2017–18 Sheffield Wednesday F.C. season

The 2017–18 season was Sheffield Wednesday's sixth consecutive season in the Championship.[1] Along with competing in the Championship, the club also participated in the FA Cup and EFL Cup.

Sheffield Wednesday
2017–18 season
ChairmanDejphon Chansiri
ManagerCarlos Carvalhal
(until 24 December 2017)
Lee Bullen
(caretaker; 24 December 2017 – 5 January 2018)
Jos Luhukay
(from 5 January 2018)
StadiumHillsborough, Owlerton
Championship15th
FA Cup5th round (eliminated by Swansea City)
EFL Cup2nd round (eliminated by Bolton Wanderers)
Top goalscorerLeague: Atdhe Nuhiu (11)
All: Atdhe Nuhiu (14)
Highest home attendance32,839 (vs. Sheffield United; Championship)
Lowest home attendance11,682 (vs. Chesterfield; League Cup)
Average home league attendance25,995

The season covers the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.

Overview edit

August edit

Sheffield Wednesday kicked off their 2017–18 campaign with an away game against Preston North End, which they lost 1–0. This was followed by a 4–1 win against Chesterfield in the first round of the EFL Cup, which was The Owls' first game of the season at Hillsborough. A few days later, Sheffield Wednesday's first home league game of the season ended in a 1–1 draw against Queens Park Rangers, with Sam Winnall scoring an equalising goal in the second half. Another 1–1 draw at home followed, with David Jones scoring his first goal for the club to equalise against the recently relegated Sunderland.

The Owls' first league win of the season came against Fulham, with Owls striker Steven Fletcher scoring the only goal of the game. The Owls' final game of the month was a disappointing 1–1 draw at the Pirelli Stadium against Burton Albion followed, leaving Wednesday in 16th place in the league with six points.

September edit

The Owls started September with a home game against Nottingham Forest, which they won 3–1 with goals from Steven Fletcher, Gary Hooper and Kieran Lee (his first game upon return from injury) respectively. A few days later, Wednesday defeated Brentford 2–1 at home, with Gary Hooper and Ross Wallace both scoring. Up next was an away game at Cardiff City, with The Owls denied a win after a last second equalising goal. A heavy 4–2 loss followed in the home fixture of the Steel City derby, and Wednesday would again lose in their next game away at struggling Birmingham City, who earned only their second win of the season by defeating Wednesday 1–0 to leave them 14th in the Championship.

October edit

At the start of October, Sheffield Wednesday beat local rivals Leeds United 3–0 at Hillsborough, thanks to a brace from Gary Hooper and a goal from Kieran Lee. Two successive away defeats to Bolton Wanderers and Derby County respectively followed, with the next home game resulting in a 1–1 draw against local rivals Barnsley. In their fifth and final game in October, Wednesday earned a 2–1 win at home against Millwall, with Adam Reach and Jordan Rhodes scoring for The Owls.

November edit

Wednesday started November with an away match at Villa Park, which ended in another 2–1 win for The Owls after winger Adam Reach and striker Jordan Rhodes both scored for the second game on the run. This match would ultimately prove to be the final victory at the club for manager Carlos Carvalhal, with Sheffield Wednesday failing to win another game during the rest of November, with three consecutive draws against Bristol City at Hillsborough and Ipswich Town and Reading away respectively.

December edit

December started with a 2–2 draw at Hillsborough against Hull City, with The Owls being denied the points in the very last minute of the game. Three consecutive losses followed to continue The Owls' disappointing run, losing 3–1 away at Norwich City away, 1–0 to Wolves and 2–1 to Middlesbrough at Hillsborough, with the latter being Carlos Carvalhal's final game in charge of the club. The Portuguese left the club by mutual consent on Christmas Eve, after two and a half seasons at the helm of the club.

Lee Bullen was appointed caretaker manager until a permanent appointment is made. Bullen's first came as caretaker resulted in a 3–0 victory over Nottingham Forest, with goals from Adam Reach, Jordan Rhodes and Lucas João. The Owls' final game of 2017 resulted in a 2–0 loss to Brentford at Griffin Park.

January edit

The Owls got off to a poor start in 2018, with a heavy 3–0 defeat at Hillsborough against Burton Albion.

On 5 January 2018, The Owls unveiled Jos Luhukay as the new manager of the club.[2] For The Owls' game in the FA Cup third round against Carlisle United, which ended as disappointing goalless draw, Luhukay watched from the crowd. Luhukay's first game in charge of the club was the reverse leg of the Steel City derby at Bramall Lane, which ended in a goalless draw and saw the dismissal of captain Glenn Loovens sent off after he received two yellow cards.

