2013–14 Liverpool F.C. season

Liverpool
2013–14 season
Chairman	Tom Werner
Manager	Brendan Rodgers
Ground	Anfield
Premier League	TBC
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	Second round
	← 2012–13 2014-15 →

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

Kit

Liverpool's shirt will be sponsored by Standard Chartered for the fourth consecutive season and the kit will be manufactured by Warrior for the second consecutive season. Three new kits were launched ahead of the new season including a new all red home strip.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Squad and coaching staff Information

First team

Last updated on 13 August 2013

Squad No.	Name	Position	Date of birth (age)	Signed from	Signed in	Contract ends	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Brad Jones	GK	(1982-03-19) March 19, 1982 (age 42)	Middlesbrough	2010	2015	19	0
22	Simon Mignolet	GK	(1988-03-06) March 6, 1988 (age 36)	Sunderland	2013	2018	0	0
Defenders
2	Glen Johnson	RB/LB	(1984-08-23) August 23, 1984 (age 40)	Portsmouth	2009	2015	142	8
3	José Enrique	LB	(1986-01-23) January 23, 1986 (age 38)	Newcastle United	2011	2016	78	2
4	Kolo Touré	CB	(1981-03-19) March 19, 1981 (age 43)	Manchester City	2013	2015	0	0
5	Daniel Agger	CB	(1984-12-12) December 12, 1984 (age 40)	Brøndby	2006	2016	209	12
16	Sebastián Coates	CB	(1990-10-07) October 7, 1990 (age 34)	Nacional	2011	2016	24	2
34	Martin Kelly	RB/CB	(1990-04-27) April 27, 1990 (age 34)	The Academy	2008	2017	54	1
37	Martin Škrtel	CB	(1984-12-15) December 15, 1984 (age 40)	Zenit Saint Petersburg	2008	2016	206	9
47	Andre Wisdom	RB/CB	(1993-05-09) May 9, 1993 (age 31)	The Academy	2010	2017	19	1
Midfielders
6	Luis Alberto	AM	(1992-09-28) September 28, 1992 (age 32)	Sevilla	2013	2018	0	0
8	Steven Gerrard	CM/AM	(1980-05-30) May 30, 1980 (age 44)	The Academy	1998	2015	630	159
10	Philippe Coutinho	AM	(1992-06-12) June 12, 1992 (age 32)	Internazionale	2013	2017	13	3
11	Oussama Assaidi	RW/LW	(1988-08-15) August 15, 1988 (age 36)	Heerenveen	2012	2016	12	0
14	Jordan Henderson	CM/LW	(1990-06-17) June 17, 1990 (age 34)	Sunderland	2011	2016	92	8
21	Lucas Leiva	DM	(1987-01-09) January 9, 1987 (age 37)	Grêmio	2007	2017	214	6
24	Joe Allen	DM/CM	(1990-03-14) March 14, 1990 (age 34)	Swansea City	2012	2017	37	2
31	Raheem Sterling	RW/LW	(1994-12-08) December 8, 1994 (age 30)	The Academy	2012	2017	39	2
44	Jordon Ibe	RW/LW	(1995-12-08) December 8, 1995 (age 29)	The Academy	2012	2017	1	0
Forwards
7	Luis Suárez	FW	(1987-01-24) January 24, 1987 (age 37)	Ajax	2011	2016	96	51
9	Iago Aspas	FW	(1987-08-01) August 1, 1987 (age 37)	Celta de Vigo	2013	2017	0	0
15	Daniel Sturridge	FW	(1989-09-01) September 1, 1989 (age 35)	Chelsea	2013	2016	16	11
29	Fabio Borini	FW	(1991-03-29) March 29, 1991 (age 33)	Roma	2012	2016	20	2

