2014–15 Sheffield Wednesday F.C. season

During the 2014–15 football season, Sheffield Wednesday F.C. competed in three professional football competitions. Sheffield Wednesday competed in the 2014–15 Football League Championship (finishing 13th), 2014–15 FA Cup, and the 2014–15 Football League Cup. It was 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 kicked 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 did not enter the FA Cup until the beginning of January 2015, where they entered at Round 3 of the competition.

Sheffield Wednesday

Owner	Dejphon Chansiri
Head Coach	Stuart Gray
Ground	Hillsborough
Championship	13th
FA Cup	Round 3 (eliminated by Manchester City)
League Cup	Round 3 (eliminated by Manchester City)
Top goalscorer	League: Atdhe Nuhiu (8) All: Atdhe Nuhiu (11)
Highest home attendance	29,848 (vs. Reading)
Lowest home attendance	16,881 (vs. Bournemouth)
Average home league attendance	21,991
Home colours Away colours

Overview

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 goalkeepers Adam Davies and Arron Jameson; defenders Anthony Gardner, Martin Taylor and one of the fan favourites Miguel Llera; midfielder David Prutton and the longest serving player at the club with over 250-appearances Jermaine Johnson. Probably the biggest shock though, even though the player was injury-prone, one of the fan-favourites Réda Johnson, whom was also released. Meanwhile, keeper Chris Kirkland, midfielder José Semedo, and defenders 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. A 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 18 July. On 16 May, Sheffield Wednesday announced their fourth pre-season fixture playing another South Yorkshire rival against Doncaster Rovers at the Keepmoat Stadium on 27 July. Three days later, they announced their first fixture in the pre-season against York City on 12 July. 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, 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, who had owned the club since 2010, in which he saved the club from administration, cleared the club from the majority of its 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 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 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 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 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 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 19 July 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 Keiren 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 the middle of which 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 Keiren 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 Keiren 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 Keiren 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 Millwall 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 did not 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 could not 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 could not do anything about, but Middlesbrough did not care as they scored again. Into the dying seconds and Middlesbrough nearly equalised as cross could not 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 Premier League 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." The next game was between Bolton Wanderers and it was a very dominating display from Sheffield Wednesday. In the first-half, Stevie May smashed the ball in the back of the net. However, it was harshly disallowed due to the referee claiming that Atdhe Nuhiu had fouled the defender in the build-up to Stevie May's shot and denying his second goal of the season. The visitors then went close again when Chris Maguire had Andy Lonergan beaten all ends up with a crisp finish but Matt Mills cleared the ball off the line. Those were the best chances of the game as they ended up having a total of 24 shots and failed to capitalize on getting a goal, which ended in a disappointing 0–0 draw. Birmingham City was next up in their second straight away game. The first half was a stalemate, but in the second-half Sheffield Wednesday were looking much more likely after the interval and gave Birmingham City cause for concern with a flurry of dangerous attacks. And they got their reward for their hard efforts as Stevie May scored the goal to give the Owls the lead just after the hour mark. At the very late stage of the game, substitute Jérémy Hélan scored the second goal after Chris Maguire picked up possession in the area and teed up the pace who thumped home from 12 yards to seal their third away win in four games.

The next game at Hillsborough was against Reading in front of a packed crowd. During the first-half, Sheffield Wednesday conceded a penalty after Giles Coke brought down Glenn Murray. Fortunately though, Keiren Westwood made a terrific stop from Murray's penalty and finished 0–0 in the first-half. Reading had a series of more chances in the second, but Sheffield Wednesday made them pay for their missed opportunities, as Stevie May put in a deflected free-kick to give the mighty owls their first victory at Hillsborough since March. Later in the week, it was the 3rd-round League Cup game against Premier League giants Manchester City. In the first-half, Sheffield Wednesday held their own and managed to keep it 0–0 in 45 minutes. But in the second-half, Manchester City scored straight away with Frank Lampard tucked in James Milner's cross soon after the restart before Edin Džeko swept in a pass from Jesús Navas, who added a ferocious drive. Yaya Touré converted a penalty after Lampard was tripped by Kamil Zayatte. He was sent off as Džeko's header, José Ángel Pozo got his début goal and another Lampard strike sank the Owls' 10 men and the final score was 7-0.

Back in the Championship, Sheffield Wednesday faced Cardiff City away in looking to continue their 2-game league winning streak. They made a bright start as Stevie May rounded the goalkeeper David Marshall inside six minutes but having his shot cleared off the line by Fábio. Then Cardiff took the lead at 39th minute, Sean Morrison with a thumping header past Keiren Westwood. Sheffield Wednesday tied it early in the second-half, Chris Maguire fizzed in a low cross from the right, prompting Morrison to slide in and inadvertently prod the ball beyond Marshall for an own-goal. The hosts regained the lead through Anthony Pilkington, who juggled the ball deftly and volleyed in from 12 yards. It finished 2–1 to Cardiff City and ended Sheffield Wednesday's unbeaten away league run. Next game was against in-form Ipswich Town who were on a 4-game winning streak into the game at Hillsborough. The hosts took an early lead through Atdhe Nuhiu's near-post header from the following corner from Jacques Maghoma. Wednesday had goals disallowed for infringements either side of half time. Kamil Zayatte nodded home after a brilliant reflex save by Dean Gerken, only for referee Darren Bond to blow for a foul. After the break Nuhiu saw his finish ruled out for offside, before Williams made it all square in the 62nd minute. He took the ball down on his chest at the edge of the box before hitting a low shot beyond Keiren Westwood and in off the far post and the game finished at 1–1.

October

The first game of October saw the Owls take trip down to local rivals Leeds United. The home team were first to carve a clear cut chance as Tommaso Bianchi fed for Mowatt but Keiren Westwood was sharp off as line to narrow the angle and make the stop. Souleymane Doukara then placed his slide rule finish just wide of the target and Rodolph Austin brought another smart save from Westwood as Leeds looked the more likely to score. In the second half, Jacques Maghoma led the charge and whipped in a dangerous centre for Maguire to bury first time into the bottom the corner. With ten minutes left on the clock Leeds found a leveller. The ball fell kindly to Bellusci in the area from a free kick and the defender dispatched his strike neatly into the corner and the game finished 1–1. After the international break, Sheffield Wednesday returned to league duty at home against Watford under new boss Slaviša Jokanović. It was a bad day for the Owls as Sam Hutchinson was stretchered off after making his return to the first team since his back injury in the third league game of the season. Then Matěj Vydra broke the offside trap, albeit in the most tight of circumstances, and advanced to play in Odion Ighalo, who slotted into an empty net. Moments after Keiren Westwood received treatment for a knock on the knee, Watford seized the advantage and doubled their lead. The game was all over on the 69th minute as Vydra scored Watford's third goal of the game and it finished a heavy 3–0 defeat on home soil.

