List of Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. seasons

Wolves' FA Cup winning team of 1893

Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club is an English professional football club. The club played its first match in 1877 as St Luke’s, 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 world 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 Charity Shield four times. Wolves have also featured in UEFA European 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.[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 League Cup Other Top scorer[B]
Division P W D L F A Pts Pos
1883–84 There was no national League football until 1888 2nd Round n/a
1884–85 1st Round
1885–86 4th Round
1886–87 3rd Round
1887–88 3rd Round
1888–89 Football League 22 12 4 6 50 37 28[3] 3rd Runners-up Harry Wood 14
1889–90 22 10 5 7 51 38 25 4th Semi final 18
1890–91 22 12 2 8 39 50 26 4th 3rd Round 12
1891–92 26 11 4 11 59 46 26 6th 3rd Round Will Devey 13
1892–93 Division 1 30 12 4 14 47 68 28 11th Winners Harry Wood 17
1893–94 30 14 3 13 52 63 31 9th 1st Round Joe Butcher 14
1894–95 30 9 7 14 43 63 25 11th 3rd Round Harry Wood 10
1895–96 30 10 1 19 61 65 21 14th Runners-up 17
1896–97 30 11 6 13 45 41 28 10th 2nd Round Billy Beats 10
1897–98 30 14 7 9 57 41 35 3rd 2nd Round 12
1898–99 34 14 7 13 54 48 35 8th 2nd Round Jack Miller 12
1899–00 34 15 9 10 48 37 39 4th 1st Round George Harper 10
1900–01 34 9 13 12 39 55 31 13th 3rd Round Billy Wooldridge 9
190102 34 13 6 15 46 57 32 14th 1st Round 13
190203 34 14 5 15 48 57 33 11th 1st Round Adam Haywood 11
190304 34 14 8 12 44 66 36 8th 2nd Round Billy Wooldridge 19
190405 34 11 4 19 47 73 26 14th 2nd Round Billy Wooldridge
Jack Smith
14
190506 38 8 7 23 58 99 23 20th 2nd Round Billy Wooldridge 12
190607 Division 2 38 17 7 14 66 53 41 6th 1st Round Jack Roberts 14
190708 38 15 7 16 50 45 37 9th Winners George Hedley 16
190809 38 14 11 13 56 48 39 7th 1st Round Wally Radford 24
190910 38 17 6 15 64 63 40 8th 2nd Round Billy Blunt 27
191011 38 15 8 15 51 52 38 9th 3rd Round George Hedley
Jack Needham
13
191112 38 16 10 12 57 33 42 5th 3rd Round Billy Halligan 24
191213 38 14 10 14 56 54 38 10th 2nd Round 17
191314 38 18 5 15 51 52 41 9th 2nd Round Sammy Brooks 11
191415 38 19 7 12 77 52 45 4th 2nd Round Frank Curtis 25
No competitive football was played between 1915 and 1919 due to the First World War.
191920 Division 2 42 10 10 22 55 80 30 19th 2nd Round Dick Richards 12
192021 42 16 6 20 49 66 38 15th Runners-up George Edmonds 15
192122 42 13 11 18 44 49 37 17th 1st Round 13
192223 42 9 9 24 42 77 27 22nd 2nd Round 14
192324 Division 3(N) 42 24 15 3 76 27 63 1st 3rd Round Harry Lees 22
192425 Division 2 42 20 6 16 55 51 46 6th 1st Round Tom Phillipson 16
192526 42 21 7 14 84 60 49 4th 3rd Round 37
192627 42 14 7 21 73 75 35 15th Quarter final 33
192728 42 13 10 19 63 91 36 16th 4th Round Wilf Chadwick 19
192829 42 15 7 20 77 81 37 17th 3rd Round Reg Weaver 18
192930 42 16 9 17 77 79 41 9th 3rd Round Billy Hartill 33
193031 42 21 5 16 84 67 47 4th Quarter final 30
193132 42 24 8 10 115 49 56 1st 4th Round 30
193233 Division 1 42 13 9 20 80 96 35 20th 3rd Round 33
193334 42 14 12 16 74 86 40 15th 4th Round Charlie Phillips 14
