2013–14 Liverpool F.C. season

From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core
Jump to: navigation, search
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

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 (1982-03-19) 19 March 1982 (age 42)
22 Simon Mignolet Belgium GK (1988-03-06) 6 March 1988 (age 36)
Defenders
2 Glen Johnson England RB/LB (1984-08-23) 23 August 1984 (age 40)
3 José Enrique Spain LB (1986-01-23) 23 January 1986 (age 38)
4 Kolo Touré Ivory Coast CB (1981-03-19) 19 March 1981 (age 43)
5 Daniel Agger (vc) Denmark CB (1984-12-12) 12 December 1984 (age 40)
17 Mamadou Sakho France CB/LB (1990-02-13) 13 February 1990 (age 34)
20 Aly Cissokho France LB (1987-09-15) 15 September 1987 (age 37)
34 Martin Kelly England RB (1990-04-27) 27 April 1990 (age 34)
37 Martin Škrtel Slovakia CB (1984-12-15) 15 December 1984 (age 40)
38 Jon Flanagan England RB/LB (1993-01-01) 1 January 1993 (age 31)
44 Brad Smith England LB (1994-04-09) 9 April 1994 (age 30)
Midfielders
6 Luis Alberto Spain AM/CF (1992-09-28) 28 September 1992 (age 32)
8 Steven Gerrard (c) England DM/CM (1980-05-30) 30 May 1980 (age 44)
10 Philippe Coutinho Brazil AM/LW (1992-06-12) 12 June 1992 (age 32)
12 Victor Moses Nigeria LW/RW (1990-12-12) 12 December 1990 (age 34)
14 Jordan Henderson England CM/RM (1990-06-17) 17 June 1990 (age 34)
21 Lucas Brazil DM (1987-01-09) 9 January 1987 (age 37)
24 Joe Allen Wales DM/CM (1990-03-14) 14 March 1990 (age 34)
31 Raheem Sterling England LW/RW (1994-12-08) 8 December 1994 (age 30)
33 Jordon Ibe England RW/LW (1995-12-08) 8 December 1995 (age 29)
53 João Carlos Teixeira Portugal AM (1993-01-18) 18 January 1993 (age 31)
Forwards
7 Luis Suárez Uruguay FW (1987-01-24) 24 January 1987 (age 37)
9 Iago Aspas Spain ST/LW (1987-08-01) 1 August 1987 (age 37)
15 Daniel Sturridge England ST (1989-09-01) 1 September 1989 (age 35)

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
20 May 2013 CB 23 England Jamie Carragher Retired[11]
27 May 2013 CB 22 Scotland Danny Wilson Scotland Hearts Released[12]
7 June 2013 GK 48 Hungary Péter Gulácsi Austria Red Bull Salzburg Released[13]
19 June 2013 ST 9 England Andy Carroll England West Ham United £15,500,000[14]
3 July 2013 CM 33 England Jonjo Shelvey Wales Swansea City £5,000,000[15]
9 August 2013 DM 20 England Jay Spearing England Bolton Wanderers £1,500,000[16]
13 August 2013 LW 19 England Stewart Downing England West Ham United £6,000,000[17]
2 September 2013 AM 12 Spain Dani Pacheco Spain Alcorcón Released[18]
3 January 2014 ST 50 England Adam Morgan England Yeovil Town Released[19]

Loans out

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

Transfer summary

Pre-season and friendlies

Competitions

Overall

Competition Started round Final
position / round
First match Last match
Premier League 2nd 17 August 2013 11 May 2014
League Cup 2nd round 3rd round 27 August 2013 25 September 2013
FA Cup 3rd round 5th round 5 January 2014 16 February 2014

Source: Competitions

Premier League

<templatestyles src="Module:Hatnote/styles.css"></templatestyles>

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 Template:Fb round2 2014-15 UCL PO
5 Everton 38 21 9 8 61 39 +22 72 2014–15 UEFA Europa League group stage 1

Source: Barclays Premier League Official League Table
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
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.

(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
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

Matchday 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38
Ground H A H A H A H A H A H A A H H A H A A H A H H A H A H A A A H H A H A H A H
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

Opponent Home Away Aggregate Points
Arsenal 5-1 2-0 5-3 3
Aston Villa 2-2 0-1 3-2 4
Cardiff City 3-1 3-6 9-4 6
Chelsea 0-2 2-1 1-4 0
Crystal Palace 3-1 3-3 6-4 4
Everton 4-0 3-3 7-3 4
Fulham 4-0 2-3 7-2 6
Hull City 2-0 3-1 3-3 3
Manchester United 1-0 0-3 4-0 6
Manchester City 3-2 2-1 4-4 3
Newcastle United 2-1 2-2 4-3 4
Norwich City 5-1 2-3 8-3 6
Southampton 0-1 0-3 3-1 3
Stoke City 1-0 3-5 6-3 6
Sunderland 2-1 1-3 5-2 6
Swansea City 4-3 2-2 6-5 4
Tottenham Hotspur 4-0 0-5 9-0 6
West Bromwich Albion 4-1 1-1 5-2 4
West Ham United 4-1 1-2 6-2 6

FA Cup

<templatestyles src="Module:Hatnote/styles.css"></templatestyles>

Source: Liverpool F.C.

