# 2022–23 Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. season

The 2022–23 season was the 145th in the existence of Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club and the club's fifth consecutive in the Premier League. In addition to the league, they also competed in the FA Cup and the EFL Cup.

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Team |
| 1 July 2022 | CF | Hwang Hee-chan | RB Leipzig | Undisclosed | First team |
| 2 July 2022 | CF | Leon Chiwome | AFC Wimbledon | Undisclosed | Under-18's |
| 2 July 2022 | RW | Dom Plank | Dorking Wanderers | Free transfer | Under-18's |
| 12 July 2022 | CB | Nathan Collins | Burnley | Undisclosed | First team |
| 8 August 2022 | LW | Gonçalo Guedes | Valencia | Undisclosed | First team |
| 11 August 2022 | LB | Testimony Igbinoghene | Manchester City | Free transfer | Under-18's |
| 17 August 2022 | MF | Matheus Nunes | Sporting CP | Undisclosed | First team |
| 31 August 2022 | CF | Saša Kalajdžić | VfB Stuttgart | Undisclosed | First team |
| 2 September 2022 | CB | Alfie Pond | Exeter City | Undisclosed | Under-21's |
| 12 September 2022 | CF | Diego Costa | Unattached | Free transfer | First team |
| 27 September 2022 | AM | Thomas Edozie | XYZ Academy | Free transfer | Youth |
| 3 January 2023 | CB | Max Ruddock | Bradford City | Free transfer | Youth |
| 13 January 2023 | DM | Mario Lemina | Nice | £9,700,000 | First team |
| 17 January 2023 | MF | Pablo Sarabia | Paris Saint-Germain | Undisclosed | First team |
| 22 January 2023 | CB | Craig Dawson | West Ham United | Undisclosed | First team |
| 25 January 2023 | GK | Dan Bentley | Bristol City | Undisclosed | First team |
| 30 January 2023 | CM | João Gomes | Flamengo | Undisclosed | First team |
| 23 March 2023 | GK | George Hardy | Rotherham United | Undisclosed | Youth |
* ↑ Fee reported as £15,000,000

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee |
| 30 June 2022 | CF | Conor Carty | Bolton Wanderers | Released |
| 30 June 2022 | CB | Pascal Estrada | Olimpija Ljubljana | Released |
| 30 June 2022 | LB | Marçal | Botafogo | Released |
| 30 June 2022 | CB | Raphaël Nya | Paris | Released |
| 30 June 2022 | GK | Jamie Pardington | Grimsby Town | Released |
| 30 June 2022 | GK | John Ruddy | Birmingham City | Released |
| 30 June 2022 | CB | Romain Saïss | Beşiktaş | Released |
| 30 June 2022 | CF | Faisu Sangare | FC United of Manchester | Released |
| 1 July 2022 | CM | Oliver Sweeney | Burnley | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2022 | LB | Rúben Vinagre | Sporting CP | £9,000,000 |
| 9 July 2022 | CF | Renat Dadashov | Grasshopper | Undisclosed |
| 9 July 2022 | AM | Meritan Shabani | Grasshopper | Undisclosed |
| 15 July 2022 | GK | Luke Armstrong | Cardiff City | Free transfer |
| 19 August 2022 | AM | Morgan Gibbs-White | Nottingham Forest | Undisclosed |
| 29 August 2022 | CF | Patrick Cutrone | Como 1907 | Undisclosed |
| 1 September 2022 | CB | Willy Boly | Nottingham Forest | Undisclosed |
| 1 September 2022 | DM | Leander Dendoncker | Aston Villa | £13,000,000 |
| 2 December 2022 | CF | Léo Bonatini | Atlético San Luis | Contract terminated |
| 20 January 2023 | CF | Leonardo Campana | Inter Miami | Undisclosed |
| 23 January 2023 | MF | Connor Ronan | Colorado Rapids | Undisclosed |
| 29 January 2023 | GK | Joe O'Shaughnessy | Macclesfield | Contract terminated |
| 31 January 2023 | GK | Andreas Søndergaard | Swansea City | Contract terminated |
| 22 March 2023 | FW | Jeong Sang-bin | Minnesota United | Undisclosed |
| 7 April 2023 | FW | Dongda He | Changchun Yatai | Undisclosed |
* ↑ Fee reported as £25,000,000 with £17,000,000 of potential add-ons

