2009–10 Birmingham City F.C. season

The 2009–10 season was Birmingham City Football Club's sixth season in the Premier League and their 56th in the first tier of English football. The side was managed by former Scotland manager Alex McLeish, who successfully guided the side to promotion from the Championship the previous season.

Review

Carson Yeung takeover

Following his unsuccessful attempt to purchase the club during the 2007–08 season, Carson Yeung returned to complete a deal to purchase Birmingham City.

On 20 August, Carson Yeung's Grandtop International played a deposit of £3million ahead of a new proposed takeover bid.^[5] This was quickly followed by Yeung's decision to donate £5million for the purchase of Middlesbrough's Tuncay, but owing to the rules of the Hong Kong stock market, the money could not be donated to the club, and the player signed for Stoke City.^[6]

By the 9 September, the takeover bid had been had a minor setback, pushing the takeover date back from October to mid-November. This was because and EGM had to be held by Grandtop International, owing to the fact that Carson Yeung had to gain permission from backers to issue 50% more shares in the company following his capture of a £57million bridging loan to purchase the club.^[7]

On the 15 September, Yeung formally lodged his takeover bid by issuing a £1 per share offer to shareholders.^[8] By the 24 September, he had managed to acquire 81.7% of the club, which included former major shareholders David Sullivan, David Gold and Ralph Gold's shares,^[9] and by the 6 October, he had completed his takeover after acquiring over 90% of the clubs shares.^[10]

A press conference was held at St Andrews on the 15 October, so that Carson Yeung could outline his future plans for the club. During the press conference, Yeung also confirmed a series of new boardroom appointments including, Michael Wiseman as Vice President, Vico Hui as Chairman, Peter Pannu and Sammy Yu as joint Vice Chairman's, and Michael Dunford as Chief Executive.^[11]

Following his takeover, Yeung changed the name of Grandtop International to Birmingham International Holdings.^[12]

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.^[13]
7 July: The club broke its transfer record by signing Christian Benítez from Mexican side Santos Laguna, for a fee that will rise to $12.5 million (around £7.75 million).^[14]
15 July: The new home kit was revealed.^[15]
29 July: The new goalkeeper kit was revealed.^[16]
7 August: Co-owner David Sullivan and managing director Karren Brady were told that no further action would be taken against them after a two-year investigation into corruption in football.^[17]
12 August: The club confirmed that they have received an approach from Carson Yeung, which may lead to a takeover bid.^[18]
14 August: Vice-chairman Jack Wiseman died at the age of 92.^[19]
20 August: Carson Yeung pays a £3million deposit on the club ahead of his prospective takeover.^[20]
16 September: Karen Brady and David Sullivan announce a statement that outlines their desire to leave the club is Carson Yeung's takeover is successful.^[21]
6 October: Carson Yeung and Grandtop International gained control of Birmingham City after purchasing 90% of the club's stock. Grandtop can now complete a compulsory purchase of all reaming stock with a view of taking the club of the AIM.^[22]
11 November: The club is officially bought by Carson Yeung after Birmingham City PLC was de-listed from the AIM.^[23]
17 November: Former Aberdeen player Malky Thomson is appointed as reserve team manager.^[24]
8 January: Alex McLeish was awarded the manager of the month award for December.^[25]
3 February: Former Birmingham goalkeeper and manager Gil Merrick died at the age of 88.^[26]

Pre-season

21 July 2009	Birmingham City	0–2	VfB Stuttgart	Zell am See Stadium, Zell am See, Austria
		Report	Élson 79' Schieber 83'

23 July 2009	FC Augsburg	2–0	Birmingham City	Westendorf Stadium, Westendorf, Austria
	Werner 23' da Costa 74'	Report

26 July 2009	Al-Hilal	3–0	Birmingham City	Leogang Stadium, Leogang, Austria
	Al-Mehyani 23' Al-Swaileh 81' Al-Shalhoub 85'	Report

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

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

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

8 August 2009	Birmingham City	0–0	Sporting de Gijón	St Andrew's, Birmingham
		Report		Attendance: 10,360 Referee: Steve Tanner

