:Birmingham City F.C. league record by opponent
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Birmingham City Football Club, an English association football club based in the city of Birmingham, was founded in 1875 as Small Heath Alliance. For their first thirteen years, there was no league football, so matches were arranged on an occasional basis, supplemented by cup competitions organised at both local and national level. In 1888, Small Heath joined the Combination, a league set up to provide organised football for those clubs not invited to join the Football League which was to start the same year. However, the Combination was not well organised, and folded in April 1889 with many fixtures still outstanding. Small Heath were founder members of the Football Alliance in 1889, and three years later were elected to the newly formed Second Division of the Football League. They topped the table in their first season, though failed to win promotion via the test match system then in operation, but reached the top flight for the first time in 1894. Since that time, they have not fallen below the third tier of the English football league system, and were promoted to the Premier League for the first time for the 2002–03 season.
Birmingham's first team have competed in a number of nationally contested leagues, and their record against each club faced in those competitions is summarised below. The opening match of the 1889–90 Football Alliance season pitted them against near neighbours Birmingham St George's, their first Football League match was against Burslem Port Vale, and they met their 111th and most recent different league opponent, Stevenage, for the first time in the 2024–25 EFL League One season. The team that Birmingham have played most in league competition is Manchester City, whom they first met as Ardwick in the 1891–92 Football Alliance season. Wolverhampton Wanderers have beaten Birmingham 62 times in the league, more than any other team: they overtook Manchester City's total of 60 victories in the 2017–18 EFL Championship season. Derby County have drawn 36 league encounters with Birmingham, one more than Everton and West Bromwich Albion. Birmingham have recorded more league victories against Leicester City than against any other club, having beaten them 50 times out of 126 attempts.
All statistics are correct up to and including the match played against Cambridge United on 3 May 2025, the final day of the 2024–25 EFL League One regular season.
Key
- The table includes results of matches played by Birmingham City's first team (under that name and under its former names, Birmingham and Small Heath) in the Football Alliance, the Football League and the Premier League. Matches from uncompleted competitions{{snd}}the abandoned 1939–40 Football League season and the unfinished 1888–89 season in the Combination{{snd}}are excluded, as are test matches, Football League play-offs, and matches in the various wartime competitions.
- The name used for each opponent is the name they had when Birmingham City most recently played a league match against them. Results against each opponent include results against that club under any former name. For example, results against Leyton Orient include matches played against Orient (1966–1987) and Clapton Orient (before 1945).
- The columns headed "First" and "Last" contain the first and most recent seasons in which Birmingham City played league matches against each opponent.
- P = matches played; W = matches won; D = matches drawn; L = matches lost; Win% = percentage of total matches won
- {{legend2|#FFDDFF||border=1px solid #AAAAAA}} Clubs with this coloured background and marked {{dagger}} in the "Opponent" column are Birmingham City's divisional rivals in the current 2024–25 EFL League One season.
- {{legend2|#87CEEB||border=1px solid #AAAAAA}} Clubs with this coloured background and marked {{double-dagger}} in the "Opponent" column are defunct.
