The 2019–20 season was Liverpool Football Club's 128th season in existence and the club's 58th consecutive season in the top flight of English football. Liverpool also competed in the FA Cup, EFL Cup, FA Community Shield, UEFA Champions League, UEFA Super Cup and the FIFA Club World Cup. The season was suspended from 13 March to 17 June due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Season overview Having finished second in the 2018–19 Premier League, Liverpool contested the 2019 FA Community Shield against domestic treble winners Manchester City, losing 5–4 on penalties after a 1–1 draw. As winners of the 2018–19 UEFA Champions League, they contested the 2019 UEFA Super Cup against Chelsea, winning 5–4 on penalties after a 2–2 draw. The victory was Liverpool's fourth in the annual contest; only Real Madrid, Barcelona and AC Milan have more wins, with five titles apiece.
Liverpool were eliminated in the quarter-finals of the 2019–20 EFL Cup by Aston Villa after fielding a vastly inexperienced side, managed by Liverpool under-23 manager Neil Critchley, while the first-team squad participated in the 2019 FIFA Club World Cup in Qatar under Klopp. Having finished as runners-up on three previous occasions, Liverpool won their first world title after defeating Brazilian club Flamengo 1–0 in the final after extra time, making them the first English side to win the international treble of the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Super Cup and FIFA Club World Cup. Liverpool were unsuccessful in their defence of the UEFA Champions League, exiting the competition in the round of 16 following a 4–2 aggregate defeat across two legs after extra time to Atlético Madrid.
On 25 June, following Manchester City's defeat to Chelsea, Liverpool clinched their nineteenth league title – the first since 1989–90 and the first during the Premier League era. Upon winning the league, Liverpool claimed the unusual achievement of winning the Premier League earlier than any other team by games played (with seven remaining) and later than any other team by date (being the only team to clinch the title in June).
Over the season, Liverpool set a number of other English top-flight records, including the most consecutive home wins (24; of which 7 were carried over from the previous season) and the biggest point lead at any time (25). They also matched the Premier League records for the most wins (32) the most home wins (18), and the most consecutive wins (18). Beginning the season prior, Liverpool enjoyed a 44-match unbeaten run in the league, the second-longest streak in top-flight history, behind Arsenal's run of 49 games between May 2003 to October 2004. The team remained unbeaten at home in the league for the third season in a row and finished the season with 99 points, the club's record and the second highest in English top-flight history after Manchester City's 100 two years prior. Liverpool also recorded the best ever start to a season in the history of the top 5 leagues in Europe (as they stood in 2020), picking up 20 wins and 1 draw for a total of 61 points out of a possible of 63; they eventually extended that record to 26 wins and 1 draw for a total of 79 points out of a possible 81 before suffering their first league defeat on 29 February 2020 to Watford.Watford 3-0 Liverpool: Jurgen Klopp's side lose first Premier League game of the season
