The 2023–24 season was the 146th season in the history of Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club and their sixth consecutive season in the Premier League. In addition to the domestic league, the club participated in the FA Cup and the EFL Cup.
Managerial changes On 8 August, the club parted company with Julen Lopetegui by mutual agreement after he expressed dissatisfaction with the club's limited transfer business. A day later, Gary O'Neil was appointed head coach on a three-year deal.
Players
No. Player Position Nationality Place of birth Date of birth (age) Previous club Date signed Fee Contract end Goalkeepers 1 José Sá GK Braga Olympiacos 15 July 2021 £6,800,000 30 June 2027 25 Dan Bentley GK Basildon Bristol City 25 January 2023 £50,000 30 June 2025 40 Tom King GK Plymouth Northampton Town 3 July 2023 Free 30 June 2027 Defenders 2 Matt Doherty RB Swords Atlético Madrid 20 July 2023 Free 30 June 2026 3 Rayan Aït-Nouri LB Montreuil Angers 9 July 2021 £9,500,000 30 June 2026 4 Santiago Bueno CB Montevideo Girona 31 August 2023 Undisclosed 30 June 2027 15 Craig Dawson CB Rochdale West Ham United 22 January 2023 £2,300,000 30 June 2025 17 Hugo Bueno LB Vigo Areosa 1 July 2019 Undisclosed 30 June 2028 22 Nélson Semedo RB Lisbon Barcelona 23 September 2020 £29,000,000 30 June 2025 23 Max Kilman (captain) CB London Maidenhead United 9 August 2018 Free 30 June 2028 24 Toti CB Bissau Estoril Praia 2 September 2020 £700,000 30 June 2029 53 Aaron Keto-Diyawa LB Fulham 1 July 2020 Undisclosed 30 June 2025 Midfielders 5 Mario Lemina DM Libreville Nice 13 January 2023 £9,750,000 30 June 2025 6 Boubacar Traoré DM Bamako Metz 1 July 2023 £10,000,000 30 June 2027 8 João Gomes CM Rio de Janeiro Flamengo 30 January 2023 £16,400,000 30 June 2028 14 Noha Lemina AM Libreville Paris Saint-Germain 31 January 2024 Loan 31 May 2024 20 Tommy Doyle CM Manchester Manchester City 1 September 2023 Loan 31 May 2024 27 Jean-Ricner Bellegarde CM Colombes Strasbourg 1 September 2023 Undisclosed 30 June 2028 42 Harvey Griffiths DM Oldham Manchester City 31 August 2021 £350,000 30 June 2026 62 Tawanda Chirewa AM Chelmsford Ipswich Town 18 September 2023 Free 30 June 2027 Forwards 7 Pedro Neto RW Viana do Castelo Lazio 2 August 2019 £16,300,000 30 June 2027 11 Hwang Hee-chan CF Chuncheon RB Leipzig 1 July 2022 £14,300,000 30 June 2028 12 Matheus Cunha CF João Pessoa Atlético Madrid 1 July 2023 £44,000,000 30 June 2027 21 Pablo Sarabia RW Madrid Paris Saint-Germain 17 January 2023 £4,300,000 30 June 2025 30 Enso González LW Asunción Libertad 31 August 2023 £5,150,000 30 June 2028 45 Ty Barnett LW Birmingham Birmingham City 1 July 2019 Undisclosed 30 June 2026 63 Nathan Fraser CF Wolverhampton Academy 28 February 2022 Trainee 30 June 2025 Out on Loan 9 Fábio Silva CF Gondomar Porto 5 September 2020 £35,700,000 30 June 2026 10 Daniel Podence LW Oeiras Olympiacos 30 January 2020 £16,500,000 30 June 2024 13 Louie Moulden GK Bolton Manchester City 1 July 2021 Free 30 June 2024 14 Yerson Mosquera CB Apartadó Atlético Nacional 1 July 2021 £4,500,000 30 June 2026 18 Saša Kalajdžić CF Vienna VfB Stuttgart 31 August 2022 £15,400,000 30 June 2027 20 Chiquinho LW Cascais Estoril Praia 17 January 2022 £2,900,000 30 June 2026 32 Joe Hodge DM Manchester Manchester City 27 August 2021 Undisclosed 30 June 2027 39 Luke Cundle CM Warrington Academy 1 July 2021 Trainee 30 June 2026 — Ki-Jana Hoever RB Amsterdam Liverpool 19 September 2020 £9,000,000 30 June 2025 — Gonçalo Guedes SS Benavente Valencia 8 August 2022 £27,500,000 30 June 2027
Transfers In DatePos.PlayerTransferred fromFeeRef. 1 July 2023 CF Emilio Ballard-Matthews Watford Free transfer 1 July 2023 CF Matheus Cunha Atlético Madrid £44,000,000 1 July 2023 GK Josh Gracey Glenavon Free transfer 1 July 2023 CF Jashayde Greenwood Cardiff City Free transfer 1 July 2023 DM Boubacar Traoré Metz £9,500,000 3 July 2023 GK Tom King Northampton Town Free transfer 20 July 2023 RB Matt Doherty Atlético Madrid Free Transfer 30 July 2023 LW Leo Lopes Grasshopper Undisclosed 14 August 2023 RW Reiss Bowen Fleetwood Town Free transfer 31 August 2023 CB Santiago Bueno Girona Undisclosed 31 August 2023 LW Enso González Libertad Undisclosed 1 September 2023 CM Jean-Ricner Bellegarde Strasbourg Undisclosed 2 September 2023 CM Matthew Whittingham Manchester City Undisclosed 18 September 2023 CM Tawanda Chirewa Ipswich Town Undisclosed 12 October 2023 CF Dani Ángel Clapton Undisclosed 8 January 2024 CF Fletcher Holman Eastbourne Borough Undisclosed
