2022–23 Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. season

Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.
2022–23 season
	Wolves players lining up for a corner kick against Southampton on 3 September
Chairman	Jeff Shi
Head coach	Bruno Lage; (until 2 October); Steve Davis ; (caretaker, from 2 October to 14 November); Julen Lopetegui; (from 14 November)
Stadium	Molineux
Premier League	13th
FA Cup	Third round
EFL Cup	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: ; Rúben Neves; Daniel Podence; (6 each); All: ; Rúben Neves; Daniel Podence; (6 each)
Highest home attendance	31,664 vs Liverpool; (4 February 2023, Premier League)
Lowest home attendance	21,946 vs Preston North End; (23 August 2022, EFL Cup)
Average home league attendance	31,153
	← 2021–22 2023–24 →

The 2022–23 season was the 145th in the existence of Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club and the club's fifth consecutive in the Premier League. In addition to the league, they also competed in the FA Cup and the EFL Cup.

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Team	Ref.
1 July 2022	CF	Hwang Hee-chan	RB Leipzig	Undisclosed	First team	^[2]
2 July 2022	CF	Leon Chiwome	AFC Wimbledon	Undisclosed	Under-18's	^[3]
2 July 2022	RW	Dom Plank	Dorking Wanderers	Free transfer	Under-18's	^[4]
12 July 2022	CB	Nathan Collins	Burnley	Undisclosed	First team	^[5]
8 August 2022	LW	Gonçalo Guedes	Valencia	Undisclosed	First team	^[6]
11 August 2022	LB	Testimony Igbinoghene	Manchester City	Free transfer	Under-18's	^[7]
17 August 2022	MF	Matheus Nunes	Sporting CP	Undisclosed	First team	^[8]
31 August 2022	CF	Saša Kalajdžić	VfB Stuttgart	Undisclosed^[a]	First team	^[10]
2 September 2022	CB	Alfie Pond	Exeter City	Undisclosed	Under-21's	^[11]
12 September 2022	CF	Diego Costa	Unattached	Free transfer	First team	^[12]
27 September 2022	AM	Thomas Edozie	XYZ Academy	Free transfer	Youth	^[13]
3 January 2023	CB	Max Ruddock	Bradford City	Free transfer	Youth	^[14]
13 January 2023	DM	Mario Lemina	Nice	£9,700,000	First team	^[15]
17 January 2023	MF	Pablo Sarabia	Paris Saint-Germain	Undisclosed	First team	^[16]
22 January 2023	CB	Craig Dawson	West Ham United	Undisclosed	First team	^[17]
25 January 2023	GK	Dan Bentley	Bristol City	Undisclosed	First team	^[18]
30 January 2023	CM	João Gomes	Flamengo	Undisclosed	First team	^[19]
23 March 2023	GK	George Hardy	Rotherham United	Undisclosed	Youth	^[20]

Out

Date	Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Ref.
30 June 2022	CF	Conor Carty	Bolton Wanderers	Released	^[21]^[22]
30 June 2022	CB	Pascal Estrada	Olimpija Ljubljana	Released	^[21]^[23]
30 June 2022	LB	Marçal	Botafogo	Released	^[21]^[24]
30 June 2022	CB	Raphaël Nya	Paris	Released	^[21]
30 June 2022	GK	Jamie Pardington	Grimsby Town	Released	^[21]^[25]
30 June 2022	GK	John Ruddy	Birmingham City	Released	^[26]^[27]
30 June 2022	CB	Romain Saïss	Beşiktaş	Released	^[28]^[29]
30 June 2022	CF	Faisu Sangare	FC United of Manchester	Released	^[21]
1 July 2022	CM	Oliver Sweeney	Burnley	Free transfer	^[30]
1 July 2022	LB	Rúben Vinagre	Sporting CP	£9,000,000	^[31]
9 July 2022	CF	Renat Dadashov	Grasshopper	Undisclosed	^[32]
9 July 2022	AM	Meritan Shabani	Grasshopper	Undisclosed	^[32]
15 July 2022	GK	Luke Armstrong	Cardiff City	Free transfer	^[33]
19 August 2022	AM	Morgan Gibbs-White	Nottingham Forest	Undisclosed^[a]	^[35]
29 August 2022	CF	Patrick Cutrone	Como 1907	Undisclosed	^[36]
1 September 2022	CB	Willy Boly	Nottingham Forest	Undisclosed	^[37]
1 September 2022	DM	Leander Dendoncker	Aston Villa	£13,000,000	^[38]
2 December 2022	CF	Léo Bonatini	Atlético San Luis	Contract terminated	^[39]^[40]
20 January 2023	CF	Leonardo Campana	Inter Miami	Undisclosed	^[41]
23 January 2023	MF	Connor Ronan	Colorado Rapids	Undisclosed	^[42]
29 January 2023	GK	Joe O'Shaughnessy	Macclesfield	Contract terminated	^[43]^[44]
31 January 2023	GK	Andreas Søndergaard	Swansea City	Contract terminated	^[45]^[46]
22 March 2023	FW	Jeong Sang-bin	Minnesota United	Undisclosed	^[47]
7 April 2023	FW	Dongda He	Changchun Yatai	Undisclosed	^[48]

