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Sheffield Wednesday
ChairmanMilan Mandarić
Head CoachStuart Gray
GroundHillsborough
Championship6th (next game vs. Cardiff City)
FA CupEnter at Round 3
League CupRound 3 (next game vs. Manchester City}
Top goalscorerLeague: Stevie May (3)
All: Atdhe Nuhiu (4)
Highest home attendance29,848 (vs. Reading)
Lowest home attendance20,636 (vs. Millwall)
Average home league attendance24,081

During the 2014–15 football season, Sheffield Wednesday F.C. will compete in three professional football competitions. Sheffield Wednesday will compete in the 2014–15 Football League Championship, 2014–15 FA Cup, and the 2014–15 Football League Cup. It will be the Owls' third consecutive season in the Football League Championship, having secured promotion from League One in the 2011–12 season, securing Championship safety on the last day of the 2012–13 season and securing a 16th place finish last season. The Football League season will kick-off at the beginning of August, along with the League Cup in the same month. Meanwhile, with Sheffield Wednesday being within the top two-tiers of the English football league system, the club doesn't enter the FA Cup until the beginning of January 2015, where they enter at Round 3 of the competition.

League Table

Main article: 2014–15 Football League Championship

Template:2014–15 Football League Championship table

Review

Pre-Season

Before pre-season began in July 2014, the first players that were to leave the club were announced. The following players were released from the club just three-days after Sheffield Wednesday's last fixture of their 2013–14 campaign: two goalkeeper's Adam Davies and Arron Jameson; defenders Anthony Gardner, Martin Taylor and one of the fan favourites (although the player is considered not good enough for the club anymore) Miguel Llera; and midfielder's David Prutton and what was the current longest serving player at the club with over 250-appearances Jermaine Johnson. Probably the biggest shock though, even though the player can be injury-prone, one of the fan-favourites Réda Johnson, whom was also released. Meanwhile, keeper Chris Kirkland, midfielder José Semedo, and defender's Glenn Loovens and Oguchi Onyewu were offered new contracts at the club.[1]

Sheffield Wednesday's first pre-season fixture was announced on 10 May, the club confirmed that they would be playing Newcastle United at Hillsborough on 30 July.[2] Few days after that, Sheffield Wednesday announced two more pre-season fixtures. They would be playing their South Yorkshire rival Barnsley away at Oakwell on 2 August[3] and playing against Bury away at Gigg Lane on July 18.[4] On 16 May, Sheffield Wednesday announced their fourth pre-season fixture playing another South Yorkshire rival against Doncaster Rovers at the Keepmoat Stadium on July 27.[5] Three days later, they announced their first fixture in the pre-season against York City on July 12.[6] Sheffield Wednesday announced they would be playing against FK Čukarički during their tour of Slovenia on 23 July.[7] However, FK Čukarički later pulled out of the friendly fixture and was replaced with FC Arsenal Tula on 3 July.[8]

On 10 June and massive news was announced at Sheffield Wednesday Football Club. Rumours of the club's ownership being taken-over by Azerbaijani businessman Hafiz Mammadov was confirmed. This saw the ownership of the club pass from Chairman Milan Mandarić, whom had owned the club since 2010, in which he saved the club from administration, cleared the club from the majority of the it's debts, invested into the team to gain promotion to the Football League Championship in the 2011–12 season and has since stabilised the club in the Championship. Milan Mandarić had made many tough decisions along the way, firing manager Gary Megson and hiring Dave Jones. And then just last season firing Dave Jones and hiring Stuart Gray. Milan Mandarić can be classed as a legend at the club, due to saving the Owls from potential extinction and climbing the English football league ladder. Milan Mandarić had this to say: "I am delighted to have concluded a deal with Hafiz, he is a true football man and I have no doubt whatsoever that I am handing over control to someone with a real passion for the game and the ability to carry on the work I started three years ago to return Sheffield Wednesday back to the top division of English football. It’s something that the wonderful supporters of this Club deserve having remained so loyal throughout the difficult times prior to my arrival. On my first day at the Club I promised the supporters two things; firstly I would ensure that when I left we would be in far better shape than when I arrived and more importantly, that I would only hand over ownership when I found the right man for the Club and I sincerely believe I have delivered on both undertakings". Meanwhile, Hafiz Mammadov is a successful businessman whom owns Baghlan Group (a company that specialises in oil, gas, construction and transportation), and also owns Azerbaijan football club Baku FC and French team RC Lens, along with having shares in La Liga champions Atlético Madrid and F.C. Porto. Mammadov is known to have a quieter, more private approach with his work and is thought to have bought the club for around €50 million. Hafiz Mammadov had this to say: "I am a passionate football fan with enormous respect for English football. I have been looking at investing in England for some time but I was determined to find the right Club. I am hugely ambitious and feel the Owls match my passion and desire for success and represent our motto of Azerbaijan Land of Fire. I promise the supporters I will work extremely hard to bring the success everyone so rightly craves."[9] On 9 July, rumours occurred across the internet that Sheffield Wednesday owner to be, Hafiz Mammadov, had been arrested by police in his home country of Azerbaijan. Mammadov is still yet to have clarified and confirmed the takeover with the Football League and has still yet to make payments to the French football league on behalf of his other ownership of RC Lens. Lens have had their promotion to Ligue 1 suspended because of this. However, just after 5pm that day and Hafiz Mammadov released a statement saying: "Certain unfounded rumours have been spread in the press over my supposed arrest and imprisonment in Azerbaijan, which I obviously strongly deny, and which was immediately denied by State Border Guards. It seems today that false and malicious speculation over my situation is being used with the aim to create confusion and doubt over my financial holdings and commitments. There are no grounds for the allegations made by the press, and I will take all necessary legal actions against whoever has initiated these false rumours with the aim to harm my family and me". This statement would have been of grate relief to the fans of Sheffield Wednesday.[10]