Out DatePos.PlayerTransferred toFeeRef. 23 June 2023 DM Rúben Neves Al-Hilal £47,000,000 30 June 2023 CB Michael Agboola Hullbridge Sports End of contract 30 June 2023 CF Diego Costa Botafogo End of contract 30 June 2023 RW Lee Harkin Coleraine End of contract 30 June 2023 CM Jack Hodnett Shifnal Town End of contract 30 June 2023 RB Luke Matheson Bolton Wanderers End of contract 30 June 2023 CM João Moutinho Braga End of contract 30 June 2023 CM Taylor Perry Shrewsbury Town End of contract 30 June 2023 RB Jack Scott Linfield End of contract 30 June 2023 RW Adama Traoré Fulham End of contract 1 July 2023 CB Conor Coady Leicester City £7,500,000 4 July 2023 CB Nathan Collins Brentford £23,000,000 7 July 2023 MF Hayao Kawabe Standard Liège Undisclosed 15 July 2023 CB Dion Sanderson Birmingham City Undisclosed 21 July 2023 GK Jackson Smith Walsall Undisclosed 25 July 2023 CF Raúl Jiménez Fulham £5,500,000 28 July 2023 LB Ryan Giles Luton Town Undisclosed 31 July 2023 CM Ackeme Francis-Burrell Stockport County Free transfer 3 August 2023 GK Matija Sarkic Millwall Undisclosed 18 August 2023 CB Lewis Richards Bradford City Undisclosed 1 September 2023 CM Matheus Nunes Manchester City £53,000,000 3 September 2023 CM Dylan Scicluna Western Sydney Wanderers Free transfer 8 September 2023 RB Leo Shahar Newcastle United Undisclosed 11 September 2023 CB Christian Marques Yverdon-Sport Undisclosed 1 January 2024 GK Palmi Arinbjornsson Vikingur Free transfer 8 February 2024 DM Lucas Scicluna Central Coast Mariners Free transfer 26 January 2024 LB Jonny PAOK Contract terminated 1 February 2024 RW Theo Corbeanu Granada Undisclosed 6 February 2024 CM Bruno Jordão Radomiak Radom Contract terminated 16 March 2024 CB Brayden Clarke Arsenal Undisclosed
Loaned in DatePos.PlayerLoaned fromUntilRef. 1 September 2023 CM Tommy Doyle Manchester City End of Season 31 January 2024 AM Noha Lemina Paris Saint-Germain End of Season
Loaned out DatePos.PlayerLoaned toOn loan untilRef. 29 June 2023 CB Yerson Mosquera FC Cincinnati 1 January 2024 1 July 2023 RW Tyler Roberts Doncaster Rovers 2 January 2024 4 July 2023 RW Theo Corbeanu Grasshopper 19 January 2024 4 July 2023 CB Nigel Lonwijk Grasshopper 16 November 2023 13 July 2023 GK Louie Moulden Rochdale 16 January 2024 21 July 2023 RB Ki-Jana Hoever Stoke City End of Season 22 July 2023 LW Chiquinho Stoke City 31 August 2023 27 July 2023 LB Dexter Lembikisa Rotherham United 10 January 2024 28 July 2023 CB Oliver Tipton Notts County 2 January 2024 7 August 2023 CM Luke Cundle Plymouth Argyle 7 January 2024 23 August 2023 AM Chem Campbell Charlton Athletic 15 January 2024 29 August 2023 RB Bendegúz Bolla Servette End of Season 29 August 2023 LW Gonçalo Guedes Benfica 19 January 2024 31 August 2023 CB Alfie Pond Stockport County 2 January 2024 1 September 2023 DM Harvey Griffiths Walsall 2 January 2024 1 September 2023 LW Chiquinho Famalicão End of Season 4 September 2023 LW Daniel Podence Olympiacos End of Season 1 January 2024 CF Fábio Silva Rangers End of Season 4 January 2024 AM Owen Hesketh Kidderminster Harriers End of Season 7 January 2024 CF Saša Kalajdžić Eintracht Frankfurt End of Season 9 January 2024 CM Luke Cundle Stoke City End of Season 12 January 2024 RB Dexter Lembikisa Heart of Midlothian End of Season 16 January 2024 GK Louie Moulden Northampton Town End of Season 16 January 2024 AM Chem Campbell Wycombe Wanderers End of Season 16 January 2024 GK Joe Young Buxton End of Season 19 January 2024 LW Gonçalo Guedes Villarreal End of Season 23 January 2024 CB Yerson Mosquera Villarreal End of Season 1 February 2024 DM Joe Hodge Queens Park Rangers End of season 1 February 2024 CB Nigel Lonwijk Wycombe Wanderers End of Season 3 February 2024 RB Harry Birtwistle Oxford City End of Season 3 February 2024 CF Owen Farmer Rushall Olympic End of Season 12 March 2024 CB Justin Hubner Cerezo Osaka 31 October 2024
Pre-season and friendlies On 11 May, Wolves announced a pre-season tour to South Korea, the club's first-ever visit, with friendly matches against Celtic and Roma confirmed. Just over two weeks later, the club confirmed a third pre-season friendly with Rennes visiting Molineux. A second home friendly against Luton Town was also added. Following the cancellation of the tour to South Korea, the pre-season fixture with Celtic was later rescheduled to be played in Dublin. A return trip to Portugal was later confirmed, with a friendly against Porto.
