List of Sheffield Wednesday F.C. seasons

Sheffield Wednesday league performance over time depicted in graphical format

This is a list of seasons played by Sheffield Wednesday Football Club in English and European football, from 1877 (when The Wednesday first entered the Sheffield Challenge Cup) to the present day. It details the club's achievements in major competitions, the top scorers in all competitions, and the average home league attendance for each season.

Seasons

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List of seasons, including league division and statistics, cup results, top scorer and average league attendance
Season League record FA Cup[1] EFL Cup[a] Other Top scorer[b] Average[c]
attendance
Division P W D L F A Pts Pos Competition Result Name Goals
1867–68 N/A[d] — — Cromwell Cup W — — N/A[d]
1876–77 DNE — Sheffield & Hallamshire Senior Cup W — —
1877–78 DNE — Sheffield & Hallamshire Senior Cup W — —
1878–79 DNE — Sheffield & Hallamshire Senior Cup
Wharncliffe Charity Cup 		R2
W
 — —
1879–80 DNE — Sheffield & Hallamshire Senior Cup
Wharncliffe Charity Cup 		R1
RU
 — —
1880–81 R4 — Sheffield & Hallamshire Senior Cup
Wharncliffe Charity Cup
W
RU
 Bob Gregory 6
1881–82 SF — Sheffield & Hallamshire Senior Cup
Wharncliffe Charity Cup 		R3
W
 Tom Cawley
E. Rhodes 		7
1882–83 R4 — Sheffield & Hallamshire Senior Cup
Wharncliffe Charity Cup
W
W
 Bob Gregory 8
1883–84 R1 — Sheffield & Hallamshire Senior Cup
Wharncliffe Charity Cup 		R2
R1 		Harry Winterbottom 1
1884–85 R2 — Sheffield & Hallamshire Senior Cup
Wharncliffe Charity Cup 		R3
RU
 Tom Cawley
Jim Sayer 		1
1885–86 R1 — Sheffield & Hallamshire Senior Cup
Wharncliffe Charity Cup 		SF
W
 — 0
1886–87 DNE[e] — Sheffield & Hallamshire Senior Cup
Wharncliffe Charity Cup
W
RU
 — —
1887–88 QF — Sheffield & Hallamshire Senior Cup
Wharncliffe Charity Cup
W
W
 Billy Ingram 4
1888–89 QF — Jack Dungworth
Tom Cawley 		2
1889–90 Alliance[f] 22 15 2 5 70 39 32 1st RU — Billy Ingram 22 3,750
1890–91 Alliance 22 4 5 13 39 66 13 12th R3 — Harry Woolhouse 17 5,350
1891–92 Alliance 22 12 4 6 65 35 28 4th[g] R3 — Fred Spiksley 11 9,250
1892–93 Div 1 30 12 3 15 55 65 27 12th QF — Fred Spiksley 18 10,500
1893–94 Div 1 30 9 8 13 48 57 26 12th SF — Fred Spiksley 16 8,550
1894–95 Div 1 30 12 4 14 50 55 28 8th SF — Harry Davis 12 9,625
1895–96 Div 1 30 12 5 13 44 53 29 7th W — Fred Spiksley 14 8,975
1896–97 Div 1 30 10 11 9 42 37 31 6th R1 — Fred Spiksley 10 6,900
1897–98 Div 1 30 15 3 12 51 42 33 5th R2 — Fred Spiksley 17 9,140
1898–99 Div 1 ↓ 34 8 8 18 32 61 24 18th R1 — Bill Hemmingfield 8 8,150
1899–1900 Div 2 ↑ 34 25 4 5 84 22 54 1st R2 — Jocky Wright 27 6,800
1900–01 Div 1 34 13 10 11 52 42 36 8th R1 — Andrew Wilson 13 9,600
1901–02 Div 1 34 13 8 13 48 52 34 9th R1 — Harry Chapman 9 9,765
