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Birmingham City F.C.
2009-10 season
Chairman	David Gold
Manager	Alex McLeish
Premier League	15th
FA Cup	Third Round
League Cup	Third Round
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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]
29 July: The new goalkeeper kit was revealed.^[4]
7 August: Co-owner David Sullivan and managing director Karen Brady were found not guilty after a two year investigation into corruption in football.^[5]
12 August: The club confirmed that they have received an approach from Carson Yeung, which may lead to a takeover bid.^[6]
14 August: Vice-chairman Jack Wiseman died at the age of 92.^[7]
20 August: Carson Yeung pays a £3million deposit on the club ahead of his prospective takeover.^[8]

Player statistics

Appearances and goals

The following is a list of Birmingham City players with squad numbers, and also shows appearances and goal statistics for the 2009—10 season.

Last updated on 10 November

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	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
2	DF	EIR	Stephen Carr	12	0	11	0	0	0	1	0
3	DF	ENG	David Murphy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	MF	ENG	Lee Bowyer	12	3	10	2	0	0	2	1
5	DF	ENG	Martin Taylor	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	DF	ENG	Liam Ridgewell	5	1	4	1	0	0	1	0
7	MF	SWE	Sebastian Larsson	12	1	11	1	0	0	1	0
8	FW	SCO	Garry O'Connor	12	1	10	1	0	0	2	0
9	FW	ENG	Kevin Phillips	8	1	7	1	0	0	1	0
10	FW	ENG	Cameron Jerome	6	1	6	1	0	0	0	0
11	FW	ECU	Christian Benítez	11	1	10	1	0	0	1	0
12	MF	SCO	Barry Ferguson	12	0	11	0	0	0	1	0
13	GK	EIR	Colin Doyle	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	DF	ENG	Roger Johnson	12	0	12	0	0	0	0	0
15	DF	ENG	Scott Dann	8	0	7	0	0	0	1	0
16	FW	SCO	James McFadden	11	2	10	2	0	0	1	0
17	DF	ECU	Giovanny Espinoza	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
18	MF	EIR	Keith Fahey	9	0	8	0	0	0	1	0
19	MF	ENG	Gary McSheffrey	7	0	5	0	0	0	2	0
20	DF	FRA	Franck Queudrue	7	0	6	0	0	0	1	0
21	DF	ENG	Stuart Parnaby	7	0	5	0	0	0	2	0
22	MF	NIR	Damien Johnson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	MF	EIR	James O'Shea	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
25	GK	ENG	Joe Hart	11	0	11	0	0	0	0	0
26	MF	EIR	Lee Carsley	7	1	6	0	0	0	1	1
27	DF	FRA	Grégory Vignal	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
28	MF	FIN	Teemu Tainio	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
29	MF	ENG	Ashley Sammons	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
30	DF	ENG	Dan Preston	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Players on loan with other clubs:
23	FW	ENG	Marcus Bent	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
—	DF	ENG	Krystian Pearce	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
—	MF	ENG	Robin Shroot	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
—	GK	POL	Artur Krysiak	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Disciplinary record

The following is a list of all players given a yellow, or red card during the 2009—10 season. Players who have not been cautioned or sent off will not appear in the lest.

Last updated on 09 November

No.	Pos.	Name		Total		Premier League		FA Cup		League Cup
No.	Pos.	Name
2	DF	ENG	Stephen Carr	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
6	DF	ENG	Liam Ridgewell	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
8	FW	SCO	Garry O'Connor	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
12	MF	SCO	Barry Ferguson	3	1	3	1	0	0	0	0
14	DF	ENG	Roger Johnson	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
15	DF	ENG	Scott Dann	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
16	FW	SCO	James McFadden	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
17	DF	ECU	Giovanny Espinoza	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
19	DF	ENG	Gary McSheffrey	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
21	DF	ENG	Stuart Parnaby	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
25	GK	ENG	Joe Hart	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
26	MF	IRE	Lee Carsley	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
27	DF	FRA	Grégory Vignal	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
30	DF	ENG	Dan Preston	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Total				24	1	21	1	0	0	3	0

International players

The following is a list of all squad members who have played for their national sides during the 2009—10 season. Players in bold were in the starting XI for their national side.