Premier League

Main article: 2009–10 Premier League

August

16 August 2009	Manchester United	1–0	Birmingham City	Old Trafford, Manchester
13:30 BST (UTC+01)	Rooney 34'	^[27]		Attendance: 75,062 Referee: Lee Mason

19 August 2009	Birmingham City	1–0	Portsmouth	St Andrew's, Birmingham
19:45 BST (UTC+01)	McFadden 90+2' (pen.)	^[28]		Attendance: 19,922 Referee: Lee Probert

22 August 2009	Birmingham City	0–0	Stoke City	St Andrew's, Birmingham
15:00 BST (UTC+01)		^[29]		Attendance: 21,694 Referee: Chris Foy

29 August 2009	Tottenham Hotspur	2–1	Birmingham City	White Hart Lane, London
15:00 BST (UTC+01)	Crouch 72' Lennon 90+5'	^[30]	Bowyer 75'	Attendance: 35,318 Referee: Peter Walton

September

13 September 2009	Birmingham City	0–1	Aston Villa	St Andrew's, Birmingham
12:00 BST (UTC+01)		^[31]	Agbonlahor 85'	Attendance: 25,196 Referee: Howard Webb

19 September 2009	Hull City	0–1	Birmingham City	KC Stadium, Hull
15:00 BST (UTC+01)		^[32]	O'Connor 75'	Attendance: 23,759 Referee: Phil Dowd

26 September 2009	Birmingham City	1–2	Bolton Wanderers	St Andrew's, Birmingham
15:00 BST (UTC+01)	Phillips 84'	^[33]	Cohen 10' Lee 86'	Attendance: 28,671 Referee: Steve Bennett

October

3 October 2009	Burnley	2–1	Birmingham City	Turf Moor, Burnley
15:00 BST (UTC+01)	Fletcher 53' Bikey 62'	^[34]	Larsson 90+5'	Attendance: 20,102 Referee: Kevin Friend

17 October 2009	Arsenal	3–1	Birmingham City	Emirates Stadium, London
15:00 BST (UTC+01)	Van Persie 16' Diaby 18' Arshavin 85'	^[35]	Bowyer 38'	Attendance: 60,028 Referee: Lee Probert

24 October 2009	Birmingham City	2–1	Sunderland	St Andrew's, Birmingham
15:00 BST (UTC+01)	Ridgewell 37' McFadden 48'	^[36]	Turner 82'	Attendance: 21,723 Referee: Martin Atkinson

November

1 November 2009	Birmingham City	0–0	Manchester City	St Andrew's, Birmingham
16:00 GMT (UTC)	Ferguson 90+6'	^[37]		Attendance: 21,462 Referee: Mike Dean

9 November 2009	Liverpool	2–2	Birmingham City	Anfield, Liverpool
20:00 GMT (UTC)	N'Gog 13' Gerrard 71' (pen.)	^[38]	Benítez 26' Jerome 45+3'	Attendance: 42,560 Referee: Peter Walton

21 November 2009	Birmingham City	1–0	Fulham	St Andrew's, Birmingham
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Bowyer 16'	^[39]		Attendance: 23,659 Referee: Chris Foy

29 November 2009	Wolverhampton Wanderers	0–1	Birmingham City	Molineux, Wolverhampton
12:00 GMT (UTC)		^[40]	Bowyer 3'	Attendance: 26,668 Referee: Mark Clattenburg

December

5 December 2009	Wigan Athletic	2–3	Birmingham City	DW Stadium, Wigan
15:00 GMT (UTC)	N'Zogbia 33' Gómez 89'	^[41]	Larsson 61', 72' Benítez 66'	Attendance: 18,797 Referee: Lee Probert

12 December 2009	Birmingham City	1–0	West Ham United	St Andrew's, Birmingham
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Bowyer 52'	^[42]	Noble 78'	Attendance: 28,203 Referee: Lee Mason

