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 DatePosPlayerTransferred fromFeeRef 1 July 2022 CM Bobby Dunn Ramsgate Free transfer 1 July 2022 RW Sam Durrant Blackburn Rovers Free transfer 1 July 2022 CB Ben Heneghan AFC Wimbledon Free transfer 1 July 2022 CB Michael Ihiekwe Rotherham United Free transfer 1 July 2022 CF Michael Smith Rotherham United Free transfer 1 July 2022 GK David Stockdale Wycombe Wanderers Free transfer 1 July 2022 CM Will Vaulks Cardiff City Free transfer 6 July 2022 CB Akin Famewo Norwich City Undisclosed 21 July 2022 CM Tyreeq Bakinson Bristol City Undisclosed 4 August 2022 CB Adam Alimi-Adetoro Athlone Town Free transfer 4 August 2022 CF Luke Cook Enfield Town Free transfer 22 August 2022 CF Mallik Wilks Hull City Undisclosed 30 January 2023 LW Favour Onukwuli Volenti Academy Undisclosed
Out DatePosPlayerTransferred toFeeRef. 30 June 2022 CF Saido Berahino AEL Limassol Released 30 June 2022 RB Kwame Boateng Guiseley Released 30 June 2022 CF Alex Bonnington Duke Blue Devils Released 30 June 2022 RB Josh Dawodu Hendon Released 30 June 2022 CB Chey Dunkley Shrewsbury Town Released 30 June 2022 AM Lewis Farmer Workington Released 30 June 2022 RW Charles Hagan Wycombe Wanderers Released 30 June 2022 DM Sam Hutchinson Reading Released 30 June 2022 CM Caelan Kilheeney Glossop North End Released 30 June 2022 CM Massimo Luongo Middlesbrough Rejected contract 30 June 2022 RW Nathaniel Mendez-Laing Derby County Rejected contract 30 June 2022 AM Jayden Onen Forward Madison Released 30 June 2022 GK Joshua Render Olympic FC Released 30 June 2022 RB Declan Thompson Ilkeston Town Released 30 June 2022 CM Liam Waldock Gainsborough Trinity Released 30 June 2022 GK Joe Wildsmith Derby County Rejected contract 30 June 2022 FW Basile Zottos Ossett United Released 10 August 2022 MF Isaac Holland Brentford Undisclosed 10 August 2022 MF Tony Yogane Brentford Undisclosed 27 August 2022 FW Sylla Sow De Graafschap Undisclosed 1 September 2022 CM Alex Hunt Grimsby Town Undisclosed 2 February 2023 CB David Agbontohoma Boreham Wood Undisclosed 23 March 2023 CM Bobby Dunn Dartford Undisclosed
Loans in DatePosPlayerLoaned fromUntilRef. 7 July 2022 LB Reece James Blackpool End of Season 18 August 2022 CB Mark McGuinness Cardiff City 19 January 2023 29 August 2022 LW Alex Mighten Nottingham Forest 10 January 2023 27 January 2023 CB Aden Flint Stoke City End of Season
Loans out DatePosPlayerLoaned toUntilRef. 1 July 2022 CB Ciaran Brennan Swindon Town End of season 13 September 2022 LB Ryan Galvin Maidstone United End of season 26 November 2022 GK Luke Jackson Matlock Town 26 December 2022 2 December 2022 CM Jay Glover Belper Town 2 January 2023 2 December 2022 WB Paulo Aguas Belper Town 2 January 2023 9 December 2022 CM Will Trueman Mickleover End of season 5 January 2023 CM Jay Glover Gainsborough Trinity 5 April 2023 6 January 2023 CB David Agbontohoma Boreham Wood 2 February 2023 3 February 2023 GK Luke Jackson Hednesford Town 18 March 2023
Contracts DatePosPlayerLengthExpiryRef 8 June 2022 CF Bailey Cadamarteri — — 17 June 2022 RB Jack Hunt — — 24 June 2022 CB Josh Ashman — — 24 June 2022 LB Fuad Sesay — — 20 July 2022 CB David Agbontohoma — — 14 October 2022 GK Pierce Charles — — 9 December 2022 CM Sean Fusire — — 14 December 2022 CM Rio Shipston — — 24 March 2023 CM Barry Bannan — —
Squad statistics Appearances
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Goalscorers
Includes all competitive matches.
