Club: | Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. |
Season: | 2023–24 |
Owner: | Fosun International |
Chairman: | Jeff Shi |
Mgrtitle: | Head coach |
Manager: | Gary O'Neil |
Stadium: | Molineux |
League: | Premier League |
League Result: | 14th |
Cup1: | FA Cup |
Cup1 Result: | Quarter-finals |
Cup2: | EFL Cup |
Cup2 Result: | Third round |
League Topscorer: | Hwang Hee-chan (12) |
Season Topscorer: | Matheus Cunha Hwang Hee-chan (13 each) |
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The 2023–24 season was the 146th season in the history of Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club and their sixth consecutive season in the Premier League. In addition to the domestic league, the club participated in the FA Cup and the EFL Cup.
On 8 August, the club parted company with Julen Lopetegui by mutual agreement.[1] A day later, Gary O'Neil was appointed head coach on a three-year deal.[2]
No. | Player | Position | Nationality | Place of birth | Date of birth (age) | Previous club | Date signed | Fee | Contract end | ||||
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Goalkeepers | |||||||||||||
1 | 15 July 2021 | £6,800,000 | 30 June 2027 | ||||||||||
25 | 25 January 2023 | £50,000 | 30 June 2025 | ||||||||||
40 | 9 March 1995 | 3 July 2023 | Free | 30 June 2027 | |||||||||
Defenders | |||||||||||||
2 | 16 January 1992 | 20 July 2023 | Free | 30 June 2026 | |||||||||
3 | 9 July 2021 | £9,500,000 | 30 June 2026 | ||||||||||
4 | 9 November 1998 | 31 August 2023 | Undisclosed | 30 June 2027 | |||||||||
15 | 22 January 2023 | £2,300,000 | 30 June 2025 | ||||||||||
17 | Areosa | 1 July 2019 | Undisclosed | 30 June 2028 | |||||||||
22 | 23 September 2020 | £29,000,000 | 30 June 2025 | ||||||||||
23 | 9 August 2018 | Free | 30 June 2028 | ||||||||||
24 | 2 September 2020 | £700,000 | 30 June 2029 | ||||||||||
53 | Aaron Keto-Diyawa | 11 September 2003 | 1 July 2020 | Undisclosed | 30 June 2025 | ||||||||
Midfielders | |||||||||||||
5 | 13 January 2023 | £9,750,000 | 30 June 2025 | ||||||||||
6 | 1 July 2023 | £10,000,000 | 30 June 2027 | ||||||||||
8 | 30 January 2023 | £16,400,000 | 30 June 2028 | ||||||||||
14 | 17 June 2005 | 31 January 2024 | Loan | 31 May 2024 | |||||||||
20 | 17 October 2001 | 1 September 2023 | Loan | 31 May 2024 | |||||||||
27 | 27 June 1998 | 1 September 2023 | Undisclosed | 30 June 2028 | |||||||||
42 | 22 September 2003 | 31 August 2021 | £350,000 | 30 June 2026 | |||||||||
62 | 11 October 2003 | 18 September 2023 | Free | 30 June 2027 | |||||||||
Forwards | |||||||||||||
7 | 2 August 2019 | £16,300,000 | 30 June 2027 | ||||||||||
11 | 1 July 2022 | £14,300,000 | 30 June 2028 | ||||||||||
12 | 1 July 2023 | £44,000,000 | 30 June 2027 | ||||||||||
21 | 11 May 1992 | 17 January 2023 | £4,300,000 | 30 June 2025 | |||||||||
30 | 20 January 2005 | 31 August 2023 | £5,150,000 | 30 June 2028 | |||||||||
45 | 19 July 2005 | 1 July 2019 | Undisclosed | 30 June 2026 | |||||||||
63 | 22 February 2005 | Academy | 28 February 2022 | Trainee | 30 June 2025 | ||||||||
Out on Loan | |||||||||||||
9 | 5 September 2020 | £35,700,000 | 30 June 2026 | ||||||||||
10 | 30 January 2020 | £16,500,000 | 30 June 2024 | ||||||||||
13 | Louie Moulden | 1 July 2021 | Free | 30 June 2024 | |||||||||
14 | 1 July 2021 | £4,500,000 | 30 June 2026 | ||||||||||
18 | 31 August 2022 | £15,400,000 | 30 June 2027 | ||||||||||
20 | 17 January 2022 | £2,900,000 | 30 June 2026 | ||||||||||
32 | 27 August 2021 | Undisclosed | 30 June 2027 | ||||||||||
39 | Academy | 1 July 2021 | Trainee | 30 June 2026 | |||||||||
— | 19 September 2020 | £9,000,000 | 30 June 2025 | ||||||||||
— | 8 August 2022 | £27,500,000 | 30 June 2027 | ||||||||||
Date | Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Ref. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 July 2023 | Emilio Ballard-Matthews | Free transfer | [3] | |||
1 July 2023 | £44,000,000 | [4] | ||||
1 July 2023 | Josh Gracey | Free transfer | [5] | |||
1 July 2023 | Jashayde Greenwood | Free transfer | ||||
1 July 2023 | £9,500,000 | [6] | ||||
