2013–14 Liverpool F.C. season

Liverpool
2013–14 season
Chairman Tom Werner
Manager Brendan Rodgers
Stadium Anfield
Premier League 2nd
FA Cup Fifth round
League Cup Third round
Top goalscorer League:
Luis Suárez (31)
All:
Luis Suárez (31)
Highest home attendance 44,822 vs. Stoke City
(17 August 2013, Premier League)[1]
Average home league attendance 44,671 (in Premier League)[2]
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours
← 2012–13 2014–15 →

The 2013–14 season was Liverpool Football Club's 122nd season in existence, and their 51st consecutive season in the top flight of English football. It was also the club's 22nd consecutive season in the Premier League. As well as the Premier League, the club competed in the FA Cup and the League Cup.

Liverpool enjoyed a memorable season, scoring 101 league goals, the highest number of goals scored by a Premier League runner-up and also the third highest number of goals ever scored by the club in the top flight. Luis Suárez finished as the league's top scorer with 31 goals, winning the Premier League Golden Boot as well as the PFA Players' Player of the Year, while Steven Gerrard finished with the most assists, with 13.

Liverpool fans allowed for some optimism during the pre-season as the club looked to attain UEFA Champions League qualification for the first time since finishing second in 2008–09. The team soon exceeded expectations however, with Liverpool securing their pre-season aim of qualifying for the 2014–15 UEFA Champions League after winning 2–3 away to Norwich City. After having won 11 games in succession and leading the title race while competing against rivals Chelsea and Manchester City, a 0–2 home defeat to the former and a 3–3 draw away to Crystal Palace led to Liverpool finishing second on the final day, behind champions Manchester City by just two points. This represented the closest the club had come to winning their 19th league title and first since 1990.

First team

Last updated on 21 February 2014
Squad no. Name Nationality Position Date of birth (age)
Goalkeepers
1 Brad Jones Australia GK 19 March 1982
22 Simon Mignolet Belgium GK 6 March 1988
Defenders
2 Glen Johnson England RB/LB 23 August 1984
3 José Enrique Spain LB 23 January 1986
4 Kolo Touré Ivory Coast CB 19 March 1981
5 Daniel Agger (vc) Denmark CB 12 December 1984
17 Mamadou Sakho France CB/LB 13 February 1990
20 Aly Cissokho France LB 15 September 1987
34 Martin Kelly England RB 27 April 1990
37 Martin Škrtel Slovakia CB 15 December 1984
38 Jon Flanagan England RB/LB 1 January 1993
44 Brad Smith England LB 9 April 1994
Midfielders
6 Luis Alberto Spain AM/CF 28 September 1992
8 Steven Gerrard (c) England DM/CM 30 May 1980
10 Philippe Coutinho Brazil AM/LW 12 June 1992
12 Victor Moses Nigeria LW/RW 12 December 1990
14 Jordan Henderson England CM/RM 17 June 1990
21 Lucas Brazil DM 9 January 1987
24 Joe Allen Wales DM/CM 14 March 1990
31 Raheem Sterling England LW/RW 8 December 1994
33 Jordon Ibe England RW/LW 8 December 1995
53 João Carlos Teixeira Portugal AM 18 January 1993
Forwards
7 Luis Suárez Uruguay FW 24 January 1987
9 Iago Aspas Spain ST/LW 1 August 1987
15 Daniel Sturridge England ST 1 September 1989

Transfers and loans

Transfers in

Entry date Position No. Player From club Fee
22 June 2013 AM 6 Spain Luis Alberto Spain Sevilla £6,800,000[3]
23 June 2013 FW 9 Spain Iago Aspas Spain Celta Vigo £7,000,000[4]
27 June 2013 GK 22 Belgium Simon Mignolet England Sunderland £9,000,000[5]
2 July 2013 CB 4 Ivory Coast Kolo Touré England Manchester City Free[6]
2 September 2013 CB 26 Portugal Tiago Ilori Portugal Sporting CP £7,000,000[7]
2 September 2013 CB 17 France Mamadou Sakho France Paris Saint Germain £15,000,000[8]