A week later on the 17 June, and the 2014–15 Football League Cup draw was made, and the Owls were drawn at home against the oldest club in the football league - Notts County. The game is to be played in the week commencing the 11 August 2014.[11] A day after at 9am the 2014–15 Football League Championship fixtures were announced, with the Owls facing Brighton & Hove Albion away on the first day of the season on the 9 August. This is then followed up by home games against Derby County and Millwall. Wednesday face Blackpool at home on Boxing Day and Watford away on the last day of the season, which ends 2 May 2015. The first derby fixture is against Leeds United on 4 October, and the team play Rotherham United for the first time of the season on 8 November at home.[12]

On the 3 June Sheffield Wednesday announced the first signings for the club, Matt Young from Southampton[13] and Ed Sanders from Stoke City.[14] Both young defender's signed on one-year deals and will feature in the Development Squad. Just under a week later and Ryan Croasdale signed from Preston North End, also on a one-year contract and will feature in the Development Squad.[15] On 24 June, Sheffield Wednesday made their fourth Development Squad signing in Paul McElroy from Hull City on a one-year contract.[16] However, on July 19 McElroy decided to cancel his one-year contract at Sheffield Wednesday due to some personal terms.[17][18] The first signing for the first-team squad was announced on 7 July, with Ireland international goalkeeper Kieren Westwood signing on a 2-year deal after being released from Sunderland.[19] One day later, goalkeeper Chris Kirkland re-signed with Sheffield Wednesday on a one-year contract.[20] Also later on the same day, the Owls signed last seasons loanee Sam Hutchinson on a free transfer from Chelsea. Hutchinson signs on a two-year contract, with rumours that Wednesday battled off Millwall and West Bromwich Albion for Hutchinson's signature.[21] On 10 July, fan favourite José Semedo resigned a one-year contract at Sheffield Wednesday.[22] Three days later, Glenn Loovens signed a new one-year contract at Sheffield Wednesday, Stuart Gray later announced that he would be the captain of Sheffield Wednesday for the upcoming season.[23] At the end of July, Sheffield Wednesday completed a deal for Leeds United defender Tom Lees for an undisclosed fee.[24] 3-days before the first game of the new season and it was confirmed that trialist Dejan Kelhar had signed for the club on a short contract for a free transfer.[25] Later on though and bad news for fans of Sheffield Wednesday as they lost one of their best players - Michail Antonio. He signed for Nottingham Forest for a fee of £1.5 million. Antonio scored some vital goals in Wednesday's 2011-12 Football League One promotion, and was the Owls' top scorer the next season.[26]

Wednesday's first-team took part in their first pre-season friendly 10-days into July, as the Owls travelled to face York City. An own-goal and a fantastic long-distance strike from Chris Maguire both in the first-half saw the Owls win the game 2–0.[27] Just over a week later and Sheffield Wednesday played their second pre-season friendly away to Bury. The Owls struck just three-minutes into the game with a goal by Jacques Maghoma. However, Bury equalised 5-minutes before half-time to make it all level at the break. Atdhe Nuhiu headed a goal in the second-half, while Giles Coke rounded off a 3–1 victory to Sheffield Wednesday.[28] A day after this game and Wednesday flew out to Slovenia for a week, in which in the middle of they played a game against Russian side FC Arsenal Tula. The Owls took an early lead just three-minutes in with Michail Antonio being on target, however 5-minutes later and Arsenal Tula equalised. The game was fairly even throughout, but with 5-minutes to go of the full 90-minutes and Arsenal Tula scored to win the game 2–1.[29] Sunday 27 July and the Owls faced local rivals Doncaster Rovers in a friendly match. Goals either half from Atdhe Nuhiu and Michail Antonio gave Sheffield Wednesday a two-nil lead, but two-goals in 15-minutes by Doncaster meant the match finished level at 2–2.[30] Sheffield Wednesday's only home pre-season game came the following Wednesday as the team faced Premier League side Newcastle United. Although the Owls had the majority of possession, had a few chances (including hitting the bar), it was a second-half strike by Newcastle that was the difference as the Owls lost 0–1.[31] Sheffield Wednesday kicked-off their last pre-season friendly away to local rivals Barnsley at 1pm on Saturday 2 August. A tight game finished 1–1, with the Owls equalising in the second-half thanks to Kieran Lee.[32]

