The 2018–19 season is Sheffield Wednesday's seventh consecutive season in the Championship. Along with competing in the Championship, the club will also participate in the FA Cup and EFL Cup.
The season covers the period from 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019.
Player transfers and contracts Transfers in Date from Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref. 16 August 2018 GK Cameron McCulloch Unattched Free 2 January 2019 FW Omar Damba RIASA Free 31 January 2019 DF Dominic Iorfa Wolverhampton Wanderers Undisclosed
Transfers out Date from Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref. 1 July 2018 CB Glenn Loovens Sunderland Released 1 July 2018 MF Ross Wallace Fleetwood Town Released 1 July 2018 GK Jake Kean Mansfield Town Released 1 July 2018 FW George Hirst OH Leuven Free transfer 6 July 2018 FB Jack Hunt Bristol City Undisclosed 16 September 2018 MF Sean Clare Heart of Midlothian Free transfer
Loans in Start date Position Nationality Name From End date Ref. 31 August 2018 MF Josh Onomah Tottenham Hotspur End of Season 31 August 2018 DF Michael Hector Chelsea End of Season 31 January 2019 MF Rolando Aarons Newcastle United End of Season 31 January 2019 DF Achraf Lazaar Newcastle United End of Season
Loans out Start date Position Nationality Name To End date Ref. 10 July 2018 FW Jordan Rhodes Norwich City End of Season 18 September 2018 GK Dan Wallis Frickley Athletic October 2018 28 March 2019 MF Ben Hughes Gainsborough Trinity End of Season
New contracts Date from Position Nationality Name Length Expiry Ref. 22 August 2018 FW Lucas João 3 years June 2021 29 August 2018 MF Barry Bannan 3 years June 2021 31 October 2018 DF Matt Penney 2 years June 2020 11 December 2018 MF Conor Grant —— 19 December 2018 DF Isaac Rice 2 1⁄2 years June 2021 20 December 2018 DF Josh Dawodu 2 1⁄2 years June 2021 21 December 2018 MF Liam Shaw 2 1⁄2 years June 2021
Competitions Friendlies As of 13 June 2018, Sheffield Wednesday have announced three pre-season friendlies against Lincoln City, Mansfield Town and Villarreal CF
Championship
League table
Results summary
Results by matchday
Matches August
September
October
November
December
January
February
March
April
May
FA Cup In the FA Cup, Sheffield Wednesday entered the competition in the third round and were drawn home to Luton Town. The fourth round draw was made live on BBC by Robbie Keane and Carl Ikeme from Wolverhampton on 7 January 2019.
EFL Cup
On 15 June 2018, the draw for the first round was made in Vietnam. The second round draw was made from the Stadium of Light on 16 August.
Squad statistics Appearances
Goalscorers
Includes all competitive matches.
PlayerChampionshipFA CupLeague CupTotal1FW9Steven Fletcher1100112FW18Lucas João1000103MF20Adam Reach80194FW19Marco Matias60175FW45Fernando Forestieri60066FW17Atdhe Nuhiu41057MF10Barry Bannan40048DF27Dominic Iorfa30039DF15Tom Lees2002DF34Michael Hector200210FW14Gary Hooper1001MF21George Boyd1001FW39Rolando Aarons1001Own Goals 1 0 01Total 59 1 262
Disciplinary record
No. Pos. Name Championship FA Cup League Cup Total 17 FW Atdhe Nuhiu 6 1 1 0 0 0 7 1 45 FW Fernando Forestieri 3 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 27 DF Dominic Iorfa 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 MF Barry Bannan 14 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 24 DF Ash Baker 6 0 0 0 1 0 7 0 23 MF Sam Hutchinson 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 2 DF Liam Palmer 4 0 1 0 0 0 5 0 15 DF Tom Lees 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 19 MF Marco Matias 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 34 DF Michael Hector 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 6 DF Morgan Fox 3 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 9 FW Steven Fletcher 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 18 FW Lucas João 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 42 DF Matt Penney 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 20 MF Adam Reach 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 21 MF George Boyd 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 8 MF Joey Pelupessy 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 11 FWSam Winnall 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 25 GK Cameron Dawson 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 GK Keiren Westwood 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 DF Joost van Aken 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12 DF Jordan Thorniley 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 39 MF Rolando Aarons 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 35 DF Frederik Nielsen 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
Clean sheets
No.Nat.PlayerMatches PlayedClean Sheet %LeagueFA CupEFL CupTOTAL1 Keiren Westwood 21 52.38% 11 00 1125 Cameron Dawson 28 17.86% 3 20 528 Joe Wildsmith 2 50% 0 01 1
Awards Player of the Month Player of the Month awards for the 2018–19 season.
Month First % Second % Third % RefAugust Barry Bannan69% Jordan Thorniley14% Matt Penney 7%September Matt Penney57% Barry Bannan20% Adam Reach 10%October Michael Hector40% Adam Reach32% Barry Bannan 10%November Cameron Dawson52% Jordan Thorniley10% Adam Reach 10%December Michael Hector33% Morgan Fox24% Kieren Westwood 17%January Steven Fletcher43% Kieren Westwood 17% Morgan Fox13%February Steven Fletcher51% Liam Palmer 29% Sam Hutchinson10%March Steven Fletcher31% Keiren Westwood 21% Dominic Iorfa16%April Barry Bannan50% Michael Hector20% Fernando Forestieri 13%
Player of the Year Player of the Year award for the 2018–19 season.
First % Second % Third % Ref Michael Hector42% Steven Fletcher16% Barry Bannan 13%
EFL Awards NoPosNameCompetitionAwardDateRef18Lucas JoaoChampionshipTeam of the WeekMatchday 510Barry BannanChampionshipSky Bet Championship Goal of the MonthAugust20Adam ReachChampionshipTeam of the WeekMatchday 1018Lucas JoaoChampionshipTeam of the WeekMatchday 1220Adam ReachChampionshipPFA Fans’ Championship Player of the MonthSeptember15Tom LeesChampionshipTeam of the WeekMatchday 2020Adam ReachChampionshipSky Bet Championship Goal of the Month October18Lucas JoaoChampionshipTeam of the WeekMatchday 2118Lucas JoaoChampionshipSky Bet Championship Goal of the MonthDecember
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