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Wigan Athletic
Wigan Athletic FC
Full name Wigan Athletic Football Club
Nickname(s) The Latics
Short name WAFC
Founded 1932
Ground DW Stadium
(Capacity: 25,138)
Owner Flag of England Mike Danson
Chairman Flag of England Ben Goodburn
Manager Flag of Scotland Shaun Maloney
Current League League One 
2023–24 League One, 12th
Website Club home page
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Football current event Current season

Wigan Athletic Football Club is a professional association football club based in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. The team compete in the League One, the third tier of English football. Founded in 1932, the club have played at the DW Stadium since 1999, they previously played at Springfield Park. Their colours are blue and white, recently most often striped, although all-blue shirts have been common throughout history.

The team were elected to the Football League in 1978, and competed in the Premier League from 2005 to 2013. They won the 2012–13 FA Cup, have also won League One and League Two and are two-times winners of the Football League Trophy, along with numerous regional football competitions from their time as a non-league club. The club also made their European debut during the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League.

Players[]

First team[]

As of 11 January 2025
No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Flag of England Sam Tickle
2 DF Flag of England Jon Mellish
3 DF Flag of England Luke Chambers (on loan from Liverpool)
4 DF Flag of England Will Aimson
5 DF Flag of England Steven Sessegnon
6 MF Flag of England Jensen Weir
7 MF Flag of England Dion Rankine
8 MF Flag of England Matt Smith
10 MF Flag of Norway Thelo Aasgaard
11 FW Flag of England Michael Olakigbe (on loan from Brentford)
12 GK Flag of England Tom Watson
14 FW Flag of England Chris Sze
15 DF Flag of Scotland Jason Kerr (captain)
16 MF Flag of Republic of Ireland Babajide Adeeko
17 DF Flag of Uganda Toby Sibbick
18 MF Flag of England Jonny Smith
19 DF Flag of Scotland Luke Robinson
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 MF Flag of England Callum McManaman
21 MF Flag of Wales Scott Smith
22 GK Flag of England Andy Lonergan (player-coach)
23 DF Flag of England James Carragher
24 MF Flag of England Harry McHugh
26 MF Flag of England Joe Adams
27 MF Flag of England Kai Payne
28 FW Flag of Northern Ireland Dale Taylor (on loan from Nottingham Forest)
29 FW Flag of England Silko Thomas (on loan from Leicester City)
30 DF Flag of England Jack Reilly
35 MF Flag of Australia Tyrese Francois
37 FW Flag of England Maleace Asamoah
41 DF Flag of England K'Marni Miller
44 FW Flag of England Joseph Hungbo
47 DF Flag of England Josh Robinson
FW Flag of England Will Goodwin (on loan from Oxford United)

Club alumni[]

Former players[]

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Managers[]

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Club honours[]

Domestic league[]

Runners-up (1): 2004–05
Winners (1): 2002–03
Winners (1): 1996–97
Promoted (1): 1981–82

Domestic cup[]

Winners (1): 2013
Runners-up (1): 2006
Winners (2): 1984–85, 1998–99

European competition[]

Wigan's victory in the 2013 FA Cup Final gave them an automatic place in the Group Stage of the 2013-14 UEFA Europa League.

Season Competition Round Opponents Home Away Group position
2013–14 UEFA Europa League Group stage Flag of Slovenia Maribor 3–1 1–2 4th
(eliminated)
Flag of Russia Rubin Kazan 1–1 0–1
Flag of Belgium Zulte Waregem 1–2 0–0

External links[]

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Jones · Nyambe · Pearce · Naylor · Whatmough · Cousins · Edwards · Power · Wyke · 10 Keane · 11 McClean · 12 Amos · 14 Scully · 15 Kerr · 16 Tilt · 18 Shinnie · 19 Lang · 20 Azeez · 21 Bennett · 23 Fletcher · 25 Edmonds-Green · 27 Darikwa · 28 Magennis · 29 Caulker · 30 Aasgaard · 31 Carragher · 32 Hughes · 36 Smith · 40 Tickle ·  Tiéhi ·

Manager:  Flag of Scotland Shaun Maloney
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2015-16 · 2016-17 · 2017-18 · 2018-19 · 2019-20 · 2020-21 · 2021-22 · 2022-23 · 2023-24 · 2024-25 ·

Wigan Athletic Football Club - Managers

Spencer (1932–37) • Milne (1946–47) • Pryde (1949–52) • Goodier (1952–54) • Crook (1954–55) • Suart (1955–56) • Cook (1956) • Barkas (1957) • Hitchen (1957–58) • Barrass (1958–59) • Shirley (1959) • Murphy (1959–60) • Chilton (1960) • Ball (1960–63) • Brown (1963–66) • Craig (1966–67) • Leyland (1967–68) • Saunders (1968) • McNeill (1968–70) • Milne (1970–72) • Rigby (1972–74) • Tiler (1974–76) • McNeill (1976–81) • Eyre (1981) • Lloyd (1981–83) • Charlton (1983) • McNally (1983–85) • Hamilton (1985–86) • Mathias (1986–89) • Hamilton (1989–93) • Philpotts (1993) • Swain (1993–94) • Barrow (1994–95) • Cribley (1995) • Deehan (1995–98) • Mathias (1998–99) • Benson (1999–2000) • Rioch (2000–01) • Greenall (2001) • Bruce (2001) • Jewell (2001–07) • Hutchings (2007) • Barlow (2007) • Bruce (2007–09) • Martínez (2009–13) • Coyle (2013) • Barrow (2013) • Rösler (2013–14) • Mackay (2014–15) • Caldwell (2015–16) • Joyce (2016–17) • Barrow (2017) • Cook (2017–20) • Richardson (2020) • Sheridan (2020) • Richardson (2020–22) • Kelly (2022) • Touré (2022–23) • Maloney (2023–)

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Wigan Athletic F.C. squad seasons

2012-13 · 2013-14 · 2014-15 · 2015-16 · 2016-17 · 2017-18 · 2018-19 · 2019-20 ·

Football League Trophy winners

1984: Bournemouth • 1985: Wigan Athletic • 1986: Bristol City • 1987: Mansfield Town • 1988: Wolverhampton Wanderers • 1989: Bolton Wanderers • 1990: Tranmere Rovers • 1991: Birmingham City • 1992: Stoke City • 1993: Port Vale • 1994: Swansea City • 1995: Birmingham City • 1996: Rotherham United • 1997: Carlisle United • 1998: Grimsby Town • 1999: Wigan Athletic • 2000: Stoke City • 2001: Port Vale • 2002: Blackpool • 2003: Bristol City • 2004: Blackpool • 2005: Wrexham • 2006: Swansea City • 2007: Doncaster Rovers • 2008: Milton Keynes Dons • 2009: Luton Town • 2010: Southampton • 2011: Carlisle United • 2012: Chesterfield • 2013: Crewe Alexandra • 2014: Peterborough United • 2015: Bristol City • 2016: Barnsley • 2017: Coventry City • 2018: Lincoln City • 2019: Portsmouth • 2020: Salford City • 2021: Sunderland • 2022: Rotherham United • 2023: Bolton Wanderers • 2024: Peterborough United •

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