2021–22 Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. season

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Wolverhampton Wanderers
2021–22 season
ChairmanJeff Shi
Head CoachBruno Lage
StadiumMolineux
Premier League13th
FA CupThird round
EFL CupSecond round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Hwang Hee-chan (1)
All:
5 players (1 each)
Away colours
Third colours
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The 2021–22 season is Wolverhampton Wanderers's 144th year in their history and fourth consecutive season in the Premier League. Along with the league, the club will also compete in the FA Cup and the EFL Cup. The season covers the period from 1 July 2021 to 30 June 2022.

This will be the first season under the command of new head coach Bruno Lage, who was appointed on 9 June 2021, following the departure of Nuno Espírito Santo by mutual consent at the end of the previous season.[1]

Pre-season friendlies[]

Wolves' pre-season schedule included friendlies against Crewe Alexandra, Real Betis, Stoke City, Coventry City and Celta Vigo, in addition to two friendlies behind closed doors against Forest Green Rovers and Al Shabab.[2] On July 12, Wanderers confirmed a sixth pre-season match, against Las Palmas.[3]

10 July 2021 Friendly Wolverhampton Wanderers 3–0 Forest Green Rovers Wolverhampton
Stadium: Molineux
17 July 2021 Friendly Crewe Alexandra 1–0 Wolverhampton Wanderers Crewe
15:15 BST Long Goal 53' Report Stadium: Gresty Road
Referee: Andy Haines
24 July 2021 Friendly Real Betis 0–1 Wolverhampton Wanderers La Línea, Spain
19:00 CEST Report Cutrone Goal 83' Stadium: Estadio Municipal
Referee: Ruiz Aguilera
26 July 2021 Friendly Las Palmas 3–2 Wolverhampton Wanderers Marbella, Spain
19:00 CEST García Goal 39'
Peñaranda Goal 45'
Jesé Goal 72'		 Report Hoever Goal 53'
Gibbs-White Goal 83'		 Stadium: Marbella Football Center
Referee: Expósito Amarillo
27 July 2021 Friendly Al Shabab 1–2 Wolverhampton Wanderers Marbella, Spain
19:00 CEST Al-Harbi Goal 27' Report Campbell Goal 63'
Jiménez Goal 88' (pen.)		 Stadium: Marbella Football Center
Referee: Expósito Amarillo
31 July 2021 Friendly Stoke City 1–1 Wolverhampton Wanderers Stoke-on-Trent
13:00 BST Batth Goal 27' Report Jiménez Goal 30' Stadium: bet365 Stadium
Attendance: 7,894 (2,384 away)
1 August 2021 Friendly Coventry City 1–2 Wolverhampton Wanderers Coventry
13:00 BST Waghorn Goal 57' (pen.) Report Silva Goal 7'
Neves Goal 55'		 Stadium: Coventry Building Society Arena
Attendance: 8,373 (1,846 away)
Referee: Oliver Langford
7 August 2021 Friendly Wolverhampton Wanderers 0–1 Celta Vigo Wolverhampton
12:45 BST Report Aspas Goal 31' (pen.) Stadium: Molineux
Attendance: 16,391
Referee: Jon Moss

Competitions[]

Premier League[]

Main article: 2021–22 Premier League

League table[]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
12 Aston Villa 4 1 1 2 5 7 −2 4
13 Southampton 4 0 3 1 4 6 −2 3
14 Wolverhampton Wanderers 5 1 0 4 2 5 −3 3
15 Watford 4 1 0 3 3 7 −4 3
16 Leeds United 5 0 3 2 5 12 −7 3
Updated to match(es) played on 18 September 2021 (1 of 6 matches finished). 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[4]

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
5 1 0 4 2 5  −3 3 0 0 3 0 4  −4 1 0 1 2 1  +1

Last updated: 18 September 2021.
Source:[citation needed]

Results by matchday[]

Matchday12345678
GroundAHHAHAHA
ResultLLLW
Position13161813
Updated to match(es) played on 11 September 2021. Source: Statto.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[]

The provisional fixture list was released on 16 June 2021, but is subject to change in the event of matches being selected for television coverage or police concerns.[5]

