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2024–25 Wigan Athletic F.C. season

The 2024–25 season is the 93rd season in the history of Wigan Athletic Football Club and their second consecutive season in League One. In addition to the domestic league, the club would also participate in the FA Cup, the EFL Cup, and the EFL Trophy.

Wigan Athletic
2024–25 season
OwnerMike Danson
ChairmanBen Goodburn
ManagerShaun Maloney
StadiumBrick Community Stadium
← 2023–24
2025–26 →

The 2024/25 season is also the first season where Wigan Athletic is free from the transfer embargo that was placed upon the club by the English Football League despite Mike Danson's takeover of the club at the start of the 2023/24 campaign.[1]

Transfers

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In

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Date Pos. Player From Fee Ref.
14 June 2024[a] RM   Dion Rankine   Chelsea Undisclosed [2]
  1. ^ The transfer was announced on 13 June, and would become official on June 14 once the transfer window reopened

Out

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Date Pos. Player To Fee Ref.
14 June 2024[a] CB   Ethan Mitchell   AFC Fylde Undisclosed [3]
  1. ^ The transfer was announced on 3 June, and would become official on June 14 once the transfer window reopened

Loaned in

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Date Pos. Player From Date until Ref.
1 July 2024[a] RW   Michael Olakigbe   Brentford End of Season [4]
1 July 2024[b] RB   Calvin Ramsay   Liverpool End of Season [5]
  1. ^ The loan was announced on 29 May, and would officially commence on July 1
  2. ^ The loan was announced on 5 June, and would officially commence on July 1

Loaned out

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Date Position Player To Date until Ref

Released / Out of Contract

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Date Pos Player Subsequent club Join date Ref
30 June 2024 GK   Ben Amos [6]
30 June 2024 LW   Luke Brennan [6]
30 June 2024 CF   Youssef Chentouf [6]
30 June 2024 LB   Dylan Dwyer [6]
30 June 2024 CF   Stephen Humphrys [6]
30 June 2024 RB   Kieran Lloyd [6]
30 June 2024 CF   Josh Magennis [6]
30 June 2024 CF   Max McMillan [6]
30 June 2024 LB   Tom Pearce [6]
30 June 2024 CF   Joe Rodwell-Grant [6]
30 June 2024 CM   Abdi Sharif [6]
30 June 2024 GK   Matt Wonnacott [6]
30 June 2024 CF   Charlie Wyke [6]
30 June 2024 RW   Jordan Jones [7]

Pre-season and friendlies

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On 16 May, Wigan announced their first three pre-season friendlies, against Accrington Stanley, Chorley and Blackburn Rovers.[8] Four days later, the Latics confirmed a pre-season training camp in Hungary.[9] A fourth friendly was added on May 28, versus AFC Fylde.[10] A further two were later confirmed by the club, versus Tranmere Rovers and Barrow.[11]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

13 July 2024 Friendly Accrington Stanley v Wigan Athletic Accrington
14:00 BST Stadium: Crown Ground
Note: 2x 60min matches
19 July 2024 Friendly Chorley v Wigan Athletic Chorley
19:30 BST Stadium: Victory Park
20 July 2024 Friendly AFC Fylde v Wigan Athletic Medlar-with-Wesham
15:00 BST Stadium: Mill Farm Sports Village
27 July 2024 Friendly Wigan Athletic v Blackburn Rovers Wigan
15:00 BST Stadium: Brick Community Stadium
2 August 2024 Friendly Tranmere Rovers v Wigan Athletic Birkenhead
19:30 BST Stadium: Prenton Park
3 August 2024 Friendly Barrow v Wigan Athletic Barrow-in-Furness
15:00 BST Stadium: Holker Street

Competitions

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League One

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Main article: 2024–25 EFL League One

League table

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
19 Shrewsbury Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Stevenage 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 Stockport County 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Relegation to EFL League Two
22 Wigan Athletic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 Wrexham 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 Wycombe Wanderers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 10 August 2024. Source: EFL Official Website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Wins; 6) Away goals; 7) Penalty points (sec 9.5); 8) 12-point sending off offences[12]

Results summary

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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0  0

Last updated: pre-season.
Source: Soccerway

Matches

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

FA Cup

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Main article: 2024–25 FA Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

EFL Cup

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Main article: 2024–25 EFL Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

EFL Trophy

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Main article: 2024–25 EFL Trophy

In the group stage, Wigan were drawn into Northern Group C alongside Carlisle United, Morecambe and a TBC Category One Academy Side.[13]


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Statistics

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Appearances and goals

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As of pre-season

List includes all first team players and any other matchday squad players

No. Pos Nat Player Total League One FA Cup EFL Cup EFL Trophy
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
— GK   ENG Sam Tickle 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
— GK   ENG Tom Watson 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
Defenders
— DF   ENG James Carragher 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
— DF   ENG Sean Clare 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
— DF   ENG Charlie Hughes 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
— DF   SCO Jason Kerr 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
— DF   SCO Calvin Ramsay (on loan from Liverpool) 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
— DF   ENG Jack Reilly 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
— DF   SCO Luke Robinson 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
— DF   ENG Steven Sessegnon 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
Midfielders
— MF   NOR Thelo Aasgaard 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
— MF   Guernsey Joe Adams 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
— MF   IRL Baba Adeeko 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
— MF   ENG Kai Payne 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
— MF   ENG Dion Rankine 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
— MF   ENG Matt Smith 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
— MF   WAL Scott Smith 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
— MF   ENG Chris Sze 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
Forwards
— FW   ENG Callum McManaman 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
— FW   ENG Michael Olakigbe (on loan from Brentford) 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
— FW   ENG Jonny Smith 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
— FW   ENG Josh Stones 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

References

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  1. ^ "Wigan Athletic: Troubled club handed transfer embargo by EFL". BBC Sport. 2023-06-09. Retrieved 2024-06-07.
  2. ^ "Latics Sign Dion Rankine On A Permanent Deal From Chelsea". Wigan Athletic FC. 13 June 2024. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  3. ^ "Ethan Mitchell Makes Permanent AFC Fylde Switch". Wigan Athletic FC. 3 June 2024. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
  4. ^ "Michael Olakigbe Signs On Loan From Brentford". Wigan Athletic FC. 29 May 2024. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  5. ^ "Latics sign defender Calvin Ramsay on loan from Liverpool". Wigan Athletic FC. 5 June 2024. Retrieved 5 June 2024.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Wigan Athletic confirms retained list following the 2023/24 season". Wigan Athletic FC. 10 May 2024. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
  7. ^ FC, Wigan Athletic (2024-06-18). "Jordan Jones to leave Wigan Athletic". Wigan Athletic FC. Retrieved 2024-06-18.
  8. ^ "Three Pre-Season Friendlies Confirmed". Wigan Athletic FC. 16 May 2024. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
  9. ^ "Latics Set For July Pre-Season Training Camp". Wigan Athletic FC. 20 May 2024. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
  10. ^ "July Pre-Season Friendlies Confirmed". Wigan Athletic FC. 29 May 2024. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  11. ^ "Latics Confirm Full Pre-Season Schedule With Tranmere Rovers Away Fixture". Wigan Athletic FC. 4 June 2024. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
  12. ^ "EFL Regulations Section 3 – The League; subsection 9 – Method of Determining League Positions". EFL. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  13. ^ "Under-21 teams and Group Stage draw confirmed for 2024/25 Bristol Street Motors Trophy". English Football League. 24 June 2024. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
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