| 1888-89 | Founder member of Football League |
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| F.A. Cup runner-up |
| 1889-90 | F.A. Cup semi-finalists |
| 1892-93 | F.A. Cup Winners |
| 1895-96 | F.A. Cup runner-up |
| 1906 | Relegated to Division Two |
| 1907-08 | F.A. Cup Winners (2nd time) |
| 1920-21 | F.A. Cup runner-up |
| 1923 | Relegated to Division Three North |
| 1923-24 | Football League Division Three North Champions |
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| Promoted to Division Two |
| 1931-32 | Football League Division Two Champions |
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| Promoted to Division One |
| 1937-38 | Football League runner-up |
| 1938-39 | Football League runner-up |
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| F.A. Cup runner-up |
| 1939-40 | Football League programme abandoned due to outbreak of war |
| 1946-47 | Missed runner-up spot on goal average |
| 1948-49 | F.A. Cup Winners (3rd time) |
| 1949-50 | Football League runner-up (lost title on goal average) |
| 1950-51 | F.A. Cup semi-finalists |
| 1953-54 | Football League Champions |
| 1954-55 | Football League runner-up |
| 1955-56 | Missed Football League runner-up spot on goal average |
| 1957-58 | Football League Champions (2nd time) |
| 1958-59 | Football League Champions (3rd time) |
| 1959-60 | Football League runner-up |
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| European Cup Quarter Finalists |
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| F.A. Cup Winners (4th time) |
| 1960-61 | European Cup Winners Cup Semi-Finalists |
| 1965 | Relegated to Division Two |
| 1966-67 | Football League Division Two runner-up |
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| Promoted to Division One |
| 1971-72 | UEFA Cup runner-up |
| 1972-73 | Football League Cup semi-finalists |
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| F.A. Cup semi-finalists |
| 1973-74 | Football League Cup Winners |
| 1976 | Relegated to Division Two |
| 1976-77 | Football League Division Two Champions |
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| Promoted to Division One |
| 1978-79 | F.A. Cup semi-finalists |
| 1979-80 | Football League Cup Winners (2nd time) |
| 1980-81 | F.A. Cup semi-finalists |
| 1982 | Relegated to Division Two |
| 1982-83 | Football League Division Two runner-up |
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| Promoted to Division One |
| 1984 | Relegated to Division Two |
| 1985 | Relegated to Division Three |
| 1986 | Relegated to Division Four |
| 1986-87 | Not promoted after play-offs (SF Colchester United 0 Wolverhampton |
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| Wanderers 2, Wolverhampton Wanderers 0 Colchester United 0, Agg |
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| 2-0, F Aldershot 2 Wolverhampton Wanderers 0, Wolverhampton |
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| Wanderers 0 Aldershot 1, Agg 0-3) |
| 1987-88 | Football League Division Four Champions |
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| Promoted to Division Three |
| 1988-89 | Football League Division Three Champions |
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| Promoted to Division Two |
| 1992-93 | Division Two re-designated Division One on formation of F.A. |
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| Premiership |
| 1994-95 | Not promoted after play-offs (SF Wolverhampton Wanderers 2 Bolton |
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| Wanderers 1, Bolton Wanderers 2 Wolverhampton Wanderers 0 - Agg |
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| 2-3) |
| 1996-97 | Not promoted after play-offs (SF Crystal Palace 3 Wolverhampton |
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| Wanderers 1, Wolverhampton Wanderers 2 Crystal Palace 1 - Agg 3-4) |
| 1997-98 | F.A. Cup semi-finalists |
| 2001-02 | Not promoted after play-offs (SF Norwich City 3 Wolverhampton |
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| Wanderers 1, Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 Norwich City 0 - Agg 2-3) |
| 2002-03 | Promoted to F.A. Premier League after Play-offs (SF Wolverhampton |
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| Wanderers 2 Reading 1, Reading 0 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 - |
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| Agg 3-1 F Sheffield United 0 Wolverhampton Wanderers 3 @ Millennium |
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| Stadium, Cardiff) |
| 2004 | Relegated to Division One, then renamed "Football League Championship" |
