2019–20 Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. season
142nd season in existence of Wolverhampton Wanderers / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The 2019–20 season was the 142nd in the history of Wolverhampton Wanderers and the 3rd under then-head coach Nuno Espírito Santo. In that season, they competed in the Premier League for the 2nd consecutive time, the EFL Cup, the FA Cup and in a UEFA/continental competition for the first time since 1980–81 through/via the UEFA Europa League.
2019–20 season | ||||
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Chairman | Jeff Shi | |||
Head coach | Nuno Espírito Santo | |||
Stadium | Molineux | |||
Premier League | 7th | |||
FA Cup | Third round | |||
EFL Cup | Fourth round | |||
UEFA Europa League | Quarter-finals | |||
Top goalscorer | League: Raúl Jiménez (17) All: Raúl Jiménez (27) | |||
Highest home attendance | 31,746 (vs Liverpool, 23 January 2020, Premier League) | |||
Lowest home attendance | 20,702 (vs Reading, 25 September 2019, EFL Cup) | |||
Average home league attendance | 31,360 | |||
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As a result of the suspension of competitive football in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the club were unable to play any match for 3 months since the UEL match on 12 March.[1] A restart of the Premier League was made on 17 June,[2] with the club returning to action 3 days later.[3]
The team repeated their 7th-place finish of the previous Premier League season – with an improved points tally – but, as a result of Arsenal winning the FA Cup, this position was not sufficient to qualify for the UEFA Europa League again.[4] A top-6 position would only have been guaranteed with victory on the final day, but Wolves lost 0–2 at Chelsea.[5] Their continental campaign concluded at the quarter-final stage of a modified single-leg final tournament in Germany with defeat to the eventual winners Sevilla, lasting 383 days in total[6] and signified their best performance in a UEFA competition since reaching the inaugural UEFA Cup Final in 1972.