2021–22 Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. season explained

Club:Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.
Season:2021–22
Manager:Bruno Lage
Mgrtitle:Head coach
Chairman:Jeff Shi
Stadium:Molineux
League:Premier League
League Result:10th
Cup1:FA Cup
Cup1 Result:Fourth round
Cup2:EFL Cup
Cup2 Result:Third round
League Topscorer:
Raúl Jiménez (6)
Season Topscorer:
Raúl Jiménez
Daniel Podence
(6 each)
Highest Attendance:31,842 vs Leeds United
(18 March 2022, Premier League)
Lowest Attendance:27,004 vs Sheffield United
(9 January 2022, FA Cup)
Average Attendance:30,725
Prevseason:2020–21
Nextseason:2022–23
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The 2021–22 season was the 144th in the history of Wolverhampton Wanderers and the 4th consecutive in the Premier League. The club also competed in the FA Cup and the EFL Cup.

This was the first season under former Benfica manager Bruno Lage, who was appointed on 9 June 2021 following the departure of Nuno Espírito Santo by mutual consent at the end of the previous season.[1] [2] [3]

Pre-season friendlies

The culb's pre-season schedule included friendlies against Crewe Alexandra, Real Betis, Stoke City, Coventry City and Celta Vigo, in addition to two friendlies behind closed doors against Forest Green Rovers and Al Shabab.[4] On July 12, Wanderers confirmed a sixth pre-season match, against Las Palmas.[5]

Competitions

Premier League

See main article: 2021–22 Premier League.

Matches

The provisional fixture list was released on 16 June 2021, but was subject to change in the event of matches being selected for television coverage or police concerns.[6]

FA Cup

See main article: 2021–22 FA Cup. As a Premier League team, Wolves entered the competition at the third round stage, and were drawn at home to Sheffield United.[7]

EFL Cup

See main article: 2021–22 EFL Cup.

As a Premier League team not involved in European competition, Wolves entered the competition at the second round stage in August 2021 and were drawn away to Nottingham Forest[8] [9] and in the third round against Tottenham Hotspur at home.[10] [11]

EFL Trophy

See also: 2021–22 EFL Trophy. Wolves were one of the sixteen teams from outside the bottom two divisions of the Football League to be invited to field their academy team in the competition due to it holding Category 1 academy status. They were drawn into Group C in the Northern section.[12]
Note: In group stage matches which were level at the end of 90 minutes, a penalty shoot-out was held, with the winner earning a bonus point.

Players

Statistics

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Transfers

Transfers in

DatePositionNationalityNameFromFeeTeamRef.
17 June 2021 Undisclosed [15]
1 July 2021 Louie Moulden Free transfer [16]
9 July 2021 Undisclosed [17]
15 July 2021 Undisclosed [18]
17 July 2021 Undisclosed [19]
27 August 2021 Joe Hodge Undisclosed [20]
31 August 2021 Harvey Griffiths Undisclosed [21]
17 September 2021 Josh Esen Free transfer [22]
5 January 2022 Undisclosed [23]
17 January 2022 Undisclosed [24]
28 January 2022 Undisclosed [25]
11 March 2022 Umar Nawaz Unattached Free transfer [26]

Loans in

Date fromPositionNationalityNameFromDate untilTeamRef.
3 July 2021 End of season [27]
29 August 2021 End of season [28]

New and extended contracts

DatePositionNationalityNameRef.
27 May 2021 [29]
1 June 2021 Pascal Estrada [30]
24 June 2021 [31]
2 July 2021 [32]
19 July 2021
5 August 2021 Hugo Bueno [33]
31 August 2021 [34]
31 August 2021 [35]
31 August 2021 Christian Marques [36]
28 October 2021 Harry Birtwistle [37]
5 November 2021 [38]
10 November 2021 [39]
12 November 2021 Tyler Roberts [40]
14 November 2021 Aaron Keto-Diyawa [41]
23 November 2021 Kam Kandola [42]
13 January 2022 [43]
17 January 2022 Jack Scott [44]
28 February 2022 Nathan Fraser [45]
1 March 2022 [46]
9 March 2022 [47]
21 March 2022 [48]
12 April 2022 Lee Harkin [49]