Loans in

Date	Pos.	Player	Loaned from	On loan until	Ref.
1 September 2022	MF	Boubacar Traoré	Metz	End of Season	^[49]
1 January 2023	FW	Matheus Cunha	Atlético Madrid	End of Season	^[50]

Loans out

Date	Pos.	Player	Loaned to	On loan until	Ref.
23 June 2022	RB	Ki-Jana Hoever	PSV Eindhoven	25 January 2023^[a]	^[52]
23 June 2022	MF	Ryan Giles	Middlesbrough	End of Season	^[53]
27 June 2022	RB	Bendegúz Bolla	Grasshopper	End of Season	^[54]
1 July 2022	GK	Louie Moulden	Solihull Moors	1 January 2023	^[55]
5 July 2022	CB	Dion Sanderson	Birmingham City	End of Season	^[56]
8 July 2022	CB	Lewis Richards	Harrogate Town	3 January 2023^[b]	^[58]
14 July 2022	CB	Taylor Perry	Cheltenham Town	End of Season	^[59]
19 July 2022	CF	Fábio Silva	Anderlecht	25 January 2023^[c]	^[60]
28 July 2022	CF	Theo Corbeanu	Blackpool	3 January 2023^[d]	^[61]
29 July 2022	CB	Nigel Lonwijk	Plymouth Argyle	End of Season	^[62]
8 August 2022	CB	Conor Coady	Everton	End of Season	^[63]
19 August 2022	GK	Joe O'Shaughnessy	Bradford City	29 January 2023^[e]	^[64]
23 August 2022	CM	Bruno Jordão	Santa Clara	End of Season	^[65]
26 August 2022	GK	Joe Young	Dartford	1 January 2023	^[66]
29 August 2022	CM	Luke Cundle	Swansea City	End of Season	^[67]
31 August 2022	GK	Pálmi Arinbjörnsson	Skeid	1 January 2023	^[68]
1 September 2022	CB	Christian Marques	Forest Green Rovers	12 December 2022^[f]	^[70]
6 January 2023	GK	Joe Young	Telford United	End of Season	^[71]
20 January 2023	LW	Gonçalo Guedes	Benfica	End of Season	^[72]
20 January 2023	CF	Theo Corbeanu	Arminia Bielefeld	End of Season	^[73]
25 January 2023	CF	Fábio Silva	PSV Eindhoven	End of Season	^[51]
25 January 2023	GK	Matija Sarkic	Stoke City	End of Season	^[74]
27 January 2023	RB	Ki-Jana Hoever	Stoke City	End of Season	^[75]
27 January 2023	GK	Jackson Smith	Walsall	End of Season	^[76]
30 January 2023	AM	Chem Campbell	Wycombe Wanderers	End of Season	^[77]
2 February 2023	CB	Yerson Mosquera	FC Cincinnati	End of Season	^[78]

New and extended contracts

Date	Pos.	Player	Ref.
10 June 2022	CB	Michael Agboola	^[79]
10 June 2022	GK	Jackson Smith	^[79]
10 June 2022	GK	Joe Young	^[79]
4 July 2022	MF	João Moutinho	^[80]
11 July 2022	GK	Matija Sarkic	^[81]
12 July 2022	RB	Marvin Kaleta	^[82]
19 July 2022	CF	Fábio Silva	^[60]
28 July 2022	CF	Theo Corbeanu	^[61]
29 July 2022	CB	Nigel Lonwijk	^[62]
11 August 2022	LW	Ty Barnett	^[83]
31 August 2022	GK	Palmi Arinbjornsson	^[84]
13 October 2022	CF	Chem Campbell	^[85]
27 October 2022	GK	James Storer	^[86]
2 November 2022	LB	Hugo Bueno	^[87]
8 December 2022	CF	Owen Farmer	^[88]
9 January 2023	LB	Dexter Lembikisa	^[89]
21 January 2023	DM	Joe Hodge	^[90]
23 January 2023	RW	Ethan McLeod	^[91]
1 February 2023	CB	Justin Hubner	^[92]
2 February 2023	DM	Temple Ojinnaka	^[93]
6 February 2023	GK	Louie Moulden	^[94]
10 February 2023	CF	Leon Chiwome	^[95]
2 March 2023	CB	Ollie Tipton	^[96]
27 March 2023	CM	Owen Hesketh	^[97]
13 April 2023	CB	Filozofe Mabete	^[98]
19 April 2023	RW	Josh Esen	^[99]
24 April 2023	RW	Tyler Roberts	^[100]

