2021–22 Birmingham City F.C. season

Birmingham City F.C.
2021–22 season
Owner
  • Birmingham Sports Holdings 75.00%
  • Oriental Rainbow 21.64%[1]
Head coachLee Bowyer[2]
StadiumSt Andrew's
Championship20th[3]
FA CupThird round (eliminated by Plymouth Argyle)
EFL CupSecond round (eliminated by Fulham)
Top goalscorerScott Hogan (10)
Highest home attendance18,659 (vs Blackburn Rovers, 7 May 2022)
Lowest home attendance4,783 (vs Fulham, EFL Cup 2nd round, 24 August 2021)
Average home league attendance16,162[4]

The 2021–22 season is Birmingham City Football Club's 119th season in the English football league system and 11th consecutive season in the second-tier Championship.[5] As with all English Football League clubs, the first team also competed in the FA Cup and EFL Cup.

The season covers the period from 1 July 2021 to 30 June 2022.

Background and pre-season

Main article: 2020–21 Birmingham City F.C. season

All Birmingham's home matches in the 2020–21 season were played behind closed doors because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[6] Under head coach Aitor Karanka, Birmingham City gradually slid down the 2020–21 Championship table until, with ten games remaining and in serious danger of relegation, former Birmingham player Lee Bowyer resigned as manager of Charlton Athletic to take over as head coach.[2] The team lost only one of the next eight matches and retained their Championship status with two games still to play.[7] On 11 May 2021, CEO Ren Xuandong resigned.[8]

In June 2020, the club announced a four-year partnership with Nike as supplier of kits, which carry the logo of the club's principal sponsor, Irish bookmaker BoyleSports.[9] The home shirt has a camouflage-patterned front in two shades of blue, worn with white shorts and blue socks, while the away kit has a yellow shirt with blue pinstripes and trim, similar to the Europa League kit of ten years before, with blue shirts and white socks.[10] In November, they brought out a limited-edition third kit; the shirt has a camouflage front in orange and green and a predominantly green back, and is worn with orange shorts and socks.[11]

After a training camp in Scotland, Birmingham planned five pre-season friendlies: away to Cheltenham Town and Northampton Town, behind-closed-doors games at the Wast Hills training ground against Oxford United – who cancelled due to COVID-19 and were replaced by a Salford City XI[12][13] – and Barrow, and one match at St Andrew's against West Bromwich Albion.[14]

Pre-season friendly match details
Date Opponents Venue Result Score
F–A 		Scorers Ref.
17 July 2021 Cheltenham Town A W 3–0 Gardner 6', Hogan 36', Leko 82' [15]
20 July 2021 Barrow H D 1–1 Gardner 76' [16]
24 July 2021 Salford City XI H W 7–0 Stirk 1', Williams 9', Lakin 45', Hogan (2) 47', 70', Aneke 48', George 87' [13]
24 July 2021 Northampton Town A L 2–3 Sánchez 5', Jutkiewicz 38' [17]
31 July 2021 West Bromwich Albion H L 0–4 [18]

EFL Championship

Main article: 2021–22 EFL Championship

League table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
18 Cardiff City 46 15 8 23 50 68 −18 53
19 Hull City 46 14 9 23 41 54 −13 51
20 Birmingham City 46 11 14 21 50 75 −25 47
21 Reading 46 13 8 25 54 87 −33 41[a]
22 Peterborough United (R) 46 9 10 27 43 87 −44 37 Relegation to EFL League One
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[20]
(R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Reading were deducted 6 points for breach of profit and sustainability regulations.[19]

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
46 11 14 21 50 75  −25 47 7 6 10 27 33  −6 4 8 11 23 42  −19

Last updated: matches played 7 May 2022.
Source: [3]