First-team squad Squad no. Player Nationality Position(s) Date of birth (age) Signed from Apps Goals Assists Goalkeepers 1 Alisson Becker GK Roma 88 1 1 13 Adrián GK West Ham United 18 0 0 22 Andy Lonergan GK Middlesbrough 0 0 0 62 Caoimhín Kelleher GK LFC Academy 4 0 0Defenders2Nathaniel ClyneRB Southampton 103 2 4 4 Virgil van Dijk (3rd captain) CB Southampton 122 12 6 6 Dejan Lovren CB Southampton 185 8 4 12 Joe Gomez CB/RB/LB Charlton Athletic 109 0 3 26 Andy Robertson LB Hull City 127 4 30 32 Joël Matip CB Schalke 04 111 5 1 51 Ki-Jana Hoever CB/RB Ajax 4 1 0 66 Trent Alexander-Arnold RB LFC Academy 134 8 34 72 Sepp van den Berg CB/RB PEC Zwolle 4 0 0Midfielders 3 Fabinho DM/RB/CB Monaco 80 3 6 5 Georginio Wijnaldum CM/DM/AM Newcastle United 186 19 15 7 James Milner (vice-captain) CM/LB/RB Manchester City 214 26 39 8 Naby Keïta CM/AM RB Leipzig 60 7 4 14 Jordan Henderson (captain) CM/DM Sunderland 364 29 48 15 Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain CM/AM/LW/RW Arsenal 87 13 10 20 Adam Lallana CM/DM/AM Southampton 178 22 21 23 Xherdan Shaqiri RW/LW/AM Stoke City 41 7 5 48 Curtis Jones CM LFC Academy 13 3 1 67 Harvey Elliott RW/LW Fulham 8 0 0Forwards 9 Roberto Firmino ST/AM 1899 Hoffenheim 244 78 54 10 Sadio Mané LW/RW/ST Southampton 170 81 28 11 Mohamed Salah RW/ST Roma 152 94 37 18 Takumi Minamino RW/LW/AM/ST Red Bull Salzburg 14 0 0 27 Divock Origi ST/LW Lille 140 34 9
New contracts Date Player Ref.10 July 2019FW27 Divock Origi15 July 2019GK73 Kamil Grabara31 July 2019DF51 Ki-Jana Hoever7 August 2019DF47 Nat Phillips16 August 2019MF48 Curtis Jones22 August 2019MF15 Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain18 October 2019DF32 Joël Matip13 December 2019MF7 James Milner9 June 2020MF20 Adam Lallana9 June 2020GK22 Andy Lonergan
Date Coach Ref.13 December 2019 Jürgen Klopp
Transfers and loans
Transfers in
Entry datePositionNo.PlayerFrom clubFeeRef. 1 July 2019 DF 72 Sepp van den Berg PEC Zwolle £1,300,000 28 July 2019 MF 67 Harvey Elliott Fulham £1,700,000 5 August 2019 GK 13 Adrián West Ham United Free 12 August 2019 GK 22 Andy Lonergan Middlesbrough Free 1 January 2020 FW 18 Takumi Minamino Red Bull Salzburg £7,250,000 Total £10,250,000
Transfers out
Exit datePositionNo.PlayerTo clubFeeRef.1 July 2019 FW 15 Daniel Sturridge Trabzonspor Released1 July 2019 DF 18 Alberto Moreno Villarreal Released1 July 2019 GK 34 Ádám Bogdán Hibernian Released1 July 2019 DF 56 Connor Randall Arda Released 1 July 2019 MF 64 Rafael Camacho Sporting CP £5,000,000 1 July 2019 FW 28 Danny Ings Southampton £18,000,000 5 August 2019 GK 22 Simon Mignolet Club Brugge £6,400,000 2 September 2019 MF 40 Ryan Kent Rangers £6,500,000 9 January 2020 MF — Allan Atlético Mineiro £3,200,000 1 July 2020 MF 68 Pedro Chirivella NantesReleased 1 July 2020 DF 2 Nathaniel Clyne Crystal PalaceReleased Total £39,100,000
Loans out
Start dateEnd datePositionNo.PlayerTo clubFeeRef. 25 August 2018 4 May 2020 GK — Loris Karius Beşiktaş £2,250,000 1 July 2019 31 December 2019 MF — Allan Fluminense None 1 July 2019 30 June 2020 MF 16 Marko Grujić Hertha BSC £2,000,000 1 July 2019 30 June 2020 MF 54 Sheyi Ojo Rangers None 15 July 2019 30 June 2020 GK 73 Kamil Grabara Huddersfield Town None 30 July 2019 30 June 2020 MF 58 Ben Woodburn Oxford United None 6 August 2019 30 June 2020 FW — Taiwo Awoniyi Mainz 05 £600,000 6 August 2019 31 July 2020 FW 59 Harry Wilson Bournemouth £2,500,000 7 August 2019 27 December 2019 DF 47 Nat Phillips VfB Stuttgart None 8 August 2019 30 June 2020 MF 53 Ovie Ejaria Reading None 7 January 2020 30 June 2020 FW 24 Rhian Brewster Swansea City None 13 January 2020 30 June 2020 DF 47 Nat Phillips VfB Stuttgart None Total £7,350,000
Transfer summary
Spending
Summer: £ 3,000,000
Winter: £ 7,250,000
Total: £ 10,250,000
Income
Summer: £ 43,250,000
Winter: £ 3,200,000
Total: £ 46,450,000
Net Expenditure
Summer: £ 40,250,000
Winter: £ 4,050,000
Total: £ 36,200,000
Friendlies Pre-season In June 2019, Liverpool announced their pre-season schedule.
