2018–19 Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. season

The 2018–19 season was the 141st in the history of Wolverhampton Wanderers and the 2nd under then-head coach Nuno Espírito Santo. In that season, they returned to the Premier League for the first time since being relegated in 2012 via winning the previous season's EFL Championship. They also reached their first knockout competition semi-final in 21 years through their participation in the FA Cup semi-finals.

Wolverhampton Wanderers

2018–19 season
Chairman	Jeff Shi
Head coach	Nuno Espírito Santo
Stadium	Molineux
Premier League	7th
FA Cup	Semi-finals
EFL Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: Raúl Jiménez (13) All: Raúl Jiménez (17)
Highest home attendance	31,436 (vs Arsenal, 24 April 2019, Premier League)
Lowest home attendance	21,562 (vs Leicester City, 25 September 2018, EFL Cup)
Average home league attendance	31,030
Home colours Away colours
← 2017–18 2019–20 →

The club finished in 7th place, their highest position in the English league system since 1979–80 and the highest of any newly promoted team since Ipswich Town finished 5th in the 2000–01 season.^[1] As a result of Manchester City winning all 3 domestic trophies on offer that season, this league position gained them a place in the UEFA Europa League second qualifying round, invoking the club's first continental participation since the 1980–81 season.^[2]

Pre-season friendlies

Neuchâtel Xamax v Wolverhampton Wanderers

7 July 2018 Friendly	Neuchâtel Xamax	1–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Port-Valais, Switzerland
19:00 CEST	Nuzzolo 8' (pen.)	Report	Hause 70'	Stadium: Union Sportive de Port-Valais

Basel v Wolverhampton Wanderers

10 July 2018 Uhrencup	Basel	1–2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Biel, Switzerland
18:00 CEST	Van Wolfswinkel 9'	Report	Mir 17' Jota 51'	Stadium: Tissot Arena Attendance: 1,724 Referee: Urs Schnyder

Young Boys v Wolverhampton Wanderers

14 July 2018 Uhrencup	Young Boys	0–4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Bern, Switzerland
15:00 CEST		Report	Cavaleiro 26' Costa 30' Bonatini 54' Mir 89'	Stadium: Stadion Neufeld Attendance: 3,467

Wolverhampton Wanderers v Ajax

19 July 2018 Friendly	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–1	Ajax	Walsall
14:00 BST	Neves 74' (pen.)	Report	Van de Beek 45'	Stadium: Banks's Stadium Attendance: 3,328 Referee: Oliver Langford

VfL Bochum v Wolverhampton Wanderers

22 July 2018 H-Hotels Cup	VfL Bochum	0–0 (5–4 p)	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Bochum, Germany
15:00 CEST		Report		Stadium: Vonovia Ruhrstadion Referee: Bastian Börner
	Penalties
	Hoogland Tesche Celozzi Hinterseer Soares Sağlam Weilandt		Neves Jiménez Coady Jota Gonçalves Enobakhare Giles
Note: One single 45-minute fixture with no half-time. As the match ended in a draw, a penalty shoot-out took place to determine a winner.

Real Betis v Wolverhampton Wanderers

22 July 2018 H-Hotels Cup 3rd place P/O	Real Betis	0–0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Bochum, Germany
16:00 CEST		Report		Stadium: Vonovia Ruhrstadion Referee: Mitja Steegemann
Note: One single 45-minute fixture with no half-time. A penalty shoot-out was scheduled to take place in the event of a draw but this was cancelled.

Stoke City v Wolverhampton Wanderers

25 July 2018 Friendly	Stoke City	0–0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Stoke-on-Trent
19:45 BST		Report		Stadium: bet365 Stadium Attendance: 9,122 (2,078 away) Referee: Steve Martin

Derby County v Wolverhampton Wanderers

28 July 2018 Friendly	Derby County	2–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Derby
15:00 BST	Nugent 41' Mount 72'	Report	Jota 67'	Stadium: Pride Park Attendance: 7,676 (2,314 away) Referee: Peter Bankes

Wolverhampton Wanderers v Villarreal

4 August 2018 Friendly	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–1	Villarreal	Wolverhampton
15:00 BST	Boly 49' Jiménez 55'	Report	Gerard 18'	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 19,062 Referee: Lee Probert

Competitions

Premier League

See also: 2018–19 Premier League

A total of 20 teams competed in the Premier League in the 2018–19 season. Each team played every other team twice, once at their stadium, and once at the opposition's. Three points were awarded to teams for each win, one point per draw, and none for defeats.

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
5	Arsenal	38	21	7	10	73	51	+22	70	Qualification to Europa League group stage[a]
6	Manchester United	38	19	9	10	65	54	+11	66
7	Wolverhampton Wanderers	38	16	9	13	47	46	+1	57	Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round[a]
8	Everton	38	15	9	14	54	46	+8	54
9	Leicester City	38	15	7	16	51	48	+3	52

Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Play-offs (only if needed to decide champion, teams for relegation or teams for UEFA competitions).
Notes:

1. Since the winners of the EFL Cup and the FA Cup, Manchester City, qualified for the Champions League, the spot given to the FA Cup winners (Europa League group stage) was passed to the sixth-placed team and the spot given to the League Cup winners (Europa League second qualifying round) was passed to the seventh-placed team.

