The 2022–23 season was the 155th season in the existence of Sheffield Wednesday and the club's second consecutive season in League One. In addition to the league, they also competed in the 2022–23 FA Cup, the 2022–23 EFL Cup and the 2022–23 EFL Trophy.

Season overview

June

On 20 June, the players reported back to pre-season training.

July

On 2 July, the club announced that manager Darren Moore would miss the first pre-season friendly against Alfreton Town due to recent knee surgery.

On 12 July, the club unveiled their new kits for the 2022–23 season.

On 12 July, the club announced their new shirt sponsor Host & Stay Limited.

On 19 July, the club announced their first-team squad numbers for the 2022–23 season.

September

On 9 September, the fixture against Plymouth Argyle was postponed following the passing of Queen Elizabeth II.

On 16 September, Mark McGuinness was called up to the Republic of Ireland U21 squad.

On 30 September, James Shan joined the clubs coaching staff.

January

On 20 January, manager Darren Moore confirmed that ex-loan star, Michael Hector was currently on trial at the club.

February

On 14 February, following their 3-0 victory against Morecambe, the club broke their record for most clean sheets during a single league campaign breaking the previous record of 17.

On 24 February, Marvin Johnson was given a three-match suspension for violent conduct for an incident during the game against Ipswich Town.

On 25 February, following their 1-0 victory against Charlton Athletic, the club broke their unbeaten league record, breaking the previous record of 19 games unbeaten.

March

On 16 March, Pierce Charles was called up to the Northern Ireland U19 squad for their upcoming fixtures.

April

On 19 April, Liam Palmer was awarded the Wise Old Owls Player of the Season award.

On 23 April, Barry Bannan and Josh Windass were both included into the EFL League One Team of the Season.

On 30 April, Liam Palmer was named Player of the Season, Players player of the Season, and a Lifetime Achievement award, whilst Will Vaulks won Community Player of the Season and Goal of the Season at the club’s end of season awards.

May

On 3 May, the clubs academy retained list was published.

On 7 May, the club finished the season breaking another club record of 96 points. This was the fourth club record to be broken after a new clean sheet record (24), unbeaten run (23) and most away wins (12) during a league season.

On 12 May, the club faced Peterborough United at London Road Stadium in the first leg of the League One play-offs, where they would lose 4–0. On 18 May, they faced off again in the second leg at Hillsborough Stadium. In one of the most dramatic play-off matches in history, Sheffield Wednesday overturned their 4–0 deficit and scored four goals, taking the match into extra time. The game would finish 5–1 (5–5 on aggregate), meaning penalties would decide who would go through to the final. Wednesday would win the shoot-out 5–3.

On 29 May, Sheffield Wednesday faced Barnsley in the League One play-off final. The match nearly went to penalties until where Josh Windass scored a last-minute winner in extra time to promote Wednesday back to the EFL Championship.

Pre-season

On 8 June, Wednesday announced their first pre-season friendly against Harrogate Town before heading off to Portugal for a warm weather training camp. On 13 June, the club announced that a Wednesday XI made up of U23 and U18 players will face Wakefield. On 16 June, a friendly against Alfreton Town was announced. Additional friendlies against Wigan Athletic and Rayo Vallecano were announced on 1 July. A behind-closed-doors friendly against Bournemouth during their pre-season trip to Portugal was announced on 2 July.

Competitions

League One

League table

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

On Thursday, 23 June 2022, the EFL League One fixtures were revealed.

Play-offs

Sheffield Wednesday finished 3rd in the regular 2022–23 EFL League One season, so were drawn against 6th placed Peterborough United in the Play-off Semi Final. The first leg took place at the Weston Homes Stadium and the second leg took place at Hillsborough.

Semi-finals

Final

FA Cup

Sheffield Wednesday were drawn at home to Morecambe in the first round and to Mansfield Town in the second round. On 28 November 2022, Sheffield Wednesday were drawn against Newcastle United in the third round. On 8 January 2023, Sheffield Wednesday were drawn at home to Fleetwood Town in the fourth round.

EFL Cup

Wednesday were drawn against Sunderland in the first round on 23 June 2022. The second round draw took place on 10 August 2022 by Clinton Morrison and Michael Gray in which Wednesday were drawn against Rochdale. The third round draw took place on 24 August 2022 and Sheffield Wednesday were drawn against Southampton.

EFL Trophy

The Owls were drawn into Group H of the Northern section alongside Bradford City, Burton Albion and Leicester City U21.

Transfers and contracts

In

Out

Loans in

Loans out

Contracts

Squad statistics

Appearances

As of 29 May 2023

Goalscorers

As of 29 May 2023

Includes all competitive matches.

Disciplinary record

As of 29 May 2023

Clean sheets

As of 29 May 2023

Awards

Club Player of the Month

Player of the Month awards for the 2022–23 season.

Club Player of the Year

Player of the Year award for the 2022–23 season.

Sky Bet League One Player of the Month

Sky Bet League One Player of the Season

EFL Goal of the Month

EFL Goal of the Season

Sky Bet League One Manager of the Month

Sky Bet League One Manager of the Season

EFL League Cup Player of the Round

EFL League Cup Goal of the Round

References