List of Sheffield Wednesday F.C. seasons

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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

!scope=col rowspan=2|Season

!scope=col colspan=9|League record

!scope=col rowspan=2|FA Cup{{cite web|url=https://www.thefa.com/competitions/thefacup/results-archive|title=The Emirates FA Cup Results Archive|publisher=The Football Association|access-date=28 July 2021}}

!scope=col rowspan=2|EFL Cup{{efn|The EFL Cup was not created until the 1960–61 season.}}

!scope=col colspan=2|Other

!scope=col colspan=2|Top scorer{{efn|Includes goals scored in league games (including play-offs), FA Cup, EFL Cup and Associate Members' Cup/EFL Trophy.}}

!scope=col rowspan=2|Average{{efn|League matches only (including Premier League, Football League and Football Alliance, but excluding play-offs).}}
attendance

scope=col|Division

!scope=col|P

!scope=col|W

!scope=col|D

!scope=col|L

!scope=col|F

!scope=col|A

!scope=col|Pts

!scope=col|Pos

!scope=col|Competition

!scope=col|Result

!scope=col|Name

!scope=col|Goals

scope=row|1867–68

|rowspan=14 colspan=9 {{n/a|N/A}}{{efn|name=League|League football in England was established in 1888, while Wednesday were admitted to the Football League in 1892.}}

| —

| —

|Cromwell Cup

|bgcolor=gold|W

| —

| —

|rowspan=14 {{n/a|N/A}}{{efn|name=League}}

scope=row|1876–77

|DNE

| —

|Sheffield & Hallamshire Senior Cup

|bgcolor=gold|W

| —

| —

scope=row|1877–78

|DNE

| —

|Sheffield & Hallamshire Senior Cup

|bgcolor=gold|W

| —

| —

scope=row|1878–79

|DNE

| —

|Sheffield & Hallamshire Senior Cup


Wharncliffe Charity Cup

|R2


W

| —

| —

scope=row|1879–80

|DNE

| —

|Sheffield & Hallamshire Senior Cup


Wharncliffe Charity Cup

|R1


RU

| —

| —

scope=row|1880–81

|R4

| —

|Sheffield & Hallamshire Senior Cup


Wharncliffe Charity Cup

|

W

RU

|Bob Gregory

|6

scope=row|1881–82

|SF

| —

|Sheffield & Hallamshire Senior Cup


Wharncliffe Charity Cup

|R3


W

|Tom Cawley


E. Rhodes

|7

scope=row|1882–83

|R4

| —

|Sheffield & Hallamshire Senior Cup


Wharncliffe Charity Cup

|

W

W

|Bob Gregory

|8

scope=row|1883–84

|R1

| —

|Sheffield & Hallamshire Senior Cup


Wharncliffe Charity Cup

|R2


R1

|Harry Winterbottom

|1

scope=row|1884–85

|R2

| —

|Sheffield & Hallamshire Senior Cup


Wharncliffe Charity Cup

|R3


RU

|Tom Cawley


Jim Sayer

|1

scope=row|1885–86

|R1

| —

|Sheffield & Hallamshire Senior Cup


Wharncliffe Charity Cup

|SF


W

| —

|0

scope=row|1886–87

|DNE{{efn|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.}}

| —

|Sheffield & Hallamshire Senior Cup


Wharncliffe Charity Cup

|

W

RU

| —

| —

scope=row|1887–88

|QF

| —

|Sheffield & Hallamshire Senior Cup


Wharncliffe Charity Cup

|

W

W

|Billy Ingram

|4

scope=row|1888–89

|QF

| —

|

|

|Jack Dungworth


Tom Cawley

|2

scope=row|1889–90

|Alliance{{efn|The Wednesday became founder members of the Football Alliance in 1889 following their application to join the Football League being turned down.}}

| 22 || 15 || 2 || 5 || 70 || 39 || 32

| bgcolor=gold|1st

| bgcolor=silver|RU

| —

|

|

|Billy Ingram

|22

|3,750

scope=row|1890–91

|Alliance

| 22 || 4 || 5 || 13 || 39 || 66 || 13

|12th

|R3

| —

|

|

|Harry Woolhouse

|17

|5,350

scope=row|1891–92

|Alliance

| 22 || 12 || 4 || 6 || 65 || 35 || 28

|4th{{efn|The Wednesday were unanimously elected to the First Division of the Football League in 1892.}}