The next game faced a long trip to London against Brentford on Tuesday night. The main chances of the night saw Kieran Lee rebound hit the underside of the bar after Jérémy Hélan's shot was blocked. Jonathan Douglas had his attempt to put the home side in the lead headed clear from the line by Liam Palmer before Jota drilled over the bar, the match ended in a 0–0 draw. Gary Taylor-Fletcher signed a one-month loan deal from Leicester City. Sheffield Wednesday played against Norwich City at Hillsborough. And they started on the front foot, dominating the early exchanges against a Norwich side looking to reignite their early season spark. Stevie May headed just wide following a swift three-man move but Norwich countered a few minutes later and Westwood saved superbly from Lewis Grabban. And the impetus certainly stayed with Wednesday. Gary Taylor-Fletcher had a half chance on 67 minutes after a fine pass from Claude Dielna before Liam Palmer smashed into the side-netting having taken a clever back heel from Stevie May into his stride. But on 69 minutes, the away team came closest to breaking the deadlock. Gary O'Neil's free kick found Cameron Jerome in space and his header seemed goalbound only for Keiren Westwood to delve into the top drawer and prevent the opening goal. The Republic of Ireland international promptly repeated the feat moments later to deny substitute Nathan Redmond, whose blistering low drive was diverted past the post. And if that were not enough, Westwood again kept the Owls in the game with 13 minutes to go, this time thwarting Jerome from close range. It would have been harsh for Wednesday to lose the game and they duly held out to record another clean sheet – their second in a week and ninth of the season.

November

On 1 November, Sheffield Wednesday was away at Charlton Athletic. The visitors took a deserved first-half lead when loanee Royston Drenthe found the net with a crisp long-range effort. The forward had fired a left-footed short narrowly wide of the post before opening the scoring with a quality run and shot, Wednesday's first goal in four matches. Five minutes after coming on, Igor Vetokele tapped in Rhoys Wiggins' cross to draw the relieved hosts level in the 70th minute, the game ended in a stalemate. Few days later, Sheffield Wednesday was up against Bournemouth at home. It was certainly a very even game until latest goalscorer Royston Drenthe was sent off for a 2nd bookable offence. Which resulted in the away side scoring five minutes later through a counter-attack from Andrew Surman. Bournemouth sealed victory on the 69th minute from a goal by Ryan Fraser. Next up was local rivals Rotherham United at Hillsborough. Sheffield Wednesday had the first chance of the game but Gary Taylor-Fletcher flicked Hélan's cross just past the post. The hosts nearly broke their home duck in bizarre circumstances when Atdhe Nuhiu pressurised Kirk Broadfoot into over-hitting his backpass to Adam Collin who saw his sliced clearance go just wide. Then a controversial moment happened when Sheffield Wednesday believed that they should have had a penalty, which was denied by the ref Nigel Miller and finished 0–0.

During the international break, Sheffield Wednesday striker Stevie May got his first-ever international cap for Scotland in their 3–1 defeat against England. Couple days before the game against Huddersfield Town, Sheffield Wednesday brought in their fourth loan signing this season, this time bringing in Lewis McGugan from Watford and made his first start in that match. The home side best chances fell to Nahki Wells, who twice had efforts blocked by Keiren Westwood. Stevie May unbelievably had his shot come off the post and crossbar to deny his fourth goal of this campaign. Another penalty was denied in the late stages of the match when Chris Maguire was tackled by Joel Lynch, but the referee declared that The Owls forward was diving and booked him for it and the game ended in another 0–0 draw. Next game was back at Hillsborough against Wigan Athletic. The away side scored the first goal from a corner-kick on the 26th minute from Chris McCann. Then immediately from kick-off, Sheffield Wednesday equalized when Atdhe Nuhiu and he teed up unmarked strike partner May for a simple close-range finish past Latics goalkeeper Scott Carson. May scored his second of the game and turned the contest in the Owls' favour in the 71st minute. He met Maguire's cross from the left and his header hit both posts before being adjudged to have crossed the line. 2–1 was the final result and turned Sheffield Wednesday's eleven game winless into a four-game unbeaten run.

December

Looking for win for the second game in a row in their first match of December, Sheffield Wednesday took on Blackburn Rovers at Ewood Park. Kieran Lee gave the visitors the lead on three minutes after pouncing on a mistake from Steele who failed to hold on to Stevie May's initial shot. Blackburn equalised when Rhodes nodded down into the path of Baptiste who wrapped his foot over the ball to fire past Westwood from 10 yards. Wednesday missed a glorious chance to retake the lead after 36 minutes when Glenn Loovens headed over a Royston Drenthe free-kick from five yards. Westwood kept the scores level in the second half when he saved a thunderous volley from Tunnicliffe and tipped over the crossbar. David Dunn then flashed a shot wide for Rovers before substitute Claude Dielna sealed the win for the visitors late-on. His 25-yard shot took a deflection as it flew past goalkeeper Jason Steele and secured a dramatic win for Stuart Gray's side. Next game was at Hillsborough against Wolves. The home side went close early on when Stevie May rounded Wolves goalkeeper Carl Ikeme, only for Richard Stearman to clear his shot off the line. Loovens then rose to meet Chris Maguire's corner but headed inches wide and Royston Drenthe went just as close with a sweet volley. The game looked set to end goalless when Leon Clarke, who played for Wednesday between 2007 and 2010, buried the winner. Then The Owls faced a trip to London at Craven Cottage against Fulham. Tom Lees failed to get a good connection at the far post when free, before Marcus Bettinelli made a good save to keep out Chris Maguire's drive and Kostas Stafylidis cleared off the line from Stevie May. Fulham broke the deadlock in the 34th minute when McCormack fired in a superb free-kick after Glenn Loovens had conceded the foul. Hutchinson doubled the advantage when he nodded in from Bryan Ruiz's free-kick for his first goal for the club. The third came midway through the second half as Christensen converted from Hugo Rodallega's pass, before Woodrow added a fourth from the spot after Patrick Roberts had been fouled by Claude Dielna.