August

Hours before Sheffield Wednesday undertook their first competitive game of the season away to Brighton & Hove Albion a signing was confirmed. 21-year old striker Stevie May signed on a 4-year contract from St. Johnstone. May has a great goalscoring record, seeing him score 67-goals in 118 career appearances.[33] Soon after and the first game of the season kicked-off and an even game where the Owls had the majority of the possession in the first-half saw its opening goal when Giles Coke curled the ball fantastically into the top corner of the net. 5-minutes into the second-half and Brighton went down to ten-men after a high-footed challenge saw a player gain a straight red card. Although, Wednesday looked to push on from this point, Brighton had a great period which saw débutant Kieren Westwood make a fantastic save and the other débutant Tom Lees clear off the line. The last 15-minutes and Wednesday managed to hold out for a fantastic victory away from home. It took 3-months last season for the Owls to win their first game of the season, this time round it took one-day.[34] Later on in the week and Wednesday played their first home game of the season in the midweek League Cup game against Notts County. Just two-minutes into the game and Jacques Maghoma cut inside onto his right foot and scored the first goal of the game. 10-minutes and a couple of chances later and the Owls were 2–0 up thanks to Gary Madine comfortably tapping in a cross at the back post. It was Madine's first goal since coming back from his time in prison last season. Atdhe Nuhiu had 5 key chances, mainly headers, before he did finally score in the second-half. Nuhiu and Madine did come close again before full-time, but the Owls strolled through into the Second Round winning 3–0.[35] The Owls' third game within the first week of the new season was at home to last seasons play-off finalists Derby County. Wednesday started the brighter of the two teams in a contest that involved chances for both sides. In the first-half Jacques Maghoma linked up with Nuhiu before firing just wide, Chris Maguire hit the underside of the bar from a free-kick, Sam Hutchinson had a header cleared off the line and débutant Stevie May had a shot go just wide. Derby came out playing better in the second-half and had two one-on-one's, but keeper Kieren Westwood made saves on both occasions. An entertaining game finished goalless, with Sheffield Wednesday keeping three clean sheets in the first three games of the season.[36]

Another mid-week game came at home to Millwall, a team who had got off to a great start to the beginning of the new season and also had yet to concede a goal. The first chance fell to Millwall when they had a free-kick go just wide of the target. Compared to the previous game against Derby this game seemed a much less entertaining game, with the next best chance falling to Atdhe Nuhiu whose header went over the bar. Into the second-half and a free-kick for handball was awarded to the Owls and Chris Maguire stepped up and fired the ball into the back of the net with the help of a deflection on the way. Millwall stepped up their game from this point, but only created half chances as they failed to break Wednesday's defence down. However, with just over 5-minutes to go and a Millwall player and Kieren Westwood seemed to just clash/bump into each other in the area. Although, the referee saw this as a foul and gave a penalty. But, justice was served as Millwall failed to equalise from the spot and instead hit the post. Into the dying seconds of five-minutes added time and Milwall managed to find space for a shot and scored with virtually the last kick of the game, with the match ending 1–1.[37] A few days later and Sheffield Wednesday faced one of the few trips up North to play Middlesbrough. 6-minutes in and Nuhiu finished home on the line after a corner saw the ball continue to bounce in the box, but Nuhiu didn't give up until the ball was in the back of the net. New signing Stevie May nearly doubled the Owls' lead as a great finger tip save saw his shot hit the post. Atdhe Nuhiu was soon involved again as his flick on saw Stevie May score his first goal for the club with a delightful finish into the far corner. 2–0 up at half-time and things couldn't have been going better for Wednesday, that is until it did in the second-half. A free-kick saw Nuhiu head home his second goal of the game. Just under 20-minutes to go though and captain Glenn Loovens fouled a man in the box and Middlesbrough scored the resultant penalty kick. Sheffield Wednesday hit the woodwork again, and then Middlesbrough were awarded another penalty. A powerful shot in the box hit Loovens on the arm, something he probably couldn't do anything about, but Middlesbrough didn't care as they scored again. Into the dying seconds and Middlesbrough nearly equalised as cross couldn't quite reach the feet of one of their players. 3-points though it was for Sheffield Wednesday, with the result looking kind on Middlesbrough's behalf.[38]