|R3

| —

|

|

|Fred Spiksley

|11

|9,250

scope=row|1892–93

|Div 1

| 30 || 12 || 3 || 15 || 55 || 65 || 27

|12th

|QF

| —

|

|

|Fred Spiksley

|18

|10,500

scope=row|1893–94

|Div 1

| 30 || 9 || 8 || 13 || 48 || 57 || 26

|12th

|SF

| —

|

|

|Fred Spiksley

|16

|8,550

scope=row|1894–95

|Div 1

| 30 || 12 || 4 || 14 || 50 || 55 || 28

|8th

|SF

| —

|

|

|Harry Davis

|12

|9,625

scope=row|1895–96

|Div 1

| 30 || 12 || 5 || 13 || 44 || 53 || 29

|7th

| bgcolor=gold|W

| —

|

|

|Fred Spiksley

|14

|8,975

scope=row|1896–97

|Div 1

| 30 || 10 || 11 || 9 || 42 || 37 || 31

|6th

|R1

| —

|

|

|Fred Spiksley

|10

|6,900

scope=row|1897–98

|Div 1

| 30 || 15 || 3 || 12 || 51 || 42 || 33

|5th

|R2

| —

|

|

|Fred Spiksley

|17

|9,140

scope=row|1898–99

|style=background:#fcc|Div 1 {{down-arrow|alt=relegated}}

| 34 || 8 || 8 || 18 || 32 || 61 || 24

|style=background:#fcc|18th

|R1

| —

|

|

|Bill Hemmingfield

|8

|8,150

scope=row|1899–1900

|style=background:#dfd|Div 2 {{up-arrow|alt=promoted}}

| 34 || 25 || 4 || 5 || 84 || 22 || 54

| bgcolor=gold|1st

|R2

| —

|

|

|Jocky Wright

|27

|6,800

scope=row|1900–01

|Div 1

| 34 || 13 || 10 || 11 || 52 || 42 || 36

|8th

|R1

| —

|

|

|Andrew Wilson

|13

|9,600

scope=row|1901–02

|Div 1

| 34 || 13 || 8 || 13 || 48 || 52 || 34

|9th

|R1

| —

|

|

|Harry Chapman

|9

|9,765

scope=row|1902–03

|Div 1

| 34 || 19 || 4 || 11 || 54 || 36 || 42

| bgcolor=gold|1st

|R1

| —

|

|

|Harry Davis

|13

|14,015

scope=row|1903–04

|Div 1

| 34 || 20 || 7 || 7 || 48 || 28 || 47

| bgcolor=gold|1st

|SF

| —

|

|

|Andrew Wilson

|12

|12,595

scope=row|1904–05

|Div 1

| 34 || 14 || 5 || 15 || 61 || 57 || 33

|9th

|SF

| —

|

|

|Andrew Wilson

|18

|12,880

scope=row|1905–06

|Div 1

| 38 || 18 || 8 || 12 || 63 || 52 || 44

|3rd

|QF

| —

|

|

|Jimmy Stewart

|22

|11,875

scope=row|1906–07

|Div 1

| 38 || 12 || 11 || 15 || 49 || 60 || 35

|13th

| bgcolor=gold|W

| —

|

|

|Andrew Wilson

|21

|11,555

scope=row|1907–08

|Div 1

| 38 || 19 || 4 || 15 || 73 || 64 || 42

|5th

|R1

| —

|

|

|Andrew Wilson

|19

|13,500

scope=row|1908–09

|Div 1

| 38 || 17 || 6 || 15 || 67 || 61 || 40

|5th

|R3

| —

|

|

|Andrew Wilson

|21

|12,840

scope=row|1909–10

|Div 1

| 38 || 15 || 9 || 14 || 60 || 63 || 39

|11th

|R1

| —

|

|

|Andrew Wilson

|12

|10,720

scope=row|1910–11

|Div 1

| 38 || 17 || 8 || 13 || 47 || 48 || 42

|6th

|R1

| —

|

|

|Harry Chapman

|11

|11,890

scope=row|1911–12

|Div 1

| 38 || 16 || 9 || 13 || 69 || 49 || 41

|5th

|R1

| —

|

|

|David McLean

|26

|14,410

scope=row|1912–13

|Div 1

| 38 || 21 || 7 || 10 || 75 || 55 || 49

|3rd

|R3

| —

|

|

|David McLean

|38

|18,905

scope=row|1913–14

|Div 1

| 38 || 13 || 8 || 17 || 53 || 70 || 34

|18th

|QF

| —

|

|

|Andrew Wilson

|15

|21,360

scope=row|1914–15

|Div 1

| 38 || 15 || 13 || 10 || 61 || 54 || 43

|7th

|R3

| —

|

|

|David McLean

|23

|16,120

colspan=17|No competitive football was played between 1915 and 1919 due to World War I
scope=row|1919–20

