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Sheffield Wednesday are a football club competing in the Championship. Founded in 1867, the club is based in Sheffield. They play their home games at Hillsborough Stadium, which holds 34,835.

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League

Championship table

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Match

Sat 8 Aug 14:00

vs Bolton Wanderers

Hillsborough Stadium 12d 3h to kick-off
Goals

Top scorers

Recent

Results

Trajectory

Points, last 10

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Schedule

Next 5 fixtures

Split

Home / away form

PWDLGF–GAPts
Home 0 0 0 0 0–0 0
Away 0 0 0 0 0–0 0
Creators

Top assists

After 80'

Late drama

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Late goals scored0
Late goals conceded0
Money

Finance

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Wage bill £22m
Net debt —
Profit / loss -£9.8m
Latest accounts 2023/24
16th of 22 on wages
Market

Transfers

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Net spend, last 12mo —
In / out 0 / 0
Open rumours

Sheffield Wednesday in the rumour mill

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  • ↑ out Pierce Charles to Manchester City Fabrizio Romano · Independent (CaughtOffside, etc) 100% hit rate 2026-07-10 ✓ confirmed
  • ↓ in Louie Barry from Aston Villa Ben Jacobs · CBS Sports / GiveMeSport 2026-07-09 ✓ confirmed
  • ↓ in Ricardo Santos from Swansea City Unattributed 2025-07-23 ✓ confirmed
  • ↓ in Callum Slattery from Unknown club Unattributed 2025-07-23 ✓ confirmed
  • ↑ out Svante Ingelsson to Stoke City Unattributed 2025-07-23 ✓ confirmed

Rumours captured live from Tier 1 transfer reporters and reconciled against Sportmonks done deals. How the scoring works →

Boardroom

Who's on the board

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  • CHANSIRI, Dejphon director Feb 2015

Sourced live from Companies House officers filings.

Dugout

Manager

Profile →
Henrik Pedersen
Sack-o-Meter pressure 0/100
See the full Sack-o-Meter ranking →
Staff

Backroom

+ 16 more on the books.

Ground

Stadium

Hillsborough Stadium

Sheffield · 34,835 capacity

Freehold
Sheffield 3 Limited (Chansiri-owned entity)
Leaseholder
Sheffield Wednesday FC
Opened
1899

Stadium owned by separate Chansiri entity from the club company itself — controversial 2019 EFL ruling over the £60m valuation.

Full ownership table →

Squad

Sheffield Wednesday first team

26 players
Avg age 24.8 English 58% U23 54% Captain: Liam Palmer

Goalkeeper

Defender

Midfielder

Attacker

Pulled from Sportmonks squad data. Captain marked (C); contracts ending within 12 months marked in red.

Legends

Sheffield Wednesday all-time greats

  • Andrew Wilson 545 apps · 216 goals
  • Liam Palmer 509 apps · 14 goals
  • Jack Brown 507 apps
  • Alan Finney 503 apps · 90 goals
  • Kevin Pressman 478 apps
  • Barry Bannan 477 apps · 37 goals
  • Tommy Crawshaw 465 apps · 24 goals
  • Redfern Froggatt 458 apps · 149 goals

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Heritage

Sheffield Wednesday through the years

Major honours

  • 4 Football League First Division last: 1929-30
  • 3 FA Cup last: 1934-35
  • 1 League Cup last: 1990-91
  • 1 FA Community Shield last: 1935-36

Notable alumni

  • Chris Waddle
  • Paolo Di Canio
  • David Hirst
  • Des Walker
  • Carlton Palmer

Past managers

  • Jack Charlton
  • Howard Wilkinson
  • Ron Atkinson
  • Trevor Francis
  • David Pleat

Local rivals

Editorial — honours from official records, alumni and rivals curated by our team.

Through the years

41 seasons on file

2026-27
Henrik Pedersen
0 in / 0 out
2025-26
Henrik Pedersen
0W 7D 21L (-39)
2024-25
Henrik Pedersen
0 in / 0 out
2020-21
Tony Pulis
0 in / 0 out

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