2019–20 Liverpool F.C. season

Liverpool
2019–20 season
Chairman	Tom Werner
Manager	Jürgen Klopp
Stadium	Anfield
Premier League	Pre-season
FA Cup	Third round
EFL Cup	Third round
UEFA Champions League	Group stage
FA Community Shield	Runners-up
UEFA Super Cup	Final
FIFA Club World Cup	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: ; All: Joël Matip (1)
	← 2018–19 2020-21 →

The 2019–20 season is Liverpool's 128th season in existence, and their 58th consecutive season in the top flight of English football. It is also the club's 28th consecutive season in the Premier League. The club this season will compete in the UEFA Champions League, Premier League, FA Cup, and EFL Cup. Liverpool will also compete in the FA Community Shield, having finished second in the 2018–19 Premier League. By winning the 2018–19 UEFA Champions League, the club earned the right to participate in the UEFA Super Cup and the FIFA Club World Cup. The 2019–20 season covers the period from 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020.

Season review

First-team squad

Squad No.	Name	Position(s)	Date of birth (Age)
Goalkeepers
–	Adrián	GK	(1987-01-03) 3 January 1987 (age 37)
1	Alisson Becker	GK	(1992-10-02) 2 October 1992 (age 32)
62	Caoimhin Kelleher	GK	(1998-11-23) 23 November 1998 (age 26)
Defenders
2	Nathaniel Clyne	RB	(1991-04-05) 5 April 1991 (age 33)
4	Virgil van Dijk (3rd captain)	CB	(1991-07-08) 8 July 1991 (age 33)
6	Dejan Lovren	CB	(1989-07-05) 5 July 1989 (age 35)
12	Joe Gomez	CB/RB	(1997-05-23) 23 May 1997 (age 27)
26	Andrew Robertson	LB	(1994-03-11) 11 March 1994 (age 30)
32	Joel Matip	CB	(1991-08-08) 8 August 1991 (age 33)
47	Nathaniel Phillips	CB	(1997-03-21) 21 March 1997 (age 27)
51	Ki-Jana Hoever	CB/RB	(2002-01-18) 18 January 2002 (age 22)
66	Trent Alexander-Arnold	RB	(1998-10-07) 7 October 1998 (age 26)
72	Sepp van den Berg	CB	(2001-12-20) 20 December 2001 (age 22)
Midfielders
3	Fabinho	DM/RB/CB	(1993-10-23) 23 October 1993 (age 31)
5	Georginio Wijnaldum (4th captain)	CM/DM	(1990-11-11) 11 November 1990 (age 34)
7	James Milner (vice-captain)	DM/CM/LB/RB	(1986-01-04) 4 January 1986 (age 38)
8	Naby Keita	CM/AM	(1995-02-10) 10 February 1995 (age 29)
14	Jordan Henderson (captain)	DM/CM	(1990-06-17) 17 June 1990 (age 34)
15	Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain	CM/AM/RW	(1993-08-15) 15 August 1993 (age 31)
20	Adam Lallana	CM/AM	(1988-05-10) 10 May 1988 (age 36)
23	Xherdan Shaqiri	RW/LW/AM	(1991-10-10) 10 October 1991 (age 33)
40	Ryan Kent	LM	(1996-11-11) 11 November 1996 (age 28)
48	Curtis Jones	CM	(2001-01-30) 30 January 2001 (age 23)
53	Ovie Ejaria	CM	(1997-11-18) 18 November 1997 (age 27)
59	Harry Wilson	RW	(1997-03-22) 22 March 1997 (age 27)
67	Harvey Elliott	RW/LW	(2003-04-04) 4 April 2003 (age 21)
68	Pedro Chirivella	DM	(1997-05-23) 23 May 1997 (age 27)
Forwards
9	Roberto Firmino	ST/AM	(1991-10-02) 2 October 1991 (age 33)
10	Sadio Mane	LW/RW/ST	(1992-04-10) 10 April 1992 (age 32)
11	Mohamed Salah	RW/ST	(1992-06-15) 15 June 1992 (age 32)
24	Rhian Brewster	ST	(2000-04-01) 1 April 2000 (age 24)
27	Divock Origi	ST	(1995-04-18) 18 April 1995 (age 29)
—	Taiwo Awoniyi	ST	(1997-08-12) 12 August 1997 (age 27)