|style=background:#fcc|Div 1 {{down-arrow|alt=relegated}}

| 42 || 7 || 9 || 26 || 28 || 64 || 23

|style=background:#fcc|22nd

|R1

| —

|

|

|Jimmy Gill

|8

|18,430

scope=row|1920–21

|Div 2

| 42 || 15 || 11 || 16 || 48 || 48 || 41

|10th

|R2

| —

|

|

|Johnny McIntyre

|27

|20,545

scope=row|1921–22

|Div 2

| 42 || 15 || 14 || 13 || 47 || 50 || 44

|10th

|R1

| —

|

|

|James Lofthouse


Johnny McIntyre

|8

|13,855

scope=row|1922–23

|Div 2

| 42 || 17 || 12 || 13 || 54 || 47 || 46

|8th

|R3

| —

|

|

|Sid Binks

|16

|16,690

scope=row|1923–24

|Div 2

| 42 || 16 || 12 || 14 || 54 || 51 || 44

|8th

|R2

| —

|

|

|Sid Binks

|17

|16,130

scope=row|1924–25

|Div 2

| 42 || 15 || 8 || 19 || 50 || 56 || 38

|14th

|R2

| —

|

|

|Jimmy Trotter

|18

|14,950

scope=row|1925–26

|style=background:#dfd|Div 2 {{up-arrow|alt=promoted}}

| 42 || 27 || 6 || 9 || 88 || 48 || 60

| bgcolor=gold|1st

|R3

| —

|

|

|Jimmy Trotter

|38

|23,660

scope=row|1926–27

|Div 1

| 42 || 15 || 9 || 18 || 75 || 92 || 39

|16th

|R4

| —

|

|

|Jimmy Trotter

|39

|23,060

scope=row|1927–28

|Div 1

| 42 || 13 || 13 || 16 || 81 || 78 || 39

|14th

|R5

| —

|

|

|Mark Hooper

|22

|22,075

scope=row|1928–29

|Div 1

| 42 || 21 || 10 || 11 || 86 || 62 || 52

| bgcolor=gold|1st

|R4

| —

|

|

|Jack Allen

|35

|27,017

scope=row|1929–30

|Div 1

| 42 || 26 || 8 || 8 || 105 || 57 || 60

| bgcolor=gold|1st

|SF

| —

|

|

|Jack Allen

|39

|25,873

scope=row|1930–31

|Div 1

| 42 || 22 || 8 || 12 || 102 || 75 || 52

|3rd

|R4

| —

|

|

|Jack Ball

|29

|19,911

scope=row|1931–32

|Div 1

| 42 || 22 || 6 || 14 || 96 || 82 || 50

|3rd

|R5

| —

|

|

|Jack Ball


Ellis Rimmer

|23

|16,906

scope=row|1932–33

|Div 1

| 42 || 21 || 9 || 12 || 80 || 68 || 51

|3rd

|R3

| —

|

|

|Jack Ball

|35

|16,704

scope=row|1933–34

|Div 1

| 42 || 16 || 9 || 17 || 62 || 67 || 41

|11th

|R5

| —

|

|

|Harry Burgess


Neil Dewar
Mark Hooper

|13

|16,019

scope=row|1934–35

|Div 1

| 42 || 18 || 13 || 11 || 70 || 64 || 49

|3rd

| bgcolor=gold|W

| —

|

|

|Ellis Rimmer

|26

|18,568

scope=row|1935–36

|Div 1

| 42 || 13 || 12 || 17 || 63 || 77 || 38

|20th

|R4

| —

|Charity Shield

|bgcolor=gold|W

|Neil Dewar

|21

|18,127

scope=row|1936–37

|style=background:#fcc|Div 1 {{down-arrow|alt=relegated}}

| 42 || 9 || 12 || 21 || 53 || 69 || 30

|style=background:#fcc|22nd

|R4

| —

|

|

|Neil Dewar

|10

|20,708

scope=row|1937–38

|Div 2

| 42 || 14 || 10 || 18 || 49 || 56 || 38

|17th

|R3

| —

|

|

|Ernest Matthews


Jackie Robinson

|7

|23,600

scope=row|1938–39

|Div 2

| 42 || 21 || 11 || 10 || 88 || 59 || 53

|3rd

|R5

| —

|

|

|Douglas Hunt

|25

|27,146

scope=row|1939–40

|Div 2

| 3 || 1 || 0 || 2 || 3 || 5 || 2

| 17th{{efn|When the Second World War began, the 1939–40 Football League season was abandoned with three matches played.}}

| —

| —

|

|

|Charlie Napier

|2

|16,500

colspan=17|No competitive football was played between 1939 and 1946 due to World War II
scope=row|1945–46

|colspan=9 {{n/a|N/A}}{{efn|The FA Cup was contested in 1945–46, but the Football League did not resume until the following season.}}

