2022–23 Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. season

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.

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)[1]
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
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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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]
	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]

1. Fee reported as £15,000,000^[9]

Out

Date	Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Ref.
30 June 2022	CF	Conor Carty	Bolton Wanderers	Released	[21][22]
	CB	Pascal Estrada	Olimpija Ljubljana	Released	[21][23]
	LB	Marçal	Botafogo	Released	[21][24]
	CB	Raphaël Nya	Paris	Released	[21]
	GK	Jamie Pardington	Grimsby Town	Released	[21][25]
	GK	John Ruddy	Birmingham City	Released	[26][27]
	CB	Romain Saïss	Beşiktaş	Released	[28][29]
	CF	Faisu Sangare	FC United of Manchester	Released	[21]
1 July 2022	CM	Oliver Sweeney	Burnley	Free transfer	[30]
	LB	Rúben Vinagre	Sporting CP	£9,000,000	[31]
9 July 2022	CF	Renat Dadashov	Grasshopper	Undisclosed	[32]
	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]
	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]

1. Fee reported as £25,000,000 with £17,000,000 of potential add-ons^[34]

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]
	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]
	CF	Theo Corbeanu	Arminia Bielefeld	End of Season	[73]
25 January 2023	CF	Fábio Silva	PSV Eindhoven	End of Season	[51]
	GK	Matija Sarkic	Stoke City	End of Season	[74]
27 January 2023	RB	Ki-Jana Hoever	Stoke City	End of Season	[75]
	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]

1. On 23 January, Hoever was recalled from his season-long loan at PSV Eindhoven and was subsequently loaned to Stoke.^[51]
2. On 3 January, Richards was recalled from his season-long loan at Harrogate after sustaining a season-ending injury.^[57]
3. On 23 January, Silva was recalled from his season-long loan at Anderlecht and was subsequently loaned to PSV Eindhoven.^[51]
4. On 3 January, Corbanu was recalled from his season-long loan at Blackpool after sustaining an injury. He was subsequently loaned to Arminia Bielefeld.^[57]
5. On 23 January, O'Shaughnessy was recalled from his season-long loan at Bradford and his contract with Wolves was terminated.^[43]
6. On 12 December, Marques was recalled from his season-long loan at Forest Green after sustaining a long-term injury.^[69][57]

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

Wolverhampton Wanderers v Forest Green Rovers

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)

Wolverhampton Wanderers v Burnley

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)

Alavés v Wolverhampton Wanderers

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

Levante v Wolverhampton Wanderers

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

Beşiktaş v Wolverhampton Wanderers

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

Villarreal B v Wolverhampton Wanderers

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)

Sporting CP v Wolverhampton Wanderers

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

Farense v Wolverhampton Wanderers

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

Wolverhampton Wanderers v Birmingham City

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)

Empoli v Wolverhampton Wanderers

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

Cádiz v Wolverhampton Wanderers

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
					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

Main article: 2022–23 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 to 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:

1. West Ham United qualified for the Europa League group stage by winning the 2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League.

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]

Leeds United v Wolverhampton Wanderers

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

Wolverhampton Wanderers v Fulham

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

Tottenham Hotspur v Wolverhampton Wanderers

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

Wolverhampton Wanderers v Newcastle United

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

Bournemouth v Wolverhampton Wanderers

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

Wolverhampton Wanderers v Southampton

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

Wolverhampton Wanderers v Manchester City

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

West Ham United v Wolverhampton Wanderers

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

Chelsea v Wolverhampton Wanderers

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

Wolverhampton Wanderers v Nottingham Forest

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

Crystal Palace v Wolverhampton Wanderers

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

Wolverhampton Wanderers v Leicester City

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

Brentford v Wolverhampton Wanderers

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

Wolverhampton Wanderers v Brighton & Hove Albion

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

Wolverhampton Wanderers v Arsenal

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

Everton v Wolverhampton Wanderers

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

Wolverhampton Wanderers v Manchester United

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

Aston Villa v Wolverhampton Wanderers

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

Wolverhampton Wanderers v West Ham United

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

Manchester City v Wolverhampton Wanderers

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: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 53,282 (3,000 away fans) Referee: David Coote

Wolverhampton Wanderers v Liverpool

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

Southampton v Wolverhampton Wanderers

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

Wolverhampton Wanderers v Bournemouth

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

Fulham v Wolverhampton Wanderers

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

Liverpool v Wolverhampton Wanderers

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]

Wolverhampton Wanderers v Tottenham Hotspur

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

Newcastle United v Wolverhampton Wanderers

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

Wolverhampton Wanderers v Leeds United

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

Nottingham Forest v Wolverhampton Wanderers

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

Wolverhampton Wanderers v Chelsea

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

Wolverhampton Wanderers v Brentford

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

Leicester City v Wolverhampton Wanderers

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

Wolverhampton Wanderers v Crystal Palace

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

Brighton & Hove Albion v Wolverhampton Wanderers

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

Wolverhampton Wanderers v Aston Villa

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

Manchester United v Wolverhampton Wanderers

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

Wolverhampton Wanderers v Everton

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

Arsenal v Wolverhampton Wanderers

28 May 2023 38	Arsenal	5–0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Holloway, London
16:30 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

Main article: 2022–23 FA Cup

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

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Liverpool v Wolverhampton Wanderers

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

Wolverhampton Wanderers v Liverpool

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

Main article: 2022–23 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

Wolverhampton Wanderers v Preston North End

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

Wolverhampton Wanderers v Leeds United

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

Wolverhampton Wanderers v Gillingham

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

Nottingham Forest v Wolverhampton Wanderers

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

Main article: 2022–23 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	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L1	Port Vale	3	3	0	0	0	7	0	+7	9	Advance to Round 2
2	ACA	Wolverhampton Wanderers U21	3	2	0	0	1	4	4	0	6
3	L2	Stockport County	3	1	0	0	2	2	3	−1	3
4	L1	Shrewsbury Town	3	0	0	0	3	1	7	−6	0

Source: EFL.com

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Shrewsbury Town v Wolverhampton Wanderers U21

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

Stockport County v Wolverhampton Wanderers U21

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

Port Vale v Wolverhampton Wanderers U21

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

Wolverhampton Wanderers U21 v Manchester United U21

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
			League		FA Cup		League Cup		Total		Discipline
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

1. Neves was suspended vs Chelsea (h) and Brentford (h) due to accumulating ten yellow cards.
2. The red card issued to Nunes for violent conduct was rescinded on appeal.

Club awards

Player of the Month award

Voted for by fans on Wolverhampton Wanderers' official website.

Month	Player
August	Rúben Neves[117][118]
September
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