2014–15 Sheffield Wednesday F.C. season

Sheffield Wednesday

Chairman	Milan Mandarić
Head Coach	Stuart Gray
Ground	Hillsborough
Championship	6th (next game vs. Cardiff City)
FA Cup	Enter at Round 3
League Cup	Round 3 (next game vs. Manchester City}
Top goalscorer	League: Stevie May (3) All: Atdhe Nuhiu (4)
Highest home attendance	29,848 (vs. Reading)
Lowest home attendance	20,636 (vs. Millwall)
Average home league attendance	24,081
Home colours Away colours

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

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.

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. 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 and playing against Bury away at Gigg Lane on July 18. 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. Three days later, they announced their first fixture in the pre-season against York City on July 12. Sheffield Wednesday announced they would be playing against FK Čukarički during their tour of Slovenia on 23 July. However, FK Čukarički later pulled out of the friendly fixture and was replaced with FC Arsenal Tula on 3 July.

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." 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.

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. 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.

On the 3 June Sheffield Wednesday announced the first signings for the club, Matt Young from Southampton and Ed Sanders from Stoke City. 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. On 24 June, Sheffield Wednesday made their fourth Development Squad signing in Paul McElroy from Hull City on a one-year contract. However, on July 19 McElroy decided to cancel his one-year contract at Sheffield Wednesday due to some personal terms. 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. One day later, goalkeeper Chris Kirkland re-signed with Sheffield Wednesday on a one-year contract. 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. On 10 July, fan favourite José Semedo resigned a one-year contract at Sheffield Wednesday. 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. At the end of July, Sheffield Wednesday completed a deal for Leeds United defender Tom Lees for an undisclosed fee. 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. 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.

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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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.

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. 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. 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. 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.

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. 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.

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 and secured a place in the 3rd round against the defending Premier League and League Cup champions Manchester City. One day before the match against Nottingham Forest, Sheffield Wednesday signed Hallam Hope on loan until 2 January from Everton. 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.

September

On deadline day, Sheffield Wednesday signed ex Real Madrid player, Royston Drenthe from Reading on loan until 2 January. 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.".

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	EIR	Keiren Westwood
2	DF	ENG	Lewis Buxton
3	DF	ENG	Joe Mattock
4	MF	ENG	Sam Hutchinson
5	DF	NED	Glenn Loovens (captain)
6	MF	POR	José Semedo
7	FW	SCO	Stevie May
8	DF	SCO	Liam Palmer
9	FW	AUT	Atdhe Nuhiu
10	MF	SCO	Chris Maguire
11	MF	NED	Royston Drenthe (on loan from Reading)
13	FW	NIR	Caolan Lavery
14	MF	ENG	Giles Coke

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
15	DF	ENG	Tom Lees
16	MF	SCO	Rhys McCabe
17	DF	FRA	Jérémy Hélan
18	DF	GUI	Kamil Zayatte
19	MF	COD	Jacques Maghoma
20	MF	ENG	Kieran Lee
21	MF	EIR	Paul Corry
24	FW	ENG	Gary Madine
28	FW	ENG	Hallam Hope (on loan from Everton)
35	DF	FRA	Claude Dielna
43	GK	ENG	Chris Kirkland
44	DF	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	POR	Rafael Floro
23	GK	ENG	Joe Wildsmith
25	DF	ENG	Matt Young
—	DF	ENG	William De Havilland
—	DF	ENG	Ed Sanders

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ENG	Ryan Croasdale
—	MF	NIR	Simon Hanna
—	MF	ENG	Jack Stobbs
—	FW	FRA	Franck Betra
—	FW	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	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	NIR	Brad McDonagh
—	DF	ENG	Brad Beatson
—	DF	ENG	Spencer Brown
—	DF	ENG	Mike Conneh
—	DF	NIR	Seanna Foster
—	DF	ENG	Emmanuel Kanteh
—	DF	ENG	Matt Penney
—	DF	ENG	Josh Stachini
—	MF	ENG	Billy Beresford

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ENG	Mason Duffy
—	MF	ENG	Jake Ellam
—	MF	NIR	Glenn Law
—	MF	ENG	Fraser Preston
—	MF	ENG	Luke Smith
—	FW	ZIM	Jonathan Fusco
—	FW	ENG	George Hirst
—	FW	ENG	Devante Hyman