### Loans in

| Date | Pos. | Player | Loaned from | On loan until | Ref. |
| 1 September 2022 | MF | Boubacar Traoré | Metz | End of Season | |
| 1 January 2023 | FW | Matheus Cunha | Atlético Madrid | End of Season | |

### Loans out

| Date | Pos. | Player | Loaned to | On loan until |
| 23 June 2022 | RB | Ki-Jana Hoever | PSV Eindhoven | 25 January 2023 |
| 23 June 2022 | MF | Ryan Giles | Middlesbrough | End of Season |
| 27 June 2022 | RB | Bendegúz Bolla | Grasshopper | End of Season |
| 1 July 2022 | GK | Louie Moulden | Solihull Moors | 1 January 2023 |
| 5 July 2022 | CB | Dion Sanderson | Birmingham City | End of Season |
| 8 July 2022 | CB | Lewis Richards | Harrogate Town | 3 January 2023 |
| 14 July 2022 | CB | Taylor Perry | Cheltenham Town | End of Season |
| 19 July 2022 | CF | Fábio Silva | Anderlecht | 25 January 2023 |
| 28 July 2022 | CF | Theo Corbeanu | Blackpool | 3 January 2023 |
| 29 July 2022 | CB | Nigel Lonwijk | Plymouth Argyle | End of Season |
| 8 August 2022 | CB | Conor Coady | Everton | End of Season |
| 19 August 2022 | GK | Joe O'Shaughnessy | Bradford City | 29 January 2023 |
| 23 August 2022 | CM | Bruno Jordão | Santa Clara | End of Season |
| 26 August 2022 | GK | Joe Young | Dartford | 1 January 2023 |
| 29 August 2022 | CM | Luke Cundle | Swansea City | End of Season |
| 31 August 2022 | GK | Pálmi Arinbjörnsson | Skeid | 1 January 2023 |
| 1 September 2022 | CB | Christian Marques | Forest Green Rovers | 12 December 2022 |
| 6 January 2023 | GK | Joe Young | Telford United | End of Season |
| 20 January 2023 | LW | Gonçalo Guedes | Benfica | End of Season |
| 20 January 2023 | CF | Theo Corbeanu | Arminia Bielefeld | End of Season |
| 25 January 2023 | CF | Fábio Silva | PSV Eindhoven | End of Season |
| 25 January 2023 | GK | Matija Sarkic | Stoke City | End of Season |
| 27 January 2023 | RB | Ki-Jana Hoever | Stoke City | End of Season |
| 27 January 2023 | GK | Jackson Smith | Walsall | End of Season |
| 30 January 2023 | AM | Chem Campbell | Wycombe Wanderers | End of Season |
| 2 February 2023 | CB | Yerson Mosquera | FC Cincinnati | End of Season |
* ↑ On 23 January, Hoever was recalled from his season-long loan at PSV Eindhoven and was subsequently loaned to Stoke.
* ↑ On 3 January, Richards was recalled from his season-long loan at Harrogate after sustaining a season-ending injury.
* ↑ On 23 January, Silva was recalled from his season-long loan at Anderlecht and was subsequently loaned to PSV Eindhoven.
* ↑ On 3 January, Corbanu was recalled from his season-long loan at Blackpool after sustaining an injury. He was subsequently loaned to Arminia Bielefeld.
* ↑ On 23 January, O'Shaughnessy was recalled from his season-long loan at Bradford and his contract with Wolves was terminated.
* ↑ On 12 December, Marques was recalled from his season-long loan at Forest Green after sustaining a long-term injury.

