Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club is a professional football club representing the city of Wolverhampton, in the West Midlands region of England, and currently playing in the Premier League. Commonly referred to by its nickname "Wolves", the club was founded in 1877 and since 1889 has played at Molineux. Historically, Wolves have been highly influential, most notably as being founder members of the Football League, as well as having played an instrumental role in the establishment of the European Cup, later to become the UEFA Champions League.
Club Honours
In the all-time table since the league's inception in 1888, Wolves sit in the all-time top four, behind only Manchester United, Liverpool and Arsenal in terms of all time league position.
Cumulatively, they are the eighth most successful club, behind Chelsea, with 13 major trophy wins.
Uniquely, they are the only club to have won titles in five different Football League divisions, and in 1988, their Fourth Division title glory made them the first team to have been champions of all four professional leagues in English football, although this feat has since been matched by Burnley in 1992 and Preston in 1996. They remain the only club to have won all top national cups (FA Cup, Football League Cup and Football League Trophy).
During their 1950s domination of English football, Wolves were the first team to pass the 100-goal mark for three seasons in succession, in consecutive 1957/58, 1958/59 and 1959/60 seasons. They are also the first team to score 7,000 league goals and trail only Manchester United in terms of total league goals as of the end of the 2009–10 season
League
First Division/Premier League
Champions: 1953–54, 1957–58, 1958–59
Runners-up: 1937–38, 1938–39, 1949–50, 1954–55, 1959–60
Second Division/Championship
Champions: 1931–32, 1976–77, 2008–09
Runners-up: 1966–67, 1982–83
Play-off winners: 2003
Third Division (North)/Third Division
Champions: 1923–24, 1988–89
Fourth Division
Champions: 1987–88
Cup
UEFA Cup
Runners-up: 1972
FA Cup
Winners: 1893, 1908, 1949, 1960
Runners-up: 1889, 1896, 1921, 1939
Third-place: 1973
Semi-finalists: 1890, 1951, 1979, 1981, 1998
Football League Cup
Winners: 1974, 1980
Semi-finalists: 1973
FA Charity Shield
Winners: 1949*, 1954*, 1959, 1960* (* joint holders)
Runners-up: 1958
Football League Trophy
Winners: 1988
Minor honours
Texaco Cup
Winners: 1971
Football League War Cup
Winners: 1942
FA Youth Cup
Winners: 1958
Runners-up: 1953, 1954, 1962, 1976
United Soccer Association
Champions 1967 — playing as Los Angeles Wolves
North American Soccer League International Cup
Winners 1969 — playing as Kansas City Spurs
The Central League
Winners 1931–32 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1957–58 1958–59