Squad Information

As of 20 September 2014

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

Transfers

In

Position	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Ref
DF	Matt Young	Southampton	Free	3 June 2014
DF	Ed Sanders	Stoke City	Free	3 June 2014
MF	Ryan Croasdale	Preston North End	Free	9 June 2014
MF	Paul McElroy	Hull City	Free	24 June 2014
GK	Kieren Westwood	Sunderland	Free	7 July 2014
DF	Sam Hutchinson	Chelsea	Free	8 July 2014
DF	Tom Lees	Leeds United	Undisclosed	31 July 2014
DF	Dejan Kelhar	Red Star Belgrade	Free	6 August 2014
FW	Stevie May	St. Johnstone	Undisclosed	9 August 2014
DF	Claude Dielna	Olympiacos	Free	30 August 2014

Out

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

Loan In

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

Loan Out

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

Contracts

Position	Player	Length	Date	Expiry	Ref
MF	Simon Hanna	1-year	12 May 2014	June 2015
GK	Chris Kirkland	1-year	8 July 2014	June 2015
MF	José Semedo	1-year	10 July 2014	June 2015
DF	Glenn Loovens	1-year	14 July 2014	June 2015

Débuts

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

#	Position	Player	Date	Opponents	Ground	Ref
1	GK	Kieren Westwood	9 August 2014	Brighton & Hove Albion	American Express Community Stadium
15	DF	Tom Lees	9 August 2014	Brighton & Hove Albion	American Express Community Stadium
7	FW	Stevie May	16 August 2014	Derby County	Hillsborough
28	FW	Hallam Hope	30 August 2014	Nottingham Forest	Hillsborough
11	MF	Royston Drenthe	13 September 2014	Bolton Wanderers	Macron Stadium
35	DF	Claude Dielna	20 September 2014	Reading	Hillsborough

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
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
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
18	DF	Kamil Zayatte	Guinea	2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier	Togo, Uganda	6 September, 10 September 2014	46	4

Board and Staff

Chairman and Directors

Position	Staff
Owner	Hafiz Mammadov
Chairman	Milan Mandarić
Director	Paul Aldridge

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

Senior Administrative Staff

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

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

First Team Staff

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

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

Support Staff

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

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

Academy Staff

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

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

Fixtures and Results

Pre-Season

York City v Sheffield Wednesday

12 July 2014	York City	0–2	Sheffield Wednesday	Bootham Crescent
15:00		Report	Ilesanmi 27' (o.g.) Maguire 44'	Attendance: 3,312

Bury v Sheffield Wednesday

18 July 2014	Bury	1–3	Sheffield Wednesday	AJ Bell Stadium
19:45	Nardiello 40'	Report	Maghoma 3' Nuhiu 56' Coke 80'

FC Arsenal Tula v Sheffield Wednesday

Doncaster Rovers v Sheffield Wednesday

27 July 2014	Doncaster Rovers	2–2	Sheffield Wednesday	Keepmoat Stadium
15:00	de Val 50' Bennett 65'	Report	Nuhiu 42' Antonio 47'

Sheffield Wednesday v Newcastle United

30 July 2014	Sheffield Wednesday	0–1	Newcastle United	Hillsborough
19:45		Report	Pérez 65'	Attendance: 10,173 Referee: Michael Naylor

Barnsley v Sheffield Wednesday

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

Brighton & Hove Albion v Sheffield Wednesday

9 August 2014 1	Brighton & Hove Albion	0–1	Sheffield Wednesday	American Express Community Stadium
15:00	Forster-Caskey  10' Crofts  50' Bruno  74' LuaLua  82'	Report	Coke 41' Loovens  55'	Attendance: 26,993 Referee: James Linington

Sheffield Wednesday v Derby County

16 August 2014 2	Sheffield Wednesday	0-0	Derby County	Hillsborough
15:00	Keogh  48' Bryson  61'	Report	Hutchinson  37' Loovens  44' Mattock  77'	Attendance: 25,186 Referee: Scott Duncan

Sheffield Wednesday v Millwall

19 August 2014 3	Sheffield Wednesday	1–1	Millwall	Hillsborough
19:45	Maguire 57' Westwood  84' Loovens  90+2'	Report	Williams 85' Fuller  90+2' Gueye 90+5'	Attendance: 20,636 Referee: Nigel Miller

Middlesbrough v Sheffield Wednesday

23 August 2014 4	Middlesbrough	2-3	Sheffield Wednesday	Riverside Stadium
15:00	Leadbitter  41' 72' (pen.) 90+1' (pen.) Abella  45+2' Ayala  86'	Report	Nuhiu 6' 57' Maguire  36' May 42' Semedo  81' Loovens  90+1'	Attendance: 17,820 Referee: Phil Dowd

Sheffield Wednesday v Nottingham Forest

30 August 2014 5	Sheffield Wednesday	0-1	Nottingham Forest	Hillsborough
12:15	Semedo  21' Loovens  31' Mattock  34' Palmer  53'	Report	Antonio  29' Lansbury 37' Burke  90+1' Assombalonga  90+5'	Attendance: 20,656 Referee: Graham Salisbury