Transfers and loans

Transfers in

Entry date	Position	No.	Player	From club	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2019	DF	72	Sepp van den Berg	PEC Zwolle	£1,300,000^[A]	^[1]
28 July 2019	FW	67	Harvey Elliott	Fulham	Tribunal^[B]	^[2]
5 August 2019	GK	—	Adrián	West Ham United	Free	^[3]
Total					£1,300,000

^ Fee may eventually rise to £4,400,000.
^ Liverpool and Fulham will be going to a tribunal to set a fee for Harvey Elliott.

Transfers out

Exit date	Position	No.	Player	To club	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2019	FW	15	Daniel Sturridge		Released	^[4]
1 July 2019	DF	18	Alberto Moreno	Villarreal	Released	^[4]
1 July 2019	GK	34	Ádám Bogdán		Released	^[4]
1 July 2019	DF	56	Connor Randall		Released	^[4]
1 July 2019	MF	64	Rafael Camacho	Sporting CP	£5,000,000^[A]	^[5]
1 July 2019	FW	28	Danny Ings	Southampton	£18,000,000^[B]	^[6]
5 August 2019	GK	22	Simon Mignolet	Club Brugge	£6,400,000^[C]	^[7]
Total					£29,400,000

^ Fee may eventually rise to £7,000,000.
^ Fee may eventually rise to £20,000,000.
^ Fee may eventually rise to £8,200,000.

Loans out

Start date	End date	Position	No.	Player	To club	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2019	End of season	MF	54	Sheyi Ojo	Rangers	None	^[8]
1 July 2019	Half of season	MF	—	Allan	Fluminense	None	^[9]
1 July 2019	End of season	MF	16	Marko Grujić	Hertha BSC	£2,000,000^[A]	^[10]
15 July 2019	End of season	GK	73	Kamil Grabara	Huddersfield Town	None	^[11]
30 July 2019	End of season	FW	58	Ben Woodburn	Oxford United	None	^[12]
31 July 2019	Half of season	DF	—	Rhys Williams	Kidderminster Harriers	None	^[13]

^ Fee may eventually rise to £2,500,000.

Transfer summary

Spending

Summer: £ 1,300,000

Winter: £ 0,000,000

Total: £ 1,300,000

Income

Summer: £ 31,400,000

Winter: £ 0,000,000

Total: £ 31,400,000

Net Expenditure

Summer: £ 30,100,000

Winter: £ 0,000,000

Total: £ 30,100,000

New contracts

Date	Pos	No.	Player	Ref.
10 July 2019	FW	27	Divock Origi	^[14]
15 July 2019	GK	73	Kamil Grabara	^[15]
31 July 2019	DF	51	Ki-Jana Hoever	^[16]

Pre-season

In June 2019, Liverpool announced their pre-season schedule.^[17]

11 July 2019 (2019-07-11) Friendly	Tranmere Rovers	0–6	Liverpool	Birkenhead, England
19:30 BST		Report	Clyne 6' Brewster 38', 45' Jones 53' Origi 60' Duncan 67'	Stadium: Prenton Park Referee: Mike Dean

14 July 2019 (2019-07-14) Friendly	Bradford City	1–3	Liverpool	Bradford, England
15:00 BST	Doyle 81' (pen.)	Report	Milner 13', 15' (pen.) Brewster 41'	Stadium: Valley Parade Attendance: 24,343 Referee: Andrew Madley

20 July 2019 (2019-07-20) Friendly	Liverpool	2–3	Borussia Dortmund	Notre Dame, United States
01:00 BST	Wilson 35' Larouci 43' Brewster 75' (pen.), 84'	Report	Alcácer 3' Hummels 11' Delaney 53' Bruun Larsen 58'	Stadium: Notre Dame Stadium Attendance: 40,361 Referee: Nima Saghafi (United States)

21 July 2019 (2019-07-21) Friendly	Liverpool	1–2	Sevilla	Boston, United States
23:00 BST	Woodburn 36' Origi 44'	Report	Banega 12' Diego Carlos 35' Nolito 37' Gnagnon 76' Pozo 90'	Stadium: Fenway Park Attendance: 35,654 Referee: Fotis Bazakos (United States)