Pre-season and friendlies

Summer friendlies

On 15 June, Wolves announced a pre-season training camp in Alicante, which includes two friendlies against Beşiktaş and Alavés.^[101] A double header in Algarve, against Sporting CP and Farense was later added.^[102] A behind-closed-doors match against Villarreal B was scheduled to conclude to team's trip to Alicante.^[103]

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

2 July 2022 Friendly	Wolverhampton Wanderers	4–1	Forest Green Rovers	Wolverhampton, England
12:00 BST	Neto Campbell A. Traoré Jordão			Stadium: Sir Jack Hayward Training Ground Attendance: 0 (behind-closed-doors)

9 July 2022 Friendly	Wolverhampton Wanderers	3–0	Burnley	Wolverhampton, England
12:30 BST	Gibbs-White Podence Chiquinho			Stadium: Sir Jack Hayward Training Ground Attendance: 0 (behind-closed-doors)

20 July 2022 Friendly	Alavés	0–4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	La Nucia, Spain
19:00 CEST		Report	Jiménez 22' (pen.) Neto 43' Podence 51' Kilman 89'	Stadium: Estadi Olímpic Camilo Cano

21 July 2022 Friendly	Levante	2–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Benidorm, Spain
10:30 CEST	Roger 32', 44' Bardhi 35' Leal 53' Kochorashvili 59'	Report	Mosquera 35' Podence 44' Toti 82'	Stadium: Melia Villaitana Football Center Attendance: 0 (behind-closed-doors) Referee: Jorge Tarraga Lajara

23 July 2022 Friendly	Beşiktaş	0–3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	La Nucia, Spain
19:00 CEST	Weghorst 45+2' Welinton 61'	Report	Jiménez 15' Podence 29' Neto 40' Moutinho 45+2' Neves 56' Coady 85'	Stadium: Estadi Olímpic Camilo Cano

24 July 2022 Friendly	Villarreal B	2–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Benidorm, Spain
11:00 CEST	Ontiveros 49' Iosifov 68'	Report	Mosquera 24'	Stadium: Melia Villaitana Football Center Attendance: 0 (behind-closed-doors)

30 July 2022 Friendly	Sporting CP	1–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	São João da Venda, Portugal
18:45 WEST	Gonçalves 44' (pen.) Porro 48' Paulinho 49' Morita 50'	Report	Neves 15' (pen.) Aït-Nouri 48' Podence 50' Neto 62' Moutinho 76' Campbell 90+3'	Stadium: Estádio Algarve Referee: Bruno Vieira

31 July 2022 Friendly	Farense	1–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Faro, Portugal
18:45 WEST	Ponde 5'	Report	Coady 3' Hwang 56' (pen.)	Stadium: Estádio de São Luís

Winter friendlies

Due to the 2022 FIFA World Cup taking place during the winter, the Premier League and any cup competition fixtures were put on hold. During this period of time, Wolves would play a selection of friendly matches, the first being against Birmingham City on 3 December 2022,^[104] which would then be followed by a ten-day trip to Marbella, where they faced Empoli on 9 December and Cádiz on 14 December.

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

3 December 2022 Friendly	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–2	Birmingham City	Wolverhampton, England
13:00 BST	Costa Podence		Jutkiewicz	Stadium: Sir Jack Hayward Training Ground Attendance: 0 (behind-closed-doors)

9 December 2022 (2022-12-09) Friendly	Empoli	1–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers
12:30 GMT	Lammers 70'		Bueno 27'

14 December 2022 (2022-12-14) Friendly	Cádiz	3–4	Wolverhampton Wanderers
11:00 GMT	Toti 10' (o.g.) Alcaraz 57' Fernández 90'		García 2' (o.g.) Collins 32' Podence 38' Fornés 76' (o.g.)

