List of Sheffield Wednesday F.C. managers

Xisco Muñoz is the worst Sheffield Wednesday FC manager on record.

This is a List of Sheffield Wednesday F.C. managers. Their first and longest serving manager was Arthur Dickinson who was appointed in 1891. There have been a total of 38 managers appointed to the role on a permanent basis and a further four have taken the position in a caretaker role. The vast majority have been English and until 2015 the club had not hired a manager from outside of the United Kingdom.

Arthur Dickinson is also the club's most successful manager so far, winning two First Division titles (1902–03 and 1903–04) and the same number of FA Cups (1896 and 1907).[1] Robert Brown was in charge during Wednesday's two other league championship successes in 1928–29 and 1929–30.[2] The last FA Cup was won during Billy Walker's reign at the end of the 1935 season.[3] Ron Atkinson masterminded the club's only League Cup triumph in 1991.[4] His successor, Trevor Francis, took the club to third place in Football's top tier in the 1991–92 season, before he became the only manager to lose both the FA Cup and League Cup finals in the same year in 1993.

Key

  • All first-team matches in national competition are counted, except the abandoned 1939–40 Football League season and matches in wartime leagues and cups.
  • P = matches played; W = matches won; D = matches drawn; L = matches lost; Win % = win percentage (rounded to two decimal places)
  • Statistics are complete up to and including the match played on 1 March 2021.

Managers

As of match played on 14 December 2024
Ron Atkinson was Sheffield Wednesday's 17th and 20th manager, the only person to manage the club in two spells.
Brian Laws was the 27th manager of Sheffield Wednesday. He was succeeded by Alan Irvine.
Carlos Carvalhal was the 32nd manager of Sheffield Wednesday. He was succeeded by Jos Luhukay.
# Name Nationality From To P W L D Win %
1
 Arthur Dickinson  England August 1891 May 1920 919 393 338 188 042.76
2
 Robert Brown  England June 1920 December 1933 600 266 199 135 044.33
3
 Billy Walker  England December 1933 November 1937 187 66 68 53 035.29
4
 Jimmy McMullan  Scotland December 1937 April 1942 77 33 21 23 042.86
5
 Eric Taylor  England April 1942 July 1958 539 196 215 128 036.36
6
 Harry Catterick  England August 1958 April 1961 138 77 30 31 055.80
7
 Vic Buckingham  England 1 June 1961 9 April 1964 134 63 47 24 047.01
8
 Alan Brown  England 1 August 1964 February 1968 174 60 70 44 034.48
9
 Jack Marshall  England February 1968 April 1969 48 12 20 16 025.00
10
 Danny Williams  England August 1969 January 1971 67 16 35 16 023.88
11
 Derek Dooley  England January 1971 24 December 1973 130 41 54 35 031.54
12
 Steve Burtenshaw  England 29 January 1974 1 October 1975 68 13 38 17 019.12
13
 Len Ashurst  England 15 October 1975 5 October 1977 92 31 34 27 033.70
14
 Jack Charlton  England 8 October 1977 27 May 1983 269 105 77 87 039.03
15
 Howard Wilkinson  England 24 June 1983 10 October 1988 255 114 73 68 044.71
16
 Peter Eustace  England 28 October 1988 14 February 1989 18 2 9 7 011.11
17
 Ron Atkinson  England 14 February 1989 6 June 1991 118 49 34 35 041.53
18
 Trevor Francis  England 7 June 1991 20 May 1995 214 88 58 68 041.12
19
 David Pleat  England 14 June 1995 3 November 1997 102 32 40 30 031.37
20
 Ron Atkinson  England 14 November 1997 17 May 1998 27 9 11 7 033.33
21
 Danny Wilson  Northern Ireland 6 July 1998 21 March 2000 80 23 40 17 028.75
22
 Paul Jewell  England 21 June 2000 12 February 2001 38 12 21 5 031.58
23
 Peter Shreeves  England 12 February 2001 17 October 2001 31 11 11 9 035.48
24
 Terry Yorath  Wales 17 October 2001 31 October 2002 56 16 25 15 028.57
25
 Chris Turner  England 7 November 2002 19 September 2004 96 29 36 31 030.21
26
 Paul Sturrock  Scotland 23 September 2004 19 October 2006 104 35 40 29 033.65
27
 Brian Laws  England 6 November 2006 13 December 2009 154 52 60 42 033.77
28
 Alan Irvine  Scotland 8 January 2010 3 February 2011 59 24 22 13 040.68
29
 Gary Megson  England 4 February 2011 29 February 2012 62 28 22 12 045.16
30
 Dave Jones  England 1 March 2012 1 December 2013 81 29 30 22 035.80
31
 Stuart Gray  England 1 December 2013 11 June 2015 68 26 19 23 038.24
32
 Carlos Carvalhal  Portugal 30 June 2015 24 December 2017 131 56 38 37 042.75
33
 Jos Luhukay  Netherlands 5 January 2018 21 December 2018 48 16 13 19 033.33
34
 Steve Bruce  England 1 February 2019 17 July 2019 18 7 3 8 038.89
35
 Garry Monk  England 6 September 2019 9 November 2020 58 18 15 25 031.03
36
 Tony Pulis  Wales 13 November 2020 28 December 2020 10 1 4 5 010.00
37
 Darren Moore  Jamaica 1 March 2021 19 June 2023 129 66 29 34 051.16
38
 Xisco Muñoz  Spain 4 July 2023 4 October 2023 12 0 8 4 000.00
39
 Danny Röhl  Germany 13 October 2023 Present 63 27 24 12 042.86

References

  1. ^ Farnsworth, Keith (1982). Wednesday. Sheffield City Libraries. pp. 49, 64, 76. ISBN 0-900660-87-2.
  2. ^ Farnsworth, Keith (1982). Wednesday. Sheffield City Libraries. p. 111. ISBN 0-900660-87-2.
  3. ^ Farnsworth, Keith (1982). Wednesday. Sheffield City Libraries. p. 135. ISBN 0-900660-87-2.
  4. ^ "Profile: Ron Atkinson". BBC. 22 April 2004. Retrieved 19 April 2008.