Sheffield Wednesday's first victory of 2018 came in their FA Cup third round replay at Hillsborough, which Wednesday won 2–0 after Marco Matias and Atdhe Nuhiu both found the target for The Owls. The reverse league fixture against Cardiff City ended in another goalless draw, despite Adam Reach, Jordan Rhodes and Lucas João all having opportunities to score. Wednesday then faced Reading at home in the fourth round of the FA Cup, which ended in a 3–1 victory for The Owls, thanks to a brace from striker Atdhe Nuhiu and winger George Boyd's first goal for the club.

January ended in another goalless draw in the league for The Owls, this time against Middlesbrough at The Riverside Stadium.

February edit

Wednesday lost their first league game of February, which was a 3–1 defeat at Hillsborough against Birmingham City. A 1–1 away draw against Barnsley followed, with The Owls picking up their only league win of the month, a 2–0 home win, against Derby County. The Owls then faced former manager Carlos Carvalhal's new team Swansea City in the fifth round of the FA Cup, earning a replay after a 0–0 draw at Hillsborough.

Two successive league defeats followed, 2–1 away against Millwall and 4–2 at home against Aston Villa, with The Owls being 2–1 at half time in the latter. The Owls then bowed out of the FA Cup after losing 2–0 in their FA Cup replay against Swansea City.

March edit

March saw Wednesday's poor form in the league continue, losing 4–0 to Bristol City and 2–1 to Ipswich Town, the former being The Owls' heaviest defeat of the season. A 1–1 draw against Bolton Wanderers at Hillsborough followed, before The Owls defeated fierce local rivals Leeds 2–1 thanks to a brace from Atdhe Nuhiu, who scored the winning goal in extra time. Sheffield Wednesday then won 4–1 at home against Preston North End, with Atdhe Nuhiu scoring twice and a goal each from Lucas João and Fernando Forestieri.

April edit

In Sheffield Wednesday's first league game of April, they won 3–1 at the Stadium of Light, with Lucas João, vice captain Tom Lees and Atdhe Nuhiu all scoring. Two successive losses followed, 1–0 against promotion challengers Fulham and 4–2 against Queens Park Rangers.

Wednesday then won their next two league games, with a rare Jordan Rhodes goal against Hull City enough to earn The Owls three points. In the next league fixture, which was against Reading at Hillsborough, Fernando Forestieri scored a brace with George Boyd also scoring in a 3–0 win. The final game of April was a 0–0 draw with Wolves.

May edit

Sheffield Wednesday ended the 2017/18 season with a 5–1 win over Norwich City at Hillsborough, with Atdhe Nuhiu scoring a hattrick and Fernando Forestieri and on-loan central defender Frederico Venâncio scoring a goal each. It was also Owls captain Glenn Loovens' final game for the club, with his contract expiring at the end of the season.

Player transfers & contracts edit

Transfers in edit

Date from Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref.
3 July 2017 RM   George Boyd   Burnley Free [3]
30 August 2017 CB   Joost van Aken   SC Heerenveen Undisclosed [4]
18 January 2018 CM   Joey Pelupessy   Heracles Almelo Undisclosed [5]

Transfers out edit

Date from Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.
1 July 2017 CB   Claude Dielna   New England Revolution Released [a]
1 July 2017 LM   Urby Emanuelson   FC Utrecht Released [b]
1 July 2017 CB   Darryl Lachman   Willem II Released [c]
1 July 2017 CB   Vincent Sasso   Belenenses Released [d]
1 July 2017 DM   Jose Semedo   Vitória F.C. Released [e]
1 July 2017 RW   Modou Sougou Free agent Released
10 July 2017 CM   Filipe Melo   Chaves Free transfer [11]
31 August 2017 CM   Lewis McGugan   Northampton Town Released [12][f]
3 March 2018 CM   James Murphy   Los Angeles FC Undisclosed [14]
  1. ^ Claude Dielna joined New England Revolution following his release.[6]
  2. ^ Urby Emanuelson joined FC Utrecht following his release.[7]
  3. ^ Darryl Lachman joined Willem II following his release.[8]
  4. ^ Vincent Sasso joined Belenenses following his release.[9]
  5. ^ Jose Semedo joined Vitoria de Setúbal following his release.[10]
  6. ^ Lewis McGugan joined Northampton Town following his release.[13]

Loans in edit

Start date Position Nationality Name From End date Ref.
16 August 2017 CB   Frederico Venâncio   Vitória de Setúbal End of season [15]
31 August 2017 CM   Jacob Butterfield   Derby County End of season [16]

Loans out edit

Start date Position Nationality Name To End date Ref.
31 August 2017 FW   Sam Winnall   Derby County 30 June 2018 [17]
6 December 2017 GK   Cameron Dawson   Chesterfield 20 December 2017 [18]
5 January 2018 GK   Jake Kean   Grimsby Town 30 June 2018 [19]
31 January 2018 MF   Matt Penney   Mansfield Town 30 June 2018 [20]