Loans in

Start date End date Position No. Player From club
20 August 2013 31 May 2014 LB 20 France Aly Cissokho Spain Valencia[9]
2 September 2013 31 May 2014 LW 12 Nigeria Victor Moses England Chelsea[10]

Transfers out

Exit date Position No. Player To club Fee Ref.
7 February 2013 CB 23 England Jamie Carragher Retired [11]
27 May 2013 CB 22 Scotland Danny Wilson Scotland Heart of Midlothian Released [12]
19 June 2013 ST 9 England Andy Carroll England West Ham United £15,500,000 [13]
3 July 2013 CM 33 England Jonjo Shelvey Wales Swansea City £5,000,000 [14]
8 August 2013 DM 20 England Jay Spearing England Bolton Wanderers £1,500,000 [15]
13 August 2013 LW 19 England Stewart Downing England West Ham United £5,000,000 [16]
2 September 2013 AM 12 Spain Dani Pacheco Spain Alcorcón Released [17]
3 January 2014 ST 50 England Adam Morgan England Yeovil Town Released [18]

Loans out

Start date End date Position No. Player To club
10 July 2013 9 October 2013 ST England Michael Ngoo England Yeovil Town[19][20]
12 July 2013 31 May 2014 AM 30 Spain Suso Spain Almería[21]
19 July 2013 1 January 2014 ST Democratic Republic of the Congo Henoc Mukendi Scotland Partick Thistle[22]
22 July 2013 1 January 2014 DM 35 England Conor Coady England Sheffield United[23]
26 July 2013 30 June 2014 AM Hungary Krisztián Adorján Netherlands Groningen[24]
29 July 2013 31 May 2014 GK 25 Spain Pepe Reina Italy Napoli[25]
1 August 2013 31 May 2014 LB 49 England Jack Robinson England Blackpool[26]
27 August 2013 31 May 2014 MF 11 Morocco Oussama Assaidi England Stoke City[27]
2 September 2013 31 May 2014 FW 29 Italy Fabio Borini England Sunderland[28]
10 September 2013 1 January 2014 FW 53 Portugal João Carlos Teixeira England Brentford[29]
22 October 2013 31 May 2014 RB/CB 47 England Andre Wisdom England Derby County[30]
9 January 2014 31 May 2014 RB 43 Northern Ireland Ryan McLaughlin England Barnsley[31][32]
20 January 2014 31 May 2014 CB 26 Portugal Tiago Ilori Spain Granada
23 January 2014 31 May 2014 CB 16 Uruguay Sebastián Coates Uruguay Nacional
31 January 2014 31 May 2014 FW England Michael Ngoo England Walsall[33]
21 February 2014 31 May 2014 FW 33 England Jordon Ibe England Birmingham City[34]

Transfer summary

Spending

Summer: Decrease £44,800,000

Winter: Steady £0

Total: Decrease £44,800,000

Income

Summer: Increase £28,000,000

Winter: Steady £0

Total: Increase £28,000,000

Expenditure

Summer: Decrease £16,800,000

Winter: Steady £0

Total: Decrease £16,800,000

Pre-season and friendlies

Competitions

Overall

Competition Started round Final
position / round		 First match Last match
Premier League — 2nd 17 August 201311 May 2014
League Cup 2nd round 3rd round 27 August 201325 September 2013
FA Cup 3rd round 5th round 5 January 201416 February 2014

Source: Competitions

Premier League

Liverpool fans allowed for some optimism during the pre-season as the club looked to attain UEFA Champions League qualification for the first time since finishing second in 2008–09. The team soon exceeded expectations, however, and a loss to Crystal Palace for Chelsea on 29 March gave Liverpool fans hope that the team could go on to clinch their first ever Premier League title and their first title win since 1990. Liverpool's title hopes were further strengthened on 13 April, as Liverpool beat Manchester City 3–2 in a dramatic and emotional encounter two days before the 25th anniversary of the Hillsborough disaster, in which 96 Liverpool fans lost their lives.