All-time league record
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|+Birmingham City F.C. league record by opponent |
scope=col rowspan=2|Opponent
!scope=col|P !scope=col|W !scope=col|D !scope=col|L !scope=col|P !scope=col|W !scope=col|D !scope=col|L !scope=col|P !scope=col|W !scope=col|D !scope=col|L !scope=col rowspan=2|Win% !scope=col rowspan=2|First !scope=col rowspan=2|Last !scope=col rowspan=2 class="unsortable"|Notes |
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!colspan=4| Home !colspan=4| Away !colspan=4| Total |
scope=row|AFC Bournemouth
|9||0||3||6 |9||3||0||6 {{WDL|18|3|3|12}} | |
scope=row|Arsenal
|62||30||15||17 |62||4||18||40 {{WDL|124|34|33|57}} |{{efn-ua|Arsenal statistics include matches played against Woolwich Arsenal.}} |
scope=row|Aston Villa
|58||22||16||20 |58||14||15||29 {{WDL|116|36|31|49}} | |
scope=row style=background:#ffddff|Barnsley {{dagger}}
|41||22||9||10 |41||18||10||13 {{WDL|82|40|19|23}} | |
scope=row style=background:#87ceeb|Birmingham St George's {{double-dagger}}
|3||1||1||1 |3||0||0||3 {{WDL|6|1|1|4}} | |
scope=row|Blackburn Rovers
|64||37||17||10 |64||8||16||40 {{WDL|128|45|33|50}} | |
scope=row style=background:#ffddff|Blackpool {{dagger}}
|46||24||11||11 |46||10||11||25 {{WDL|92|34|22|36}} | |
scope=row style=background:#ffddff|Bolton Wanderers {{dagger}}
|65||34||15||16 |65||10||19||36 {{WDL|130|44|34|52}} | |
scope=row style=background:#87ceeb|Bootle {{double-dagger}}
|4||3||1||0 |4||2||1||1 {{WDL|8|5|2|1}} | |
scope=row|Bradford City
|11||7||4||0 |11||4||4||3 {{WDL|22|11|8|3}} | |
scope=row|Bradford Park Avenue
|8||4||1||3 |8||2||4||2 {{WDL|16|6|5|5}} | |
scope=row|Brentford
|21||10||5||6 |21||11||5||5 {{WDL|42|21|10|11}} | |
scope=row|Brighton & Hove Albion
|13||4||5||4 |13||2||3||8 {{WDL|26|6|8|12}} | |
scope=row|Bristol City
|35||18||11||6 |35||16||6||13 {{WDL|70|34|17|19}} | |
scope=row style=background:#ffddff|Bristol Rovers {{dagger}}
|7||4||3||0 |7||1||5||1 {{WDL|14|5|8|1}} | |
scope=row|Burnley
|47||23||10||14 |47||8||12||27 {{WDL|94|31|22|41}} | |
scope=row style=background:#ffddff|Burton Albion {{dagger}}
|3||1||1||1 |3||1||0||2 {{WDL|6|2|1|3}} | |
scope=row style=background:#87ceeb|Burton Swifts {{double-dagger}}
|8||7||0||1 |8||6||1||1 {{WDL|16|13|1|2}} | |
scope=row style=background:#87ceeb|Burton United {{double-dagger}}
|1||1||0||0 |1||1||0||0 {{WDL|2|2|0|0}} | |
scope=row style=background:#87ceeb|Burton Wanderers {{double-dagger}}
|1||1||0||0 |1||1||0||0 {{WDL|2|2|0|0}} | |
scope=row|Bury
|32||16||5||11 |32||10||4||18 {{WDL|64|26|9|29}} | |
scope=row style=background:#ffddff|Cambridge United {{dagger}}
|5||2||1||2 |5||3||0||2 {{WDL|10|5|1|4}} | |
scope=row|Cardiff City
|40||18||14||8 |40||11||5||24 {{WDL|80|29|19|32}} | |
scope=row|Carlisle United
|9||6||1||2 |9||2||2||5 {{WDL|18|8|3|7}} | |
scope=row style=background:#ffddff|Charlton Athletic {{dagger}}
|33||16||10||7 |33||5||11||17 {{WDL|66|21|21|24}} | |
scope=row|Chelsea
|41||14||12||15 |41||6||12||23 {{WDL|82|20|24|38}} | |
scope=row style=background:#87ceeb|Chester City {{double-dagger}}