Mid-season
Competitions Overview
FA Community Shield
UEFA Super Cup
FIFA Club World Cup
Premier League
League table
Results summary
Results by matchday
Matches The league fixtures were announced on 13 June 2019.
FA Cup
Liverpool entered the competition in the third round. The draw for the third round was made on 2 December 2019. The fourth round draw was made by Alex Scott and David O'Leary on Monday, 6 January 2020. The draw for the fifth round was made on 27 January 2020.
EFL Cup
Liverpool entered the competition in the third round. The draw was confirmed on 28 August 2019, live on Sky Sports. The draw for the fourth round was made on 25 September. The quarter-final draw was conducted on 31 October, live on BBC Radio 2.
UEFA Champions League
Liverpool entered the competition in the group stage.
Group stage
The draw for the group stage was held on 29 August 2019.
Knockout phase
The draw for the round of 16 was confirmed on 16 December.
Round of 16
Squad statistics
Appearances Players with no appearances are not included on the list. No.Pos.Nat.PlayerPremier LeagueFA CupEFL CupChampions LeagueOtherTotalAppsStartsAppsStartsAppsStartsAppsStartsAppsStartsAppsStarts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layers who went out on loan or left permanently but made appearances for Liverpool prior to departing24FW00102200003247DF00110000001155MF00002100002157MF000011000011Total38438457
Goals PlayerPremier LeagueFA CupEFL CupChampions LeagueOtherTotal 1 FW 11 Mohamed Salah 19004023 2 FW 10 Sadio Mané 18002222 3 FW 9 Roberto Firmino 9001212 4 MF 15 Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain 401308 5 MF 5 Georginio Wijnaldum 400206 FW 27 Divock Origi 402006 7 DF 4 Virgil van Dijk 500005 8 MF 7 James Milner 202004 MF 8 Naby Keïta 200114 MF 14 Jordan Henderson 400004 DF 66 Trent Alexander-Arnold 400004 12 DF 26 Andy Robertson 200103 MF 48 Curtis Jones 120003 14 MF 3 Fabinho 200002 DF 32 Joël Matip 100012 16 DF 6 Dejan Lovren 000101 MF 20 Adam Lallana 100001 MF 23 Xherdan Shaqiri 100001 DF 51 Ki-Jana Hoever 001001 Own goals 221005 Total8547156117
Clean sheets No.PlayerPremier LeagueFA CupEFL CupChampions LeagueOtherTotal 1 Alisson Becker 13 0 0 1 1 15 13 Adrián 2 1 0 0 0 3 62 Caoimhín Kelleher 0 1 1 0 0 2Total 15 2 1 1 1 20
Disciplinary record No. Pos. Player Premier League FA Cup EFL Cup Champions League Other Total 1GK Alisson Becker0100000000013MF Fabinho6010001000804DF Virgil van Dijk1000000000106DF Dejan Lovren1000000000107MF James Milner4010001010708MF Naby Keïta1000000000109FW Roberto Firmino00000000101010FW Sadio Mané30100020107011FW Mohamed Salah10000000102012DF Joe Gomez700000201010013GK Adrián10000000001014MF Jordan Henderson20000000103015MF Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain10000000001020MF Adam Lallana10001000002024FW Rhian Brewster00001000001026DF Andy Robertson20000020004027FW Divock Origi10000000001057MF Isaac Christie-Davies00001000001066DF Trent Alexander-Arnold50000010107070DF Yasser Larouci00100000001076DF Neco Williams101000000020Total38150309070621
Club awards End-of-season award
Standard Chartered Men's Player of the Season: Jordan Henderson
Liverpool Standard Chartered Player of the Month award
Awarded monthly to the player that was chosen by fans voting on Liverpoolfc.com MonthPlayerAugust Mohamed SalahSeptember Roberto FirminoOctober Alex Oxlade-ChamberlainNovember Sadio ManéDecember Trent Alexander-ArnoldJanuary Mohamed SalahFebruary Trent Alexander-Arnold
References
Further reading