Wolves
League: English Premier League
Sport: Soccer
Stadium: Molineux Stadium
Location: Waterloo Road, Wolverhampton, England England
Wolverhampton Wanderers FC League Participation: English Premier League, FA Cup, EFL Cup
AKA: Wolves, The Wanderers
Category: Male Soccer
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Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club (commonly referred to as Wolves) is an English professional football club that represents the city of Wolverhampton in the West Midlands. The club was originally known as St. Luke's FC and was founded in 1877 and since 1889 has played at Molineux. They currently compete in the Football League Championship, the second highest tier of English football, having been promoted from League One in 2014 after a solitary season at that level. 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. Having won the FA Cup twice before the outbreak of the First World War, they developed into one of England's leading clubs under the management of ex-player Stan Cullis after the Second World War, going on to win the league three times and the FA Cup twice more between 1949 and 1960. It was during this time that the European Cup competition was established, after the English press declared Wolves "Champions of the World" following their victories against numerous top European and World sides in some of British football's first live televised games. Wolves have yet to match the successes of the Stan Cullis era, although, under Bill McGarry, they contested the first-ever UEFA Cup final in 1972 and won the 1974 League Cup, a trophy they lifted again six years later under John Barnwell. However, financial mismanagement in the 1980s led to the club's very existence being under threat as well as three consecutive relegations, before a revival and back-to-back promotions under manager Graham Turner and record goalscorer Steve Bull saw them finish the decade in the Second Division, winning the Football League Trophy along the way.
Il Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club, noto semplicemente come Wolverhampton, è una società calcistica inglese con sede nella città di Wolverhampton, militante in Premier League (massima divisione inglese) dal 2018. La squadra gioca le proprie partite casalinghe al Molineux Stadium, impianto con una capienza di circa 31.000 spettatori. I colori sociali sono l'arancione e il nero, mentre il simbolo è un lupo, presente anche sul logo del club;[1] i giocatori e tifosi della squadra vengono infatti soprannominati Wolves (in italiano Lupi) Il Wolverhampton è stato uno dei club fondatori della Football League nel 1888.[2] Nei suoi primi anni di storia si fece vedere molto spesso ai vertici della classifica, vincendo due FA Cup fino ad arrivare al massimo splendore nel dopoguerra. Gli anni cinquanta videro i Wolves vincere tre First Division (1953-54, 1957-58 e 1958-59), due FA Cup e ben quattro Charity Shield[3]. Successivamente a questi quindici anni d'oro il club ebbe alti e bassi, con varie promozioni e retrocessioni, vincendo comunque due League Cup e arrivando in finale in Coppa UEFA 1971-1972, persa contro il Tottenham.[4] Gli anni ottanta sono gli anni neri per il club che tocca il fondo a causa dei pesanti debiti e della pessima gestione dei fratelli Bhatti, arrivando in Fourth Division, la quarta serie del calcio inglese.[5] Il Consiglio Comunale della città riprende in mano la squadra che attua una rapida risalita fino in Second Division, sfiorando sempre per poco la tanto desiderata promozione in Premier League. Nel nuovo millennio il club ottiene tre promozioni nella massima serie, rimanendovi per sei anni.[6] Il club gioca il Black Country Derby contro il West Bromwich Albion ed il Walsall,[7] ma ha anche altre rivalità, soprattutto per la vicinanza territoriale, contro Aston Villa, Birmingham City, Coventry City e Stoke City.[8]