Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club, often referred to as Wolves is an association professional soccer club located within Wolverhampton, England. It was established in 1877 as St. Luke's F.C. in 1877 The club has played in the Molineux Stadium since 1889 and has played within the Premier League, the top division of English football since its promotion in the year 2018. The 2021-22 season marked the club's 67th in all at the top level , and the eighth since the establishment in the Premier League in 1992.
The club was among the original players of the Football League in 1888. For the duration of 26 consecutive seasons in the top division between 1932 and the year 1965, Wolves won English League champions three times (in 1953-54 as well as in 1957-58 and 1958-59) All under the direction under the direction of Stan Cullis. Wolves also were English League runners-up in five other seasons, between 1937-38 and 1959-61.
Wolves have been winners of Wolves have won the FA Cup four times, most recently in the year 1960, and also finished runners-up on additional four occasions. Wolves also have been crowned the League Cup twice, in 1980 and 1974 and also finished first in all four divisions of the English professional football league.
After being among the very first British clubs to put in floodlights on its home field, Wolves arranged televised "floodlit friendly matches" against the top international clubs in the years 1953-56 which helped in the creation of the European Cup (now known as the UEFA Champions League) in 1955. Wolves made it to the quarter-finals of the tournament in 1959-60 as in the semi-finals of the Champions' Cup as well as the first UEFA Cup Final in 1972. After a long absence of 39 years in European contests, they made it to their UEFA Europa League quarter-finals in 2020.
Wolves are known for their traditional kits, which consist in old-fashioned gold shirts as well as socks, paired with black shorts. In 1979 the uniform has also included their "wolf's head" logo. The club has long-running rivalries with the other clubs in The West Midlands, the main one being the Black Country derby contested with West Bromwich Albion. The two clubs last played each other in this season's 2020-21 campaign for the first time in the 2011-12 season The game was played on the 16th January 2021 date coming almost nine years after their last meeting on February 12, 2012.