3 July 2023 | Free transfer | [7] | ||||
20 July 2023 | Free Transfer | [8] | ||||
30 July 2023 | Leo Lopes | Undisclosed | [9] | |||
14 August 2023 | Reiss Bowen | Free transfer | [10] | |||
31 August 2023 | Undisclosed | [11] | ||||
31 August 2023 | Undisclosed | [12] | ||||
1 September 2023 | Undisclosed | [13] | ||||
2 September 2023 | Matthew Whittingham | Undisclosed | [14] | |||
18 September 2023 | Undisclosed | [15] | ||||
12 October 2023 | Dani Ángel | Undisclosed | [16] | |||
8 January 2024 | Undisclosed | [17] |
Date | Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Ref. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
23 June 2023 | £47,000,000 | [18] | ||||
30 June 2023 | Michael Agboola | End of contract | ||||
30 June 2023 | End of contract | [19] | ||||
30 June 2023 | Lee Harkin | End of contract | [20] | |||
30 June 2023 | Jack Hodnett | End of contract | ||||
30 June 2023 | End of contract | [21] | ||||
30 June 2023 | End of contract | [22] [23] | ||||
30 June 2023 | End of contract | [24] | ||||
30 June 2023 | Jack Scott | End of contract | [25] | |||
30 June 2023 | End of contract | [26] [27] | ||||
1 July 2023 | £7,500,000 | [28] | ||||
4 July 2023 | £23,000,000 | [29] | ||||
7 July 2023 | Undisclosed | [30] | ||||
15 July 2023 | Undisclosed | [31] | ||||
21 July 2023 | Undisclosed | [32] | ||||
25 July 2023 | £5,500,000 | [33] | ||||
28 July 2023 | Undisclosed | [34] | ||||
31 July 2023 | Ackeme Francis-Burrell | Free transfer | [35] | |||
3 August 2023 | Undisclosed | [36] | ||||
18 August 2023 | Undisclosed | [37] | ||||
1 September 2023 | £53,000,000 | [38] | ||||
3 September 2023 | Free transfer | [39] | ||||
8 September 2023 | Leo Shahar | Undisclosed | [40] | |||
11 September 2023 | Undisclosed | [41] | ||||
1 January 2024 | Palmi Arinbjornsson | Free transfer | [42] | |||
8 February 2024 | Lucas Scicluna | Free transfer | [43] | |||
26 January 2024 | Contract terminated | [44] [45] | ||||
1 February 2024 | Undisclosed | [46] | ||||
6 February 2024 | Contract terminated | [47] [48] | ||||
16 March 2024 | Brayden Clarke | Undisclosed | [49] |
Date | Pos. | Player | Loaned from | Until | Ref. | |
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1 September 2023 | End of Season | [50] | ||||
31 January 2024 | End of Season | [51] |
Date | Pos. | Player | Loaned to | On loan until | Ref. |
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29 June 2023 | 1 January 2024 | [52] | |||
1 July 2023 | 2 January 2024 | [53] | |||
4 July 2023 | 19 January 2024 | [54] [55] | |||
4 July 2023 | 16 November 2023 | [56] | |||
13 July 2023 | 16 January 2024 | [57] | |||
21 July 2023 | End of Season | [58] | |||
22 July 2023 | 31 August 2023 | [59] [60] | |||
27 July 2023 | 10 January 2024 | [61] [62] | |||
28 July 2023 | 2 January 2024 | [63] | |||
7 August 2023 | 7 January 2024 | [64] [65] | |||
23 August 2023 | 15 January 2024 | [66] [67] | |||
29 August 2023 | End of Season | [68] | |||
29 August 2023 | 19 January 2024 | [69] [70] | |||
31 August 2023 | 2 January 2024 | [71] | |||
1 September 2023 | 2 January 2024 | [72] [73] | |||
1 September 2023 | End of Season | [74] | |||
4 September 2023 | End of Season | [75] | |||
1 January 2024 | End of Season | [76] | |||
4 January 2024 | End of Season | [77] | |||
7 January 2024 | End of Season | [78] | |||
9 January 2024 | End of Season | [79] | |||
12 January 2024 | End of Season | [80] | |||
16 January 2024 | End of Season | [81] | |||
16 January 2024 | End of Season | [82] | |||
16 January 2024 | Joe Young | End of Season | [83] | ||
19 January 2024 | End of Season | ||||
23 January 2024 | End of Season | [84] | |||
1 February 2024 | End of season | [85] | |||
1 February 2024 | End of Season | [86] | |||
3 February 2024 | End of Season | [87] | |||
3 February 2024 | Owen Farmer | End of Season | |||
12 March 2024 | 31 October 2024 | [88] | |||