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Premier League	6 August 2022	28 May 2023	Matchday 1	13th	38	11	8	19	31	58	−27	028.95
FA Cup	7 January 2023	17 January 2023	Third round	Third round	2	0	1	1	2	3	−1	000.00
EFL Cup	23 August 2022	11 January 2023	Second round	Quarter-finals	4	3	1	0	6	2	+4	075.00
Total					44	14	10	20	39	63	−24	031.82

Source: Soccerway

Premier League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
11	Crystal Palace	38	11	12	15	40	49	−9	45
12	Chelsea	38	11	11	16	38	47	−9	44
13	Wolverhampton Wanderers	38	11	8	19	31	58	−27	41
14	West Ham United	38	11	7	20	42	55	−13	40	Qualification for the Europa League group stage^[a]
15	Bournemouth	38	11	6	21	37	71	−34	39

Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) If the champions, relegated teams or qualified teams for UEFA competitions cannot be determined by rules 1 to 3, rules 4.1 to 4.3 are applied – 4.1) Points gained in head-to-head record between such teams; 4.2) Away goals scored in head-to-head record between such teams; 4.3) Play-offs^[105]
Notes:

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	11	8	19	31	58	−27	41	9	3	7	19	20	−1	2	5	12	12	38	−26

Source: Premier League

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	D	L	D	D	W	L	L	L	L	W	L	L	D	L	L	W	L	D	W	L	W	W	L	D	W	L	L	D	W	W	L	W	L	W	L	D	L
Position	14	14	18	19	18	14	14	16	18	18	17	18	19	19	19	20	18	19	19	16	17	15	15	15	15	13	13	13	14	13	13	14	13	14	13	13	13	13

Source: Premier League
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Matches

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

On 16 June, the Premier League fixtures were released.^[106]

6 August 2022 1	Leeds United	2–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Leeds
15:00 BST	Harrison 20' Rodrigo 24' Aït-Nouri 74' (o.g.) Adams 90+3'	Report	Podence 6'	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 36,347 (2,903 away fans) Referee: Robert Jones

13 August 2022 2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	0–0	Fulham	Wolverhampton
15:00 BST	Podence 17' Neves 36' Gibbs-White 90+5'	Report	Palhinha 44' Reed 50' Mitrović 81', 90+5'	Stadium: Molineux Stadium Attendance: 31,178 (1,482 away fans) Referee: John Brooks

20 August 2022 3	Tottenham Hotspur	1–0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Tottenham, London
12:30 BST	Højbjerg 12' Kane 64', 67'	Report	Aït-Nouri 56' Collins 67'	Stadium: Tottenham Hotspur Stadium Attendance: 61,298 (3,038 away fans) Referee: Simon Hooper

28 August 2022 4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–1	Newcastle United	Wolverhampton
14:00 BST	Semedo 28' Neves 38' Neto 58'	Report	Schär 46' Saint-Maximin 90'	Stadium: Molineux Stadium Attendance: 31,311 (2,956 away fans) Referee: Peter Bankes

31 August 2022 5	Bournemouth	0–0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Bournemouth
19:30 BST	Neto 67' Mepham 90'	Report	Neves 90'	Stadium: Vitality Stadium Attendance: 10,113 (1,318 away fans) Referee: Anthony Taylor

3 September 2022 6	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–0	Southampton	Wolverhampton
15:00 BST	Jonny 27' Podence 45+1' Moutinho 76' Neves 81' Guedes 90+4'	Report	Diallo 45' Bella-Kotchap 90+5'	Stadium: Molineux Stadium Attendance: 30,546 (2,283 away fans) Referee: John Brooks

17 September 2022 8	Wolverhampton Wanderers	0–3	Manchester City	Wolverhampton
12:30 BST	Collins 33' Nunes 65' Neves 66'	Report	Grealish 1' Rodri 13' Haaland 16' Foden 69'	Stadium: Molineux Stadium Attendance: 31,578 (2,968 away fans) Referee: Anthony Taylor

1 October 2022 9	West Ham United	2–0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Stratford
17:30 BST	Scamacca 29' Rice 52' Bowen 54' Cresswell 83'	Report	Neves 14' Moutinho 22'	Stadium: London Stadium Attendance: 62,437 (3,001 away fans) Referee: Paul Tierney

8 October 2022 10	Chelsea	3–0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Fulham, London
15:00 BST	Azpilicueta 22' Havertz 45+3' Pulisic 54' Jorginho 61' Broja 89'	Report		Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 39,940 (2,986 away fans) Referee: Simon Hooper

15 October 2022 11	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–0	Nottingham Forest	Wolverhampton
15:00 BST	Neves 56' (pen.) Podence 80'	Report	Dennis 16' McKenna 67' Johnson 79'	Stadium: Molineux Stadium Attendance: 31,554 (2,970 away fans) Referee: Thomas Bramall

18 October 2022 12	Crystal Palace	2–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Selhurst
20:15 BST	Ward 39' Doucouré 45+4' Eze 47' Zaha 70' Guéhi 90+1'	Report	A. Traoré 31' B. Traoré 39'	Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 25,125 (2,608 away fans) Referee: David Coote

23 October 2022 13	Wolverhampton Wanderers	0–4	Leicester City	Wolverhampton
14:00 BST	Jonny 7' Semedo 85'	Report	Tielemans 8' Barnes 19' Maddison 65' Vardy 79' Faes 90+3'	Stadium: Molineux Stadium Attendance: 31,483 (2,968 away fans) Referee: Michael Oliver