New contracts edit

Date from Position Nationality Name Length Expiry Ref.
28 June 2017 GK   Cameron Dawson 3 years June 2020 [21]
9 August 2017 GK   Joe Wildsmith 5 years June 2022 [22]
18 December 2017 DF   Frederik Nielsen 1 1⁄2 years June 2019 [23]
4 January 2018 MF   Matt Penney 1 1⁄2 years June 2019 [24]
2 February 2018 MF   Alex Hunt 2 1⁄2 years June 2020 [25]
15 February 2018 DF   Jordan Thorniley 3 1⁄2 years June 2021 [26]
16 February 2018 DF   Connor O'Grady 1 1⁄2 years June 2019 [27]
16 February 2018 MF   Jack Stobbs 2 1⁄2 years June 2020 [28]
5 March 2018 MF   Connor Kirby 2 1⁄2 years June 2020 [29]
25 April 2018 DF   Ash Baker 2 1⁄2 years June 2020 [30]
1 May 2018 DF   Daniel Pudil 1 years June 2019 [31]
2 May 2018 MF   Warren Clark 1 years June 2019 [32]
2 May 2018 MF   Jack Lee 2 years June 2020 [33]
3 May 2018 DF   Ciaran Brennan [34]
4 May 2018 DF   Joe West 1 year June 2019 [35]
10 May 2018 FW   Atdhe Nuhiu 2 years June 2020 [36]
11 May 2018 GK   Dan Wallis 1 year June 2019 [37]
11 May 2018 MF   Ben Hughes 1 year June 2019 [38]
25 June 2018 FW   Preslav Borukov 2 years June 2020 [39]

Competitions edit

Friendlies edit

As of 12 July 2017, Sheffield Wednesday have announced seven pre-season friendlies against Alfreton Town, Mansfield Town, Doncaster Rovers,[40] Portimonense,[41] Vitória de Setúbal[42] Farense[43] and Rangers.[44]

11 July 2017 Alfreton Town 0–5 Sheffield Wednesday Alfreton
19:30 BST Report Rhodes   22', 24'
Nuhiu   62'
Reach   66'
O'Grady   88'
Stadium: North Street
Attendance: 1,426
Referee: Nigel Smith
15 July 2017 Mansfield Town 2–3 Sheffield Wednesday Mansfield
15:00 BST Taft   32'
Bennett   81'
Report Rhodes   11'
Lees   53'
João   84'
Stadium: Field Mill
Attendance: 4,319
Referee: John Brooks
19 July 2017 Portimonense 0–1 Sheffield Wednesday Portimão, Portugal
20:00 WEST Report Reach   25' Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Portimão
20 July 2017 Farense 1–1 Sheffield Wednesday Ferreiras, Portugal
20:00 WEST Jorginho   90' Report Fletcher   78' Stadium: Estádio da Nora
22 July 2017 Vitória de Setúbal 0–0 Sheffield Wednesday Albufeira, Portugal
20:00 WEST Report Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Albufeira
26 July 2017 Doncaster Rovers 1–2 Sheffield Wednesday Doncaster
19:30 BST Mandeville   43' Report Winnall   30'
Hooper   66'
Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium
Attendance: 7,366
Referee: Darren England
30 July 2017 Sheffield Wednesday 0–2 Rangers Owlerton, Sheffield
15:00 BST Report Windass   43'
Miller   55'
Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium
Attendance: 20,739
Referee: Ross Joyce

Championship edit

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
13 Leeds United 46 17 9 20 59 64 −5 60
14 Norwich City 46 15 15 16 49 60 −11 60
15 Sheffield Wednesday 46 14 15 17 59 60 −1 57
16 Queens Park Rangers 46 15 11 20 58 70 −12 56
17 Nottingham Forest 46 15 8 23 51 65 −14 53
Source: English Football League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

Results summary edit

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
46 14 15 17 59 60  −1 57 8 7 8 37 31  +6 6 8 9 22 29  −7

Last updated: 6 May 2018.
Source: [citation needed]

Results by matchday edit

Matchday12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940414243444546
GroundAHHAAHHAHAHAAHHAHAAHAHHAAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAAHAH
ResultLDDWDWWDLLWLLDWWDDDDLLLWLLDDDLDWLLLLDWWWLLWWDW
Position22172013161069101412121616141191111121415151416161517161716151617171718171716161716151615
Updated to match(es) played on 6 May 2018. Source: Statto.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches edit

On 21 June 2017, the league fixtures were announced.[45][46]