25 July 2019 (2019-07-25) Friendly	Liverpool	2–2	Sporting CP	New York City, United States
23:00 BST	Origi 20' Wijnaldum 44' Fabinho 88'	Report	Fernandes 4' Neto 30' Wendel 53'	Stadium: Yankee Stadium Attendance: 31,112 Referee: Sorin Stoica (United States)

28 July 2019 (2019-07-28) Friendly	Liverpool	0–3	Napoli	Edinburgh, Scotland
17:00 BST		Report	Insigne 17' Milik 28' Younes 52'	Stadium: Murrayfield Stadium Attendance: 65,442^[a] Referee: Bobby Madden (Scotland)

31 July 2019 (2019-07-31) Friendly	Liverpool	3–1	Lyon	Geneva, Switzerland
18:00 BST	Alisson 3' Firmino 17' Andersen 21' (o.g.) Hoever 38' Wilson 53'	Report	Depay 4' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade de Genève Referee: Stephan Klossner (Switzerland)

^ Largest attendance at a football match in Scotland since the 1989 Scottish Cup Final.^[18]

Competitions

Overall

Overview

Premier League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Liverpool (C)	38	32	3	3	85	33	+52	99	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	Manchester City	38	26	3	9	102	35	+67	81
3	Manchester United	38	18	12	8	66	36	+30	66
4	Chelsea	38	20	6	12	69	54	+15	66
5	Leicester City	38	18	8	12	67	41	+26	62	Qualification for the Europa League group stage

Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) If the champions, relegated teams or qualified teams for UEFA competitions cannot be determined by rules 1 to 3, rules 4.1 to 4.3 are applied – 4.1) Points gained in head to head record between such teams; 4.2) Away goals scored in head to head record between such teams; 4.3) Play-offs^[19]
(C) Champions

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

Last updated: pre-season.
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results by matchday

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H
Result
Position

Updated to match(es) played on pre-season. Source: Premier League
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

On 13 June 2019, the Premier League fixtures were announced.^[20]