193435 42 15 8 19 88 94 38 17th 4th Round Billy Hartill 29
193536 42 15 10 17 77 76 40 15th 3rd Round Billy Wrigglesworth 13
193637 42 21 5 16 84 67 47 5th Quarter final Gordon Clayton 29
193738 42 20 11 11 72 49 51 2nd 4th Round Dennis Westcott 22
193839 42 22 11 9 88 39 55 2nd Runners-up 43
193940 3 0 2 1 3 4 2 16th[4] n/a n/a
No competitive football was played between 1940 and 1945 due to the Second World War.
194546 There was no national League football in 1945–46 4th Round n/a
194647 Division 1 42 25 6 11 98 56 56 3rd 4th Round Dennis Westcott 39
194748 42 19 9 14 83 70 47 5th 4th Round Johnny Hancocks
Jesse Pye
16
194849 42 17 12 13 79 66 46 6th Winners Sammy Smyth 22
194950 42 20 13 9 76 49 53 2nd 5th Round Charity Shield[5] Jesse Pye 18
195051 42 15 8 19 74 61 38 14th Semi final Roy Swinbourne 22
195152 42 12 14 16 73 73 38 16th 4th Round Jesse Pye 15
195253 42 19 13 10 86 63 51 3rd 3rd Round Roy Swinbourne 21
195354 42 25 7 10 96 56 57 1st 3rd Round Dennis Wilshaw 27
195455 42 19 10 13 89 70 48 2nd Quarter final Charity Shield[5] Johnny Hancocks 28
195556 42 20 9 13 89 65 49 3rd 3rd Round 18
195657 42 20 8 14 94 70 48 6th 4th Round Harry Hooper 19
195758 42 28 8 6 103 47 64 1st Quarter final Jimmy Murray 32
195859 42 28 5 9 110 49 61 1st 4th Round Charity Shield
European Cup R1
Peter Broadbent 22
195960 42 24 6 12 106 67 54 2nd Winners Charity Shield
European Cup QF
Jimmy Murray 34
196061 42 25 7 10 103 75 57 3rd 3rd Round Charity Shield[5]
ECWC SF
Ted Farmer 28
196162 42 13 10 19 73 86 36 18th 4th Round Jimmy Murray 17
196263 42 20 10 12 93 65 50 5th 3rd Round Alan Hinton 19
196364 42 12 15 15 70 80 39 16th 3rd Round Ray Crawford 26
196465 42 13 4 25 59 89 30 21st Quarter final 15
196566 Division 2 42 20 10 12 87 61 50 6th 5th Round Peter Knowles 21
196667 42 25 8 9 88 48 58 2nd 4th Round 3rd Round Ernie Hunt 21
196768 Division 1 42 14 8 20 66 75 36 17th 3rd Round 2nd Round Derek Dougan 17
196869 42 10 15 17 41 58 35 16th 4th Round 4th Round 14
196970 42 12 16 14 55 57 40 13th 3rd Round 4th Round AIC Group Stage Hugh Curran 23
197071 42 22 8 12 64 54 52 4th 4th Round 2nd Round Texaco Cup Bobby Gould 23
197172 42 18 11 13 65 57 47 9th 3rd Round 2nd Round UEFA Cup Final Derek Dougan 24
197273 42 18 11 13 66 54 47 5th Semi final Semi final Texaco Cup R2 John Richards 36
197374 42 13 15 14 49 49 41 12th 3rd Round Winners UEFA Cup R2 18
197475 42 14 11 17 57 54 39 12th 3rd Round 2nd Round UEFA Cup R1 Kenny Hibbitt 17
197576 42 10 10 22 51 68 30 20th Quarter final 4th Round John Richards 25
197677 Division 2 42 22 13 7 84 45 57 1st Quarter final 2nd Round 20
197778 Division 1 42 12 12 18 51 64 36 15th 4th Round 2nd Round 13
197879 42 13 8 21 44 68 34 18th Semi final 2nd Round 9
197980 42 19 9 14 58 47 47 6th 5th Round Winners 18
198081 42 13 9 20 43 55 35 18th Semi final 2nd Round UEFA Cup R1 17
198182 42 10 10 22 32 63 40[6] 22nd 3rd Round 2nd Round Mel Eves
Andy Gray
7
198283 Division 2 42 20 15 7 68 44 75 2nd 4th Round 2nd Round Mel Eves 19
198384 Division 1 42 6 11 25 27 80 29 22nd 3rd Round 2nd Round Wayne Clarke 9
198485 Division 2 42 8 9 25 37 79 33 22nd 3rd Round 3rd Round Alan Ainscow
Tony Evans
6
198586 Division 3 46 11 10 25 57 98 43 23rd 1st Round 1st Round FLT Group Stage Andy King 10