### New and extended contracts

| Date | Pos. | Player |
| 10 June 2022 | CB | Michael Agboola |
| 10 June 2022 | GK | Jackson Smith |
| 10 June 2022 | GK | Joe Young |
| 4 July 2022 | MF | João Moutinho |
| 11 July 2022 | GK | Matija Sarkic |
| 12 July 2022 | RB | Marvin Kaleta |
| 19 July 2022 | CF | Fábio Silva |
| 28 July 2022 | CF | Theo Corbeanu |
| 29 July 2022 | CB | Nigel Lonwijk |
| 11 August 2022 | LW | Ty Barnett |
| 31 August 2022 | GK | Palmi Arinbjornsson |
| 13 October 2022 | CF | Chem Campbell |
| 27 October 2022 | GK | James Storer |
| 2 November 2022 | LB | Hugo Bueno |
| 8 December 2022 | CF | Owen Farmer |
| 9 January 2023 | LB | Dexter Lembikisa |
| 21 January 2023 | DM | Joe Hodge |
| 23 January 2023 | RW | Ethan McLeod |
| 1 February 2023 | CB | Justin Hubner |
| 2 February 2023 | DM | Temple Ojinnaka |
| 6 February 2023 | GK | Louie Moulden |
| 10 February 2023 | CF | Leon Chiwome |
| 2 March 2023 | CB | Ollie Tipton |
| 27 March 2023 | CM | Owen Hesketh |
| 13 April 2023 | CB | Filozofe Mabete |
| 19 April 2023 | RW | Josh Esen |
| 24 April 2023 | RW | Tyler Roberts |

## Pre-season and friendlies
### Summer friendlies

On 15 June, Wolves announced a pre-season training camp in Alicante, which includes two friendlies against Beşiktaş and Alavés. A double header in Algarve, against Sporting CP and Farense was later added. A behind-closed-doors match against Villarreal B was scheduled to conclude to team's trip to Alicante.
Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

### Winter friendlies

Due to the 2022 FIFA World Cup taking place during the winter, the Premier League and any cup competition fixtures were put on hold. During this period of time, Wolves would play a selection of friendly matches, the first being against Birmingham City on 3 December 2022, which would then be followed by a ten-day trip to Marbella, where they faced Empoli on 9 December and Cádiz on 14 December.
Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## Competitions
### Overall record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Premier League | 6 August 2022 | 28 May 2023 | Matchday 1 | 13th | 38 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 31 | 58 | −27 | 028.95 |
| FA Cup | 7 January 2023 | 17 January 2023 | Third round | Third round | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 000.00 |
| EFL Cup | 23 August 2022 | 11 January 2023 | Second round | Quarter-finals | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 075.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 44 | 14 | 10 | 20 | 39 | 63 | −24 | 031.82 |
Source: Soccerway

### Premier League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 11 | Crystal Palace | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 40 | 49 | −9 | 45 | |
| 12 | Chelsea | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 38 | 47 | −9 | 44 | |
| 13 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 38 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 31 | 58 | −27 | 41 | |
| 14 | West Ham United | 38 | 11 | 7 | 20 | 42 | 55 | −13 | 40 | Qualification to Europa League group stage |
| 15 | Bournemouth | 38 | 11 | 6 | 21 | 37 | 71 | −34 | 39 | |
* ↑ West Ham United qualified for the Europa League group stage by winning the 2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: Premier League

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | D | L | D | D | W | L | L | L | L | W | L | L | D | L | L | W | L | D | W | L | W | W | L | D | W | L | L | D | W | W | L | W | L | W | L | D | L |
| Position | 14 | 14 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures
On 16 June, the Premier League fixtures were released.

### FA Cup

The club entered the FA Cup at the third round stage and were drawn away to Liverpool.
Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

### EFL Cup

Wolves entered the competition in the second round and were drawn at home against Preston North End. Wolves were drawn against fellow Premier League side Leeds United in the third round. In the fourth round another home tie was given against Gillingham. An away trip against Nottingham Forest was drawn for the quarter-final stage.
Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

### EFL Trophy

Wolves were one of the sixteen teams from outside the bottom two divisions of the English Football League to be invited to field their academy team in the competition due to it holding Category 1 academy status. They were drawn into Group C in the Northern section. Note: In group stage matches which are level at the end of 90 minutes, a penalty shoot-out will be held, with the winner earning a bonus point. Wolves were placed in Draw B of the Northern section of the round of 32 draw. They were drawn away to Manchester United U21. Due to the rescheduled 2021 Men's and Women's Rugby League World Cup finals taking place at Old Trafford 3 days prior, it was agreed between the EFL and both clubs that the tie will be played at Molineux.

