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2008-09 season
General information
Manager

Rafael Benitez

Captain

Steven Gerrard

Performance
Premier League

2nd

FA Cup

4th round

League Cup

4th round

Europe

Champions League: Quarter-final

Top scorers
League

Gerrard (16)

FA Cup

Gerrard, Riera, Torres (1)

League Cup

Agger, Hyypia, Lucas, Plessis (1)

Europe

Champions League: Gerrard (7)

Overall

Gerrard (24)

Attendances
Highest

44,424

Lowest

28,591

Average

42,623

The 2008-09 season was Liverpool's 117th season of football since they were established. The second place finish in this season was Liverpool's best league finish since the 2001-02 season. Liverpool managed to complete the double over rivals Manchester United with 2-1 and 4-1 wins, but ultimately finished four points behind them, without winning a major trophy for the third season running.


Competition performance[]

Competition Result Games Wins Draws Losses Scored Conceded
Premier League 2nd 38 25 11 2 77 27
FA Cup 4th Round 3 1 1 1 3 2
Champions League Quarter-finals 10 6 3 1 21 12
Champions League (Q) Qualified 2 1 1 0 1 0
League Cup 4th Round 2 1 0 1 4 5
Overall - 55 34 16 5 106 46

Squad[]

LiverpoolSquad2008-2009

Friendlies[]

Pre-season[]

Date Opponent Score Scorers
12 July 2008 Tranmere 1-0 Benayoun (44)
16 July 2008 Luzern 2-1 Lucas (10), Voronin (37)
19 July 2008 Wisla Krakow 1-1 Voronin (6)
22 July 2008 Hertha Berlin 0-0
30 July 2008 Villarreal 0-0
2 August 2008 Rangers 4-0 Torres (23), N'Gog (56), Benayoun (58), Alonso (70)
5 August 2008 Valerenga 4-1 Alonso (19), Torres (50), Benayoun (61), N'Gog (84)
8 August 2008 Lazio 1-0 Voronin (90)

Results[]

League[]

Date Opponent Score Scorers
16 August 2008 Sunderland 1-0 Torres (83)
23 August 2008 Middlesbrough 2-1 Pogatetz (og 86), Gerrard (90)
31 August 2008 Aston Villa 0-0
13 September 2008 Man Utd 2-1 Brown (og 27), Babel (77)
20 September 2008 Stoke 0-0
27 September 2008 Everton 2-0 Torres (59, 62)
5 October 2008 Man City 3-2 Torres (55, 73), Kuyt (90)
18 October 2008 Wigan 3-2 Kuyt (37, 85), Riera (80)
26 October 2008 Chelsea 1-0 Bosingwa (og 10)
29 October 2008 Portsmouth 1-0 Gerrard (pen 76)
1 November 2008 Tottenham 1-2 Kuyt (3)
8 November 2008 West Brom 3-0 Keane (34, 43), Arbeloa (90)
15 November 2008 Bolton 2-0 Kuyt (28), Gerrard (73)
22 November 2008 Fulham 0-0
1 December 2008 West Ham 0-0
6 December 2008 Blackburn 3-1 Alonso (69), Benayoun (79), Gerrard (90)
13 December 2008 Hull 2-2 Gerrard (24, 32)
21 December 2008 Arsenal 1-1 Keane (42)
26 December 2008 Bolton 3-0 Riera (26), Keane (53, 58)
28 December 2008 Newcastle 5-1 Gerrard (31, 66), Hyypia (36), Babel (50), Alonso (pen 77)
10 January 2009 Stoke 0-0
19 January 2009 Everton 1-1 Gerrard (68)
28 January 2009 Wigan 1-1 Benayoun (41)
1 February 2009 Chelsea 2-0 Torres (89, 90)
7 February 2009 Porstmouth 3-2 Aurelio (69), Kuyt (85), Torres (90)
22 February 2009 Man City 1-1 Kuyt (78)
28 February 2009 Middlesbrough 0-2
3 March 2009 Sunderland 2-0 N'Gog (52), Benayoun (65)
14 March 2009 Man Utd 4-1 Torres (28), Gerrard (pen 44), Aurelio (77), Dossena (90)
22 March 2009 Aston Villa 5-0 Kuyt (8), Riera (33), Gerrard (pen 39, 50, pen 65)
4 April 2009 Fulham 1-0 Benayoun (90)
11 April 2009 Blackburn 4-0 Torres (5, 33), Agger (83), N'Gog (90)
21 April 2009 Arsenal 4-4 Torres (49, 72), Benayoun (56, 90)
25 April 2009 Hull 3-1 Alonso (45), Kuyt (63, 89)
3 May 2009 Newcastle 3-0 Benayoun (22), Kuyt (28), Lucas (87)
9 May 2009 West Ham 3-0 Gerrard (2, 38), Babel (84)
17 May 2009 West Brom 2-0 Gerrard (28), Kuyt (63)
24 May 2009 Tottenham 3-1 Torres (31), Hutton (og 64), Benayoun (81)

