2017–18 Sheffield Wednesday F.C. season

The 2017–18 season was Sheffield Wednesday's sixth consecutive season in the Championship.^[1] Along with competing in the Championship, the club also participated in the FA Cup and EFL Cup.

Sheffield Wednesday

2017–18 season
Chairman	Dejphon Chansiri
Manager	Carlos Carvalhal (until 24 December 2017) Lee Bullen (caretaker; 24 December 2017 – 5 January 2018) Jos Luhukay (from 5 January 2018)
Stadium	Hillsborough, Owlerton
Championship	15th
FA Cup	5th round (eliminated by Swansea City)
EFL Cup	2nd round (eliminated by Bolton Wanderers)
Top goalscorer	League: Atdhe Nuhiu (11) All: Atdhe Nuhiu (14)
Highest home attendance	32,839 (vs. Sheffield United; Championship)
Lowest home attendance	11,682 (vs. Chesterfield; League Cup)
Average home league attendance	25,995
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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The season covers the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.

Overview

August

Sheffield Wednesday kicked off their 2017–18 campaign with an away game against Preston North End, which they lost 1–0. This was followed by a 4–1 win against Chesterfield in the first round of the EFL Cup, which was The Owls' first game of the season at Hillsborough. A few days later, Sheffield Wednesday's first home league game of the season ended in a 1–1 draw against Queens Park Rangers, with Sam Winnall scoring an equalising goal in the second half. Another 1–1 draw at home followed, with David Jones scoring his first goal for the club to equalise against the recently relegated Sunderland.

The Owls' first league win of the season came against Fulham, with Owls striker Steven Fletcher scoring the only goal of the game. The Owls' final game of the month was a disappointing 1–1 draw at the Pirelli Stadium against Burton Albion followed, leaving Wednesday in 16th place in the league with six points.

September

The Owls started September with a home game against Nottingham Forest, which they won 3–1 with goals from Steven Fletcher, Gary Hooper and Kieran Lee (his first game upon return from injury) respectively. A few days later, Wednesday defeated Brentford 2–1 at home, with Gary Hooper and Ross Wallace both scoring. Up next was an away game at Cardiff City, with The Owls denied a win after a last second equalising goal. A heavy 4–2 loss followed in the home fixture of the Steel City derby, and Wednesday would again lose in their next game away at struggling Birmingham City, who earned only their second win of the season by defeating Wednesday 1–0 to leave them 14th in the Championship.

October

At the start of October, Sheffield Wednesday beat local rivals Leeds United 3–0 at Hillsborough, thanks to a brace from Gary Hooper and a goal from Kieran Lee. Two successive away defeats to Bolton Wanderers and Derby County respectively followed, with the next home game resulting in a 1–1 draw against local rivals Barnsley. In their fifth and final game in October, Wednesday earned a 2–1 win at home against Millwall, with Adam Reach and Jordan Rhodes scoring for The Owls.

November

Wednesday started November with an away match at Villa Park, which ended in another 2–1 win for The Owls after winger Adam Reach and striker Jordan Rhodes both scored for the second game on the run. This match would ultimately prove to be the final victory at the club for manager Carlos Carvalhal, with Sheffield Wednesday failing to win another game during the rest of November, with three consecutive draws against Bristol City at Hillsborough and Ipswich Town and Reading away respectively.

December

December started with a 2–2 draw at Hillsborough against Hull City, with The Owls being denied the points in the very last minute of the game. Three consecutive losses followed to continue The Owls' disappointing run, losing 3–1 away at Norwich City away, 1–0 to Wolves and 2–1 to Middlesbrough at Hillsborough, with the latter being Carlos Carvalhal's final game in charge of the club. The Portuguese left the club by mutual consent on Christmas Eve, after two and a half seasons at the helm of the club.

Lee Bullen was appointed caretaker manager until a permanent appointment is made. Bullen's first came as caretaker resulted in a 3–0 victory over Nottingham Forest, with goals from Adam Reach, Jordan Rhodes and Lucas João. The Owls' final game of 2017 resulted in a 2–0 loss to Brentford at Griffin Park.

January

The Owls got off to a poor start in 2018, with a heavy 3–0 defeat at Hillsborough against Burton Albion.

On 5 January 2018, The Owls unveiled Jos Luhukay as the new manager of the club.^[2] For The Owls' game in the FA Cup third round against Carlisle United, which ended as disappointing goalless draw, Luhukay watched from the crowd. Luhukay's first game in charge of the club was the reverse leg of the Steel City derby at Bramall Lane, which ended in a goalless draw and saw the dismissal of captain Glenn Loovens sent off after he received two yellow cards.

Sheffield Wednesday's first victory of 2018 came in their FA Cup third round replay at Hillsborough, which Wednesday won 2–0 after Marco Matias and Atdhe Nuhiu both found the target for The Owls. The reverse league fixture against Cardiff City ended in another goalless draw, despite Adam Reach, Jordan Rhodes and Lucas João all having opportunities to score. Wednesday then faced Reading at home in the fourth round of the FA Cup, which ended in a 3–1 victory for The Owls, thanks to a brace from striker Atdhe Nuhiu and winger George Boyd's first goal for the club.

