List of Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. seasons explained

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)
	Division	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Pos
1883–84	There was no national League football until 1888	R2			align=center rowspan=5 colspan=2	N/A
1884–85	R1
1885–86	R4
1886–87	R3
1887–88	R3
1888–89	FL	22		12	4	6	50	37	28	bgcolor=#c96	3rd	bgcolor=Silver	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	bgcolor=Gold	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	bgcolor=Silver	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	bgcolor=#c96	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	align=left rowspan=2	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	bgcolor=Pink	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	bgcolor=Gold	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	align=left rowspan=2	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	bgcolor=Silver		RU	align=left rowspan=3	George Edmonds	15
1921–22		42	13	11	18	44	49	37	17th	R1		13
1922–23		42	9	9	24	42	77	27	bgcolor=Pink	22nd		R2	14
1923–24	Div 3(N)	42	24	15	3	76	27	63	bgcolor=Gold	1st		R3	Harry Lees	22
1924–25	Div 2	42	20	6	16	55	51	46	6th	R1		align=left rowspan=3	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		align=left rowspan=4	Billy Hartill	33
1930–31		42	21	5	16	84	67	47	4th	QF		30
1931–32		42	24	8	10	115	49	56	bgcolor=Gold	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	bgcolor=Silver	2nd		R4	align=left rowspan=2	Dennis Westcott	22
1938–39		42	22	11	9	88	39	55	bgcolor=Silver	2nd		bgcolor=Silver	RU	43
1939–40		3	0	2	1	3	4	2	16th	n/a		align=left colspan=2	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			align=center colspan=2	N/A
1946–47	Div 1	42	25	6	11	98	56	56	bgcolor=#c96	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	bgcolor=Gold		W	Sammy Smyth	22
1949–50		42	20	13	9	76	49	53	bgcolor=Silver	2nd		R5	FA Charity Shield	bgcolor=gold	W	Jesse Pye	18
1950–51		42	15	8	19	74	61	38	14th	SF		align=left rowspan=4 colspan=2		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	bgcolor=#c96	3rd		R3	Roy Swinbourne	21
1953–54		42	25	7	10	96	56	57	bgcolor=Gold	1st		R3	Dennis Wilshaw	27
1954–55		42	19	10	13	89	70	48	bgcolor=Silver	2nd		QF	FA Charity Shield	bgcolor=gold	W	align=left rowspan=2	Johnny Hancocks	28
1955–56		42	20	9	13	89	65	49	bgcolor=#c96	3rd		R3	align=left rowspan=3 colspan=2		18
1956–57		42	20	8	14	94	70	48	6th	R4		Harry Hooper	19
1957–58		42	28	8	6	103	47	64	bgcolor=Gold	1st		QF	Jimmy Murray	32
1958–59		42	28	5	9	110	49	61	1st	R4		FA Charity Shield	bgcolor=Silver	RU	Peter Broadbent	22
									European Cup			R1
1959–60		42	24	6	12	106	67	54	2nd	W		FA Charity Shield	bgcolor=Gold	W	Jimmy Murray	34
									European Cup	QF
1960–61		42	25	7	10	103	75	57	3rd	R3		FA Charity Shield	bgcolor=gold	W	Ted Farmer	28
									European Cup Winners' Cup			SF
1961–62		42	13	10	19	73	86	36	18th	R4		align=left rowspan=8 colspan=2			17
1962–63		42	20	10	12	93	65	50	5th	R3			19
1963–64		42	12	15	15	70	80	39	16th	R3		align=left rowspan=2	Ray Crawford	26
1964–65		42	13	4	25	59	89	30	bgcolor=Pink	21st		QF	15
1965–66	Div 2	42	20	10	12	87	61	50	6th	R5			21
1966–67		42	25	8	9	88	48	58	bgcolor=PaleGreen	2nd	R4	R3		21
1967–68	Div 1	42	14	8	20	66	75	36	17th	R3	R2	align=left rowspan=2	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		23
1970–71		42	22	8	12	64	54	52	4th	R4	R2	Texaco Cup	bgcolor=Gold	W		23
1971–72		42	18	11	13	65	57	47	9th	R3	R2	UEFA Cup	bgcolor=Silver	RU	Derek Dougan	24
1972–73		42	18	11	13	66	54	47	5th	SF	SF	Texaco Cup	QF	align=left rowspan=2	John Richards	36
1973–74		42	13	15	14	49	49	41	12th	R3	bgcolor=Gold	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	bgcolor=Pink	20th	QF	R4	align=left rowspan=5 colspan=2		align=left rowspan=6	John Richards	25
1976–77	Div 2	42	22	13	7	84	45	57	bgcolor=Gold	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	bgcolor=Gold	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	bgcolor=Pink	22nd	R3	R2	align=left rowspan=4 colspan=2		Mel Eves Andy Gray	7
1982–83	Div 2	42	20	15	7	68	44	75	bgcolor=PaleGreen	2nd	R4	R2		19
1983–84	Div 1	42	6	11	25	27	80	29	bgcolor=Pink	22nd	R3	R2		9
1984–85	Div 2	42	8	9	25	37	79	33	bgcolor=Pink	22nd	R3	R3		6
1985–86	Div 3	46	11	10	25	57	98	43	bgcolor=Pink	23rd	R1	R1	Football League Trophy	GS		10
1986–87	Div 4	46	24	7	15	69	50	79	4th	R1	R1	Football League Trophy	R1	Steve Bull	19
									Play-offs			bgcolor=Silver	RU
1987–88		46	27	9	10	82	43	90	bgcolor=Gold	1st	R2	R3	Football League Trophy	bgcolor=Gold	W	52
1988–89	Div 3	46	26	14	6	96	49	92	bgcolor=Gold	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	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	align=left colspan=2		Don Goodman	20
1996–97		46	22	10	14	68	51	76	bgcolor=Orange	3rd	R3	R1	Play-offs	SF	Steve Bull	23
1997–98		46	18	11	17	57	53	65	9th	SF	R3	align=left rowspan=4 colspan=2		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	bgcolor=Orange	3rd	R3	R1	Play-offs	SF	Dean Sturridge	21
2002–03		46	20	16	10	81	44	76	bgcolor=PaleGreen	5th	QF	R2	Play-offs	bgcolor=Gold	W	Kenny Miller	24
2003–04	Prem	38	7	12	19	38	77	33	bgcolor=Pink	20th	R4	R4	align=left rowspan=3 colspan=2		Alex Rae	8
2004–05	Champ	46	15	21	10	72	59	66	9th	R4	R2	align=left rowspan=2	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	bgcolor=Orange	5th	R4	R1	Play-offs	SF	Seyi Olofinjana	10
2007–08		46	18	16	12	53	48	70	7th	R5	R2	align=left rowspan=6 colspan=2		align=left rowspan=2	Sylvan Ebanks-Blake	12
2008–09		46	27	9	10	80	52	90	bgcolor=Gold	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	align=left rowspan=2	Steven Fletcher	12
2011–12		38	5	10	23	40	82	25	bgcolor=Pink	20th	R3	R4	12
2012–13	Champ	46	14	9	23	54	69	51	bgcolor=Pink	23rd	R3	R3	Sylvan Ebanks-Blake	15
2013–14	Lge 1	46	31	10	5	89	31	103	bgcolor=Gold	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	align=left rowspan=5 colspan=2		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	bgcolor=Gold	1st	R3	R4	Diogo Jota	18
2018–19	Prem	38	16	9	13	47	46	57	7th	SF	R3	align=left rowspan=2	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	align=left rowspan=4 colspan=2		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
2023–24		38	13	7	18	50	65	46	14th	QF	R3	Matheus Cunha Hwang Hee-Chan	13

