| Club: | Wolverhampton Wanderers |
| Season: | 1954–55 |
| Manager: | Stan Cullis |
| Mgrtitle: | Manager |
| Chairman: | Jimmy Baker |
| Chrtitle: | Chairman |
| League: | First Division |
| League Result: | 2nd |
| Cup1: | FA Cup |
| Cup1 Result: | Quarter-finals |
| Cup2: | FA Charity Shield |
| Cup2 Result: | Shared |
| League Topscorer: | Johnny Hancocks (26) |
| Season Topscorer: | Johnny Hancocks (28) |
| Highest Attendance: | 55,374 (vs West Brom, 23 October 1954) |
| Lowest Attendance: | 27,524 (vs Burnley, 6 November 1954) |
| Average Attendance: | 36,476 (league only) |
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| Pattern So1: | _hoops_gold |
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| Prevseason: | 1953–54 |
| Nextseason: | 1955–56 |
The 1954–55 season was the 56th season of competitive league football in the history of English football club Wolverhampton Wanderers. They played in the First Division, then the highest level of English football, for a 17th consecutive year.
They entered the season as the defending league champions but were denied a second consecutive title by Chelsea, who finished four points ahead of them.
| width=30 | Pos | Club | width=30 | Pld | width=30 | W | width=30 | D | width=30 | L | width=30 | F | width=30 | A | width=30 | GA | width=30 | Pts |
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| 1 | Chelsea | 42 | 20 | 12 | 10 | 81 | 57 | 1.421 | 52 | |||||||||
| 2 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 42 | 19 | 10 | 13 | 89 | 70 | 1.271 | 48 | |||||||||
| 3 | Portsmouth | 42 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 74 | 62 | 1.194 | 48 | |||||||||
| Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 January 1955 | R3 | Grimsby Town | Blundell Park | 5–2 | 26,144 | Wilshaw 2, McDonald, Smith, Swinbourne |
| 29 January 1955 | R4 | Arsenal | Molineux Stadium | 1–0 | 52,857 | Swinbourne |
| 19 February 1955 | R5 | Charlton Athletic | Molineux Stadium | 4–1 | 49,236 | Wilshaw 3, Hancocks |
| 12 March 1955 | QF | Sunderland | Roker Park | 0–2 | 54,851 | |
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Bert Williams 39 4 1 44Billy Wright 39 4 0 43Peter Broadbent 38 4 1 43Dennis Wilshaw 28 4 1 43Bill Slater 38 4 0 42Ron Flowers 37 4 1 42Bill Shorthouse 36 4 1 41Roy Swinbourne 36 4 1 41Les Smith 34 4 0 38Eddie Stuart 33 4 0 37Johnny Hancocks 32 3 1 36Jimmy Mullen 17 0 0 17Eddie Clamp 10 0 1 11George Showell 8 0 0 8Norman Deeley 7 0 1 8Roy Pritchard 7 0 0 7Colin Booth 3 0 0 3Nigel Sims 3 0 0 3Jack Taylor 3 0 0 3Peter Russell 2 0 1 3Tommy McDonald 1 1 0 2Joe Baillie 1 0 0 1Bill Gutterirdge 0 0 1 1