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2007-08 season
General information
Manager

Rafael Benitez

Captain

Steven Gerrard

Performance
Premier League

4th

FA Cup

5th round

League Cup

5th round

Europe

Champions League: Semi-final

Top scorers
League

Torres (24)

FA Cup

Benayoun (3)
Gerrard (3)

League Cup

Torres (3)

Europe

Champions League: Kuyt (7)

Overall

Torres (33)

Attendances
Highest

44,459

Lowest

41,095

Average

43,532

The 2007-08 season was Liverpool's 116th season of football since they were established. This season was fairly successful for Liverpool, with them securing a Champions League spot for the next season after a fourth place finish, and making it to the semi-final of the Champions League. This success was mainly due to Fernando Torres who was in hot scoring form with 33 goals in all competitions.

Competition performance[]

Competition Result
Premier League 4th
UEFA Champions League Semi-final
FA Cup 5th Round
League Cup Quarter-final

Squad[]

LiverpoolSquad2007-2008

Friendlies[]

Pre-season[]

Date Opponent Score Scorers
7 July 2007 Wrexham 3-2 Idrizaj (4, 16, 26)
14 July 2007 Crewe 3-0 Peltier (21), Crouch (24), Putterill (58)
17 July 2007 Bremen 3-2 Voronin (4, 60), Arne Riise (14)
20 July 2007 Auxerre 2-0 Gerrard (44), Agger (69)
24 July 2007 South China 3-1 Arne Riise (10), Alonso (pen 27), Agger (73)
27 July 2007 Portsmouth 0-0
3 August 2007 Shanghai Shenhua 2-0 Torres (12), Gerrard (64)
5 August 2007 Feyenoord 1-1 Gerrard (71)

Results[]

League[]

Date Opponent Score Scorers
11 August 2007 Aston Villa 2-1 Laursen (og 31), Gerrard (87)
19 August 2007 Chelsea 1-1 Torres (16)
25 August 2007 Sunderland 2-0 Sissoko (37), Voronin (87)
1 September 2007 Derby 6-0 Alonso (27, 69), Babel (45), Torres (56, 78), Voronin (76)
15 September 2007 Portsmouth 0-0
22 September 2007 Birmingham 0-0
29 September 2007 Wigan 1-0 Benayoun (75)
7 October 2007 Tottenham 2-2 Voronin (12), Torres (90)
20 October 2007 Everton 2-1 Kuyt (pen 54, pen 90)
28 October 2007 Arsenal 1-1 Gerrard (7)
3 November 2007 Blackburn 0-0
10 November 2007 Fulham 2-0 Torres (81), Gerrard (pen 85)
24 November 2007 Newcastle 3-0 Gerrard (28), Kuyt (46), Babel (66)
2 December 2007 Bolton 4-0 Hyypia (17), Torres (45), Gerrard (pen 56), Babel (86)
8 December 2007 Reading 1-3 Gerrard (28)
16 December 2007 Man Utd 0-1
22 December 2007 Portsmouth 4-1 Benayoun (13), Distin (og 16), Torres (67, 85)
26 December 2007 Derby 2-1 Torres (12), Gerrard (90)
30 December 2007 Man City 0-0
2 January 2008 Wigan 1-1 Torres (49)
12 January 2008 Middlesbrough 1-1 Torres (71)
21 January 2008 Aston Villa 2-2 Benayoun (19), Crouch (88)
30 January 2008 West Ham 0-1
2 February 2008 Sunderland 3-0 Crouch (57), Torres (69), Gerrard (pen 89)
10 February 2008 Chelsea 0-0
23 February 2008 Middlesbrough 3-2 Torres (28, 29, 61)
2 March 2008 Bolton 3-1 Jaaskelainen (og 12), Babel (60), Aurelio (75)
5 March 2008 West Ham 4-0 Torres (8, 61, 81), Gerrard (83)
8 March 2008 Newcastle 3-0 Pennant (43), Torres (45), Gerrard (51)
15 March 2008 Reading 2-1 Mascherano (19), Torres (48)
23 March 2008 Man Utd 0-3
30 March 2008 Everton 1-0 Torres (7)
5 April 2008 Arsenal 1-1 Crouch (42)
13 April 2008 Blackburn 3-1 Gerrard (60), Torres (82), Voronin (90)
19 April 2008 Fulham 2-0 Pennant (17), Crouch (70)
26 April 2008 Birmingham 2-2 Crouch (63), Benayoun (76)
4 May 2008 Man City 1-0 Torres (58)
11 May 2008 Tottenham 2-0 Voronin (69), Torres (74)

FA Cup[]

Round Date Opponent Score Scorers
3 6 January 2008 Luton 1-1 Crouch (74)
3 (R) 15 January 2008 Luton 5-0 Babel (45), Gerrard (52, 64, 72), Hyypia (57)
4 26 January 2008 Havant & Waterlooville 5-2 Lucas (27), Benayoun (44, 56, 59), Crouch (90)
5 16 February 2008 Barnsley 1-2 Kuyt (32)

League Cup[]

Round Date Opponent Score Scorers
3 25 September 2007 Reading 4-2 Benayoun (23), Torres (50, 72, 86)
4 31 October 2007 Cardiff 2-1 El Zhar (48), Gerrard (66)
Quarter-final 19 December 2007 Chelsea 0-2

Champions League[]

Qualifying stages[]

Round Date Opponent Score Scorers
3 (1st leg) 15 August 2007 Toulouse 1-0 Voronin (43)
3 (2nd leg) 28 August 2007 Toulouse 4-0 Crouch (19), Hyypia (49), Kuyt (87, 90)

Group stage[]

