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Wolves' FA Cup winning team of 1893.

Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club, commonly known as Wolves F.C., is an English professional football club. The club played its first match in 1877 as St Luke's F.C., after being formed by pupils of a school in Blakenhall, Wolverhampton bearing this name. Two years later they merged with the local cricket and football club The Wanderers to become Wolverhampton Wanderers.[1]

After competing in numerous local league and cup competitions during its formative years, the club became a founder member of The Football League, the first professional league in global association football, in 1888.[1]

The club has won a total of thirteen "major" trophies, including the League Championship three times, the FA Cup four times, the League Cup twice and the FA Charity/Community Shield four times. Wolves have also featured in UEFA competitions during seven seasons; their best performance coming in 1972 when they were runners-up in the inaugural UEFA Cup. They have also had successes in less high-profile cup competitions such as the Texaco Cup and the Football League Trophy (now the EFL Trophy).[2]

This list details the club's performance at first team level in league and cup competitions and the top scorers for each season since their first entry into the FA Cup in 1883–84.[1]

Seasons

Season League FA Cup EFL Cup Europe / Other Top scorer(s)[a]
Division Pld W D L GF GA Pts Pos
1883–84 There was no national League football until 1888 R2 N/A
1884–85 R1
1885–86 R4
1886–87 R3
1887–88 R3
1888–89 FL 22 12 4 6 50 37 28[b] 3rd RU Harry Wood 14
1889–90 22 10 5 7 51 38 25 4th SF 18
1890–91 22 12 2 8 39 50 26 4th R3 12
1891–92 26 11 4 11 59 46 26 6th R3 Will Devey 13
1892–93 Div 1 30 12 4 14 47 68 28 11th W Harry Wood 17
1893–94 30 14 3 13 52 63 31 9th R1 Joe Butcher 14
1894–95 30 9 7 14 43 63 25 11th R3 Harry Wood 10
1895–96 30 10 1 19 61 65 21 14th RU 17
1896–97 30 11 6 13 45 41 28 10th R2 Billy Beats 10
1897–98 30 14 7 9 57 41 35 3rd R2 12
1898–99 34 14 7 13 54 48 35 8th R2 Jack Miller 12
1899–1900 34 15 9 10 48 37 39 4th R1 George Harper 10
1900–01 34 9 13 12 39 55 31 13th R3 Billy Wooldridge 9
1901–02 34 13 6 15 46 57 32 14th R1 13
1902–03 34 14 5 15 48 57 33 11th R1 Adam Haywood 11
1903–04 34 14 8 12 44 66 36 8th R2 Billy Wooldridge 19
1904–05 34 11 4 19 47 73 26 14th R2 Jack Smith
Billy Wooldridge 		14
1905–06 38 8 7 23 58 99 23 20th R2 Billy Wooldridge 12
1906–07 Div 2 38 17 7 14 66 53 41 6th R1 Jack Roberts 14
1907–08 38 15 7 16 50 45 37 9th W George Hedley 16
1908–09 38 14 11 13 56 48 39 7th R1 Wally Radford 24
1909–10 38 17 6 15 64 63 40 8th R2 Billy Blunt 27
1910–11 38 15 8 15 51 52 38 9th R3 George Hedley
Jack Needham 		13
1911–12 38 16 10 12 57 33 42 5th R3 Billy Halligan 24
1912–13 38 14 10 14 56 54 38 10th R2 17
1913–14 38 18 5 15 51 52 41 9th R2 Sammy Brooks 11
1914–15 38 19 7 12 77 52 45 4th R2 Frank Curtis 25
No competitive football was played between 1915 and 1919 due to the First World War.
1919–20 Div 2 42 10 10 22 55 80 30 19th R2 Dick Richards 12
1920–21 42 16 6 20 49 66 38 15th RU George Edmonds 15
1921–22 42 13 11 18 44 49 37 17th R1 13
1922–23 42 9 9 24 42 77 27 22nd R2 14
1923–24 Div 3(N) 42 24 15 3 76 27 63 1st R3 Harry Lees 22
1924–25 Div 2 42 20 6 16 55 51 46 6th R1 Tom Phillipson 16
1925–26 42 21 7 14 84 60 49 4th R3 37
1926–27 42 14 7 21 73 75 35 15th QF 33