Backroom staff

Position	Name
Manager	Brendan Rodgers
Assistant Manager	Colin Pascoe
First team coach	Mike Marsh
First-team goalkeeping coach	John Achterberg
Head of performance	Glen Driscoll
Head of fitness and conditioning	Ryland Morgans
Doctor	Zaf Iqbal
Physiotherapist	Chris Morgan
Rehab fitness coach	Jordan Milson
Masseur	Paul Small
Masseur	Sylvan Richardson

Reserve squad

As of 1 August 2013

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
36	FW	GER	Samed Yeşil
38	DF	ENG	Jon Flanagan
43	DF	NIR	Ryan McLaughlin
44	MF	ENG	Jordon Ibe
45	DF	GER	Stephen Sama
48	FW	ENG	Jerome Sinclair
50	FW	ENG	Adam Morgan
51	DF	WAL	Lloyd Jones
52	GK	WAL	Danny Ward
—	GK	SCO	Ryan Fulton
—	DF	CZE	Jakub Sokolik


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	ENG	Brad Smith
—	MF	ENG	Jack Dunn
—	MF	ENG	Jordan Lussey
—	MF	ENG	Craig Roddan
—	MF	ESP	Nacho Huertas
—	MF	POR	João Carlos Teixeira
—	MF	USA	Marc Pelosi
—	FW	BUL	Villyan Bijev
—	FW	ESP	Daniel Pacheco
—	FW	SWE	Kristoffer Peterson

Source: Liverpool F.C.

Transfers and loans

Transfers in

First Team
Entry date	Position	No.	Player	From club	Transfer fee
22 June 2013	AM	6	Luis Alberto	Sevilla	Template:Numkey£6,800,000^[4]
23 June 2013	FW	9	Iago Aspas	Celta de Vigo	Template:Numkey£7,000,000^[5]
27 June 2013	GK	22	Simon Mignolet	Sunderland	Template:Numkey£9,000,000^[6]
2 July 2013	CB	4	Kolo Touré	Manchester City	Template:NumkeyFree^[7]

Reserves and Academy
Start date	Position	No.	Player	From club	Transfer fee

Transfers out

First Team
Exit date	Position	No.	Player	To club	Transfer fee
20 May 2013	CB	23	Jamie Carragher		Template:NumkeyRetired^[8]
19 June 2013	ST	9	Andy Carroll	West Ham United	Template:Numkey£15,500,000^[9]
3 July 2013	CM	33	Jonjo Shelvey	Swansea City	Template:Numkey£5,000,000^[10]
9 August 2013	DM	20	Jay Spearing	Bolton Wanderers	Template:Numkey£1,500,000^[11]
13 August 2013	LW	19	Stewart Downing	West Ham United	Template:Numkey£6,000,000^[12]

Reserves and Academy
Exit date	Position	No.	Player	To club	Transfer fee
27 May 2013	CB	22	Danny Wilson	Heart of Midlothian	Template:NumkeyReleased^[13]
7 June 2013	GK	48	Péter Gulácsi	Red Bull Salzburg	Template:NumkeyReleased^[14]

Loans in

First Team
Start date	End date	Position	Player	From club

Reserves and Academy
Start date	End date	Position	Player	From club

Loans out

First Team
Start date	End date	Position	No.	Player	To club
12 July 2013	31 May 2014	AM	30	Suso	Almería^[15]
29 July 2013	31 May 2014	GK	25	Pepe Reina	Napoli^[16]

Reserves and Academy
Start date	End date	Position	No.	Player	To club
10 July 2013	31 May 2014	ST		Michael Ngoo	Yeovil Town^[17]
19 July 2013	1 January 2014	ST		Henoc Mukendi	Partick Thistle^[18]
22 July 2013	1 January 2014	DM	35	Conor Coady	Sheffield United^[19]
26 July 2013	30 June 2014	FW		Krisztián Adorján	Groningen^[20]
1 August 2013	31 May 2014	LB	49	Jack Robinson	Blackpool^[21]