Match results

EFL Championship match details[21]
Date League
position[3] 		Opponents Venue Result Score
F–A 		Scorers Attendance Ref.
7 August 2021 5th Sheffield United A W 1–0 Colin 19' 29,043 [22]
14 August 2021 10th Stoke City H D 0–0 10,189 [23]
18 August 2021 14th AFC Bournemouth H L 0–2 9,922 [24]
21 August 2021 8th Luton Town A W 5–0 Marc Roberts 7', Hogan (2) 26', 47', Gardner 84', Aneke 88' 10,014 [25]
28 August 2021 8th Barnsley A D 1–1 Jutkiewicz 33' 13,950 [26]
10 September 2021 4th Derby County H W 2–0 Hogan 31', Bela 81' 14,912 [27]
15 September 2021 10th Fulham H L 1–4 Deeney 87' (pen.) 14,562 [28]
18 September 2021 11th Peterborough United A L 0–3 12,199 [29]
25 September 2021 12th Preston North End H D 0–0 14,925 [30]
28 September 2021 13th Queens Park Rangers A L 0–2 12,257 [31]
2 October 2021 16th Nottingham Forest H L 0–3 15,148 [32]
15 October 2021 16th West Bromwich Albion A L 0–1 24,870 [33]
20 October 2021 19th Huddersfield Town A D 0–0 15,618 [34]
23 October 2021 17th Swansea City H W 2–1 Deeney 47', McGree 82' 16,132 [35]
30 October 2021 14th Middlesbrough A W 2–0 Marc Roberts 53', Hogan 56' 21,582 [36]
2 November 2021 13th Bristol City H W 3–0 McGree 14', Hogan 68', Gardner 76' 16,143 [37]
6 November 2021 15th Reading H L 1–2 Hogan 3' 17,535 [38]
20 November 2021 15th Hull City A L 0–2 12,409 [39]
23 November 2021 17th Coventry City A D 0–0 22,676 [40]
27 November 2021 13th Blackpool H W 1–0 Jutkiewicz 81' 17,686 [41]
4 December 2021 15th Millwall A L 1–3 Deeney 56' 14,324 [42]
11 December 2021 15th Cardiff City H D 2–2 Deeney 29', Šunjić 45+1' 17,840 [43]
18 December 2021 17th Blackburn Rovers A L 0–4 12,148 [44]
2 January 2022 18th Queens Park Rangers H L 1–2 Aneke 75' 18,279 [45]
15 January 2022 18th Preston North End A D 1–1 Hogan 86' 12,821 [46]
18 January 2022 18th Fulham A L 2–6 Šunjić 45', Gardner 74' 16,491 [47]
22 January 2022 18th Barnsley H W 2–1 Hernández 34', Hogan 51' 15,742 [48]
25 January 2022 18th Peterborough United H D 2–2 Gardner 85', Hogan 88' 16,380 [49]
30 January 2022 17th Derby County A D 2–2 Taylor 7', Hogan 56' 32,211 [50]
4 February 2022 17th Sheffield United H L 1–2 Taylor 61' 17,194 [51]
9 February 2022 18th AFC Bournemouth A L 1–3 Hernández 69' 8,708 [52]
12 February 2022 17th Luton Town H W 3–0 Bacuna 25', Taylor 46', Hernández 69' 17,292 [53]
19 February 2022 18th Stoke City A D 2–2 James 12', Gardner 58' 23,502 [54]
22 February 2022 18th Reading A L 1–2 McIntyre 82' (o.g.) 12,073 [55]
26 February 2022 19th Huddersfield Town H L 0–2 17,318 [56]
5 March 2022 18th Bristol City A W 2–1 Chong 2', Gordon 13' 21,942 [57]
12 March 2022 19th Hull City H D 0–0 17,231 [58]
15 March 2022 19th Middlesbrough H L 0–2 15,852 [59]
19 March 2022 19th Swansea City A D 0–0 18,620 [60]
3 April 2022 18th West Bromwich Albion H W 1–0 Taylor 67' (pen.) 17,936 [61]
9 April 2022 18th Nottingham Forest A L 0–2 29,293 [62]
15 April 2022 20th Coventry City H L 2–4 Pedersen 12', Gardner 39' 17,634 [63]
18 April 2022 20th Blackpool A L 1–6 Šunjić 63' 13,993 [64]
23 April 2022 20th Millwall H D 2–2 Bacuna 47', Taylor 79' (pen.) 17,206 [65]
30 April 2022 20th Cardiff City A D 1–1 Bela 22' 21,395 [66]
7 May 2022 20th Blackburn Rovers H L 1–2 Pedersen 78' 18,659 [67]

