Birmingham City F.C. league record by opponent

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.[1] 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.[2] 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.

Small Heath F.C. pictured in 1893 with the Football League Second Division trophy

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,[3] their first Football League match was against Burslem Port Vale,[4] and they met their 109th and most recent different league opponent, Burton Albion, for the first time in the 2016–17 EFL Championship 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 and Everton have each drawn 35 league encounters with Birmingham, more than any other club. Birmingham have recorded more league victories against Leicester City than against any other club, having beaten them 50 times out of 124 attempts.

All statistics are correct up to and including the match played against Derby County on 22 July 2020, the final day of the 2019–20 EFL Championship season.

Key

• The table includes results of matches played by Birmingham City (under that name and under former names Birmingham and Small Heath) in the Football Alliance, the Football League and the Premier League. Matches from uncompleted competitions – the abandoned 1939–40 Football League season and the unfinished 1888–89 season in the Combination – 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
•    Clubs with this background and symbol in the "Opponent" column are Birmingham City's divisional rivals in the current season, the 2019–20 EFL Championship.
•    Clubs with this background and symbol in the "Opponent" column are defunct.

All-time league record

Birmingham City F.C. league record by opponent

Opponent	P	W	D	L	P	W	D	L	P	W	D	L	Win%	First	Last	Notes
	Home				Away				Total
AFC Bournemouth	7	0	3	4	7	3	0	4	14	3	3	8	021.43	1987–88	2014–15
Arsenal	62	30	15	17	62	4	18	40	124	34	33	57	027.42	1893–94	2010–11	[upper-alpha 1]
Aston Villa	58	22	16	20	58	14	15	29	116	36	31	49	031.03	1894–95	2018–19
Barnsley	38	20	9	9	38	17	9	12	76	37	18	21	048.68	1898–99	2019–20
Birmingham St George's	3	1	1	1	3	0	0	3	6	1	1	4	016.67	1889–90	1891–92
Blackburn Rovers	60	35	17	8	60	8	16	36	120	43	33	44	035.83	1894–95	2019–20
Blackpool	43	23	10	10	43	9	10	24	86	32	20	34	037.21	1896–97	2014–15
Bolton Wanderers	64	33	15	16	64	10	19	35	128	43	34	51	033.59	1894–95	2018–19
Bootle	4	3	1	0	4	2	1	1	8	5	2	1	062.50	1889–90	1892–93
Bradford City	11	7	4	0	11	4	4	3	22	11	8	3	050.00	1921–22	2001–02
Bradford Park Avenue	8	4	1	3	8	2	4	2	16	6	5	5	037.50	1908–09	1947–48
Brentford	20	9	5	6	20	11	4	5	40	20	9	11	050.00	1935–36	2019–20
Brighton & Hove Albion	13	4	5	4	13	2	3	8	26	6	8	12	023.08	1980–81	2016–17
Bristol City	31	16	10	5	31	13	6	12	62	29	16	17	046.77	1902–03	2019–20
Bristol Rovers	6	3	3	0	6	0	5	1	12	3	8	1	025.00	1953–54	1994–95
Burnley	46	23	9	14	46	8	12	26	92	31	21	40	033.70	1894–95	2015–16
Burton Albion	2	0	1	1	2	0	0	2	4	0	1	3	000.00	2016–17	2017–18
Burton Swifts	8	7	0	1	8	6	1	1	16	13	1	2	081.25	1891–92	1900–01
Burton United	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	100.00	1902–03	1902–03
Burton Wanderers	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	100.00	1896–97	1896–97
Bury	32	16	5	11	32	10	4	18	64	26	9	29	040.63	1895–96	1998–99
Cambridge United	4	1	1	2	4	2	0	2	8	3	1	4	037.50	1979–80	1994–95
Cardiff City	36	18	13	5	36	10	4	22	72	28	17	27	038.89	1920–21	2019–20
Carlisle United	9	6	1	2	9	2	2	5	18	8	3	7	044.44	1965–66	1984–85
Charlton Athletic	32	15	10	7	32	5	11	16	64	20	21	23	031.25	1936–37	2019–20
Chelsea	41	14	12	15	41	6	12	23	82	20	24	38	024.39	1907–08	2010–11
Chester City	4	3	1	0	4	3	0	1	8	6	1	1	075.00	1989–90	1994–95
Chesterfield	7	4	3	0	7	2	4	1	14	6	7	1	042.86	1899–1900	1950–51	[upper-alpha 2]
Colchester United	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	1	1	0	050.00	2006–07	2006–07
Coventry City	24	12	7	5	24	8	7	9	48	20	14	14	041.67	1919–20	2011–12
Crewe Alexandra	13	10	0	3	13	7	3	3	26	17	3	6	065.38	1889–90	2001–02
Crystal Palace	22	14	3	5	22	6	11	5	44	20	14	10	045.45	1965–66	2012–13
Darlington	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	1	1	0	050.00	1991–92	1991–92
Darwen	6	5	1	0	6	0	3	3	8	4	2	2	050.00	1889–90	1898–99
Derby County	56	25	15	16	56	9	20	27	112	34	35	43	030.36	1894–95	2019–20
Doncaster Rovers	10	6	2	2	10	6	1	3	20	12	3	5	060.00	1902–03	2013–14
Everton	59	18	18	23	59	6	17	36	118	24	35	59	020.34	1894–95	2010–11
Exeter City	2	1	1	0	2	1	0	1	4	2	1	1	050.00	1990–91	1991–92
Fulham	42	18	13	11	42	13	13	16	84	31	26	27	036.90	1908–09	2019–20
Gainsborough Trinity	10	6	4	0	10	4	3	3	20	10	7	3	050.00	1896–97	1911–12
Gillingham	2	2	0	0	2	1	1	0	4	3	1	0	075.00	2000–01	2001–02
Glossop	10	5	3	2	10	3	1	6	20	8	4	8	040.00	1898–99	1914–15
Grimsby Town	38	20	9	9	38	8	9	21	76	28	18	30	036.84	1889–90	2001–02
Hartlepool United	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	1	050.00	1991–92	1991–92