Loans out

Date fromPositionNationalityNameToDate untilTeamRef.
1 July 2021 4 January 2022 [50]
9 July 2021 End of season [51]
13 July 2021 3 January 2022 [52]
16 July 2021 20 January 2022 [53]
17 July 2021 End of season
19 July 2021 4 January 2022 [54]
26 July 2021 6 January 2022 [55]
29 July 2021 End of season [56]
2 August 2021 7 January 2022 [57]
5 August 2021 12 January 2022 [58]
12 August 2021 Joe Young January 2022 [59]
13 August 2021 End of season [60]
14 August 2021 Jackson Smith End of season [61]
24 August 2021 7 January 2022 [62]
27 August 2021 15 January 2022 [63]
31 August 2021 End of season
31 August 2021 End of season
31 August 2021 End of season [64]
31 August 2021 Andreas Söndergaard January 2022 [65]
2 September 2021 Christian Marques 17 January 2022
7 January 2022 End of season [66]
13 January 2022 End of season [67]
14 January 2022 Joe Young End of season
14 January 2022 Joe O'Shaughnessy End of season [68]
15 January 2022 End of season [69]
17 January 2022 Jack Scott January 2023
21 January 2022 January 2023
21 January 2022 End of next season [70]
25 January 2022 End of season [71]
28 January 2022 17 March 2023
29 January 2022 End of season [72]
30 January 2022 End of season [73]
30 January 2022 Louie Moulden End of season [74]
30 January 2022 Andreas Söndergaard End of season
1 February 2022 End of season [75]

Transfers out

DatePositionNationalityNameToFeeTeamRef.
1 July 2021 Released [76] [77]
1 July 2021 Jaden Forrester Released [78]
1 July 2021 Released
1 July 2021 Free transfer [79]
1 July 2021 Free transfer [80]
13 July 2021 Undisclosed [81]
16 July 2021 Dean Pinnington Free transfer [82]
20 August 2021 Undisclosed [83]
20 August 2021 €15,000,000 [84]
28 January 2022 Undisclosed [85]
31 January 2022 Contract terminated [86] [87]
31 January 2022 Erik Bugarín Free transfer