On 11 May, Wolves announced a pre-season tour to South Korea, the club's first-ever visit, with friendly matches against Celtic and Roma confirmed.[89] Just over two weeks later, the club confirmed a third pre-season friendly with Rennes visiting Molineux.[90] A second home friendly against Luton Town was also added.[91] Following the cancellation of the tour to South Korea, the pre-season fixture with Celtic was later rescheduled to be played in Dublin.[92] A return trip to Portugal was later confirmed, with a friendly against Porto.[93]
See main article: 2023–24 Premier League.
On 15 June, the Premier League fixtures were released.[94]
See main article: 2023–24 FA Cup.
Wolves entered the competition in the third round, and were drawn away to Brentford.[95] [96] They were then drawn away against fierce rivals West Bromwich Albion in the fourth round,[97] at home to Brighton & Hove Albion in the fifth round,[98] and at home to Coventry City in the quarter-finals.[99]
See main article: 2023–24 EFL Cup.
Wolves entered the competition in the second round, and were drawn at home to Blackpool.[100] They were then drawn away to Ipswich Town in the third round.[101]
See main article: 2023–24 EFL Trophy. The group stage draw was finalised on 22 June 2023.[102]
Player | Premier League | FA Cup | EFL Cup | Total | |||||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
Goalkeepers | |||||||||||
1 | GK | José Sá | 33 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 0 | |
25 | GK | Dan Bentley | 2+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 | |
Defenders | |||||||||||
2 | DF | Matt Doherty | 8+20 | 1 | 4+1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 14+21 | 3 | |
3 | DF | Rayan Aït-Nouri | 26+3 | 2 | 2+1 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 30+5 | 3 | |
4 | DF | Santiago Bueno | 8+3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13+3 | 0 | |
15 | DF | Craig Dawson | 25 | 1 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26+2 | 1 | |
17 | DF | Hugo Bueno | 6+13 | 0 | 0+2 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 7+16 | 1 | |
22 | DF | Nélson Semedo | 33 | 0 | 4+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 36+1 | 1 | |
23 | DF | Max Kilman | 35 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 40 | 2 | |
24 | DF | Toti | 28+4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 35+4 | 2 | |
46 | DF | Alfie Pond | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | |
Midfielders | |||||||||||
5 | MF | Mario Lemina | 31+1 | 4 | 3+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 34+2 | 5 | |
6 | MF | Boubacar Traoré | 5+16 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6+17 | 0 | |
8 | MF | João Gomes | 31+1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 33+2 | 2 | |
20 | MF | Tommy Doyle | 11+13 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 17+13 | 1 | |
21 | MF | Pablo Sarabia | 20+8 | 4 | 3+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 25+9 | 4 | |
27 | MF | Jean-Ricner Bellegarde | 9+10 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13+10 | 2 | |
42 | MF | Harvey Griffiths | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | |
62 | MF | Tawanda Chirewa | 1+6 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+8 | 0 | |
Forwards | |||||||||||
7 | FW | Pedro Neto | 17+1 | 2 | 1+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18+4 | 3 | |
11 | FW | Hwang Hee-chan | 22+4 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 24+4 | 12 | |
12 | FW | Matheus Cunha | 26+3 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 29+4 | 13 | |
63 | FW | Nathan Fraser | 1+6 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 | 0+2 | 1 | 2+7 | 2 | |
84 | FW | Leon Chiwome | 2+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | |
Transferred/Loaned | |||||||||||
19 | DF | Jonny | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | |
27 | MF | Matheus Nunes | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
9 | FW | Fábio Silva | 4+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 | 5+5 | 1 | |
18 | FW | Saša Kalajdžić | 1+10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3+10 | 3 | |
32 | MF | Joe Hodge | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.