Huddersfield Town	52	25	9	18	52	11	22	19	104	36	31	37	034.62	1910–11	2019–20
Hull City	33	16	13	4	33	9	6	18	66	25	19	22	037.88	1908–09	2019–20
Ipswich Town	37	16	13	8	37	8	5	24	74	24	18	32	032.43	1954–55	2018–19
Leeds City	7	4	1	2	7	0	2	5	14	4	3	7	028.57	1908–09	1914–15
Leeds United	50	28	12	10	50	11	13	26	100	39	25	36	039.00	1920–21	2019–20
Leicester City	62	32	11	19	62	18	12	32	124	50	23	51	040.32	1896–97	2013–14	[upper-alpha 3]
Leyton Orient	18	10	6	2	18	7	7	4	36	17	13	6	047.22	1908–09	1994–95	[upper-alpha 4]
Lincoln City	18	14	2	2	18	9	7	2	36	23	9	4	063.89	1891–92	1954–55
Liverpool	50	21	14	15	50	7	11	32	100	28	25	47	028.00	1893–94	2010–11
Long Eaton Rangers	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	100.00	1889–90	1889–90
Loughborough	4	4	0	0	4	2	1	1	8	6	1	1	075.00	1896–97	1899–1900
Luton Town	27	15	8	4	27	12	8	7	54	27	16	11	050.00	1897–98	2019–20
Manchester City	67	40	12	15	67	9	13	45	134	49	25	60	036.57	1891–92	2010–11	[upper-alpha 5]
Manchester United	50	17	20	13	50	9	9	32	100	26	29	45	026.00	1889–90	2010–11	[upper-alpha 6]
Mansfield Town	2	1	1	0	2	1	0	1	4	2	1	1	050.00	1989–90	1990–91
Middlesbrough	54	28	16	10	54	11	17	26	108	39	33	36	036.11	1899–1900	2019–20
Middlesbrough Ironopolis	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	1	1	0	050.00	1893–94	1893–94
Millwall	21	11	5	5	21	7	6	8	42	18	11	13	042.86	1946–47	2019–20
Milton Keynes Dons	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	100.00	2015–16	2015–16	[upper-alpha 7]
New Brighton Tower	3	3	0	0	3	0	2	1	6	3	2	1	050.00	1898–99	1900–01
Newcastle United	48	21	12	15	48	8	14	26	96	29	26	41	030.21	1893–94	2016–17
Newport County	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	1	0	050.00	1946–47	1946–47
Northampton Town	2	2	0	0	2	0	1	1	4	2	1	1	050.00	1966–67	1989–90
Northwich Victoria	2	2	0	0	2	2	0	0	4	4	0	0	100.00	1892–93	1893–94
Norwich City	30	15	8	7	30	4	11	15	60	19	19	22	031.67	1965–66	2018–19
Nottingham Forest	55	24	12	19	55	15	18	22	110	39	30	41	035.45	1889–90	2019–20
Notts County	26	15	6	5	26	5	8	13	52	20	14	18	038.46	1893–94	1993–94
Oldham Athletic	12	4	4	4	12	4	3	5	24	8	7	9	033.33	1908–09	1996–97
Oxford United	13	4	6	3	13	6	3	4	26	10	9	7	038.46	1968–69	1998–99
Peterborough United	6	3	3	0	6	2	2	2	12	5	5	2	041.67	1991–92	2012–13
Plymouth Argyle	14	8	4	2	14	7	4	3	28	15	8	5	053.57	1946–47	2008–09
Portsmouth	43	26	9	8	43	12	14	17	86	38	23	25	044.19	1927–28	2011–12
Port Vale	14	11	1	2	14	6	2	6	28	17	3	8	060.71	1892–93	1999–2000	[upper-alpha 8]
Preston North End	45	25	10	10	45	5	13	27	90	30	23	37	033.33	1894–95	2019–20
Queens Park Rangers	28	17	6	5	28	6	10	12	56	23	16	17	041.07	1950–51	2019–20
Reading	18	7	4	7	18	7	7	4	36	14	11	11	038.89	1986–87	2019–20
Rotherham Town	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	100.00	1893–94	1893–94
Rotherham County	2	1	1	0	2	1	1	0	4	2	2	0	050.00	1919–20	1920–21
Rotherham United	15	11	1	3	15	5	7	3	30	16	8	6	053.33	1951–52	2018–19
Sheffield United	51	29	10	12	51	11	10	30	102	40	20	42	039.22	1892–93	2018–19
Sheffield Wednesday	50	25	18	7	50	11	11	28	100	36	29	35	036.00	1889–90	2019–20
Shrewsbury Town	9	3	2	4	9	1	3	5	18	4	5	9	022.22	1979–80	1994–95
Southampton	20	9	7	4	20	5	3	12	40	14	10	16	035.00	1946–47	2011–12
Southend United	6	4	1	1	6	1	1	4	12	5	2	5	041.67	1990–91	2006–07
South Shields	2	1	1	0	2	0	0	2	4	1	1	2	025.00	1919–20	1920–21
Stockport County	18	14	2	2	18	5	3	10	36	19	5	12	052.78	1900–01	2001–02
Stoke City	46	25	10	11	46	8	9	29	92	33	19	40	035.87	1890–91	2019–20	[upper-alpha 9]
Sunderland	54	27	13	14	54	10	9	35	108	37	22	49	034.26	1894–95	2017–18
Sunderland Albion	2	0	0	2	2	0	0	2	4	0	0	4	000.00	1889–90	1890–91
Swansea City	16	8	5	3	16	7	4	5	32	15	9	8	046.88	1946–47	2019–20	[upper-alpha 10]
Swindon Town	10	5	3	2	10	4	3	3	20	9	6	5	045.00	1969–70	1999–2000
Torquay United	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	100.00	1991–92	1991–92
Tottenham Hotspur	41	18	10	13	41	8	6	27	82	26	16	40	031.71	1908–09	2010–11
Tranmere Rovers	10	5	4	1	10	3	1	6	20	8	5	7	040.00	1989–90	2000–01
Walsall	14	11	1	2	14	7	2	5	28	18	3	7	064.29	1889–90	2001–02	[upper-alpha 11]
Watford	19	11	3	5	19	3	4	12	38	14	7	17	036.84	1969–70	2014–15
West Bromwich Albion	60	20	16	24	60	14	19	27	120	34	35	51	028.33	1894–95	2019–20
West Ham United	43	23	10	10	43	15	11	17	86	38	21	27	044.19	1919–20	2011–12
Wigan Athletic	12	4	5	3	12	2	4	6	24	6	9	9	025.00	1989–90	2019–20
Wimbledon	3	1	0	2	3	1	0	2	6	2	0	4	033.33	1984–85	2001–02	[upper-alpha 7]
Wolverhampton Wanderers	65	23	20	22	65	15	10	40	130	38	30	62	029.23	1894–95	2017–18
Wrexham	2	2	0	0	2	0	1	1	4	2	1	1	050.00	1979–80	1994–95
Wycombe Wanderers	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	1	050.00	1994–95	1994–95
Yeovil Town	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	1	050.00	2013–14	2013–14
York City	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	1	050.00	1994–95	1994–95