5 August 2017 1 Preston North End 1–0 Sheffield Wednesday Deepdale, Preston
15:00 BST Pearson   22'
Hugill   67'
Johnson   79' (pen.)
Report Forestieri   33'
Bannan   55'
Pudil   74'
Stadium: Deepdale Stadium
Attendance: 18,267 (5,706 away)
Referee: Tony Harrington
12 August 2017 2 Sheffield Wednesday 1–1 QPR Owlerton, Sheffield
15:00 BST Winnall   48' Report Mackie   23'
Lynch   40'
Bidwell   66'
Scowen   82'
Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium
Attendance: 25,537 (681 away)
Referee: Chris Kavanagh
16 August 2017 3 Sheffield Wednesday 1–1 Sunderland Owlerton, Sheffield
19:45 BST Jones   70' Report Honeyman   4'
Galloway   77'
Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium
Attendance: 27,631 (2,714 away)
Referee: Steve Martin
19 August 2017 4 Fulham 0–1 Sheffield Wednesday Fulham, London
15:00 BST McDonald   72'
Fredericks   90+1'
Report Fletcher   64' Stadium: Craven Cottage
Attendance: 20,165 (3,108 away)
Referee: Stuart Attwell
26 August 2017 5 Burton Albion 1–1 Sheffield Wednesday Burton upon Trent
15:00 BST Mason   65' Report Hooper   36'
Jones   86'
Fox   90'
Stadium: Pirelli Stadium
Attendance: 5,084 (1,661 away)
Referee: Darren Bond
9 September 2017 6 Sheffield Wednesday 3–1 Nottingham Forest Owlerton, Sheffield
17:30 BST Hooper   23'
Fletcher   63'
Lee   70'
Wallace   75'
Report Osborn   29' Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium
Attendance: 25,710 (2,302 away)
Referee: Andy Madley
12 September 2017 7 Sheffield Wednesday 2–1 Brentford Owlerton, Sheffield
19:45 BST Hooper   45+1'
Wallace   70'
Hunt   89'
Rhodes   90+1'
Lee   90+2'
Report Yennaris   9' Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium
Attendance: 23,536 (325 away)
Referee: Jeremy Simpson
16 September 2017 8 Cardiff City 1–1 Sheffield Wednesday Leckwith, Cardiff
15:00 BST Peltier   29'
Bamba   90+4'
Report Hooper   39'
Pudil   44'
van Aken   62'
Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium
Attendance: 19,137 (2,148 away)
Referee: Lee Probert
24 September 2017 9 Sheffield Wednesday 2–4 Sheffield United Owlerton, Sheffield
13:15 BST Bannan   12'
Hooper   45+2'
João   66'
Report Fleck   3',   90+1'
Clarke   15', 77'
Duffy   67'
Basham   75'
Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium
Attendance: 32,839 (2,945 away)
Referee: Simon Hooper
27 September 2017 10 Birmingham City 1–0 Sheffield Wednesday Bordesley, Birmingham
19:45 BST Vassell   76' Report Stadium: St Andrews
Attendance: 20,365 (2,494 away)
Referee: Steve Martin
1 October 2017 11 Sheffield Wednesday 3–0 Leeds United Owlerton, Sheffield
15:00 BST Hooper   25', 41'
Lee   82'
Palmer   90+5'
Report Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium
Attendance: 27,972 (4,600 away)
Referee: Andy Madley
14 October 2017 12 Bolton Wanderers 2–1 Sheffield Wednesday Horwich, Bolton
15:00 BST Ameobi   10'
Beevers   46'
Hutchinson   61' (o.g.)
Morais   68'
Vela   84'
Report Hunt   39'
Lee   68',   88'
Hooper   84'
Stadium: Macron Stadium
Attendance: 17,967 (4,797 away)
Referee: David Coote
21 October 2017 13 Derby County 2–0 Sheffield Wednesday Pride Park, Derby
15:00 BST Vydra   5' (pen.)
Nugent   45+2'
Russell   48'
Johnson   86'
Report Loovens  
Lee   21'
Reach   64'
Stadium: Pride Park Stadium
Attendance: 27,426 (3,154 away)
Referee: Scott Duncan
28 October 2017 14 Sheffield Wednesday 1–1 Barnsley Owlerton, Sheffield
12:30 GMT Reach   34',   87'
van Aken   45'
Report Hammill   37'
Barnes   67'
Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium
Attendance: 27,097 (2,410 away)
Referee: Anthony Taylor
31 October 2017 15 Sheffield Wednesday 2–1 Millwall Owlerton, Sheffield
19:45 GMT Reach   3'
Rhodes   43'
Report Elliott   13'
Cooper   53'   90+3'
Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium
Attendance: 23,403 (367 away)
Referee: James Linington
4 November 2017 16 Aston Villa 1–2 Sheffield Wednesday Aston, Birmingham
15:00 GMT Samba   90+6' Report Reach   1'