29 October 2022 14	Brentford	1–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Brentford, London
15:00 BST	Mee 50' Mbeumo 80' Damsgaard 86' Toney 90+3'	Report	Semedo 1' Podence 30' Neves 52', 84' Costa 90+7'	Stadium: Brentford Community Stadium Attendance: 17,051 (1,725 away fans) Referee: Bobby Madley

5 November 2022 15	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–3	Brighton & Hove Albion	Wolverhampton
15:00 GMT	Guedes 12' Neves 35' (pen.) Semedo 45+5' Jonny 62' Collins 65'	Report	Lallana 10' Mitoma 44' Groß 83'	Stadium: Molineux Stadium Attendance: 30,732 (2,964 away fans) Referee: Graham Scott

12 November 2022 16	Wolverhampton Wanderers	0–2	Arsenal	Wolverhampton
19:45 GMT	Toti 37' B. Traoré 45+1' Bueno 90+2'	Report	Partey 52' Ødegaard 55', 75' Gabriel 60'	Stadium: Molineux Stadium Attendance: 31,624 (2,970 away fans) Referee: Stuart Attwell

26 December 2022 17	Everton	1–2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Liverpool
15:00 GMT	Mina 7' Patterson 38'	Report	Podence 22', 61' Kilman 64' Neves 79' Toti 81' Costa 90' Aït-Nouri 90+5', 90+6'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 39,252 (2,972 away fans) Referee: Craig Pawson

31 December 2022 18	Wolverhampton Wanderers	0–1	Manchester United	Wolverhampton
12:30 GMT	Semedo 26'	Report	Casemiro 57' Fred 72' Rashford 76', 88'	Stadium: Molineux Stadium Attendance: 31,658 (2,969 away fans) Referee: Robert Jones

4 January 2023 19	Aston Villa	1–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Birmingham
20:00 GMT	Ings 78' Coutinho 82'	Report	Podence 12' Hwang 36' Kilman 45+1' Costa 52'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 39,978 (2,999 away fans) Referee: Jarred Gillett

14 January 2023 20	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–0	West Ham United	Wolverhampton
15:00 GMT	Podence 48'	Report	Aguerd 70' Rice 90+3'	Stadium: Molineux Stadium Attendance: 31,511 (2,969 away fans) Referee: Simon Hooper

22 January 2023 21	Manchester City	3–0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Manchester
14:00 GMT	Rodri 25' Haaland 40', 50' (pen.), 54'	Report	Kilman 10' Lemina 13'	Stadium: Etihad Stadium Attendance: 53,282 (3,000 away fans) Referee: David Coote

4 February 2023 22	Wolverhampton Wanderers	3–0	Liverpool	Wolverhampton
15:00 GMT	Matip 5' (o.g.) Dawson 12', 45+4' Neves 71'	Report	Gomez 75'	Stadium: Molineux Stadium Attendance: 31,664 (2,965 away fans) Referee: Paul Tierney

11 February 2023 23	Southampton	1–2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Southampton
15:00 GMT	Alcaraz 24' Ward-Prowse 35' Maitland-Niles 37'	Report	Lemina 9' 27' Semedo 23' Aït-Nouri 30' Bednarek 72' (o.g.) João Gomes 87'	Stadium: St Mary's Stadium Attendance: 29,751 (3,196 away fans) Referee: Jarred Gillett

18 February 2023 24	Wolverhampton Wanderers	0–1	Bournemouth	Wolverhampton
15:00 GMT	Aït-Nouri 72' João Gomes 74' Sarabia 86'	Report	Billing 29' Tavernier 49' Smith 70' Senesi 74'	Stadium: Molineux Stadium Attendance: 31,222 (1,803 away fans) Referee: Michael Salisbury

24 February 2023 25	Fulham	1–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Fulham, London
20:00 GMT	Palhinha 18' Solomon 64' Pereira 73'	Report	Sarabia 23'	Stadium: Craven Cottage Attendance: 24,399 (2,299 away fans) Referee: Michael Oliver

1 March 2023 7	Liverpool	2–0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Liverpool
20:00 GMT	Bajcetic 15' Fabinho 53' Van Dijk 73' Salah 77'	Report	Semedo 36' Sarabia 45+4' Neves 68'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 53,259 (2,936 away fans) Referee: Paul Tierney
Note: The match, originally to be played on 10 September 2022, was included in the league-wide postponement due to the death of Queen Elizabeth II.^[107] The rescheduled date was announced on 7 February 2023.^[108]