On 20 April, Liverpool mathematically secured their pre-season aim of qualifying for the 2014-15 UEFA Champions League, after winning 2–3 away to Norwich City. They were granted a group stage seat at the same time. However, their title hopes were snatched away after a loss to Chelsea on 27 April and a dramatic draw when Crystal Palace scored three goals in the last ten minutes of the game from 0–3 down. Liverpool finished second on the final day, finishing behind Manchester City by only two points.

This season recorded an all-time high mark of goals scored by Liverpool not only in Premier League season, but in all their English top flight seasons. Only in 1895–96 Division 2 did the Reds score more league goals in a course of a season – 106 versus 101 they netted this year.

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Manchester City (C) 38 27 5 6 102 37 +65 86 2014–15 UEFA Champions League group stage
2 Liverpool 38 26 6 6 101 50 +51 84
3 Chelsea 38 25 7 6 71 27 +44 82
4 Arsenal 38 24 7 7 68 41 +27 79 2014–15 UEFA Champions League play-off round
5 Everton 38 21 9 8 61 39 +22 72 2014–15 UEFA Europa League group stage[lower-alpha 1]
Source: Barclays Premier League Official League Table
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) Champion.
Notes:
  1. ↑ Since the winners of 2013–14 FA Cup and 2013–14 Football League Cup (Arsenal and Manchester City) qualified for the 2014–15 UEFA Champions League, the 5th and 6th placed teams qualified for the group stage and the play-off round of 2014–15 UEFA Europa League.

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
38 26 6 6 101 50  +51 84 16 1 2 53 18  +35 10 5 4 48 32  +16

Last updated: 11 May 2014.
Source: BBC Sport

Results by matchday


Matchday1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAAHAHHAHAHAAAHHAHAHAH
Result W W W D L W W D W L W D L W W W W L L W W D W D W W W W W W W W W W W L D W
Position[nb 1] 4 2 1 1 2 2 1 3 2 3 2 2 4 4 2 2 1 4 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 2

Last updated: 11 May 2014.
Source: Statto.com
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

Last updated: 11 May 2014.
Source: Liverpool F.C.

Aggregate Scores

OpponentHomeAwayAggregatePoints
Arsenal5-12-05-33
Aston Villa2-20-13-24
Cardiff City3-13-69-46
Chelsea0-22-11-40
Crystal Palace3-13-36-44
Everton4-03-37-34
Fulham4-02-37-26
Hull City2-03-13-33
Manchester United1-00-34-06
Manchester City3-22-14-43
Newcastle United2-12-24-34
Norwich City5-12-38-36
Southampton0-10-33-13
Stoke City1-03-56-36
Sunderland2-11-35-26
Swansea City4-32-26-54
Tottenham Hotspur4-00-59-06
West Bromwich Albion4-11-15-24
West Ham United4-11-26-26

FA Cup

Main article: 2013–14 FA Cup

Source: Liverpool F.C.

League Cup

Source: Liverpool F.C.

