The Owls |
Sheffield Wednesday FC
Founded Wednesday, 4 September 1867 as Wednesday CFC
Turned professional April 1887
Name Changed 1899 (The Wednesday FC) & June 1929
Players provided 43
Different scorers 11 (26 goals) Total appearances
261
1872-1998 |
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Hillsborough |
Domestic Honours |
Football Alliance founder members
winners 1888-89; FA Cup runners-up 1889-90, 1965-66,
1992-93, winners 1895-96, 1906-07, 1934-35;
Football League Division Two winners 1899-1900, 1925-26, 1951-52, 1955-56,
1958-59, runners-up 1949-50, 1983-84; Division One Champions 1902-03, 1903-04, 1928-29,
1929-30, runners-up 1960-61;
FA Charity Shield runners-up 1930, winners 1935; Mercantile
Credit Centenary Tournament runners-up 1987-88;
Football League Cup winners 1990-91,
runners-up 1992-93;
After League restructure: Football League Division Two/League One
fifth place-play-off winners 2004-05, runners-up
2011-12, third place-play-off winners 2022-23; Division One/Championship sixth place-play-off
runners-up 2015-16, fourth place-play-off semi-finalists 2016-17;
FA Premier League best: seventh place 1992-93,
1993-94 & 1996-97; Football League Trophy best:
Northern Final 2003-04 (beaten by Blackpool, agg 0-3); |
European Honours |
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup best:
Quarter-finals 1961-62 (beaten by Barcelona, agg 3-4);
Anglo-Italian Cup best: Group Stage 1969-70 (sixth of six
English teams); UEFA
Cup best: Second round 1992-93 (beaten by Kaiserslautern, agg
3-5); UEFA Intertoto Cup best: Group Stages
1995-96; |
Home
venue |
Hillsborough since 1899, known as
Owlerton
until 1912; previously occupied Olive Grove 1887-99;
Sheaf House 1877-87; Myrtle Road
1869-77; Beginning at Highfield 1867-69; Some
games were played at Endcliffe in the 1880's, and
Bramall Lane was used for the more important games up
until 1895; |
Home strip |
Blue and white striped shirts, blue shorts, blue
socks. |
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