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	16	9	13	47	46	+1	57	10	4	5	28	21	+7	6	5	8	19	25	−6

Last updated: 12 May 2019.
Source: Premier League

Results by matchday

Matchday	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	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A
Result	D	L	D	W	W	D	W	W	L	L	L	D	L	L	W	W	W	L	D	W	L	L	W	W	W	D	D	L	W	D	L	W	L	D	W	W	W	L
Position	8	14	14	9	9	10	8	7	9	9	11	11	11	11	12	10	7	10	11	7	9	11	8	7	7	7	8	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	7	7	7	7

Updated to match(es) played on 12 May 2019. Source: Statto.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

The provisional fixture list was released on 14 June 2018, but was subject to change in the event of matches being selected for television coverage or police concerns.^[3]

Wolverhampton Wanderers v Everton

11 August 2018 1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–2	Everton	Wolverhampton
17:30 BST	Neves 44' Jiménez 80'	Report	Richarlison  14', 17', 67' Jagielka  40'	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 31,231 (2,970 away fans) Referee: Craig Pawson

Leicester City v Wolverhampton Wanderers

18 August 2018 2	Leicester City	2–0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Leicester
15:00 BST	Doherty 29' (o.g.) Maddison 45' Vardy  66' Evans  78' Maguire  90+6'	Report	Gibbs-White  74'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 32,043 (3,305 away fans) Referee: Mike Dean

Wolverhampton Wanderers v Manchester City

25 August 2018 3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–1	Manchester City	Wolverhampton
12:30 BST	Coady  41' Boly 57'	Report	Kompany  12' D. Silva  60' Laporte 69'	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 31,322 (2,970 away fans) Referee: Martin Atkinson

West Ham United v Wolverhampton Wanderers

1 September 2018 4	West Ham United	0–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	London
15:00 BST	Fredericks  24' Cresswell  60'	Report	Bennett  79' Traoré 90+3'	Stadium: London Stadium Attendance: 56,947 (3,000 away fans) Referee: Chris Kavanagh

Wolverhampton Wanderers v Burnley

16 September 2018 5	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–0	Burnley	Wolverhampton
13:30 BST	Jiménez 61' Jota  72' Neves  86'	Report	Bardsley  28' Cork  37' Guðmundsson  68' Taylor  82'	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 30,406 (1,329 away fans) Referee: Andre Marriner

Manchester United v Wolverhampton Wanderers

22 September 2018 6	Manchester United	1–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Manchester
15:00 BST	Fred 18' Shaw  40'	Report	Moutinho 53' Neves  61'	Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 74,489 (3,129 away fans) Referee: Kevin Friend

Wolverhampton Wanderers v Southampton

29 September 2018 7	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–0	Southampton	Wolverhampton
15:00 BST	Jota  51' Jonny  57', 87' Traoré  74' Cavaleiro 79'	Report	Bertrand  50'	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 31,147 (2,970 away fans) Referee: Stuart Attwell

Crystal Palace v Wolverhampton Wanderers

6 October 2018 8	Crystal Palace	0–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Selhurst
15:00 BST	McArthur  30' Kouyaté  88' Van Aanholt  90+1'	Report	Doherty 56' Coady  78' Jonny  88' Cavaleiro  90+1' Moutinho  90+4'	Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 25,715 (3,027 away fans) Referee: Michael Oliver

Wolverhampton Wanderers v Watford

20 October 2018 9	Wolverhampton Wanderers	0–2	Watford	Wolverhampton
15:00 BST	Neves  35' Jota  73' Bennett  90+1'	Report	Capoue 20' Pereyra 21' Hughes  69'	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 31,144 (2,731 away fans) Referee: Lee Mason

Brighton & Hove Albion v Wolverhampton Wanderers

27 October 2018 10	Brighton & Hove Albion	1–0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Falmer
15:00 BST	Murray 48' Kayal  52' Dunk  77' Knockaert  90'	Report		Stadium: Falmer Stadium Attendance: 30,654 (2,992 away fans) Referee: Anthony Taylor

Wolverhampton Wanderers v Tottenham Hotspur

3 November 2018 11	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–3	Tottenham Hotspur	Wolverhampton
19:45 GMT	Bennett  24' Neves 68' (pen.) Jiménez 79' (pen.)	Report	Lamela 27' Lucas 30' Kane 61' Foyth  78' Winks  87'	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 31,185 (2,938 away fans) Referee: Mike Dean

Arsenal v Wolverhampton Wanderers

11 November 2018 12	Arsenal	1–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Holloway
16:30 GMT	Özil  69' Bellerín  78' Mkhitaryan 86'	Report	Cavaleiro 13' Doherty  71' Costa  74'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 60,030 (3,003 away fans) Referee: Stuart Attwell

Wolverhampton Wanderers v Huddersfield Town

25 November 2018 13	Wolverhampton Wanderers	0–2	Huddersfield Town	Wolverhampton
16:00 GMT	Neves  87'	Report	Mooy 6', 74' Smith  17' Hogg  60'	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 30,130 (1,838 away fans) Referee: Kevin Friend

Cardiff City v Wolverhampton Wanderers

30 November 2018 14	Cardiff City	2–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Cardiff
20:00 GMT	Gunnarsson 65' Paterson  71' Hoilett 77'	Report	Doherty 18' Neves  61' Saïss  66'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 30,213 (2,996 away fans) Referee: Andre Marriner