On Boxing Day, Sheffield Wednesday faced bottom Blackpool. On the 39th minute, Sheffield Wednesday received a penalty after Peter Clarke fouled Stevie May and Chris Maguire stepped up and scored his third goal of the season. They had their chances with Chris Eagles shooting wide and Nathan Delfouneso having a curling effort saved after Wednesday's opener. The Owls went close to doubling their advantage when Maguire's low cross from the left deflected onto the crossbar, before Miller was booked for turning Tony McMahon's centre into the Wednesday goal with a hand. Home goalkeeper Keiren Westwood brilliantly kept out Ishmael Miller's three-yard header, before Miller received a second caution for a late tackle on Tom Lees. Then Sheffield Wednesday faced Wigan Athletic in their final game of 2014. Lewis McGugan was a constant threat for Stuart Gray's side and struck from range to test Scott Carson, while at the other end, McClean pounced on Ben Watson's delivery to score after the break, only for the linesman's flag to cut short his celebration. Wednesday, the lowest scorers in the division before kick-off, shaded proceedings and though a stalemate looked likely, they took advantage of Callum McManaman's recklessness after doing a two-footed challenge on Claude Dielna. Nuhiu saw a header saved by Carson quickly after the dismissal but beat the Wigan keeper a minute later when he powered home Jérémy Hélan's cross to secure Wednesday's fourth win in six matches.

January

First game of the new year was the FA Cup Third Round match-up against familiar opponents and current Premier League champions Manchester City. It was a brilliant first-half performance from the away side, scoring the opening goal after 14 minutes when Atdhe Nuhiu fired home at the end of a flowing move down the right that also involved Stevie May and Kieran Lee. But in the second-half, the hosts equalised almost immediately after sending on their two playmakers Silva and Nasri, with the pair linking up on the left of the Owls' box and playing in Milner to convert his second goal of the season. Manuel Pellegrini's men took control from that point and Milner shot wide, while Silva had an effort well saved as the Premier League side desperately looked to avoid a replay. They got their wish a minute into stoppage time when Jesús Navas played the ball across the box and Milner nipped in front of his marker to tap into an empty net. The scoreline finished 2–1 to Man City. Sheffield Wednesday returned next week in an away league fixture against Nottingham Forest. In the first-half, chances were rare at both ends, Wednesday made the most of their first real threat right at the end of the half. Kane denied Nuhiu's effort, only for Lee to throw himself at the rebound and squeeze in the opener. Nottingham Forest keeper Dorus de Vries, making his first league start of the season ahead of Karl Darlow, could do little five minutes after the break as Maguire nipped into the box after latching onto a poor Jack Hobbs clearance and smashed home his fourth goal of the season. Sheffield Wednesday would keep the clean sheet for the fourteenth time this season as they won 2–0.

After that Sheffield Wednesday returned for a home fixture for the first time in 2015 against Bolton Wanderers. The away team took an early lead when Liam Feeney put the ball in the net in the second minute of the game. Then they doubled that lead when Darren Pratley scored in the 25th minute. Looking to reply immediately, Sheffield Wednesday was awarded a penalty three minutes later and Chris Maguire placed it perfectly in the right side of the net to make it 2–1. Wednesday head coach Stuart Gray brought on Sam Hutchinson as part of a double substitution in the 69th minute as the home side pushed forward, but he was shown a second yellow card after just 14 minutes on the field for a late challenge. Stevie May then thought he had equalised when he bundled the ball over the line after Atdhe Nuhiu's effort hit the bar, but he was controversially ruled offside by the assistant referee. That cost the match for Sheffield Wednesday and continued their poor home form in the Championship. Next match was against Birmingham City at Hillsborough. Winger Jacques Maghoma had a low shot saved by goalkeeper Darren Randolph in a poor quality first half. Then Clayton Donaldson, who had scored five times in his previous three games, narrowly failed to connect with a centre from left-back Jonathan Grounds just before the break before keeper Keiren Westwood was forced to turn over a powerful drive from winger David Cotterill. Things did not improve after the break as home striker Atdhe Nuhiu was off target with a couple of efforts and Cotterill shot wide for Birmingham and the match finished a stalemate. Two days later, Sheffield Wednesday was legitimately taken over this time from a Thai consortium led by businessman Dejphon Chansiri whose family owns Thai Union Group, acquired 100% stakes in the Championship. Milan Mandarić announced that he will step down as Chairman and as a director but will stay in an advisory role for Dejphon Chansiri. The first match under new ownership was against Reading. Both sides started at a frenetic pace and Simon Cox had the first chance of the game for Reading as he tried to bend the ball round Keiren Westwood's right hand, but the keeper made a decent save. Garath McCleary then dragged the ball wide from 10 yards after Nathaniel Chalobah fizzed the ball into the penalty area. But it was Pavel Pogrebnyak who made the breakthrough on the half-hour mark with a powerful header beyond the clutches of Westwood following a cross from Kelly. Nathaniel Chalobah, on loan from Chelsea, then despatched Garath McCleary's cross for his first Reading goal. The Owls were unlucky not to pull one back before half-time as Adam Federici flung himself low to his right to tip Baker's shot around the post. Reading were awarded a penalty after the break when substitute Jérémy Hélan crashed into the back of Pavel Pogrebnyak, but Robson-Kanu side-footed it straight into Westwood's hands. The game finished a 2–0 defeat for Sheffield Wednesday.

February

Deadline Day was one of the more exciting ones in a while for Sheffield Wednesday as there was multiple speculations on who Wednesday would sign as the takeover suggested that for once Sheffield Wednesday have the cash to splash. The first announcement of the day was Dejan Kelhar had re-signed his contract until the end of the season. The defender has been unlucky so far this season as his original 6-month contract deal was hindered with the fact he had been injured due to tearing his anterior cruciate ligament. Next announcement of the day was that Sheffield Wednesday have signed Sergiu Buș from CSKA Sofia for a rumoured £350,000 on a three and a half year contract. He has scored ten goals so far this season in nineteen appearances for CSKA Sofia. The next signing of the day was Marnick Vermijl who played for Manchester United, he only made one appearance for them this season in the Capital One Cup and he went on a season-long loan last season to NEC where he made twenty-eight appearances and scored three goals for them. The next signing was the return of Lewis McGugan on loan from Watford for the rest of the season. He made seven appearances in his first spell towards the end of 2014. There was one last signing on Deadline Day, in came Filipe Melo from Moreirense for an undisclosed fee.