198687 Division 4 46 24 7 15 69 50 79 4th 1st Round 1st Round FLT R1 Steve Bull 19
198788 46 27 9 10 82 43 90 1st 2nd Round 3rd Round FLT Winners 52
198889 Division 3 46 26 14 6 96 49 92 1st 1st Round 1st Round FLT Area Final 50
198990 Division 2 46 18 13 15 67 60 67 10th 3rd Round 2nd Round ZDS Cup R1 27
199091 46 13 19 14 63 63 58 12th 3rd Round 2nd Round ZDS Cup R2 27
1991–92 46 18 10 18 61 54 64 11th 3rd Round 3rd Round ZDS Cup R1 23
1992–93 Division 1[7] 46 16 13 17 57 56 61 11th 4th Round 2nd Round AIC Preliminaries 19
1993–94 46 17 17 12 60 47 68 8th Quarter final 2nd Round AIC Preliminaries 15
1994–95 46 21 13 12 77 61 76 4th Quarter final 3rd Round AIC Group Stage David Kelly 22
1995–96 46 13 16 17 56 62 55 20th 4th Round Quarter final Don Goodman 20
1996–97 46 22 10 14 68 51 76 3rd 3rd Round 1st Round Steve Bull 23
1997–98 46 18 11 17 57 53 65 9th Semi Final 3rd Round Dougie Freedman 12
1998–99 46 19 16 11 64 43 73 7th 4th Round 2nd Round Robbie Keane 16
1999–00 46 21 11 14 64 48 74 7th 4th Round 1st Round Ade Akinbiyi 16
2000–01 46 14 13 19 45 48 55 12th 4th Round 3rd Round Adam Proudlock 11
2001–02 46 25 11 10 76 43 86 3rd 3rd Round 1st Round Dean Sturridge 21
2002–03 46 20 16 10 81 44 76 5th[8] Quarter final 2nd Round Kenny Miller 24
2003–04 Premier League 38 7 12 19 38 77 33 20th 4th Round 4th Round Alex Rae 8
2004–05 Championship[9] 46 15 21 10 72 59 66 9th 4th Round 2nd Round Kenny Miller 20
2005–06 46 16 19 11 50 42 67 7th 4th Round 2nd Round 12
2006–07 46 22 10 14 61 56 76 5th 4th Round 1st Round Seyi Olofinjana 10
2007–08 46 18 16 12 53 48 70 7th 5th Round 2nd Round Sylvan Ebanks-Blake 12
2008–09 46 27 9 10 80 52 90 1st 4th Round 2nd Round 25
2009–10 Premier League 38 9 11 18 32 56 38 15th 4th Round 3rd Round Kevin Doyle 9
2010–11 38 11 7 20 46 66 40 17th 4th Round 4th Round Steven Fletcher 12
2011–12 38 5 10 23 40 82 25 20th 3rd Round 4th Round 12
2012–13 Championship 46 14 9 23 54 69 51 23rd 3rd Round 3rd Round Sylvan Ebanks-Blake 15
2013–14 League One 46 31 10 5 89 31 103 1st 1st Round 1st Round FLT R2 Leigh Griffiths
Bakary Sako
13
2014–15 Championship 46 22 12 12 70 56 78 7th 3rd Round 1st Round Nouha Dicko
Bakary Sako
15
2015–16 46 14 16 16 53 58 58 14th 3rd Round 3rd Round Benik Afobe 10

Key

  • P = Played
  • W = Games won
  • D = Games drawn
  • L = Games lost
  • F = Goals for
  • A = Goals against
  • Pts = Points
  • Pos = Final position

  • R1 = Round 1
  • R2 = Round 2
  • R3 = Round 3
  • R4 = Round 4
  • R5 = Round 5
  • QF = Quarter-finals
  • SF = Semi-finals

Champions Runners-up Play-offs Promoted Relegated

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 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 June 2012. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  3. Two points were awarded for a win from the start of the league until 1981.
  4. The 1939–40 season was abandoned in early September and all results annulled.
  5. 1 2 3 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.
  6. The 198182 season saw the introduction of three points for a win.
  7. With the advent of the Premier League as the new top flight, the remaining three Football League division 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
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