1902–03 Div 1 34 19 4 11 54 36 42 1st R1 — Harry Davis 13 14,015
1903–04 Div 1 34 20 7 7 48 28 47 1st SF — Andrew Wilson 12 12,595
1904–05 Div 1 34 14 5 15 61 57 33 9th SF — Andrew Wilson 18 12,880
1905–06 Div 1 38 18 8 12 63 52 44 3rd QF — Jimmy Stewart 22 11,875
1906–07 Div 1 38 12 11 15 49 60 35 13th W — Andrew Wilson 21 11,555
1907–08 Div 1 38 19 4 15 73 64 42 5th R1 — Andrew Wilson 19 13,500
1908–09 Div 1 38 17 6 15 67 61 40 5th R3 — Andrew Wilson 21 12,840
1909–10 Div 1 38 15 9 14 60 63 39 11th R1 — Andrew Wilson 12 10,720
1910–11 Div 1 38 17 8 13 47 48 42 6th R1 — Harry Chapman 11 11,890
1911–12 Div 1 38 16 9 13 69 49 41 5th R1 — David McLean 26 14,410
1912–13 Div 1 38 21 7 10 75 55 49 3rd R3 — David McLean 38 18,905
1913–14 Div 1 38 13 8 17 53 70 34 18th QF — Andrew Wilson 15 21,360
1914–15 Div 1 38 15 13 10 61 54 43 7th R3 — David McLean 23 16,120
No competitive football was played between 1915 and 1919 due to World War I
1919–20 Div 1 ↓ 42 7 9 26 28 64 23 22nd R1 — Jimmy Gill 8 18,430
1920–21 Div 2 42 15 11 16 48 48 41 10th R2 — Johnny McIntyre 27 20,545
1921–22 Div 2 42 15 14 13 47 50 44 10th R1 — James Lofthouse
Johnny McIntyre 		8 13,855
1922–23 Div 2 42 17 12 13 54 47 46 8th R3 — Sid Binks 16 16,690
1923–24 Div 2 42 16 12 14 54 51 44 8th R2 — Sid Binks 17 16,130
1924–25 Div 2 42 15 8 19 50 56 38 14th R2 — Jimmy Trotter 18 14,950
1925–26 Div 2 ↑ 42 27 6 9 88 48 60 1st R3 — Jimmy Trotter 38 23,660
1926–27 Div 1 42 15 9 18 75 92 39 16th R4 — Jimmy Trotter 39 23,060
1927–28 Div 1 42 13 13 16 81 78 39 14th R5 — Mark Hooper 22 22,075
1928–29 Div 1 42 21 10 11 86 62 52 1st R4 — Jack Allen 35 27,017
1929–30 Div 1 42 26 8 8 105 57 60 1st SF — Jack Allen 39 25,873
1930–31 Div 1 42 22 8 12 102 75 52 3rd R4 — Jack Ball 29 19,911
1931–32 Div 1 42 22 6 14 96 82 50 3rd R5 — Jack Ball
Ellis Rimmer 		23 16,906
1932–33 Div 1 42 21 9 12 80 68 51 3rd R3 — Jack Ball 35 16,704
1933–34 Div 1 42 16 9 17 62 67 41 11th R5 — Harry Burgess
Neil Dewar
Mark Hooper 		13 16,019
1934–35 Div 1 42 18 13 11 70 64 49 3rd W — Ellis Rimmer 26 18,568
1935–36 Div 1 42 13 12 17 63 77 38 20th R4 — Charity Shield W Neil Dewar 21 18,127
1936–37 Div 1 ↓ 42 9 12 21 53 69 30 22nd R4 — Neil Dewar 10 20,708
1937–38 Div 2 42 14 10 18 49 56 38 17th R3 — Ernest Matthews
Jackie Robinson 		7 23,600
1938–39 Div 2 42 21 11 10 88 59 53 3rd R5 — Douglas Hunt 25 27,146
1939–40 Div 2 3 1 0 2 3 5 2 17th[h] — — Charlie Napier 2 16,500
No competitive football was played between 1939 and 1946 due to World War II
1945–46 N/A[i] R5 — Charlie Tomlinson 4 —
1946–47 Div 2 42 12 8 22 67 88 32 20th R5 — Tommy Ward 18 26,082
1947–48 Div 2 42 20 11 11 66 53 51 4th R4 — Eddie Quigley 23 35,426
1948–49 Div 2 42 15 13 14 63 56 43 8th R4 — Eddie Quigley 19 34,146
