The 2026–27 season is Birmingham City Football Club's 124th season in the English football league system and second consecutive season being in the second-tier, Championship. As with all second-tier League clubs, the team would also compete in the FA Cup, and the EFL Cup.
| 2026–27 season | |
|---|---|
| Owners | Shelby Companies Ltd (96.64%) Others (3.36) |
| Chairman | Tom Wagner |
| Manager | Chris Davies |
| Stadium | St Andrew's |
Pre-season
editOn 15 May, Blues announced a six-day training camp in Lagos between 5–11 July, with a friendly against Huddersfield Town later confirmed.[1][2] On 12 June, two friendlies were confirmed against Crewe Alexandra and Northampton Town.[3] Four days later, a trip to face Burton Albion was added.[4] A home fixture against Barcelona was next to be confirmed.[5] On 1 July, the latest edition of the Arthur Cup was announced with a fixture against Solihull Moors.[6]
| Date | Time | Opponents | Venue | Result | Score F–A |
Scorers | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 July 2026 | 11:00 | Huddersfield Town | N | ||||
| 15 July 2026 | 19:45 | Solihull Moors | A | ||||
| 22 July 2026 | 19:30 | Burton Albion | A | ||||
| 25 July 2026 | 15:00 | Crewe Alexandra | A | ||||
| 25 July 2026 | 15:00 | Northampton Town | A | ||||
| 31 July 2026 | 19:45 | Barcelona | H |
EFL Championship
editLeague table
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Birmingham City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Promotion to the Premier League |
| 2 | Blackburn Rovers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | Bolton Wanderers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Qualification for Championship play-off semi-finals |
| 4 | Bristol City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | Burnley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Qualification for Championship play-off quarter-finals |
First match(es) will be played: 14 August 2026. 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) Number of 12-point sending off offences; 9) Play-off (only if needed to determine promotion/relegation)[7]
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) Number of 12-point sending off offences; 9) Play-off (only if needed to determine promotion/relegation)[7]
Results summary
edit| 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: pre-season.
Source: [8]
Match results
editOn 25 June, the Championship fixtures were revealed.[9]
| Date | League position[8] |
Time | Opponents | Venue | Result | Score F–A |
Scorers | Attendance | Refs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 August 2026 | 17:30 | Sheffield United | A | ||||||
| 22 August 2026 | 12:30 | Bristol City | H | ||||||
| 28 August 2026 | 20:00 | Wrexham | A |
FA Cup
edit| Round | Date | Time | Opponents | Venue | Result | Score F–A | Scorers | Attendance | Refs |
|---|
EFL Cup
editBirmingham were drawn away to Swansea City in the first round.[10]
| Round | Date | Time | Opponents | Venue | Result | Score F–A | Scorers | Attendance | Refs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First round | 7–9 August 2026 | TBC | Swansea City | A |
Transfers and contracts
editIn
edit| Date | Player | Club | Fee | Refs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 July 2026 |  Jhon Solís |  Girona | £6,000,000 | [11][12] |
| 3 Juy 2026 |  Dael Fry | Middlesbrough | Free | [13] |
Loaned in
edit| Date | Player | Club | Return | Refs |
|---|
Loaned out
edit| Date | Player | Club | Return | Refs |
|---|
Out
edit| Date | Player | Club | Fee | Refs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 June 2026 | Byron Pendleton | Shrewsbury Town | Undisclosed | [14] |
Released / out of contract
edit| Date | Player | Subsequent Club | Joined date | Refs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 June 2026 | Aurelien Guernier |  AC Milan | 1 July 2026 | [15][16] |
| Yusuf Ahmed | [17] | |||
 Godfred Boakye | [17] | |||
| Trae Briscoe | [17] | |||
| O'Shea Ellis | [17] | |||
| Cameron Eubank | [17] | |||
 Tom Fogarty | [17] | |||
 Daniel Isichei | [17] | |||
| Jonathan Panzo | [17] | |||
| Cody Pennington | [17] | |||
| Frank Tattum | [17] | |||
| Szymon Terenowicz | [17] | |||
 Zach Willis | [17] | |||
| Ben Wodskou | [17] | |||
| George Wynne | [17] |
New contract
editAppearances, goals and discipline
edit- As of pre-season
- Numbers in parentheses denote appearances made as a substitute.
- Players 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
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | League | FA Cup | EFL Cup | Total | Discipline | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |  |
 | ||||
References
edit- ↑ "Men's First Team to travel to Portugal for pre-season training camp". Birmingham City FC. 15 May 2026. Retrieved 15 May 2026.
- ↑ "Blues to take on Huddersfield Town in Portugal". Birmingham City FC. 15 June 2026. Retrieved 15 June 2026.
- ↑ "Blues to visit Crewe Alexandra and Northampton Town". Birmingham City FC. 12 June 2026. Retrieved 12 June 2026.
- ↑ "Blues to face Burton Albion in pre-season friendly". Birmingham City FC. 16 June 2026. Retrieved 16 June 2026.
- ↑ "Blues to host FC Barcelona at St. Andrew's @ Knighthead Park". Birmingham City FC. 17 June 2026. Retrieved 17 June 2026.
- ↑ "Blues to face Solihull Moors in Arthur Cup". Birmingham City FC. 1 July 2026. Retrieved 1 July 2026.
- ↑ "Section 3 - The League". EFL Official Website. subsection 9 – Method of Determining League Positions. Archived from the original on 19 October 2021. Retrieved 31 May 2026.
- 1 2 "Birmingham City league performance history: Championship table at start of 2025–26 season". 11v11.com. AFS Enterprises. Retrieved 23 May 2025. Select content required via dropdown menus.
- ↑ "Birmingham City's 2026–27 fixtures revealed". Birmingham City FC. 25 June 2026. Retrieved 25 June 2026.
- ↑ "Blues to face Swansea City in Carabao Cup". Birmingham City FC. 25 June 2026. Retrieved 26 June 2026.
- ↑ "Blues complete signing of Jhon Solis". Birmingham City FC. 15 June 2026. Retrieved 15 June 2026.
- ↑ "Birmingham City make Jhon Solis transfer decision after Chris Davies plea". Birmingham Mail. 12 June 2026. Retrieved 15 June 2026.
- ↑ "Dael Fry joins Birmingham City". Birmingham City FC. 3 July 2026. Retrieved 3 July 2026.
- ↑ "Byron Pendleton completes move to Shrewsbury Town". Birmingham City FC. 30 June 2026. Retrieved 30 June 2026.
- ↑ "Aurelien Guernier completes move to AC Milan". Birmingham City FC. 23 June 2026. Retrieved 23 June 2026.
- ↑ "Official Statement: Aurelien Guernier" (in Italian). AC Milan. 23 June 2026. Retrieved 23 June 2026.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 "Birmingham City confirm retained list following end of 2025–26 season". Birmingham City FC. 15 May 2026. Retrieved 16 May 2026.
- ↑ "Brad Mayo signs new contract". Birmingham City FC. 5 June 2026. Retrieved 5 June 2026.