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Birmingham City (BCFC) is one of Birmingham's two professional soccer teams (the other is Aston Villa F.C.). Originally known as The Small Heath Alliance, they became Birmingham F.C. in 1905 and Birmingham City F.C. in 1945.
After a number of years in the second flight league, Birmingham gained promotion to the FA Premier league for the 2002/3 season, under the guidance of Manager Steve Bruce in an playoff final win over Norwich City, Darren Carter became a hero for a few months after scoring the winning penalty.
In The 2003/2004 season Birmingham City got off to a brilliant start staying in the top 4 for the first month and after 6 weeks had statistically the best defence in the season after a very successful season till the last 14 or so games they stumbled and ended up on an set of 7 games without an win.
In the off-season between the end of the 03/04 season and the beginning of the 04/05 season they signed Muzzy Izzet, Jesper Grønkjær, Mario Melchiot, Emile Heskey, Darren Anderton, Julian Gray, and finally signed Dwight Yorke on the final day of the summer transfer window. Mikael Forssell also agreed to rejoin Birmingham on a year-long loan deal from Chelsea F.C..
Current first-team squad
As of January 2005.
Honours
Performance in the top division
Birmingham City have spent 52 seasons in the national top flight, finishing in these positions:
6th: 1
7th: 2
8th: 1
9th: 3
10th: 2
11th: 5
12th: 3
13th: 5
14th: 2
15th: 2
16th: 1
17th: 7
18th: 2
19th: 6
20th: 5
21st: 3
22nd: 2 times
The Blues' «favourite» position in the table is No. 17 (7 seasons). Over the years, they have found themselves in every position in the top flight, except for the first five.
Famous past & present players
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