14 August 2021 1 Leicester City 1–0 Wolverhampton Wanderers Leicester
15:00 BST Vardy Goal 41', Yellow card 90+1' Report Marçal Yellow card 59'
Hoever Yellow card 76'		 Stadium: King Power Stadium
Attendance: 31,983 (3,305 away fans)
Referee: Craig Pawson
22 August 2021 2 Wolverhampton Wanderers 0–1 Tottenham Hotspur Wolverhampton
14:00 BST Jiménez Yellow card 57' Report Alli Goal 10' (pen.)
Tanganga Yellow card 38'
Skipp Yellow card 44'
Højbjerg Yellow card 85'
Kane Yellow card 90+1'		 Stadium: Molineux
Attendance: 30,368 (2,845 away fans)
Referee: Stuart Attwell
29 August 2021 3 Wolverhampton Wanderers 0–1 Manchester United Wolverhampton
16:30 BST Neves Yellow card 81'
Saïss Yellow card 84'
Gibbs-White Yellow card 90+2'		 Report Fernandes Yellow card 44'
Greenwood Goal 80'
Fred Yellow card 84'
Pogba Yellow card 90+3'
Dalot Yellow card 90+3'		 Stadium: Molineux
Attendance: 30,621 (2,959 away fans)
Referee: Mike Dean
11 September 2021 4 Watford 0–2 Wolverhampton Wanderers Watford
15:00 BST Etebo Yellow card 13'
Rose Yellow card 67'
Dennis Yellow card 68'		 Report Marçal Yellow card 68'
Sierralta Goal 74' (o.g.)
Hwang Goal 83'
Jiménez Yellow card 90+2'
Kilman Yellow card 90+5'		 Stadium: Vicarage Road
Attendance: 20,019 (2,292 away fans)
Referee: Peter Bankes
18 September 2021 5 Wolverhampton Wanderers 0–2 Brentford Wolverhampton
12:30 BST José Sá Yellow card 27'
Saïss Yellow card 38'
Neves Yellow card 58'
Coady Yellow card 90+6'		 Report Toney Goal 28' (pen.)
Mbeumo Goal 34'
Henry Yellow card 46'
Baptiste Yellow card 59' Yellow-red card 64'
Jansson Yellow card 74'		 Stadium: Molineux
Referee: Darren England
26 September 2021 6 Southampton v Wolverhampton Wanderers Southampton
14:00 BST Stadium: St Mary's Stadium
2 October 2021 7 Wolverhampton Wanderers v Newcastle United Wolverhampton
15:00 BST Stadium: Molineux
16 October 2021 8 Aston Villa v Wolverhampton Wanderers Aston
15:00 BST Stadium: Villa Park

FA Cup[]

Main article: 2021–22 FA Cup

As a Premier League team, Wolves will enter the competition at the third round proper stage in January 2022.

EFL Cup[]

Main article: 2021–22 EFL Cup

As a Premier League team not involved in European competition, Wolves entered the competition at the second round stage in August 2021 and were drawn away to Nottingham Forest[6][7] and in the third round against Tottenham Hotspur at home.[8][9]

24 August 2021 Second round Nottingham Forest 0–4 Wolverhampton Wanderers Nottingham
20:00 BST Report Saïss Goal 58'
Podence Goal 60'
Trincão Goal 86'
Gibbs-White Goal 88'		 Stadium: The City Ground
Attendance: 10,769 (3,169 away fans)
Referee: Andy Davies
22 September 2021 Third round Wolverhampton Wanderers v Tottenham Hotspur Wolverhampton
19:45 BST Stadium: Molineux

Players[]

Statistics[]

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

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

Correct as of 18 September 2021. 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
1 GK Portugal José Sá 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 0
2 DF Netherlands Ki-Jana Hoever 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0
3 DF France Rayan Aït-Nouri 0(1) 0 0 0 1 0 1(1) 0 0 0
5 DF Brazil Marçal 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 2 0
6 MF Portugal Bruno Jordão 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 FW Portugal Pedro Neto 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 MF Portugal Rúben Neves 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 2 0
9 FW Mexico Raúl Jiménez 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 2 0
10 FW Portugal Daniel Podence 0(3) 0 0 0 1 1 1(3) 1 0 0
11 FW Portugal Francisco Trincão ‡ 5 0 0 0 0(1) 1 5(1) 1 0 0
14 DF Colombia Yerson Mosquera 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 DF Ivory Coast Willy Boly 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 DF England Conor Coady 5 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 1 0
17 FW Portugal Fábio Silva 0(4) 0 0 0 1 0 1(4) 0 0 0
18 MF England Morgan Gibbs-White ¤ 0(2) 0 0 0 1 1 1(2) 1 1 0
19 DF Spain Jonny 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 GK England John Ruddy 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
22 DF Portugal Nélson Semedo 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0
23 DF England Max Kilman 5 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 1 0
26 FW South Korea Hwang Hee-chan ‡ 0(2) 1 0 0 0 0 0(2) 1 0 0
27 MF Morocco Romain Saïss 5 0 0 0 1 1 6 1 1 0
28 MF Portugal João Moutinho 5 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 0 0
32 MF Belgium Leander Dendoncker 0(2) 0 0 0 1 0 1(2) 0 0 0
37 FW Spain Adama Traoré 5 0 0 0 0(1) 0 5(1) 0 0 0
39 MF England Luke Cundle 0 0 0 0 0(1) 0 0(1) 0 0 0
54 MF United States Owen Otasowie † 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
62 GK Denmark Andreas Söndergaard ¤ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
75 DF Portugal Christian Marques ¤ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
77 FW Wales Chem Campbell 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Transfers[]