4 March 2023 26	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–0	Tottenham Hotspur	Wolverhampton
15:00 GMT	Neves 45+4' A. Traoré 82'	Report	Kulusevski 61'	Stadium: Molineux Stadium Attendance: 31,585 (2,932 away fans) Referee: Tim Robinson

12 March 2023 27	Newcastle United	2–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Newcastle upon Tyne
16:30 GMT	Isak 26', 68' Almirón 79'	Report	Podence 44' Semedo 58' Hwang 70'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 52,240 (2,738 away fans) Referee: Andrew Madley

18 March 2023 28	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–4	Leeds United	Wolverhampton
15:00 GMT	Dawson 37' Semedo 53' Jonny 65', 84' Cunha 73' João Gomes 87' Nunes 90+10'	Report	Harrison 6' Ayling 24', 49' Firpo 45+2' McKennie 45+3' Kristensen 62' Roca 75' Rodrigo 90+7' Meslier 90+12'	Stadium: Molineux Stadium Attendance: 31,570 (2,947 away fans) Referee: Michael Salisbury

1 April 2023 29	Nottingham Forest	1–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Nottingham
15:00 BST	Freuler 35' Johnson 38', 40' Toffolo 49'	Report	Neves 42' Moutinho 45' Semedo 79' Podence 83' Sarabia 85' Toti 90+3'	Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 29,368 (2,955 away fans) Referee: Chris Kavanagh

8 April 2023 30	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–0	Chelsea	Wolverhampton
15:00 BST	Nunes 31' Lemina 39' João Gomes 59'	Report	Cucurella 49' Sterling 63' Gallagher 67' Kovačić 87' Chilwell 89'	Stadium: Molineux Stadium Attendance: 31,614 (2,963 away fans) Referee: Peter Bankes

15 April 2023 31	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–0	Brentford	Wolverhampton
15:00 BST	Costa 27' João Gomes 12' Hwang 69'	Report	Jensen 35'	Stadium: Molineux Stadium Attendance: 30,769 (2,586 away fans) Referee: Paul Tierney

22 April 2023 32	Leicester City	2–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Leicester
15:00 BST	Iheanacho 37' (pen.) Soumaré 60' Castagne 75'	Report	Cunha 13', 65' Sá 34' Toti 42'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 32,053 (3,291 away fans) Referee: Andrew Madley

25 April 2023 33	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–0	Crystal Palace	Wolverhampton
19:30 BST	Andersen 3' (o.g.) Costa 75' Sá 76' Toti 84' João Gomes 90+2' Neves 90+4' (pen.), 90+5'	Report	Milivojević 13' Sambi Lokonga 36' Schlupp 70' Johnstone 90+2'	Stadium: Molineux Stadium Attendance: 30,792 (1,617 away fans) Referee: Robert Jones

29 April 2023 34	Brighton & Hove Albion	6–0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Falmer
15:00 BST	Undav 6', 66' Groß 13', 26' Welbeck 39', 48' Veltman 45+5'	Report	A. Traoré 90+1'	Stadium: Falmer Stadium Attendance: 31,584 (2,977 away fans) Referee: David Coote

6 May 2023 35	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–0	Aston Villa	Wolverhampton
15:00 BST	Toti 9', 82' Costa 39' Semedo 90+2'	Report	Mings 39' Watkins 63' Douglas Luiz 75'	Stadium: Molineux Stadium Attendance: 31,641 (2,970 away fans) Referee: Stuart Attwell

13 May 2023 36	Manchester United	2–0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Manchester
15:00 BST	Martial 32' Casemiro 36' Garnacho 90+4', 90+6' Shaw 90+7'	Report	Costa 15' Dawson 88'	Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 73,570 (3,097 away fans) Referee: John Brooks

20 May 2023 37	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–1	Everton	Wolverhampton
15:00 BST	A. Traoré 17' Hwang 34' Dawson 45+5' Semedo 51' Neves 66' Nunes 90+4'	Report	Garner 90' Mina 90+9'	Stadium: Molineux Stadium Attendance: 31,684 (2,968 away fans) Referee: David Coote

28 May 2023 38	Arsenal	5–0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Holloway, London
16:00 BST	Xhaka 11', 14' Saka 27' Gabriel Jesus 58' Kiwior 78'	Report		Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 60,095 (3,003 away fans) Referee: Andre Marriner

FA Cup

The club entered the FA Cup at the third round stage and were drawn away to Liverpool.^[109]

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

7 January 2023 Third round	Liverpool	2–2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Liverpool
20:00 GMT	Núñez 45' Salah 52'	Report	Guedes 26' Jonny 62' Hwang 66'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 52,636 (5,693 away fans) Referee: Andrew Madley

