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European football is now firmly in Wolves' minds for the first time since 1980.
It's been an incredibly long period for the club and its supporters but next July, they'll play their second-round qualifying tie against either Crusaders of Northern Ireland or B36 Torshavn of the Faroe Islands.
Neither are particularly glamorous matches but to stand a chance of Europa League glory, they must take their qualifying seriously.
If Wolves go onto reach the final then they will have played 20 matches.
Considering their lack of depth last season that is an enormous task. After all, Nuno Santo only chose to field a total of 21 players in the Premier League last term.
Signings will be required, but they must rethink their strategy if they're targeting Ivan Perisic.
FC Inter News ran an exclusive last week claiming that Wolves could be in the market for the Croatian.
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Capped 82 times by his country, the winger was a pivotal part of the side that reached the World Cup final in 2018.
Perisic has been hugely consistent in Serie A over the last four years, finding the net 37 times in total.
On that evidence he'd be a good signing, but if they're considering him on the basis of finding a pedigreed player who can carry them deep into the Europa League, they must think again.
His record in European competition is alarmingly average, especially for a player who has delivered at international tournaments. In Russia last year he scored three in seven outings.
In the Champions League the 30-year-old has found the net just once in 17 matches though.
As for his Europa League record, it isn't much better. In 34 games he's scored only six goals, four of which came in his debut campaign in the competition.
For Club Brugge in 2009/10 he scored four in eight but he's only found the net twice in the remaining four seasons he's played in it.
As for assists, he's laid on a goal for his teammates four times during the periods he's been playing European football.
With this in mind, he seems an individual that's more suited to domestic action, something which could obviously help Wolves in the Premier League.
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However, Nuno's squad and forward line is extremely settled at the moment and switching things around isn't completely necessary.
If Wolves are going to be pursuing bodies in order to go far in the Europa League, adding players who have perhaps achieved more on the continental stage would be a better idea.