15 December 2009	Birmingham City	2–1	Blackburn Rovers	St Andrew's, Birmingham
20:00 GMT (UTC)	Jerome 12', 48'	^[43]	Nelsen 69'	Attendance: 23,187 Referee: Mike Jones

20 December 2009	Everton	1–1	Birmingham City	Goodison Park, Liverpool
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Bilyaletdinov 5'	^[44]	Larsson 22'	Attendance: 33,660 Referee: Stuart Attwell

26 December 2009	Birmingham City	0–0	Chelsea	St Andrew's, Birmingham
12:45 GMT (UTC)		^[45]	F. Malouda 89'	Attendance: 28,958 Referee: Peter Walton

28 December 2009	Stoke City	0–1	Birmingham City	Britannia Stadium, Stoke-on-Trent
15:00 GMT (UTC)		^[46]	50' Jerome	Attendance: 27,211 Referee: Martin Atkinson

January

9 January 2010	Birmingham City	1–1	Manchester United	St Andrew's, Birmingham
17:30 GMT (UTC)	Jerome 39'	^[47]	Dann 63' (o.g.) Fletcher 84'	Attendance: 28,907 Referee: Mark Clattenburg

27 January 2010	Chelsea	3–0	Birmingham City	Stamford Bridge, London
19:45 GMT (UTC)	Malouda 5' Lampard 32', 90'	^[48]		Attendance: 41,293 Referee: Steve Bennett

30 January 2010	Birmingham City	1–1	Tottenham Hotspur	St Andrew's, Birmingham
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Ridgewell 90+1'	^[49]	Defoe 69'	Attendance: 27,238 Referee: Stuart Attwell

February

7 February 2010	Birmingham City	2–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	St Andrew's, Birmingham
13:30 GMT (UTC)	Phillips 80', 85'	^[50]	Doyle 42'	Attendance: 24,165 Referee: Lee Probert

10 February 2010	West Ham United	2–0	Birmingham City	Boleyn Ground, London
19:45 GMT (UTC)	Diamanti 45+2' Cole 67'	^[51]		Attendance: 34,458 Referee: Mike Dean

21 February 2010	Fulham	2–1	Birmingham City	Craven Cottage, London
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Duff 59' Zamora 90+1'	^[52]	Baird 3' (o.g.)	Attendance: 21,758 Referee: Phil Dowd

27 February 2010	Birmingham City	1–0	Wigan Athletic	St Andrew's, Birmingham
15:00 GMT (UTC)	McFadden 45+2' (pen.)	^[53]		Attendance: 25,921 Referee: Anthony Taylor

March

9 March 2010	Portsmouth	1–2	Birmingham City	Fratton Park, Portsmouth
19:45 GMT (UTC)	Kanu 90+2'	^[54]	Jerome 16', 42'	Attendance: 18,465 Referee: Mike Jones

13 March 2010	Birmingham City	2–2	Everton	St Andrew's, Birmingham
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Jerome 26' Gardner 52'	^[55]	Anichebe 19' Yakubu 22'	Attendance: 24,579 Referee: Lee Probert

20 March 2010	Sunderland	3–1	Birmingham City	Stadium of Light, Sunderland
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Bent 5', 11' Campbell 88'	^[56]	Jerome 60'	Attendance: 37,962 Referee: Peter Walton

24 March 2010	Blackburn Rovers	2–1	Birmingham City	Blackburn
20:00 GMT (UTC)	Dunn 5', 67'	^[57]	McFadden 55'	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 23,856 Referee: Mark Clattenburg

27 March 2010	Birmingham City	1–1	Arsenal	Birmingham
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Phillips 90+2'	^[58]	Nasri 81'	Stadium: St Andrew's, Birmingham Attendance: 27,039 Referee: Howard Webb

April

4 April 2010	Birmingham City	1–1	Liverpool	St Andrew's, Birmingham
15:00 BST (UTC+01)	Ridgewell 56'	^[59]	Gerrard 47'	Attendance: 27,909 Referee: Martin Atkinson