See also

Notes and References

  1. 9 June 2021. Lage becomes new Wolves head coach. Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. 23 October 2021.
  2. Web site: Barry. Coral. 9 June 2021. Bruno Lage appointed new manager of Wolves, replaces Nuno at Premier League club. Eurosport. 23 May 2021.
  3. Web site: 9 June 2021. Wolves: Bruno Lage appointed as new manager. BBC Sport. 23 October 2021.
  4. News: Pre-season schedule confirmed . Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. . 2 July 2021.
  5. News: Las Palmas fixture added to Wolves' pre-season schedule . Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. . 12 July 2021.
  6. News: Premier League fixtures: Man City face Spurs, Brentford host Arsenal, Liverpool at Norwich. BBC Sport. 16 June 2021.
  7. News: Third round Draw . 6 December 2021 . The Football Association . 9 December 2021.
  8. Web site: Carabao Cup Round Two draw confirmed . EFL . 12 August 2021.
  9. Web site: Forest Carabao Cup date confirmed . Wolverhampton Wanderers FC . 16 August 2021.
  10. News: Carabao Cup Round Three draw confirmed . EFL . 26 August 2021.
  11. News: Date and ticket information for Spurs tie confirmed . Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. . 29 August 2021.
  12. News: EFL Trophy Regional Groups confirmed. English Football League. 18 August 2020.
  13. Neves was suspended vs Burnley (h) due to accumulating five yellow cards.
  14. Jiménez was suspended vs Brighton (a) due to receiving a second yellow card vs Manchester City (a).
  15. Web site: Wolves clinch signing of Mosquera . Wolverhampton Wanderers FC . 17 June 2021.
  16. Web site: Wolves sign young goalkeeper Moulden . Wolverhampton Wanderers FC . 22 June 2021.
  17. Web site: Ait-Nouri makes permanent Molineux move . Wolverhampton Wanderers FC . 9 July 2021.
  18. Web site: Wolves confirm Sa signing . Wolverhampton Wanderers FC . 15 July 2021.
  19. Web site: New signing loaned to Grasshoppers . Wolverhampton Wanderers FC . 17 July 2021.
  20. Web site: Hodge links up with Wolves under-23s . Wolverhampton Wanderers FC . 27 August 2021.
  21. Web site: Under-23s secure Griffiths capture . Wolverhampton Wanderers FC . 31 August 2021.
  22. Web site: Esen joins under-18 group . Wolverhampton Wanderers FC . 17 September 2021.
  23. Web site: Wolves sign Japan international Kawabe in first January move . https://web.archive.org/web/20220105110804/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/japanese-wolves-switzerland-south-korea-british-b1987114.html . 2022-01-05 . limited . live . The Independent . 5 January 2022 . 5 January 2022.
  24. Web site: Promising winger Chiquinho signs for Wolves . Wolverhampton Wanderers FC . 17 January 2022.
  25. Web site: New signing heads on loan to Grasshoppers . Wolverhampton Wanderers FC . 28 January 2022.
  26. Web site: So incredibly proud of my little brother Umar Nawaz for being signed by @WolvesAcademy of @Wolves ⭐️ Umar will be playing for the Premier League giants’ academy! Really excited to see my little brother play for such a huge historical club . Ahmad Nawaz on Twitter . 18 March 2023.
  27. News: Wolves complete Trincao capture. Wolves. 3 July 2021.
  28. Web site: Hwang becomes latest new signing . Wolverhampton Wanderers FC . 29 August 2021.
  29. News: Samuels signs new Wolves deal . Wolves. 27 May 2021.
  30. News: New deal for Estrada . Wolves. 1 June 2021.
  31. News: Wolves keeper John Ruddy signs new one-year deal. Express & Star. 24 June 2021.
  32. News: Perry signs new Wolves contract. Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.. 2 July 2021.
  33. News: Bueno commits future to Wolves. Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.. 5 August 2021.
  34. Web site: New deal and loan for Gibbs-White . Wolverhampton Wanderers FC . 31 August 2021.
  35. Web site: Lonwijk signs new contract ahead of loan move . Wolverhampton Wanderers FC . 31 August 2021.
  36. Web site: New contract and loan move for Marques . Wolverhampton Wanderers FC . 2 September 2021.
  37. Web site: Birtwistle rewarded with professional contract . Wolverhampton Wanderers FC . 28 October 2021.
  38. Web site: Kilman commits long-term future to Wolves . Wolverhampton Wanderers FC . 5 November 2021.
  39. Web site: Lembikisa turns pro after impressing for under-23s . Wolverhampton Wanderers FC . 12 November 2021.
  40. Web site: Roberts turns pro after decade at Wolves . Wolverhampton Wanderers FC . 12 November 2021.
  41. Web site: Keto-Diyawa signs first professional contract . Wolverhampton Wanderers FC . 15 November 2021.