January ended in another goalless draw in the league for The Owls, this time against Middlesbrough at The Riverside Stadium.

February

Wednesday lost their first league game of February, which was a 3–1 defeat at Hillsborough against Birmingham City. A 1–1 away draw against Barnsley followed, with The Owls picking up their only league win of the month, a 2–0 home win, against Derby County. The Owls then faced former manager Carlos Carvalhal's new team Swansea City in the fifth round of the FA Cup, earning a replay after a 0–0 draw at Hillsborough.

Two successive league defeats followed, 2–1 away against Millwall and 4–2 at home against Aston Villa, with The Owls being 2–1 at half time in the latter. The Owls then bowed out of the FA Cup after losing 2–0 in their FA Cup replay against Swansea City.

March

March saw Wednesday's poor form in the league continue, losing 4–0 to Bristol City and 2–1 to Ipswich Town, the former being The Owls' heaviest defeat of the season. A 1–1 draw against Bolton Wanderers at Hillsborough followed, before The Owls defeated fierce local rivals Leeds 2–1 thanks to a brace from Atdhe Nuhiu, who scored the winning goal in extra time. Sheffield Wednesday then won 4–1 at home against Preston North End, with Atdhe Nuhiu scoring twice and a goal each from Lucas João and Fernando Forestieri.

April

In Sheffield Wednesday's first league game of April, they won 3–1 at the Stadium of Light, with Lucas João, vice captain Tom Lees and Atdhe Nuhiu all scoring. Two successive losses followed, 1–0 against promotion challengers Fulham and 4–2 against Queens Park Rangers.

Wednesday then won their next two league games, with a rare Jordan Rhodes goal against Hull City enough to earn The Owls three points. In the next league fixture, which was against Reading at Hillsborough, Fernando Forestieri scored a brace with George Boyd also scoring in a 3–0 win. The final game of April was a 0–0 draw with Wolves.

May

Sheffield Wednesday ended the 2017/18 season with a 5–1 win over Norwich City at Hillsborough, with Atdhe Nuhiu scoring a hattrick and Fernando Forestieri and on-loan central defender Frederico Venâncio scoring a goal each. It was also Owls captain Glenn Loovens' final game for the club, with his contract expiring at the end of the season.

Player transfers & contracts

Transfers in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
3 July 2017	RM		George Boyd	Burnley	Free	[3]
30 August 2017	CB		Joost van Aken	SC Heerenveen	Undisclosed	[4]
18 January 2018	CM		Joey Pelupessy	Heracles Almelo	Undisclosed	[5]

Transfers out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2017	CB		Claude Dielna	New England Revolution	Released	[a]
1 July 2017	LM		Urby Emanuelson	FC Utrecht	Released	[b]
1 July 2017	CB		Darryl Lachman	Willem II	Released	[c]
1 July 2017	CB		Vincent Sasso	Belenenses	Released	[d]
1 July 2017	DM		Jose Semedo	Vitória F.C.	Released	[e]
1 July 2017	RW		Modou Sougou	Free agent	Released
10 July 2017	CM		Filipe Melo	Chaves	Free transfer	[11]
31 August 2017	CM		Lewis McGugan	Northampton Town	Released	[12][f]
3 March 2018	CM		James Murphy	Los Angeles FC	Undisclosed	[14]

1. Claude Dielna joined New England Revolution following his release.^[6]
2. Urby Emanuelson joined FC Utrecht following his release.^[7]
3. Darryl Lachman joined Willem II following his release.^[8]
4. Vincent Sasso joined Belenenses following his release.^[9]
5. Jose Semedo joined Vitoria de Setúbal following his release.^[10]
6. Lewis McGugan joined Northampton Town following his release.^[13]

Loans in

Start date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	End date	Ref.
16 August 2017	CB		Frederico Venâncio	Vitória de Setúbal	End of season	[15]
31 August 2017	CM		Jacob Butterfield	Derby County	End of season	[16]

Loans out

Start date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	End date	Ref.
31 August 2017	FW		Sam Winnall	Derby County	30 June 2018	[17]
6 December 2017	GK		Cameron Dawson	Chesterfield	20 December 2017	[18]
5 January 2018	GK		Jake Kean	Grimsby Town	30 June 2018	[19]
31 January 2018	MF		Matt Penney	Mansfield Town	30 June 2018	[20]

