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Interior of the Molineux stadium photographed from the stands

Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.

Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club  – ‘Wolves’ – known worldwide for its gold and black emblem – and the University of Wolverhampton have been proud partners for over a decade.

So what does this mean for you? On selected courses you can gain amazing work experience or placements – recent fields include football coaching, sports science, sports journalism, marketing and video production. Many students have progressed from placements to paid or full-time roles within Wolves.

Our students have also benefitted to exposure to Premier League facilities including Molineux stadium, Wolves Academy and training grounds through talks, lectures and educational sessions at with the club, and in June 2025 the Wolves Foundation and university introduced a new Sports Coaching foundation degree. 

 

A match in the Molineux stadium, fans in the stands waving flags
Floodlights shining on an ongoing game inside the Molineux stadium at night
Exterior of the Molineux stadium Billy Wright stand
Group of Wolves fans posing with Hwang Hee Chan and his Wolves club shirt

About Wolves

Explore the history of Wolverhampton Wanderers and the Molineux Stadium.

Created in 1877, Wolverhampton Wanderers are one of twelve clubs who founded the Football League, now known as the English Football League and considered the first domestic football league in the world.

The club’s early successes included two FA Cup victories dating back to 1983, but the tenure of manager Stan Cullis, beginning in 1948, saw Wolves enter a gilded decade; it captured the first division title in the 1953-54 season, placing highly in subsequent years before back-to-back league victories in ’57-’58 and ’58-’59.

The club would fall from these lofty heights in the 1980s, but new owner Sir Jack Hayward would see Wolves claw their way back to the Premier League in a celebrated 2002-’03 season; and though they would have to fight to hold this spot in the following decade, they have remained a Premier League side for six successive seasons since 2018, under the ownership of Fosun International.

In recent years the men’s main team have added 17 major trophies to their cabinet, consisting of 11 league titles, four FA Cups and two League Cups, to say nothing of the countless players whose antics on the pitch have made them legends.

Serving as a base for Wolverhampton Wanderers since 1889, the Molineux Stadium currently houses 31,700 fans following an £18 million investment in its Stan Cullis Stand, named for the club’s manager who oversaw its emphatic winning streak in the 1950s.

It was under Cullis that the Molineux became an early adopter of floodlights in British football stadiums, where Wolves would engage a series of ‘floodlit friendlies’ against top European sides. The media frenzies surrounding these games are considered a catalyst for the formation of the European Cup, today the UEFA Champions league, in particular the buzz from Wolves’ 3-2 victory over Hungarian champions Honvéd in 1954.

Molineux Stadium
Waterloo Road
Wolverhampton
WV1 4QR