Players

As of 2 April 2015

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	IRL	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 (vice-captain)
7	FW	SCO	Stevie May
8	DF	SCO	Liam Palmer
9	FW	AUT	Atdhe Nuhiu
10	MF	SCO	Chris Maguire
13	FW	NIR	Caolan Lavery
15	DF	ENG	Tom Lees
16	MF	SCO	Rhys McCabe

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	DF	FRA	Jérémy Hélan
18	DF	GUI	Kamil Zayatte
19	MF	COD	Jacques Maghoma
20	MF	ENG	Kieran Lee
27	MF	WAL	Lloyd Isgrove (on loan from Southampton)
28	FW	ROU	Sergiu Buș
33	MF	POR	Filipe Melo
35	DF	FRA	Claude Dielna
36	DF	BEL	Marnick Vermijl
37	MF	ENG	Lewis McGugan (on loan from Watford)
43	GK	ENG	Chris Kirkland
44	DF	SVN	Dejan Kelhar
48	FW	ENG	Will Keane (on loan from Man Utd)

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
14	MF	ENG	Giles Coke (on loan at Bolton Wanderers)
21	MF	IRL	Paul Corry |other=on loan at Carlisle United}}

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
24	FW	ENG	Gary Madine (on loan at Blackpool)

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
26	DF	ENG	William De Havilland
30	GK	ENG	Cameron Dawson
—	DF	ENG	Ed Sanders
—	MF	ENG	Ryan Croasdale

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	NIR	Simon Hanna
—	MF	ENG	Ryan Meadows
—	MF	ENG	Jack Stobbs
—	FW	FRA	Franck Betra

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
23	GK	ENG	Joe Wildsmith (on loan at Barnsley)

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
25	DF	ENG	Matt Young (on loan at Carlisle United)

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	ENG	Ben Jackson
—	GK	ENG	Brad McDonagh
—	DF	ENG	Spencer Brown
—	DF	ENG	Jack Lee
—	DF	ENG	Josh Murray
—	DF	ENG	Connor O'Grady
—	DF	ENG	Matt Penney
—	DF	ENG	Josh Stachini
—	MF	ENG	Warren Clarke
—	MF	ENG	Mason Duffy

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ENG	Connor Kirby
—	MF	ENG	Jordan Lonchar
—	MF	ENG	Jake Nicholson
—	MF	SCO	Fraser Preston
—	MF	ENG	Lewis Price
—	FW	ENG	Joe Cook
—	FW	ENG	George Hirst
—	FW	ENG	Joe Nuttall
—	FW	ENG	Devante Rodney
—	FW	ENG	Freddy Tracey

Squad information

As of 2 April 2015

No	Pos	Nat	Name	Age	Joined	From	Contract Expires	Fee	League Appearances	Goals
1	GK		Keiren Westwood	30	July 2014	Sunderland	June 2016	Free	38	0
2	DF		Lewis Buxton	31	August 2008	Stoke City	June 2015	£88,000	190	6
3	DF		Joe Mattock	24	July 2012	West Bromwich Albion	June 2015	Free	55	2
4	MF		Sam Hutchinson	25	July 2014	Chelsea	June 2016	Free	26	1
5	DF		Glenn Loovens	31	December 2013	Free Agent	June 2015	Free	48	0
6	MF		José Semedo	30	July 2011	Charlton Athletic	June 2015	Free	122	1
7	FW		Stevie May	22	August 2014	St Johnstone	June 2018	Undisclosed	34	7
8	DF		Liam Palmer	23	January 2013	Sheffield Wednesday Academy	June 2018	Free	97	1
9	FW		Atdhe Nuhiu	25	July 2013	Rapid Wien	June 2016	Free	76	15
10	MF		Chris Maguire	26	July 2012	Derby County	June 2015	Undisclosed	72	16
13	FW		Caolan Lavery	22	July 2012	Ipswich Town	Unknown	Free	27	5
15	DF		Tom Lees	24	July 2014	Leeds United	June 2017	Undisclosed	37	0
16	MF		Rhys McCabe	22	July 2012	Rangers	June 2015	Free	30	1
17	DF		Jérémy Hélan	22	July 2013	Manchester City	June 2017	Undisclosed	104	4
18	DF		Kamil Zayatte	29	August 2013	İstanbul BB	June 2015	Free	18	2
19	MF		Jacques Maghoma	27	July 2013	Burton Albion	June 2015	Undisclosed	54	2
20	MF		Kieran Lee	26	July 2012	Oldham Athletic	June 2015	Free	75	5
22	DF		Rafael Floro	21	August 2013	Porto B	June 2015	Free	1	0
26	DF		William De Havilland	20	August 2014	Millwall	June 2015	Free	0	0
27	MF		Lloyd Isgrove	22	March 2015	Southampton	May 2015	Loan	1	0
28	FW		Sergiu Buș	22	February 2015	CSKA Sofia	June 2018	Undisclosed	2	0
30	GK		Cameron Dawson	19	April 2013	Sheffield Wednesday Academy	June 2016	Free	0	0
33	MF		Filipe Melo	25	February 2015	Moreirense	June 2018	Undisclosed	2	0
35	DF		Claude Dielna	27	August 2014	Olympiacos	June 2017	Free	22	1
36	DF		Marnick Vermijl	23	February 2015	Manchester United	June 2018	Undisclosed	6	0
37	MF		Lewis McGugan	26	February 2015	Watford	May 2015	Loan	18	3
43	GK		Chris Kirkland	33	July 2012	Wigan Athletic	June 2015	Free	83	0
44	DF		Dejan Kelhar	30	August 2014	Red Star Belgrade	June 2015	Free	0	0
48	FW		Will Keane	22	January 2015	Manchester United	May 2015	Loan	11	3

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	Keiren 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	William De Havilland	Millwall	Free	25 August 2014
DF	Claude Dielna	Olympiacos	Free	30 August 2014
MF	Ryan Meadows	Wigan Athletic	Free	26 September 2014
FW	Sergiu Buș	CSKA Sofia	Undisclosed	2 February 2015
DF	Marnick Vermijl	Manchester United	Undisclosed	2 February 2015
MF	Filipe Melo	Moreirense	Undisclosed	2 February 2015