New contracts

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	Length	Expiry	Ref.
28 June 2017	GK		Cameron Dawson	3 years	June 2020	[21]
9 August 2017	GK		Joe Wildsmith	5 years	June 2022	[22]
18 December 2017	DF		Frederik Nielsen	1 1⁄2 years	June 2019	[23]
4 January 2018	MF		Matt Penney	1 1⁄2 years	June 2019	[24]
2 February 2018	MF		Alex Hunt	2 1⁄2 years	June 2020	[25]
15 February 2018	DF		Jordan Thorniley	3 1⁄2 years	June 2021	[26]
16 February 2018	DF		Connor O'Grady	1 1⁄2 years	June 2019	[27]
16 February 2018	MF		Jack Stobbs	2 1⁄2 years	June 2020	[28]
5 March 2018	MF		Connor Kirby	2 1⁄2 years	June 2020	[29]
25 April 2018	DF		Ash Baker	2 1⁄2 years	June 2020	[30]
1 May 2018	DF		Daniel Pudil	1 years	June 2019	[31]
2 May 2018	MF		Warren Clark	1 years	June 2019	[32]
2 May 2018	MF		Jack Lee	2 years	June 2020	[33]
3 May 2018	DF		Ciaran Brennan	—	—	[34]
4 May 2018	DF		Joe West	1 year	June 2019	[35]
10 May 2018	FW		Atdhe Nuhiu	2 years	June 2020	[36]
11 May 2018	GK		Dan Wallis	1 year	June 2019	[37]
11 May 2018	MF		Ben Hughes	1 year	June 2019	[38]
25 June 2018	FW		Preslav Borukov	2 years	June 2020	[39]

Competitions

Friendlies

As of 12 July 2017, Sheffield Wednesday have announced seven pre-season friendlies against Alfreton Town, Mansfield Town, Doncaster Rovers,^[40] Portimonense,^[41] Vitória de Setúbal^[42] Farense^[43] and Rangers.^[44]

Alfreton Town v Sheffield Wednesday

11 July 2017	Alfreton Town	0–5	Sheffield Wednesday	Alfreton
19:30 BST		Report	Rhodes 22', 24' Nuhiu 62' Reach 66' O'Grady 88'	Stadium: North Street Attendance: 1,426 Referee: Nigel Smith

Mansfield Town v Sheffield Wednesday

15 July 2017	Mansfield Town	2–3	Sheffield Wednesday	Mansfield
15:00 BST	Taft 32' Bennett 81'	Report	Rhodes 11' Lees 53' João 84'	Stadium: Field Mill Attendance: 4,319 Referee: John Brooks

Portimonense v Sheffield Wednesday

19 July 2017	Portimonense	0–1	Sheffield Wednesday	Portimão, Portugal
20:00 WEST		Report	Reach 25'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Portimão

Farense v Sheffield Wednesday

20 July 2017	Farense	1–1	Sheffield Wednesday	Ferreiras, Portugal
20:00 WEST	Jorginho 90'	Report	Fletcher 78'	Stadium: Estádio da Nora

Vitória de Setúbal v Sheffield Wednesday

22 July 2017	Vitória de Setúbal	0–0	Sheffield Wednesday	Albufeira, Portugal
20:00 WEST		Report		Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Albufeira

Doncaster Rovers v Sheffield Wednesday

26 July 2017	Doncaster Rovers	1–2	Sheffield Wednesday	Doncaster
19:30 BST	Mandeville 43'	Report	Winnall 30' Hooper 66'	Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium Attendance: 7,366 Referee: Darren England

Sheffield Wednesday v Rangers

30 July 2017	Sheffield Wednesday	0–2	Rangers	Owlerton, Sheffield
15:00 BST		Report	Windass 43' Miller 55'	Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium Attendance: 20,739 Referee: Ross Joyce

Championship

Main article: 2017–18 EFL Championship

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
13	Leeds United	46	17	9	20	59	64	−5	60
14	Norwich City	46	15	15	16	49	60	−11	60
15	Sheffield Wednesday	46	14	15	17	59	60	−1	57
16	Queens Park Rangers	46	15	11	20	58	70	−12	56
17	Nottingham Forest	46	15	8	23	51	65	−14	53

Source: English Football League
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	15	17	59	60	−1	57	8	7	8	37	31	+6	6	8	9	22	29	−7

Last updated: 6 May 2018.
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results by matchday

Matchday	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	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	L	D	D	W	D	W	W	D	L	L	W	L	L	D	W	W	D	D	D	D	L	L	L	W	L	L	D	D	D	L	D	W	L	L	L	L	D	W	W	W	L	L	W	W	D	W
Position	22	17	20	13	16	10	6	9	10	14	12	12	16	16	14	11	9	11	11	12	14	15	15	14	16	16	15	17	16	17	16	15	16	17	17	17	18	17	17	16	16	17	16	15	16	15

Updated to match(es) played on 6 May 2018. Source: Statto.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

On 21 June 2017, the league fixtures were announced.^[45][46]

Preston North End v Sheffield Wednesday

5 August 2017 1	Preston North End	1–0	Sheffield Wednesday	Deepdale, Preston
15:00 BST	Pearson  22' Hugill  67' Johnson 79' (pen.)	Report	Forestieri  33' Bannan  55' Pudil  74'	Stadium: Deepdale Stadium Attendance: 18,267 (5,706 away) Referee: Tony Harrington

Sheffield Wednesday v QPR

12 August 2017 2	Sheffield Wednesday	1–1	QPR	Owlerton, Sheffield
15:00 BST	Winnall 48'	Report	Mackie 23' Lynch  40' Bidwell  66' Scowen  82'	Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium Attendance: 25,537 (681 away) Referee: Chris Kavanagh