17 January 2023 Third round replay	Wolverhampton Wanderers	0–1	Liverpool	Wolverhampton
19:45 GMT	A. Traoré 43'	Report	Elliott 13' Thiago 57' Phillips 71' Gomez 90+2'	Stadium: Molineux Stadium Attendance: 30,948 (4,817 away fans) Referee: Andre Marriner

EFL Cup

Wolves entered the competition in the second round and were drawn at home against Preston North End.^[110] Wolves were drawn against fellow Premier League side Leeds United in the third round.^[111] In the fourth round another home tie was given against Gillingham.^[112] An away trip against Nottingham Forest was drawn for the quarter-final stage.^[113]

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

23 August 2022 Second round	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–1	Preston North End	Wolverhampton
19:45 BST	Jiménez 8' A. Traoré 29' Hwang 45+1' Semedo 72'	Report	Cunningham 21' Woodburn 48'	Stadium: Molineux Stadium Attendance: 21,946 (1,406 away fans) Referee: Thomas Bramall

9 November 2022 Third round	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–0	Leeds United	Wolverhampton
19:45 GMT	B. Traoré 85'	Report		Stadium: Molineux Stadium Attendance: 24,246 (2,935 away fans) Referee: Andre Marriner

20 December 2022 Fourth round	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–0	Gillingham	Wolverhampton
19:45 GMT	Jiménez 77' (pen.) Aït-Nouri 90+1'	Report		Stadium: Molineux Stadium Attendance: 26,943 (1,244 away fans) Referee: Michael Salisbury

11 January 2023 Quarter-finals	Nottingham Forest	1–1 (4–3 p)	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Nottingham
19:45 GMT	Boly 18' Aurier 88' Yates 90+4'	Report	Kilman 37' Jiménez 64' Neves 74' Nunes 88' Podence 88'	Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 28,656 (2,956 away fans) Referee: Graham Scott
	Penalties
	Surridge Freuler Worrall Gibbs-White Colback		Neves Podence Nunes Cunha Hodge

EFL Trophy

Wolves were one of the sixteen teams from outside the bottom two divisions of the English 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.^[114]
Note: In group stage matches which are level at the end of 90 minutes, a penalty shoot-out will be held, with the winner earning a bonus point.Wolves were placed in Draw B of the Northern section of the round of 32 draw. They were drawn away to Manchester United U21.^[115] Due to the rescheduled 2021 Men's and Women's Rugby League World Cup finals taking place at Old Trafford 3 days prior, it was agreed between the EFL and both clubs that the tie will be played at Molineux.^[116]

Group table

Pos	Div	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L1	Port Vale	3	3	0	7	0	+7	9	Advance to Round 2
2	ACA	Wolverhampton Wanderers U21	3	2	1	4	4	0	6	Advance to Round 2
3	L2	Stockport County	3	1	2	2	3	−1	3
4	L1	Shrewsbury Town	3	0	3	1	7	−6	0

Source: EFL.com

Matches

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

30 August 2022 Group stage	Shrewsbury Town	1–2	Wolverhampton Wanderers U21	Shrewsbury
19:00 BST	Caton 70' Etienne 72' Hearnes 76'		Hubner 66' Hodge 79' 90+3' Roberts 83'	Stadium: New Meadow

20 September 2022 Group stage	Stockport County	1–2	Wolverhampton Wanderers U21	Stockport
19:30 BST	Lemonheigh-Evans 43' Jennings 90+3'		Harkin 20' Roberts 71'	Stadium: Edgeley Park

18 October 2022 Group stage	Port Vale	2–0	Wolverhampton Wanderers U21	Stoke-on-Trent
19:30 BST	Robinson 68' Benning 80' Odubeko 87'		Kandola 61' Griffiths 77'	Stadium: Vale Park

22 November 2022 Round of 32	Wolverhampton Wanderers U21	0–0 (1–4 p)	Manchester United U21	Wolverhampton
19:00 GMT	Scicluna 41'		Gore 46'	Stadium: Molineux Stadium
	Penalties
	Hodge Birtwistle Campbell		Jurado McNeill Norkett Mainoo

Players

Statistics

Key:
‡ On loan from another club * First appearance(s) for the club

# = Squad number
Pos = Playing position
P = Number of games played 10
G = Number of goals scored
GK = Goalkeeper
DF = Defender
MF = Midfielder
FW = Forward
= Yellow cards
= Red cards
† Permanent player left club during the season
¤ Loaned to another club for part or all of season

Correct as of 31 May 2023. Starting appearances are listed first, followed by substitute appearances in parentheses where applicable.