Competitions Overall record
Premier League
League table
Results summary
Results by round
Matches On 15 June, the Premier League fixtures were released.
FA Cup
Wolves entered the competition in the third round, and were drawn away to Brentford. They were then drawn away against fierce rivals West Bromwich Albion in the fourth round, at home to Brighton & Hove Albion in the fifth round, and at home to Coventry City in the quarter-finals.
EFL Cup
Wolves entered the competition in the second round, and were drawn at home to Blackpool. They were then drawn away to Ipswich Town in the third round.
EFL Trophy
The group stage draw was finalised on 22 June 2023.
Statistics Appearances
Player Premier League FA Cup EFL Cup Total Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps GoalsGoalkeepers 1 GK José Sá 33 0 5 0 0 0 38 0 25 GK Dan Bentley 2+2 0 0 0 2 0 4+2 0Defenders 2 DF Matt Doherty 8+20 1 4+1 0 2 2 14+21 3 3 DF Rayan Aït-Nouri 26+3 2 2+1 1 1+1 0 30+5 3 4 DF Santiago Bueno 8+3 0 4 0 1 0 13+3 0 15 DF Craig Dawson 25 1 1+2 0 0 0 26+2 1 17 DF Hugo Bueno 6+13 0 0+2 1 1+1 0 7+16 1 22 DF Nélson Semedo 33 0 4+1 1 0 0 36+1 1 23 DF Max Kilman 35 2 5 0 1 0 40 2 24 DF Toti 28+4 1 5 0 2 1 35+4 2 46 DF Alfie Pond 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0+1 0Midfielders 5 MF Mario Lemina 31+1 4 3+1 1 0 0 34+2 5 6 MF Boubacar Traoré 5+16 0 0+1 0 2 0 6+17 0 8 MF João Gomes 31+1 2 3 0 0+1 0 33+2 2 20 MF Tommy Doyle 11+13 0 5 1 1 0 17+13 1 21 MF Pablo Sarabia 20+8 4 3+1 0 2 0 25+9 4 27 MF Jean-Ricner Bellegarde 9+10 2 4 0 0 0 13+10 2 42 MF Harvey Griffiths 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0+1 0 62 MF Tawanda Chirewa 1+6 0 0+2 0 0 0 1+8 0Forwards 7 FW Pedro Neto 17+1 2 1+3 1 0 0 18+4 3 11 FW Hwang Hee-chan 22+4 12 1 0 1 1 24+4 13 12 FW Matheus Cunha 26+3 12 3 2 0+1 0 29+4 14 63 FW Nathan Fraser 1+6 0 1+1 1 0+2 1 2+7 2 84 FW Leon Chiwome 2+1 0 0+1 0 0 0 2+2 0Transferred/Loaned 19 DF Jonny 0+1 0 0 0 2 0 2+1 0 27 MF Matheus Nunes 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 9 FW Fábio Silva 4+4 0 0 0 1+1 1 5+5 1 18 FW Saša Kalajdžić 1+10 2 0 0 2 1 3+10 3 32 MF Joe Hodge 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0
Goalscorers The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal. Player Premier League FA Cup EFL Cup Total1 FW 12 Matheus Cunha 12 2 0 142 FW 11 Hwang Hee-chan 12 0 1 133 MF 5 Mario Lemina 4 1 0 54 MF 21 Pablo Sarabia 4 0 0 45 DF 2 Matt Doherty 1 0 2 3 DF 3 Rayan Aït-Nouri 2 1 0 3 FW 7 Pedro Neto 2 1 0 3 FW 18 Saša Kalajdžić 2 0 1 36 DF 8 João Gomes 2 0 0 2 DF 15 Craig Dawson 2 0 0 2 DF 23 Max Kilman 2 0 0 2 DF 24 Toti 1 0 1 2 MF 27 Jean-Ricner Bellegarde 2 0 0 2 FW 63 Nathan Fraser 0 1 1 27 FW 9 Fábio Silva 0 0 1 1 DF 17 Hugo Bueno 0 1 0 1 FW 20 Tommy Doyle 0 1 0 1 DF 22 Nélson Semedo 0 1 0 1 Total436756
Disciplinary The list is sorted by shirt number when total cards are equal.