August

9 August 2019 (2019-08-09) 1	Liverpool	v	Norwich City	Liverpool
20:00 BST				Stadium: Anfield

17 August 2019 (2019-08-17) 2	Southampton	v	Liverpool	Southampton
15:00 BST				Stadium: St. Mary's Stadium

24 August 2019 (2019-08-24) 3	Liverpool	v	Arsenal	Liverpool
17:30 BST				Stadium: Anfield

31 August 2019 (2019-08-31) 4	Burnley	v	Liverpool	Burnley
17:30 BST				Stadium: Turf Moor

September

14 September 2019 (2019-09-14) 5	Liverpool	v	Newcastle United	Liverpool
12:30 BST				Stadium: Anfield

22 September 2019 (2019-09-22) 6	Chelsea	v	Liverpool	Fulham
16:30 BST				Stadium: Stamford Bridge

28 September 2019 (2019-09-28) 7	Sheffield United	v	Liverpool	Sheffield
12:30 BST				Stadium: Bramall Lane

October

5 October 2019 (2019-10-05) 8	Liverpool	v	Leicester City	Liverpool
10:00 BST				Stadium: Anfield

19 October 2019 (2019-10-19) 9	Manchester United	v	Liverpool	Manchester
10:00 BST				Stadium: Old Trafford

26 October 2019 (2019-10-26) 10	Liverpool	v	Tottenham Hotspur	Liverpool
10:00 BST				Stadium: Anfield

November

2 November 2019 (2019-11-02) 11	Aston Villa	v	Liverpool	Birmingham
11:00 BST				Stadium: Villa Park

9 November 2019 (2019-11-09) 12	Liverpool	v	Manchester City	Liverpool
10:00 BST				Stadium: Anfield

23 November 2019 (2019-11-23) 13	Crystal Palace	v	Liverpool	London
10:00 BST				Stadium: Selhurst Park

30 November 2019 (2019-11-30) 14	Liverpool	v	Brighton & Hove Albion	Liverpool
10:00 BST				Stadium: Anfield

December

4 December 2019 (2019-12-04) 15	Liverpool	v	Everton	Liverpool
15:00 BST				Stadium: Anfield

7 December 2019 (2019-12-07) 16	Bournemouth	v	Liverpool	Bournemouth
10:00 BST				Stadium: Vitality Stadium

14 December 2019 (2019-12-14) 17	Liverpool	v	Watford	Liverpool
10:00 BST				Stadium: Anfield

21 December 2019 (2019-12-21) 18	West Ham United	v	Liverpool	London
10:00 BST				Stadium: London Stadium

26 December 2019 (2019-12-26) 19	Leicester City	v	Liverpool	Leicester
10:00 BST				Stadium: King Power Stadium

28 December 2019 (2019-12-28) 20	Liverpool	v	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Liverpool
10:00 BST				Stadium: Anfield

FA Cup

EFL Cup

UEFA Champions League

FA Community Shield

4 August 2019 (2019-08-04)	Liverpool	1–1 (4–5 p)	Manchester City	London
15:00 BST	Matip 77'	Report	Sterling 12' De Bruyne 33'	Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 77,565 Referee: Martin Atkinson
	Penalties
	Shaqiri Wijnaldum Lallana Oxlade-Chamberlain Salah		Gündoğan B. Silva Foden Zinchenko Gabriel Jesus
Note: Live on BT Sport

UEFA Super Cup

14 August 2019	Liverpool	v	Chelsea	Istanbul, Turkey
20:00 BST				Stadium: Vodafone Park

FIFA Club World Cup

18 December 2019 Semi-finals		v	Liverpool	Qatar
BST

21 December 2019 Final or Third place		v		Qatar
BST

Squad statistics

Appearances

Players with no appearances not included in the list.

As of match played 4 August 2019

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Premier League		FA Cup		EFL Cup		UCL		Other^[a]		Total
No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Apps	Starts	Apps	Starts	Apps	Starts	Apps	Starts	Apps	Starts	Apps	Starts
1	GK		Alisson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1
3	MF		Fabinho	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1
4	DF		Virgil van Dijk	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1
5	MF		Georginio Wijnaldum	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1
8	MF		Naby Keïta	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
9	FW		Roberto Firmino	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1
11	FW		Mohamed Salah	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1
12	DF		Joe Gomez	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1
14	MF		Jordan Henderson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1
20	MF		Adam Lallana	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
21	MF		Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
23	MF		Xherdan Shaqiri	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
26	DF		Andrew Robertson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1
27	FW		Divock Origi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1
32	DF		Joël Matip	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
66	DF		Trent Alexander-Arnold	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1

Goals

As of match played 4 August 2019

Rank	Pos.	No.	Player	Premier League	FA Cup	EFL Cup	Champions League	Other^[b]	Total
1	DF	32	Joël Matip	0	0	0	0	1	1
Total				0	0	0	0	1	1

Assists

As of match played 4 August 2019

Rank	Pos.	No.	Player	Premier League	FA Cup	EFL Cup	Champions League	Other^[c]	Total
1	DF	4	Virgil van Dijk	0	0	0	0	1	1
Total				0	0	0	0	1	1

Clean Sheets

Disciplinary record

Awards

^ Appearances in 2019 FA Community Shield, 2019 UEFA Super Cup and 2019 FIFA Club World Cup
^ Appearances in 2019 FA Community Shield, 2019 UEFA Super Cup and 2019 FIFA Club World Cup
^ Appearances in 2019 FA Community Shield, 2019 UEFA Super Cup and 2019 FIFA Club World Cup

