Sheffield Wednesday Football Club is a professional football club based in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. The club currently compete in the EFL Championship, the second tier of English football, but will compete in EFL League One, the third tier, in the 2026–27 season, following relegation in the 2025–26 season. The club is currently in administration.
Wednesday is one of the oldest football clubs in the world of any code, and the third-oldest professional association football club in England. In 1868 its team won the Cromwell Cup, only the second tournament of its kind. They were founding members and inaugural champions of the Football Alliance in 1889, before joining The Football League three years later. In 1992, they became founder members of the Premier League. The team has spent most of its league history in English football's top flight, but they have not played at that level since being relegated in 2000.
The Owls, as they are nicknamed, have won four league tit...