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	Buxton	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	Charlton Athletic	Free	30 June 2014
MF	Paul McElroy	Linfield	Free	19 July 2014
MF	Michail Antonio	Nottingham Forest	£1,500,000	6 August 2014
FW	Emmanuel Dieseruvwe	Chesterfield	Undisclosed	2 February 2015

Loans in

#	Position	Player	Transferred from	Length	Date	Ref
28	FW	Hallam Hope	Everton	6-months	29 August 2014 (Recalled 29 October 2014)
11	MF	Royston Drenthe	Reading	6-months	1 September 2014
12	FW	Gary Taylor-Fletcher	Leicester City	1-month	25 October 2014
37	MF	Lewis McGugan	Watford	1-month	19 November 2014
11	MF	Lewis Baker	Chelsea	4-months	8 January 2015 (Recalled 11 February 2015)
48	FW	Will Keane	Manchester United	4-months	22 January 2015
37	MF	Lewis McGugan	Watford	4-months	2 February 2015
27	MF	Lloyd Isgrove	Southampton	2-months	18 March 2015

Loans out

#	Position	Player	Loaned to	Length	Date	Ref
30	GK	Cameron Dawson	Alfreton Town	1-month	22 August 2014
30	GK	Cameron Dawson	Alfreton Town	2-months	22 September 2014
24	FW	Gary Madine	Coventry City	1-month	30 October 2014
24	FW	Gary Madine	Coventry City	1-month	29 November 2014
24	FW	Gary Madine	Coventry City	1-month	2 January 2015
—	FW	Emmanuel Dieseruvwe	Chesterfield	1-month	3 January 2015
25	DF	Matt Young	Carlisle United	1-month	10 January 2015
25	DF	Matt Young	Carlisle United	4-months	30 January 2015
13	MF	Caolan Lavery	Chesterfield	1-month	2 February 2015
24	FW	Gary Madine	Blackpool	4-months	10 February 2015
14	MF	Giles Coke	Bolton Wanderers	2-months	5 March 2015
13	MF	Caolan Lavery	Chesterfield	2-months (Recalled 15 March 2015)	9 March 2015
21	MF	Paul Corry	Carlisle United	1-month	12 April 2015
23	GK	Joe Wildsmith	Barnsley	1-month	25 April 2015

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
DF	Dejan Kelhar	4 months	2 February 2015	June 2015

Debuts

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

#	Position	Player	Date	Opponents	Ground	Ref
1	GK	Keiren Westwood	9 August 2014	Brighton & Hove Albion	Falmer Stadium
15	DF	Tom Lees	9 August 2014	Brighton & Hove Albion	Falmer 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
12	FW	Gary Taylor-Fletcher	25 October 2014	Norwich City	Hillsborough
37	MF	Lewis McGugan	22 November 2014	Huddersfield Town	The John Smith's Stadium
11	MF	Lewis Baker	10 January 2015	Nottingham Forest	City Ground
48	FW	Will Keane	27 January 2015	Birmingham City	Hillsborough
36	DF	Marnick Vermijl	7 February 2015	Cardiff City	Hillsborough
28	FW	Sergiu Buș	7 February 2015	Cardiff City	Hillsborough
33	MF	Filipe Melo	10 February 2015	Ipswich Town	Portman Road

International call-ups

No	Pos	Name	Team	Competition	Opposition	Date	Caps	Goals	Ref
30	GK	Cameron Dawson	England U-19	UEFA European 2014 Under-19 Championship Elite Qualifier	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
1	GK	Keiren Westwood	Republic of Ireland	Friendly, UEFA Euro 2016 Qualifier	Oman, Georgia	3 September, 7 September 2014	17	0
7	FW	Stevie May	Scotland U21	UEFA U21 Euro 2015 qualifier	Slovakia U21, Luxembourg U21	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
1	GK	Keiren Westwood	Republic of Ireland	UEFA Euro 2016 Qualifier	Gibraltar, Germany	11 October, 14 October 2014	17	0
7	FW	Stevie May	Scotland	UEFA Euro 2016 Qualifier	Georgia, Poland	11 October, 14 October 2014	0	0
23	GK	Joe Wildsmith	England U-20	Under-20 Four Nations Tournament	Germany U-20, Netherlands U-20, Turkey U-20	9 October, 11 October, 13 October 2014	0	0
7	FW	Stevie May	Scotland	UEFA Euro 2016 Qualifier, Friendly	Republic of Ireland, England	14 November, 17 November 2014	1	0
23	GK	Joe Wildsmith	England U-20	Friendly	Canada U-20, Portugal U-20	12 November, 17 November 2014	0	0
18	DF	Kamil Zayatte	Guinea	2015 Africa Cup of Nations	Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Mali, Ghana	20 January, 24 January, 28 January, 1 February 2015	46	4
1	GK	Keiren Westwood	Republic of Ireland	UEFA Euro 2016 Qualifier	Poland	29 March 2015	17	0
7	FW	Stevie May	Scotland	Friendly, UEFA Euro 2016 Qualifier	Northern Ireland, Gibraltar	25 March, 29 March 2015	1	0
19	MF	Jacques Maghoma	DR Congo	Friendly	Iraq, Iraq	28 March, 30 March 2015	1	0

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	Falmer 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	2–1	Sheffield Wednesday	Cardiff City Stadium
15:00	Morrison 39' Pilkington 61'	Report	Mattock  38' Morrison 51' (o.g.) Loovens  84'	Attendance: 20,901 Referee: Michael Bull

Sheffield Wednesday v Ipswich Town

30 September 2014 10	Sheffield Wednesday	1–1	Ipswich Town	Hillsborough
19:45	Nuhiu 5' Maguire  68' Mattock  90'	Report	Williams 62'	Attendance: 18,093 Referee: Darren Bond

Leeds United v Sheffield Wednesday

4 October 2014 11	Leeds United	1–1	Sheffield Wednesday	Elland Road
12:15	Berardi  66' Bellusci  67' 79' Byram  71'	Report	Nuhiu  41' Maguire 52'  66' Lee  72' Semedo  78'	Attendance: 24,094 Referee: James Adcock

Sheffield Wednesday v Watford

18 October 2014 12	Sheffield Wednesday	0–3	Watford	Hillsborough
15:00	Drenthe  88'	Report	Ighalo 21' Abdi 38' Ekstrand  44' Pudil  55' Vydra 69'	Attendance: 20,909 Referee: Jeremy Simpson