Wolverhampton Wanderers v Chelsea

5 December 2018 15	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–1	Chelsea	Wolverhampton
19:45 GMT	Saïss  37' Moutinho  54' Jiménez 59' Coady  61' Jota 63' Vinagre  68'	Report	Loftus-Cheek 18' Fàbregas  64' Giroud  86' Alonso  90+1' Christensen  90+4'	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 31,300 (2,967 away fans) Referee: Jon Moss

Newcastle United v Wolverhampton Wanderers

9 December 2018 16	Newcastle United	1–2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Newcastle upon Tyne
16:00 GMT	Ki Sung-yueng  18' Pérez 23' Yedlin  57' Clark  90+6'	Report	Jota 17',  73' Doherty  33', 90+4' Costa  65' Coady  72' Bennett  80'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 50,223 (3,183 away fans) Referee: Mike Dean

Wolverhampton Wanderers v Bournemouth

15 December 2018 17	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–0	Bournemouth	Wolverhampton
15:00 GMT	Jiménez 12' Costa  66' Cavaleiro 90+4'	Report	S. Cook  34' Lerma  39'	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 30,997 (1,785 away fans) Referee: Simon Hooper

Wolverhampton Wanderers v Liverpool

21 December 2018 18	Wolverhampton Wanderers	0–2	Liverpool	Wolverhampton
20:00 GMT		Report	Salah 18' Van Dijk 68'	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 31,358 (2,970 away fans) Referee: Craig Pawson

Fulham v Wolverhampton Wanderers

26 December 2018 19	Fulham	1–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	London
12:30 GMT	Chambers  44' Christie  45' Sessegnon 74'	Report	Saïss  44', 85'	Stadium: Craven Cottage Attendance: 24,382 (2,664 away fans) Referee: Andre Marriner

Tottenham Hotspur v Wolverhampton Wanderers

29 December 2018 20	Tottenham Hotspur	1–3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	London
15:00 GMT	Davies  16' Kane 22',  81' Eriksen  42'	Report	Boly 72' Jonny  81' Jiménez 83',  84' Costa 87'	Stadium: Wembley Attendance: 46,356 (3,158 away fans) Referee: Stuart Attwell

Wolverhampton Wanderers v Crystal Palace

2 January 2019 21	Wolverhampton Wanderers	0–2	Crystal Palace	Wolverhampton
19:45 GMT	Boly  23' Saïss  45+1' Bennett  54' Jonny  90+1'	Report	Milivojević  62', 90+5' (pen.) J. Ayew 83'	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 30,666 (1,457 away fans) Referee: Roger East

Manchester City v Wolverhampton Wanderers

14 January 2019 22	Manchester City	3–0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Manchester
20:00 GMT	Gabriel Jesus 10', 39' (pen.) Fernandinho  14' Coady 78' (o.g.)	Report	Boly  19'	Stadium: Etihad Stadium Attendance: 54,171 (3,000 away fans) Referee: Craig Pawson

Wolverhampton Wanderers v Leicester City

19 January 2019 23	Wolverhampton Wanderers	4–3	Leicester City	Wolverhampton
12:30 GMT	Jota 4', 64', 90+3',  45+2' Bennett 12',  44' Jonny  86'	Report	Mendy  2' Pereira  45+1' Gray 47' Coady 51' (o.g.) Ndidi  58' Morgan 87'	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 31,278 (2,970 away fans) Referee: Chris Kavanagh

Wolverhampton Wanderers v West Ham United

29 January 2019 24	Wolverhampton Wanderers	3–0	West Ham United	Wolverhampton
19:45 GMT	Saïss  32', 66' Neves  70' Bennett  73' Jiménez 80', 86',  86'	Report	Snodgrass  37'	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 31,122 (2,877 away fans) Referee: David Coote

Everton v Wolverhampton Wanderers

2 February 2019 25	Everton	1–3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Liverpool
15:00 GMT	Zouma  16' Gomes 27' Keane  44' Davies  76'	Report	Neves 7' (pen.) Jiménez 45' Coady  56' Dendoncker 66'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 39,380 (2,972 away fans) Referee: Lee Mason

Wolverhampton Wanderers v Newcastle United

11 February 2019 26	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–1	Newcastle United	Wolverhampton
20:00 GMT	Jota  51' Boly 90+5'	Report	Ritchie  44' Schär  51' Hayden 56' Lascelles  68'	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 30,687 (2,402 away fans) Referee: Graham Scott

Bournemouth v Wolverhampton Wanderers

23 February 2019 27	Bournemouth	1–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Bournemouth
15:00 GMT	Smith  1' King 14' (pen.) 85' Lerma  70' Gosling  90+4' Boruc  90+5'	Report	Jota  21' Dendoncker  42' Bennett  57' Jiménez  77', 83' (pen.) Neves  85'	Stadium: Vitality Stadium Attendance: 10,671 (1,295 away fans) Referee: Roger East

Huddersfield Town v Wolverhampton Wanderers

26 February 2019 28	Huddersfield Town	1–0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Huddersfield
19:45 GMT	Billing  29' Hogg  84' Mounié 90+1'	Report	Bennett  43' Doherty  89'	Stadium: John Smith's Stadium Attendance: 22,714 (2,323 away fans) Referee: David Coote