FA Cup[]

Round Date Opponent Score Scorers
3 3 January 2009 Preston North End 2-0 Riera (24), Torres (90)
4 25 January 2009 Everton 1-1 Gerrard (53)
4 (R) 4 February 2008 Everton 0-1

League Cup[]

Round Date Opponent Score Scorers
3 23 September 2008 Crewe 2-1 Agger (15), Lucas (58)
4 12 November 2008 Tottenham 2-4 Plessis (48), Hyypia (62)

Champions League[]

Qualifying stages[]

Round Date Opponent Score Scorers
3 (1st leg) 13 August 2008 Standard Liege 0-0
3 (2nd leg) 27 August 2008 Standard Liege 1-0 Kuyt (117)

Group stage[]

Date Opponent Score Scorers
16 September 2008 Marseille 2-1 Gerrard (26, pen 32)
1 October 2008 PSV Eindhoven 3-1 Kuyt (4), Keane (33), Gerrard (75)
22 October 2008 Atletico Madrid 1-1 Keane (14)
4 November 2008 Atletico Madrid 1-1 Gerrard (pen 90)
26 November 2008 Marseille 1-0 Gerrard (22)
9 December 2008 PSV Eindhoven 3-1 Babel (45), Riera (68), N'Gog (77)

Knockout stages[]

Round Date Opponent Score Scorers
Last 16 (1st leg) 25 February 2009 Real Madrid 1-0 Benayoun (81)
Last 16 (2nd leg) 10 March 2009 Real Madrid 4-0 Torres (15), Gerrard (pen 28, 46), Dossena (87)
Quarter-final (1st leg) 8 April 2009 Chelsea 1-3 Torres (5)
Quarter-final (2nd leg) 14 April 2009 Chelsea 4-4 Aurelio (18), Alonso (pen 28), Lucas (81), Kuyt (83)

Player stats[]

No. Pos. Name League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Diego Cavalieri 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 4 0
2 DF Andrea Dossena 16 1 2 0 1 0 7 1 26 2
4 DF Sami Hyypia 16 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 19 2
5 DF Daniel Agger 17 1 1 0 2 1 5 0 25 2
7 FW Robbie Keane 19 5 1 0 1 0 7 2 28 7
8 MF Steven Gerrard 31 16 3 1 0 0 10 7 44 24
9 FW Fernando Torres 24 14 3 1 2 0 9 2 38 17
11 MF Albert Riera 28 3 3 1 0 0 9 1 40 5
12 DF Fabio Aurelio 24 2 1 0 0 0 8 1 33 3
14 MF Xabi Alonso 33 4 3 0 1 0 10 1 47 5
15 MF Yossi Benayoun 33 8 1 0 0 0 9 1 43 9
16 MF Jermaine Pennant 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0
17 DF Alvaro Arbeloa 29 1 2 0 0 0 12 0 43 1
18 MF Dirk Kuyt 38 12 2 0 0 0 11 3 53 15
19 MF Ryan Babel 27 3 3 0 2 0 10 1 42 4
20 MF Javier Mascherano 27 0 3 0 0 0 8 0 38 0
21 MF Lucas 25 1 2 0 2 1 9 1 38 3
22 DF Emiliano Insua 10 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 13 0
23 DF Jamie Carragher 38 0 3 0 1 0 12 0 54 0
24 FW David N'Gog 14 2 0 0 2 0 3 1 19 3
25 GK Pepe Reina 38 0 2 0 0 0 11 0 51 0
26 MF Jay Spearing 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0
27 DF Philipp Degen 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0
28 MF Damien Plessis 1 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 5 1
31 MF Nabil El Zhar 15 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 19 0
32 DF Stephen Darby 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 3 0
34 DF Martin Kelly 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
37 DF Martin Skrtel 21 0 2 0 0 0 7 0 30 0