Brentford v Sheffield Wednesday

21 October 2014 13	Brentford	0–0	Sheffield Wednesday	Griffin Park
19:45	McCormack  67'	Report	Mattock  70' May  84'	Attendance: 10,826 Referee: Oliver Langford

Sheffield Wednesday v Norwich City

25 October 2014 14	Sheffield Wednesday	0–0	Norwich City	Hillsborough
15:00	Maguire  42' Hélan  45+3' Lee  83' Semedo  90'	Report	Johnson  30' Turner  50' Tettey  90+4'	Attendance: 20,898 Referee: Stuart Attwell

Charlton Athletic v Sheffield Wednesday

1 November 2014 15	Charlton Athletic	1–1	Sheffield Wednesday	The Valley
15:00	Vetokele 70'	Report	Drenthe 27'	Attendance: 16,850 Referee: Andy D'Urso

Sheffield Wednesday v Bournemouth

4 November 2014 16	Sheffield Wednesday	0–2	Bournemouth	Hillsborough
19:45	Drenthe  27'  60' Maguire  66'	Report	Surman 65' Fraser 69'	Attendance: 16,881 Referee: Mike Dean

Sheffield Wednesday v Rotherham United

8 November 2014 17	Sheffield Wednesday	0–0	Rotherham United	Hillsborough
15:00		Report	Broadfoot  5'	Attendance: 26,986 Referee: Nigel Miller

Huddersfield Town v Sheffield Wednesday

22 November 2014 18	Huddersfield Town	0–0	Sheffield Wednesday	The John Smith's Stadium
15:00	Poyet  83'	Report	Drenthe  20' May  64' Loovens  80' Maguire  85'	Attendance: 14,389 Referee: Graham Salisbury

Sheffield Wednesday v Wigan Athletic

29 November 2014 19	Sheffield Wednesday	2–1	Wigan Athletic	Hillsborough
15:00	May 27' 71' Loovens  45' Semedo  52' Palmer  90+3'	Report	McCann 26' Ramis  43' Barnett  62'	Attendance: 20,609 Referee: Chris Kavanagh

Blackburn Rovers v Sheffield Wednesday

6 December 2014 20	Blackburn Rovers	1–2	Sheffield Wednesday	Ewood Park
15:00	Baptiste 16'	Report	Lee 3' Dielna 90+3'  90+4'	Attendance: 14,920 Referee: Stephen Martin

Sheffield Wednesday v Wolverhampton Wanderers

13 December 2014 21	Sheffield Wednesday	0–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Hillsborough
15:00	Nuhiu  49' Lee  79'	Report	Clarke 84'	Attendance: 20,598 Referee: Stuart Attwell

Fulham v Sheffield Wednesday

20 December 2014 22	Fulham	4–0	Sheffield Wednesday	Craven Cottage
15:00	Stafylidis  28' McCormack 34' Hutchinson 45' Fofana  55' Christensen 67' Woodrow 90+3' (pen.)	Report	Loovens  34' Hélan  45' Semedo  51'	Attendance: 21,123 Referee: Mike Jones

Sheffield Wednesday v Blackpool

26 December 2014 23	Sheffield Wednesday	1–0	Blackpool	Hillsborough
15:00	Maguire 39' (pen.)	Report	Clarke  26' McMahon  35' Miller  59'  90+5'	Attendance: 26,609 Referee: James Adcock

Wigan Athletic v Sheffield Wednesday

30 December 2014 24	Wigan Athletic	0–1	Sheffield Wednesday	DW Stadium
19:45	Kiernan  25' McManaman  68'	Report	Semedo  72' Nuhiu 77'  90+3' Maguire  84'	Attendance: 14,571 Referee: Dean Whitestone

Nottingham Forest v Sheffield Wednesday

10 January 2015 25	Nottingham Forest	0–2	Sheffield Wednesday	City Ground
15:00	Vaughan  89'	Report	Lee 45' Maguire 50'	Attendance: 22,209 Referee: Andy D'Urso

Sheffield Wednesday v Bolton Wanderers

17 January 2015 26	Sheffield Wednesday	1–2	Bolton Wanderers	Hillsborough
15:00	Maguire 28' (pen.) Maghoma  61' Lee  68' Hutchinson  73'  83' Westwood  80'	Report	Feeney 2' Pratley 25'  35' Vela  90+2'	Attendance: 22,617 Referee: Graham Scott

Sheffield Wednesday v Birmingham City

27 January 2015 27	Sheffield Wednesday	0–0	Birmingham City	Hillsborough
19:45	Nuhiu  90+1'	Report	Grounds  68' Cotterill  90'	Attendance: 18,385 Referee: Trevor Kettle

Reading v Sheffield Wednesday

31 January 2015 28	Reading	2–0	Sheffield Wednesday	Madejski Stadium
15:00	Pogrebnyak 29' Chalobah 40' Robson-Kanu 63' Hector  67'	Report	Loovens  34'	Attendance: 17,755 Referee: Brendan Malone

Sheffield Wednesday v Cardiff City

7 February 2015 29	Sheffield Wednesday	1–1	Cardiff City	Hillsborough
15:00	Maguire  27' Keane 75' (pen.) Hutchinson  90+1'	Report	Jones 7'  90+1' Whittingham  37' Doyle  60' Revell  85' Gunnarsson  90+5'	Attendance: 22,344 Referee: Kevin Wright

Ipswich Town v Sheffield Wednesday

10 February 2015 30	Ipswich Town	2–1	Sheffield Wednesday	Portman Road
19:45	Murphy 52' Chambers 67'	Report	Lee 20' Hutchinson  35'	Attendance: 17,306 Referee: Stuart Attwell

Sheffield Wednesday v Brighton & Hove Albion

14 February 2015 31	Sheffield Wednesday	0–0	Brighton & Hove Albion	Hillsborough
15:00	Semedo  22' Hutchinson  40'	[1]	Kayal  18' Bruno  43' Teixeira  90+4'	Attendance: 19,274 Referee: Scott Duncan

Derby County v Sheffield Wednesday

21 February 2015 32	Derby County	3–2	Sheffield Wednesday	iPro Stadium
15:00	Buxton 47' 68' Bent 77' (pen.) Hughes  90+1'	Report	McGugan 20' Hutchinson  50' Keane 55' Westwood  75' Lee  79' Nuhiu  86'	Attendance: 31,628 Referee: Darren Bond

