Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.
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| Full name | Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club |
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| Nickname(s) | Wolves, The Wanderers |
| Founded | 1877, as St. Luke's |
| Ground | Molineux |
| Capacity | 31,700 |
| Owner | Fosun Group |
| Manager | Paul Lambert |
| League | Championship |
| 2015–16 | Championship, 14th |
| Website | Club home page |
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| Capacity | 31,700 |
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| Construction | |
| Opened | 1889 |
| Renovated | 1978–79; 1991–93; 2011–12 |
| Architect | Alan Cotterell (Billy Wright & Sir Jack Hayward stands) AFL (Stan Cullis stand) Atherden & Rutter (Steve Bull stand) |
| Main contractors | Current design – Alfred McAlpine Redevelopment – Buckingham Group |
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| Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. (1889–present) | |
Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club 
i/ˌwʊlvərˈhæmptən/ (commonly referred to as Wolves) is a professional association football club based in the city of Wolverhampton, 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 compete in the 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.
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