The next game for Sheffield Wednesday was in the second round of the League Cup against Premiership opposition Burnley away at Turf Moor. Atdhe Nuhiu scored the winning goal from a penalty after Jérémy Hélan was brought down[39] and secured a place in the 3rd round against the defending Premier League and League Cup champions Manchester City.[40] One day before the match against Nottingham Forest, Sheffield Wednesday signed Hallam Hope on loan until 2 January from Everton.[41] The opponents Nottingham Forest was currently first-place having picked up 10 points in their first four games. In the 37th minute, former Sheffield Wednesday player Michail Antonio wriggled into space and lifted the ball into the box, where Henri Lansbury had ghosted in unattended to nudge a free header past Keiren Westwood to give the away team the lead into the first-half. Sheffield Wednesday dominated the second-half, the closest chance came from Atdhe Nuhiu in the 90th minute forcing an impressive save from Karl Darlow. It finished 0-1 to Nottingham Forest and it was Wednesday's first defeat in the season. Immediately after the game, Sheffield Wednesday signed free-agent Claude Dielna on a three-year contract.[42]

September

On deadline day, Sheffield Wednesday signed ex Real Madrid player, Royston Drenthe from Reading on loan until 2 January.[43] On 4 September, Sheffield Wednesday chairman Milan Mandarić announced that takeover talks between him and Hafiz Mammadov has broken down due to his difficulties in Azerbaijan. He quoted, "Our supporters were extremely excited when the takeover was announced, like me they believed that Mr. Mammadov offered a great opportunity for the club, in hindsight my desire to please our supporters probably clouded my decision to grant further time for him to complete the process.".[44]

Players

As of 13 September 2014

First Team

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Ireland EIR Keiren Westwood
2 DF England ENG Lewis Buxton
3 DF England ENG Joe Mattock
4 MF England ENG Sam Hutchinson
5 DF Netherlands NED Glenn Loovens (captain)
6 MF Portugal POR José Semedo
7 FW Scotland SCO Stevie May
8 DF Scotland SCO Liam Palmer
9 FW Austria AUT Atdhe Nuhiu
10 MF Scotland SCO Chris Maguire
11 MF Netherlands NED Royston Drenthe (on loan from Reading)
13 FW Northern Ireland NIR Caolan Lavery
14 MF England ENG Giles Coke
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 DF England ENG Tom Lees
16 MF Scotland SCO Rhys McCabe
17 DF France FRA Jérémy Hélan
18 DF Guinea GUI Kamil Zayatte
19 MF Democratic Republic of the Congo COD Jacques Maghoma
20 MF England ENG Kieran Lee
21 MF Ireland EIR Paul Corry
24 FW England ENG Gary Madine
28 FW England ENG Hallam Hope (on loan from Everton)
35 DF France FRA Claude Dielna
43 GK England ENG Chris Kirkland
44 DF Slovenia SVN Dejan Kelhar

Development Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
22 DF Portugal POR Rafael Floro
23 GK England ENG Joe Wildsmith
25 DF England ENG Matt Young
— DF England ENG William De Havilland
— DF England ENG Ed Sanders
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF England ENG Ryan Croasdale
— MF Northern Ireland NIR Simon Hanna
— MF England ENG Jack Stobbs
— FW France FRA Franck Betra
— FW England ENG Emmanuel Dieseruvwe

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK England ENG Cameron Dawson (on loan at Alfreton Town)

Academy

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK Northern Ireland NIR Brad McDonagh
— DF England ENG Brad Beatson
— DF England ENG Spencer Brown
— DF England ENG Mike Conneh
— DF Northern Ireland NIR Seanna Foster
— DF England ENG Emmanuel Kanteh
— DF England ENG Matt Penney
— DF England ENG Josh Stachini
— MF England ENG Billy Beresford
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF England ENG Mason Duffy
— MF England ENG Jake Ellam
— MF Northern Ireland NIR Glenn Law
— MF England ENG Fraser Preston
— MF England ENG Luke Smith
— FW Zimbabwe ZIM Jonathan Fusco
— FW England ENG George Hirst
— FW England ENG Devante Hyman

