Sheffield Wednesday will fly out to Spain this week for a pre-season training camp and face Real Murcia at the Pinatar Arena on Tuesday.

It will see new manager Xisco Munoz return to his homeland after he replaced Darren Moore shortly after Wednesday sealed promotion to the Championship.

Match preview

A remarkable season finally had a happy ending for Sheffield Wednesday, but few sides will have had a bumpier ride along the way.

With 97 points staggeringly not being enough to confirm automatic promotion by the most slender of margins, Wednesday were in big trouble when they lost 4-0 at Peterborough United in their playoff semi-final first leg.

However, a 98th-minute equaliser from Liam Palmer saw them miraculously force extra time, before the Posh took the league again in the first period of the additional 30 minutes.

Another late equaliser saw the Owls force penalties though, where they won, overturning the biggest deficit in playoff history.

The drama did not end there though, as Wednesday sealed promotion with a 123rd-minute goal from Josh Windass against Barnsley at Wembley in the final.

To the dismay of many though, Moore and his coaching staff left by mutual consent a few weeks later, leading to the appointment of Xisco.

The Spaniard won promotion to the Premier League in his only other job in England with Watford back in 2020, and this fixture will see him face a club he will have played against as a player during the 2000s in La Liga.

It is already Wednesday's fourth friendly of pre-season, after a draw at York City and a win over Chesterfield Town, before a behind-closed-doors encounter with Burnley where they were soundly beaten 3-0.

Murcia now find themselves down in the third tier having been a sporadic La Liga club in past years, but they collapsed late last season when presented with the opportunity to reach the playoffs.

Five points from their final seven matches saw them finish one place outside the top five, and miss out on the chance to play for a spot in the second division.

Despite having the best away record in the third tier, a dismal set of results at home meant they only finished sixth.