|4||3||1||0 |4||3||0||1 {{WDL|8|6|1|1}} | |
scope=row|Chesterfield
|7||4||3||0 |7||2||4||1 {{WDL|14|6|7|1}} |{{efn-ua|Chesterfield statistics include matches played against Chesterfield Town.}} |
scope=row|Colchester United
|1||1||0||0 |1||0||1||0 {{WDL|2|1|1|0}} | |
scope=row|Coventry City
|28||13||9||6 |28||8||9||11 {{WDL|56|21|18|17}} | |
scope=row style=background:#ffddff|Crawley Town {{dagger}}
|1||0||1||0 |1||1||0||0 {{WDL|2|1|1|0}} | |
scope=row|Crewe Alexandra
|13||10||0||3 |13||7||3||3 {{WDL|26|17|3|6}} | |
scope=row|Crystal Palace
|22||14||3||5 |22||6||5||11 {{WDL|44|20|8|16}} | |
scope=row|Darlington
|1||1||0||0 |1||0||1||0 {{WDL|2|1|1|0}} | |
scope=row style=background:#87ceeb|Darwen {{double-dagger}}
|6||5||0||1 |6||0||2||4 {{WDL|12|5|2|5}} | |
scope=row|Derby County
|58||26||15||17 |58||10||21||27 {{WDL|116|36|36|44}} | |
scope=row|Doncaster Rovers
|10||6||2||2 |10||6||1||3 {{WDL|20|12|3|5}} | |
scope=row|Everton
|59||18||18||23 |59||6||17||36 {{WDL|118|24|35|59}} | |
scope=row style=background:#ffddff|Exeter City {{dagger}}
|3||2||1||0 |3||2||0||1 {{WDL|6|4|1|1}} | |
scope=row|Fulham
|43||18||13||12 |43||13||13||17 {{WDL|86|31|26|29}} | |
scope=row|Gainsborough Trinity
|10||6||4||0 |10||4||3||3 {{WDL|20|10|7|3}} | |
scope=row|Gillingham
|2||2||0||0 |2||1||1||0 {{WDL|4|3|1|0}} | |
scope=row|Glossop
|10||5||3||2 |10||3||1||6 {{WDL|20|8|4|8}} | |
scope=row|Grimsby Town
|38||20||9||9 |38||8||9||21 {{WDL|76|28|18|30}} | |
scope=row|Hartlepool United
|1||1||0||0 |1||0||0||1 {{WDL|2|1|0|1}} | |
scope=row style=background:#ffddff|Huddersfield Town {{dagger}}
|57||29||9||19 |57||12||25||20 {{WDL|114|41|34|39}} | |
scope=row|Hull City
|36||16||14||6 |36||10||7||19 {{WDL|72|26|21|25}} | |
scope=row|Ipswich Town
|38||16||14||8 |38||8||5||25 {{WDL|76|24|19|33}} | |
scope=row style=background:#87ceeb|Leeds City {{double-dagger}}
|7||4||1||2 |7||0||2||5 {{WDL|14|4|3|7}} | |
scope=row|Leeds United
|51||29||12||10 |51||11||13||27 {{WDL|102|40|25|37}} | |
scope=row|Leicester City
|63||32||11||20 |63||18||12||33 {{WDL|126|50|23|53}} |{{efn-ua|Leicester City statistics include matches played against Leicester Fosse.}} |
scope=row style=background:#ffddff|Leyton Orient {{dagger}}
|19||11||6||2 |19||8||7||4 {{WDL|38|19|13|6}} |{{efn-ua|Leyton Orient statistics include matches played against Clapton Orient and Orient.}} |
scope=row style=background:#ffddff|Lincoln City {{dagger}}
|19||15||2||2 |19||10||7||2 {{WDL|38|25|9|4}} | |
scope=row|Liverpool
|50||21||14||15 |50||7||11||32 {{WDL|100|28|25|47}} | |
scope=row style=background:#87ceeb|Long Eaton Rangers {{double-dagger}}
|1||1||0||0 |1||1||0||0 {{WDL|2|2|0|0}} | |
scope=row style=background:#87ceeb|Loughborough {{double-dagger}}
|4||4||0||0 |4||2||1||1 {{WDL|8|6|1|1}} | |
scope=row|Luton Town
|30||16||8||6 |30||13||10||7 {{WDL|60|29|18|13}} | |
scope=row|Manchester City
|67||40||12||15 |67||9||13||45 {{WDL|134|49|25|60}} |{{efn-ua|Manchester City statistics include matches played against Ardwick.}} |
scope=row|Manchester United