1927–28 42 13 10 19 63 91 36 16th R4 Wilf Chadwick 19
1928–29 42 15 7 20 77 81 37 17th R3 Reg Weaver 18
1929–30 42 16 9 17 77 79 41 9th R3 Billy Hartill 33
1930–31 42 21 5 16 84 67 47 4th QF 30
1931–32 42 24 8 10 115 49 56 1st R4 30
1932–33 Div 1 42 13 9 20 80 96 35 20th R3 33
1933–34 42 14 12 16 74 86 40 15th R4 Charlie Phillips 14
1934–35 42 15 8 19 88 94 38 17th R4 Billy Hartill 29
1935–36 42 15 10 17 77 76 40 15th R3 Billy Wrigglesworth 13
1936–37 42 21 5 16 84 67 47 5th QF Gordon Clayton 29
1937–38 42 20 11 11 72 49 51 2nd R4 Dennis Westcott 22
1938–39 42 22 11 9 88 39 55 2nd RU 43
1939–40 3 0 2 1 3 4 2 16th[c] n/a n/a
No competitive football was played between 1940 and 1945 due to the Second World War.
1945–46 There was no national League football in 1945–46 R4 N/A
1946–47 Div 1 42 25 6 11 98 56 56 3rd R4 Dennis Westcott 39
1947–48 42 19 9 14 83 70 47 5th R4 Johnny Hancocks
Jesse Pye 		16
1948–49 42 17 12 13 79 66 46 6th W Sammy Smyth 22
1949–50 42 20 13 9 76 49 53 2nd R5 FA Charity Shield W[d] Jesse Pye 18
1950–51 42 15 8 19 74 61 38 14th SF Roy Swinbourne 22
1951–52 42 12 14 16 73 73 38 16th R4 Jesse Pye 15
1952–53 42 19 13 10 86 63 51 3rd R3 Roy Swinbourne 21
1953–54 42 25 7 10 96 56 57 1st R3 Dennis Wilshaw 27
1954–55 42 19 10 13 89 70 48 2nd QF FA Charity Shield W[d] Johnny Hancocks 28
1955–56 42 20 9 13 89 65 49 3rd R3 18
1956–57 42 20 8 14 94 70 48 6th R4 Harry Hooper 19
1957–58 42 28 8 6 103 47 64 1st QF Jimmy Murray 32
1958–59 42 28 5 9 110 49 61 1st R4 FA Charity Shield RU Peter Broadbent 22
European Cup R1
1959–60 42 24 6 12 106 67 54 2nd W FA Charity Shield W Jimmy Murray 34
European Cup QF
1960–61 42 25 7 10 103 75 57 3rd R3 FA Charity Shield W[d] Ted Farmer 28
European Cup Winners' Cup SF
1961–62 42 13 10 19 73 86 36 18th R4 Jimmy Murray 17
1962–63 42 20 10 12 93 65 50 5th R3 Alan Hinton 19
1963–64 42 12 15 15 70 80 39 16th R3 Ray Crawford 26
1964–65 42 13 4 25 59 89 30 21st QF 15
1965–66 Div 2 42 20 10 12 87 61 50 6th R5 Peter Knowles 21
1966–67 42 25 8 9 88 48 58 2nd R4 R3 Ernie Hunt 21
1967–68 Div 1 42 14 8 20 66 75 36 17th R3 R2 Derek Dougan 17
1968–69 42 10 15 17 41 58 35 16th R4 R4 14
1969–70 42 12 16 14 55 57 40 13th R3 R4 Anglo-Italian Cup GS Hugh Curran 23
1970–71 42 22 8 12 64 54 52 4th R4 R2 Texaco Cup W Bobby Gould 23
1971–72 42 18 11 13 65 57 47 9th R3 R2 UEFA Cup RU Derek Dougan 24
1972–73 42 18 11 13 66 54 47 5th SF SF Texaco Cup QF John Richards 36
1973–74 42 13 15 14 49 49 41 12th R3 W UEFA Cup R2 18
1974–75 42 14 11 17 57 54 39 12th R3 R2 UEFA Cup R1 Kenny Hibbitt 17
1975–76 42 10 10 22 51 68 30 20th QF R4 John Richards 25
1976–77 Div 2 42 22 13 7 84 45 57 1st QF R2 20
1977–78 Div 1 42 12 12 18 51 64 36 15th R4 R2 13
1978–79 42 13 8 21 44 68 34 18th SF R2 9
1979–80 42 19 9 14 58 47 47 6th R5 W 18
1980–81 42 13 9 20 43 55 35 18th SF R2 UEFA Cup R1 17
1981–82 42 10 10 22 32 63 40[e] 22nd R3 R2 Mel Eves
Andy Gray 		7
1982–83 Div 2 42 20 15 7 68 44 75 2nd R4 R2 Mel Eves 19
1983–84 Div 1 42 6 11 25 27 80 29 22nd R3 R2 Wayne Clarke 9
1984–85 Div 2 42 8 9 25 37 79 33 22nd R3 R3 Alan Ainscow
Tony Evans 		6
1985–86 Div 3 46 11 10 25 57 98 43 23rd R1 R1 Football League Trophy GS Andy King 10
1986–87 Div 4 46 24 7 15 69 50 79 4th[f] R1 R1 Football League Trophy R1 Steve Bull 19
Play-offs RU
1987–88 46 27 9 10 82 43 90 1st R2 R3 Football League Trophy W 52
1988–89 Div 3 46 26 14 6 96 49 92 1st R1 R1 Football League Trophy AF 50
1989–90 Div 2 46 18 13 15 67 60 67 10th R3 R2 Full Members' Cup R1 27