Sheffield Wednesday v Sunderland

16 August 2017 3	Sheffield Wednesday	1–1	Sunderland	Owlerton, Sheffield
19:45 BST	Jones 70'	Report	Honeyman 4' Galloway  77'	Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium Attendance: 27,631 (2,714 away) Referee: Steve Martin

Fulham v Sheffield Wednesday

19 August 2017 4	Fulham	0–1	Sheffield Wednesday	Fulham, London
15:00 BST	McDonald  72' Fredericks  90+1'	Report	Fletcher 64'	Stadium: Craven Cottage Attendance: 20,165 (3,108 away) Referee: Stuart Attwell

Burton Albion v Sheffield Wednesday

26 August 2017 5	Burton Albion	1–1	Sheffield Wednesday	Burton upon Trent
15:00 BST	Mason 65'	Report	Hooper 36' Jones  86' Fox  90'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 5,084 (1,661 away) Referee: Darren Bond

Sheffield Wednesday v Nottingham Forest

9 September 2017 6	Sheffield Wednesday	3–1	Nottingham Forest	Owlerton, Sheffield
17:30 BST	Hooper 23' Fletcher 63' Lee 70' Wallace  75'	Report	Osborn 29'	Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium Attendance: 25,710 (2,302 away) Referee: Andy Madley

Sheffield Wednesday v Brentford

12 September 2017 7	Sheffield Wednesday	2–1	Brentford	Owlerton, Sheffield
19:45 BST	Hooper 45+1' Wallace 70' Hunt  89' Rhodes  90+1' Lee  90+2'	Report	Yennaris 9'	Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium Attendance: 23,536 (325 away) Referee: Jeremy Simpson

Cardiff City v Sheffield Wednesday

16 September 2017 8	Cardiff City	1–1	Sheffield Wednesday	Leckwith, Cardiff
15:00 BST	Peltier  29' Bamba 90+4'	Report	Hooper 39' Pudil  44' van Aken  62'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 19,137 (2,148 away) Referee: Lee Probert

Sheffield Wednesday v Sheffield United

24 September 2017 9	Sheffield Wednesday	2–4	Sheffield United	Owlerton, Sheffield
13:15 BST	Bannan  12' Hooper 45+2' João 66'	Report	Fleck 3',  90+1' Clarke 15', 77' Duffy 67' Basham  75'	Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium Attendance: 32,839 (2,945 away) Referee: Simon Hooper

Birmingham City v Sheffield Wednesday

27 September 2017 10	Birmingham City	1–0	Sheffield Wednesday	Bordesley, Birmingham
19:45 BST	Vassell 76'	Report		Stadium: St Andrews Attendance: 20,365 (2,494 away) Referee: Steve Martin

Sheffield Wednesday v Leeds United

1 October 2017 11	Sheffield Wednesday	3–0	Leeds United	Owlerton, Sheffield
15:00 BST	Hooper 25', 41' Lee 82' Palmer  90+5'	Report		Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium Attendance: 27,972 (4,600 away) Referee: Andy Madley

Bolton Wanderers v Sheffield Wednesday

14 October 2017 12	Bolton Wanderers	2–1	Sheffield Wednesday	Horwich, Bolton
15:00 BST	Ameobi 10' Beevers  46' Hutchinson 61' (o.g.) Morais  68' Vela  84'	Report	Hunt  39' Lee 68',  88' Hooper  84'	Stadium: Macron Stadium Attendance: 17,967 (4,797 away) Referee: David Coote

Derby County v Sheffield Wednesday

21 October 2017 13	Derby County	2–0	Sheffield Wednesday	Pride Park, Derby
15:00 BST	Vydra 5' (pen.) Nugent  45+2' Russell  48' Johnson 86'	Report	Loovens Lee  21' Reach  64'	Stadium: Pride Park Stadium Attendance: 27,426 (3,154 away) Referee: Scott Duncan

Sheffield Wednesday v Barnsley

28 October 2017 14	Sheffield Wednesday	1–1	Barnsley	Owlerton, Sheffield
12:30 GMT	Reach 34',  87' van Aken  45'	Report	Hammill  37' Barnes 67'	Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium Attendance: 27,097 (2,410 away) Referee: Anthony Taylor

Sheffield Wednesday v Millwall

31 October 2017 15	Sheffield Wednesday	2–1	Millwall	Owlerton, Sheffield
19:45 GMT	Reach 3' Rhodes 43'	Report	Elliott 13' Cooper  53'  90+3'	Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium Attendance: 23,403 (367 away) Referee: James Linington

Aston Villa v Sheffield Wednesday

4 November 2017 16	Aston Villa	1–2	Sheffield Wednesday	Aston, Birmingham
15:00 GMT	Samba 90+6'	Report	Reach 1' Rhodes 23' Wallace  56'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 33,154 (2,718 away) Referee: Geoff Eltringham

Sheffield Wednesday v Bristol City

18 November 2017 17	Sheffield Wednesday	0–0	Bristol City	Hillsborough, Sheffield
15:00 GMT	Fox  72'	Report	Baker  90+1'	Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium Attendance: 25,916 (1,082 away) Referee: Tony Harrington