|R5

| —

|

|

|Charlie Tomlinson

|4

| —

scope=row|1946–47

|Div 2

| 42 || 12 || 8 || 22 || 67 || 88 || 32

|20th

|R5

| —

|

|

|Tommy Ward

|18

|26,082

scope=row|1947–48

|Div 2

| 42 || 20 || 11 || 11 || 66 || 53 ||51

|4th

|R4

| —

|

|

|Eddie Quigley

|23

|35,426

scope=row|1948–49

|Div 2

| 42 || 15 || 13 || 14 || 63 || 56 || 43

|8th

|R4

| —

|

|

|Eddie Quigley

|19

|34,146

scope=row|1949–50

|style=background:#dfd|Div 2 {{up-arrow|alt=promoted}}

| 42 || 18 || 16 || 8 || 67 || 48 || 52

| bgcolor=silver|2nd

|R3

| —

|

|

|Redfern Froggatt

|14

|40,684

scope=row|1950–51

|style=background:#fcc|Div 1 {{down-arrow|alt=relegated}}

| 42 || 12 || 8 || 22 || 64 || 83 || 32

|style=background:#fcc|21st

|R3

| —

|

|

|Redfern Froggatt


Hugh McJarrow
Dennis Woodhead

|14

|41,527

scope=row|1951–52

|style=background:#dfd|Div 2 {{up-arrow|alt=promoted}}

| 42 || 21 || 11 || 10 || 100 || 66 || 53

| bgcolor=gold|1st

|R3

| —

|

|

|Derek Dooley

|47

|41,461

scope=row|1952–53

|Div 1

| 42 || 12 || 11 || 19 || 62 || 72 || 35

|18th

|R3

| —

|

|

|Jackie Sewell

|17

|42,530

scope=row|1953–54

|Div 1

| 42 || 15 || 6 || 21 || 70 || 91 || 36

|19th

|SF

| —

|

|

|Dennis Woodhead

|21

|35,923

scope=row|1954–55

|style=background:#fcc|Div 1 {{down-arrow|alt=relegated}}

| 42 || 8 || 10 || 24 || 63 || 100 || 26

|style=background:#fcc|22nd

|R4

| —

|

|

|Jackie Sewell

|14

|27,149

scope=row|1955–56

|style=background:#dfd|Div 2 {{up-arrow|alt=promoted}}

| 42 || 21 || 13 || 8 || 101 || 62 || 55

| bgcolor=gold|1st

|R3

| —

|

|

|Roy Shiner

|33

|27,454

scope=row|1956–57

|Div 1

| 42 || 16 || 6 || 20 || 82 || 88 || 38

|14th

|R3

| —

|

|

|Albert Quixall

|24

|29,460

scope=row|1957–58

|style=background:#fcc|Div 1 {{down-arrow|alt=relegated}}

| 42 || 12 || 7 || 23 || 69 || 92 || 31

|style=background:#fcc|22nd

|R5

| —

|

|

|Roy Shiner

|16

|23,396

scope=row|1958–59

|style=background:#dfd|Div 2 {{up-arrow|alt=promoted}}

| 42 || 28 || 6 || 8 || 106 || 48 || 62

| bgcolor=gold|1st

|R3

| —

|

|

|Roy Shiner

|28

|29,452

scope=row|1959–60

|Div 1

| 42 || 19 || 11 || 12 || 80 || 59 || 49

|5th

|SF

| —

|

|

|John Fantham

|18

|32,703

scope=row|1960–61

|Div 1

| 42 || 23 || 12 || 7 || 78 || 47 || 58

| bgcolor=silver|2nd

|QF

|DNE

|

|

|John Fantham

|23

|31,054

scope=row|1961–62

|Div 1

| 42 || 20 || 6 || 16 || 72 || 58 || 46

|6th

|R5

|DNE

|Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

|QF

|John Fantham

|24

|28,882

scope=row|1962–63

|Div 1

| 42 || 19 || 10 || 13 || 77 || 63 || 48

|6th

|R4

|DNE

|

|

|David Layne

|30

|25,686

scope=row|1963–64

|Div 1

| 42 || 19 || 11 || 12 || 84 || 67 || 49

|6th

|R3

|DNE

|Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

|R2

|David Layne

|28

|24,051

scope=row|1964–65

|Div 1

| 42 || 16 || 11 || 15 || 57 || 55 || 43

|8th

|R3

|DNE

|

|

|John Fantham

|20

|20,745

scope=row|1965–66

|Div 1

| 42 || 14 || 8 || 20 || 56 || 66 || 36

|17th

| bgcolor=silver|RU

|DNE

|

|

|John Fantham

|15

|23,161

scope=row|1966–67

|Div 1

| 42 || 14 || 13 || 15 || 56 || 47 || 41

|11th

|QF

|R2

|

|

|David Ford


John Ritchie

|15

|30,460

scope=row|1967–68

|Div 1

| 42 || 11 || 12 || 19 || 51 || 63 || 34

|19th

|R5

|R4

|

|

|John Ritchie

|22

|31,735

scope=row|1968–69

|Div 1

| 42 || 10 || 16 || 16 || 41 || 54 || 36

|15th

|R4

|R2

|

|

|Jack Whitham

|10

|27,150

scope=row|1969–70

|style=background:#fcc|Div 1 {{down-arrow|alt=relegated}}

| 42 || 8 || 9 || 25 || 40 || 71 || 25

|style=background:#fcc|22nd

|R4

|R2

|Anglo-Italian Cup

|GS

|Jack Whitham

|11

|26,619

scope=row|1970–71

|Div 2

| 42 || 12 || 12 || 18 || 51 || 69 || 36

|15th

|R3

|R2

|

|

|Mick Prendergast

|16

|16,036

scope=row|1971–72

|Div 2

| 42 || 13 || 12 || 17 || 51 || 58 || 38

|14th

|R3

|R2

|

|

|Brian Joicey

|16

|17,160

scope=row|1972–73

|Div 2

| 42 || 17 || 10 || 15 || 59 || 55 || 44

|10th

|R5

|R3

|

|

|Brian Joicey

|20

|17,313

scope=row|1973–74

|Div 2

| 42 || 12 || 11 || 19 || 51 || 63 || 35

|19th

|R3

|R3

|

|

|Brian Joicey

|20

|14,727

scope=row|1974–75

|style=background:#fcc|Div 2 {{down-arrow|alt=relegated}}

| 42 || 5 || 11 || 26 || 29 || 64 || 21

|style=background:#fcc|22nd

|R3

|R1

|

|

|Eric McMordie

|6

|13,292

scope=row|1975–76

|Div 3

| 46 || 12 || 16 || 18 || 48 || 59 || 40

|20th{{efn|Lowest League finish.}}

|R3

|R1

|

|

|Mick Prendergast

|13

|11,068

scope=row|1976–77

|Div 3

| 46 || 22 || 9 || 15 || 65 || 55 || 53

|8th

|R2

|R4

|

|

|Rodger Wylde

|25

|13,470

scope=row|1977–78

|Div 3

| 46 || 15 || 16 || 15 || 50 || 52 || 46

|14th

|R2

|R4

|

|

|Tommy Tynan

|21

|11,423

scope=row|1978–79

|Div 3

| 46 || 13 || 19 || 14 || 53 || 53 || 45

|14th

|R3

|R2

|

|

|Brian Hornsby

|21

|10,643

scope=row|1979–80

|style=background:#dfd|Div 3 {{up-arrow|alt=promoted}}

| 46 || 21 || 16 || 9 || 81 || 47 || 58

|3rd

|R2

|R2

|

|

|Terry Curran

|24

|18,090

scope=row|1980–81

|Div 2

| 42 || 17 || 8 || 17 || 53 || 51 || 42

|10th

|R3

|R3

|

|

|Andy McCulloch

|18

|18,403

scope=row|1981–82

|Div 2

| 42 || 20 || 10 || 12 || 55 || 51 || 70

|4th

|R3

|R2

|

|

|Gary Bannister

|22

|19,082

scope=row|1982–83

|Div 2

| 42 || 16 || 15 || 11 || 60 || 47 || 63

|6th

|SF

|QF

|

|

|Gary Bannister

|22

|16,609

scope=row|1983–84

|style=background:#dfd|Div 2 {{up-arrow|alt=promoted}}