Wolverhampton Wanderers v Cardiff City

2 March 2019 29	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–0	Cardiff City	Wolverhampton
15:00 GMT	Jota 16' Jiménez 18' Bennett  34'	Report	Bamba  45+1' Peltier  62'	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 31,309 (2,968 away fans) Referee: Andre Marriner

Chelsea v Wolverhampton Wanderers

10 March 2019 30	Chelsea	1–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	London
14:05 GMT	Rüdiger  78' Hazard 90+2'	Report	Doherty  37' Jiménez 56' Saïss  66' Boly  75' Jota  80'	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 40,692 (3,084 away fans) Referee: Michael Oliver

Burnley v Wolverhampton Wanderers

30 March 2019 31	Burnley	2–0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Burnley
15:00 GMT	Coady 2' (o.g.) McNeil  67', 77'	Report	Neves  90+3'	Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 20,990 (2,419 away fans) Referee: Chris Kavanagh

Wolverhampton Wanderers v Manchester United

2 April 2019 32	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–1	Manchester United	Wolverhampton
19:45 BST	Jota 25' Smalling 77' (o.g.) Jonny  90+4'	Report	McTominay 13' Shaw  38' Dalot  42' Young  52'  57'	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 31,302 (2,961 away fans) Referee: Mike Dean

Southampton v Wolverhampton Wanderers

13 April 2019 33	Southampton	3–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Southampton
15:00 BST	Redmond 2', 30' Bertrand  67' Long 71'	Report	Boly 28' Moutinho  40' Jiménez  45+2' Saïss  74'	Stadium: St. Mary's Attendance: 31,708 (3,262 away fans) Referee: Jon Moss

Wolverhampton Wanderers v Brighton & Hove Albion

20 April 2019 34	Wolverhampton Wanderers	0–0	Brighton & Hove Albion	Wolverhampton
15:00 BST		Report	Stephens  32'	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 31,096 (2,748 away fans) Referee: Craig Pawson

Wolverhampton Wanderers v Arsenal

24 April 2019 35	Wolverhampton Wanderers	3–1	Arsenal	Wolverhampton
19:45 BST	Doherty  17', 37' Neves 28' Jota 45+2' Bennett  84'	Report	Monreal  27' Xhaka  31' Torreira  45' Papastathopoulos 80'	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 31,436 (2,958 away fans) Referee: Stuart Attwell

Watford v Wolverhampton Wanderers

27 April 2019 36	Watford	1–2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Watford
15:00 BST	Gray 49' Holebas  62' Success  85' Capoue  90+6'	Report	Jiménez 41' Moutinho  61' Jota 77',  84'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 20,323 (2,102 away fans) Referee: Simon Hooper

Wolverhampton Wanderers v Fulham

4 May 2019 37	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–0	Fulham	Wolverhampton
15:00 BST	Jota  7' Dendoncker 75'	Report	Chambers  22' Le Marchand  32' Christie  73'	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 30,456 (1,080 away fans) Referee: Jon Moss

Liverpool v Wolverhampton Wanderers

12 May 2019 38	Liverpool	2–0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Liverpool
15:00 BST	Mané 17', 81'	Report	Bennett  49' Jota  50'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 53,331 (2,936 away fans) Referee: Martin Atkinson

FA Cup

See also: 2018–19 FA Cup

The third round draw was made live on the BBC by Ruud Gullit and Paul Ince from Stamford Bridge on 3 December.^[4] The fourth round draw was made live on the BBC by Robbie Keane and Carl Ikeme following Wolves' third round victory on 7 January.^[5] The fifth round draw was made live on the BBC by Ian Wright and Alex Scott on 28 January.^[6] The draw for the quarter-final was made on 18 February by Darren Fletcher and Wayne Bridge.^[7] The draw for the semi-finals was made live on the BBC on 17 March by Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink and Leon Osman.^[8]

Wolverhampton Wanderers v Liverpool

7 January 2019 Third round	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–1	Liverpool	Wolverhampton
19:45 GMT	Jiménez 38' Neves 55'	Report	Milner  15' Origi 51'	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 25,849 (4,774 away fans) Referee: Paul Tierney

Shrewsbury Town v Wolverhampton Wanderers

26 January 2019 Fourth round	Shrewsbury Town	2–2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Shrewsbury
15:00 GMT	Sadler  44' Docherty 47',  62' Grant  63' Waterfall 71'	Report	Jiménez 75' Doherty 90+3'	Stadium: Montgomery Waters Meadow Attendance: 9,503 (1,641 away fans) Referee: Roger East

Wolverhampton Wanderers v Shrewsbury Town

5 February 2019 Fourth round replay	Wolverhampton Wanderers	3–2	Shrewsbury Town	Wolverhampton
19:45 GMT	Doherty 2', 45+6' Cavaleiro 62'	Report	Bolton 11' Norburn  35' Laurent 39'	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 28,844 (3,131 away fans) Referee: Lee Probert

Bristol City v Wolverhampton Wanderers

17 February 2019 Fifth round	Bristol City	0–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Bristol
13:00 GMT	Wright  52' Kalas  75'	Report	Cavaleiro 28' Moutinho  83' Gibbs-White  86'	Stadium: Ashton Gate Attendance: 24,394 (3,407 away fans) Referee: Martin Atkinson