11 April 2010	Manchester City	5–1	Birmingham City	City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester
16:00 BST (UTC+01)	Tévez 38' (pen.), 40' Adebayor 43', 88' Onuoha 74'	^[60]	C. Jerome 42'	Attendance: 45,209 Referee: Phil Dowd

17 April 2010	Birmingham City	0–0	Hull City	St Andrew's, Birmingham
15:00 BST (UTC+01)		^[61]		Attendance: 26,669 Referee: Mark Clattenburg

25 April 2010	Aston Villa	1–0	Birmingham City	Villa Park, Birmingham
12:00 BST (UTC+01)	Milner 83' (pen.)	^[62]		Attendance: 42,788 Referee: Martin Atkinson

May

1 May 2010	Birmingham City	2–1	Burnley	St Andrew's, Birmingham
12:45 BST (UTC+01)	Jerome 29' Benítez 41'	^[2]	Thompson 87'	Attendance: 24,578 Referee: Peter Walton

9 May 2010	Bolton Wanderers	2–1	Birmingham City	Reebok Stadium, Bolton
16:00 BST (UTC+01)	Davies 33' Klasnić 60'	^[63]	McFadden 77'	Attendance: 22,863 Referee: Kevin Friend

League table (part)

Final Premier League table (part)
Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
7th	Liverpool	38	18	9	11	61	35	+26	63
8th	Everton	38	16	13	9	60	49	+11	61
9th	Birmingham City	38	13	11	14	38	47	-9	50
10th	Blackburn Rovers	38	13	11	14	41	55	-14	50
11th	Stoke City	38	11	14	13	34	48	-14	47
Key	Pos = League position; Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
Source	^[64]

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
38	13	11	14	38	47	−9	50	8	9	2	19	13	+6	5	2	12	19	34	−15

Source: ^[64]

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	W	D	L	L	W	L	L	L	W	D	D	W	W	W	W	W	D	D	W	D	L	D	W	L	L	W	W	D	L	L	D	D	L	D	L	W	L
Position	13	9	7	11	15	11	14	15	16	14	14	15	21	11	8	8	6	7	8	7	8	8	8	8	8	10	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9

Source: ^[65]
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Lose; W = Win; P = Postponed.

FA Cup

Main article: 2009–10 FA Cup

3rd 2 January 2010	Nottingham Forest	0–0	Birmingham City	City Ground, Nottingham
15:00 GMT (UTC)		^[66]		Attendance: 20,975 Referee: Steve Bennett

Replay 12 January 2010	Birmingham City	1–0	Nottingham Forest	St Andrew's, Birmingham
19:45 BST (UTC+01)	Ferguson 62'	^[67]		Attendance: 9,399 Referee: Kevin Friend

4th 23 January 2010	Everton	1–2	Birmingham City	Goodison Park, Liverpool
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Osman 56'	^[68]	Benítez 7' Ferguson 40'	Attendance: 30,875 Referee: Howard Webb

5th 13 February 2010	Derby County	1–2	Birmingham City	Pride Park, Derby
15:00 GMT (UTC)	McEveley 55'	^[69]	Dann 73' Ridgewell 90+3'	Attendance: 21,043 Referee: Martin Atkinson

6th 6 March 2010	Portsmouth	2–0	Birmingham City	Fratton Park, Portsmouth
12:30 GMT (UTC)	Piquionne 67', 70'	^[70]		Attendance: 20,456 Referee: Steve Bennett

League Cup

Main article: 2009–10 Football League Cup

Birmingham entered the 2009–10 League Cup in the second round. The draw saw them travel down to the south coast to play League One team Southampton for the second time in consecutive seasons.^[71] Goals from midfielders Lee Carsley and Lee Bowyer cancelled out Adam Lallana's strike to see Birmingham progress to the next round 2–1.^[72] In the third round, Birmingham visited fellow Premier League side Sunderland. An early goal from Jordan Henderson and a strike by Fraizer Campbell midway through the first half was enough to see Birmingham knocked out of the cup 2–0.^[73]

2nd 25 August 2009	Southampton	1–2	Birmingham City	St Mary's Stadium, Southampton
19:45 BST (UTC+01)	Lallana 51'	^[72]	Bowyer 77' Carsley 80'	Attendance: 11,753 Referee: Phil Crossley

3rd 22 September 2009	Sunderland	2–0	Birmingham City	Stadium of Light, Sunderland
19:45 BST (UTC+01)	Henderson 4' Campbell 23'	^[73]		Attendance: 20,576 Referee: Mike Dean

Appearances and goals

Source:^[74]

Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute.