|50||17||20||13 |50||9||9||32 {{WDL|100|26|29|45}} |{{efn-ua|Manchester United statistics include matches played against Newton Heath.}} |
scope=row style=background:#ffddff|Mansfield Town {{dagger}}
|3||2||1||0 |3||1||1||1 {{WDL|6|3|2|1}} | |
scope=row|Middlesbrough
|58||28||16||14 |58||13||17||28 {{WDL|116|41|33|42}} | |
scope=row style=background:#87ceeb|Middlesbrough Ironopolis {{double-dagger}}
|1||1||0||0 |1||0||1||0 {{WDL|2|1|1|0}} | |
scope=row|Millwall
|25||11||9||5 |25||8||6||11 {{WDL|50|19|15|16}} | |
scope=row|Milton Keynes Dons
|1||1||0||0 |1||1||0||0 {{WDL|2|2|0|0}} |{{efn-ua|name=Franchise}} |
scope=row style=background:#87ceeb|New Brighton Tower {{double-dagger}}
|3||3||0||0 |3||0||2||1 {{WDL|6|3|2|1}} | |
scope=row|Newcastle United
|48||21||12||15 |48||8||14||26 {{WDL|96|29|26|41}} | |
scope=row|Newport County
|1||0||1||0 |1||1||0||0 {{WDL|2|1|1|0}} | |
scope=row style=background:#ffddff|Northampton Town {{dagger}}
|3||2||1||0 |3||0||2||1 {{WDL|6|2|3|1}} | |
scope=row|Northwich Victoria
|2||2||0||0 |2||2||0||0 {{WDL|4|4|0|0}} | |
scope=row|Norwich City
|33||16||8||9 |33||4||11||18 {{WDL|66|20|19|27}} | |
scope=row|Nottingham Forest
|57||24||13||20 |57||15||19||23 {{WDL|114|39|32|43}} | |
scope=row|Notts County
|26||15||6||5 |26||5||8||13 {{WDL|52|20|14|18}} | |
scope=row|Oldham Athletic
|12||4||4||4 |12||4||3||5 {{WDL|24|8|7|9}} | |
scope=row|Oxford United
|13||4||6||3 |13||6||3||4 {{WDL|26|10|9|7}} | |
scope=row style=background:#ffddff|Peterborough United {{dagger}}
|8||4||4||0 |8||3||2||3 {{WDL|16|7|6|3}} | |
scope=row|Plymouth Argyle
|15||9||4||2 |15||7||5||3 {{WDL|30|16|9|5}} | |
scope=row|Portsmouth
|43||26||9||8 |43||12||14||17 {{WDL|86|38|23|25}} | |
scope=row|Port Vale
|14||11||1||2 |14||6||2||6 {{WDL|28|17|3|8}} |{{efn-ua|Port Vale statistics include matches played against Burslem Port Vale.}} |
scope=row|Preston North End
|49||26||11||12 |49||7||14||28 {{WDL|98|33|25|40}} | |
scope=row|Queens Park Rangers
|32||19||7||6 |32||7||11||14 {{WDL|64|26|18|20}} | |
scope=row style=background:#ffddff|Reading {{dagger}}
|22||9||5||8 |22||8||9||5 {{WDL|44|17|14|13}} | |
scope=row style=background:#87ceeb|Rotherham Town {{double-dagger}}
|1||1||0||0 |1||1||0||0 {{WDL|2|2|0|0}} | |
scope=row style=background:#87ceeb|Rotherham County {{double-dagger}}
|2||1||1||0 |2||1||1||0 {{WDL|4|2|2|0}} | |
scope=row style=background:#ffddff|Rotherham United {{dagger}}
|19||13||3||3 |19||7||8||4 {{WDL|38|20|11|7}} | |
scope=row|Sheffield United
|53||29||10||14 |53||12||11||30 {{WDL|106|41|21|44}} | |
scope=row|Sheffield Wednesday
|52||26||18||8 |52||12||11||29 {{WDL|104|38|29|37}} | |
scope=row style=background:#ffddff|Shrewsbury Town {{dagger}}
|10||4||2||4 |10||1||3||6 {{WDL|20|5|5|10}} | |
scope=row|Southampton
|21||9||7||5 |21||5||3||13 {{WDL|42|14|10|18}} | |
scope=row|Southend United
|6||4||1||1 |6||1||1||4 {{WDL|12|5|2|5}} | |
scope=row|South Shields
|2||1||1||0 |2||0||0||2 {{WDL|4|1|1|2}} | |
scope=row style=background:#ffddff|Stevenage {{dagger}}
|1||1||0||0 |1||1||0||0 {{WDL|2|2|0|0}} |