width=10 | width=10 | width=10 | width=180 | Player | width=50 | Premier League | width=50 | FA Cup | width=50 | EFL Cup | width=50 | Total | |||
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1 | FW | 12 | align=left | 11 | 2 | 0 | 13 | ||||||||
2 | FW | 11 | align=left | 11 | 0 | 1 | 12 | ||||||||
3 | MF | 5 | align=left | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||
4 | MF | 21 | align=left | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||
5 | DF | 2 | align=left | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||
DF | 3 | align=left | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||||||||
FW | 7 | align=left | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||||||||
FW | 18 | align=left | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||
6 | DF | 8 | align=left | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||
DF | 15 | align=left | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||
DF | 23 | align=left | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||
DF | 24 | align=left | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
MF | 27 | align=left | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||
FW | 63 | align=left | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
7 | FW | 9 | align=left | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
DF | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
FW | 20 | align=left | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
DF | 22 | align=left | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
Total | 43 | 6 | 7 | 56 |
The list is sorted by shirt number when total cards are equal.
Name | Premier League | FA Cup | EFL Cup | Total | ||||||||||||
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1 | MF | 8 | align=left | João Gomes | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 |
2 | DF | 22 | align=left | Nélson Semedo | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
3 | MF | 5 | align=left | Mario Lemina | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
FW | 12 | align=left | Matheus Cunha | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | |
4 | DF | 3 | align=left | Rayan Aït-Nouri | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
DF | 23 | align=left | Max Kilman | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
5 | FW | 11 | align=left | Hwang Hee-chan | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
6 | DF | 15 | align=left | Craig Dawson | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
MF | 21 | align=left | Pablo Sarabia | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
7 | FW | 7 | align=left | Pedro Neto | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
MF | 24 | align=left | Toti | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
8 | MF | 6 | align=left | Boubacar Traoré | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
9 | GK | 1 | align=left | José Sá | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
DF | 2 | align=left | Matt Doherty | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
DF | 4 | align=left | Santiago Bueno | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
FW | 9 | align=left | Fábio Silva | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
MF | 20 | align=left | Tommy Doyle | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
MF | 27 | align=left | Matheus Nunes | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
10 | DF | 17 | align=left | Hugo Bueno | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
FW | 18 | align=left | Saša Kalajdžić | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
MF | 27 | align=left | Jean-Ricner Bellegarde | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
MF | 62 | align=left | Tawanda Chirewa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 86 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 97 | 2 | 2 |
The list is sorted by shirt number when total clean sheets are equal.
width=10 | width=10 | width=200 | Player | width=50 | Premier League | width=50 | FA Cup | width=50 | EFL Cup | Total | ||
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1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |||||||
2 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
Total | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
Voted for by fans on Wolverhampton Wanderers' official website.
Month | Player | |
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August | Saša Kalajdžić[103] | |
September | Pedro Neto[104] | |
October | Hwang Hee-chan[105] | |
November | Mario Lemina[106] [107] | |
December | ||
January | Matheus Cunha[108] | |
February | João Gomes[109] |