Footnotes

1. Arsenal statistics include matches played against Woolwich Arsenal.
2. Chesterfield statistics include matches played against Chesterfield Town.
3. Leicester City statistics include matches played against Leicester Fosse.
4. Leyton Orient statistics include matches played against Clapton Orient and Orient.
5. Manchester City statistics include matches played against Ardwick.
6. Manchester United statistics include matches played against Newton Heath.
7. 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.[5]
8. Port Vale statistics include matches played against Burslem Port Vale.
9. Stoke City statistics include matches played against Stoke.
10. Swansea City statistics include matches played against Swansea Town.
11. Walsall statistics include matches played against Walsall Town Swifts.

References

General

• Matthews, Tony (2010). Birmingham City: The Complete Record. Derby: DB Publishing. pp. 224–29, 460–65. ISBN 978-1-85983-853-2.
• "Birmingham Head to Head". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
• "Birmingham Results 2019/20". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 23 July 2020.

Specific

1. Shury, Alan; Landamore, Brian (2005). The Definitive Newton Heath F.C. (2nd ed.). Nottingham: SoccerData. p. 11. ISBN 1899468161.
2. "Small Heath". Football Club History Database. Richard Rundle. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
3. Matthews (2010), p. 224.
4. "Birmingham City football club match record: 1893". 11v11.com. AFS Enterprises. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
5. "Wimbledon become MK Dons FC". guardian.co.uk. 21 June 2004. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
   "History and Honours of Wimbledon FC returned to Merton". Wimbledon Independent Supporters Association. 2 August 2007. Archived from the original on 20 February 2012. Retrieved 26 March 2012.
   "Wimbledon FC patrimony is returned to its rightful home in Borough of Merton". Football Supporters Federation. 3 August 2007. Archived from the original on 11 October 2007.