Ipswich Town v Sheffield Wednesday

22 November 2017 18	Ipswich Town	2–2	Sheffield Wednesday	Ipswich
19:45 GMT	Garner 48' Skuse  59' Waghorn 70'	Report	Hooper 64' (pen.) Lee  77' Hunt  81' Nuhiu 90+4'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 15,702 (1,158 away) Referee: Keith Stroud

Reading v Sheffield Wednesday

25 November 2017 19	Reading	0–0	Sheffield Wednesday	Reading
15:00 GMT		Report	Loovens  24'	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 18,382 (3,055 away) Referee: David Coote

Sheffield Wednesday v Hull City

2 December 2017 20	Sheffield Wednesday	2–2	Hull City	Owlerton, Sheffield
15:00 GMT	van Aken  35' Reach  48' Hooper  45+1', 70', 85'	Report	Campbell 21' Stewart  52' Larsson  71' Dawson 90+5'	Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium Attendance: 25,412 (1,783 away) Referee: Mike Jones

Norwich City v Sheffield Wednesday

9 December 2017 21	Norwich City	3–1	Sheffield Wednesday	Norwich
17:30 GMT	Vrancic  48' Maddison 55' Klose 68' Oliveira 90+5' (pen.)	Report	Rhodes 18'	Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 25,561 (1,553 away) Referee: James Linington

Sheffield Wednesday v Wolves

15 December 2017 22	Sheffield Wednesday	0–1	Wolves	Owlerton, Sheffield
19:45 GMT	Butterfield  33' Fox  59'  86'	Report	Jota  29' Neves 34'  82' Bennett  43'	Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium Attendance: 23,809 (1,267 away) Referee: Darren Bond

Sheffield Wednesday v Middlesbrough

23 December 2017 23	Sheffield Wednesday	1–2	Middlesbrough	Owlerton, Sheffield
15:00 GMT	Wallace 30' Palmer  33' van Aken  57'	Report	Leadbitter 71' Howson 71' Shotton 83'	Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium Attendance: 27,471 (3,179 away) Referee: Peter Bankes

Nottingham Forest v Sheffield Wednesday

26 December 2017 24	Nottingham Forest	0–3	Sheffield Wednesday	Nottingham
15:00 GMT	Brereton  88' Mancienne  90+5'	Report	Reach 5' Rhodes 45+1' (pen.) João 65'	Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 28,635 (2,001 away) Referee: Andy Madley

Brentford v Sheffield Wednesday

30 December 2017 25	Brentford	2–0	Sheffield Wednesday	Brentford, London
15:00 GMT	Vibe 20' Sawyers  39' Jofezoon 83'	Report	Wallace  39' Hutchinson  44' Pudil  49'	Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 10,853 (1,645 away) Referee: David Coote

Sheffield Wednesday v Burton Albion

1 January 2018 26	Sheffield Wednesday	0–3	Burton Albion	Owlerton, Sheffield
15:00 GMT	Butterfield  6' Wallace  90+2'	Report	Flanagan 37',  62' Dyer 50' Naylor 90'	Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium Attendance: 25,506 (387 away) Referee: Darren England

Sheffield United v Sheffield Wednesday

12 January 2018 27	Sheffield United	0–0	Sheffield Wednesday	Sheffield
19:45 GMT		Report	Loovens  25'  64' Venâncio  44' Wallace  74' Nuhiu  86'	Stadium: Bramall Lane Attendance: 31,120 (2,218 away) Referee: David Coote

Sheffield Wednesday v Cardiff City

20 January 2018 28	Sheffield Wednesday	0–0	Cardiff City	Owlerton, Sheffield
17:30 GMT	Wallace  77'	Report	Grujić  8' Bamba  40' Richards  90+2'	Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium Attendance: 23,277 (510 away) Referee: Roger East

Middlesbrough v Sheffield Wednesday

30 January 2018 29	Middlesbrough	0–0	Sheffield Wednesday	Middlesbrough
19:45 GMT		Report	Thorniley  11' Reach  87'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 24,120 (1,261 away) Referee: James Linington

Sheffield Wednesday v Birmingham City

3 February 2018 30	Sheffield Wednesday	1–3	Birmingham City	Owlerton, Sheffield
15:00 GMT	Matias  38' João 54' Pudil  37'  68' Nuhiu  68'	Report	Davis 8',  77' Jota 21', 45+5' Stockdale  36' Ndoye  79'	Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium Attendance: 25,648 (1,427 away) Referee: Scott Duncan

Barnsley v Sheffield Wednesday

10 February 2018 31	Barnsley	1–1	Sheffield Wednesday	Barnsley
12:15 GMT	McBurnie 21' Hammill 45'		Nuhiu 18',  19' Jones 79' Wallace 90+3'	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 16,858 (4,069 away) Referee: Lee Probert