| 42 || 26 || 10 || 6 || 72 || 34 || 88

|2nd

|QF

|QF

|

|

|Gary Bannister

|22

|22,488

scope=row|1984–85

|Div 1

| 42 || 17 || 14 || 11 || 58 || 45 || 65

|8th

|R5

|QF

|

|

|Imre Varadi

|21

|27,774

scope=row|1985–86

|Div 1

| 42 || 21 || 10 || 11 || 63 || 54 || 73

|5th

|SF

|R3

|

|

|Lee Chapman


Brian Marwood

|15

|23,101

scope=row|1986–87

|Div 1

| 42 || 13 || 13 || 16 || 58 || 59 || 52

|13th

|QF

|R3

|

|

|Lee Chapman

|22

|23,172

scope=row|1987–88

|Div 1

| 40 || 15 || 8 || 17 || 52 || 66 || 53

|11th

|R3

|QF

|Football League Centenary Tournament

|bgcolor=silver|RU

|Lee Chapman

|22

|19,796

scope=row|1988–89

|Div 1

| 38 || 10 || 12 || 16 || 34 || 51 || 42

|15th

|R4

|R2

|

|

|David Hirst

|9

|20,036

scope=row|1989–90

|style=background:#fcc|Div 1 {{down-arrow|alt=relegated}}

| 38 || 11 || 10 || 17 || 35 || 51 || 43

|style=background:#fcc|18th

|R4

|R3

|

|

|David Hirst

|16

|20,927

scope=row|1990–91

|style=background:#dfd|Div 2 {{up-arrow|alt=promoted}}

| 46 || 22 || 16 || 8 || 80 || 51 || 82

|3rd

|R5

| bgcolor=gold|W

|

|

|David Hirst

|32

|26,604

scope=row|1991–92

|Div 1

| 42 || 21 || 12 || 9 || 62 || 49 || 75

|3rd

|R4

|R3

|

|

|David Hirst

|21

|29,578

scope=row|1992–93

|Prem

| 42 || 15 || 14 || 13 || 55 || 51 || 59

|7th

| bgcolor=silver|RU

| bgcolor=silver|RU

|UEFA Cup

|R2

|Mark Bright

|18

|27,263

scope=row|1993–94

|Prem

| 42 || 16 || 16 || 10 || 76 || 54 || 64

|7th

|R4

|SF

|

|

|Mark Bright

|23

|27,186

scope=row|1994–95

|Prem

| 42 || 13 || 12 || 17 || 49 || 57 || 51

|13th

|R4

|R4

|

|

|Mark Bright

|13

|26,596

scope=row|1995–96

|Prem

| 38 || 10 || 10 || 18 || 48 || 61 || 40

|15th

|R3

|R4

|UEFA Intertoto Cup

|GS

|David Hirst

|14

|24,877

scope=row|1996–97

|Prem

| 38 || 14 || 15 || 9 || 50 || 51 || 57

|7th

|QF

|R2

|

|

|Andy Booth

|13

|25,714

scope=row|1997–98

|Prem

| 38 || 12 || 8 || 18 || 52 || 67 || 44

|16th

|R4

|R2

|

|

|Paolo Di Canio

|14

|28,706

scope=row|1998–99

|Prem

| 38 || 13 || 7 || 18 || 41 || 42 || 46

|12th

|R5

|R2

|

|

|Benito Carbone

|9

|26,745

scope=row|1999–2000

|style=background:#fcc|Prem {{down-arrow|alt=relegated}}

| 38 || 8 || 7 || 23 || 38 || 70 || 31

|style=background:#fcc|19th

|R5

|R4

|

|

|Gilles De Bilde

|11

|24,855

scope=row|2000–01

|Div 1

| 46 || 15 || 8 || 23 || 52 || 71 || 53

|17th

|R4

|QF

|

|

|Gerald Sibon

|15

|19,268

scope=row|2001–02

|Div 1

| 46 || 12 || 14 || 20 || 49 || 71 || 50

|20th

|R3

|SF

|

|

|Gerald Sibon

|13

|20,870

scope=row|2002–03

|style=background:#fcc|Div 1 {{down-arrow|alt=relegated}}

| 46 || 10 || 16 || 20 || 56 || 73 || 46

|style=background:#fcc|22nd

|R3

|R2

|

|

|Gerald Sibon

|9

|20,327

