# 2019–20 Birmingham City W.F.C. season

The 2019–20 Birmingham City W.F.C. season was the club's 52nd season in existence and their ninth in the FA Women's Super League, the highest level of the football pyramid, having been founding members of the league in 2011. Along with competing in the WSL, the club also contested two domestic cup competitions: the FA Cup and the League Cup.
On 13 March 2020, in line with the FA's response to the coronavirus pandemic, it was announced the season was temporarily suspended until at least 3 April 2020. After further postponements, the season was ultimately ended prematurely on 25 May 2020 with immediate effect. Birmingham sat in 11th at the time and retained their position on sporting merit after The FA Board's decision to award places on a points-per-game basis.

## Squad

    As of 10 January 2020.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | ENG | Hannah Hampton |
| 2 | MF | ENG | Sarah Mayling |
| 3 | DF | IRL | Harriet Scott |
| 6 | DF | ENG | Kerys Harrop (captain) |
| 7 | MF | SCO | Chloe Arthur |
| 8 | FW | ENG | Rachel Williams |
| 10 | MF | USA | Brianna Visalli |
| 11 | FW | SCO | Abbi Grant |
| 13 | GK | ENG | Alexandra Brooks |
| 14 | FW | ENG | Emma Kelly |
| 15 | DF | USA | Adrienne Jordan |
| 16 | DF | ENG | Georgia Brougham (on loan from Everton) |
| 17 | MF | ENG | Heidi Logan |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | MF | ENG | Connie Scofield |
| 19 | FW | ENG | Lucy Whipp |
| 20 | FW | ENG | Claudia Walker |
| 21 | GK | ENG | Imogen Maguire |
| 22 | MF | ENG | Missy Goodwin |
| 23 | MF | ENG | Freya Gregory |
| 24 | MF | ENG | Olivia Rabjohn |
| 25 | MF | NIR | Rebecca Holloway |
| 26 | DF | ENG | Lily Simkin |
| 27 | MF | ENG | Abbey Jones |
| 28 | MF | ENG | Laura Brown |
| 37 | MF | ENG | Lucy Staniforth |

## FA Women's Super League
### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 23 February 2020. Source: FA WSL

### Results by matchday

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
| Ground | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H |
| Result | L | L | L | W | L | L | D | W | L | L | L | L | L | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C |
| Position | 9 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | | | | | | | | | |

### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | PPG | Qualification |
| 8 | West Ham United | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 19 | 34 | −15 | 16 | 1.14 | |
| 9 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 30 | −19 | 13 | 0.81 | |
| 10 | Bristol City | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 38 | −29 | 9 | 0.64 | |
| 11 | Birmingham City | 13 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 23 | −18 | 7 | 0.54 | |
| 12 | Liverpool (R) | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 20 | −12 | 6 | 0.43 | Relegation to the Championship |

## Women's FA Cup

As a member of the top two tiers, Birmingham entered the FA Cup in the fourth round. The round was played on 26 January 2020 with Birmingham beating Championship side Sheffield United. Former Sunderland player Lucy Staniforth scored the only goal against the third-tier team before being sent off against her old club in a fifth round victory, setting up an all-WSL tie against Brighton & Hove Albion in the quarter-finals. However, the match was postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic before the season was ultimately curtailed. On 24 July 2020 it was announced the 2019–20 FA Cup would resume play during the 2020–21 season starting with the quarter-final ties rescheduled for the weekend of 26/27 September 2020.

## FA Women's League Cup
### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | WPEN | LPEN | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | MNU | MCI | BIR | EVE | LEI |
| 1 | Manchester United | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 2 | +17 | 12 | Advance to knock-out stage | — | 2–0 | — | — | 11–1 |
| 2 | Manchester City | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 4 | +7 | 9 | Advance to knock-out stage | — | — | 2–1 | — | 5–0 |
| 3 | Birmingham City | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 6 | | 1–3 | — | — | 1–0 | — |
| 4 | Everton | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 3 | | 0–3 | 1–4 | — | — | — |
| 5 | Leicester City | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 25 | −23 | 0 | | — | — | 1–5 | 0–4 | — |