Key

• Pld – Matches played
• W – Matches won
• D – Matches drawn
• L – Matches lost
• GF – Goals for
• GA – Goals against
• Pts – Points
• Pos – Final position

• Prem – Premier League
• Champ – EFL Championship
• Lge 1 – EFL League One
• FL – Football League
• Div 1 – Football League First Division
• Div 2 – Football League Second Division
• Div 3 – Football League Third Division
• Div 3(N) – Football League Third Division North
• Div 4 – Football League Fourth Division

• PR – Preliminary round
• GS – Group stage
• R1 – Round 1
• R2 – Round 2
• R3 – Round 3
• R4 – Round 4
• R5 – Round 5
• R32 – Round of 32
• R16 – Round of 16
• QF – Quarter-finals
• SF – Semi-finals
• AF – Area finals
• RU – Runners-up
• W – Winners

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Winners

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Runners-up

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Third place

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Play-offs

bgcolor=PaleGreen

Promoted

bgcolor=Pink

Relegated

References

• Web site: Wolverhampton Wanderers . Football Club History Database . 5 July 2020.

Notes and References

1. Book: Matthews, Tony . Wolverhampton Wanderers: The Complete Record . 2008 . Breedon Books . Derby . 978-1-85983-632-3.
2. News: England – Professional Football All-Time Tables 1888/89–2011/12. RSSSF. 15 November 2012.