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Wolverhampton Wanderers
2020–21 season
ChairmanJeff Shi
Head coachNuno Espírito Santo
Premier League6th
FA CupThird round
EFL CupSecond round
Top goalscorerLeague: Raúl Jiménez (3)
All: Raúl Jiménez (3)

The 2020–21 season is the 143rd season in the history of the English football club Wolverhampton Wanderers. The club is competing in the Premier League for the third consecutive season and will also participate in this season's edition of the FA Cup and participated in the EFL Cup.

Competitions

Premier League

Main article: 2020–21 Premier League

A total of 20 teams are competing in the Premier League in the 2020–21 season. Each team will play every other team twice, once at their stadium, and once at the opposition's. Three points are awarded to teams for each win, one point per draw, and none for defeats.

League table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
11 Aston Villa 38 16 7 15 55 46 +9 55
12 Newcastle United 38 12 9 17 46 62 −16 45
13 Wolverhampton Wanderers 38 12 9 17 36 52 −16 45
14 Crystal Palace 38 12 8 18 41 66 −25 44
15 Southampton 38 12 7 19 47 68 −21 43
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[1]

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
6 3 1 2 6 8  −2 10 1 1 1 3 4  −1 2 0 1 3 4  −1

Last updated: 25 October 2020.
Source: [citation needed]

Results by matchday

Matchday1234567
GroundAHAHAHH
ResultWLLWWD
Position51216136
Updated to match(es) played on 25 October 2020. Source: [citation needed]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The provisional fixture list was released on 20 August 2020, but is subject to change in the event of matches being selected for television coverage or police concerns.[2]

14 September 2020 1 Sheffield United 0–2 Wolverhampton Wanderers Sheffield
18:00 BST Report Jiménez 3'
Saïss 6'		 Stadium: Bramall Lane
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Referee: Mike Dean
21 September 2020 2 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–3 Manchester City Wolverhampton
20:15 BST Jiménez 78' Report De Bruyne 20' (pen.)
Foden 32'
Gabriel Jesus 90+5'		 Stadium: Molineux
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Referee: Andre Marriner
27 September 2020 3 West Ham United 4–0 Wolverhampton Wanderers Stratford, London
19:00 BST Bowen 17', 57'
Jiménez 66' (o.g.)
Haller 90+3'		 Report Stadium: London Stadium
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Referee: Martin Atkinson
4 October 2020 4 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–0 Fulham Wolverhampton
14:00 BST Neto 56' Report Stadium: Molineux
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Referee: Darren England
19 October 2020 5 Leeds United 0–1 Wolverhampton Wanderers Leeds
20:00 BST Report Jiménez 70' Stadium: Elland Road
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Referee: David Coote
25 October 2020 6 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–1 Newcastle United Wolverhampton
16:30 GMT Jiménez 80' Report Murphy 89' Stadium: Molineux
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Referee: Lee Mason
30 October 2020 7 Wolverhampton Wanderers v Crystal Palace Wolverhampton
20:00 GMT Stadium: Molineux
Attendance: 0[note 1]

FA Cup

Main article: 2020–21 FA Cup

As a Premier League team, Wolves will enter the competition at the third round proper stage in January 2021.

EFL Cup

Main article: 2020–21 EFL Cup

As a Premier League team, Wolves entered the competition at the second round stage, which was drawn on 6 September.[3]

17 September 2020 Second round Wolverhampton Wanderers 0–1 Stoke City Wolverhampton
19:00 BST Report Brown 86'
McClean Yellow card 88'		 Stadium: Molineux
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Referee: Simon Hooper

EFL Trophy

See also: 2020–21 EFL Trophy

Wolves are 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 have been drawn into Group F in the Northern section.[4] Note: In group stage matches which are level at the end of 90 minutes a penalty shoot-out was held, with the winner earning a bonus point.

22 September 2020 Group F (N) Oldham Athletic 4–0 Wolverhampton Wanderers U21 Oldham
19:45 BST Rowe 42'
Grant 85'
McAleny 88', 90+1'		 Report Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 0[note 1]
6 October 2020 Group F (N) Bradford City 1–1
(3–5 p)		 Wolverhampton Wanderers U21 Bradford
19:30 BST Donaldson 83' Report Samuels 60' Stadium: Utilita Energy Stadium
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Referee: Carl Boyeson
Penalties
Pritchard soccer ball with check mark
Hosannah soccer ball with check mark
Shanks soccer ball with red X
Scales soccer ball with check mark		 soccer ball with check mark Samuels
soccer ball with check mark Hoever
soccer ball with check mark Shabani
soccer ball with check mark Corbeanu
soccer ball with check mark Sanderson
10 November 2020 Group F (N) Doncaster Rovers v Wolverhampton Wanderers U21 Doncaster
19:30 GMT Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium

Players

Statistics

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

Correct as of 24 October 2020. Starting appearances are listed first, followed by substitute appearances in parentheses where applicable.