Pre-season and friendlies

13 July 2013	Preston North End	0 – 4	Liverpool	Preston
15:00 BST		Report	Coutinho 14' (pen.) Ibe 37' Sterling 64' Aspas 75'	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 21,190 Referee: Neil Swarbrick

20 July 2013	Indonesia XI	0 – 2	Liverpool	Jakarta, Indonesia
14:30 BST		Report	Coutinho 10' Sterling 88'	Stadium: GBK Stadium Attendance: 82,143 Referee: Mohd Nafeez Abdul Wahab

24 July 2013	Melbourne Victory	0 – 2	Liverpool	Melbourne, Australia
11:00 BST		Report	Gerrard 31' Aspas 90+2'	Stadium: Melbourne Cricket Ground Attendance: 95,446 Referee: Jumpei Iida

28 July 2013	Thailand	0 – 3	Liverpool	Bangkok, Thailand
11:40 BST		Report	Coutinho 16' Aspas 49' Gerrard 59'	Stadium: Rajamangala National Stadium Referee: Mongkolchai Pechsri

3 August 2013	Liverpool	2 – 0	Olympiacos	Liverpool
12:45 BST	Allen 23' Henderson 62'	Report		Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 44,362 Referee: Mark Halsey

7 August 2013	Vålerenga	1 – 4	Liverpool	Oslo, Norway
18:00 BST	González 35'	Report	Alberto 31' Aspas 44' Kelly 54' Sterling 90'	Stadium: Ullevaal Stadium Referee: Tom Harald Hagen

10 August 2013	Liverpool	0 – 1	Celtic	Dublin, Ireland
17:00 BST		Report	Baldé 12'	Stadium: Aviva Stadium Attendance: 51,000

13 August 2013	Liverpool	3 – 1	Newcastle United	Liverpool
13:00 BST	Sturridge Alberto		Gosling	Stadium: Melwood Attendance: N/A

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	First match	Last match
EPL	—	—	17 August 2013	11 May 2014
FL Cup	R2	—	27 August 2013
FA Cup	3R	—	4/5 January 2014

Premier League

League table

Template:2013–14 Premier League table

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
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Results by round

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Matches

17 August 2013 1	Liverpool	v	Stoke City	Liverpool
12:45 BST				Stadium: Anfield

24 August 2013 2	Aston Villa	v	Liverpool	Birmingham
17:30 BST				Stadium: Villa Park

1 September 2013 3	Liverpool	v	Manchester United	Liverpool
13:30 BST				Stadium: Anfield

16 September 2013 4	Swansea City	v	Liverpool	Swansea
20:00 BST				Stadium: Liberty Stadium

21 September 2013 5	Liverpool	v	Southampton	Liverpool
15:00 BST				Stadium: Anfield

29 September 2013 6	Sunderland	v	Liverpool	Sunderland
16:00 BST				Stadium: Stadium of Light

Source: Liverpool F.C.

FA Cup

Liverpool will enter the FA Cup at the Third Round stage as well as the other Premier League clubs and all the Championship clubs. The draw for the third round will take place in December 2013 with the ties to be played in January 2014.

4/5 January 2014 Third round	Liverpool	v	TBA
--:-- GMT

Source: Liverpool F.C.

League Cup

Due to the fact that Liverpool did not qualify for European competition in the 2012–13 season, they will enter the League Cup at the second round stage.

27 August 2013 Second round	Liverpool	v	Notts County	Liverpool
19:45 BST				Stadium: Anfield

Source: Liverpool F.C.

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

Appearances and goals will appear once the season commences.