scope=row|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

scope=row|2004–05

|style=background:#dfd|Lge 1 {{up-arrow|alt=promoted}}

|46 || 19 || 15 || 12 || 77 || 59 || 72

|bgcolor=orange|5th{{efn|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.}}

|R1

|R2

|Football League Trophy

|R1

|Steve MacLean

|20

|23,107

scope=row|2005–06

|Champ

| 46 || 13 || 13 || 20 || 39 || 52 || 52

|19th

|R3

|R2

|

|

|Chris Brunt

|7

|24,853

scope=row|2006–07

|Champ

| 46 || 20 || 11 || 15 || 70 || 66 || 71

|9th

|R3

|R1

|

|

|Deon Burton


Steve MacLean

|13

|23,638

scope=row|2007–08

|Champ

| 46 || 14 || 13 || 19 || 54 || 55 || 55

|16th

|R3

|R3

|

|

|Deon Burton

|9

|21,418

scope=row|2008–09

|Champ

| 46 || 16 || 13 || 17 || 51 || 58 || 61

|12th

|R3

|R1

|

|

|Marcus Tudgay

|14

|21,542

scope=row|2009–10

|style=background:#fcc|Champ {{down-arrow|alt=relegated}}

| 46 || 11 || 14 || 21 || 49 || 69 || 47

|style=background:#fcc|22nd

|R3

|R2

|

|

|Marcus Tudgay

|10

|23,179

scope=row|2010–11

|Lge 1

| 46 || 16 || 10 || 20 || 67 || 67 || 58

|15th

|R5

|R2

|Football League Trophy

|SF(N)

|Neil Mellor

|20

|17,817

scope=row|2011–12

|style=background:#dfd|Lge 1 {{up-arrow|alt=promoted}}

| 46 || 28 || 9 || 9 || 81 || 48 ||93

| bgcolor=silver|2nd

|R4

|R2

|Football League Trophy

|R1

|Gary Madine

|18

|21,336

scope=row|2012–13

|Champ

| 46 || 16 || 10 || 20 || 53 || 61 || 58

|18th

|R3

|R3

|

|

|Michail Antonio

|9

|24,078

scope=row|2013–14

|Champ

| 46 || 13 || 14 || 19 || 63 || 65 || 53

|16th

|R5

|R1

|

|

|Chris Maguire

|10

|21,239

scope=row|2014–15

|Champ

| 46 || 14 || 18 || 14 || 43 || 49 || 60

|13th

|R3

|R3

|

|

|Atdhe Nuhiu

|11

|21,991

scope=row|2015–16

|Champ

| 46 || 19 || 17 || 10 || 66 || 45 || 74

|bgcolor=orange|6th{{efn|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.}}

|R4

|QF

|

|

|Fernando Forestieri

|15

|22,641

scope=row|2016–17

|Champ

| 46 || 24 || 9 || 13 || 60 || 45 || 81

|bgcolor=orange|4th{{efn|Lost in the play-off semi-final to Huddersfield Town 4–3 in a penalty shoot-out after the aggregate score was 1–1.}}

|R3

|R1

|

|

|Fernando Forestieri

|12

|27,129

scope=row|2017–18

|Champ

| 46 || 14 || 15 || 17 || 59 || 60 || 57

|15th

|R5

|R2

|

|

|Atdhe Nuhiu

|14

|25,995

scope=row|2018–19

|Champ

| 46 || 16 || 16 || 14 || 60 || 62 || 64

|12th

|R4

|R2

|

|

|Steven Fletcher

|11

|24,429

scope=row|2019–20

|Champ

| 46 || 15 || 11 || 20 || 58 || 66 || 56

|16th

|R5

|R3

|

|

|Steven Fletcher

|13

|23,773

scope=row|2020–21

|style=background:#fcc|Champ {{down-arrow|alt=relegated}}

|46 || 12 || 11 || 23 || 40 || 61 || 41{{efn|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.}}

