Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.

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Wolverhampton Wanderers
Full name	Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club
Nickname(s)	Wolves The Wanderers
Founded	1877 as St. Luke's
Ground	Molineux (Capacity: 31,700)
Owner	Fosun International
Chairman	Jeff Shi
Manager	Bruno Lage
Current League	Premier League
2021–22	Premier League, 10th
Website	Club home page
Current season

Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club, commonly known as Wolves, is a professional football club in Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England. Formed as St Luke's F.C. in 1877, they have played at Molineux Stadium since 1889 and compete in the Premier League, the top tier of English football, after winning the 2017–18 EFL Championship.

Wolves were one of the founding members of the Football League in 1888. The club spent 33 years in the top flight from 1932 to 1965, their longest continuous period at that level. In the 1950s, they were League champions three times (1953–54, 1957–58 and 1958–59), under the management of Stan Cullis. Wolves also finished League runners-up on five occasions, most recently in 1959–60.

Wolves have won the FA Cup four times, most recently in 1960, and finished runners-up on a further four occasions. The club has also won the Football League Cup twice, in 1974 and 1980.

In 1953, Wolves was one of the first British clubs to install floodlights, taking part in televised "floodlit friendlies" against leading overseas club sides between 1953 and 1956 before the creation of the European Cup in 1955. Wolves reached the quarter-finals of the 1959–60 European Cup and the semi-finals of the 1960–61 European Cup Winners' Cup, and were runners-up to Tottenham Hotspur in the inaugural 1972 UEFA Cup Final.

Wolves' traditional kit consists of gold shirts and black shorts and the club badge one or more wolves. Wolves have long-standing rivalries with other West Midlands clubs, the main one being with West Bromwich Albion, against whom they contest the Black Country derby, although the two clubs have not met in a League fixture since 2011–12, the last season they competed in the same division.

Players

First team squad

As of 19 September 2020

No. Position Player 2 DF Ki-Jana Hoever 5 DF Marçal 7 MF Pedro Neto 8 MF Rúben Neves (vice-captain) 9 FW Raúl Jiménez 10 MF Daniel Podence 11 GK Rui Patrício 15 DF Willy Boly 16 DF Conor Coady (captain) 17 FW Fábio Silva 19 DF Jonny 20 MF Vitinha (on loan from Porto)

No. Position Player 21 GK John Ruddy 22 DF Nélson Semedo 27 DF Romain Saïss 28 MF João Moutinho 29 DF Rúben Vinagre 32 DF Leander Dendoncker 37 MF Adama Traoré 49 DF Max Kilman 59 DF Oskar Buur — DF Ryan Bennett — DF Roderick

Out on loan

No. Position Player GK Matija Sarkic (at Shrewsbury Town until 31 May 2021) MF Morgan Gibbs-White (at Swansea City until 31 May 2021) MF Bruno Jordão (at Famalicão until 30 June 2021) MF Connor Ronan (at Grasshopper until 30 June 2021)

No. Position Player FW Léo Bonatini (at Grasshopper until 30 June 2022) FW Leonardo Campana (at Famalicão until 30 June 2021) FW Patrick Cutrone (at Fiorentina until 30 June 2021) FW Rafa Mir (at Huesca until 30 June 2021)

U23 Squad

Main article: Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. Development Squad and Academy

Club alumni

Former players

Main article: Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. players

Managers

Main article: Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. managers

Honours

League

Football League First Division, superseded by the Premier League (Tier 1)

• Champions (3): 1953–54, 1957–58, 1958–59
• Runners-up (5): 1937–38, 1938–39, 1949–50, 1954–55, 1959–60
• 3rd place finishes (6): 1888–89, 1897–98, 1946–47, 1952–53, 1955–56, 1960–61

[n.b. In 1946–47 and 1955–56, Wolves finished third on goal average having accumulated the same number of points as the team finishing second. Had goal difference been used instead (as it has in the English leagues since 1975), Wolves would have been runners-up on these two occasions.]

EFL Championship/Football League Second Division (1892–1992) (Tier 2)

• Champions (4): 1931–32, 1976–77, 2008–09, 2017–18
• Runners-up (2): 1966–67, 1982–83
• Play-off winners (1): 2002–03

EFL League One/Football League Third Division (Tier 3)

• Champions (3): 1923–24 (North), 1988–89, 2013–14

Football League Fourth Division (Tier 4)

• Champions (1): 1987–88

Cup

UEFA Cup

• Runners-up (1): 1972

FA Cup

• Winners (4): 1893, 1908, 1949, 1960
• Runners-up (4): 1889, 1896, 1921, 1939

Football League Cup

• Winners (2): 1974, 1980

FA Charity Shield

• Winners (4): 1949*, 1954*, 1959, 1960* (* joint holders)
• Runners-up (1): 1958

Football League Trophy

• Winners (1): 1988

Texaco Cup

• Winners (1): 1971

External links

• Official Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. site
• Wolves at Soccerbase
• Wolves Stats
• Wolves Community Trust

Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. matches - 2022-23

2022-23 Premier League

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2022-23 FA Cup

2022-23 League Cup

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