Rhodes   23'
Wallace   56'
Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 33,154 (2,718 away)
Referee: Geoff Eltringham
18 November 2017 17 Sheffield Wednesday 0–0 Bristol City Hillsborough, Sheffield
15:00 GMT Fox   72' Report Baker   90+1' Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium
Attendance: 25,916 (1,082 away)
Referee: Tony Harrington
22 November 2017 18 Ipswich Town 2–2 Sheffield Wednesday Ipswich
19:45 GMT Garner   48'
Skuse   59'
Waghorn   70'
Report Hooper   64' (pen.)
Lee   77'
Hunt   81'
Nuhiu   90+4'
Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 15,702 (1,158 away)
Referee: Keith Stroud
25 November 2017 19 Reading 0–0 Sheffield Wednesday Reading
15:00 GMT Report Loovens   24' Stadium: Madejski Stadium
Attendance: 18,382 (3,055 away)
Referee: David Coote
2 December 2017 20 Sheffield Wednesday 2–2 Hull City Owlerton, Sheffield
15:00 GMT van Aken   35'
Reach   48'
Hooper   45+1',   70', 85'
Report Campbell   21'
Stewart   52'
Larsson   71'
Dawson   90+5'
Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium
Attendance: 25,412 (1,783 away)
Referee: Mike Jones
9 December 2017 21 Norwich City 3–1 Sheffield Wednesday Norwich
17:30 GMT Vrancic   48'
Maddison   55'
Klose   68'
Oliveira   90+5' (pen.)
Report Rhodes   18' Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 25,561 (1,553 away)
Referee: James Linington
15 December 2017 22 Sheffield Wednesday 0–1 Wolves Owlerton, Sheffield
19:45 GMT Butterfield   33'
Fox   59'   86'
Report Jota   29'
Neves   34'   82'
Bennett   43'
Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium
Attendance: 23,809 (1,267 away)
Referee: Darren Bond
23 December 2017 23 Sheffield Wednesday 1–2 Middlesbrough Owlerton, Sheffield
15:00 GMT Wallace   30'
Palmer   33'
van Aken   57'
Report Leadbitter   71'
Howson   71'
Shotton   83'
Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium
Attendance: 27,471 (3,179 away)
Referee: Peter Bankes
26 December 2017 24 Nottingham Forest 0–3 Sheffield Wednesday Nottingham
15:00 GMT Brereton   88'
Mancienne   90+5'
Report Reach   5'
Rhodes   45+1' (pen.)
João   65'
Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 28,635 (2,001 away)
Referee: Andy Madley
30 December 2017 25 Brentford 2–0 Sheffield Wednesday Brentford, London
15:00 GMT Vibe   20'
Sawyers   39'
Jofezoon   83'
Report Wallace   39'
Hutchinson   44'
Pudil   49'
Stadium: Griffin Park
Attendance: 10,853 (1,645 away)
Referee: David Coote
1 January 2018 26 Sheffield Wednesday 0–3 Burton Albion Owlerton, Sheffield
15:00 GMT Butterfield   6'
Wallace   90+2'
Report Flanagan   37',   62'
Dyer   50'
Naylor   90'
Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium
Attendance: 25,506 (387 away)
Referee: Darren England
12 January 2018 27 Sheffield United 0–0 Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield
19:45 GMT Report Loovens   25'   64'
Venâncio   44'
Wallace   74'
Nuhiu   86'
Stadium: Bramall Lane
Attendance: 31,120 (2,218 away)
Referee: David Coote
20 January 2018 28 Sheffield Wednesday 0–0 Cardiff City Owlerton, Sheffield
17:30 GMT Wallace   77' Report Grujić   8'
Bamba   40'
Richards   90+2'
Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium
Attendance: 23,277 (510 away)
Referee: Roger East
30 January 2018 29 Middlesbrough 0–0 Sheffield Wednesday Middlesbrough
19:45 GMT Report Thorniley   11'
Reach   87'
Stadium: Riverside Stadium
Attendance: 24,120 (1,261 away)
Referee: James Linington
3 February 2018 30 Sheffield Wednesday 1–3 Birmingham City Owlerton, Sheffield
15:00 GMT Matias   38'
João   54'
Pudil   37'   68'
Nuhiu   68'
Report Davis   8',   77'
Jota   21', 45+5'
Stockdale   36'
Ndoye   79'
Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium
Attendance: 25,648 (1,427 away)
Referee: Scott Duncan
10 February 2018 31 Barnsley 1–1 Sheffield Wednesday Barnsley
12:15 GMT McBurnie   21'
Hammill  45'
[1] Nuhiu   18',   19'
Jones  79'
Wallace  90+3'
