The 2017–18 season was the 140th in the history of English football club Wolverhampton Wanderers and the first under former FC Porto manager Nuno Espírito Santo who was appointed on 31 May 2017. The club competed in the English Football League Championship for the fourth consecutive and final year as well as the EFL Cup and the FA Cup.
The club led the league table on 31 October with a win against Norwich City and stayed put since then, both winning the title and gaining promotion to the Premier League after a 6-year absence with a tally of 99 points, the club's highest-ever in the second tier. The club recorded a pre-tax loss of £57.16 million in its season-concluded accounts published on 5 March 2019, of which around £20 million was for bonuses paid to its staff and players for achieving Premier League promotion. It also noted a deficit of more than a £1 million per week, making the loss more than double the value from the previous financial year.
Matches Pre-season Wolves began their pre-season training at their training ground on 26 June 2017 before playing six friendlies, included three during a stay in Austria.
Football League Championship
A total of 24 teams competed in the EFL Championship in the 2017–18 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. The provisional fixture list was released on 21 June 2017, but was subject to change in the event of matches being selected for television coverage or police concerns.
Results
League table
Results summary
Results by round
FA Cup
In the FA Cup, Wolverhampton Wanderers entered the competition in the third round and were drawn at home to Swansea City.
EFL Cup
Players Statistics
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Awards AwardWinner Fans' Player of the Season Rúben Neves Players' Player of the Season Rúben Neves Young Player of the Season Morgan Gibbs-White Academy Player of the Season Ryan Giles Goal of the Season Rúben Neves(vs Derby County, 11 April 2018)
Transfers In DatePlayerFromFee 31 May 2017 Ryan Bennett Unattached Free 13 June 2017 Roderick Miranda Rio Ave Undisclosed 20 June 2017 Phil Ofosu-Ayeh Unattached Free 1 July 2017 Kevin Berkoe Chelsea Free 1 July 2017 Barry Douglas Konyaspor £1,000,000 1 July 2017 Carlos Heredia Milton Keynes Dons Free 1 July 2017 Ben Goodliffe Boreham Wood Free 1 July 2017 Ray O'Sullivan St. Kevin's Boys Free 1 July 2017 Enzo Sauvage Nike Academy Free 1 July 2017 Terry Taylor Aberdeen Undisclosed 1 July 2017 Callum Thompson St. Joseph's Boys Free 8 July 2017 Rúben Neves Porto £15,800,000 10 July 2017 John Ruddy Unattached Free 11 July 2017 Will Norris Cambridge United Undisclosed 18 July 2017 Pedro Gonçalves Valencia Free 18 July 2017 Boubacar Hanne Paços de Ferreira Free 24 August 2017 Oskar Buur Brabrand IF Free 31 August 2017 José Xavier Chaves Free 31 August 2017 Ming-yang Yang FC Winterthur Undisclosed 1 September 2017 Diego Lattie Liverpool Free 26 October 2017 Benny Ashley-Seal Unattached Compensation 3 January 2018 Rafa Mir Valencia Undisclosed 26 January 2018 Andreas Søndergaard Odense Undisclosed 31 January 2018 Tomás Reimão Unattached Free 31 January 2018 Ben Stevenson Coventry City Undisclosed 1 February 2018 Joseph Joseph Southend United Free
Loans in
Date fromPlayerFromDate until 8 July 2017 Willy Boly Porto End of season 20 July 2017 Rúben Vinagre AS Monaco End of season 25 July 2017 Diogo Jota Atlético Madrid End of season 1 August 2017 Léo Bonatini Al-Hilal End of season 31 August 2017 Alfred N'Diaye Villarreal End of season 31 January 2018 Benik Afobe Bournemouth End of season
Out DatePlayerToFee 26 June 2017 George Saville Millwall Undisclosed 26 June 2017 Jed Wallace Millwall Undisclosed 30 June 2017 James Henry Released Free 30 June 2017 Sílvio Released Free 30 June 2017 Mike Williamson Released Free 1 July 2017 Brandon Ball Released Free 1 July 2017 Ben O'Hanlon Released Free 3 July 2017 Nyeko Sinclair Released Free 14 July 2017 Jón Daði Böðvarsson Reading £3,000,000 4 August 2017 Regan Upton Tamworth Free 11 August 2017 Sam Phillips Haughmond Free 26 August 2017 David Edwards Reading £1,000,000 27 August 2017 Andy Lonergan Leeds United Free 29 August 2017 Nouha Dicko Hull City £3,500,000 8 January 2018 Jack Price Colorado Rapids Undisclosed 10 January 2018 Lee Evans Sheffield United Undisclosed
Loans out
Date fromPlayerToDate until 27 June 2017 Jonathan Flatt Cheltenham Town End of season 29 June 2017 Paul Gladon Heracles Almelo End of season 10 July 2017 Nicu Carnat Esbjerg End of season 14 July 2017 Ethan Ebanks-Landell Milton Keynes Dons End of season 14 July 2017 Dominic Iorfa Ipswich Town End of season 26 July 2017 Niall Ennis Shrewsbury Town End of season 31 July 2017 Lee Evans Wigan Athletic End of season 1 August 2017 Aaron Hayden Telford United End of season 3 August 2017 Aaron Simpson Telford United End of season 4 August 2017 Duckens Nazon Coventry City January 2018 23 August 2017 Joe Mason Burton Albion January 2018 29 August 2017 Will Randall Forest Green Rovers End of season 30 August 2017 Jordan Allan Airdrieonians January 2018 31 August 2017 Ryan Leak The New Saints January 2018 31 August 2017 Jordan Graham Fulham End of season 31 August 2017 Jack Ruddy Oldham Athletic January 2018 5 September 2017 Connor Johnson Telford United End of season 15 September 2017 Ross Finnie Gloucester City 15 October 2017 3 January 2018 Aaron Collins Newport County End of season 4 January 2018 Prince Oniangué Angers End of season 5 January 2018 Connor Ronan Portsmouth End of season 5 January 2018 Sylvain Deslandes Portsmouth End of season 11 January 2018 Ryan Leak Telford United End of season 11 January 2018 Donovan Wilson Port Vale End of season 12 January 2018 Jack Ruddy Ayr United End of season 22 January 2018 Michał Żyro Charlton Athletic End of season 26 January 2018 Duckens Nazon Oldham Athletic End of season 26 January 2018 Andrew Sealey-Harris Farnborough End of season 31 January 2018 Daniel Armstrong Dunfermline End of season 31 January 2018 Ben Marshall Millwall End of season 31 January 2018 Aaron Simpson Kilmarnock End of season 31 January 2018 Ben Stevenson Colchester United End of season 1 February 2018 Christián Herc FC DAC 1904 End of season 2 February 2018 Harry Beasley Stourbridge 3 March 2018 4 February 2018 Daniel McKenna Bray Wanderers End of season 20 February 2018 Joe Mason Colorado Rapids October 2018
References