2016–17 Birmingham City F.C. season

Birmingham City F.C.
2016–17 season
Owner
Manager Gary Rowett
Stadium St Andrew's
Football League Championship 4th (as of matches played 26 November)
FA Cup Third round
EFL Cup
Top goalscorer League: Clayton Donaldson, Lukas Jutkiewicz (5)
All: Clayton Donaldson, Lukas Jutkiewicz (5)
Highest home attendance 29,656[2] (vs Aston Villa, 30 October 2016)
Lowest home attendance 7,202[2] (vs Oxford United, EFL Cup 1st round, 9 August 2016)
Home colours
Away colours
← 2015–16

The 2016–17 season is Birmingham City Football Club's 114th season in the English football league system and sixth consecutive season in the Football League Championship.[3] As with all Football League clubs, the first team will also compete in the FA Cup and EFL Cup. It covers the period from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017.

Background and pre-season

Under the management of Gary Rowett, Birmingham City spent most of the 2015–16 Football League Championship season in or around the play-off positions, but they won just once in the last 12 matches of the campaign, and finished in the lowest position they had occupied all season: tenth. With 16 wins and 15 draws, their finishing position and record was identical to that of 2014–15, albeit with 15 fewer goals conceded.[4][5]

First-team players released at the end of the 2015–16 season included Mark Duffy, Neal Eardley, David Edgar, Lee Novak, Wes Thomas.[6] and the youth product Mitch Hancox, who had been with the club for fourteen years.[7] Free-transfer signings for 2016–17 included previous loanee Robert Tesche from Nottingham Forest and young Liverpool defender Daniel Cleary.[8][9] Undisclosed fees were paid for Dundee's attacking player Greg Stewart,[10] young forward Che Adams from Sheffield United,[11] and Derby County defender Ryan Shotton, who had been on loan at Birmingham in 2015–16.[12] The terms of Huddersfield Town striker James Vaughan's loan agreement required its conversion to a permanent contract, but he had not established himself as a first-team player and was allowed to leave.[13] Birmingham made two loan signings, both for the first half of the season: Burnley striker Lukas Jutkiewicz and Bournemouth left back Rhoys Wiggins.[14][15] Attacking midfielder Andrew Shinnie and striker Nicolai Brock-Madsen left on season-long loans,[16][17] and young midfielders Koby Arthur and Charlee Adams and striker Alex Jones went out on loan until January.[18][19][20]

The home kit is all blue, apart from white trim on the sleeves and three white stripes down the sides and round the sock tops. The away kit is all red, apart from white trim at the neck and under the sleeve and three white stripes on the shoulders, shorts and sock tops.[21] The kits, supplied by Adidas in the first season of a four-year deal, carry the logo of online bookmaker 888sport, the club's principal sponsor.[22][23]

After a training camp in Spain,[24] Birmingham City's pre-season programme continued with friendly matches away to Midlands teams Solihull Moors, Forest Green Rovers, Shrewsbury Town, Walsall, Port Vale and Kidderminster Harriers, and Scottish Cup-holders Hibernian. Their only home friendly was against Dutch Eredivisie club Roda JC.

Pre-season match details
DateOpponents VenueResultScore
F–A		Scorers AttendanceRefs
12 July 2016 Solihull MoorsA W3–1Donaldson 17', 34', Fabbrini 28' [25]
16 July 2016 Forest Green RoversA W3–0Morrison 11', Storer 81', Fabbrini 89' 1,382 [26]
19 July 2016 Shrewsbury TownA L0–1 1,020 [27]
19 July 2016 WalsallA D1–1Caddis 80' 3,301 [28]
24 July 2016 HibernianA L0–1 5,904 [29]
27 July 2016 Port ValeA W2–0Storer 73', Caddis 84' pen. 1,603 [30]
30 July 2016 Roda JCH D0–0 4,218 [31]
2 August 2016 Kidderminster HarriersA W4–0Storer 3', 67', Shinnie 9', Vaughan 33' 1,137 [32]

Football League Championship

Match results

General source:[33] Match content not verifiable from these sources is referenced individually.

Match results: Championship
Date League
position		 Opponents Venue Result Score
F–A		 Scorers Attendance Refs
8 August 2016 10th Cardiff CityH D0–0 19,833 [34]
13 August 2016 7th Leeds UnitedA W2–1Maghoma 15', Morrison 55' 27,392 [35]
16 August 2016 9th Wigan AthleticA D1–1Davis 44' 11,182 [36]
20 August 2016 13th Wolverhampton WanderersH L1–3Che Adams 24' 18,569 [37]
27 August 2016 10th Norwich CityH W3–0Davis 22', Donaldson 68' pen., 83' 16,295 [38]
10 September 2016 4th FulhamA W1–0Donaldson 49' pen. 17,603 [39]
13 September 2016 5th ReadingA D0–0 14,602 [40]
17 September 2016 5th Sheffield WednesdayH W2–1Donaldson 81' pen., Jutkiewicz 90+2' 16,786 [41]
24 September 2016 6th Queens Park RangersA D1–1Jutkiewicz 23' 13,693 [42]
27 September 2016 6th Preston North EndH D2–2Shotton 30', Che Adams 68' 15,779 [43]
1 October 2016 6th Blackburn RoversH W1–0Gleeson 64' 16,781 [44]
14 October 2016 6th Nottingham ForestA L1–3Jutkiewicz 71' 19,208 [45]
18 October 2016 5th Rotherham UnitedH W4–2Morrison 15', Jutkiewicz 35', Maghoma 43', Cotterill 84' pen. 16,404 [46]
21 October 2016 5th Burton AlbionA L0–2 5,818 [47]
30 October 2016 7th Aston VillaH D1–1Davis 71' 29,656 [48]
5 November 2016 7th Huddersfield TownA D1–1Jutkiewicz 73' 20,200 [49]
19 November 2016 5th Bristol CityH W1–0Che Adams 81' 18,586 [50]
26 November 2016 4th BrentfordA W2–1Donaldson 14' pen., Shotton 63' 10,925 [51]
3 December 2016 5th BarnsleyH L0–3 17,072 [52]