Stadium: Oakwell
Attendance: 16,858 (4,069 away)
Referee: Lee Probert
13 February 2018 32 Sheffield Wednesday 2–0 Derby County Owlerton, Sheffield
19:45 GMT João   18', 47'
Hunt   25'
Loovens   81'
Pudil   90'
Report Ledley   58'
Vydra   68'
Forsyth   90+4'
Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium
Attendance: 24,180 (1,791 away)
Referee: David Coote
20 February 2018 33 Millwall 2–1 Sheffield Wednesday Bermondsey, London
19:45 GMT Gregory   52'
Morison   63'
Report Pelupessy   42',   90+11'
Venâncio   47'
Reach   76'
Nuhiu   90+7'
Stadium: The Den
Attendance: 11,007 (1,502 away)
Referee: Peter Bankes
24 February 2018 34 Sheffield Wednesday 2–4 Aston Villa Owlerton, Sheffield
15:00 GMT Clare   14'
Pelupessy   32'
João   45+2'
Boyd   82'
Pudil   90+6'
Report Grabban   21'
Whelan   67'
Hourihane   87'
Snodgrass   90+3' (pen.)
Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium
Attendance: 28,604 (4,630 away)
Referee: Neil Swarbrick
3 March 2018 35 Bristol City 4–0 Sheffield Wednesday Ashton Gate, Bristol
15:00 GMT Reid   13', 35', 62' (pen.)
Pisano   22'
Brownhill   43'
Report Pudil   20'
Palmer   59'
Reach   82'
Stadium: Ashton Gate
Attendance: 22,022 (1,426 away)
Referee: Tony Harrington
6 March 2018 36 Sheffield Wednesday 1–2 Ipswich Town Owlerton, Sheffield
19:45 GMT Boyd   33'
João   69'
Report Carter-Vickers   41'
Waghorn   51',   83'
Chambers   83'
Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium
Attendance: 22,733 (536 away)
Referee: Oliver Langford
10 March 2018 37 Sheffield Wednesday 1–1 Bolton Wanderers Owlerton, Sheffield
15:00 GMT Boyd   78' Report Wilbraham   90+3' Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium
Attendance: 26,809 (1,752 away)
Referee: Darren Bond
17 March 2018 38 Leeds United 1–2 Sheffield Wednesday Leeds
15:00 GMT Grot   86' Report Hutchinson   63'
Nuhiu   13',   71', 90+1'
Reach   74'
Wildsmith   90'
Stadium: Elland Road
Attendance: 31,638 (2,039 away)
Referee: Keith Stroud
30 March 2018 39 Sheffield Wednesday 4–1 Preston North End Owlerton, Sheffield
15:00 BST Hutchinson   1'
Nuhiu   16',   50', 90+2'
João   52'
Forestieri   90+6'
Report Moult   72'
Davies   90+5'
Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium
Attendance: 26,588 (1,419 away)
Referee: Tim Robinson
2 April 2018 40 Sunderland 1–3 Sheffield Wednesday Sunderland
15:00 BST McGeady   50'
Honeyman   61'
Report Bannan   40'
João   59'
Lees   68'
Nuhiu   75'
Stadium: Stadium of Light
Attendance: 29,786 (2,600 away)
Referee: Simon Hooper
7 April 2018 41 Sheffield Wednesday 0–1 Fulham Owlerton, Sheffield
15:00 BST Pudil   85'
Butterfield   90+1'
Report Mitrovic   78' Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium
Attendance: 25,653 (1,453 away)
Referee: Steve Martin
10 April 2018 42 QPR 4–2 Sheffield Wednesday Shepherd's Bush, London
BST Smyth   8'
Bidwell   10'
Sylla   15', 53' (pen.)
Scowen   40'
Report Forestieri   61'
Nuhiu   69'
Pudil   86'
Stadium: Loftus Road
Attendance: 12,521 (1,529 away)
Referee: Oliver Langford
14 April 2018 43 Hull City 0–1 Sheffield Wednesday Kingston upon Hull
15:00 BST Hector   40' Report Rhodes   18'
Palmer   70'
Stadium: KCOM Stadium
Attendance: 16,417 (2,357 away)
Referee: Scott Duncan
21 April 2018 44 Sheffield Wednesday 3–0 Reading Owlerton, Sheffield
15:00 BST Forestieri   34', 73'
Boyd   52'
Report Blackett   76' Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium
Attendance: 24,373 (341 away)
Referee: Jeremy Simpson
28 April 2018 45 Wolves 0–0 Sheffield Wednesday Wolverhampton
15:00 BST Saiss   83' Report Stadium: Molineux Stadium
Attendance: 29,794 (2,193 away)
Referee: Simon Hooper
6 May 2018 46 Sheffield Wednesday 5–1 Norwich City Owlerton, Sheffield
12:30 BST Nuhiu   14', 60', 90+3' (pen.),   28'
Forestieri   30'
Venâncio   58', Thorniley   89'
Report Klose   57',   83' Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium
Attendance: 28,189 (1,529 away)
Referee: Robert Jones

