Wigan Athletic

2024–25 season
Owner	Mike Danson
Chairman	Ben Goodburn
Manager	Shaun Maloney
Stadium	Brick Community Stadium
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The 2024–25 season is the 93rd season in the history of Wigan Athletic Football Club and their second consecutive season in League One. In addition to the domestic league, the club will also participate in the FA Cup, the EFL Cup, and the EFL Trophy.

The 2024/25 season is also the first season where Wigan Athletic is free from the transfer embargo that was placed upon the club by the English Football League despite Mike Danson's takeover of the club at the start of the 2023/24 campaign.^[1]

Date	Pos.	Player	From	Fee	Ref.
14 June 2024[a]	RM	Dion Rankine	Chelsea	£300,000	[2]
21 June 2024	GK	Andy Lonergan	Everton	Free
15 July 2024	CB	Will Aimson	Exeter City	£200,000	[3]
17 July 2024	LB	Jack Bates[b]	Burnley	Free	[4]
17 July 2024	CM	Jack Rogers[b]	Burnley	Free	[4]
19 July 2024	CM	Tyrese Francois	Fulham	Free	[5]
24 July 2024	CB	Toby Sibbick	Heart of Midlothian	£350,000	[6]
1 August 2024	RB	Llyton Chapman[b]	Oldham Athletic	Free	[7]
13 August 2024	CF	Tom Costello[b]	Galway United	Free	[8]

Date	Pos.	Player	To	Fee	Ref.
14 June 2024[a]	CB	Ethan Mitchell	AFC Fylde	Undisclosed	[9]
21 July 2024	RB	Sean Clare	Leyton Orient	Undisclosed	[10]
15 August 2024	CB	Charlie Hughes	Hull City	Undisclosed	[11]

Date	Pos.	Player	From	Date until	Ref.
1 July 2024[a]	RW	Michael Olakigbe	Brentford	End of Season	[12]
1 July 2024[b]	RB	Calvin Ramsay	Liverpool	End of Season	[13]
25 July 2024	CF	Joe Hugill	Manchester United	End of Season	[14]
26 July 2024	RW	Silko Thomas	Leicester City	End of Season	[15]
6 August 2024	LB	Luke Chambers	Liverpool	End of Season	[16]

Date	Pos.	Player	Subsequent club	Join date	Ref.
30 June 2024	GK	Ben Amos	Port Vale	1 July 2024	[17][18]
30 June 2024	LB	Dylan Dwyer	Warrington Rylands	1 July 2024	[17][19]
30 June 2024	CF	Josh Magennis	Exeter City	1 July 2024	[17][20]
30 June 2024	CF	Joe Rodwell-Grant	Warrington Town	1 July 2024	[17]
30 June 2024	CF	Charlie Wyke	Carlisle United	1 July 2024	[17][21]
30 June 2024	LB	Tom Pearce	Montréal	12 July 2024	[17][22]
30 June 2024	GK	Matt Wonnacott	Torquay United	26 July 2024	[17][23]
30 June 2024	LW	Luke Brennan	AFC Fylde	31 July 2024	[17][24]
30 June 2024	CF	Youssef Chentouf			[17]
30 June 2024	CF	Stephen Humphrys			[17]
30 June 2024	RB	Kieran Lloyd			[17]
30 June 2024	CF	Max McMillan			[17]
30 June 2024	CM	Abdi Sharif			[17]

On 16 May, Wigan announced their first three pre-season friendlies, against Accrington Stanley, Chorley and Blackburn Rovers.^[25] Four days later, the Latics confirmed a pre-season training camp in Hungary.^[26] A fourth friendly was added on May 28, versus AFC Fylde.^[27] A further two were later confirmed by the club, versus Tranmere Rovers and Barrow.^[28]

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On 26 June, the League One fixtures were announced.^[30]

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On 27 June, the draw for the first round was made, with Wigan being drawn at home against Barnsley.^[32]

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In the group stage, Wigan were drawn into Northern Group C alongside Carlisle United, Morecambe and Nottingham Forest U21.^[33][34]

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As of match played 17 August 2024

List includes all first team players and any other matchday squad players

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		League One		FA Cup		EFL Cup		EFL Trophy
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ENG	Sam Tickle	3	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
2	DF	SCO	Calvin Ramsay (on loan from Liverpool)	3	0	0+2	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
3	DF	ENG	Luke Chambers (on loan from Liverpool)	3	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
4	DF	ENG	Will Aimson	3	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
5	DF	ENG	Steven Sessegnon	2	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
7	MF	ENG	Dion Rankine	3	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
8	MF	ENG	Matt Smith	3	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
9	FW	ENG	Joe Hugill (on loan from Manchester United)	3	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
10	MF	NOR	Thelo Aasgaard	3	1	2+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	1	0+0	0
11	FW	ENG	Michael Olakigbe (on loan from Brentford)	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
12	GK	ENG	Tom Watson	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
14	MF	ENG	Chris Sze	3	0	1+1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
15	DF	SCO	Jason Kerr	2	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
16	MF	IRL	Baba Adeeko	3	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
17	DF	UGA	Toby Sibbick	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
18	FW	ENG	Jonny Smith	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
19	DF	SCO	Luke Robinson	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
20	FW	ENG	Callum McManaman	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
21	MF	WAL	Scott Smith	2	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
22	GK	ENG	Andy Lonergan	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
23	DF	ENG	James Carragher	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
24	MF	ENG	Harry McHugh	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
25	FW	ENG	Josh Stones	3	0	0+2	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
26	MF	Guernsey	Joe Adams	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
27	MF	ENG	Kai Payne	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
29	FW	ENG	Silko Thomas (on loan from Leicester City)	2	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
30	DF	ENG	Jack Reilly	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
35	MF	AUS	Tyrese Francois	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
40	GK	ENG	Matthew Corran	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
44	FW	NIR	Jordan Jones	3	0	0+2	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
Departed during the season:
6	DF	ENG	Charlie Hughes	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0