2019–20 Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. season

Wolverhampton Wanderers 2019–20
Club information
Manager	Nuno Espírito Santo
Stadium	Molineux Stadium
League Season information
Final League position	Premier League, 7th
Highest position	5th
lowest position	19th
Points	59
Goals for	51
Goals against	40
Goals difference	+11
Cup placements
FA Cup	Third round (vs Manchester United)
EFL Cup	Fourth round (vs Aston Villa)
UEFA Europa League	Quarter-finals
Season statistics
Top goalscorer	Raúl Jiménez (17)
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The 2019–20 season was the 142nd year in the history of the English football club Wolverhampton Wanderers. The club is competing in the Premier League for the second consecutive season and also in European competition for this first time since 1980–81, having qualified for the UEFA Europa League through the previous season's 7th place league finish. This is their third campaign under head coach Nuno Espírito Santo.

As a result of the suspension of competitive football in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the club were unable to play any games for several months after their Europa League tie on 12 March. A restart of the Premier League was made on 17 June, with Wolves returning to action three days later.

Transfers

Transfers in

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Team
1 July 2019	CF		Raúl Jiménez	Benfica	£30 million	First team

Transfers out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Team
1 July 2019	RB		Kevin Berkoe	Oxford United	Free transfer	Academy
1 July 2019	CB		Ethan Ebanks-Landell	Shrewsbury Town	Undisclosed	First team

Kits

Home

Away

Matches

Pre-season

PLAT SF 17 July 2019	Newcastle United	0–4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Nanjing, China
18:00 CST		Report	Jota  15', 40' Gibbs-White  32' Allan  85' (o.g.)	Stadium: Nanjing Olympic Sports Centre Referee: Martin Atkinson

PLAT Final 20 July 2019	Wolverhampton Wanderers	0–0 (3–2 pen)	Manchester City	Shanghai, China
19:30 CST		Report		Stadium: Hongkou Stadium Referee: Martin Atkinson
	Penalties
	Coady Bennett Kilman Perry Vinagre		Gündoğan Silva Danilo García Nmecha

Mid-season friendlies

Friendly 7 June 2020	Wolverhampton Wanderers	0–2	Nottingham Forest	Wolverhampton
		Report	Walker  pen.' Bostock	Stadium: Molineux Stadium Attendance: 0

Friendly 11 June 2020	Birmingham City	1–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Birmingham
	Jutkiewicz	Report	Gibbs-White	Stadium: St. Andrew's Attendance: 0

Premier League

See also: 2019–20 Premier League

A total of 20 teams will compete in the Premier League in the 2019–20 season. Each team will play every other team twice, once at their stadium, and once at the opposition's. Three points are awarded to teams for each win, one point per draw, and none for defeats.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Liverpool  (C)	38	32	3	3	85	33	+52	99	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	Manchester City	38	26	3	9	102	35	+67	81
3	Manchester Utd	38	18	12	8	66	36	+30	66
4	Chelsea	38	20	6	12	69	54	+15	66
5	Leicester City	38	18	8	12	67	41	+26	62	Qualification for the Europa League group stage
6	Tottenham	38	16	11	11	61	47	+14	59	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
7	Wolves	38	15	14	9	51	40	+11	59
8	Arsenal	38	14	14	10	56	48	+8	56	Qualification for the Europa League group stage
8	Sheffield Utd	38	14	12	12	39	39	0	54
10	Burnley	38	15	9	14	43	50	−7	54
11	Southampton	38	15	7	16	51	60	−9	52
12	Everton	38	13	10	15	44	56	−12	49
13	Newcastle Utd	38	11	11	16	38	58	−20	44
14	Crystal Palace	38	11	10	17	31	50	−19	43
15	Brighton	38	9	14	15	39	54	−15	41
16	West Ham Utd	38	10	9	19	49	62	−13	39
17	Aston Villa	38	9	8	21	41	67	−26	35
18	Bournemouth  (R)	38	9	7	22	40	65	−25	34	Relegation to EFL Championship
19	Watford  (R)	38	8	10	20	36	64	−28	34
20	Norwich City  (R)	38	5	6	27	26	75	−49	21

Updated to games played on 26 July 2020
Source: Barclays Premier League
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round; (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament

a. Manchester City were initially banned from all UEFA club competitions for the 2020–21 and 2021–22 seasons by the UEFA Club Financial Control Body on 14 February 2020 due to alleged breaches of the UEFA Financial Fair Play Regulations. The decision was appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on 26 February 2020. That appeal was heard on 8 June 2020. The appeal was upheld on 13 July 2020, and the ban was overturned.
b. Since the winners of the 2019–20 EFL Cup, Manchester City, have qualified for the Champions League group stage by league position, the spot given to the EFL Cup winners (Europa League second qualifying round) is passed down to the sixth-placed team.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	15	14	9	51	40	+11	59	8	7	4	27	19	+8	7	7	5	24	21	+3

Last updated: 26 July 2020
Source: https://www.premierleague.com/tables

FA Cup

See also: 2019–20 FA Cup

As a Premier League team, Wolves will enter the competition at the third round proper stage in January 2020.

Third round 4 January 2020	Wolverhampton Wanderers	0–0	Manchester United	Wolverhampton
17:31 GMT	Saïss 57' Kilman 72' Moutinho 90+4'	Report	Young 86'	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 31,381 (4,760 away fans) Referee: Paul Tierney

Third round replay 15 January 2020	Manchester United	1–0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Manchester
19:45 GMT	Fred 37' Mata  67' Maguire 74'	Report	Neto 59' Dendoncker 84'	Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 67,025 (2,797 away fans) Referee: Kevin Friend

EFL Cup

See also: 2019–20 EFL Cup

As a Premier League team involved in European competition, Wolves enter the competition in the third round. The third round draw was confirmed on 28 August 2019, live on Sky Sports. The draw for the fourth round was made on 25 September 2019.

Third round 25 September 2019	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–1 (4–2 pen)	Reading	Wolverhampton
19:45 BST	Neto 20' Jordão  27' Perry 90+4'	Report	Swift 63' Boyé  90+9'	Stadium: Molineux Stadium Attendance: 20,702 (563 away fans) Referee: Peter Bankes
		Penalties
	Neves Vallejo Bennett Vinagre		Pușcaș Swift Boyé Miazga

Fourth round 30 October 2019	Aston Villa	2–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Birmingham
19:45 GMT	El Ghazi  28' Elmohamady  57' McGinn 84'	Report	Cutrone  54'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 34,962 (5,326 away fans) Referee: Lee Mason

UEFA Europa League

See also: 2019–20 UEFA Europa League

As a result of their seventh place league finish in the previous season, Wolves will enter the competition in the second round qualifying round in July 2019.

Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. matches - 2019-20

2019-20 Premier League

Arsenal (a) · Arsenal (h) · Chelsea (a)

2019-20 FA Cup

Reading (h) · Aston Villa (a)

2019-20 EFL Cup

2019-20 EFL Trophy

2019-20 Europa League

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