FA Cup

Main article: 2021–22 FA Cup

Birmingham City were drawn at home to League One club Plymouth Argyle in the third round.[68]

FA Cup match details
Round Date Opponents Venue Result Score
F–A		 Scorers Attendance Refs
Third round 8 January 2022 Plymouth Argyle H L 0–1 (a.e.t.) 9,823 [69]

EFL Cup

Main article: 2021–22 EFL Cup

Birmingham were drawn to play League One club Colchester United at home in the first round.[70] Bowyer made 11 changes from the team that started at Sheffield United 72 hours earlier, giving debuts to Chuks Aneke, Jordan Graham and Marcel Oakley, and it was Oakley who scored the only goal of the game with a 75th-minute deflected shot. Tate Campbell made his Birmingham debut as a substitute, and Jobe Bellingham, the 15-year-old brother of England international Jude, was also named on the bench.[71][72] In the second round they fielded a slightly less weakened team, but still made 10 changes from the previous league match, with Mitch Roberts, Dion Sanderson and (as a substitute) Alfie Chang making their first Birmingham appearances and Neil Etheridge returnng in goal after recovering from COVID-19. Opponents Fulham, newly relegated from the Premier League, scored midway through the first half after an error by Ivan Šunjić, but Birmingham held out until stoppage time before conceding a second.[73]

EFL Cup match details
Round Date Opponents Venue Result Score
F–A		 Scorers Attendance Refs
First round 10 August 2021 Colchester United H W 1–0 Oakley 75' 6,199 [74]
Second round 24 August 2021 Fulham H L 0–2 4,783 [73]

Transfers

For those players released or contract ended before the start of this season please see 2020–21 Birmingham City F.C. season.

In

Date Player Club † Fee Ref.
1 July 2021 Chuks Aneke (Charlton Athletic) Free [75]
1 July 2021 Jordan Graham (Gillingham) Free [76]
1 July 2021 Ryan Woods (Stoke City) Free [77]
16 July 2021 Oliver Basey (Sunderland) Free [78]
9 August 2021 Archie Matthews (Swindon Town) Free [79]
31 August 2021 Troy Deeney Watford Free [80]
15 November 2021 Renedi Masampu (Dulwich Hamlet) Free [81]
27 January 2022 Juninho Bacuna Rangers Undisclosed [82]
† Brackets round a club's name indicate the player's contract with that club had expired before he joined Birmingham.

Loaned in

Date Player Club Return Ref.
1 July 2021 Riley McGree Charlotte FC 1 January 2022 [83]
6 July 2021 Juan Castillo Chelsea End of season, recalled 21 January 2022 [84][85]
9 July 2021 Tahith Chong Manchester United End of season [86]
19 July 2021 Dion Sanderson Wolverhampton Wanderers End of season, recalled 4 January 2022 [87][88]
26 July 2021 Matija Sarkic Wolverhampton Wanderers End of season, terminated due to injury 6 January 2022 [89][90]
4 January 2022 Teden Mengi Manchester United End of season [88]
7 January 2022 Taylor Richards Brighton & Hove Albion End of season [91]
14 January 2022 Onel Hernández Norwich City End of season [92]
27 January 2022 Lyle Taylor Nottingham Forest End of season [82]