FA Cup edit

In the FA Cup, Sheffield Wednesday entered the competition in the third round and were drawn away to Carlisle United.[47] The first game ended in a goalless draw, with the replay taking place at Hillsborough on 16 January. In the fourth round, The Owls were drawn against Reading at home.

On 29 January 2018, Sheffield Wednesday were drawn against either Notts County or Swansea City in the fifth round draw.

6 January 2018 3rd round Carlisle United 0–0 Sheffield Wednesday Carlisle
15:00 GMT Cosgrove   45' Report Stadium: Brunton Park
Attendance: 7,793
Referee: David Webb
16 January 2018 3rd round replay Sheffield Wednesday 2–0 Carlisle United Owlerton, Sheffield
19:45 GMT Matias   28'
Nuhiu   66'
Report Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium
Attendance: 12,003
Referee: Michael Salisbury
26 January 2018 4th round Sheffield Wednesday 3–1 Reading Owlerton, Sheffield
19:45 GMT Pelupessy   6'
Matias   16'
Nuhiu   29', 53'
Boyd   61'
Report Ilori   83'
Dawson   87' (o.g.)
Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium
Attendance: 14,848
Referee: John Brooks
17 February 2018 5th round Sheffield Wednesday 0–0 Swansea City Owlerton, Sheffield
12:30 GMT Wallace   78'
Reach   83'
Report van der Hoorn   65' Stadium: Hillsborough
Attendance: 19,427
Referee: Paul Tierney
27 February 2018 5th round replay Swansea City 2–0 Sheffield Wednesday Landore, Swansea
19:45 GMT J. Ayew   55'
Dyer   80'
Report Rhodes   65' Stadium: Liberty Stadium
Referee: Stuart Attwell

EFL Cup edit

On 16 June 2017, Sheffield Wednesday were drawn at home to Chesterfield in the first round.[48] After winning their first-round game, The Owls were drawn against fellow EFL Championship side Bolton Wanderers on 10 August 2017.[49]

8 August 2017 1st round Sheffield Wednesday 4–1 Chesterfield Owlerton, Sheffield
19:45 BST Fletcher   37',   45+2'
Hooper   43'
Reach   49'
Bannan   75'
Hutchinson   83'
Report Dennis   38' (pen.)
McCourt   41'
Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium
Attendance: 11,682
Referee: Ross Joyce
22 August 2017 2nd round Bolton Wanderers 3–2 Sheffield Wednesday Horwich, Bolton
20:00 BST Karacan   13',   64'
Dervite   31',   42'
Armstrong   57' (pen.)
Report Pudil   18'
Rhodes   76', 83'
Bannan   88'
Stadium: Macron Stadium
Attendance: 6,385
Referee: David Webb

Squad statistics edit

Appearances edit

As of 6 May 2018
No. Pos Nat Player Total Championship FA Cup League Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK   EIR Keiren Westwood 18 0 18 0 0 0 0 0
2 DF   ENG Jack Hunt 34 0 28+1 0 4 0 1 0
3 MF   ENG David Jones 33 1 21+6 1 4+1 0 1 0
4 DF   NED Joost van Aken 14 0 14 0 0 0 0 0
5 MF   ENG Kieran Lee 15 3 10+5 3 0 0 0 0
6 DF   WAL Morgan Fox 32 0 26+2 0 4 0 0 0
7 FW   SCO Jordan Rhodes 34 7 17+13 5 1+2 0 1 2
8 MF   ENG Jacob Butterfield 23 0 12+8 0 3 0 0 0
9 FW   SCO Steven Fletcher 19 3 13+5 2 0 0 1 1
10 MF   SCO Barry Bannan 31 1 28+1 0 0 0 2 1
12 DF   NED Glenn Loovens 23 0 20 0 3 0 0 0
14 FW   ENG Gary Hooper 25 11 22+2 10 0 0 1 1
15 DF   ENG Tom Lees 31 1 28+1 1 0 0 2 0
16 DF   SCO Liam Palmer 26 0 17+6 0 1+1 0 1 0
17 FW   KOS Atdhe Nuhiu 32 14 15+11 11 4 3 0+2 0
18 FW   POR Lucas João 34 9 18+12 9 2+1 0 0+1 0
19 FW   POR Marco Matias 14 1 2+7 0 2+1 1 0+2 0
20 MF   ENG Adam Reach 52 4 45 4 4+1 0 2 0
21 MF   SCO George Boyd 25 3 13+7 2 5 1 0 0
23 DF   ENG Sam Hutchinson 9 1 7+1 0 0 0 0+1 1
24 DF   WAL Ash Baker 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
25 GK   ENG Cameron Dawson 7 0 3 0 4 0 0 0
26 DF   ENG Connor O'Grady 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
28 GK   ENG Joe Wildsmith 29 0 25+1 0 1 0 2 0
31 MF   ENG Connor Kirby 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
32 MF   NED Joey Pelupessy 20 1 18 1 1+1 0 0 0
33 MF   SCO Ross Wallace 30 3 24+3 3 1 0 2 0
35 DF   DEN Frederik Nielsen 4 0 0+3 0 1 0 0 0
36 DF   CZE Daniel Pudil 31 0 24+2 0 3 0 2 0
38 MF   ENG Sean Clare 5 1 4+1 1 0 0 0 0
39 DF   ENG Jordan Thorniley 11 0 7+4 0 0 0 0 0
41 MF   SUI Almen Abdi 6 0 1+3 0 0 0 2 0
44 MF   ENG Jack Stobbs 3 0 2+1 0 0 0 0 0
45 FW   ITA Fernando Forestieri 11 5 6+4 5 0 0 1 0
46 DF   POR Frederico Venâncio 25 1 20 1 5 0 0 0
Players currently out on loan
11 FW   ENG Sam Winnall 3 1 1+1 1 0 0 1 0