Sheffield Wednesday v Derby County

13 February 2018 32	Sheffield Wednesday	2–0	Derby County	Owlerton, Sheffield
19:45 GMT	João 18', 47' Hunt  25' Loovens  81' Pudil  90'	Report	Ledley  58' Vydra  68' Forsyth  90+4'	Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium Attendance: 24,180 (1,791 away) Referee: David Coote

Millwall v Sheffield Wednesday

20 February 2018 33	Millwall	2–1	Sheffield Wednesday	Bermondsey, London
19:45 GMT	Gregory 52' Morison 63'	Report	Pelupessy 42',  90+11' Venâncio  47' Reach  76' Nuhiu  90+7'	Stadium: The Den Attendance: 11,007 (1,502 away) Referee: Peter Bankes

Sheffield Wednesday v Aston Villa

24 February 2018 34	Sheffield Wednesday	2–4	Aston Villa	Owlerton, Sheffield
15:00 GMT	Clare 14' Pelupessy  32' João 45+2' Boyd  82' Pudil  90+6'	Report	Grabban 21' Whelan 67' Hourihane 87' Snodgrass 90+3' (pen.)	Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium Attendance: 28,604 (4,630 away) Referee: Neil Swarbrick

Bristol City v Sheffield Wednesday

3 March 2018 35	Bristol City	4–0	Sheffield Wednesday	Ashton Gate, Bristol
15:00 GMT	Reid 13', 35', 62' (pen.) Pisano  22' Brownhill 43'	Report	Pudil  20' Palmer  59' Reach  82'	Stadium: Ashton Gate Attendance: 22,022 (1,426 away) Referee: Tony Harrington

Sheffield Wednesday v Ipswich Town

6 March 2018 36	Sheffield Wednesday	1–2	Ipswich Town	Owlerton, Sheffield
19:45 GMT	Boyd  33' João 69'	Report	Carter-Vickers  41' Waghorn 51', 83' Chambers  83'	Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium Attendance: 22,733 (536 away) Referee: Oliver Langford

Sheffield Wednesday v Bolton Wanderers

10 March 2018 37	Sheffield Wednesday	1–1	Bolton Wanderers	Owlerton, Sheffield
15:00 GMT	Boyd 78'	Report	Wilbraham 90+3'	Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium Attendance: 26,809 (1,752 away) Referee: Darren Bond

Leeds United v Sheffield Wednesday

17 March 2018 38	Leeds United	1–2	Sheffield Wednesday	Leeds
15:00 GMT	Grot 86'	Report	Hutchinson  63' Nuhiu  13', 71', 90+1' Reach  74' Wildsmith  90'	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 31,638 (2,039 away) Referee: Keith Stroud

Sheffield Wednesday v Preston North End

30 March 2018 39	Sheffield Wednesday	4–1	Preston North End	Owlerton, Sheffield
15:00 BST	Hutchinson  1' Nuhiu  16', 50', 90+2' João 52' Forestieri 90+6'	Report	Moult 72' Davies  90+5'	Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium Attendance: 26,588 (1,419 away) Referee: Tim Robinson

Sunderland v Sheffield Wednesday

2 April 2018 40	Sunderland	1–3	Sheffield Wednesday	Sunderland
15:00 BST	McGeady  50' Honeyman 61'	Report	Bannan  40' João 59' Lees 68' Nuhiu 75'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 29,786 (2,600 away) Referee: Simon Hooper

Sheffield Wednesday v Fulham

7 April 2018 41	Sheffield Wednesday	0–1	Fulham	Owlerton, Sheffield
15:00 BST	Pudil  85' Butterfield  90+1'	Report	Mitrovic 78'	Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium Attendance: 25,653 (1,453 away) Referee: Steve Martin

QPR v Sheffield Wednesday

10 April 2018 42	QPR	4–2	Sheffield Wednesday	Shepherd's Bush, London
BST	Smyth 8' Bidwell 10' Sylla 15', 53' (pen.) Scowen  40'	Report	Forestieri 61' Nuhiu 69' Pudil  86'	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 12,521 (1,529 away) Referee: Oliver Langford

Hull City v Sheffield Wednesday

14 April 2018 43	Hull City	0–1	Sheffield Wednesday	Kingston upon Hull
15:00 BST	Hector  40'	Report	Rhodes 18' Palmer  70'	Stadium: KCOM Stadium Attendance: 16,417 (2,357 away) Referee: Scott Duncan

Sheffield Wednesday v Reading

21 April 2018 44	Sheffield Wednesday	3–0	Reading	Owlerton, Sheffield
15:00 BST	Forestieri 34', 73' Boyd 52'	Report	Blackett  76'	Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium Attendance: 24,373 (341 away) Referee: Jeremy Simpson

Wolves v Sheffield Wednesday

28 April 2018 45	Wolves	0–0	Sheffield Wednesday	Wolverhampton
15:00 BST	Saiss  83'	Report		Stadium: Molineux Stadium Attendance: 29,794 (2,193 away) Referee: Simon Hooper

Sheffield Wednesday v Norwich City

6 May 2018 46	Sheffield Wednesday	5–1	Norwich City	Owlerton, Sheffield
12:30 BST	Nuhiu 14', 60', 90+3' (pen.),  28' Forestieri 30' Venâncio 58', Thorniley  89'	Report	Klose  57', 83'	Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium Attendance: 28,189 (1,529 away) Referee: Robert Jones

FA Cup

In the FA Cup, Sheffield Wednesday entered the competition in the third round and were drawn away to Carlisle United.^[47] The first game ended in a goalless draw, with the replay taking place at Hillsborough on 16 January. In the fourth round, The Owls were drawn against Reading at home.