No.	Pos	Name	P	G	P	G	P	G	P	G			Notes
No.	Pos	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Total		Discipline		Notes
1	GK	José Sá	36	0	1	0	2	0	39	0	2	0
2	DF	Ki-Jana Hoever ¤	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF	Rayan Aït-Nouri	9(12)	1	2	0	3(1)	1	14(13)	2	4	0
4	DF	Nathan Collins	19(7)	0	2	0	3	0	24(7)	0	2	1
5	MF	Mario Lemina	17(2)	0	0	0	0	0	17(2)	0	3	1
6	MF	Bruno Jordão ¤	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	MF	Boubacar Traoré ‡	4(6)	0	0	0	0(1)	1	4(7)	1	2	0
7	FW	Pedro Neto	13(5)	0	0	0	0(1)	0	13(6)	0	1	0
8	MF	Rúben Neves	33(2)	6	2	0	2(2)	0	39(4)	6	13	0	^{[nb 1]}
9	FW	Raúl Jiménez	8(7)	0	2	0	2(1)	3	12(8)	3	0	0
10	FW	Daniel Podence	20(12)	6	0(1)	0	1(3)	0	21(16)	6	6	0
11	FW	Hwang Hee-chan	12(15)	3	0(1)	1	3(1)	0	15(16)	4	1	0
12	FW	Matheus Cunha ‡	12(5)	2	0(2)	0	0(1)	0	12(8)	2	1	0
13	GK	Matija Sarkic ¤	0	0	1	0	2	0	3	0	0	0
14	DF	Yerson Mosquera ¤	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	DF	Willy Boly †	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	DF	Craig Dawson	17	1	0	0	0	0	17	1	4	0
16	DF	Conor Coady ¤	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	FW	Gonçalo Guedes ¤	8(5)	1	1	1	3(1)	0	12(6)	2	1	0
18	MF	Morgan Gibbs-White †	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0
18	FW	Saša Kalajdžić	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
19	DF	Jonny	14(4)	1	2	0	2(1)	0	18(5)	1	4	1
20	FW	Chiquinho	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	FW	Fábio Silva ¤	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	MF	Pablo Sarabia	9(4)	1	0	0	0	0	9(4)	1	3	0
22	DF	Nélson Semedo	31(5)	0	0(2)	0	3	0	34(7)	0	11	1
23	DF	Max Kilman	37	0	0	0	4	0	40	0	4	0
24	DF	Toti Gomes	10(7)	1	2	0	1	0	13(7)	1	6	0
25	MF	Connor Ronan †	0(1)	0	0	0	1	0	1(1)	0	0	0
25	GK	Dan Bentley	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
27	MF	Matheus Nunes	30(4)	1	0(2)	0	2(1)	0	32(7)	1	3	1	^{[nb 2]}
28	MF	João Moutinho	20(11)	0	1	0	3(1)	0	24(12)	0	3	0
29	FW	Diego Costa	17(7)	1	0(1)	0	1	0	18(8)	1	5	1
30	FW	Leonardo Campana †	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	MF	Leander Dendoncker †	2(2)	0	0	0	1	0	3(2)	0	0	0
33	MF	Ryan Giles ¤	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	DF	Dion Sanderson ¤	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	MF	João Gomes	7(4)	1	0	0	0	0	7(4)	1	5	0
37	FW	Adama Traoré	12(22)	2	2	0	2(2)	1	16(24)	3	3	0
39	MF	Luke Cundle ¤	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	MF	Hayao Kawabe ¤	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
55	GK	Jackson Smith ¤	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
59	MF	Joe Hodge	1(5)	0	2	0	2(1)	0	5(6)	0	1	0
62	GK	Andreas Søndergaard †	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
63	FW	Nathan Fraser	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
64	DF	Hugo Bueno	16(5)	0	0(1)	0	1	0	17(6)	0	1	0
66	MF	Harvey Griffiths	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
77	FW	Chem Campbell ¤	0(5)	0	0	0	0(1)	0	0(6)	0	0	0
81	DF	Dexter Lembikisa	0(1)	0	2	0	0(1)	0	2(2)	0	0	0

Club awards

Player of the Month award

Voted for by fans on Wolverhampton Wanderers' official website.

Month	Player
August	Rúben Neves^[117]^[118]
September	Rúben Neves^[117]^[118]
October	Hugo Bueno^[119]
November	Not Awarded
December	Rayan Aït-Nouri^[120]
January	Daniel Podence^[121]
February	Mario Lemina^[122]
March	Rúben Neves^[123]
April

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2022–23 Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. season

Contents

Transfers

In

Out

Loans in

Loans out

New and extended contracts

Pre-season and friendlies

Summer friendlies

Winter friendlies

Competitions

Overall record

Premier League

League table

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

FA Cup

EFL Cup

EFL Trophy

Group table

Matches

Players

Statistics

Club awards

Player of the Month award

References