From	Length	Source	Note
1 July 2009	MF	32	ENG	Robin Shroot	Burton Albion	Season	BCFC
18 July 2009	DF	27	ENG	Krystian Pearce	Peterborough United	Season	BCFC

Renewed contracts

Date	Pos.	No.	Name		Length	Source
15 May 2009	DF	2	IRE	Stephen Carr	Two years	BCFC
24 June 2009	DF	25	ENG	Jared Wilson	One year	BCFC
30 June 2009	DF	—	ENG	Jacob Rowe	One year	BCFC
1 July 2009	DF	—	IRE	Shaun Timmins	One year	BCFC
15 July 2009	FW	10	ENG	Cameron Jerome	Five years	BCFC

Transfer notes

¹ . It is believed that the fee paid for Scott Dann is in the region of £3.5million.^[4]
² . Birmingham City did not mention an official cost for Giovanny Espinoza. Newspaper reports suggest that the fee was lower than €600,000 (£375,000).^[5]
³ . A fee, and personal terms for Benítez were agreeded on the 3 June 2009,^[6] but were later renegotiated after a problem with Benítez knee was descovered during his medical.^[7] Benítez officially joined the club on 7 July 2009.^[8] The fee for Benítez is thought to be $2million (about £1.2million) rising to $12.5million (about £7.75million) with add-ons, and also includes a 'get out' clause that will see him return to Mexico at the end of the season if his knee problem becomes serious.^[9]
⁴ . It was announced on 15 May 2009 that Artur Krysiak would be released from the club when his contract expired on 30 June 2009.^[10] It was later announced that the side had re-signed the polish goalkeeper.^[11]
⁵ . Radhi Jaidi, Stephen Kelly and Mehdi Nafti all left the club when their contracts expired. Kelly joined Fulham,^[12] while Nafti joined Greek side Aris Thessaloniki.^[13] Jaidi is still looking for a new club.

Matches

Pre-season

21 July 2009	Birmingham City	0 – 2	VfB Stuttgart	Zell am See, Austria
18:30 CET		Report	79' Élson 83' J. Schieber	Stadium: Zell am See Stadium Attendance: N/A Referee: Unknown

23 July 2009	FC Augsburg	2 – 0	Birmingham City	Westendorf, Austria
18:00 CET	23' T. Werner 74' E. da Costa	Report		Stadium: Westendorf Stadium Attendance: N/A Referee: Unknown

26 July 2009	Al-Hilal	3 – 0	Birmingham City	Leogang, Austria
18:00 CET	23' E. Al-Mehyani 81' A. Al-Swaileh 85' M. Al-Shalhoub	Report		Stadium: Leogang Stadium Attendance: N/A Referee: Unknown

29 July 2009	Dagenham & Redbridge	–	Birmingham City	Dagenham
19:30 BST				Stadium: Victoria Road

1 August 2009	Nottingham Forest	–	Birmingham City	Nottingham
15:00 BST				Stadium: City Ground

4 August 2009	Crewe Alexandra	–	Birmingham City	Crewe
19:30 BST				Stadium: Gresty Road

8 August 2009	Birmingham City	–	Sporting de Gijón	Birmingham
15:00 BST				Stadium: St Andrews

Premier League

16 August 2009	Manchester United	–	Birmingham City	Manchester
13:30 BST				Stadium: Old Trafford

FA Cup

League Cup

References

^ "Pre-order the new 2009/10 away kit". Birmingham City F.C. 22 May 2009. Retrieved 4 June 2009.
^ "Blues Bag Benitez". Birmingham Mail. 7 July 2009. Retrieved 7 July 2009.
^ "Premier League 2009/10 Home Kit - Revealed!". Birmingham City FC. 15 July 2009. Retrieved 16 July 2009.
^ "Birmingham City beat Wolves to sign Scott Dann from Coventry City". Birmingham Mail. 12 June 2009. Retrieved 12 June 2009.
^ "Birmingham City agree to sign defender". Birmingham Mail. 9 June 2009. Retrieved 2 July 2009.
^ "Blues make record signing". Birmingham City F.C. 3 June 2009. Retrieved 3 June 2009.
^ "Birmingham City insist on 'get out' clause in new deal for Christian Benitez". Birmingham Mail. 8 July 2009. Retrieved 8 July 2009.
^ "Blues Bag Benitez". Birmingham City F.C. 7 July 2009. Retrieved 7 July 2009.
^ "Birmingham City insist on 'get out' clause in new deal for Christian Benitez". Birmingham Mail. 8 July 2009. Retrieved 8 July 2009.
^ "Krysiak On His Way". Birmingham City F.C. 15 May 2009. Retrieved 13 July 2009.
^ "Krysiak Signs Deal". Birmingham City F.C. 13 July 2009. Retrieved 13 July 2009.
^ "Kelly signs". Fulham FC. 16 June 2009. Retrieved 2 July 2009.
^ "Mehdi Nafti signed Aris FC". Aris Thessaloniki FC. 10 June 2009. Retrieved 2 July 2009.

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[1] "Pre-order the new 2009/10 away kit". Birmingham City F.C. 22 May 2009. Retrieved 4 June 2009.

[2] "Blues Bag Benitez". Birmingham Mail. 7 July 2009. Retrieved 7 July 2009.

[3] "Premier League 2009/10 Home Kit - Revealed!". Birmingham City FC. 15 July 2009. Retrieved 16 July 2009.

[4] "Birmingham City beat Wolves to sign Scott Dann from Coventry City". Birmingham Mail. 12 June 2009. Retrieved 12 June 2009.

[5] "Birmingham City agree to sign defender". Birmingham Mail. 9 June 2009. Retrieved 2 July 2009.

[6] "Blues make record signing". Birmingham City F.C. 3 June 2009. Retrieved 3 June 2009.

[7] "Birmingham City insist on 'get out' clause in new deal for Christian Benitez". Birmingham Mail. 8 July 2009. Retrieved 8 July 2009.

[8] "Blues Bag Benitez". Birmingham City F.C. 7 July 2009. Retrieved 7 July 2009.

[9] "Birmingham City insist on 'get out' clause in new deal for Christian Benitez". Birmingham Mail. 8 July 2009. Retrieved 8 July 2009.

[10] "Krysiak On His Way". Birmingham City F.C. 15 May 2009. Retrieved 13 July 2009.

[11] "Krysiak Signs Deal". Birmingham City F.C. 13 July 2009. Retrieved 13 July 2009.

[12] "Kelly signs". Fulham FC. 16 June 2009. Retrieved 2 July 2009.

[13] "Mehdi Nafti signed Aris FC". Aris Thessaloniki FC. 10 June 2009. Retrieved 2 July 2009.

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