No.PosNamePGPGPGPG A yellow card A red card Notes
League FA CupLeague CupTotalDiscipline
2 DF Netherlands Ki-Jana Hoever 0(2) 0 0 0 0 0 0(2) 0 0 0
3 DF France Rayan Aït-Nouri ‡ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 DF Brazil Marçal 2(2) 0 0 0 0 0 2(2) 0 1 0
7 MF Portugal Pedro Neto 6 1 0 0 0(1) 0 6(1) 1 0 0
8 MF Portugal Rúben Neves 4(2) 0 0 0 1 0 5(2) 0 1 0
9 FW Mexico Raúl Jiménez 6 3 0 0 0(1) 0 6(1) 4 0 0
10 MF Portugal Daniel Podence 5 0 0 0 0(1) 0 5(1) 0 0 0
11 GK Portugal Rui Patrício 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0
15 DF France Willy Boly 6 0 0 0 1 0 7 0 0 0
16 DF England Conor Coady 6 0 0 0 1 0 7 0 1 0
17 FW Portugal Fábio Silva 0(2) 0 0 0 1 0 1(2) 0 0 0
18 FW Portugal Diogo Jota † 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 DF Spain Jonny 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 MF Portugal Vitinha ‡ 0(2) 0 0 0 1 0 1(2) 0 0 0
21 GK England John Ruddy 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
22 DF Portugal Nélson Semedo 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0
27 MF Morocco Romain Saïss 6 1 0 0 1 0 7 1 0 0
28 MF Portugal João Moutinho 4(2) 0 0 0 0 0 4(2) 0 1 0
29 DF Portugal Rúben Vinagre ¤ 1(1) 0 0 0 1 0 2(1) 0 0 0
32 MF Belgium Leander Dendoncker 4(1) 0 0 0 1 0 5(1) 0 0 0
37 MF Spain Adama Traoré 3(2) 0 0 0 1 0 4(3) 0 0 0
38 MF Germany Meritan Shabani 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
49 DF England Max Kilman 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0
54 MF United States Owen Otasowie 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
59 DF Denmark Oskar Buur 0(1) 0 0 0 1 0 1(1) 0 0 0

Transfers

Transfers in

Date Position Nationality Name From Fee Team Ref.
27 July 2020 GK Montenegro Matija Sarkic England Aston Villa Free transfer First team [5]
31 July 2020 LB England Aaron Keto-Diyawa England Fulham Free transfer Academy [6]
2 September 2020 LB Portugal Toti Portugal Estoril Praia Undisclosed Under-23s .[7]
5 September 2020 CF Portugal Fábio Silva Portugal Porto Undisclosed First team [8][9]
6 September 2020 LB Brazil Marçal France Lyon Undisclosed First team [10]
19 September 2020 RB Netherlands Ki-Jana Hoever England Liverpool Undisclosed First team [11]
23 September 2020 RB Portugal Nélson Semedo Spain Barcelona Undisclosed First team [12]

Loans in

Date Position Nationality Name From Date Until Team Ref.
9 September 2020 CM Portugal Vitinha Portugal Porto End of season First team [13]
4 October 2020 LB France Rayan Aït-Nouri France Angers End of season First team [14]

New contracts

Date Position Nationality Name Ref.
16 April 2020 FW China Dongda He [15]
18 May 2020 GK England John Ruddy [16]
14 August 2020 FW Republic of Ireland Lewis Richards [17]
16 September 2020 MF Republic of Ireland Connor Ronan [18]
25 September 2020 FW Brazil Léo Bonatini [19]
1 October 2020 CB England Conor Coady [20]
3 October 2020 FW Mexico Raúl Jiménez [21]
14 October 2020 FW Romania Theo Corbeanu [22]
16 October 2020 DF England Dion Sanderson [23]
21 October 2020 DF England Max Kilman [24]