League Cup

<templatestyles src="Module:Hatnote/styles.css"></templatestyles>

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[36]
No. Pos. Nat. Name Premier League FA Cup League Cup Total
Apps Apps Apps Apps
1 GK  AUS Brad Jones 0 3 0 3
2 DF  ENG Glen Johnson 29 0 1 30
3 DF  ESP José Enrique 6 (2) 0 1 7 (2)
4 DF  CIV Kolo Touré 15 (5) 2 2 19 (5)
5 DF  DEN Daniel Agger 17 (4) 2 0 (1) 19 (5)
6 MF  ESP Luis Alberto 0 (9) 1 (1) 1 2 (10)
7 FW  URU Luis Suárez 33 2 (1) 1 36 (1)
8 MF  ENG Steven Gerrard 33 (1) 3 2 38 (1)
9 FW  ESP Iago Aspas 5 (9) 1 0 6 (9)
10 MF  BRA Philippe Coutinho 28 (5) 2 (1) 0 (1) 30 (7)
12 MF  NGA Victor Moses 6 (13) 2 1 9 (13)
14 MF  ENG Jordan Henderson 35 2 (1) 1 (1) 38 (2)
15 FW  ENG Daniel Sturridge 26 (3) 2 2 30 (3)
17 DF  FRA Mamadou Sakho 17 (1) 0 1 18 (1)
20 DF  FRA Aly Cissokho 12 (3) 3 1 16 (3)
21 MF  BRA Lucas 20 (7) 0 (1) 1 21 (8)
22 GK  BEL Simon Mignolet 38 0 2 40
24 MF  WAL Joe Allen 15 (9) 1 1 17 (9)
31 MF  ENG Raheem Sterling 24 (9) 2 (1) 1 (1) 27 (11)
33 MF  ENG Jordon Ibe 0 (1) 0 1 1 (1)
34 DF  ENG Martin Kelly 0 (5) 2 0 (1) 2 (6)
37 DF  SVK Martin Škrtel 36 2 1 39
38 DF  ENG Jon Flanagan 23 1 (1) 0 24 (1)
44 DF  ENG Brad Smith 0 (1) 0 0 0 (1)
47 DF  ENG Andre Wisdom 1 (1) 0 1 2 (1)
53 MF  POR João Carlos Teixeira 0 (1) 0 0 0 (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[36]
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[37]
No. Pos. Name Premier League FA Cup League Cup Total
Booked Red card Booked Red card Booked Red card Booked Red card
2 DF England Glen Johnson 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
4 DF Ivory Coast Kolo Touré 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
7 FW Uruguay Luis Suárez 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
8 MF England Steven Gerrard 7 0 2 0 0 0 9 0
9 FW Spain Iago Aspas 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
10 MF Brazil Philippe Coutinho 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
12 MF Nigeria Victor Moses 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
14 MF England Jordan Henderson 4 1 0 0 1 0 5 1
15 FW England Daniel Sturridge 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
20 DF France Aly Cissokho 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
21 MF Brazil Lucas 5 0 0 0 1 0 6 0
24 MF Wales Joe Allen 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
31 MF England Raheem Sterling 3 0 1 0 1 0 5 0
37 DF Slovakia Martin Škrtel 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
38 DF England Jon Flanagan 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 0
47 DF England Andre Wisdom 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
Total 49 1 5 0 5 0 59 1

Awards

The inaugural Players' Awards dinner was held on 6 May at the Liverpool ACC Conference Centre.[38]

Standard Chartered Player of the Month

Month Player Source
August Daniel Sturridge [39]
September Simon Mignolet [40]
October Luis Suárez [41]
November Luis Suárez [42]
December Luis Suárez [43]
January Luis Suárez [44]
February Daniel Sturridge [45]
March Steven Gerrard [46]
April Raheem Sterling [47]

Notes

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

References

  1. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  2. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  3. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  4. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  5. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  6. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  7. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  8. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  9. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  10. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  11. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  12. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  13. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  14. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  15. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  16. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  17. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  18. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  19. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  20. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  21. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  22. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  23. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  24. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  25. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  26. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  27. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  28. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  29. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  30. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  31. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  32. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  33. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  34. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  35. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  36. 36.0 36.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  37. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  38. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  39. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  40. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  41. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  42. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  43. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  44. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  45. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  46. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  47. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

External links