Squad Information

As of 20 September 2014
No Pos Nat Name Age Joined From Contract Expires Fee Apps Goals
1 GK Republic of Ireland Kieren Westwood 29 July 2014 England Sunderland June 2016 Free 8 0
2 DF England Lewis Buxton 30 August 2008 England Stoke City June 2015 £88,000 197 6
3 DF England Joe Mattock 24 July 2012 England West Bromwich Albion June 2015 Free 46 3
4 MF England Sam Hutchinson 24 July 2014 England Chelsea June 2016 Free 13 1
5 DF Netherlands Glenn Loovens 30 December 2013 Free Agent June 2015 Free 33 0
6 MF Portugal José Semedo 29 July 2011 England Charlton Athletic June 2015 Free 116 1
7 FW Scotland Stevie May 21 August 2014 Scotland St. Johnstone June 2018 Undisclosed 8 3
8 DF Scotland Liam Palmer 22 January 2013 England Sheffield Wednesday Academy June 2018 Free 89 1
9 FW Austria Atdhe Nuhiu 24 July 2013 Austria Rapid Wien June 2016 Free 53 12
10 MF Scotland Chris Maguire 25 July 2012 England Derby County June 2015 Undisclosed 56 12
11 MF Netherlands Royston Drenthe 27 August 2014 England Reading January 2015 Loan 2 0
13 FW Northern Ireland Caolan Lavery 21 July 2012 England Ipswich Town Unknown Free 24 4
14 MF England Giles Coke 28 July 2010 Scotland Motherwell June 2015 Free 92 7
15 DF England Tom Lees 23 July 2014 England Leeds United June 2017 Undisclosed 10 0
16 MF Scotland Rhys McCabe 22 July 2012 Scotland Rangers June 2015 Free 33 2
17 DF France Jérémy Hélan 22 July 2013 England Manchester City June 2017 Undisclosed 82 4
18 DF Guinea Kamil Zayatte 29 August 2013 Turkey Istanbul BB June 2015 Free 15 2
19 MF Democratic Republic of the Congo Jacques Maghoma 26 July 2013 England Burton Albion June 2015 Undisclosed 39 4
20 MF England Kieran Lee 26 July 2012 England Oldham Athletic June 2015 Free 57 1
21 MF Republic of Ireland Paul Corry 23 August 2012 Republic of Ireland University College Dublin June 2015 Undisclosed 10 0
22 DF Portugal Rafael Floro 20 August 2013 Portugal Porto B June 2015 Free 2 0
23 GK England Joe Wildsmith 18 November 2013 England Sheffield Wednesday Academy June 2016 Free 0 0
24 FW England Gary Madine 23 January 2011 England Carlisle United June 2015 £1,056,000 109 28
25 DF England Matt Young 20 June 2014 England Southampton June 2015 Free 0 0
28 FW England Hallam Hope 20 August 2014 England Everton January 2015 Loan 2 0
35 DF France Claude Dielna 26 August 2014 Greece Olympiacos June 2017 Free 1 0
43 GK England Chris Kirkland 33 July 2012 England Wigan Athletic June 2015 Free 85 0
44 DF Slovenia Dejan Kelhar 30 August 2014 Serbia Red Star Belgrade January 2015 Free 0 0

Transfers

In

Position Player Transferred from Fee Date Ref
DF England Matt Young England Southampton Free 3 June 2014 [13]
DF England Ed Sanders England Stoke City Free 3 June 2014 [14]
MF England Ryan Croasdale England Preston North End Free 9 June 2014 [15]
MF Northern Ireland Paul McElroy England Hull City Free 24 June 2014 [16]
GK Republic of Ireland Kieren Westwood England Sunderland Free 7 July 2014 [19]
DF England Sam Hutchinson England Chelsea Free 8 July 2014 [21]
DF England Tom Lees England Leeds United Undisclosed 31 July 2014 [45]
DF Slovenia Dejan Kelhar Serbia Red Star Belgrade Free 6 August 2014 [25]
FW Scotland Stevie May Scotland St. Johnstone Undisclosed 9 August 2014 [33]
DF France Claude Dielna Greece Olympiacos Free 30 August 2014 [46]

Out

# Position Player Transferred to Fee Date Ref
— MF England Danny Mayor England Bury Undisclosed 3 May 2014 [47]
— GK England Adam Davies England Barnsley Free 6 May 2014 [1][48]
— GK England Arron Jameson Released Free 6 May 2014 [1]
— DF Benin Réda Johnson England Coventry City Free 6 May 2014 [1][49]
— DF England Anthony Gardner Released Free 6 May 2014 [1]
— DF Spain Miguel Llera England Scunthorpe United Free 6 May 2014 [1]
— DF England Martin Taylor Released Free 6 May 2014 [1]
— MF Jamaica Jermaine Johnson United States Indy Eleven Free 6 May 2014 [1]
— MF England David Prutton Released Free 6 May 2014 [1]
— DF England Taylor McKenzie England Notts County Free 21 May 2014 [50]
— DF United States Oguchi Onyewu Free Agent Free 30 June 2014 [51]
— MF Northern Ireland Paul McElroy Free Agent Free 19 July 2014 [17][18]
7 DF England Michail Antonio England Nottingham Forest £1,500,000 6 August 2014 [26]