Goalscorers edit

As of 6 May 2018

Includes all competitive matches.

Rank Pos. Nat. No. Player Championship FA Cup League Cup Total
1 FW   17 Atdhe Nuhiu 11 3 14
2 FW   14 Gary Hooper 10 0 1 11
3 FW   18 Lucas João 9 0 9
4 FW   7 Jordan Rhodes 5 0 2 7
5 FW   45 Fernando Forestieri 4 0 4
MF   20 Adam Reach 4 0 4
7 MF   21 George Boyd 2 1 3
FW   9 Steven Fletcher 2 0 1 3
MF   5 Kieran Lee 3 0 3
10 MF   33 Ross Wallace 2 0 2
11 MF   10 Barry Bannan 0 0 1 1
MF   38 Sean Clare 1 0 1
DF   23 Sam Hutchinson 0 0 1 1
MF   3 David Jones 1 0 1
DF   15 Tom Lees 1 0 0 1
MF   19 Marco Matias 0 1 1
MF   32 Joey Pelupessy 1 0 1
FW   11 Sam Winnall 1 0 1
Own Goals 0 0 0
Total 48 5 6 59

Disciplinary record edit

As of 6 May 2018
No. Pos. Name Championship FA Cup League Cup Total
               
12 DF Glenn Loovens 3 2 0 0 0 0 3 2
36 DF Daniel Pudil 8 1 0 0 1 0 8 1
6 DF Morgan Fox 3 1 0 0 0 0 3 1
19 FW Marco Matias 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1
33 MF Ross Wallace 8 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
17 FW Atdhe Nuhiu 7 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
20 MF Adam Reach 7 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
2 DF Jack Hunt 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
10 MF Barry Bannan 3 0 0 0 1 0 4 0
5 MF Kieran Lee 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
4 DF Joost van Aken 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
8 MF Jacob Butterfield 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
4 MF Sam Hutchinson 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
16 DF Liam Palmer 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
32 MF Joey Pelupessy 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 0
21 MF George Boyd 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
14 FW Gary Hooper 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
3 MF David Jones 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
39 DF Jordan Thorniley 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
46 DF Frederico Venâncio 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
45 FW Fernando Forestieri 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
7 FW Jordan Rhodes 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
28 FW Joe Wildsmith 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

Clean sheets edit

As of 6 May 2018
No. Nat. Player Matches Played Clean Sheet % League FA Cup EFL Cup TOTAL
25   Cameron Dawson 6 66.66% 2 2 0 4
28   Joe Wildsmith 29 24.13% 6 1 0 7
1   Keiren Westwood 18 20.83% 4 0 0 4
34   Jake Kean 0 0.00% 0 0 0 0

Awards edit

Player of the Month edit

Player of the Month awards for the 2017–18 season.

Month First % Second % Third % Ref
August Not awarded
September   Gary Hooper 89%   Barry Bannan 4%   Kieran Lee 3% [50]
October   Adam Reach 42%   Barry Bannan 33%   Gary Hooper 10% [51]
November   Barry Bannan 55%   Adam Reach 20%   Atdhe Nuhiu and
  Keiren Westwood
7% [52]
December Not awarded
January   Joe Wildsmith 40%   Atdhe Nuhiu 28%   Frederico Venancio 15% [53]
February   Lucas Joao 34%   Adam Reach 21%   Sean Clare 20% [54]
March   Atdhe Nuhiu 85%   - -   - - [55]

Player of the Year edit

First % Second % Third % Ref
  Adam Reach 55%   Atdhe Nuhiu 30%   Joe Wildsmith 7% [56]

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