Wolverhampton Wanderers v Manchester United

16 March 2019 Quarter-finals	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–1	Manchester United	Wolverhampton
19:55 GMT	Boly  41' Neves  43' Jiménez 70' Jota 76' Coady  86'	Report	Matić  45+1' Rashford  52', 90+5' Herrera  62' Lindelöf  84' Dalot  90+4'	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 31,004 (4,685 away fans) Referee: Martin Atkinson

Watford v Wolverhampton Wanderers

7 April 2019 Semi-finals	Watford	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Wolverhampton Wanderers	London
16:00 BST	Cathcart  54' Holebas  61' Deulofeu 79', 104' Deeney 90+4' (pen.) Capoue  101'	Report	Saïss  10' Neves  25' Doherty 36' Jiménez 62'	Stadium: Wembley Attendance: 80,092 (34,645 Wolves) Referee: Michael Oliver

EFL Cup

See also: 2018–19 EFL Cup

The second round draw was made from the Stadium of Light on 16 August.^[9] The third round draw was made on 30 August 2018 by David Seaman and Joleon Lescott.^[10]

Sheffield Wednesday v Wolverhampton Wanderers

28 August 2018 Second round	Sheffield Wednesday	0–2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Sheffield
19:45 BST	Baker  51' Nielsen  62'	Report	Bonatini 53' Costa 85' (pen.)	Stadium: Hillsborough Attendance: 13,597 (2,945 away fans) Referee: Robert Jones

Wolverhampton Wanderers v Leicester City

25 September 2018 Third round	Wolverhampton Wanderers	0–0 (1–3 p)	Leicester City	Wolverhampton
19:45 BST	Jota  67'	Report	Evans  43' Morgan  77'	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 21,562 (2,349 away fans) Referee: Paul Tierney
	Penalties
	Saïss Jota Ashley-Seal Traoré		Fuchs Ghezzal Choudhury Iborra Iheanacho

EFL Trophy

See also: 2018–19 EFL Trophy

Wolves were one of the sixteen teams from outside the bottom two divisions of the 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 H in the Northern section. In matches level at the end of 90 minutes, a penalty shoot-out was held with the winner earning a bonus point.

Scunthorpe United v Wolverhampton Wanderers U23

4 September 2018 Grp. H (N)	Scunthorpe United	0–0 (4–2 p)	Wolverhampton Wanderers U23	Scunthorpe
19:45 BST		Report		Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 874 Referee: Thomas Bramall
	Penalties
	Goode Lund Colclough Horsfield Burgess		Gonçalves Diallo Ennis Kilman

Mansfield Town v Wolverhampton Wanderers U23

9 October 2018 Grp. H (N)	Mansfield Town	2–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers U23	Mansfield
19:45 BST	Mellis 4' Benning 47'	Report	Gonçalves 75'	Stadium: One Call Stadium Attendance: 1,112 Referee: Tom Nield

Lincoln City v Wolverhampton Wanderers U23

6 November 2018 Grp. H (N)	Lincoln City	2–2 (4–5 p)	Wolverhampton Wanderers U23	Lincoln
19:45 GMT	Green 23', 42'	Report	Ashley-Seal 39' Giles 45+4'	Stadium: Sincil Bank Attendance: 2,723 Referee: Trevor Kettle
	Penalties
	Akinde Rhead Toffolo Mensah Andrade Pett		Watt Gonçalves Giles Ashley-Seal Ennis Iorfa

Group table

Pos	Lge	Team v t e	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L2	Mansfield Town	3	3	0	0	0	7	4	+3	9	Round 2
2	L2	Lincoln City	3	0	1	1	1	4	5	−1	3
3	L1	Scunthorpe United	3	0	1	1	1	3	4	−1	3
4	ACA	Wolverhampton Wanderers U21	3	0	1	1	1	3	4	−1	3

Source: EFL.com

Players

First team squad

As of 31 August 2018^[11]