Squad statistics

Appearances

Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute.
Players with no appearances not included in the list.
As of match played 12 May 2014[35]
No. Pos. Nat. Name Premier League FA Cup League Cup Total
Apps Apps Apps Apps
1 GK  AUS Brad Jones 0303
2 DF  ENG Glen Johnson 290130
3 DF  ESP José Enrique 6 (2)017 (2)
4 DF  CIV Kolo Touré 15 (5)2219 (5)
5 DF  DEN Daniel Agger 17 (4)20 (1)19 (5)
6 MF  ESP Luis Alberto 0 (9)1 (1)12 (10)
7 FW  URU Luis Suárez 332 (1)136 (1)
8 MF  ENG Steven Gerrard 33 (1)3238 (1)
9 FW  ESP Iago Aspas 5 (9)106 (9)
10 MF  BRA Philippe Coutinho 28 (5)2 (1)0 (1)30 (7)
12 MF  NGA Victor Moses 6 (13)219 (13)
14 MF  ENG Jordan Henderson 352 (1)1 (1)38 (2)
15 FW  ENG Daniel Sturridge 26 (3)2230 (3)
17 DF  FRA Mamadou Sakho 17 (1)0118 (1)
20 DF  FRA Aly Cissokho 12 (3)3116 (3)
21 MF  BRA Lucas 20 (7)0 (1)121 (8)
22 GK  BEL Simon Mignolet 380240
24 MF  WAL Joe Allen 15 (9)1117 (9)
31 MF  ENG Raheem Sterling 24 (9)2 (1)1 (1)27 (11)
33 MF  ENG Jordon Ibe 0 (1)011 (1)
34 DF  ENG Martin Kelly 0 (5)20 (1)2 (6)
37 DF  SVK Martin Škrtel 362139
38 DF  ENG Jon Flanagan 231 (1)024 (1)
44 DF  ENG Brad Smith 0 (1)000 (1)
47 DF  ENG Andre Wisdom 1 (1)012 (1)
53 MF  POR João Carlos Teixeira 0 (1)000 (1)

Goalscorers

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.

As of match played 11 May 2014[35]
Rank Pos. No. Player Premier League FA Cup League Cup Total
1 FW 7 Uruguay Luis Suárez 31 0 0 31
2 FW 15 England Daniel Sturridge 21 1 2 24
3 MF 8 England Steven Gerrard 13 1 0 14
4 MF 31 England Raheem Sterling 9 0 1 10
5 DF 37 Slovakia Martin Škrtel 7 0 0 7
6 MF 10 Brazil Philippe Coutinho 4 0 0 4
MF 14 England Jordan Henderson 4 0 1 5
8 DF 5 Denmark Daniel Agger 2 0 0 2
MF 12 Nigeria Victor Moses 1 1 0 2
10 FW 9 Spain Iago Aspas 0 1 0 1
DF 17 France Mamadou Sakho 1 0 0 1
MF 24 Wales Joe Allen 1 0 0 1
DF 38 England Jon Flanagan 1 0 0 1
Own Goals 5 1 0 6
TOTALS 101 5 4 110

Disciplinary record

As of match played 5 May 2014[36]
No. Pos. Name Premier League FA Cup League Cup Total
Red card Red card Red card Red card
2DFEngland Glen Johnson 30000030
4DFIvory Coast Kolo Touré 20001030
7FWUruguay Luis Suárez 50000050
8MFEngland Steven Gerrard 70200090
9FWSpain Iago Aspas 30000030
10MFBrazil Philippe Coutinho 10100020
12MFNigeria Victor Moses 10000010
14MFEngland Jordan Henderson 41001051
15FWEngland Daniel Sturridge 10000010
20DFFrance Aly Cissokho 20000020
21MFBrazil Lucas 50001060
24MFWales Joe Allen 40000040
31MFEngland Raheem Sterling 30101050
37DFSlovakia Martin Škrtel 50000050
38DFEngland Jon Flanagan 20100030
47DFEngland Andre Wisdom 10001020
Total4915050591

Awards

The inaugural Players' Awards dinner was held on 6 May at the Liverpool ACC Conference Centre.[37]

Standard Chartered Player of the Month

Month Player Source
August Daniel Sturridge [38]
September Simon Mignolet [39]
October Luis Suárez [40]
November Luis Suárez [41]
December Luis Suárez [42]
January Luis Suárez [43]
February Daniel Sturridge [44]
March Steven Gerrard [45]
April Raheem Sterling [46]

Notes

  1. ↑ Liverpool's position at the end of the day in which their match was played

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