Transfers out

Date Position Nationality Name To Fee Team Ref.
1 July 2020 RB Netherlands Jed Abbey Unattached Released Academy [25]
1 July 2020 LW England Jordan Graham England Gillingham Released First team [25][26]
1 July 2020 CB England Connor Johnson Unattached Released Under-23s [25]
1 July 2020 CM Switzerland Ming-yang Yang Switzerland Grasshopper Released First team [25][27]
1 July 2020 RB Ghana Phil Ofosu-Ayeh Unattached Released First team [25]
1 July 2020 CM England Todd Parker Unattached Released Academy [25]
1 July 2020 RW Republic of Ireland Callum Thompson Republic of Ireland Bray Wanderers Released Under-23s [25][28]
7 July 2020 RW Portugal Hélder Costa England Leeds United £16,000,000 First team [29]
16 July 2020 AM Hong Kong Tsun Dai China Shenzhen Undisclosed Under-23s [30]
27 July 2020 CM Scotland Elliot Watt England Bradford City Undisclosed Under-23s [31]
7 August 2020 FW Portugal Boubacar Hanne Portugal Gil Vicente Undisclosed Under-23s [32]
14 August 2020 GK England Will Norris England Burnley Undisclosed First team [33]
28 August 2020 FW England Cameron John England Doncaster Rovers Undisclosed Under-23s [34]
30 August 2020 RB Republic of Ireland Matt Doherty England Tottenham Hotspur Undisclosed First team [35]
7 September 2020 CF England Benny Ashley-Seal England Northampton Town Undisclosed Under-23s [36]
12 September 2020 CB Hungary Dániel Csóka England AFC Wimbledon Undisclosed Under-23s [37]
19 September 2020 LW Portugal Diogo Jota England Liverpool Undisclosed First team [38]
5 October 2020 CB England Ed Francis Unattached Contract Terminated Under-23s [39]
16 October 2020 CB England Ryan Bennett Wales Swansea City Free transfer First team [40]

Loans out

Date from Position Nationality Name To Date until Team Ref.
21 July 2020 LM England Ryan Giles England Coventry City End of season Under-23s [41]
23 August 2020 CF Azerbaijan Renat Dadashov Switzerland Grasshopper End of season Under-23s [42]
23 August 2020 CM Republic of Ireland Connor Ronan Switzerland Grasshopper End of season First team [42]
25 August 2020 CM Slovakia Christián Herc Czech Republic Karviná End of season Under-23s [43]
25 August 2020 CM England Morgan Gibbs-White Wales Swansea City End of season First team [44]
2 September 2020 GK Montenegro Matija Sarkic England Shrewsbury Town End of season First team [45]
3 September 2020 LB Portugal Toti Switzerland Grasshopper End of season Under-23s [7]
8 September 2020 DM Wales Terry Taylor England Grimsby Town End of season Under-23s [46]
8 September 2020 CM Portugal Bruno Jordão Portugal Famalicão End of season First team [47]
17 September 2020 GK England James Pardington England Dulwich Hamlet End of season Under-23s [48]
19 September 2020 FW Ecuador Leonardo Campana Portugal Famalicão End of season First team [49]
22 September 2020 CF Brazil Léo Bonatini Switzerland Grasshopper End of season First team [50]
5 October 2020 LB Portugal Rúben Vinagre Greece Olympiacos End of season First team [51]
5 October 2020 DF Norway John Kitolano Norway Odd End of season Under-23s [39]
7 October 2020 GK England Jackson Smith England Frickley Athletic 1 January 2021 Under-23s [52]
10 October 2020 CF England Austin Samuels England Bradford City End of season Under-23s [53]
16 October 2020 CF England Niall Ennis England Burton Albion End of season Under-23s [54]
16 October 2020 CB England Dion Sanderson England Sunderland End of season Under-23s [23]

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Played behind closed doors due to social distancing restrictions in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

References

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  2. ^ "Premier League 2020-21 fixtures announced: Liverpool to face Leeds in opening games". BBC Sport. 20 August 2020.
  3. ^ "Carabao Cup: Round Two and Three draw confirmed". English Football League. 6 September 2020.
  4. ^ "EFL Trophy Regional Groups confirmed". English Football League. 18 August 2020.
  5. ^ "Wolves confirm signing of Aston Villa keeper Matija Sarkic". Express & Star. 27 July 2020.
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  10. ^ "Marcal: Wolves sign Brazilian left-back from Lyon on two-year deal". BBC Sport. 6 September 2020.
  11. ^ "Hoever becomes fourth summer signing". Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. 19 September 2020.
  12. ^ "Nelson Semedo: Wolves sign defender in £37m deal from Barcelona". BBC Sport. 23 September 2020.
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  14. ^ "Wolves complete signing of Aït-Nouri". Wolverhampton Wanderers FC. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
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  18. ^ "Ronan agrees new contract". Wolves. 16 September 2020.
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  35. ^ "Matt Doherty: Tottenham sign defender from Wolves". BBC Sport. 30 August 2020.
  36. ^ "Benny Ashley-Seal: Northampton Town sign Wolves striker for undisclosed fee". BBC Sport. 7 September 2020.
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  54. ^ "Brewers Sign Wolves Striker Niall Ennis On Loan". Burton Albion FC. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
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