Millwall v Sheffield Wednesday

24 February 2015 33	Millwall	1–3	Sheffield Wednesday	The Den
19:45	Fabbrini 90'	Report	Zayatte  18' McGugan 52' Nuhiu 72' May 83' Dielna  90+4'	Attendance: 8,568 Referee: James Linington

Sheffield Wednesday v Middlesbrough

28 February 2015 34	Sheffield Wednesday	2–0	Middlesbrough	Hillsborough
15:00	Nuhiu 52' (pen) Keane 54' Semedo  66' Dielna  90'	Report	Tomlin  66'	Attendance: 23,744 Referee: Stephen Martin

Sheffield Wednesday v Blackburn Rovers

4 March 2015 35	Sheffield Wednesday	1–2	Blackburn Rovers	Hillsborough
19:45	Maguire 61'	Report	Rhodes 17' Henley 26'  49' Brown  57' Spurr  60'	Attendance: 19,593 Referee: Eddie Ilderton

Blackpool v Sheffield Wednesday

7 March 2015 36	Blackpool	0–1	Sheffield Wednesday	Bloomfield Road
15:00	Barkhuizen  53' Telford  70' Clarke  77'	Report	Lees  15' McGugan 54' Dielna  70' Hélan  80'	Attendance: 11,887 Referee: Graham Scott

Sheffield Wednesday v Fulham

14 March 2015 37	Sheffield Wednesday	1–1	Fulham	Hillsborough
15:00	May 55' Vermijl  58' Lee  64'	Report	Smith 75' Turner  78'	Attendance: 22,182 Referee: Andy Woolmer

Wolverhampton Wanderers v Sheffield Wednesday

17 March 2015 38	Wolverhampton Wanderers	3–0	Sheffield Wednesday	Molineux Stadium
19:45	Sako 18' (pen) Afobe 55' Henry 67'	Report	Dielna  18' McGugan  86'	Attendance: 18,687 Referee: Simon Hooper

Rotherham United v Sheffield Wednesday

21 March 2015 39	Rotherham United	2–3	Sheffield Wednesday	New York Stadium
15:00	Pringle 57' Morgan  75' Bowery 87' Hunt  90+3'	Report	Mattock  20' Hutchinson  44' Lavery 86' Nuhiu 90+3' Lee 90+8'	Attendance: 11,707 Referee: Oliver Langford

Sheffield Wednesday v Huddersfield Town

4 April 2015 40	Sheffield Wednesday	1–1	Huddersfield Town	Hillsborough
15:00	Buș 86'	Report	Coady  45' Lynch  67' Hudson  81' Miller 89'	Attendance: 20,851 Referee: Mark Haywood

Norwich v Sheffield Wednesday

6 April 2015 41	Norwich	2–0	Sheffield Wednesday	Carrow Road
15:00	Tettey  17' Johnson 33', 45',  55' Martin  52'	Report	Melo  6' McGugan  22'	Attendance: 26,993 Referee: Carl Boyeson

Sheffield Wednesday v Charlton Athletic

11 April 2015 42	Sheffield Wednesday	1–1	Charlton Athletic	Hillsborough
15:00	Lavery 41' Hutchinson  52' Hélan  60'	Report	Berg Guðmundsson 75' Solly  85' Buyens  90'	Attendance: 23,257 Referee: Darren Bond

Sheffield Wednesday v Brentford

14 April 2015 43	Sheffield Wednesday	1–0	Brentford	Hillsborough
19:45	Lee 75' Maguire  90'	Report	Douglas  90'	Attendance: 17,416 Referee: Mark Brown

Bournemouth v Sheffield Wednesday

18 April 2015 44	Bournemouth	2–2	Sheffield Wednesday	Goldsands Stadium
15:00	Cook 31' Kermorgant 69' Francis  58'  78' Ritchie 84'	Report	Isgrove  2' Lee 36' Hélan  61' Maguire 90' (pen.)	Attendance: 11,280 Referee: Paul Tierney

Sheffield Wednesday v Leeds United

25 April 2015 45	Sheffield Wednesday	1–2	Leeds United	Hillsborough
12:30	Hélan  14' Maguire 36' (pen.) Semedo  60'	Report	Bamba  35' Taylor 57' Murphy  69' Morison 72'	Attendance: 28,227 Referee: Robert Madley

Watford v Sheffield Wednesday

2 May 2015 46	Watford	1–1	Sheffield Wednesday	Vicarage Road
12:30	Vydra 25'	Report	Semedo  73' Nuhiu 90'	Attendance: 20,250 Referee: Lee Probert

Last updated: 2 May 2015
Source: [2]

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	7–0	Sheffield Wednesday	Etihad Stadium
19:45	Lampard 47' 90+3' Džeko 53' 77' Navas 54' Touré 60' (pen.) Mangala  63' Pozo 88'	Report	Zayatte  59'	Attendance: 32,346 Referee: Paul Tierney

FA Cup

Manchester City v Sheffield Wednesday

4 January 2015 Round 3	Manchester City	2–1	Sheffield Wednesday	Etihad Stadium
15:00	Milner 66' 90+1'	Report	Nuhiu 14' Palmer  45+1'	Attendance: 44,309 Referee: Michael Oliver