Transfers in[]

Date Position Nationality Name From Fee Team Ref.
17 June 2021 CB Colombia Yerson Mosquera Colombia Atlético Nacional Undisclosed First team [10]
1 July 2021 GK England Louie Moulden England Manchester City Free transfer Under 23's [11]
9 July 2021 LB France Rayan Aït-Nouri France Angers Undisclosed First team [12]
15 July 2021 GK Portugal José Sá Greece Olympiacos Undisclosed First team [13]
17 July 2021 RB Hungary Bendegúz Bolla Hungary Fehérvár Undisclosed First team [14]
27 August 2021 DM Republic of Ireland Joe Hodge England Manchester City Undisclosed Under 23's [15]
31 August 2021 DM England Harvey Griffiths England Manchester City Undisclosed Under 23's [16]
17 September 2021 FW Wales Josh Esen Wales Llanelli Town Free transfer Academy [17]

Loans in[]

Date from Position Nationality Name From Date until Team Ref.
3 July 2021 RW Portugal Francisco Trincão Spain Barcelona End of season First team [18]
29 August 2021 CF South Korea Hwang Hee-chan Germany RB Leipzig End of season First team [19]

New and extended contracts[]

Date Position Nationality Name Ref.
27 May 2021 CF England Austin Samuels [20]
1 June 2021 CB Austria Pascal Estrada [21]
24 June 2021 GK England John Ruddy [22]
2 July 2021 CM England Taylor Perry [23]
19 July 2021 CB England Dion Sanderson [24]
5 August 2021 LB Spain Hugo Bueno [25]
31 August 2021 CM England Morgan Gibbs-White [26]
31 August 2021 CB Netherlands Nigel Lonwijk [27]
31 August 2021 CB Portugal Christian Marques [28]

Loans out[]

Date from Position Nationality Name To Date until Team Ref.
1 July 2021 LB Portugal Toti Switzerland Grasshopper End of season Under-23s [29]
9 July 2021 LB Portugal Rúben Vinagre Portugal Sporting CP End of season First team [30]
13 July 2021 LM England Ryan Giles Wales Cardiff City End of season Under-23s [31]
16 July 2021 FW Ecuador Leonardo Campana Switzerland Grasshopper End of season First team [32]
17 July 2021 RB Hungary Bendegúz Bolla Switzerland Grasshopper End of season First team [14]
19 July 2021 CB England Dion Sanderson England Birmingham City End of season Under-23s [24]
26 July 2021 GK Montenegro Matija Sarkic England Birmingham City End of season First team [33]
29 July 2021 CF Azerbaijan Renat Dadashov Portugal Tondela End of season Under-23s [34]
2 August 2021 CF Canada Theo Corbeanu England Sheffield Wednesday End of season Under-23s [35]
5 August 2021 CM England Taylor Perry England Cheltenham Town End of season Under-23s [36]
12 August 2021 GK England Joe Young England Runcorn Linnets January 2022 Under-23s [37]
13 August 2021 CF Italy Patrick Cutrone Italy Empoli End of season First team [38]
14 August 2021 GK England Jackson Smith England Kettering Town January 2022 Under-23s [39]
24 August 2021 CF England Austin Samuels Scotland Aberdeen End of season Under-23s [40]
27 August 2021 RB England Luke Matheson Scotland Hamilton Academical End of season Under-23s [41]
31 August 2021 CM England Morgan Gibbs-White England Sheffield United End of season First team [26]
31 August 2021 CB Netherlands Nigel Lonwijk Netherlands Fortuna Sittard End of season Under-23s [27]
31 August 2021 CM Republic of Ireland Connor Ronan Scotland St Mirren End of season First team [42]
31 August 2021 GK Denmark Andreas Söndergaard Denmark Randers January 2022 First team [43]
2 September 2021 CB Portugal Christian Marques Portugal Belenenses End of season Under-23s [28]

Transfers out[]

Date Position Nationality Name To Fee Team Ref.
1 July 2021 DF England Sadou Diallo England Forest Green Rovers Released Under-23s [44][45]
1 July 2021 CF England Jaden Forrester Wales Swansea City Released Academy [46]
1 July 2021 CB Central African Republic Cyriaque Mayounga Unattached Released Under-23s [44]
1 July 2021 CM Slovakia Christián Herc Switzerland Grasshopper Free transfer Under-23s [47]
1 July 2021 MF Malaysia Hong Wan Malaysia Johor Darul Ta'zim Free transfer Under-23s [48]
13 July 2021 GK Portugal Rui Patrício Italy Roma Undisclosed First team [49]
16 July 2021 MF Isle of Man Dean Pinnington England Wigan Athletic Free transfer Academy [50]
20 August 2021 DM United States Owen Otasowie Belgium Club Brugge Undisclosed First team [51]
20 August 2021 CF Spain Rafa Mir Spain Sevilla €15 000 000 First team [52]

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