Loan In

# Position Player Transferred from Length Date Ref
28 FW England Hallam Hope England Everton 6-months 29 August 2014 [52]
11 MF Netherlands Royston Drenthe England Reading 6-months 31 August 2014 [53]

Loan Out

# Position Player Loaned to Length Date Ref
— GK England Cameron Dawson England Alfreton Town 1-month 22 August 2014 [54]

Contracts

Position Player Length Date Expiry Ref
MF Northern Ireland Simon Hanna 1-year 12 May 2014 June 2015 [55]
GK England Chris Kirkland 1-year 8 July 2014 June 2015 [20]
MF Portugal José Semedo 1-year 10 July 2014 June 2015 [22]
DF Netherlands Glenn Loovens 1-year 14 July 2014 June 2015 [23]

Débuts

Players making their first team Sheffield Wednesday début in a competitive match.

# Position Player Date Opponents Ground Ref
1 GK Republic of Ireland Kieren Westwood 9 August 2014 Brighton & Hove Albion American Express Community Stadium [34]
15 DF England Tom Lees 9 August 2014 Brighton & Hove Albion American Express Community Stadium [34]
7 FW Scotland Stevie May 16 August 2014 Derby County Hillsborough [36]
28 FW England Hallam Hope 30 August 2014 Nottingham Forest Hillsborough [56]
11 MF Netherlands Royston Drenthe 13 September 2014 Bolton Wanderers Macron Stadium [57]
35 DF France Claude Dielna 20 September 2014 Reading Hillsborough [58]

International Call-Ups

No Pos Name Team Competition Opposition Date Caps Goals Ref
— GK Cameron Dawson England U-19 2014 UEFA European Under-19 Championship elite qualification Montenegro U-19, Scotland U-19, Ukraine U-19 24–29 May 2014 4 0 [59]
22 DF Rafael Floro Portugal U-20 2014 Toulon Tournament Mexico U-20, Chile U-20, China PR U-20, France U-20, England U-20 21 May - 1 June 2014 4 0 [60]
7 FW Stevie May Scotland U-21 UEFA U-21 Euro 2015 qualifying Slovakia U-21, Luxembourg U-21 4 September, 8 September 2014 8 2 [61]
18 DF Kamil Zayatte Guinea 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier Togo, Uganda 6 September, 10 September 2014 46 4 [62]

Board and Staff

Chairman and Directors

Position Staff
Owner Azerbaijan Hafiz Mammadov
Chairman Serbia Milan Mandarić
Director England Paul Aldridge

Last updated: 10 June 2014
Source: Sheffield Wednesday F.C.

Senior Administrative Staff

Position Staff
Vice-Chairman England Paul Aldridge
Club Secretary England Lindsey Taylor-Higgins
Director of Communications England Trevor Braithwait
CSR Development Manager England Spencer Taylor
Community Manager England Marcus Brameld
Commercial Director England Andy Daykin
Head Groundsman England Steve Kiddy
Operations Manager England John Rutherford
Head of Information Technology England Richard Ford
Head of Retail England Peter Pridmore
Ticket Office Manager England Alastair Wilson

Last updated: 10 June 2014
Source: Sheffield Wednesday F.C.

First Team Staff

Position Staff
Head Coach England Stuart Gray
Assistant Manager Scotland Lee Bullen
Coach England John Deehan
Goalkeeping Coach England Andy Rhodes

Last updated: 10 June 2014
Source: Sheffield Wednesday F.C.

Support Staff

Position Staff
Head Physiotherapist England Paul Smith
Assistant Physiotherapist England Dean Taylor
Soft Tissue Specialist England Derry Suter
Sports Physician England Dr. Alastair Park
Club Doctor England Dr. Richard Higgins
Club Podiatrist England Lee Bray
Club Osteopath England Sam Morris

Last updated: 10 June 2014
Source: Sheffield Wednesday F.C.

Academy Staff

Position Staff
Academy Manager England Dean Ramsdale
Coach Developer England John Williams
Head of Education and Welfare England Dan Potts
Head of Sports Science and Medicine England Carl Wells
Head of Recruitment England Ken Ryder
Head of Academy Recruitment and Child Protection Officier England Richard Groves
Head of Coaching England David Byrne
Development Squad Head Coach Scotland Lee Bullen
Academy Lead Sports Scientist England Chris Hattersley
Senior Physiotherapist England Ash Fickling
Head of Performance Analysis England Stewart Heppinstall
Foundation Phase Lead Coach England Matt Burton
Youth Academy Lead Coach England Nev Burbeary
Pro-Development Phase Lead England Neil Thompson
Professional Development Phase Coach England Max Wragg

Last updated: 10 June 2014
Source: Sheffield Wednesday F.C.

