Manager

Sheffield Wednesday appointed Henrik Pedersen as the Owls’ latest manager at the end of July 2025, replacing Danny Rohl, to whom he was previously assistant manager.

This came after a hectic summer of upheaval for the Owls, with financial issues and problems around Dejphon Chansiri’s role as Sheffield Wednesday owner leading to multiple players leaving and Rohl becoming unhappy with the situation at the club. Wednesday parted ways with Rohl when he returned to take charge of first-team training

Pedersen stepped up and took over almost immediately, and was able to win the favour of the disillusioned Sheffield Wednesday squad.

Henrik Pedersen’s past coaching career

Sheffield Wednesday made a bold decision by giving Henrik Pedersen the full-time manager role, but then again, given the circumstances, there were not many other managers ready to jump at the opportunity.

Pedersen has a good history of working with young players. He started his coaching career in his homeland of Denmark as the academy manager at Holstebro BK, where he worked for four years.

He took on the same role at Esbjerg fB in 2002 and stayed there for another four years and then moved on to Aarhus GF. Two years later, he moved over to Austria to take on the role of Under-19 manager at RB Salzburg.

As part of the Red Bull group, Pedersen also spent time with RB Ghana before returning to Salzburg to oversee their academy.

Henrik Pedersen roles:

• Holstebro BK – Academy Manager (1997-2001)
• Esbjerg fB – Academy Manager (2002-2006)
• Aarhus GF – Academy Manager (2006-2008)
• Salzburg U19 – Manager (2008-2014)
• RB Ghana – Manager (2010-2011)
• Salzburg – Academy Manager (2011-2014)
• HB Koge – Manager (2014-2015)
• Vendsyssel FF – Advisor (2016)
• Union Berlin – Assistant Manager (2016-2017)
• Eintracht Braunschweig – Manager (2018)
• Stromsgodset – Manager (2019-2021)
• Vensyssel FF – Manager (2021-2023)
• Sheffield Wednesday – Assistant Manager (2023-2025)
• Sheffield Wednesday – Manager (2025-present)

Pedersen has had a number of managerial roles in the past, albeit at lower profile clubs like HB Koge, Eintracht Braunschweig, Stromsgodset, and Vendsyssel FF.

While he hadn’t worked with Danny Rohl directly before joining Sheffield Wednesday, Pedersen was part of Red Bull just like Rohl and that’s how the two connected.

Henrik Pedersen’s playing career

Henrik Pedersen knows English football well, having spent a great deal of time with Bolton Wanderers and Hull City during his playing days.

The Dane began his playing career at Silkeborg in his home nation before being picked up by Bolton in 2001. He spent the first year back on loan at Silkeborg before coming back and establishing himself with Bolton.

Pedersen made 171 appearances for the Trotters, scoring 29 goals and registering eight assists across a five-year period. The majority of that time was spent in the Premier League.

He joined Hull City from there, spending a year with the Tigers, before returning to Denmark and Silkeborg where he eventually retired in 2013.

Pedersen earned five senior caps for the Denmark national team.

Henrik Pedersen at Sheffield Wednesday

Henrik Pedersen came into Sheffield Wednesday at the worst possible time. The club was in disarray due to missed payments by Dejphon Chansiri, which led to a number of key players leaving and the club falling foul of EFL rules.

The one positive of all this is that Pedersen has been able to galvanise the players still at his disposal and no one can question the performances of the Owls during the 2025/26 campaign, given everything going against them.

However, a points deduction of 12 points after falling into administration makes Pedersen’s task almost impossible and it’s highly likely Wednesday will suffer relegation from the Championship this season.