1949–50 Div 2 ↑ 42 18 16 8 67 48 52 2nd R3 — Redfern Froggatt 14 40,684
1950–51 Div 1 ↓ 42 12 8 22 64 83 32 21st R3 — Redfern Froggatt
Hugh McJarrow
Dennis Woodhead 		14 41,527
1951–52 Div 2 ↑ 42 21 11 10 100 66 53 1st R3 — Derek Dooley 47 41,461
1952–53 Div 1 42 12 11 19 62 72 35 18th R3 — Jackie Sewell 17 42,530
1953–54 Div 1 42 15 6 21 70 91 36 19th SF — Dennis Woodhead 21 35,923
1954–55 Div 1 ↓ 42 8 10 24 63 100 26 22nd R4 — Jackie Sewell 14 27,149
1955–56 Div 2 ↑ 42 21 13 8 101 62 55 1st R3 — Roy Shiner 33 27,454
1956–57 Div 1 42 16 6 20 82 88 38 14th R3 — Albert Quixall 24 29,460
1957–58 Div 1 ↓ 42 12 7 23 69 92 31 22nd R5 — Roy Shiner 16 23,396
1958–59 Div 2 ↑ 42 28 6 8 106 48 62 1st R3 — Roy Shiner 28 29,452
1959–60 Div 1 42 19 11 12 80 59 49 5th SF — John Fantham 18 32,703
1960–61 Div 1 42 23 12 7 78 47 58 2nd QF DNE John Fantham 23 31,054
1961–62 Div 1 42 20 6 16 72 58 46 6th R5 DNE Inter-Cities Fairs Cup QF John Fantham 24 28,882
1962–63 Div 1 42 19 10 13 77 63 48 6th R4 DNE David Layne 30 25,686
1963–64 Div 1 42 19 11 12 84 67 49 6th R3 DNE Inter-Cities Fairs Cup R2 David Layne 28 24,051
1964–65 Div 1 42 16 11 15 57 55 43 8th R3 DNE John Fantham 20 20,745
1965–66 Div 1 42 14 8 20 56 66 36 17th RU DNE John Fantham 15 23,161
1966–67 Div 1 42 14 13 15 56 47 41 11th QF R2 David Ford
John Ritchie 		15 30,460
1967–68 Div 1 42 11 12 19 51 63 34 19th R5 R4 John Ritchie 22 31,735
1968–69 Div 1 42 10 16 16 41 54 36 15th R4 R2 Jack Whitham 10 27,150
1969–70 Div 1 ↓ 42 8 9 25 40 71 25 22nd R4 R2 Anglo-Italian Cup GS Jack Whitham 11 26,619
1970–71 Div 2 42 12 12 18 51 69 36 15th R3 R2 Mick Prendergast 16 16,036
1971–72 Div 2 42 13 12 17 51 58 38 14th R3 R2 Brian Joicey 16 17,160
1972–73 Div 2 42 17 10 15 59 55 44 10th R5 R3 Brian Joicey 20 17,313
1973–74 Div 2 42 12 11 19 51 63 35 19th R3 R3 Brian Joicey 20 14,727
1974–75 Div 2 ↓ 42 5 11 26 29 64 21 22nd R3 R1 Eric McMordie 6 13,292
1975–76 Div 3 46 12 16 18 48 59 40 20th[j] R3 R1 Mick Prendergast 13 11,068
1976–77 Div 3 46 22 9 15 65 55 53 8th R2 R4 Rodger Wylde 25 13,470
1977–78 Div 3 46 15 16 15 50 52 46 14th R2 R4 Tommy Tynan 21 11,423
1978–79 Div 3 46 13 19 14 53 53 45 14th R3 R2 Brian Hornsby 21 10,643
1979–80 Div 3 ↑ 46 21 16 9 81 47 58 3rd R2 R2 Terry Curran 24 18,090
1980–81 Div 2 42 17 8 17 53 51 42 10th R3 R3 Andy McCulloch 18 18,403
1981–82 Div 2 42 20 10 12 55 51 70 4th R3 R2 Gary Bannister 22 19,082
1982–83 Div 2 42 16 15 11 60 47 63 6th SF QF Gary Bannister 22 16,609
1983–84 Div 2 ↑ 42 26 10 6 72 34 88 2nd QF QF Gary Bannister 22 22,488
1984–85 Div 1 42 17 14 11 58 45 65 8th R5 QF Imre Varadi 21 27,774
1985–86 Div 1 42 21 10 11 63 54 73 5th SF R3 Lee Chapman
Brian Marwood 		15 23,101
1986–87 Div 1 42 13 13 16 58 59 52 13th QF R3 Lee Chapman 22 23,172