Fixtures and Results

Pre-Season

12 July 2014 York City 0–2 Sheffield Wednesday Bootham Crescent
15:00 Report Ilesanmi 27' (o.g.)
Maguire 44'		 Attendance: 3,312
18 July 2014 Bury 1–3 Sheffield Wednesday AJ Bell Stadium
19:45 Nardiello 40' Report Maghoma 3'
Nuhiu 56'
Coke 80'
23 July 2014 FC Arsenal Tula 2–1 Sheffield Wednesday Ptuj City Stadium
17:00 Bazanov 8'
Kutyin Yellow card 53'
Ryzhkov 85'		 Report Antonio 3'
Mattock Yellow card
Maguire Yellow card
Kelhar Yellow card
27 July 2014 Doncaster Rovers 2–2 Sheffield Wednesday Keepmoat Stadium
15:00 de Val 50'
Bennett 65'		 Report Nuhiu 42'
Antonio 47'
30 July 2014 Sheffield Wednesday 0–1 Newcastle United Hillsborough
19:45 Report Pérez 65' Attendance: 10,173
Referee: Michael Naylor
2 August 2014 Barnsley 1–1 Sheffield Wednesday Oakwell
13:00 Rose 30' Report Lee 49' Attendance: 5,193
Referee: Robert Madley

Football League Championship

Main article: 2014–15 Football League Championship
9 August 2014 1 Brighton & Hove Albion 0–1 Sheffield Wednesday American Express Community Stadium
15:00 Forster-Caskey Yellow card 10'
Crofts Red card 50'
Bruno Yellow card 74'
LuaLua Yellow card 82'		 Report Coke 41'
Loovens Yellow card 55'		 Attendance: 26,993
Referee: James Linington
16 August 2014 2 Sheffield Wednesday 0-0 Derby County Hillsborough
15:00 Keogh Yellow card 48'
Bryson Yellow card 61'		 Report Hutchinson Yellow card 37'
Loovens Yellow card 44'
Mattock Yellow card 77'		 Attendance: 25,186
Referee: Scott Duncan
19 August 2014 3 Sheffield Wednesday 1–1 Millwall Hillsborough
19:45 Maguire 57'
Westwood Yellow card 84'
Loovens Yellow card 90+2'		 Report Williams soccer ball with red X 85'
Fuller Yellow card 90+2'
Gueye 90+5'		 Attendance: 20,636
Referee: Nigel Miller
23 August 2014 4 Middlesbrough 2-3 Sheffield Wednesday Riverside Stadium
15:00 Leadbitter Yellow card 41' 72' (pen.) 90+1' (pen.)
Abella Yellow card 45+2'
Ayala Yellow card 86'		 Report Nuhiu 6' 57'
Maguire Yellow card 36'
May 42'
Semedo Yellow card 81'
Loovens Yellow card 90+1'		 Attendance: 17,820
Referee: Phil Dowd
30 August 2014 5 Sheffield Wednesday 0-1 Nottingham Forest Hillsborough
12:15 Semedo Yellow card 21'
Loovens Yellow card 31'
Mattock Yellow card 34'
Palmer Yellow card 53'		 Report Antonio Yellow card 29'
Lansbury 37'
Burke Yellow card 90+1'
Assombalonga Yellow card 90+5'		 Attendance: 20,656
Referee: Graham Salisbury
13 September 2014 6 Bolton Wanderers 0-0 Sheffield Wednesday Macron Stadium
15:00 Moxey Yellow card 34'
Mills Yellow card 88'		 Report Attendance: 15,799
Referee: Andy Haines
16 September 2014 7 Birmingham City 0–2 Sheffield Wednesday St Andrew's
19:45 Edgar Yellow card 41'
Robinson Yellow card 59'		 Report May 67'
Nuhiu Yellow card 62'
Hélan 89'		 Attendance: 14,085
Referee: James Adcock
20 September 2014 8 Sheffield Wednesday 1–0 Reading Hillsborough
15:00 Coke Yellow card 31'
Palmer Yellow card 39'
Maguire Yellow card 66'
May 83'		 Report Murray soccer ball with red X 32'
Blackman Yellow card 38'
Akpan Yellow card 63'
Cooper Yellow card 82'		 Attendance: 29,848
Referee: Mark Heywood
27 September 2014 9 Cardiff City v Sheffield Wednesday Cardiff City Stadium
15:00

Last updated: 20 September 2014
Source: [1]

