The 2024–25 season was the 147th season in the history of Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club, and their seventh consecutive season in the Premier League. In addition to the domestic league, the club also participated in the FA Cup and the EFL Cup.
Season summary During the first half of the season, the club were in danger of relegation. A poor start to the league, where Wolves failed to win any of their first ten matches and scored only 9 points from their first sixteen matches, left the team 19th in the standings and four points off safety, leading to the sacking of manager Gary O'Neil after a 2–1 home defeat to relegation rivals Ipswich Town. On 19 December 2024, Wolves announced former Porto and Olympiacos manager Vitor Pereira would replace O'Neil.
After the arrival of Pereira, Wolves' fortunes took a turn for the better, with the club taking 32 points from their next eighteen league games, including a six-match winning run to seal safety with five matches left to play. This marked Wolves' longest top-flight winning run since 1970.
Players First-team squad
Out on loan
Transfers In DatePos.PlayerFromFeeRef. 14 June 2024 CM Tommy Doyle Manchester City Undisclosed 14 June 2024 RM Rodrigo Gomes Braga £12,700,000 2 July 2024 RB Pedro Lima Sport Recife £8,500,000 10 July 2024 GK Arthur Nasta Larkhall Athletic Undisclosed 29 August 2024 CB Bastien Meupiyou Nantes Undisclosed 30 August 2024 GK Sam Johnstone Crystal Palace £10,000,000 30 August 2024 LB Ethan Sutherland St. Mirren Undisclosed 30 August 2024 CB Sebastian Lochhead Dundee Undisclosed 30 August 2024 CB Saheed Olagunju Chelsea Undisclosed 30 August 2024 CM André Fluminense Undisclosed 25 September 2024 CM Luke O'Donnell Derry City Undisclosed 9 January 2025 CB Emmanuel Agbadou Reims £16,600,000 4 February 2025 CB Nasser Djiga Red Star Belgrade Undisclosed 4 February 2025 CM Marshall Munetsi Reims Undisclosed
Out DatePos.PlayerToFeeRef. 2 July 2024 CB Oliver Tipton Solihull Moors Undisclosed 6 July 2024 CB Maximilian Kilman West Ham United £40,000,000 9 August 2024LM Pedro Neto Chelsea£54,000,000 3 September 2024 RW Daniel Podence Al-Shabab Undisclosed 17 January 2025 CF Owen Farmer Leamington Free transfer 25 January 2025 RW Tyler Roberts AFC Fylde Free transfer 31 January 2025 CM Luke Cundle Millwall Undisclosed 31 January 2025 RB Harry Birtwistle Wacker Burghausen Free transfer 3 February 2025 AM Ryan Colesby West Bromwich Albion Free transfer 5 February 2025 CM Mario Lemina Galatasaray £2,000,000 10 February 2025 LB Lennon Patterson Sheffield United Free transfer
Loaned in DatePos.PlayerFromDate untilRef. 2 July 2024 CF Jørgen Strand Larsen Celta Vigo End of season 31 August 2024 RW Carlos Forbs Ajax End of season
Loaned out DatePos.PlayerToDate untilRef. 15 July 2024 RB Marvin Kaleta Motherwell End of season 3 August 2024 GK Jimmy Storer Darlaston Town (1874) 1 January 2025 13 August 2024 LB Hugo Bueno Feyenoord End of season 19 August 2024 CF Nathan Fraser Zulte Waregem End of season 21 August 2024 RB Ki-Jana Hoever Auxerre End of season 26 August 2024 AM Tawanda Chirewa Derby County 13 January 2025 28 August 2024 CB Nigel Lonwijk Huddersfield Town End of season 28 August 2024 DM Joe Hodge Huddersfield Town End of season 30 August 2024 RW Tyler Roberts AFC Fylde End of season 30 August 2024 CF Fábio Silva Las Palmas End of season 30 August 2024 CF Chem Campbell Reading End of season 30 August 2024 LW Chiquinho Mallorca End of season 12 September 2024 RB Dexter Lembikisa Yverdon-Sport 31 December 2024 9 January 2025 CF Fletcher Holman Solihull Moors End of season 10 January 2025 GK Jimmy Storer Chester End of season 3 February 2025 AM Finn Ashworth Port Vale End of Season 3 February 2025 AM Tawanda Chirewa Huddersfield Town End of season 3 February 2025 RB Dexter Lembikisa Barnsley End of Season 7 February 2025 LW Ethan Sutherland Solihull Moors End of Season
Released / Out of contract DatePos.PlayerSubsequent clubJoined dateRef. 30 June 2024 RB Bendegúz Bolla Rapid Wien 1 July 2024 30 June 2024 MF Dom Plank Heart of Midlothian 1 July 2024 30 June 2024 CB Muhamed Diomande West Bromwich Albion 10 July 2024 30 June 2024 GK Joe Young Shrewsbury Town 27 July 2024 30 June 2024 GK Louie Moulden Crystal Palace 22 August 2024 3 September 2024 CM Mason Rees Rushall Olympic 3 September 2024 6 September 2024 CB Kam Kandola Kidderminster Harriers 25 September 2024 6 September 2024 RW Ethan McLeod Rushall Olympic 12 October 2024 6 September 2024 AM Owen Hesketh Radcliffe 21 January 2025 9 September 2024 AM Fraser Harper Newcastle United 16 October 2024
Pre-season and friendlies On 9 May, Wolves announced they would return to the US for the first time in 43 years, as part of the inaugural Stateside Cup pre-season tournament, against West Ham United and Crystal Palace. A third friendly in the US was later confirmed against RB Leipzig. On 21 June, a home friendly versus Rayo Vallecano was confirmed.
Competitions Overall record
Premier League
League table
Results summary
Results by round
Matches On 18 June, the Premier League fixtures were released.
FA Cup
Wolves entered the competition at the third round stage, and were drawn away against Bristol City, then to Blackburn Rovers in the fourth round, and to Bournemouth in the fifth round.
EFL Cup
As a Premier League side not involved in any European competitions, Wolves entered the EFL Cup in the second round, and were drawn at home to EFL Championship club Burnley. In the third round, they were drawn away to fellow Premier League club Brighton & Hove Albion.
Statistics Appearances and goals
|colspan="14"|Players who featured but departed the club permanently during the season:
|colspan="14"|Player who featured but departed the club on loan during the season:
Club awards
Player of the Month award Voted for by fans on the official Wolves App. MonthPlayerAugust Matheus CunhaSeptember AndréOctober Nélson SemedoNovember Matheus CunhaDecemberJanuary Emmanuel AgbadouFebruary Jean‐Ricner BellegardeMarch AndréApril Jørgen Strand Larsen
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