Bolton Wanderers v Sheffield Wednesday

13 September 2014 6	Bolton Wanderers	0-0	Sheffield Wednesday	Macron Stadium
15:00	Moxey  34' Mills  88'	Report		Attendance: 15,799 Referee: Andy Haines

Birmingham City v Sheffield Wednesday

16 September 2014 7	Birmingham City	0–2	Sheffield Wednesday	St Andrew's
19:45	Edgar  41' Robinson  59'	Report	May 67' Nuhiu  62' Hélan 89'	Attendance: 14,085 Referee: James Adcock

Sheffield Wednesday v Reading

20 September 2014 8	Sheffield Wednesday	1–0	Reading	Hillsborough
15:00	Coke  31' Palmer  39' Maguire  66' May 83'	Report	Murray 32' Blackman  38' Akpan  63' Cooper  82'	Attendance: 29,848 Referee: Mark Heywood

Cardiff City v Sheffield Wednesday

27 September 2014 9	Cardiff City	v	Sheffield Wednesday	Cardiff City Stadium
15:00

Last updated: 20 September 2014
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League Cup

Sheffield Wednesday v Notts County

12 August 2014 Round 1	Sheffield Wednesday	3-0	Notts County	Hillsborough
19:45	Maghoma 2' Madine 10' Nuhiu 65'	Report	Hollis  84' Adams  90+1'	Attendance: 12,851 Referee: Eddie Ilderton

Burnley v Sheffield Wednesday

26 August 2014 Round 2	Burnley	0-1	Sheffield Wednesday	Turf Moor
19:45		Report	Maguire  43' Coke  71' Nuhiu 78' (pen.)	Attendance: 4,979 Referee: Geoff Eltringham

Manchester City v Sheffield Wednesday

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	EIR	Kieren Westwood	8	0	8+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
2	DF	ENG	Lewis Buxton	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
3	DF	ENG	Joe Mattock	10	0	8+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
4	MF	ENG	Sam Hutchinson	3	0	3+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
5	DF	NED	Glenn Loovens	8	0	7+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
6	MF	POR	José Semedo	9	0	6+1	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
7	FW	SCO	Stevie May	8	3	7+0	3	0+0	0	0+1	0
8	MF	SCO	Liam Palmer	10	0	8+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
9	FW	AUT	Atdhe Nuhiu	10	4	8+0	2	0+0	0	1+1	2
10	MF	SCO	Chris Maguire	10	1	8+0	1	0+0	0	2+0	0
11	MF	NED	Royston Drenthe	2	0	0+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
13	FW	NIR	Caolan Lavery	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
14	MF	ENG	Giles Coke	10	1	6+2	1	0+0	0	2+0	0
15	DF	ENG	Tom Lees	10	0	8+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
16	MF	SCO	Rhys McCabe	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
17	MF	FRA	Jérémy Hélan	5	1	0+4	1	0+0	0	1+0	0
18	DF	GUI	Kamil Zayatte	3	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	1+1	0
19	MF	COD	Jacques Maghoma	10	1	8+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	1
20	MF	ENG	Kieran Lee	2	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
21	MF	EIR	Paul Corry	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
22	DF	POR	Rafael Floro	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
23	GK	ENG	Joe Wildsmith	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
24	FW	ENG	Gary Madine	7	1	0+5	0	0+0	0	2+0	1
25	DF	ENG	Matt Young	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
28	FW	ENG	Hallam Hope	2	0	0+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
35	DF	FRA	Claude Dielna	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
43	GK	ENG	Chris Kirkland	2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
44	DF	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		9	Atdhe Nuhiu	2	0	2	4
2	FW		7	Stevie May	3	0	0	3
3	MF		14	Giles Coke	1	0	0	1
=	MF		10	Chris Maguire	1	0	0	1
=	MF		17	Jérémy Hélan	1	0	0	1
=	MF		19	Jacques Maghoma	0	0	1	1
=	FW		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		19	Jacques Maghoma	3	0	0	3
=	FW		9	Atdhe Nuhiu	2	0	1	3
2	MF		10	Chris Maguire	1	0	1	2
3	DF		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
1	5		DF	Glenn Loovens	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
2	10		MF	Chris Maguire	2	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
3	6		MF	José Semedo	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
=	3		DF	Joe Mattock	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
=	8		DF	Liam Palmer	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
=	14		MF	Giles Coke	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
4	4		MF	Sam Hutchinson	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
=	1		GK	Kieren Westwood	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
=	9		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

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

Awards

Sheffield Wednesday Player of the Month

Month	First	%	Second	%	Third	%	Ref
August	Atdhe Nuhiu	53%	Tom Lees	23%	Kieran Westwood	9%

References