Established in 1877, Wolverhampton Wanderers were the founding members of the English League.
Wolves, as they are commonly known, have won 17 major trophies in their history, including 11 league titles, four FA Cups and two League Cups.
The club won its first FA Cup in 1893 by beating Everton 1-0, before adding a second cup trophy to the collection in 1908 when they overcame Newcastle United 3-1.
Legendary manager Stan Cullis took over in 1947 and helped Wolves win their third FA Cup – taking down Leicester City 3-1 in the final at Wembley Stadium. Cullis, together with England captain Billy Wright, led Wolves throughout the 1950s – the most successful period in the club’s history.
Wolves won their first league championship title in the 1953–54 season, while at the same time they became one of the clubs in Britain to install floodlights to their stadium.
Wolves played a number of ‘floodlit friendlies’ against some of the top sides in Europe – the most famous match saw Wolves defeat Honvéd 3-2, whose team included many Hungarian national team players who had just beaten England twice. The result led the national media to proclaim Wolves as “Champions of the World”. But others, including Gabriel Hanot – the editor of French magazine L'Équipe, wanted a competition where the best teams in Europe would play each other.
This paved the way for the creation of the European Cup, now known as the Champions League, with Wolves one of the first British clubs to take part. Two further league championship titles were won by the club in the 1957–58 and 1958–59 seasons, before another FA Cup – Wolves’ fourth and most recent – was added to the trophy cabinet in 1960.
Wolves had another period of success in the early 1970s, reaching the final of the first ever UEFA Cup (now known as the Europa League) – defeating Juventus on the way. After winning two League Cups in 1974 and 1980, Wolves suffered three consecutive relegations, ending up in the fourth division.
The signing of the club’s record goal scorer Steve Bull followed in 1986, with Bully’s 306 goals over 13 seasons helping the club recover back to the second division. In 1990, Sir Jack Hayward bought the club, but he had to wait until 2003 for Wolves to be promoted back to the Premier League, thanks to a 3-0 victory over Sheffield United in the Division One Play-Off Final.
Going back down into the Championship, the club won the league title in 2009, before spending three more seasons in the Premier League. Back-to-back relegations saw Wolves playing in League One, but the club bounced back up to the Championship at the first attempt, winning the title with 103 points – a new club record.
Fosun bought the club in 2016, and after appointing Nuno Espirito Santo as manager in May 2017, Wolves were promoted back into the Premier League in Nuno’s first season in charge.
The signings of experienced Portuguese national team stars Rui Patricio and Joao Moutinho, together with a number of promising young players, such as Ruben Neves and Morgan Gibbs-White, the future looks bright for Wolves.
The club's famous colours that with black and old gold are unique in the English League. They originate from the motto of the city, 'Out of Darkness Cometh Light'. Black represents darkness and gold represents light. "After darkness (black) always comes light (gold)."
Molineux has been the home of the Wolves since 1889 and has provided the city with one of its most famous landmarks. 31,700 fans fit into the Molineux and £18 million were invested in the Stan Cullis Stand in 2012.
Founded in 1992 in Shanghai, Fosun is a world-class investment group with broad roots in China. Fosun has been dedicated to combining the growth momentum of China with global expansion and has carried out many investment projects abroad, including the purchase of Wolves in July 2016.
Currently, Fosun has invested in more than 50 projects in all over the world, with a total amount exceeding USD 11 billion.
Rock legend, Robert Plant CBE, who was the lead singer of Led Zeppelin, is a great follower of the Wolves and became Vice President in 2009. Suzi Perry, a TV presenter, and the singer, Beverley Knight are also fans of the Wolves.
The tennis player, Andy Murray and the boxer, Mike Tyson have also been shown with our black and gold colours.