12 August 2008

Name		Opponents	Mins.
NIR	Damien Johnson	Israel	45
NIR	Maik Taylor	Israel	45
SCO	James McFadden	Norway	42
SWE	Sebastian Larsson	Finland	45

5 September 2009

Name		Opponents	Mins.	Goals
ECU	Christian Benítez	Colombia	90	0
ECU	Giovanny Espinoza	Colombia	90	0
FIN	Teemu Tainio	Azerbaijan	45	0
NIR	Damien Johnson	Poland	90	0
NIR	Maik Taylor	Poland	90	0
SCO	James McFadden	Macedonia	90	1

9 September

Name		Opponents	Mins.	Goals
ECU	Christian Benítez	Bolivia	90	1
ECU	Giovanny Espinoza	Bolivia	59	0
NIR	Damien Johnson	Slovakia	90	0
NIR	Maik Taylor	Slovakia	90	0
SCO	Garry O'Connor	Netherlands	7	0
SWE	Sebastian Larsson	Malta	7	0

10 October

Name		Opponents	Mins.
ECU	Christian Benitez	Uruguay	90
ECU	Giovanny Espinoza	Uruguay	78
SWE	Sebastian Larsson	Denmark	12

14 October

Name		Opponents	Mins.
ECU	Christian Benitez	Chile	90
NIR	Damien Johnson	Czech Republic	82
NIR	Maik Taylor	Czech Republic	90
SWE	Sebastian Larsson	Albania	90

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	No.	Name		From	Fee	Source	Note
12 June 2009	DF	15	ENG	Scott Dann	Coventry City	Undisclosed	BCFC	^[1]
24 June 2009	DF	17	ECU	Giovanny Espinoza	Barcelona SC	Undisclosed	BCFC	^[2]
25 June 2009	DF	14	ENG	Roger Johnson	Cardiff City	£5,000,000	BCFC
7 July 2009	FW	11	ECU	Christian Benítez	Santos Laguna	Undisclosed	BCFC	^[3]
8 July 2009	MF	4	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	12	SCO	Barry Ferguson	Rangers	£1,250,000	BCFC
10 August 2009	MF	24	IRE	James O'Shea	Galway United	Undisclosed	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
24 June 2009	GK	25	ENG	Joe Hart	Manchester City	Season	BCFC
14 August 2009	DF	27	FRA	Grégory Vignal	RC Lens	Season	BCFC
1 September 2009	MF	28	FIN	Teemu Tainio	Sunderland	Season	BCFC

Loans out

Out	Pos.	No.	Name		From	Length	Source	Note
1 July 2009	MF	—	ENG	Robin Shroot	Burton Albion	6 Months	BCFC	^[6]
18 July 2009	DF	—	ENG	Krystian Pearce	Peterborough United	Season	BCFC
10 August 2009	GK	—	POL	Artur Krysiak	Burton Albion	One month	BCFC
1 September 2009	GK	—	POL	Artur Krysiak	Burton Albion	Four month extension	BCFC
29 October 2009	FW	23	ENG	Marcus Bent	Middlesbrough	Two Months	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.^[9]
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).^[10]
³ . A fee, and personal terms for Benítez were agreeded on the 3 June 2009,^[11] but were later renegotiated after a problem with Benítez knee was descovered during his medical.^[12] Benítez officially joined the club on 7 July 2009.^[13] 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.^[12]
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.^[14] It was later announced that the side had re-signed the polish goalkeeper.^[15]
⁵ . Radhi Jaidi, Stephen Kelly and Mehdi Nafti all left the club when their contracts expired. Kelly joined Fulham,^[16] while Nafti joined Greek side Aris Thessaloniki.^[17] Jaidi signed for Southampton on 2 September 2009.^[18]
⁶ . Robin Shroot was originally loaned out to Burton Albion for the season, but was later cancelled, with the player returning to Birmingham on 1 January.^[19]

Matches

Pre-season

21 July 2009	Birmingham City	0 – 2	VfB Stuttgart	Zell am See, Austria
		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
	T. Werner 23' E. da Costa 74'	Report		Stadium: Westendorf Stadium Attendance: N/A Referee: Unknown

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

29 July 2009	Dagenham & Redbridge	0 – 1	Birmingham City	Dagenham
		Report	77' M. Bent	Stadium: Barking & Dagenham Stadium Attendance: 1,022 Referee: Unknown

1 August 2009	Nottingham Forest	2 – 1	Birmingham City	Nottingham
	D. McGoldrick 42' R. Earnshaw 84'	Report	79' L. Carsley	Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 6,735 Referee: A. Woolmer

4 August 2009	Crewe Alexandra	4 – 1	Birmingham City	Crewe
	S. Schumacher 45' F. Queudrue 50' (o.g.) J. Grant 54' M. Mitchel-King 66'	Report	18' J. McFadden	Stadium: Gresty Road Attendance: 1,827 Referee: Unknown

8 August 2009	Birmingham City	0 – 0	Sporting de Gijón	Birmingham
		Report		Stadium: St Andrews Attendance: 10,360 Referee: S. Tanner

Premier League

16 August 2009	Manchester United	1 – 0	Birmingham City	Manchester
	W. Rooney 34'	Report		Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 75,062 Referee: L. Mason

19 August 2009	Birmingham City	1 – 0	Portsmouth	Birmingham
	J. McFadden 90' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: St Andrews Attendance: 19,922 Referee: L. Probert

