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The Owls have won four [[English football champions|league titles]], three [[FA Cup]]s and one [[Football League Cup|League Cup]], but their League Cup triumph in [[1991 in football (soccer)|1991]] is their only major trophy since [[World War II]]. They did reach both domestic cup finals in [[1993 in football (soccer)|1993]], but lost 2-1 to [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]] each time.

Sheffield Wednesday are in the [[Football League Championship]]. Home games are played at [[HillsboroughSwillsborough Stadium]], which had staged numerous FA Cup semi-finals prior to the 1989 [[Hillsborough disaster]], which killed 96 [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]] fans.

==History==

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==Name and nicknames==

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The club were formerly known as "The Wednesday Football Club" until [[1929 in football (soccer)|1929]], when the club was officially renamed "Sheffield Wednesday Football Club" under the stewardship of manager [[Bob Brown (footballer)|Bob Brown]].<ref name="Complete History 1920-35">{{cite web|title=Brown's Golden Era|url=http://www.swfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/HistoryDetail/0,,10304~65721,00.html|publisher=FL Interactive Limited|accessdate=2006-08-12}}</ref> However the name Sheffield Wednesday dates back as far as 1883: the former ground at Olive Grove had the name Sheffield Wednesday painted on the stand roof.