Squad No.	Name	Nationality	Position(s)	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed From	Year Signed
Goalkeepers
11	Rui Patrício		GK	(1988-02-15)15 February 1988 (aged 30)	Sporting CP	2018
21	John Ruddy HG		GK	(1986-10-24)24 October 1986 (aged 31)	Norwich City	2017
31	Will Norris HG		GK	(1993-08-12)12 August 1993 (aged 25)	Cambridge United	2017
Defenders
2	Matt Doherty HG		RWB	(1992-01-16)16 January 1992 (aged 26)	Bohemians	2010
5	Ryan Bennett HG		CB	(1990-03-06)6 March 1990 (aged 28)	Norwich City
15	Willy Boly		CB	(1991-02-03)3 February 1991 (aged 27)	Porto	2018
16	Conor Coady HG		CB	(1993-02-25)25 February 1993 (aged 25)	Huddersfield Town	2015
19	Jonny		LWB/RWB	(1994-03-03)3 March 1994 (aged 24)	Atlético Madrid (Loan)	2018 (Loan)
29	Rúben Vinagre U21		LWB	(1999-04-09)9 April 1999 (aged 19)	Monaco	2018
30	Kortney Hause HG		CB	(1995-07-16)16 July 1995 (aged 23)	Wycombe Wanderers	2014
47	Cameron John HG		CB	(1999-08-24)24 August 1999 (aged 19)	Academy	2019
49	Max Kilman HG		CB	(1997-05-23)23 May 1997 (aged 21)	Academy	2019
—	Ethan Ebanks-Landell HG		CB	(1992-12-16)16 December 1992 (aged 25)	Academy	2010
Midfielders
8	Rúben Neves		CM	(1997-03-13)13 March 1997 (aged 21)	Porto	2017
17	Morgan Gibbs-White HG U21		CM/ST	(2000-01-27)27 January 2000 (aged 18)	Academy	2017
23	Ryan Giles HG U21		LM	(2000-01-26)26 January 2000 (aged 18)	Academy	2018
25	Elliot Watt U21		CM	(2000-03-11)11 March 2000 (aged 18)	Academy	2018
26	Pedro Gonçalves U21		CM	(1998-06-28)28 June 1998 (aged 20)	Academy	2018
27	Romain Saïss		CM/CB	(1990-03-26)26 March 1990 (aged 28)	Angers	2016
28	João Moutinho		CM	(1986-09-08)8 September 1986 (aged 31)	Monaco	2018
32	Leander Dendoncker		DM/CB	(1995-04-15)15 April 1995 (aged 23)	Anderlecht (Loan)	2018 (Loan)
Forwards
7	Ivan Cavaleiro		RW/LW/ST	(1993-10-18)18 October 1993 (aged 24)	Monaco	2016
9	Raúl Jiménez		ST	(1991-05-05)5 May 1991 (aged 27)	Benfica (Loan)	2018 (Loan)
10	Hélder Costa		LW/RW	(1994-01-12)12 January 1994 (aged 24)	Benfica	2017
14	Bright Enobakhare		LW/RW	(1998-02-08)8 February 1998 (aged 20)	Academy	2015
18	Diogo Jota		LW/ST	(1996-12-04)4 December 1996 (aged 21)	Atlético Madrid	2018
24	Benny Ashley-Seal U21		ST	(1998-11-21)21 November 1998 (aged 19)	Academy	2018
33	Léo Bonatini		ST	(1994-03-28)28 March 1994 (aged 24)	Al-Hilal	2018
37	Adama Traoré		RW/ST	(1996-01-25)25 January 1996 (aged 22)	Middlesbrough	2018
45	Niall Ennis HG U21		ST	(1999-05-20)20 May 1999 (aged 19)	Academy	2013

• HG = Homegrown Player
• U21 = Under-21 Player (born on or after 1 January 1997)
• Players in italics out on loan during the season

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 end of the season. 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
			League		FA Cup		League Cup		Total		Discipline
2	DF	Matt Doherty	35(3)	4	5(1)	4	1	0	41(4)	8	5	0
5	DF	Ryan Bennett	34	1	4	0	0(2)	0	38(2)	1	12	0	[nb 1]
6	DF	Danny Batth ¤ †	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	FW	Ivan Cavaleiro	6(17)	3	2(3)	2	1	0	9(20)	5	1	0
8	MF	Rúben Neves	34(1)	4	4(1)	1	0	0	38(2)	5	10	0	[nb 2]
9	FW	Raúl Jiménez ‡	36(2)	13	4(2)	4	0	0	40(4)	17	4	0
10	MF	Hélder Costa	16(9)	1	2(2)	0	0(1)	1	18(12)	2	3	0
11	GK	Rui Patrício	37	0	0	0	0	0	37	0	1	0
14	FW	Bright Enobakhare ¤	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	DF	Willy Boly	36	4	5	0	0	0	41	4	3	1	[nb 3]
16	DF	Conor Coady	38	0	6	0	2	0	46	0	6	0
17	MF	Morgan Gibbs-White	5(21)	0	2(1)	0	2	0	9(22)	0	2	0
18	FW	Diogo Jota	29(4)	9	3	1	0(1)	0	32(5)	10	12	0
19	DF	Jonny ‡	32(1)	1	5	0	1	0	38(1)	1	6	0
21	GK	John Ruddy	1	0	6	0	2	0	9	0	0	0
23	MF	Ryan Giles	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
24	FW	Benny Ashley-Seal ¤	0	0	0	0	0(2)	0	0(2)	0	0	0
25	MF	Elliot Watt	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
26	MF	Pedro Gonçalves	0	0	0	0	0(1)	0	0(1)	0	0	0
27	MF	Romain Saïss	12(7)	2	5	0	2	0	19(7)	2	8	0
28	MF	João Moutinho	35(3)	1	4(2)	0	0	0	39(5)	1	5	0
29	DF	Rúben Vinagre	7(10)	0	1(1)	0	2	0	10(11)	0	1	0
30	DF	Kortney Hause	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0
31	GK	Will Norris	0(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0(1)	0	0	0
32	MF	Leander Dendoncker ‡	17(2)	2	5	0	2	0	24(2)	2	1	0
33	FW	Léo Bonatini	0(7)	0	0	0	2	1	2(7)	1	0	0
37	FW	Adama Traoré	8(21)	1	2(2)	0	2	0	13(23)	1	1	0
38	MF	Paulinho	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
45	FW	Niall Ennis	0	0	0(1)	0	0	0	0(1)	0	0	0
47	DF	Cameron John	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
49	DF	Max Kilman	0(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0(1)	0	0	0

1. Bennett was suspended vs Chelsea (a) and Burnley (a) due to accumulating ten yellow cards.
2. Neves was suspended vs Chelsea (h) due to accumulating five yellow cards.
3. Boly was suspended vs Leicester City (h), Shrewsbury Town (a) and West Ham United (h) due to receiving a red card for violent conduct vs Manchester City (a).