|style=background:#fcc|24th

|R4

|R3

|

|

|Josh Windass

|10

|{{n/a|N/A}}{{efn|All home games in the 2020–21 season were played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic.}}

scope=row|2021–22

|Lge 1

| 46 || 24 || 13 || 9 || 78 || 50 || 85

|bgcolor=orange|4th{{efn|Lost in the play-off semi-final to Sunderland 2–1 on aggregate.}}

|R1

|R1

|EFL Trophy

|R2

|Lee Gregory

|17

|22,470

scope=row|2022–23

|style=background:#dfd|Lge 1 {{up-arrow|alt=promoted}}

| 46 || 28 || 12 || 6 || 81 || 37 || 96

|bgcolor=orange|3rd{{efn|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.}}

|R4

|R3

|EFL Trophy

|R1

|Michael Smith

|21

|25,387

scope=row|2023–24

|Champ

|46

|15

|8

|23

|44

|68

|53

|20th

|R4

|R2

|

|

|Anthony Musaba

|8

|26,762

2024–25

|Champ

|46

|15

|13

|18

|60

|69

|58

|12th

|R3

|R4

|

|

|Josh Windass

|13

|26,636

Key

{{col-begin}}

{{col-4}}

  • Pld – Matches played
  • W – Matches won
  • D – Matches drawn
  • L – Matches lost
  • GF – Goals for
  • GA – Goals against
  • Pts – Points
  • Pos – Final position

{{col-4}}

{{col-4}}

  • GS – Group stage
  • R1 – First round
  • R2 – Second round
  • R3 – Third round
  • R4 – Fourth round
  • R5 – Fifth round
  • QF – Quarter-finals
  • SF – Semi-finals
  • F – Regional finals
  • RU – Runners-up
  • W – Winners
  • (N) – Northern section of regionalised stage

{{col-end}}

class="wikitable"

|bgcolor=Gold|Champions

|bgcolor=Silver|Runners-up

|bgcolor=#CC9966|Third Place

|bgcolor=#DFD|Promoted

|bgcolor=Pink|Relegated

|bgcolor=Orange|Play-offs

Footnotes

{{Notelist}}

References

;General

  • {{cite web

|url=http://www.btinternet.com/~a.drake/owls/early/1889.htm

|title=Early Owls Records

|access-date=18 May 2006

|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120630225032/http://www.btinternet.com/~a.drake/owls/early/1889.htm

|archive-date=30 June 2012

|url-status=dead

}}

  • {{cite web | url=https://www.fchd.info/SHEFFIEW.HTM |

title=Sheffield Wednesday |

publisher=Football Club History Database |

access-date=2 July 2020 }}

  • {{cite web |

url=http://www.adrianbullock.com/swfc/stats/swfcarch.htm |

title=The Sheffield Wednesday Archive |

access-date=27 July 2006 }}

  • {{cite web |

url=http://www.swfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/Statistics/0,,10304,00.html |

title=Sheffield Wednesday Official Website |

access-date=13 July 2008 }}

  • {{cite web |

url=http://www.soccerbase.com/ |

title=SoccerBase |

access-date=30 July 2006 }}

  • {{cite web

|url = http://itv.stats.football365.com/

|title = ITV Football Statistics

|access-date = 2 August 2006

|url-status = dead

|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060814225032/http://itv.stats.football365.com/

|archive-date = 14 August 2006

|df = dmy-all

}}

  • {{cite book |

author=Jason Dickinson |

title=Wednesday – Official Programme of SWFC |

publisher=Dunwoody Sports Marketing |

date=2005–2006 }}

  • {{cite news |

url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2008/apr/27/championship.leicestercity |

title=guardian match report|

access-date=10 January 2008

| location=London

| work=The Guardian

| first=Stuart

| last=Barnes}}

  • {{cite web |

url=http://www.swfc.co.uk/page/MatchReport/0,,10304~36747,00.html |

title=swfc match report|

access-date=10 January 2008 }}

;Specific

{{Reflist}}

{{Sheffield Wednesday F.C.}}

{{Sheffield Wednesday F.C. seasons}}

{{Lists of English football seasons}}

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Seasons

Category:English football club seasons