Scorers[]

No. Pos. Name League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
8 MF Steven Gerrard 16 1 0 7 24
9 FW Fernando Torres 14 1 0 2 17
18 FW Dirk Kuyt 12 0 0 3 15
15 MF Yossi Benayoun 8 0 0 1 9
7 FW Robbie Keane 5 0 0 2 7
11 MF Albert Riera 3 1 0 1 5
14 MF Xabi Alonso 4 0 0 1 5
19 FW Ryan Babel 3 0 0 1 4
24 FW David N'Gog 2 0 0 1 3
12 DF Fabio Aurelio 2 0 0 1 3
21 MF Lucas 1 0 1 1 3
4 DF Sami Hyypia 1 0 0 1 2
2 DF Andrea Dossena 1 0 0 1 2
5 DF Daniel Agger 1 0 1 0 2
28 MF Damien Plessis 0 0 1 0 1
17 DF Alvaro Arbeloa 1 0 0 0 1

Assisters[]

No. Pos. Name League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
8 MF Steven Gerrard 9 2 0 1 12
18 FW Dirk Kuyt 7 0 0 2 9
15 MF Yossi Benayoun 6 0 0 1 7
7 FW Robbie Keane 4 0 0 1 5
19 FW Ryan Babel 1 0 2 2 5
12 DF Fabio Aurelio 4 0 0 1 5
9 FW Fernando Torres 3 1 0 1 5
14 MF Xabi Alonso 3 0 0 1 4
21 MF Lucas 1 0 0 2 3
11 MF Albert Riera 2 0 0 1 3
16 MF Jermaine Pennant 1 0 1 0 2
5 DF Daniel Agger 2 0 0 0 2
20 MF Javier Mascherano 1 0 0 1 2
25 GK Pepe Reina 2 0 0 0 2
17 DF Alvaro Arbeloa 1 0 0 1 2
37 DF Martin Skrtel 2 0 0 0 2
31 MF Nabil El Zhar 1 0 0 0 1
23 DF Jamie Carragher 1 0 0 0 1

Tables[]

League[]

Pos Club Pld W D L F A GD Pts
1 Man Utd 38 28 6 4 68 24 44 90
2 Liverpool 38 25 11 2 77 27 50 86
3 Chelsea 38 25 8 5 68 24 44 83

Europe[]

Champions League group stage

Pos Club Pld W D L F A GD Pts
1 Liverpool 6 4 2 0 11 5 6 14
2 Atletico Madrid 6 3 3 0 9 4 5 12
3 Marseille 6 1 1 4 5 7 −2 4
4 PSV Eindhoven 6 1 0 5 5 14 −9 3

Transfers[]

In[]

Player From Fee Date
Philipp Degen Borussia Dortmund Free 3 July 2008
Andrea Dossena Udinese £7,000,000 4 July 2008
Diego Cavalieri Palmeiras £3,500,000 11 July 2008
David N'Gog Paris St-Germain £1,500,000 24 July 2008
Robbie Keane Tottenham £20,300,000 28 July 2008
Albert Riera Espanyol £8,000,000 1 September 2008

Out[]

Player To Fee Date
John Arne Riise Roma £4,000,000 1 July 2008
Harry Kewell Free Transfer Free 1 July 2008
Anthony Le Tallec Le Mans Undisclosed 2 July 2008
Peter Crouch Portsmouth £11,000,000 11 July 2008
Danny Guthrie Newcastle £2,250,000 14 July 2008
Scott Carson West Brom £3,250,000 18 July 2008
Steve Finnan Espanyol Undisclosed 31 August 2008
Robbie Keane Tottenham £16,000,000 2 February 2009
Jack Hobbs Leicester Undisclosed 24 April 2009
Sami Hyypia Free Transfer Free 1 June 2009
Jermaine Pennant Real Zaragoza Free 1 July 2009


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