Wigan Athletic Football Club was founded in 1932 and joined the Football League in 1978. The team played in the Premier League for the first time in 2005–06. The table details the club's achievements in all first team competitions, and records their top goalscorer, for each completed season.
Seasons
Key
Key to league record:
- Pld = Matches played
- W = Matches won
- D = Matches drawn
- L = Matches lost
- GF = Goals for
- GA = Goals against
- Pts = Points
- Pos = Final position
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Key to divisions:
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Key to rounds:
- DNE = Did not enter
- Grp = Group stage
- 2Q = Second qualifying round
- 3Q = Third qualifying round
- 4Q = Fourth qualifying round
- R1 = Round 1
- R2 = Round 2
- R3 = Round 3
- R4 = Round 4
- R5 = Round 5
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- QF = Quarter-finals
- SF = Semi-finals
- ASF = Area semi-finals
- AF = Area final
- RU = Runners-up
- WS = Shared
- W = Winners
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Divisions in bold indicate a change in division.
Players in bold indicate the top scorer in the division that season.
- ^ Won election to the Football League Fourth Division.
- ^ In 2004–05 the Football League First Division had been renamed the Football League Championship as part of a re-branding exercise by the Football League.
- ^ Deducted 12 points for entering administration.
- ^ Deducted 3 points for failing to pay players and staff on time.
- ^ Deducted 8 points following EFL rule breaches relating to late wage payments in 2022-23 season.
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