Last updated on August 2013

No.	Pos.	Player	Apps	Starts	Goals	Assists	Apps	Starts	Goals	Assists	Apps	Starts	Goals	Assists	Apps	Starts	Goals	Assists
No.	Pos.	Player	Premier League				FA Cup				League Cup				Total
			-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Goalscorers

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

Last updated on August 2013

Rank	Pos.	No.	Player	Premier League	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
TOTALS				0	0	0	0

Assists

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

Last updated on August 2013

Rank	Pos.	No.	Player	Premier League	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
TOTALS				0	0	0	0

Clean sheets

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

Last updated on August 2013

Rank	Pos.	No.	Player	Premier League	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
TOTALS				0	0	0	0

Penalties

Last updated on August 2013

Date	Penalty Taker	Scored	Opponent	Competition

International call-ups

As of

No.	Pos.	Player	Level	Caps	Goals	Notes	Source

Disciplinary record

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

Last updated on August 2013

Rank	Pos.	No.	Player
Rank	Pos.	No.	Player	Premier League		FA Cup		League Cup		Total
TOTALS				0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Suspensions served

Last updated on 6 July 2013

Date	Matches missed	Player	Reason	Opponents missed
24 April 2013	6	Luis Suárez	Biting Branislav Ivanović^[22]	Stoke City, Aston Villa, Notts County, Manchester United, Swansea City, Southampton

Starting 11

This will show the most used players in each position, based on Liverpool's typical starting formation once the season commences.

Last updated on August 2013

No.	Pos.	Player	Starts	Notes

Captains

Last updated on August 2013

No.	Pos.	Player	No. of Games	Competition

Summary

Games played	0 (0 Premier League, 0 FA Cup, 0 League Cup)
Games won	0 (0 Premier League, 0 FA Cup, 0 League Cup)
Games drawn	0 (0 Premier League, 0 FA Cup, 0 League Cup)
Games lost	0 (0 Premier League, 0 FA Cup, 0 League Cup)
Goals scored	0 (0 Premier League, 0 FA Cup, 0 League Cup)
Goals conceded	0 (0 Premier League, 0 FA Cup, 0 League Cup)
Goal difference	0
Clean sheets	0 (0 Premier League, 0 FA Cup, 0 League Cup)
Yellow cards	0 (0 Premier League, 0 FA Cup, 0 League Cup)
Red cards	0 (0 Premier League, 0 FA Cup, 0 League Cup)
Worst discipline
Biggest Win
Biggest Loss
Most appearances	(0)
Top scorer	(0 goals)
Points	0

Score overview

Opposition	Home score	Away score	Double
Arsenal
Aston Villa
Cardiff City
Chelsea
Crystal Palace
Everton
Fulham
Hull City
Manchester City
Manchester United
Newcastle United
Norwich City
Southampton
Stoke City
Sunderland
Swansea City
Tottenham Hotspur
West Bromwich Albion
West Ham United

Under-21s

Friendlies

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Liverpool Scorers	Report
1	24 July	Glentoran	A	1–0	Kristoffer Peterson	Report
2	27 July	Hearts	N	1–0	Kristoffer Peterson	Report
3	3 August	Real Sociedad	A	0–0		Report

Professional Development League

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Liverpool Scorers	Opposition Scorers	Report
1	12 August	Southampton	H	3–4	Jack Dunn, Villyan Bijev, Kristoffer Peterson	Omar Rowe (2), Jake Sinclair (2)

Awards

Standard Chartered Player of the Month

Awarded by Liverpool to their best player of the month, as voted for by fans.

Month	Pos.	Name	Ref.

Ticket prices

Match ticket prices for Premier League games during the 2013–14 season ranged from £38 to £55 for adults depending on the match category. Category A games priced from £44 to £52 for adults are against Man United, Man City, Chelsea, Spurs, Everton, Arsenal, and Newcastle. Category B games priced from £41 to £49 for adults are against Swansea City, West Bromwich, Aston Villa, Norwich City, West Ham, Fulham, and Sunderland. Category C games priced at £38 to £46 are against Crystal Palace, Southampton, Stoke City, Hull City, and Cardiff City. Prices for home cup games during the season varied depending on the level of the opposition.^[23]