PlayerLeague OnePlayoffsFA CupEFL CupEFL TrophyTotal1FW24Michael Smith171201212FW11Josh Windass111310163FW9Lee Gregory101000114FW13Callum Paterson5100285MF10Barry Bannan7000076DF2Liam Palmer510006MF14George Byers6000067MF17Fisayo Dele-Bashiru4001058MF8Dennis Adeniran2002049MF18Marvin Johnson30000310MF4Will Vaulks200002FW7Mallik Wilks100012FW45Alex Mighten10100211DF3Jaden Brown000101DF15Akin Famewo100001MF19Tyreeq Bakinson100001DF33Reece James010001DF34Mark McGuinness100001MF38Will Trueman000011FW40Sylla Sow000101DF44Aden Flint100001Own goals 3 0 1 0 04Total 80 6 7 6 5104
Disciplinary record
No. Pos. Name League One Playoffs FA Cup EFL Cup EFL Trophy Total 9 FW Lee Gregory 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 33 DF Reece James 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 6 DF Dominic Iorfa 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 DF Liam Palmer 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 4 MF Will Vaulks 7 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 9 0 20 DF Michael Ihiekwe 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 10 MF Barry Bannan 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 13 FW Callum Paterson 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 0 18 MF Marvin Johnson 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 24 FW Michael Smith 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 11 FW Josh Windass 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 14 MF George Byers 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 34 DF Mark McGuinness 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 3 DF Jaden Brown 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 19 MF Tyreeq Bakinson 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 8 MF Dennis Adeniran 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 17 MF Fisayo Dele-Bashiru 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 32 DF Jack Hunt 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 44 DF Aden Flint 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 7 FW Mallik Wilks 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15 DF Akin Famewo 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 23 MF Jay Glover 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 25 GK Cameron Dawson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 31 GK David Stockdale 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 40 FW Sylla Sow 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Clean sheets
No.Nat.PlayerMatches playedClean sheet %League OnePlayoffsFA CupEFL CupEFL TrophyTOTAL 25 Cameron Dawson 33 51.52% 13 1 0 2 1 17 31 David Stockdale 27 44.44% 11 0 1 0 0 12
Awards Club Player of the Month Player of the Month awards for the 2022–23 season.
Month Player % Ref.August Liam Palmer80%September Michael Smith38%October Barry Bannan55%November Mark McGuinness53%December Mark McGuinness58%January Josh Windass33%February Liam Palmer50%March Lee Gregory–
Club Player of the Year Player of the Year award for the 2022–23 season.
Player Ref. Liam Palmer
Sky Bet League One Player of the Month MonthPlayer Ref.August Liam PalmerWinnerOctober Barry BannanNominationDecember Cameron DawsonNominationJanuary Josh WindassNomination
Sky Bet League One Player of the Season Player Ref. Barry BannanNomination
EFL Goal of the Month MonthPlayerGoalOctober Barry Bannan83' vs Cheltenham Town, 8 OctoberWinner
EFL Goal of the Season PlayerGoal Barry Bannan83' vs Cheltenham Town, 8 OctoberNomination
Sky Bet League One Manager of the Month MonthManager Ref.August Darren MooreNominationOctober Darren MooreNominationNovember Darren MooreNominationJanuary Darren MooreNominationFebruary Darren MooreNomination
Sky Bet League One Manager of the Season Player Ref. Darren MooreNomination
EFL League Cup Player of the Round RoundPlayer Ref.2 Fisayo Dele-BashiruWinner
EFL League Cup Goal of the Round RoundPlayerGoalRef.1 Dennis Adeniran16' vs Sunderland, 10 AugustWinner244' vs Rochdale, 23 August
References