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Small Heath F.C.

Birmingham City F.C.
Badge of Birmingham City: a line-drawn globe above a football, with ribbon carrying the club name and date of foundation
Full name Birmingham City Football Club
Nickname(s) Blues
Founded
  • 1875; 142 years ago (1875)
  • as Small Heath Alliance
Ground St Andrew's
Ground Capacity 29,409
Ground Coordinates 52°28′32″N 1°52′04″W / 52.47556°N 1.86778°W / 52.47556; -1.86778
Owner Trillion Trophy Asia
Manager Harry Redknapp
League Championship
2016–17 Championship, 19th of 24
Website Club website
Current season

Birmingham City Football Club (/ˈbɜːrmɪŋəm ˈsɪti/, locally /ˈbɜːrmɪŋɡəm/) is a professional association football club based in the city of Birmingham, England. Formed in 1875 as Small Heath Alliance, they became Small Heath in 1888, then Birmingham in 1905, finally becoming Birmingham City in 1943. The team compete in the EFL Championship, the second tier of the English football league system.

As Small Heath, they played in the Football Alliance before becoming founder members and first ever champions of the Football League Second Division. The most successful period in their history was in the 1950s and early 1960s. They achieved their highest finishing position of sixth in the First Division in the 1955–56 season and reached the 1956 FA Cup Final, progressed to the final of the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup in 1960 and 1961, and won their first major trophy, the League Cup, in 1963, beating Aston Villa 3–1 on aggregate. They won the latter competition for the second time in 2011. They have played in the top tier of English football for around half of their history: the longest period spent outside the top division, between 1986 and 2002, included two brief spells in the third tier of the English League, during which time they twice won the Football League Trophy.


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