References

^ "Liverpool agree deal to sign Sepp van den Berg". Liverpool FC. 27 June 2019.
^ "Liverpool FC confirm signing of Harvey Elliott". Liverpool FC. 28 July 2019.
^ "Liverpool FC complete signing of goalkeeper Adrian". Liverpool FC. 5 August 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Liverpool confirm Premier League retained list". Liverpool FC. 7 June 2019.
^ "Rafael Camacho completes transfer to Sporting CP". Liverpool FC. 27 June 2019.
^ "Danny Ings completes permanent transfer to Southampton". Liverpool FC. 1 July 2019.
^ "Simon Mignolet completes permanent move to Club Brugge". Liverpool FC. 5 August 2019.
^ "Sheyi Ojo makes Rangers loan switch". Liverpool FC. 18 June 2019.
^ "Allan extends Fluminense loan spell". Liverpool FC. 1 July 2019.
^ "Marko Grujic to remain with Hertha for 2019-20". Liverpool FC. 1 July 2019.
^ "Grabara signs new Liverpool contract and joins Huddersfield on loan". Liverpool FC. 15 July 2019.
^ "Ben Woodburn completes Oxford United loan switch". Liverpool FC. 30 July 2019.
^ "Rhys Williams joins Kidderminster on loan". Liverpool FC. 1 August 2019.
^ "Divock Origi signs new long term Liverpool Contract". 2 July 2018.
^ "Grabara signs new Liverpool contract".
^ "Ki-Jana Hoever signs new long-term Liverpool FC contract".
^ "Fixtures and Results". Liverpool F.C. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
^ 'Liverpool loss leaves sold-out Murrayfield lukewarm', BBC Sport, 28 July 2019
^ "Premier League Handbook Season 2019/20: Rules of the Premier League Section C pages 101–102". premierleague.com. 2 August 2019.
^ "Premier League fixtures for 2019/20 announced". Premier League. Retrieved 13 June 2019.

[1] Fee may eventually rise to £4,400,000.

[3] Liverpool and Fulham will be going to a tribunal to set a fee for Harvey Elliott.

[7] Fee may eventually rise to £7,000,000.

[9] Fee may eventually rise to £20,000,000.

[11] Fee may eventually rise to £8,200,000.

[15] Fee may eventually rise to £2,500,000.

[25] Largest attendance at a football match in Scotland since the 1989 Scottish Cup Final.^[18]

[28] Appearances in 2019 FA Community Shield, 2019 UEFA Super Cup and 2019 FIFA Club World Cup

[29] Appearances in 2019 FA Community Shield, 2019 UEFA Super Cup and 2019 FIFA Club World Cup

[30] Appearances in 2019 FA Community Shield, 2019 UEFA Super Cup and 2019 FIFA Club World Cup

[2] "Liverpool agree deal to sign Sepp van den Berg". Liverpool FC. 27 June 2019.

[4] "Liverpool FC confirm signing of Harvey Elliott". Liverpool FC. 28 July 2019.

[5] "Liverpool FC complete signing of goalkeeper Adrian". Liverpool FC. 5 August 2019.

[released-6] "Liverpool confirm Premier League retained list". Liverpool FC. 7 June 2019.

[8] "Rafael Camacho completes transfer to Sporting CP". Liverpool FC. 27 June 2019.

[10] "Danny Ings completes permanent transfer to Southampton". Liverpool FC. 1 July 2019.

[12] "Simon Mignolet completes permanent move to Club Brugge". Liverpool FC. 5 August 2019.

[13] "Sheyi Ojo makes Rangers loan switch". Liverpool FC. 18 June 2019.

[14] "Allan extends Fluminense loan spell". Liverpool FC. 1 July 2019.

[16] "Marko Grujic to remain with Hertha for 2019-20". Liverpool FC. 1 July 2019.

[17] "Grabara signs new Liverpool contract and joins Huddersfield on loan". Liverpool FC. 15 July 2019.

[18] "Ben Woodburn completes Oxford United loan switch". Liverpool FC. 30 July 2019.

[19] "Rhys Williams joins Kidderminster on loan". Liverpool FC. 1 August 2019.

[20] "Divock Origi signs new long term Liverpool Contract". 2 July 2018.

[21] "Grabara signs new Liverpool contract".

[22] "Ki-Jana Hoever signs new long-term Liverpool FC contract".

[23] "Fixtures and Results". Liverpool F.C. Retrieved 11 July 2019.

[24] 'Liverpool loss leaves sold-out Murrayfield lukewarm', BBC Sport, 28 July 2019

[26] "Premier League Handbook Season 2019/20: Rules of the Premier League Section C pages 101–102". premierleague.com. 2 August 2019.

[27] "Premier League fixtures for 2019/20 announced". Premier League. Retrieved 13 June 2019.

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