Players with squad numbers 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 included in matchday squads
No.^[75]	Pos	Nat	Name	League^[76]		FA Cup^[77]		League Cup^[78]		Total		Discipline^[79]
No.^[75]	Pos	Nat	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	NIR	Maik Taylor	2	0	0	0	2	0	4	0	0	0
2	DF	IRE	Stephen Carr	35	0	4	0	1	0	39	0	10	0
3	DF	ENG	David Murphy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	MF	ENG	Lee Bowyer	34 (1)	5	4 (1)	0	1 (1)	1	39 (3)	6	9	0
5	DF	ENG	Martin Taylor	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	DF	ENG	Liam Ridgewell	30 (1)	3	5	1	1	0	36 (1)	4	4	0
7	MF	SWE	Sebastian Larsson	26 (7)	4	4	0	1	0	32 (7)	4	3	0
8	FW	SCO	Garry O'Connor	5 (5)	1	0	0	1 (1)	0	6 (6)	1	2	0
9	FW	ENG	Kevin Phillips	2 (17)	4	1 (3)	0	1	0	4 (20)	4	0	0
10	FW	ENG	Cameron Jerome	32	11^a	4	0	0	0	36	11	5	0
11	FW	ECU	Christian Benítez	21 (9)	3	3 (2)	1	1	0	25 (11)	4	1	0
12	MF	SCO	Barry Ferguson	37	0	5	2	1	0	43	2	9	1
13	GK	IRE	Colin Doyle	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	DW	ENG	Roger Johnson	38	0	5	0	0	0	43	0	8	0
15	DW	ENG	Scott Dann	30	0	4	1	1	0	35	1	4	0
16	FW	SCO	James McFadden	32 (4)	5	4	0	0 (1)	0	36 (5)	5	6	0
17	DF	ECU	Giovanny Espinoza	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	2	0
17	MF	ESP	Míchel	3 (6)	0	0	0	0	0	3 (6)	0	1	0
18	MF	IRE	Keith Fahey	18 (16)	0	3 (2)	0	0 (1)	0	21 (19)	0	2	0
19	MF	ENG	Gary McSheffrey	1 (4)	0	0 (2)	0	2	0	3 (6)	0	1	0
20	DF	FRA	Franck Queudrue	6	0	0	0	1	0	7	0	0	0
21	DF	ENG	Stuart Parnaby	6 (2)	0	1	0	2	0	9 (2)	0	2	0
22	MF	NIR	Damien Johnson	0 (1)	0	1 (1)	0	0	0	1 (2)	0	0	0
23	FW	ENG	Marcus Bent	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	MF	IRE	Jay O'Shea	0 (1)	0	0	0	2	0	2 (1)	0	0	0
25	GK	ENG	Joe Hart*	36	0	5	0	0	0	41	0	4	0
26	MF	IRE	Lee Carsley	3 (4)	0	1	0	1	1	5 (4)	1	1	0
27	DF	FRA	Grégory Vignal	6 (2)	0	1	0	0	0	7 (2)	0	3	0
28	MF	FIN	Teemu Tainio*	5 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	5 (1)	0	0	0
29	MF	ENG	Ashley Sammons	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
30	DF	ENG	Dan Preston	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	0 (1)	0	1	0
31	MF	ENG	Jordon Mutch	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	MF	ENG	Jake Jervis	0	0	0 (1)	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	0	0
33	MF	ENG	Craig Gardner	10 (3)	1	0 (2)	0	0	0	10 (5)	1	4	0
34	MF	ENG	Nathan Redmond	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

a. Soccerbase's stats exclude Birmingham's opening goal against Burnley on 1 May, originally credited as a Brian Jensen own goal but awarded to Jerome by the Dubious Goals Panel.^[2]