Out

Date Player Club † Fee Ref
15 July 2021 Andrés Prieto (Dinamo Tbilisi) Mutual consent [93][94]
22 July 2021 Steve Seddon Oxford United Undisclosed [95]
31 August 2021 Charlie Lakin Burton Albion Undisclosed [96]
5 November 2021 Adam Clayton (Doncaster Rovers) Mutual consent [97][98]
7 January 2022 Caolan Boyd-Munce Middlesbrough Undisclosed [99]
14 January 2022 Chuks Aneke Charlton Athletic Undisclosed [100]
21 January 2022 Connor Barratt Sheffield United Undisclosed [101]
31 January 2022 Leo Dos Reis Monza Undisclosed [102]
17 February 2022 Cianole Nguepissi West Bromwich Albion Free [103]
30 June 2022 Jérémie Bela (Clermont Foot) Contract expired [104][105]
30 June 2022 Renedi Masampu (Metropolitan Police) Released [104][106]
30 June 2022 Archie Matthews (Swansea City) Released [107]
30 June 2022 Kristian Pedersen (1. FC Köln) Contract expired [108]
30 June 2022 Oriol Soldevila (Intercity) Released [104][109]
30 June 2022 Kane Thompson-Sommers (Hereford) Released [104][110]
30 June 2022 Connal Trueman (Millwall) Released [104][111]
30 June 2022 Yoane Zohore Released [104]
30 June 2022 Iván Sánchez Real Valladolid Undisclosed [112]
30 June 2022 Fran Villalba Sporting Gijon Undisclosed [113]
† 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.
27 July 2021 Ryan Stirk Mansfield Town End of season [114]
30 July 2021 Zach Jeacock Salford City End of season, recalled 11 January 2022 [115][116]
2 August 2021 Kane Thompson-Sommers Woking January 2022 [117]
3 August 2021 Fran Villalba Sporting Gijon End of season [118]
9 August 2021 Odin Bailey Livingston End of season [119]
10 August 2021 Josh Andrews Rochdale End of season [120]
11 August 2021 Sam Cosgrove Shrewsbury Town End of season, recalled 31 January 2022 [121][122]
31 August 2021 Jonathan Leko Charlton Athletic End of season [123]
16 September 2021 Archie Matthews Bath City 16 October 2021 [124]
23 November 2021 Connal Trueman Oxford United 30 November 2021 [125]
26 November 2021 Oliver Basey Hednesford Town 5 January 2022 [126]
26 January 2022 Harlee Dean Sheffield Wednesday End of season [127]
31 January 2022 Sam Cosgrove AFC Wimbledon End of season [122]
31 January 2022 Mitchell Roberts Carlisle United End of season [102]
31 January 2022 Iván Sánchez Real Valladolid End of season [102]
11 February 2022 Kyle Hurst Alvechurch End of season [128]
11 March 2022 Oliver Basey Hednesford Town End of season [129]
18 March 2022 Archie Matthews Gloucester City One month [130]
24 March 2022 Yohan Zohore Hednesford Town End of season [131]

