Birmingham City Football Club ( , locally ) 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.
Birmingham City Football Club, an English association football club based in the city of Birmingham, was founded in 1875 under the name of Small Heath Alliance.
 They first entered the FA Cup in the 1881–82 season.
 When nationally organised league football in England began, the club, by then called simply Small Heath F.C., was a founder member of the Football Alliance, formed the year after the Football League.
 In 1892, the Football League decided to form a Second Division, inviting the members of the Football Alliance to join; as one of the less successful members, Small Heath were placed in the Second Division.
 Since that time the club's first team has competed in numerous nationally and internationally organised competitions, and all players who have played in 100 or more such matches are listed below.
This chronological list of managers of Birmingham City Football Club comprises all those who have held the position of manager of the first team of Birmingham City and its predecessors "Small Heath" and "Birmingham" since the club was first admitted to the Football League in 1892.
 Each manager's entry includes his dates of tenure and the club's overall competitive record (in terms of matches won, drawn and lost), honours won and significant achievements while under his care.
 Caretaker managers are included, where known, as well as those who have been in permanent charge.
The 1945–46 season was Birmingham City Football Club's first season played under that name in nationally-organised football.
 The club had been called Birmingham F.C. since 1905, and the City suffix was added in 1943.
 Although the Football League did not resume until the 1946–47 season, the FA Cup restarted in 1945.
 Birmingham reached the semi-final, in which they lost to Derby County after extra time in a replay, played at Maine Road, Manchester, in front of 80,407 spectators.
 In league competition, Birmingham were champions of the first and only edition of the Football League South, taking the title on goal average from local rivals Aston Villa.
Birmingham City Football Club, an English association football club based in Birmingham, was founded as Small Heath Alliance in 1875, and from 1877 played home games at Muntz Street.
 It adopted professionalism in 1885, and three years later, as Small Heath F.C., became a limited company with a board of directors, the first football club so to do.
 The team played in the Football Alliance from the 1889–90 season, and in 1892, along with the other Alliance teams, were invited to join the newly formed Second Division of the Football League.
 Although they finished as champions, they failed to win promotion via the test match system; the following season promotion to the First Division was secured after a second-place finish and test match victory over Darwen.
 The club adopted the name Birmingham Football Club in 1905, and the following year moved into a new home, St Andrew's Ground.
 Matters on the field failed to live up to their surroundings.
 Birmingham were relegated in 1908, obliged to apply for re-election two years later, and remained in the Second Division until after the First World War.
The 1960–61 Football League season was Birmingham City Football Club's 58th in the Football League and their 34th in the First Division.
 They finished in 19th position in the 22-team division for the second consecutive season.
 They entered the 1960–61 FA Cup in the third round proper and lost to Leicester City in the fifth round after a replay, and entered the inaugural season of the Football League Cup in the second round, losing to Plymouth Argyle in the third, again after a replay.
 In the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, Birmingham beat Inter Milan both at home and away in the semi-final to reach their second consecutive final, but the competition schedule meant that the match itself was played in September and October 1962, well into the 1961–62 playing season.
The 2010–11 season was Birmingham City Football Club' s seventh season in the Premier League and their 57th in the top tier of English football.
 It ran from 1 July 2010 to 30 June 2011.
 Led by former Scotland national team manager Alex McLeish, the team finished in 18th place in the league, thus being relegated to the Championship for the 2011–12 season.
 They reached the quarter-final of the FA Cup and won the League Cup, their first major trophy since 1963, by beating favourites Arsenal 2–1 in the final with goals from Nikola Žigić and Obafemi Martins.
 The League Cup win brought Birmingham qualification for the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League, their first appearance in European competition since 1961.
 The top scorer for the season was Craig Gardner with ten goals in all competitions, of which eight were in the Premier League.
 McLeish resigned as manager on 12 June 2011.
The 2009 FA Cup Final was the 128th final of the world's oldest domestic football cup competition, the FA Cup.
 The final was played at Wembley Stadium in London on 30 May 2009 and marked the third time that the final has been staged at the stadium since it was rebuilt.
 The match was contested by Chelsea, who beat Arsenal 2–1 in their semi-final, and Everton who beat Manchester United 4–2 on penalties after a 0–0 draw after extra time.
 After Louis Saha opened the scoring after just 25 seconds, the fastest ever goal in an FA Cup Final, Didier Drogba equalised in the 21st minute before Frank Lampard scored the winner with 19 minutes left to play to give Chelsea their fifth FA Cup success.
Nikola Žigić (, ] ; born 25 September 1980) is a former Serbian international footballer who played as a centre forward.
The 2008 Football League Cup Final was a football match played on 24 February 2008.
 It was the first League Cup Final to be played at the new Wembley Stadium, and the first to be played in England since the old Wembley was demolished in 2000.
 The defending champions were Chelsea, who beat Arsenal in the 2007 Final at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium.
 The final was contested by Tottenham Hotspur, who beat Arsenal 6–2 on aggregate in the semi-final, and Chelsea, who beat Everton 3–1 on aggregate.
 Tottenham Hotspur defeated Chelsea 2–1, after extra time, winning their first trophy in nine years.

Question: The Birmingham City Football Club beat Arsenal the 2–1 in the final with a goal from a footballer who played as a what?
Answer: centre forward