Date Opponent Score Scorers
18 September 2007 Porto 1-1 Kuyt (17)
3 October 2007 Marseille 0-1
24 October 2007 Besiktas 1-2 Gerrard (85)
6 November 2007 Besiktas 8-0 Crouch (19, 89), Benayoun (32, 53, 56), Gerrard (69), Babel (79, 81)
28 November 2007 Porto 4-1 Torres (19, 78), Gerrard (pen 84), Crouch (88)
11 December 2007 Marseille 4-0 Gerrard (4), Torres (11), Kuyt (48), Babel (90)

Knockout stages[]

Round Date Opponent Score Scorers
Last 16 (1st leg) 19 February 2008 Inter Milan 2-0 Kuyt (85), Gerrard (90)
Last 16 (2nd leg) 11 March 2008 Inter Milan 1-0 Torres (63)
Quarter-final (1st leg) 2 April 2008 Arsenal 1-1 Kuyt (26)
Quarter-final (2nd leg) 8 April 2008 Arsenal 4-2 Hyypia (30), Torres (69), Gerrard (pen 86), Babel (90)
Semi-final (1st leg) 22 April 2008 Chelsea 1-1 Kuyt (43)
Semi-final (2nd leg) 30 April 2008 Chelsea 2-3 Torres (64), Babel (117)

Player stats[]

No. Pos. Name League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
3 DF Steve Finnan 24 0 3 0 1 0 7 0 35 0
4 DF Sami Hyypia 27 1 4 1 0 0 13 2 44 4
5 DF Daniel Agger 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 0
6 DF John Arne Riise 29 0 4 0 1 0 10 0 44 0
7 MF Harry Kewell 10 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 15 0
8 MF Steven Gerrard 34 11 3 3 2 1 13 6 52 21
9 FW Fernando Torres 33 24 1 0 1 3 11 6 46 33
10 FW Andriy Voronin 19 5 1 0 1 0 7 1 28 6
11 MF Yossi Benayoun 30 4 3 3 3 1 11 3 47 11
12 DF Fabio Aurelio 16 1 1 0 3 0 9 0 29 1
14 MF Xabi Alonso 19 2 3 0 1 0 4 0 27 2
15 FW Peter Crouch 21 5 4 2 3 0 8 4 36 11
16 MF Jermaine Pennant 18 2 2 0 0 0 5 0 25 2
17 DF Alvaro Arbeloa 28 0 1 0 3 0 9 0 41 0
18 MF Dirk Kuyt 32 3 4 1 0 0 12 7 48 11
19 MF Ryan Babel 30 4 4 1 2 0 13 5 49 10
20 MF Javier Mascherano 25 1 2 0 1 0 13 0 41 1
21 MF Lucas 18 0 4 1 3 0 7 0 32 1
22 MF Momo Sissoko 9 1 0 0 2 0 3 0 14 1
23 DF Jamie Carragher 35 0 4 0 3 0 13 0 54 0
25 GK Pepe Reina 38 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 52 0
30 GK Charles Itandje 0 0 4 0 3 0 0 0 7 0
33 MF Sebastian Leto 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 4 0
37 DF Martin Skrtel 14 0 1 0 0 0 5 0 20 0
42 FW Nabil El Zhar 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 3 1
46 DF Jack Hobbs 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 5 0
47 MF Damien Plessis 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
48 DF Emiliano Insua 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0

Tables[]

League[]

Pos Club Pld W D L F A GD Pts
3 Arsenal 38 24 11 3 74 31 43 83
4 Liverpool 38 21 13 4 67 28 39 76
5 Everton 38 19 8 11 55 33 22 65

Europe[]

Champions League group stage

Pos Club Pld W D L F A GD Pts
1 Porto 6 3 2 1 8 7 1 11
2 Liverpool 6 3 1 2 18 5 13 10
3 Marseille 6 2 1 3 6 9 −3 7
4 Besiktas 6 2 0 4 4 15 −11 6

Transfers[]

In[]

Player From Fee Date
Lucas Gremio £5,000,000 11 May 2007
Krisztian Nemeth MTK Hungaria Undisclosed 25 May 2007
Mikel San Jose Athletic Bilbao £270,000 28 June 2007
Sebastian Leto Lanús £1,800,000 1 July 2007
Fernando Torres Atletico Madrid £20,200,000 4 July 2007
Andriy Voronin Leverkusen Free 6 July 2007
Yossi Benayoun West Ham £5,000,000 12 July 2007
Ryan Babel Ajax £11,500,000 13 July 2007
Charles Itandje Lens Undisclosed 9 August 2007
Emiliano Insua Boca Juniors £1,300,000 26 August 2007
Lauri Dalla Valle JIPPO £600,000 8 November 2007
Martin Skrtel Zenit St Petersburg £6,500,000 11 January 2008
Javier Mascherano Media Sports Investment £18,600,000 29 February 2008
Daniel Ayala Sevilla £160,000 17 September 2009

Out[]

Player To Fee Date
Daniele Padelli Sampdoria Loan expires 8 June 2007
Danny O'Donnell Crewe £100,000 13 June 2007
Boudewijn Zenden Marseille Free 1 July 2007
Jerzy Dudek Real Madrid Free 1 July 2007
Robbie Fowler Cardiff Free 1 July 2007
Luis Garcia Atletico Madrid £4,000,000 3 July 2007
Djibril Cisse Marseille £6,000,000 9 July 2007
Craig Bellamy West Ham £7,500,000 10 July 2007
Mark Gonzalez Real Betis £3,500,000 17 July 2007
Gabriel Paletta Boca Juniors £1,200,000 26 August 2007
James Smith Stockport Free 28 December 2007
Momo Sissoko Juventus £8,200,000 28 January 2008
Lee Peltier Yeovil Free 31 January 2008


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