References

^ "Home Kit for 2013-14". Liverpool FC Official Site. Retrieved 16 July 2013.
^ "Away Kit for 2013-14". Liverpool FC Official Site. Retrieved 16 July 2013.
^ "Unveiled: Reds' new third kit for 13-14". Liverpool FC Official Site. 4 July 2013. Retrieved 16 July 2013.
^ "Reds complete Luis Alberto deal". Retrieved 20 July 2013. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ "Aspas completes Liverpool switch". Retrieved 20 July 2013. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ "Mignolet completes Liverpool switch". Retrieved 20 July 2013. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ "Reds complete Toure deal". Retrieved 20 July 2013. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ "Anfield tribute to retiring legend". Retrieved 19 July 2013. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ "Reds complete Andy Carroll sale". Retrieved 19 July 2013. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ "Reds confirm Shelvey sale". Retrieved 19 July 2013. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ "Spearing completes Bolton switch". Retrieved 19 July 2013. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ "Downing seals West Ham switch". Retrieved 19 August 2013. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ "Wilson leaves for Hearts". Retrieved 19 July 2013. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ "Gulacsi departs for Salzburg". Retrieved 19 July 2013. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ "Reds confirm Suso loan". Retrieved 19 July 2013. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ "Reds confirm Pepe Reina loan move". Retrieved 29 July 2013. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ "Ngoo loaned to Yeovil for 2013-14". Retrieved 19 July 2013. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ "Mukendi completes loan switch". Retrieved 19 July 2013. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ "Coady joins Blades for six months". Retrieved 22 July 2013. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ "Adorjan completes Groningen loan move". Retrieved 26 July 2013. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ "Robinson joins Blackpool on loan". Retrieved 3 August 2013. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ "FA confirm Luis Suarez ban". 24 April 2013. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
^ "Ticket Prices 2013-14". Retrieved 16 July 2013.

External Links

2013–14 Liverpool F.C. season at Official Site
2013–14 Liverpool F.C. season at LFC History

[1] "Home Kit for 2013-14". Liverpool FC Official Site. Retrieved 16 July 2013.

[2] "Away Kit for 2013-14". Liverpool FC Official Site. Retrieved 16 July 2013.

[3] "Unveiled: Reds' new third kit for 13-14". Liverpool FC Official Site. 4 July 2013. Retrieved 16 July 2013.

[4] "Reds complete Luis Alberto deal". Retrieved 20 July 2013. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[5] "Aspas completes Liverpool switch". Retrieved 20 July 2013. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[6] "Mignolet completes Liverpool switch". Retrieved 20 July 2013. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[7] "Reds complete Toure deal". Retrieved 20 July 2013. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[8] "Anfield tribute to retiring legend". Retrieved 19 July 2013. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[9] "Reds complete Andy Carroll sale". Retrieved 19 July 2013. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[10] "Reds confirm Shelvey sale". Retrieved 19 July 2013. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[11] "Spearing completes Bolton switch". Retrieved 19 July 2013. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[12] "Downing seals West Ham switch". Retrieved 19 August 2013. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[13] "Wilson leaves for Hearts". Retrieved 19 July 2013. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[14] "Gulacsi departs for Salzburg". Retrieved 19 July 2013. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[15] "Reds confirm Suso loan". Retrieved 19 July 2013. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[16] "Reds confirm Pepe Reina loan move". Retrieved 29 July 2013. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[17] "Ngoo loaned to Yeovil for 2013-14". Retrieved 19 July 2013. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[18] "Mukendi completes loan switch". Retrieved 19 July 2013. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[19] "Coady joins Blades for six months". Retrieved 22 July 2013. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[20] "Adorjan completes Groningen loan move". Retrieved 26 July 2013. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[21] "Robinson joins Blackpool on loan". Retrieved 3 August 2013. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[22] "FA confirm Luis Suarez ban". 24 April 2013. Retrieved 5 May 2013.

[23] "Ticket Prices 2013-14". Retrieved 16 July 2013.

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