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Wigan Athletic
Wigan Athletic FC
Full name Wigan Athletic Football Club
Nickname(s) Latics
Short name WAFC
Founded 1932
Ground DW Stadium
(Capacity: 25,138)
Owner Flag of Bahrain Abdulrahman Al-Jasmi
Chairman Flag of Bahrain Talal Al Hammad
Manager Flag of Scotland Shaun Maloney
Current League League One 
2022–23 Championship, 24th (relegated)
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.

Club alumni[]

Former players[]

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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

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Wigan Athletic F.C. squad - 2023–24

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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Wigan Athletic F.C. seasons

2015-16 · 2016-17 · 2017-18 · 2018-19 · 2019-20 · 2020-21 · 2021-22 · 2022-23 · 2023-24 ·

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 •

Football League One EFL League One 2023–24

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