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Sheffield Wednesday

Heartbreak#5221.9

Sheffield, Sheffield · England · League One

League titles
4
last 1930
Major cups
8
last 1991
Top-2 finishes
5
Top-4 finishes
12

Power-ranking history

Rank (1 = best)1474Score (per-season normalised)0.00.51.059/6064/6569/7074/7579/8084/8589/9094/9599/00

Against expectation

Every English top-flight match this club has played, scored against the odds an Elo rating gave it before kick-off. Over 66 seasons from 1892-93 to 1999-00 it has fallen short of them by −1.3 match points.

1892-93 to 1999-00one bar per season · height in match points

Best season against expectation
1991-92 +19.1 league pts
75 points on 55.9 expected as Sheffield Wednesday
Worst season against expectation
1919-20 −14.0 league pts
23 points on 37.0 expected as Sheffield Wednesday

Season points use that season’s own scoring, two for a win before 1981-82 and three after; the bars use match points so the whole series is comparable. The rating only starts telling you much after about 1960. Before that, knowing the era’s home-and-away split is almost as good as knowing the teams.

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Greatest games

Sheffield Wednesday's top matches by the club Game Score: closeness, stakes, quality and upset over one unified rating of league and European play. H, A and N mark home, away and a neutral venue; a ★ is a curated all-time classic (tap it for the model's own score).All-time board.

1
1902-04-12 · First Division
85.2
game score
2
1907-04-20 · FA Cup · Final
79.9
game score
3
1930-03-22 · FA Cup · Semifinals
79.3
game score
4
1896-04-18 · FA Cup · Final
72.2
game score
5
1951-04-28 · First Division
71.8
game score
6
1935-03-02 · FA Cup · Quarterfinals
70.7
game score
7
1905-03-25 · FA Cup · Semifinals
70.4
game score
8
1993-05-20 · FA Cup · Final
69.3
game score
9
1894-03-10 · FA Cup · Semifinals
68.8
game score
10
1928-04-28 · First Division
68.3
game score

Footprint

Tiers played
L1, L2, L3
Top-flight (L1) seasons
66
Lower-tier league seasons
58
First season
1893
Most recent season
2026

The Heartbreak Index21.9 · #52

The Damned · Major trophy, 1991

21.9
Heartbreak
#52
of 1,138 clubs
#18
in Football
18.5
agony · 3.4 despair
The clocks
  • Major trophy since 19917.2
  • Major final appearance since 19933.5
  • League title since 19301.9
Priced pangs
  • The 18-Point Season · 2026 · 0.80 pangs
    Dead last in the Championship, 89 conceded, back to League One — the modern nadir of a four-time champion
Heaviest wounds

relegated from the second tier, 2026 · relegated from the top flight, 1990 · relegated from the top flight, 2000 · lost the national cup final, 1966

One formula, every club the site covers. See the whole board →

Season-by-season

Most recent season first. Covers Levels 1 through 5 of the English pyramid. Rows tagged "national playoff" are pre-modern formats where the workbook records only playoff participants, not round-robin standings.

2027
League One (3) · P9● live
13 P · 5-5-3 · 22:14 · +8
20
pts
2026
Championship (2) · P24↓
46 P · 2-12-32 · 29:89 · -60
0
pts
2025
Championship (2) · P12
46 P · 15-13-18 · 60:69 · -9
58
pts
2024
Championship (2) · P20
46 P · 15-8-23 · 44:68 · -24
53
pts
2023
League One (3) · P3↑
46 P · 28-12-6 · 81:37 · +44
96
pts
2022
League One (3) · P4PO
46 P · 24-13-9 · 78:50 · +28
85
pts
2021
Championship (2) · P24↓
46 P · 12-11-23 · 40:61 · -21
41
pts
2020
Championship (2) · P16
46 P · 15-11-20 · 58:66 · -8
56
pts
2019
Championship (2) · P11
46 P · 16-16-14 · 60:62 · -2
64
pts
2018
Championship (2) · P15
46 P · 14-15-17 · 59:60 · -1
57
pts
2017
Championship (2) · P4PO
46 P · 24-9-13 · 60:45 · +15
81
pts
2016
Championship (2) · P6PO
46 P · 19-17-10 · 66:45 · +21
74
pts
Domestic Cup Finals

Most recent first. Every domestic cup final the club has played, including losses. Scheduled finals (date not yet passed) are flagged.

1993
FA Cup
Runner-up
1993
League Cup
Runner-up
1991
League Cup
Won
1966
FA Cup
Runner-up
1935
FA Cup
Won
1935
Community Shield
Won
1930
Community Shield
Runner-up
1907
FA Cup
Won
1896
FA Cup
Won
1890
FA Cup
Runner-up
European competition appearances

Most recent first. One row per entry showing the deepest round reached. A Cup Winner badge marks tournaments the club won: gold for the European Cup / Champions League, silver for every other UEFA or Intercontinental trophy.

1992-93
UEFA Cup(UC)
Group stage
1963-64
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup(ICFC)
Round of 16
1961-62
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup(ICFC)
Quarter-final