On 29 January 2018, Sheffield Wednesday were drawn against either Notts County or Swansea City in the fifth round draw.

Carlisle United v Sheffield Wednesday

6 January 2018 3rd round	Carlisle United	0–0	Sheffield Wednesday	Carlisle
15:00 GMT	Cosgrove  45'	Report		Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 7,793 Referee: David Webb

Sheffield Wednesday v Carlisle United

16 January 2018 3rd round replay	Sheffield Wednesday	2–0	Carlisle United	Owlerton, Sheffield
19:45 GMT	Matias 28' Nuhiu 66'	Report		Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium Attendance: 12,003 Referee: Michael Salisbury

Sheffield Wednesday v Reading

26 January 2018 4th round	Sheffield Wednesday	3–1	Reading	Owlerton, Sheffield
19:45 GMT	Pelupessy  6' Matias  16' Nuhiu 29', 53' Boyd 61'	Report	Ilori  83' Dawson 87' (o.g.)	Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium Attendance: 14,848 Referee: John Brooks

Sheffield Wednesday v Swansea City

17 February 2018 5th round	Sheffield Wednesday	0–0	Swansea City	Owlerton, Sheffield
12:30 GMT	Wallace  78' Reach  83'	Report	van der Hoorn  65'	Stadium: Hillsborough Attendance: 19,427 Referee: Paul Tierney

Swansea City v Sheffield Wednesday

27 February 2018 5th round replay	Swansea City	2–0	Sheffield Wednesday	Landore, Swansea
19:45 GMT	J. Ayew 55' Dyer 80'	Report	Rhodes  65'	Stadium: Liberty Stadium Referee: Stuart Attwell

EFL Cup

On 16 June 2017, Sheffield Wednesday were drawn at home to Chesterfield in the first round.^[48] After winning their first-round game, The Owls were drawn against fellow EFL Championship side Bolton Wanderers on 10 August 2017.^[49]

Sheffield Wednesday v Chesterfield

8 August 2017 1st round	Sheffield Wednesday	4–1	Chesterfield	Owlerton, Sheffield
19:45 BST	Fletcher  37', 45+2' Hooper 43' Reach  49' Bannan 75' Hutchinson 83'	Report	Dennis 38' (pen.) McCourt  41'	Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium Attendance: 11,682 Referee: Ross Joyce

Bolton Wanderers v Sheffield Wednesday

22 August 2017 2nd round	Bolton Wanderers	3–2	Sheffield Wednesday	Horwich, Bolton
20:00 BST	Karacan  13', 64' Dervite  31', 42' Armstrong 57' (pen.)	Report	Pudil  18' Rhodes 76', 83' Bannan  88'	Stadium: Macron Stadium Attendance: 6,385 Referee: David Webb

Squad statistics

Appearances

As of 6 May 2018

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Championship		FA Cup		League Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	IRL	Keiren Westwood	18	0	18	0	0	0	0	0
2	DF	ENG	Jack Hunt	34	0	28+1	0	4	0	1	0
3	MF	ENG	David Jones	33	1	21+6	1	4+1	0	1	0
4	DF	NED	Joost van Aken	14	0	14	0	0	0	0	0
5	MF	ENG	Kieran Lee	15	3	10+5	3	0	0	0	0
6	DF	WAL	Morgan Fox	32	0	26+2	0	4	0	0	0
7	FW	SCO	Jordan Rhodes	34	7	17+13	5	1+2	0	1	2
8	MF	ENG	Jacob Butterfield	23	0	12+8	0	3	0	0	0
9	FW	SCO	Steven Fletcher	19	3	13+5	2	0	0	1	1
10	MF	SCO	Barry Bannan	31	1	28+1	0	0	0	2	1
11	FW	ENG	Sam Winnall	3	1	1+1	1	0	0	1	0
12	DF	NED	Glenn Loovens	23	0	20	0	3	0	0	0
14	FW	ENG	Gary Hooper	25	11	22+2	10	0	0	1	1
15	DF	ENG	Tom Lees	31	1	28+1	1	0	0	2	0
16	DF	SCO	Liam Palmer	26	0	17+6	0	1+1	0	1	0
17	FW	KOS	Atdhe Nuhiu	32	14	15+11	11	4	3	0+2	0
18	FW	POR	Lucas João	34	9	18+12	9	2+1	0	0+1	0
19	FW	POR	Marco Matias	14	1	2+7	0	2+1	1	0+2	0
20	MF	ENG	Adam Reach	52	4	45	4	4+1	0	2	0
21	MF	SCO	George Boyd	25	3	13+7	2	5	1	0	0
23	DF	ENG	Sam Hutchinson	9	1	7+1	0	0	0	0+1	1
24	DF	WAL	Ash Baker	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
25	GK	ENG	Cameron Dawson	7	0	3	0	4	0	0	0
26	DF	ENG	Connor O'Grady	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
28	GK	ENG	Joe Wildsmith	29	0	25+1	0	1	0	2	0
31	MF	ENG	Connor Kirby	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
32	MF	NED	Joey Pelupessy	20	1	18	1	1+1	0	0	0
33	MF	SCO	Ross Wallace	30	3	24+3	3	1	0	2	0
35	DF	DEN	Frederik Nielsen	4	0	0+3	0	1	0	0	0
36	DF	CZE	Daniel Pudil	31	0	24+2	0	3	0	2	0
38	MF	ENG	Sean Clare	5	1	4+1	1	0	0	0	0
39	DF	ENG	Jordan Thorniley	11	0	7+4	0	0	0	0	0
41	MF	SUI	Almen Abdi	6	0	1+3	0	0	0	2	0
44	MF	ENG	Jack Stobbs	3	0	2+1	0	0	0	0	0
45	FW	ITA	Fernando Forestieri	11	5	6+4	5	0	0	1	0
46	DF	POR	Frederico Venâncio	25	1	20	1	5	0	0	0