Awards

Award	Winner[12]
Fans' Player of the Season	João Moutinho
Players' Player of the Season	Raúl Jiménez
Young Player of the Season	Rúben Vinagre
Academy Player of the Season	Lewis Richards
Goal of the Season	Diogo Jota (vs Cardiff, 2 March 2019)

Transfers

In

Date	Player	From	Fee
1 June 2018	Benik Afobe	AFC Bournemouth	Undisclosed[13]
1 June 2018	Willy Boly	Porto	Undisclosed[13]
18 June 2018	Rui Patrício	Sporting CP	Compensation[a][15][16]
1 July 2018	Léo Bonatini	Al-Hilal	Undisclosed[17]
1 July 2018	Pascal Juan Estrada	Fußballakademie Linz	Undisclosed[18]
1 July 2018	Diogo Jota	Atlético Madrid	Undisclosed[19][20]
1 July 2018	Rúben Vinagre	Monaco	Undisclosed[17]
1 July 2018	Adrián Álvarez	San Sebastián de los Reyes	Free
19 July 2018	Paulo Alves	Unattached[b]	Free[21]
24 July 2018	João Moutinho	Monaco	Undisclosed[22]
8 August 2018	Adama Traoré	Middlesbrough	Undisclosed[23]
1 August 2018	Theo Corbeanu	Toronto	Free
9 August 2018	João Caiado	Tondela	Undisclosed[24]
9 August 2018	John Kitolano	Odd	Undisclosed[24]
9 August 2018	Max Kilman	Maidenhead United	Undisclosed[25]
9 August 2018	Jamie Pardington	Rushall Olympic	Undisclosed[25]
9 August 2018	Dongda He	Notts County	Undisclosed[26]
31 August 2018	Sadou Diallo	Unattached[c]	Free[27]
1 January 2019	David Wang	FC Jumilla	Undisclosed[28]
18 January 2019	Michael Agboola	Dagenham & Redbridge	Undisclosed[29]
19 January 2019	Ed Francis	Manchester City	Undisclosed[30]
31 January 2019	Jonny	Atlético Madrid	Undisclosed[31]

1. Fee has been agreed at £16,000,000^[14]
2. Released from Liverpool prior to joining Wolves.^[21]
3. Released from Manchester City prior to joining Wolves.^[27]

Loans in

Date from	Player	From	Date until
12 June 2018	Raúl Jiménez	Benfica	End of season[32]
25 July 2018	Jonny	Atlético Madrid	31 January[33]
9 August 2018	Leander Dendoncker	Anderlecht	End of season[a][34]
9 August 2018	Alexander Molberg	Hobro IK	End of season[25]

1. Leander Dendoncker will permanently join Wolves at the end of the season for £12m.^[34]

Out

Date	Player	To	Fee
14 June 2018	Duckens Nazon	Sint-Truiden	Undisclosed[35]
30 June 2018	Ben Marshall	Norwich City	£1,500,000[36]
12 July 2018	Prince Oniangué	SM Caen	Undisclosed[37]
27 July 2018	Carl Ikeme	Retired[38]
28 July 2018	Barry Douglas	Leeds United	£1,000,000[39]
1 October 2018	Andrew Sealey-Harris	Farnborough	Free transfer
1 January 2019	Benik Afobe	Stoke City	Undisclosed [40] [a]
29 January 2019	Danny Batth	Stoke City	Undisclosed [42] [b]
30 January 2019	Ben Stevenson	Colchester United	Undisclosed[44]
31 January 2019	Dominic Iorfa	Sheffield Wednesday	Undisclosed[45]