1990–91 46 13 19 14 63 63 58 12th R3 R2 Full Members' Cup R2 27
1991–92 46 18 10 18 61 54 64 11th R3 R3 Full Members' Cup R1 23
1992–93 Div 1[g] 46 16 13 17 57 56 61 11th R4 R2 Anglo-Italian Cup PR 19
1993–94 46 17 17 12 60 47 68 8th QF R2 Anglo-Italian Cup PR 15
1994–95 46 21 13 12 77 61 76 4th QF R3 Anglo-Italian Cup GS David Kelly 22
Play-offs SF
1995–96 46 13 16 17 56 62 55 20th R4 QF Don Goodman 20
1996–97 46 22 10 14 68 51 76 3rd R3 R1 Play-offs SF Steve Bull 23
1997–98 46 18 11 17 57 53 65 9th SF R3 Dougie Freedman 12
1998–99 46 19 16 11 64 43 73 7th R4 R2 Robbie Keane 16
1999–2000 46 21 11 14 64 48 74 7th R4 R1 Ade Akinbiyi 16
2000–01 46 14 13 19 45 48 55 12th R4 R3 Adam Proudlock 11
2001–02 46 25 11 10 76 43 86 3rd R3 R1 Play-offs SF Dean Sturridge 21
2002–03 46 20 16 10 81 44 76 5th[h] QF R2 Play-offs W Kenny Miller 24
2003–04 Prem 38 7 12 19 38 77 33 20th R4 R4 Alex Rae 8
2004–05 Champ[i] 46 15 21 10 72 59 66 9th R4 R2 Kenny Miller 20
2005–06 46 16 19 11 50 42 67 7th R4 R2 12
2006–07 46 22 10 14 61 56 76 5th R4 R1 Play-offs SF Seyi Olofinjana 10
2007–08 46 18 16 12 53 48 70 7th R5 R2 Sylvan Ebanks-Blake 12
2008–09 46 27 9 10 80 52 90 1st R4 R2 25
2009–10 Prem 38 9 11 18 32 56 38 15th R4 R3 Kevin Doyle 9
2010–11 38 11 7 20 46 66 40 17th R4 R4 Steven Fletcher 12
2011–12 38 5 10 23 40 82 25 20th R3 R4 12
2012–13 Champ 46 14 9 23 54 69 51 23rd R3 R3 Sylvan Ebanks-Blake 15
2013–14 Lge 1 46 31 10 5 89 31 103 1st R1 R1 Football League Trophy R2 Leigh Griffiths
Bakary Sako 		13
2014–15 Champ 46 22 12 12 70 56 78 7th R3 R1 Nouha Dicko
Bakary Sako 		15
2015–16 46 14 16 16 53 58 58 14th R3 R3 Benik Afobe 10
2016–17 46 16 10 20 54 58 58 15th R5 R3 Hélder Costa 12
2017–18 46 30 9 7 82 39 99 1st R3 R4 Diogo Jota 18
2018–19 Prem 38 16 9 13 47 46 57 7th SF R3 Raúl Jiménez 17
2019–20 38 15 14 9 51 40 59 7th R3 R4 UEFA Europa League QF 27
2020–21 38 12 9 17 36 52 45 13th R5 R2 Pedro Neto
Rúben Neves 		5
2021–22 38 15 6 17 38 43 51 10th R4 R3 Raúl Jiménez
Daniel Podence 		6
2022–23 38 11 8 19 31 58 41 13th R3 QF Rúben Neves
Daniel Podence 		6

Key

Winners Runners-up Third place Play-offs Promoted Relegated

Notes

  1. ^ Goals in all competitions (English Football League or Premier League, FA Cup, EFL Cup and European) are counted.
  2. ^ Two points were awarded for a win from the start of the league until 1981.
  3. ^ The 1939–40 season was abandoned in early September and all results annulled.
  4. ^ a b c From 1939 to 1993, in the event of a draw, the Charity Shield would be shared between the two competing teams, with each team having possession of the trophy for six months.
  5. ^ The 1981–82 season saw the introduction of three points for a win.
  6. ^ Lowest League finish.
  7. ^ With the advent of the Premier League as the new top flight, the remaining three Football League Divisions changed titles. Level 2 was now called Division 1, Level 3 was called Division 2 and Level 4 was called Division 3.
  8. ^ Promoted as play-off winners.
  9. ^ The Football League renamed its three Divisions in 2004. Division 1 was now named the Championship, Division 2 as League One, Division 3 as League Two.

References

  1. ^ a b c Matthews, Tony (2008). Wolverhampton Wanderers: The Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. ISBN 978-1-85983-632-3.
  2. ^ "England – Professional Football All-Time Tables 1888/89–2011/12". RSSSF. Retrieved 15 November 2012.
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