Current league table (part)

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
3 Reading 19 10 4 5 25 24 +1 34 Qualification for Championship play-offs[lower-alpha 1]
4 Leeds United 19 10 2 7 23 20 +3 32
5 Birmingham City 19 8 7 4 24 22 +2 31
6 Sheffield Wednesday 19 9 4 6 22 21 +1 31
7 Norwich City 19 9 3 7 34 30 +4 30
Updated to match(es) played on 3 December 2016. Source: English Football League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
Notes:
  1. ↑ Four teams play for one spot and promotion to the Premier League.

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
19 8 7 4 24 22  +2 31 5 3 2 15 12  +3 3 4 2 9 10  −1

Source: [53]

FA Cup

Main article: 2016–17 FA Cup

EFL Cup

Main article: 2016–17 EFL Cup
EFL Cup match details
Round DateOpponentsVenue ResultScore
F–A		Scorers AttendanceRefs
First 9 August 2016Oxford UnitedH L0–1 a.e.t. 7,202 [54]

Transfers

In

Date Player Clubdagger Fee Ref
30 June 2016 Ryan Shotton Derby County Undisclosed [12]
1 July 2016 Robert Tesche (Nottingham Forest) Free [8]
27 July 2016 Daniel Cleary (Liverpool) Free [9]
8 August 2016 Che Adams Sheffield United Undisclosed [11]
12 August 2016 Greg Stewart Dundee Undisclosed [10]
dagger Brackets around club names indicate the player's contract with that club had expired before he joined Birmingham.

Out

Date Player Clubdagger Fee Ref
24 August 2016 James Vaughan (Bury) Mutual consent [55]
dagger Brackets round a club denote the player joined that club after his Birmingham City contract expired.

Loan in

Date Player Club Return Ref
31 August 2016 Lukas Jutkiewicz Burnley 2 January 2017 [14]
31 August 2016 Rhoys Wiggins AFC Bournemouth 2 January 2017 [15]

Loan out

Date Player Club Return Ref
9 August 2016 Wes Harding Alfreton Town 9 September 2016 [56]
12 August 2016 Alex Jones Port Vale 2 January 2017 [20]
17 August 2016 Andrew Shinnie Hibernian End of season [16]
19 August 2016 Koby Arthur Cheltenham Town 2 January 2017 [18]
19 August 2016 Charlee Adams Kilmarnock 5 January 2017 [19]
31 August 2016 Nicolai Brock-Madsen PEC Zwolle End of season [17]

Appearances and goals

Sources:[57][58][59]
Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute.
Players with name and squad number struck through and marked Left club during playing season 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
1GK ENG Adam Legzdins 8000109000
3DF ENG Jonathan Grounds 170001018050
4DF ENG Paul Robinson 1 (6)000102 (6)010
5DF ENG Ryan Shotton 182000018230
6MF NED Maikel Kieftenbeld 140001015020
7MF GER Robert Tesche 4 (3)000105 (3)000
8MF IRL Stephen Gleeson 131000 (1)013 (1)120
9FW JAM Clayton Donaldson 12 (3)5000 (1)012 (4)520
10MF ITA Diego Fabbrini 1 (4)000001 (4)000
11MF WAL David Cotterill 13 (3)1000013 (3)120
12DF WAL Rhoys Wiggins 1 (1)000001 (1)000
14FW ENG Che Adams 9 (6)300009 (6)300
15FW ENG Lukas Jutkiewicz 10 (3)5000010 (3)500
17MF ENG Viv Solomon-Otabor 0 (2)000101 (2)000
18MF ENG Reece Brown 1 (6)000001 (6)000
19MF COD Jacques Maghoma 14 (2)2000 (1)014 (3)230
20FW SCO Greg Stewart 1 (8)000001 (8)000
21FW ENG James Vaughan Left club during playing season 0000101000
22MF SCO Andrew Shinnie 0000000000
23DF USA Jonathan Spector 160000016011
25DF ENG Josh Dacres-Cogley 1000102000
26MF ENG David Davis 16 (1)3000016 (1)370
27GK ENG Connal Trueman 0000000000
28DF ENG Michael Morrison 182001018230
29GK POL Tomasz Kuszczak 100000010000
31DF SCO Paul Caddis 0000101000
38FW ENG Jack Storer 0 (3)000101 (3)011
    Players not included in matchday squads
    No. Pos. Nat. Name
    16MF ENG Charlee Adams
    24MF GHA Koby Arthur
    44FW DNK Nicolai Brock-Madsen

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