The 2020–21 season was the 143rd season in the history of the English football club

Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club ( ), commonly referred to as Wolves, is a professional association football, football club based in Wolverhampton, England. The club competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football league s ...

. The club competed in the

Premier League The Premier League is a professional association football league in England and the highest level of the English football league system. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the English Football Lea ...

for the third consecutive season and also participated in this season's edition of the

FA Cup The Football Association Challenge Cup, more commonly known as the FA Cup, is an annual Single-elimination tournament, knockout association football, football competition in domestic Football in England, English football. First played during ...

and

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. The entire season took place against the backdrop of the global COVID-19 pandemic, which necessitated the players' compliance with strict restrictions on contact as well as a lack of fans at all Wolves' home matches until the final day of the campaign. The team also had to contend with several long-term injuries, including the leading goalscorer of the previous seasons,

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, who suffered a fractured skull during an aerial collision in a 2–1 win at Arsenal on 29 November 2020. With this victory, the team moved into 6th place in the table, but their results deteriorated afterward in Jiménez's absence for the remainder of the campaign and they eventually finished in 13th place, representing a decline compared to the previous two seventh-place finishes. Two days prior to the end of the league season, the club had announced that head coach

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would be leaving by "mutual consent" after the final game following four years at the helm.

Competitions

Premier League

A total of 20 teams competed in the

in the 2020–21 season. Each team played every other team twice, once at their stadium, and once at the opposition's. Three points were awarded to teams for each win, one point per draw, and none for defeats.

League table

Results summary

Results by matchday

Matches

The provisional fixture list was released on 20 August 2020, but was subject to change in the event of matches being selected for television coverage or police concerns.

FA Cup

The third round draw was made on 30 November, with

and

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clubs all entering the competition. The draw for the fourth and fifth round were made on 11 January, conducted by

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EFL Cup

As a Premier League team, Wolves entered the competition at the second round stage, which was drawn on 6 September.

EFL Trophy

Wolves were one of the sixteen teams from outside the bottom two divisions of the 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 F in the Northern section.
Note: In group stage matches which were level at the end of 90 minutes, a penalty shoot-out was held, with the winner earning a bonus point.

Players

Statistics

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Awards

Transfers

Transfers in

Loans in

New and extended contracts

Transfers out

Loans out

Notes

References

External links

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