1987–88 Div 1 40 15 8 17 52 66 53 11th R3 QF Football League Centenary Tournament RU Lee Chapman 22 19,796
1988–89 Div 1 38 10 12 16 34 51 42 15th R4 R2 David Hirst 9 20,036
1989–90 Div 1 ↓ 38 11 10 17 35 51 43 18th R4 R3 David Hirst 16 20,927
1990–91 Div 2 ↑ 46 22 16 8 80 51 82 3rd R5 W David Hirst 32 26,604
1991–92 Div 1 42 21 12 9 62 49 75 3rd R4 R3 David Hirst 21 29,578
1992–93 Prem 42 15 14 13 55 51 59 7th RU RU UEFA Cup R2 Mark Bright 18 27,263
1993–94 Prem 42 16 16 10 76 54 64 7th R4 SF Mark Bright 23 27,186
1994–95 Prem 42 13 12 17 49 57 51 13th R4 R4 Mark Bright 13 26,596
1995–96 Prem 38 10 10 18 48 61 40 15th R3 R4 UEFA Intertoto Cup GS David Hirst 14 24,877
1996–97 Prem 38 14 15 9 50 51 57 7th QF R2 Andy Booth 13 25,714
1997–98 Prem 38 12 8 18 52 67 44 16th R4 R2 Paolo Di Canio 14 28,706
1998–99 Prem 38 13 7 18 41 42 46 12th R5 R2 Benito Carbone 9 26,745
1999–2000 Prem ↓ 38 8 7 23 38 70 31 19th R5 R4 Gilles De Bilde 11 24,855
2000–01 Div 1 46 15 8 23 52 71 53 17th R4 QF Gerald Sibon 15 19,268
2001–02 Div 1 46 12 14 20 49 71 50 20th R3 SF Gerald Sibon 13 20,870
2002–03 Div 1 ↓ 46 10 16 20 56 73 46 22nd R3 R2 Gerald Sibon 9 20,327
2003–04 Div 2 46 13 14 19 48 64 53 16th R2 R1 Football League Trophy F(N) Guylain Ndumbu-Nsungu 10 22,336
2004–05 Lge 1 ↑ 46 19 15 12 77 59 72 5th[k] R1 R2 Football League Trophy R1 Steve MacLean 20 23,107
2005–06 Champ 46 13 13 20 39 52 52 19th R3 R2 Chris Brunt 7 24,853
2006–07 Champ 46 20 11 15 70 66 71 9th R3 R1 Deon Burton
Steve MacLean 		13 23,638
2007–08 Champ 46 14 13 19 54 55 55 16th R3 R3 Deon Burton 9 21,418
2008–09 Champ 46 16 13 17 51 58 61 12th R3 R1 Marcus Tudgay 14 21,542
2009–10 Champ ↓ 46 11 14 21 49 69 47 22nd R3 R2 Marcus Tudgay 10 23,179
2010–11 Lge 1 46 16 10 20 67 67 58 15th R5 R2 Football League Trophy SF(N) Neil Mellor 20 17,817
2011–12 Lge 1 ↑ 46 28 9 9 81 48 93 2nd R4 R2 Football League Trophy R1 Gary Madine 18 21,336
2012–13 Champ 46 16 10 20 53 61 58 18th R3 R3 Michail Antonio 9 24,078
2013–14 Champ 46 13 14 19 63 65 53 16th R5 R2 Chris Maguire 10 21,239
2014–15 Champ 46 14 18 14 43 49 60 13th R3 R3 Atdhe Nuhiu 11 21,991
2015–16 Champ 46 19 17 10 66 45 74 6th[l] R4 QF Fernando Forestieri 15 22,641
2016–17 Champ 46 24 9 13 60 45 81 4th[m] R3 R1 Fernando Forestieri 12 27,129
2017–18 Champ 46 14 15 17 59 60 57 15th R5 R2 Atdhe Nuhiu 14 25,995
2018–19 Champ 46 16 16 14 60 62 64 12th R4 R2 Steven Fletcher 11 24,429
2019–20 Champ 46 15 11 20 58 66 56 16th R5 R3 Steven Fletcher 13 23,773
2020–21 Champ ↓ 46 12 11 23 40 61 41[n] 24th R4 R3 Josh Windass 10 N/A[o]
2021–22 Lge 1 46 24 13 9 78 50 85 4th[p] R1 R1 EFL Trophy R2 Lee Gregory 17 22,470
2022–23 Lge 1 ↑ 46 28 12 6 81 37 96 3rd[q] R4 R3 EFL Trophy R1 Michael Smith 21 25,387
2023–24 Champ 46 15 8 23 44 68 53 20th R4 R2 Anthony Musaba 8 26,762

