Wigan Athletic F.C.

Wigan Athletic Football Club is an English football club from Wigan, Greater Manchester. The club plays in the Championship, currently managed by Owen Coyle. They play their home games at the DW Stadium. In 2012-13 they won the FA Cup by beating Manchester City 1-0 and so they played in the UEFA Europa League in the season 2013/14. A few days later they were relegated from the English Premier League to the Football League Championship, becoming the first FA Cup-winning side to be relegated in the same season. Manager Roberto Martínez left the club shortly after to join Everton. Owen Coyle replaced him.

Supporters
Wigan Athletic Official Supporters Club (formally known as Wigan Athletic Supporters Travel Club) is the official supporters' association of Wigan Athletic Football Club. The supporters club are a non-profit organisation run by volunteers and meet before home matches in the South Stand Bar.

Rivalries
Since Wigan Athletic's admission to the Football League in 1978, the club has built up several rivalries, mainly with Bolton Wanderers. They also have a rivalry with Manchester City, due to the two clubs' proximity and  being in the same division for much of the past 30 years.

 League position 
SeasonLeaguePosition2000/01Second Division6th2001/02Second Division10th2002/03Second DivisionChampions2003/04First Division7th2004/05League Championship2nd (promoted)2005/06Premier League10th2006/07Premier League17th2007/08Premier League14th2008/09Premier League11th2009/10Premier League16th2010/11Premier League16th2011/12Premier League15th2012/13Premier League18th (relegated)2013/14EFL Championship5th2014-15EFL Championship23rd (relegated)2015-16EFL One1st (promoted)2016-17EFL Championship23rd (relegated)2017-18EFL One1st (promoted)2018-19EFL Championship18th2019-20EFL Championship23rd (relegated)2020-21EFL One20th2021-22EFL OneChampions2022-23EFL Championship24th (relegated)

 Former position 

Managers
As listed on the official Wigan Athletic website.

PeriodManager1932–37 Charlie Spencer1946–47 Jimmy Milne1949–52 Bob Pryde1952–54 Ted Goodier1954–55 Walter Crook1955–56 Ron Suart1956 Billy Cook1957 Sam Barkas1957–58 Trevor Hitchen1958–59 Malcolm Barrass1959 Jimmy Shirley1959–60 Pat Murphy1960 Allenby Chilton1961–63 Johnny Ball1963–66 Allan Brown1966–67 Alf Craig1967–68 Harry Leyland1968 Alan Saunders1968–70  Ian McNeill1970–72  Gordon Milne PeriodManager1972–74 Les Rigby1974–76 Brian Tiler1976–81 Ian McNeill1981–83 Larry Lloyd1983–85 Harry McNally1985–86 Bryan Hamilton1986–89 Ray Mathias1989–93 Bryan Hamilton1993 Dave Philpotts1993–94 Kenny Swain1994–95 Graham Barrow1995–98 John Deehan1998–99 Ray Mathias1999–00 John Benson2000–01 Bruce Rioch2001 Steve Bruce2001–07 Paul Jewell2007 Chris Hutchings2007–09 Steve Bruce2009–13 Roberto Martínez PeriodManager2013 Owen Coyle2013–14 Uwe Rosler2014–15 Malky Mackay2015–16 Gary Caldwell2016–17 Warren Joyce2017– Paul Cook

Honours

League
Football League Championship (English second tier)
 Runners-up (1): 2004–05Football League Second Division (English third tier)
 Winners (1): 2002–03
Football League Third Division (English fourth tier)
 Winners (1): 1996–97Football League Fourth Division Promoted (1): 1981–82

Cup
 FA Cup Winners (1): 2012-13
 League CupRunners-up (1): 2005-06
 FA Community ShieldRunners-up (1): 2013
 Football League TrophyWinners (2): 1984–85, 1998–99
 UEFA Europa League'''
Wigan's victory in the 2013 FA Cup Final qualified them for European football for the first time, earning 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  Maribor 3–1 1–24th  Rubin Kazan 1–1 0–1  Zulte Waregem 1–2 0–0

References

Category:1932 establishments in the United Kingdom
Category:1930s establishments in England
Category:Wigan
Category:Football clubs in Greater Manchester