List of Sheffield Wednesday F.C. seasons explained

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

Season!scope=col colspan=9

League record	scope=col rowspan=2	FA Cup[1]	scope=col rowspan=2	EFL Cup	scope=col colspan=2	Other	scope=col colspan=2	Top scorer	scope=col rowspan=2	Average 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	—	—	Cromwell Cup	bgcolor=gold	W	—	—	rowspan=14
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	—	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	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	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		34	8	8	18	32	61	24	style=background:#fcc	18th	R1	—			Bill Hemmingfield	8	8,150
scope=row	1899–1900	style=background:#dfd		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
No competitive football was played between 1915 and 1919 due to World War I
scope=row	1919–20	style=background:#fcc		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		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		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	—	—			Charlie Napier	2	16,500
No competitive football was played between 1939 and 1946 due to World War II
scope=row	1945–46	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		42	18	16	8	67	48	52	bgcolor=silver	2nd	R3	—			Redfern Froggatt	14	40,684
scope=row	1950–51	style=background:#fcc		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		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		42	8	10	24	63	100	26	style=background:#fcc	22nd	R4	—			Jackie Sewell	14	27,149
scope=row	1955–56	style=background:#dfd		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		42	12	7	23	69	92	31	style=background:#fcc	22nd	R5	—			Roy Shiner	16	23,396
scope=row	1958–59	style=background:#dfd		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		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		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	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		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		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		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		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		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		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		46	19	15	12	77	59	72	bgcolor=orange	5th	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		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		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	R2			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	R4	QF			Fernando Forestieri	15	22,641
scope=row	2016–17	Champ	46	24	9	13	60	45	81	bgcolor=orange	4th	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		46	12	11	23	40	61	41	style=background:#fcc	24th	R4	R3			Josh Windass	10
scope=row	2021–22	Lge 1	46	24	13	9	78	50	85	bgcolor=orange	4th	R1	R1	EFL Trophy	R2	Lee Gregory	17	22,470
scope=row	2022–23	style=background:#dfd		46	28	12	6	81	37	96	bgcolor=orange	3rd	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

Key

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

• Prem – Premier League
• Champ – EFL Championship
• Lge 1 – EFL League One
• Div 1 – Football League First Division
• Div 2 – Football League Second Division
• Div 3 – Football League Third Division
• Alliance – Football Alliance
• n/a – Not applicable

• 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

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Champions

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Runners-up

Third Place

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Promoted

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Relegated

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Play-offs

References

General

• Web site: Early Owls Records . 18 May 2006 . https://archive.today/20120630225032/http://www.btinternet.com/~a.drake/owls/early/1889.htm . 30 June 2012 . dead .
• Web site: Sheffield Wednesday . Football Club History Database . 2 July 2020 .
• Web site: The Sheffield Wednesday Archive . 27 July 2006 .
• Web site: Sheffield Wednesday Official Website . 13 July 2008 .
• Web site: SoccerBase . 30 July 2006 .
• Web site: ITV Football Statistics . 2 August 2006 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20060814225032/http://itv.stats.football365.com/ . 14 August 2006 . dmy-all.
• Book: Jason Dickinson . Wednesday – Official Programme of SWFC . Dunwoody Sports Marketing . 2005–2006 .
• News: guardian match report. 10 January 2008. London. The Guardian. Stuart. Barnes.
• Web site: swfc match report. 10 January 2008 .

Specific

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Emirates FA Cup Results Archive. The Football Association. 28 July 2021.