Appearances and goals

Sources: [132][133][134]
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 21 0 1 0 1 0 23 0 2 0
2 DF  FRA Maxime Colin 31 (2) 1 1 0 0 0 32 (2) 1 2 0
3 DF  DEN Kristian Pedersen 37 2 1 0 0 0 38 2 11 1
4 DF  ENG Marc Roberts 39 2 0 0 0 0 39 2 7 0
5 DF  ENG George Friend 12 (2) 0 1 0 2 0 15 (2) 0 2 1
6 MF  ENG Ryan Woods 25 (5) 0 1 0 0 0 26 (5) 0 7 1
7 MF  NED Tahith Chong * 19 (1) 1 0 0 0 0 19 (1) 1 2 0
8 MF  ENG Taylor Richards * 2 (4) 0 0 0 0 0 2 (4) 0 1 0
9 FW  IRL Scott Hogan 28 (8) 10 1 0 0 0 29 (8) 10 2 0
10 FW  ENG Lukas Jutkiewicz 17 (19) 2 0 0 0 0 17 (19) 2 1 0
11 FW  FRA Jérémie Bela 26 (5) 2 0 0 0 0 26 (5) 2 3 0
12 DF  ENG Harlee Dean 14 (1) 0 0 0 0 0 14 (1) 0 2 0
13 GK  MNE Matija Sarkic *† 23 0 0 0 0 0 23 0 0 0
14 FW  ENG Jonathan Leko 1 (3) 0 0 0 2 0 3 (3) 0 1 0
15 FW  ENG Chuks Aneke † 1 (17) 2 0 (1) 0 2 0 3 (18) 2 2 0
17 MF  ESP Iván Sánchez 0 (2) 0 0 0 1 0 1 (2) 0 0 0
18 MF  AUS Riley McGree *† 10 (3) 2 0 0 1 (1) 0 11 (4) 2 5 0
18 DF  ENG Teden Mengi * 9 0 1 0 0 0 10 0 1 0
19 MF  WAL Jordan James 13 (7) 1 1 0 0 0 14 (7) 1 1 0
20 MF  ENG Gary Gardner 31 (4) 6 1 0 0 0 32 (4) 6 9 2
21 DF  ENG Dion Sanderson *† 14 (1) 0 0 0 1 0 15 (1) 0 2 0
21 MF  CUR Juninho Bacuna 16 (1) 2 0 0 0 0 16 (1) 2 4 0
23 DF  NED Juan Castillo *† 1 (2) 0 0 0 2 1 2 (2) 0 1 0
24 MF  ENG Jordan Graham 18 (6) 0 0 0 2 0 20 (6) 0 1 0
25 MF  CUB Onel Hernández * 22 3 0 0 0 0 22 3 3 0
27 GK  ENG Connal Trueman 0 (1) 0 0 0 1 0 1 (1) 0 0 0
31 MF  ENG Charlie Lakin † 0 0 0 0 1 (1) 0 1 (1) 0 0 0
33 FW  MSR Lyle Taylor * 14 5 0 0 0 0 14 5 3 0
34 MF  CRO Ivan Šunjić 33 (8) 3 0 (1) 0 2 0 35 (9) 3 8 0
35 MF  ENG George Hall 1 (1) 0 0 0 0 0 1 (1) 0 0 0
36 FW  ENG Troy Deeney 15 (6) 4 1 0 0 0 16 (6) 4 0 0
38 GK  ENG Zach Jeacock 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
39 MF  ENG Jobe Bellingham 0 (2) 0 0 (1) 0 0 0 0 (3) 0 0 0
41 MF  ENG Remi Walker 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
42 MF  ENG Alfie Chang 0 0 0 (1) 0 0 (1) 0 0 (2) 0 0 0
43 DF  ENG Mitch Roberts 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0
45 DF  ENG Renedi Masampu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
46 MF  ENG Brandon Khela 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
48 MF  ENG Josh Williams 0 0 0 (1) 0 0 (1) 0 0 (2) 0 0 0
50 DF  ENG Nico Gordon 11 1 0 0 1 0 12 1 2 0
52 DF  ENG Marcel Oakley 2 0 0 0 2 1 4 1 1 0
53 MF  ENG Tate Campbell 0 0 1 0 0 (1) 0 2 (1) 0 0 0
54 FW  ENG Keke Simmonds 0 0 0 0 0 (1) 0 0 (1) 0 0 0
Players not included in matchday squads
No. Pos. Nat. Name
16 FW  ENG Sam Cosgrove
37 MF  ENG Odin Bailey
40 FW  ENG Adan George
44 MF  NIR Caolan Boyd-Munce †
47 MF  WAL Ryan Stirk
51 MF  ENG Kyle Hurst

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