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 2 April 2015

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Championship		FA Cup		League Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	IRL	Keiren Westwood	38	0	38+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
2	DF	ENG	Lewis Buxton	4	0	2+1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
3	DF	ENG	Joe Mattock	28	0	22+3	0	0+0	0	3+0	0
4	MF	ENG	Sam Hutchinson	16	0	12+4	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
5	DF	NED	Glenn Loovens	28	0	26+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
6	MF	POR	José Semedo	31	0	25+3	0	1+0	0	2+0	0
7	FW	SCO	Stevie May	37	7	25+9	7	1+0	0	1+1	0
8	MF	SCO	Liam Palmer	39	0	35+0	0	1+0	0	3+0	0
9	FW	AUT	Atdhe Nuhiu	42	10	30+8	7	1+0	1	1+2	2
10	MF	SCO	Chris Maguire	39	6	31+4	6	0+1	0	3+0	0
13	FW	NIR	Caolan Lavery	7	1	0+6	1	0+1	0	0+0	0
15	DF	ENG	Tom Lees	41	0	37+0	0	1+0	0	3+0	0
16	MF	SCO	Rhys McCabe	3	0	0+1	0	0+1	0	0+1	0
17	MF	FRA	Jérémy Hélan	36	1	20+13	1	1+0	0	1+1	0
18	DF	GUI	Kamil Zayatte	10	0	7+0	0	0+0	0	2+1	0
19	MF	COD	Jacques Maghoma	33	1	27+2	0	1+0	0	3+0	1
20	MF	ENG	Kieran Lee	26	4	21+4	4	1+0	0	0+0	0
22	DF	POR	Rafael Floro	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
26	DF	ENG	William De Havilland	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
27	MF	WAL	Lloyd Isgrove	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
28	FW	ROU	Sergiu Buș	2	0	1+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
30	GK	ENG	Cameron Dawson	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
33	MF	POR	Filipe Melo	2	0	0+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
35	DF	FRA	Claude Dielna	24	1	13+9	1	1+0	0	0+1	0
36	DF	BEL	Marnick Vermijl	6	0	4+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
37	MF	ENG	Lewis McGugan	18	3	17+1	3	0+0	0	0+0	0
43	GK	ENG	Chris Kirkland	6	0	1+1	0	1+0	0	3+0	0
44	DF	SVN	Dejan Kelhar	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
48	FW	ENG	Will Keane	11	3	11+0	3	0+0	0	0+0	0
Players for Sheffield Wednesday who are currently out on loan:
14	MF	ENG	Giles Coke	16	1	9+4	1	0+0	0	3+0	0
21	MF	IRL	Paul Corry	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
23	GK	ENG	Joe Wildsmith	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
24	FW	ENG	Gary Madine	13	1	1+9	0	0+0	0	3+0	1
25	DF	ENG	Matt Young	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
Sheffield Wednesday players from this season that are no longer at the club:
11	MF	NED	Royston Drenthe	15	1	7+8	1	0+0	0	0+0	0
12	FW	ENG	Gary Taylor-Fletcher	4	0	2+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
28	FW	ENG	Hallam Hope	4	0	1+3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0

Top goal scorers

As of 2 May 2015

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Championship	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
1	FW		9	Atdhe Nuhiu	8	1	2	11
2	MF		10	Chris Maguire	8	0	0	8
3	FW		7	Stevie May	7	0	0	7
4	MF		20	Kieran Lee	6	0	0	6
=	FW		48	Will Keane	3	0	0	3
=	MF		37	Lewis McGugan	3	0	0	3
7	FW		13	Caolan Lavery	2	0	0	2
8	MF		14	Giles Coke	1	0	0	1
9	MF		17	Jérémy Hélan	1	0	0	1
=	MF		11	Royston Drenthe	1	0	0	1
=	DF		35	Claude Dielna	1	0	0	1
=	MF		19	Jacques Maghoma	0	0	1	1
=	FW		24	Gary Madine	0	0	1	1
=	FW		28	Sergiu Buș	1	0	0	1

Disciplinary record

As of 2 May 2015

Place	No.	Nation	Position	Name	Championship		FA Cup		League Cup		Total
1	10		MF	Chris Maguire	10	0	0	0	1	0	11	0
=	6		MF	José Semedo	11	0	0	0	0	0	11	0
3	4		MF	Sam Hutchinson	8	1	0	0	0	0	8	1
=	5		DF	Glenn Loovens	10	0	0	0	0	0	10	0
5	11		MF	Royston Drenthe	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	1
=	1		GK	Keiren Westwood	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	1
7	18		DF	Kamil Zayatte	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1
8	9		FW	Atdhe Nuhiu	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
=	3		DF	Joe Mattock	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
=	17		MF	Jérémy Hélan	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
11	20		MF	Kieran Lee	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
=	35		DF	Claude Dielna	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
13	8		DF	Liam Palmer	3	0	1	0	0	0	4	0
14	37		MF	Lewis McGugan	2	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
15	7		FW	Stevie May	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
=	19		MF	Jacques Maghoma	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
=	14		MF	Giles Coke	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
18	33		MF	Felipe Melo	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
=	27		MF	Lloyd Isgrove	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	12th		9 August 2014	2 May 2015
FA Cup	Round 3	Round 3	Round 3	4 January 2015	4 January 2015
League Cup	Round 1	Round 3	Round 3	12 August 2014	24 September 2014

Championship

Classification

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
11	Cardiff City	46	16	14	16	57	61	−4	62
12	Charlton Athletic	46	14	18	14	54	60	−6	60
13	Sheffield Wednesday	46	14	18	14	43	49	−6	60
14	Nottingham Forest	46	15	14	17	71	69	+2	59
15	Leeds United	46	15	11	20	50	61	−11	56

Updated to match(es) played on 2 May 2015. Source: Sky Sports
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

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
46	14	18	14	43	49	−6	60	5	11	7	16	20	−4	9	7	7	27	29	−2

Last updated: 2 May 2015.
Source: Championship

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46
Ground	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A
Result	W	D	D	W	L	D	W	W	L	D	D	L	D	D	D	L	D	D	W	W	L	L	W	W	W	L	D	L	D	L	D	L	W	W	L	W	D	L	W	D	L	D	W	D	L	D
Position	8	9	10	6	10	12	8	6	9	9	9	11	13	12	13	14	13	13	13	12	13	14	13	10	9	9	9	10	10	11	11	12	11	10	11	10	11	12	12	12	12	13	11	12	14	13

Updated to match(es) played on 2 May 2015. Source: BBC Sport
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Awards

Sheffield Wednesday Player of the Month

Month	First	%	Second	%	Third	%	Ref
August	Atdhe Nuhiu	53%	Tom Lees	23%	Keiren Westwood	9%
September	Keiren Westwood	45%	Tom Lees	20%	Stevie May	17%
October	Keiren Westwood	88%	——————————	——	——————————	——
November	Tom Lees	33%	Keiren Westwood	32%	Jérémy Hélan	16%
December	Keiren Westwood	45%	Jérémy Hélan	18%	Tom Lees	8%
January	José Semedo	41%	Keiren Westwood	34%	Tom Lees	9%
February	Lewis McGugan	62%	José Semedo	12%	Kieran Lee	5%
March	Lewis McGugan	78%	Keiren Westwood	7%	Kieran Lee	6%

Sky Bet Football League Team of the Week

Week	Player(s)	Ref
11 August – 17 August	Giles Coke
22 September – 28 September	Keiren Westwood
27 October – 2 November	Keiren Westwood
8 December – 14 December	Claude Dielna
12 January – 18 January	Glenn Loovens