Transfers

Before the start of the season, Stephen Carr was given a new two-year contract and Cameron Jerome signed a five-year deal.^[80] Youngsters Jacob Rowe and Shaun Timmins were given their first professional one-year contracts and Jared Wilson received a one-year extension.^[81]

In

Date	Player	Club	Fee	Ref
12 June 2009	Scott Dann	Coventry City	Undisclosed	^[82]
24 June 2009	Giovanny Espinoza	Barcelona SC	Undisclosed	^[83]
25 June 2009	Roger Johnson	Tottenham Hotspur	£750,000	^[84]
7 July 2009	Christian Benítez	Santos Laguna	Undisclosed	^[85]
8 July 2009	Lee Bowyer	(West Ham United)	Free	^[86]
13 July 2009	Artur Krysiak	(Birmingham City)	Free	^[87]
17 July 2009	Barry Ferguson	Rangers	£1.2m	^[88]
10 August 2009	Jay O'Shea	Galway United	Undisclosed	^[89]
13 August 2009	Grégory Vignal	RC Lens	Undisclosed	^[90]
11 January 2010	Michel	Sporting de Gijón	£3m	^[90]
26 January 2010	Craig Gardner	Aston Villa	£3m	^[91]

Brackets round club names indicate the player's contract with that club had expired before he joined Birmingham.

Out

Date	Player	Fee	Joined	Ref
12 January 2010	Giovanny Espinoza	Released	(Unión Española)	^[92]
19 January 2010	Krystian Pearce	Free	Huddersfield Town	^[93]
29 January 2010	Martin Taylor	Free	Watford	^[94]
1 February 2010	Damien Johnson	Free	Plymouth Argyle	^[95]
30 June 2010	Lee Carsley	Released	(Coventry City)	^[96]
30 June 2010	Artur Krysiak	Released	(Exeter City)	^[96]
30 June 2010	Gary McSheffrey	Released	(Coventry City)	^[96]
30 June 2010	Franck Queudrue	Released	(RC Lens)	^[96]
30 June 2010	Jacob Rowe	Released		^[96]
30 June 2010	Shaun Timmins	Released		^[96]
30 June 2010	Grégory Vignal	Released	(Atromitos)	^[96]
30 June 2010	Jared Wilson	Released		^[96]

Brackets round club names denote the player joined that club after his Birmingham City contract expired.

Loan in

Date	Player	Club	Return	Ref
24 June 2009	Joe Hart	Manchester City	End of season	^[83]
1 September 2009	Teemu Tainio	Sunderland	End of season	^[97]

Loan out

Date	Player	Club	Return	Ref
1 July 2009	Robin Shroot	Burton Albion	January 2010	^[98]
20 July 2009	Krystian Pearce	Peterborough United	11 January 2010	^[99]
10 August 2009	Artur Krysiak	Burton Albion	End of season	^[100]^[101]
30 October 2009	Marcus Bent	Middlesbrough	16 January 2011	^[102]
26 November 2009	Jordon Mutch	Hereford United	2 January 2011	^[103]
23 December 2009	Jacob Rowe	Redditch United	One month	^[101]
26 January 2010	Jordon Mutch	Doncaster Rovers	One month	^[104]
29 January 2010	Gary McSheffrey	Leeds United	End of season	^[105]
1 February 2010	Marcus Bent	Queens Park Rangers	End of season	^[106]