Key

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Champions Runners-up Third Place Promoted Relegated Play-offs

Footnotes

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  1. ^ The EFL Cup was not created until the 1960–61 season.
  2. ^ Includes goals scored in league games (including play-offs), FA Cup, EFL Cup and Associate Members' Cup/EFL Trophy.
  3. ^ League matches only (including Premier League, Football League and Football Alliance, but excluding play-offs).
  4. ^ a b League football in England was established in 1888, while Wednesday were admitted to the Football League in 1892.
  5. ^ In the 1886–87 season, The Wednesday failed to submit their application for the FA Cup on time, an error which ultimately led to the club turning professional later in the season.
  6. ^ The Wednesday became founder members of the Football Alliance in 1889 following their application to join the Football League being turned down.
  7. ^ The Wednesday were unanimously elected to the First Division of the Football League in 1892.
  8. ^ When the Second World War began, the 1939–40 Football League season was abandoned with three matches played.
  9. ^ The FA Cup was contested in 1945–46, but the Football League did not resume until the following season.
  10. ^ Lowest League finish.
  11. ^ Promoted to the Football League Two via the play-offs, beating Brentford 3–1 on aggregate in the semi-final and Hartlepool United 4–2 (after extra time) in the 2005 Football League One play-off final.
  12. ^ Beat Brighton & Hove Albion 3–1 on aggregate in the semi-final before losing 1–0 to Hull City in the 2016 Football League Championship play-off final.
  13. ^ Lost in the play-off semi-final to Huddersfield Town 4–3 in a penalty shoot-out after the aggregate score was 1–1.
  14. ^ Sheffield Wednesday received a 12 point deduction for breaching the League's Profitability and Sustainability Rules. This was later reduced to 6 points by an Independent League Arbitration panel.
  15. ^ All home games in the 2020–21 season were played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  16. ^ Lost in the play-off semi-final to Sunderland 2–1 on aggregate.
  17. ^ Performed the greatest comeback in EFL play-off history to beat Peterborough United in the semi-final, then beat Barnsley 1-0 in extra time in the play-off final.

References

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General
  • "Early Owls Records". Archived from the original on 30 June 2012. Retrieved 18 May 2006.
  • "Sheffield Wednesday". Football Club History Database. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  • "The Sheffield Wednesday Archive". Retrieved 27 July 2006.
  • "Sheffield Wednesday Official Website". Retrieved 13 July 2008.
  • "SoccerBase". Retrieved 30 July 2006.
  • "ITV Football Statistics". Archived from the original on 14 August 2006. Retrieved 2 August 2006.
  • Jason Dickinson (2005–2006). Wednesday – Official Programme of SWFC. Dunwoody Sports Marketing.
  • Barnes, Stuart. "guardian match report". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 10 January 2008.
  • "swfc match report". Retrieved 10 January 2008.
Specific
  1. ^ "The Emirates FA Cup Results Archive". The Football Association. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
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