League Cup

12 August 2014 Round 1 Sheffield Wednesday 3-0 Notts County Hillsborough
19:45 Maghoma 2'
Madine 10'
Nuhiu 65'		 Report Hollis Yellow card 84'
Adams Yellow card 90+1'		 Attendance: 12,851
Referee: Eddie Ilderton
26 August 2014 Round 2 Burnley 0-1 Sheffield Wednesday Turf Moor
19:45 Report Maguire Yellow card 43'
Coke Yellow card 71'
Nuhiu 78' (pen.)		 Attendance: 4,979
Referee: Geoff Eltringham
23 September 2014 Round 3 Manchester City v Sheffield Wednesday Etihad Stadium
19:45

Squad statistics

Appearances and Goals

As of 20 September 2014
No. Pos Nat Player Total Championship FA Cup League Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Ireland EIR Kieren Westwood 8 0 8+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
2 DF England ENG Lewis Buxton 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
3 DF England ENG Joe Mattock 10 0 8+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
4 MF England ENG Sam Hutchinson 3 0 3+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
5 DF Netherlands NED Glenn Loovens 8 0 7+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
6 MF Portugal POR José Semedo 9 0 6+1 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
7 FW Scotland SCO Stevie May 8 3 7+0 3 0+0 0 0+1 0
8 MF Scotland SCO Liam Palmer 10 0 8+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
9 FW Austria AUT Atdhe Nuhiu 10 4 8+0 2 0+0 0 1+1 2
10 MF Scotland SCO Chris Maguire 10 1 8+0 1 0+0 0 2+0 0
11 MF Netherlands NED Royston Drenthe 2 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
13 FW Northern Ireland NIR Caolan Lavery 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
14 MF England ENG Giles Coke 10 1 6+2 1 0+0 0 2+0 0
15 DF England ENG Tom Lees 10 0 8+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
16 MF Scotland SCO Rhys McCabe 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
17 MF France FRA Jérémy Hélan 5 1 0+4 1 0+0 0 1+0 0
18 DF Guinea GUI Kamil Zayatte 3 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 1+1 0
19 MF Democratic Republic of the Congo COD Jacques Maghoma 10 1 8+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 1
20 MF England ENG Kieran Lee 2 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
21 MF Ireland EIR Paul Corry 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
22 DF Portugal POR Rafael Floro 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
23 GK England ENG Joe Wildsmith 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
24 FW England ENG Gary Madine 7 1 0+5 0 0+0 0 2+0 1
25 DF England ENG Matt Young 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
28 FW England ENG Hallam Hope 2 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
35 DF France FRA Claude Dielna 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
43 GK England ENG Chris Kirkland 2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
44 DF Slovenia SVN Dejan Kelhar 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

Top Goal Scorers

As of 20 September 2014
Place Position Nation Number Name Championship FA Cup League Cup Total
1 FW Austria 9 Atdhe Nuhiu 2 0 2 4
2 FW Scotland 7 Stevie May 3 0 0 3
3 MF England 14 Giles Coke 1 0 0 1
= MF Scotland 10 Chris Maguire 1 0 0 1
= MF France 17 Jérémy Hélan 1 0 0 1
= MF Democratic Republic of the Congo 19 Jacques Maghoma 0 0 1 1
= FW England 24 Gary Madine 0 0 1 1

Assists

As of 20 September 2014
Place Position Nation Number Name Championship FA Cup League Cup Total
1 MF Democratic Republic of the Congo 19 Jacques Maghoma 3 0 0 3
= FW Austria 9 Atdhe Nuhiu 2 0 1 3
2 MF Scotland 10 Chris Maguire 1 0 1 2
3 DF England 3 Joe Mattock 0 0 1 1

Disciplinary record

As of 20 September 2014
Place No. Nation Position Name Championship FA Cup League Cup Total
Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card
1 5 Netherlands DF Glenn Loovens 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
2 10 Scotland MF Chris Maguire 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
3 6 Portugal MF José Semedo 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
= 3 England DF Joe Mattock 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
= 8 Scotland DF Liam Palmer 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
= 14 England MF Giles Coke 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
4 4 England MF Sam Hutchinson 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
= 1 Republic of Ireland GK Kieren Westwood 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
= 9 Austria FW Atdhe Nuhiu 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

Competitions

Overall

Competition Started Round Current Pos/Round Final Pos/Round First Match Last Match
Championship N/A 6th
FA Cup Round 3 Round 3
League Cup Round 1 Round 3

Championship

Classification

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Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
8 4 3 1 8 4  +4 15 1 2 1 2 2  0 3 1 0 6 2  +4

Last updated: 20 September 2014.
Source: Championship

Results by round

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Awards

Sheffield Wednesday Player of the Month

Month First % Second % Third % Ref
August Austria Atdhe Nuhiu 53% England Tom Lees 23% Republic of Ireland Kieran Westwood 9% [63]

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