Transfer notes

It is believed that the fee paid for Scott Dann is in the region of £3.5 million.^[107]
Birmingham City did not mention an official cost for Giovanny Espinoza. Newspaper reports suggest that the fee was lower than €600,000 (£375,000).^[108]
A fee and personal terms for Benítez were agreed on 3 June 2009,^[109] but were later renegotiated after a problem with Benítez's knee was discovered during his medical.^[110] Benítez officially joined the club on 7 July 2009.^[111] The fee for Benítez is thought to be $2 million (about £1.2 million) rising to $12.5 million (about £7.75 million) 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.^[110]
It was announced on 15 May 2009 that Artur Krysiak would be released from the club when his contract expired on 30 June 2009.^[112] It was later announced that the side had re-signed the Polish goalkeeper.^[113]
Radhi Jaïdi, Stephen Kelly and Mehdi Nafti all left the club when their contracts expired. Kelly joined Fulham,^[114] while Nafti joined Greek side Aris Thessaloniki.^[115] Jaïdi signed for Southampton on 2 September 2009.^[116]
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.^[117]
Artur Krysiak's loan deal with Burton Albion was originally a one-month loan deal. This was extended until January on 1 September.^[118] The deal was further extended on 24 December to cover the remainder of the season.^[119]
Jordon Mutch's loan deal to Hereford United, and later to Doncaster Rovers, were both Football League Youth Loans. This meant he would still be eligible for Birmingham City reserve and academy fixtures, but Hereford/Doncaster fixtures would take priority if on the same day.^[120]^[121]

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Premier and Football Leagues	Premier League (Academy · Reserve) · Football League (Championship · League One · League Two) · League Cup (Final) · Football League Trophy (Final) · Play-offs (Championship Final · League One Final · League Two Final)

Football Conference	Football Conference (National · North · South)

Lower leagues	Isthmian League (Isthmian League Cup) · Northern Premier League · Southern Football League

Regional cups	Cheshire · Essex · Lancashire (FA Challenge) · Liverpool · Sheffield and Hallamshire · Surrey

European competitions	Champions League · Europa League (Final)

Related to national team	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA Group 6) · Fabio Capello

Club seasons

Premier League	Arsenal · Aston Villa · Birmingham City · Blackburn Rovers · Bolton Wanderers · Burnley · Chelsea · Everton · Fulham · Hull City · Liverpool · Manchester City · Manchester United · Portsmouth · Stoke City · Sunderland · Tottenham Hotspur · West Ham United · Wigan Athletic · Wolverhampton Wanderers

Championship	Barnsley · Blackpool · Bristol City · Cardiff City · Coventry City · Crystal Palace · Derby County · Doncaster Rovers · Ipswich Town · Leicester City · Middlesbrough · Newcastle United · Nottingham Forest · Peterborough United · Plymouth Argyle · Preston North End · Queens Park Rangers · Reading · Scunthorpe United · Sheffield United · Sheffield Wednesday · Swansea City · Watford · West Bromwich Albion

League One	Brentford · Brighton & Hove Albion · Bristol Rovers · Carlisle United · Charlton Athletic · Colchester United · Exeter City · Gillingham · Hartlepool United · Huddersfield Town · Leeds United · Leyton Orient · Millwall · Milton Keynes Dons · Norwich City · Oldham Athletic · Southampton · Southend United · Stockport County · Swindon Town · Tranmere Rovers · Walsall · Wycombe Wanderers · Yeovil Town

League Two	Accrington Stanley · Aldershot Town · Barnet · Bournemouth · Bradford City · Burton Albion · Bury · Cheltenham Town · Chesterfield · Crewe Alexandra · Dagenham & Redbridge · Darlington · Grimsby Town · Hereford United · Lincoln City · Macclesfield Town · Morecambe · Northampton Town · Notts County · Port Vale · Rochdale · Rotherham United · Shrewsbury Town · Torquay United

Conference National	AFC Wimbledon · Altrincham · Barrow · Cambridge United · Chester City · Crawley Town · Eastbourne Borough · Ebbsfleet United · Forest Green Rovers · Gateshead · Grays Athletic · Hayes & Yeading United · Histon · Kettering Town · Kidderminster Harriers · Luton Town · Mansfield Town · Oxford United · Rushden & Diamonds · Salisbury City · Stevenage Borough · Tamworth · Wrexham · York City

Conference North / South	Newport County · Northwich Victoria

Summer 2009 transfers · Winter 2009–10 transfers · Summer 2010 transfers