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Birmingham City
2019–20 season
ChairmanPanos Pavlakis
Head CoachCarla Ward
StadiumDamson Park, Solihull

The 2020–21 Birmingham City W.F.C. season is the club's 53rd season in existence and their 10th in the FA Women's Super League, the highest level of the football pyramid, having been founding members of the league in 2011. Along with competing in the WSL, the club will also contest two domestic cup competitions: the FA Cup and the League Cup.

Carla Ward was appointed manager ahead of the new season on 13 August 2020, taking over from Charlie Baxter who had been put in charge on an interim basis following the departure of Marta Tejedor during the previous campaign.[1]

Squad

As of 1 July 2020.[2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK England ENG Hannah Hampton
2 MF England ENG Sarah Mayling
3 DF Ireland EIR Harriet Scott
11 FW Scotland SCO Abbi Grant
14 FW England ENG Emma Kelly
17 MF England ENG Heidi Logan
18 MF England ENG Connie Scofield
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 FW England ENG Lucy Whipp
20 FW England ENG Claudia Walker
21 GK England ENG Imogen Maguire
22 MF England ENG Missy Goodwin
25 MF Northern Ireland NIR Rebecca Holloway
26 DF England ENG Lily Simkin
28 MF England ENG Laura Brown

FA Women's Super League

Main article: 2020–21 FA WSL

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
0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0  0

Last updated: 7 August 2020.
Source: FA WSL

Results by matchday

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122
GroundAH
Result
Position
Source: [citation needed]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

5/6 September 2020 1 Brighton & Hove Albion v Birmingham City Crawley
Stadium: Broadfield Stadium
12/13 September 2020 2 Birmingham City v Manchester United Solihull
Stadium: Damson Park

League table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
8 Tottenham Hotspur 22 5 5 12 18 41 −23 20
9 West Ham United 22 3 6 13 21 39 −18 15
10 Aston Villa 22 3 6 13 15 47 −32 15
11 Birmingham City 22 3 6 13 15 44 −29 14[a]
12 Bristol City (R) 22 2 6 14 18 72 −54 12 Relegation to the Championship
Source: FA WSL
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ On 7 May 2021, Birmingham City were deducted one point for fielding an ineligible player in a draw against Reading on 25 April 2021.[3]

Women's FA Cup

Main article: 2020–21 Women's FA Cup

As a member of the top two tiers, Birmingham City will enter the FA Cup in the fourth round proper, scheduled to take place on 31 January 2021.[4]

31 January 2021 Fourth round TBD v

FA Women's League Cup

Main article: 2020–21 FA Women's League Cup

Transfers

Transfers out

Date Position Nationality Name To Ref.
28 May 2020 MF United States Brianna Visalli United States Houston Dash [5]
1 June 2020 DF United States Adrienne Jordan United States OL Reign [6]
4 June 2020 DF England Freya Gregory England Aston Villa [7][8]
MF England Abbey Jones England Aston Villa
7 June 2020 MF England Olivia Rabjohn England Aston Villa
10 June 2020 GK England Alexandra Brooks England Blackburn Rovers [9][10]
19 June 2020 MF Scotland Chloe Arthur England Aston Villa [11][12]
MF England Lucy Staniforth England Manchester United [11][13]
30 June 2020 DF England Kerys Harrop England Tottenham Hotspur [14][15]
1 July 2020 FW England Rachel Williams England Tottenham Hotspur [16][17]

References

  1. ^ "Carla Ward appointed Women's Head Coach". Birmingham City Football Club.
  2. ^ "Women's Team". Birmingham City Football Club. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
  3. ^ "Blues Women deducted one point". Birmingham City Football Club. Archived from the original on 23 June 2021. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  4. ^ "The Women's FA Cup Season 2020–21 List of Exemptions" (PDF). thefa.com. The Football Association. 10 August 2020.
  5. ^ "Dash sign free agent midfielder Brianna Visalli". www.houstondynamo.com.
  6. ^ "Jordan leaves Blues Women". Birmingham City Football Club.
  7. ^ "Gregory leaves City". www.newschain.uk.
  8. ^ "Freya Gregory joins Aston Villa". Freya Gregory. 4 July 2020. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
  9. ^ "Brooks to leave Blues". Birmingham City Football Club.
  10. ^ "Brooks makes Rovers return!". www.rovers.co.uk.
  11. ^ a b "Lucy Staniforth and Chloe Arthur to leave Blues Women". Birmingham City Football Club.
  12. ^ "Chloë Arthur signs for Villa Women". www.avfc.co.uk.
  13. ^ "Man Utd Women sign midfielder Lucy Staniforth". www.manutd.com.
  14. ^ "Kerys Harrop set to leave the Club". Birmingham City Football Club.
  15. ^ "Kerys Harrop completes move to Spurs Women". Tottenham Hotspur.
  16. ^ "Williams leaves Blues". Birmingham City Football Club.
  17. ^ "Rachel Williams signs for Spurs Women". Tottenham Hotspur.
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