## Squad statistics
### Appearances

Starting appearances are listed first, followed by substitute appearances after the + symbol where applicable.
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | FA WSL | FA WSL | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | ENG | Hannah Hampton | 18 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | MF | ENG | Sarah Mayling | 16 | 1 | 8+1 | 0 | 3+1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | IRL | Harriet Scott | 19 | 2 | 9+2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ENG | Kerys Harrop | 11 | 1 | 6+1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | SCO | Chloe Arthur | 17 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 8 | FW | ENG | Rachel Williams | 16 | 4 | 9+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 3+1 | 4 |
| 10 | MF | USA | Brianna Visalli | 13 | 0 | 8+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | SCO | Abbi Grant | 21 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 2+2 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 13 | GK | ENG | Alexandra Brooks | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | ENG | Emma Kelly | 6 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | USA | Adrienne Jordan | 18 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 16 | DF | ENG | Georgia Brougham | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | ENG | Heidi Logan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ENG | Connie Scofield | 14 | 0 | 3+6 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | ENG | Lucy Whipp | 21 | 1 | 11+2 | 1 | 3+1 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | ENG | Claudia Walker | 21 | 0 | 10+3 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 21 | GK | ENG | Imogen Maguire | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | ENG | Missy Goodwin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | ENG | Freya Gregory | 4 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | ENG | Olivia Rabjohn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | NIR | Rebecca Holloway | 18 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | ENG | Lily Simkin | 6 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | ENG | Abbey Jones | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | ENG | Laura Brown | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | ENG | Ella Powell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | ENG | Lucy Staniforth | 15 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Joined during 2020–21 season but competed in the postponed 2019–20 FA Cup: ||||||||||||
| 4 | DF | SCO | Rachel Corsie | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Mollie Green | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | SCO | Christie Murray | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | SCO | Jamie-Lee Napier | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | ENG | Gemma Lawley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos. | Name | FA WSL | FA Cup | League Cup | Total |
| 1 | 37 | MF | Lucy Staniforth | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 2 | 8 | FW | Rachel Williams | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 3 | 11 | FW | Abbi Grant | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | 3 | DF | Harriet Scott | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 2 | MF | Sarah Mayling | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 6 | DF | Kerys Harrop | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 8 | MF | Mollie Green | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 15 | DF | Adrienne Jordan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | 19 | FW | Lucy Whipp | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 5 | 6 | 8 | 19 |
* ↑ Joined during 2020–21 season but scored in the postponed 2019–20 FA Cup

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Date | Position | Name | From |
| 3 June 2019 | FW | Claudia Walker | Everton |
| 2 July 2019 | FW | Abbi Grant | Anderlecht |
| 18 July 2019 | MF | Brianna Visalli | West Ham United |
| 24 July 2019 | MF | Rebecca Holloway | Cumberland Phoenix |
| 2 August 2019 | FW | Lucy Whipp | St. John's Red Storm |
| 7 August 2019 | DF | Adrienne Jordan | Atalanta |
| 3 January 2020 | FW | Emma Kelly | ÍBV |

### Loans in

| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | From | Until | Ref. |
| 10 January 2020 | DF | | Georgia Brougham | Everton | End of season | |

### Transfers out

| Date | Position | Name | To |
| 16 May 2019 | FW | Ellen White | Manchester City |
| 28 May 2019 | DF | Meaghan Sargeant | Bristol City |
| 28 May 2019 | FW | Charlie Wellings | Bristol City |
| 5 June 2019 | DF | Hayley Ladd | Manchester United |
| 4 July 2019 | DF | Marisa Ewers | Aston Villa |
| 5 July 2019 | FW | Lucy Quinn | Tottenham Hotspur |
| 8 July 2019 | MF | Sophie Bramford | Wolverhampton Wanderers |
| 9 July 2019 | DF | Aoife Mannion | Manchester City |
| 19 July 2019 | FW | Shania Hayles | Aston Villa |
| 19 July 2019 | DF | Paige Williams | Retired |
| 1 August 2019 | MF | Emma Follis | Aston Villa |