  42. Web site: Kandola earns first pro contract . Wolverhampton Wanderers FC . 23 November 2021.
  43. Web site: Richards joins Harrogate on loan. Wolverhampton Wanderers FC . 13 January 2022.
  44. Web site: Scott signs new contract ahead of loan move. Wolverhampton Wanderers FC . 17 January 2022.
  45. Web site: Fraser signs first professional contract. Wolverhampton Wanderers FC . 28 February 2022.
  46. Web site: Cundle signs new Wolves contract. Wolverhampton Wanderers FC . 5 March 2022.
  47. Web site: Neto commits to new Wolves contract. Wolverhampton Wanderers FC . 9 March 2022.
  48. Web site: Toti commits future to Wolves. Wolverhampton Wanderers FC . 21 March 2022.
  49. Web site: Harkin agrees new Wolves contract. Wolverhampton Wanderers FC . 13 April 2022.
  50. News: Gomes to remain out on loan. Wolves. 29 June 2021. 29 June 2021. 29 June 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210629150841/https://www.wolves.co.uk/news/academy/20210629-gomes-to-remain-out-on-loan/. dead.
  51. News: Vinagre makes Sporting switch. Wolves. 9 July 2021.
  52. Web site: Giles joins Cardiff City on loan . Wolverhampton Wanderers FC . 13 July 2021 . 13 July 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210713150857/https://www.wolves.co.uk/news/under-23/20210713-giles-joins-cardiff-city-on-loan/ . dead .
  53. Web site: Campana makes loan move to Grasshoppers . Wolverhampton Wanderers FC . 16 July 2021.
  54. Web site: New contract and loan move for Sanderson . Wolverhampton Wanderers FC . 19 July 2021.
  55. Web site: Sarkic earns Championship loan . Wolverhampton Wanderers FC . 26 July 2021.
  56. Web site: Dadashov makes loan move to Portugal . Wolverhampton Wanderers FC . 29 July 2021.
  57. Web site: Corbeanu joins the Owls . Wolverhampton Wanderers FC . 29 July 2021.
  58. Web site: League One move for Perry . Wolverhampton Wanderers FC . 5 August 2021.
  59. Web site: Young departs on loan . Wolverhampton Wanderers FC . 12 August 2021.
  60. Web site: Cutrone joins Empoli on loan . Wolverhampton Wanderers FC . 14 August 2021.
  61. Web site: Academy stopper Smith heads out on loan . Wolverhampton Wanderers FC . 15 August 2021.
  62. Web site: Loan move for Samuels . Wolverhampton Wanderers FC . 25 August 2021.
  63. Web site: Matheson heads to Scotland . Wolverhampton Wanderers FC . 27 August 2021.
  64. Web site: Ronan joins St Mirren on loan . Wolverhampton Wanderers FC . 31 August 2021.
  65. Web site: Sondergaard makes loan switch back to Denmark . Wolverhampton Wanderers FC . 31 August 2021.
  66. Web site: Corbeanu arrives on loan . Milton Keynes Dons . 7 January 2022.
  67. Web site: Wolves youngster Lewis Richards joins on loan . Harrogate Town . 13 January 2022.
  68. Web site: Academy goalkeeping trio head out on loan. Wolverhampton Wanderers FC . 16 January 2022.
  69. Web site: Luke Matheson joins the Iron on loan . Scunthorpe United . 15 January 2022.
  70. Web site: Kawabe makes loan return to Grasshoppers . Wolverhampton Wanderers FC . 21 January 2022.
  71. Web site: Dion Sanderson joins QPR on loan . Queens Park Rangers FC . 26 January 2022.
  72. Web site: Traore heads back to Barcelona on loan . Wolverhampton Wanderers FC . 30 January 2022.
  73. News: Jordao joins Grasshoppers on loan. Wolves. 31 January 2022.
  74. News: Moulden and Sondergaard make loan moves . Wolves. 31 January 2022.
  75. News: Giles joins on loan!. Blackburn Rovers FC. 1 February 2022.
  76. Web site: Wolves confirm 2021 retained list . Wolverhampton Wanderers FC . 4 June 2021.
  77. Web site: Diallo Checks Into Another Way . Forest Green Rovers FC . 2 July 2021.
  78. Web site: Academy support team helps Forrester land Swansea move . Wolverhampton Wanderers FC . 20 August 2021.
  79. News: GC VERPFLICHTET MOREIRA UND HERC. Grasshopper Club Zürich. 22 June 2021 . German.
  80. News: JDT have reached an agreement to sign Malaysian heritage player Nathaniel Shio Hong Wan. Johor Darul Ta'zim. 23 May 2021.
  81. News: Patricio makes Roma switch. Wolves. 13 July 2021.
  82. Web site: Dean Pinnington Signs Professional Deal . Wigan Athletic FC . 16 July 2021.
  83. News: Otasowie makes Wolves exit. Wolves. 20 August 2021.
  84. News: Mir completes move to Sevilla. Wolves. 20 August 2021.
  85. News: Austin Samuels signs for ICTFC . Inverness Caledonian Thistle FC . 28 January 2022.
  86. News: Buur makes Wolves exit . Wolverhampton Wanderers FC . 31 January 2022.
  87. https://fcvolendam.nl/nieuws/oskar-buur-tekent-voor-2-5-seizoen-bij-fc-volendam/ Oskar Buur tekent voor 2,5 seizoen bij FC Volendam

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