Goalscorers

As of 6 May 2018

Includes all competitive matches.

Rank	Pos.	Nat.	No.	Player	Championship	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
1	FW		17	Atdhe Nuhiu	11	3	–	14
2	FW		14	Gary Hooper	10	0	1	11
3	FW		18	Lucas João	9	0	–	9
4	FW		7	Jordan Rhodes	5	0	2	7
5	FW		45	Fernando Forestieri	4	0	–	4
	MF		20	Adam Reach	4	0	–	4
7	MF		21	George Boyd	2	1	–	3
	FW		9	Steven Fletcher	2	0	1	3
	MF		5	Kieran Lee	3	0	–	3
10	MF		33	Ross Wallace	2	0	–	2
11	MF		10	Barry Bannan	0	0	1	1
	MF		38	Sean Clare	1	0	–	1
	DF		23	Sam Hutchinson	0	0	1	1
	MF		3	David Jones	1	0	–	1
	DF		15	Tom Lees	1	0	0	1
	MF		19	Marco Matias	0	1	–	1
	MF		32	Joey Pelupessy	1	0	–	1
	FW		11	Sam Winnall	1	0	–	1
Own Goals					0	0	–	0
Total					48	5	6	59

Disciplinary record

As of 6 May 2018

No.	Pos.	Name	Championship		FA Cup		League Cup		Total
12	DF	Glenn Loovens	3	2	0	0	0	0	3	2
36	DF	Daniel Pudil	8	1	0	0	1	0	8	1
6	DF	Morgan Fox	3	1	0	0	0	0	3	1
19	FW	Marco Matias	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1
33	MF	Ross Wallace	8	0	0	0	0	0	8	0
17	FW	Atdhe Nuhiu	7	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
20	MF	Adam Reach	7	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
2	DF	Jack Hunt	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
10	MF	Barry Bannan	3	0	0	0	1	0	4	0
5	MF	Kieran Lee	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
4	DF	Joost van Aken	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
8	MF	Jacob Butterfield	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
4	MF	Sam Hutchinson	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
16	DF	Liam Palmer	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
32	MF	Joey Pelupessy	2	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
21	MF	George Boyd	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
14	FW	Gary Hooper	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
3	MF	David Jones	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
39	DF	Jordan Thorniley	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
46	DF	Frederico Venâncio	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
45	FW	Fernando Forestieri	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
7	FW	Jordan Rhodes	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
28	FW	Joe Wildsmith	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

Clean sheets

As of 6 May 2018

No.	Nat.	Player	Matches Played	Clean Sheet %	League	FA Cup	EFL Cup	TOTAL
25		Cameron Dawson	6	66.66%	2	2	0	4
28		Joe Wildsmith	29	24.13%	6	1	0	7
1		Keiren Westwood	18	20.83%	4	0	0	4
34		Jake Kean	0	0.00%	0	0	0	0

Awards

Player of the Month

Player of the Month awards for the 2017–18 season.

Month	First	%	Second	%	Third	%	Ref
August	Not awarded
September	Gary Hooper	89%	Barry Bannan	4%	Kieran Lee	3%	[50]
October	Adam Reach	42%	Barry Bannan	33%	Gary Hooper	10%	[51]
November	Barry Bannan	55%	Adam Reach	20%	Atdhe Nuhiu and Keiren Westwood	7%	[52]
December	Not awarded
January	Joe Wildsmith	40%	Atdhe Nuhiu	28%	Frederico Venancio	15%	[53]
February	Lucas Joao	34%	Adam Reach	21%	Sean Clare	20%	[54]
March	Atdhe Nuhiu	85%	-	-	-	-	[55]

Player of the Year

First	%	Second	%	Third	%	Ref
Adam Reach	55%	Atdhe Nuhiu	30%	Joe Wildsmith	7%	[56]