1. Fee reported as £12,000,000 ^[41]
2. Fee reported as £3,000,000, which could rise to £4,000,000 ^[43]

Loans out

Date from	Player	To	Date until
23 May 2018	Christián Herc	FC DAC 1904	End of season[46]
7 June 2018	Aaron Collins	Colchester United	End of season[47]
12 June 2018	Benik Afobe	Stoke City	1 January 2019[a] [40]
16 June 2018	Harry Burgoyne	Plymouth Argyle	7 December 2018[48][49]
22 June 2018	Sherwin Seedorf	Bradford City	20 January 2019[50]
11 July 2018	Roderick Miranda	Olympiacos	End of season[51]
23 July 2018	Rafa Mir	Las Palmas	End of season[52]
31 July 2018	Ben Goodliffe	Dagenham & Redbridge	1 January 2019[53]
1 August 2018	Aaron Hayden	Stourbridge	End of season[54][55]
22 August 2018	Sylvain Deslandes	FC Jumilla	End of season[56]
22 August 2018	Will Randall	FC Jumilla	January 2019[56]
22 August 2018	Ming-yang Yang	FC Jumilla	End of season[56]
22 August 2018	Ryan Leak	FC Jumilla	End of season[56]
22 August 2018	Aaron Simpson	FC Jumilla	January 2019[56]
22 August 2018	Boubacar Hanne	FC Jumilla	End of season[56]
22 August 2018	Donovan Wilson	FC Jumilla	January 2019[56]
28 August 2018	Jordan Graham	Ipswich Town	2 January 2019[57][58]
28 August 2018	Jack Ruddy	FC Jumilla	End of season[56]
30 August 2018	Ben Stevenson	FC Jumilla	30 January 2019[56]
31 August 2018	Bright Enobakhare	Kilmarnock	1 January 2019[59]
31 August 2018	Phil Ofosu-Ayeh	Hansa Rostock	January 2019[60][61]
31 August 2018	Danny Batth	Middlesbrough	29 January 2019[62][63]
31 August 2018	Connor Ronan	Walsall	January 2019[64]
31 August 2018	Connor Johnson	Walsall	End of season[64]
31 August 2018	Joe Mason	Portsmouth	January 2019[65]
31 August 2018	Michał Żyro	Pogoń Szczecin	End of season[66]
31 August 2018	Paul Gladon	Sint-Truiden	January 2019[67]
31 August 2018	Dan McKenna	Telford United	January 2019[68]
1 January 2019	David Wang	Sporting CP	End of season[28]
2 January 2019	Jordan Graham	Oxford United	End of season[58]
7 January 2019	Kortney Hause	Aston Villa	End of season[69]
8 January 2019	Bright Enobakhare	Coventry City	End of season[70]
11 January 2019	Ethan Ebanks-Landell	Rochdale	End of season[71]
20 January 2019	Sherwin Seedorf	FC Jumilla	End of season[72]
21 January 2019	Harry Burgoyne	Falkirk	End of season[49]
22 January 2019	Benny Ashley-Seal	FC Famalicão	End of season[73]
31 January 2019	Léo Bonatini	Nottingham Forest	End of season[74]
31 January 2019	Phil Ofosu-Ayeh	Würzburger Kickers	End of season[61]
31 January 2019	Connor Ronan	FC DAC 1904	End of season[61]
31 January 2019	Jack Ruddy	S.S. Reyes	End of season[61]
31 January 2019	Donovan Wilson	Exeter City	End of season[75]

1. Benik Afobe's move was to become permanent in January 2019

Loan returns

Date	Player	From
30 April 2018	Jack Ruddy	Ayr United
31 May 2018	Daniel Armstrong	Dunfermline
31 May 2018	Aaron Collins	Newport County
31 May 2018	Sylvain Deslandes	Portsmouth
31 May 2018	Ethan Ebanks-Landell	Milton Keynes Dons
31 May 2018	Dominic Iorfa	Ipswich Town
31 May 2018	Connor Johnson	Telford United
31 May 2018	Ben Marshall	Millwall
31 May 2018	Daniel McKenna	Bray Wanderers
31 May 2018	Duckens Nazon	Oldham Athletic
31 May 2018	Prince Oniangué	Angers
31 May 2018	Connor Ronan	Portsmouth
31 May 2018	Andrew Sealey-Harris	Farnborough
31 May 2018	Aaron Simpson	Kilmarnock
31 May 2018	Ben Stevenson	Colchester United
31 May 2018	Donovan Wilson	Port Vale
31 May 2018	Michał Żyro	Charlton Athletic
30 June 2018	Paul Gladon	Heracles Almelo
13 July 2018	Joe Mason	Colorado Rapids

Released

As of 30 January 2019.^[76][77]

Date	Player	Subsequent club	Fee
30 June 2018	Jordan Allan	Cowdenbeath	Released
30 June 2018	Daniel Armstrong	Raith Rovers	Released
30 June 2018	Harry Beasley	Elon Phoenix	Released
30 June 2018	Tom Bexton	Whitley Bay	Released
30 June 2018	Anthony Breslin	Longford Town[78]	Released
30 June 2018	Rory Brown	Institute	Released
30 June 2018	Nicolae Cârnaț	Dunărea Călărași	Released
30 June 2018	Brad Carr	Eccleshall	Released
30 June 2018	Kieran Feeney	Barnsley	Released
30 June 2018	Ross Finnie	Georgia State Panthers	Released
30 June 2018	Jonathan Flatt	Scunthorpe United[79]	Released
30 June 2018	Joshua Hesson	Sunderland	Released
30 June 2018	Conor Levingston	Bohemians	Released
30 June 2018	Dominic Moan	Sunderland RCA	Released
30 June 2018	Hakeem Odoffin	Northampton Town[80]	Released
30 June 2018	Adam Osbourne	Worcester City[81]	Released
30 June 2018	Ryan Rainey	Bonagee United[82]	Released
30 June 2018	Akeal Rehman	Motherwell	Released
30 June 2018	Tomás Reymão	Belenenses SAD	Released
30 June 2018	Joel Whittingham	Port Talbot Town[83]	Released
30 June 2018	José Xavier	Braga	Released
11 January 2019	Paul Gladon	Groningen[84]	Released
15 January 2019	Will Randall	Newport County[85]	Released
15 January 2019	Daniel McKenna	Shelbourne	Released
30 January 2019	Aaron Collins	Forest Green Rovers	Released[86]
31 January 2019	Joe Mason	Milton Keynes Dons	Released[61]