22 August 2009	Birmingham City	0 – 0	Stoke City	Birmingham
		Report		Stadium: St Andrews Attendance: 21,694 Referee: C. Foy

29 August 2009	Tottenham Hotspur	2 – 1	Birmingham City	London
	P. Crouch 72' A. Lennon 90'	Report	75' L. Bowyer	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 35,318 Referee: P. Walton

13 September 2009	Birmingham City	0 – 1	Aston Villa	Birmingham
		Report	85' G. Agbonlahor	Stadium: St Andrews Attendance: 25,196 Referee: H. Webb

19 September 2009	Hull City	0 – 1	Birmingham City	Kingston upon Hull
		Report	75' G. O'Connor	Stadium: KC Stadium Attendance: 23,759 Referee: P. Dowd

26 September 2009	Birmingham City	1 – 2	Bolton Wanderers	Birmingham
	K. Phillips 84'	Report	10' T. Cohen 86' Lee C-Y.	Stadium: St Andrews Attendance: 22,000 Referee: S. Bennett

03 October 2009	Burnley	2 – 1	Birmingham City	Burnley
	S. Fletcher 53' A. Bikey 62'	Report	90' S. Larsson	Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 20,102 Referee: K. Friend

17 October 2009	Arsenal	3 – 1	Birmingham City	London
	R. van Persie 16' A. Diaby 18' A. Arshavin 85'	Report	38' L. Bowyer	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 60,028 Referee: L. Probert

24 October 2009	Birmingham City	2 – 1	Sunderland	Birmingham
	L. Ridgewell 37' J. McFadden 48'	Report	82' (o.g.) S. Dann	Stadium: St Andrews Attendance: 21,723 Referee: M. Atkinson

1 November 2009	Birmingham City	0 – 0	Manchester City	Birmingham
		Report		Stadium: St Andrews Attendance: 22,000 Referee: M. Dean

9 November 2009	Liverpool	2 – 2	Birmingham City	Liverpool
	D. N'Gog 13' S. Gerrard 71'	Report	26' C. Benítez 45+3' C. Jerome	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 42,560 Referee: P. Walton

FA Cup

League Cup

25 August 2009 Second Round	Southampton	1 – 2	Birmingham City	Southampton
	A. Lallana 51'	Report	77' L. Bowyer 80' L. Carsley	Stadium: St Mary's Stadium Attendance: 11,753 Referee: P. Crossley

22 September 2009 Third Round	Sunderland	2 – 0	Birmingham City	Sunderland
	J. Henderson 4' F. Campbell 23'	Report		Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 20,576 Referee: M. Dean

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.
^ "Unveiled - The New 2009/10 Goalkeeper Kit". Birmingham City FC. 29 July 2009. Retrieved 29 July 2009.
^ "Birmingham City owner's relief as Brady and Sullivan probe ended". Birmingham Mail. 8 August 2009. Retrieved 10 August 2009.
^ "Response To Press Speculation". Birmingham City FC. 12 August 2009. Retrieved 12 August 2009.
^ "Jack Wiseman 1917-2009". Birmingham City FC. 17 August 2009. Retrieved 18 August 2009.
^ "Birmingham City: Carson Yeung puts £3m deposit on club". Birmingham City FC. 20 August 2009. Retrieved 8 September 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.
^ ^a ^b "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.
^ "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.
^ "Jaidi Saints Bound". Birmingham City FC. 2 September 2009. Retrieved 3 July 2009.
^ "Shroot returns to Blues". Birmingham City FC. 6 October 2009. Retrieved 6 October 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] "Unveiled - The New 2009/10 Goalkeeper Kit". Birmingham City FC. 29 July 2009. Retrieved 29 July 2009.

[5] "Birmingham City owner's relief as Brady and Sullivan probe ended". Birmingham Mail. 8 August 2009. Retrieved 10 August 2009.

[6] "Response To Press Speculation". Birmingham City FC. 12 August 2009. Retrieved 12 August 2009.

[7] "Jack Wiseman 1917-2009". Birmingham City FC. 17 August 2009. Retrieved 18 August 2009.

[8] "Birmingham City: Carson Yeung puts £3m deposit on club". Birmingham City FC. 20 August 2009. Retrieved 8 September 2009.

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

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

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

[Birmingham_Mail-12] "Birmingham City insist on 'get out' clause in new deal for Christian Benitez". Birmingham Mail. 8 July 2009. Retrieved 8 July 2009.

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

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

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

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

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

[18] "Jaidi Saints Bound". Birmingham City FC. 2 September 2009. Retrieved 3 July 2009.

[19] "Shroot returns to Blues". Birmingham City FC. 6 October 2009. Retrieved 6 October 2009.

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