scope=row style=background:#ffddff|Stockport County {{dagger}}
|19||15||2||2 |19||5||4||10 {{WDL|38|20|6|12}} | |
scope=row|Stoke City
|50||26||12||12 |50||10||11||29 {{WDL|100|36|23|41}} |{{efn-ua|Stoke City statistics include matches played against Stoke.}} |
scope=row|Sunderland
|56||27||13||16 |56||11||9||36 {{WDL|112|38|22|52}} | |
scope=row style=background:#87ceeb|Sunderland Albion {{double-dagger}}
|2||0||0||2 |2||0||0||2 {{WDL|4|0|0|4}} | |
scope=row|Swansea City
|20||10||7||3 |20||8||7||5 {{WDL|40|18|14|8}} |{{efn-ua|Swansea City statistics include matches played against Swansea Town.}} |
scope=row|Swindon Town
|10||5||3||2 |10||4||3||3 {{WDL|20|9|6|5}} | |
scope=row|Torquay United
|1||1||0||0 |1||1||0||0 {{WDL|2|2|0|0}} | |
scope=row|Tottenham Hotspur
|41||18||10||13 |41||8||6||27 {{WDL|82|26|16|40}} | |
scope=row|Tranmere Rovers
|10||5||4||1 |10||3||1||6 {{WDL|20|8|5|7}} | |
scope=row|Walsall
|14||11||1||2 |14||7||2||5 {{WDL|28|18|3|7}} |{{efn-ua|Walsall statistics include matches played against Walsall Town Swifts.}} |
scope=row|Watford
|22||11||4||7 |22||3||4||15 {{WDL|43|14|8|21}} | |
scope=row|West Bromwich Albion
|63||23||16||24 |63||15||19||29 {{WDL|126|38|35|53}} | |
scope=row|West Ham United
|43||23||10||10 |43||15||11||17 {{WDL|86|38|21|27}} | |
scope=row style=background:#ffddff|Wigan Athletic {{dagger}}
|14||5||5||4 |14||3||5||6 {{WDL|28|8|10|10}} | |
scope=row style=background:#87ceeb|Wimbledon {{double-dagger}}
|3||1||0||2 |3||1||0||2 {{WDL|6|2|0|4}} |{{efn-ua|Wimbledon F.C. relocated to Milton Keynes in 2003, and was rebranded as Milton Keynes Dons F.C. a year later. That club renounced all claims to Wimbledon's history in 2007, since when it has regarded itself as a new club founded in 2004.|name=Franchise}} |
scope=row|Wolverhampton Wanderers
|65||23||20||22 |65||15||10||40 {{WDL|130|38|30|62}} | |
scope=row style=background:#ffddff|Wrexham {{dagger}}
|3||3||0||0 |3||0||2||1 {{WDL|6|3|2|1}} | |
scope=row style=background:#ffddff|Wycombe Wanderers {{dagger}}
|3||1||0||2 |3||2||1||0 {{WDL|6|3|1|2}} | |
scope=row|Yeovil Town
|1||0||0||1 |1||1||0||0 {{WDL|2|1|0|1}} | |
scope=row|York City
|1||1||0||0 |1||0||0||1 {{WDL|2|1|0|1}} | |
Notes
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Sources
- {{cite book |last=Matthews |first=Tony |title=Birmingham City: The Complete Record |pages=224–229, 460–465 |date=2010 |publisher=DB Publishing |location=Derby |isbn=978-1-85983-853-2}}
- {{cite web |url=http://www.soccerbase.com/teams/team.sd?team_id=291&teamTabs=h2h |title=Birmingham Head to Head |website=Soccerbase |publisher=Centurycomm |access-date=3 May 2025 |archive-date=12 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230412030532/https://www.soccerbase.com/teams/team.sd?team_id=291&teamTabs=h2h |url-status=live }}
- {{cite web |url=http://www.soccerbase.com/teams/team.sd?team_id=291&season_id=157&teamTabs=results |title=Birmingham Results 2024/25 |website=Soccerbase |publisher=Centurycomm |access-date=3 May 2025}}
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