#### Group table

| Pos | Div | Teamvte | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | L1 | Port Vale | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | +7 | 9 | Advance to Round 2 |
| 2 | ACA | Wolverhampton Wanderers U21 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6 | Advance to Round 2 |
| 3 | L2 | Stockport County | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 3 | |
| 4 | L1 | Shrewsbury Town | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | −6 | 0 | |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## Players
### Statistics

Key: ‡ On loan from another club * First appearance(s) for the club
* # = Squad number
* Pos = Playing position
* P = Number of games played 10
* G = Number of goals scored
* GK = Goalkeeper
* DF = Defender
* MF = Midfielder
* FW = Forward
* = Yellow cards
* = Red cards
* † Permanent player left club during the season
* ¤ Loaned to another club for part or all of season
Correct as of 31 May 2023. Starting appearances are listed first, followed by substitute appearances in parentheses where applicable.
| No. | Pos | Name | P | G | P | G | P | G | P | G | | |
| No. | Pos | Name | League | League | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Total | Total | Discipline | Discipline | Notes |
| 1 | GK | José Sá | 36 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Ki-Jana Hoever ¤ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Rayan Aït-Nouri | 9(12) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3(1) | 1 | 14(13) | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Nathan Collins | 19(7) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 24(7) | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 5 | MF | Mario Lemina | 17(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17(2) | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | Bruno Jordão ¤ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Boubacar Traoré ‡ | 4(6) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 1 | 4(7) | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | Pedro Neto | 13(5) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 13(6) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Rúben Neves | 33(2) | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2(2) | 0 | 39(4) | 6 | 13 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Raúl Jiménez | 8(7) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2(1) | 3 | 12(8) | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | Daniel Podence | 20(12) | 6 | 0(1) | 0 | 1(3) | 0 | 21(16) | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Hwang Hee-chan | 12(15) | 3 | 0(1) | 1 | 3(1) | 0 | 15(16) | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | FW | Matheus Cunha ‡ | 12(5) | 2 | 0(2) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 12(8) | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | Matija Sarkic ¤ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | Yerson Mosquera ¤ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Willy Boly † | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Craig Dawson | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | Conor Coady ¤ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | Gonçalo Guedes ¤ | 8(5) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3(1) | 0 | 12(6) | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | Morgan Gibbs-White † | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | Saša Kalajdžić | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | Jonny | 14(4) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2(1) | 0 | 18(5) | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| 20 | FW | Chiquinho | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | Fábio Silva ¤ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | Pablo Sarabia | 9(4) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9(4) | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | Nélson Semedo | 31(5) | 0 | 0(2) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 34(7) | 0 | 11 | 1 |
| 23 | DF | Max Kilman | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | Toti Gomes | 10(7) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13(7) | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | Connor Ronan † | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | GK | Dan Bentley | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | Matheus Nunes | 30(4) | 1 | 0(2) | 0 | 2(1) | 0 | 32(7) | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 28 | MF | João Moutinho | 20(11) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3(1) | 0 | 24(12) | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | Diego Costa | 17(7) | 1 | 0(1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18(8) | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| 30 | FW | Leonardo Campana † | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | Leander Dendoncker † | 2(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | Ryan Giles ¤ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | Dion Sanderson ¤ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | MF | João Gomes | 7(4) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7(4) | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| 37 | FW | Adama Traoré | 12(22) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2(2) | 1 | 16(24) | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 39 | MF | Luke Cundle ¤ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | MF | Hayao Kawabe ¤ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | GK | Jackson Smith ¤ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 59 | MF | Joe Hodge | 1(5) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2(1) | 0 | 5(6) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 62 | GK | Andreas Søndergaard † | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 63 | FW | Nathan Fraser | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 64 | DF | Hugo Bueno | 16(5) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17(6) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 66 | MF | Harvey Griffiths | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | FW | Chem Campbell ¤ | 0(5) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0(6) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 81 | DF | Dexter Lembikisa | 0(1) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 2(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* ↑ Neves was suspended vs Chelsea (h) and Brentford (h) due to accumulating ten yellow cards.
* ↑ The red card issued to Nunes for violent conduct was rescinded on appeal.

## Club awards
### Player of the Month award

Voted for by fans on Wolverhampton Wanderers' official website.
| Month | Player |
| August | Rúben Neves |
| September | Rúben Neves |
| October | Hugo Bueno |
| November | Not Awarded |
| December | Rayan Aït-Nouri |
| January | Daniel Podence |
| February | Mario Lemina |
| March | Rúben Neves |
| April | |