The 2022–23 season was Liverpool Football Club's 131st season in existence and their 61st consecutive season in the top flight of English football. Coming off their 2021–22 campaign, Liverpool competed in this season's editions of the Premier League, FA Cup, EFL Cup and the UEFA Champions League.
Liverpool kicked off the season with a 3–1 victory over reigning Premier League champions Manchester City in the FA Community Shield for their 16th Community Shield and 68th official trophy, the latter being an English record. Furthermore, that piece of silverware completed the set for Jürgen Klopp, to win all available first-tier trophies with Liverpool at least once.Every trophy Jurgen Klopp has won with Liverpool
After narrowly missing out on a possible quadruple the previous season, the 2022–23 campaign was a bitter disappointment for Liverpool. Inconsistent form in the Premier League ruled them out of the title race, whilst the Reds were knocked out of both cups in the fourth round. Liverpool's Champions League campaign also ended in disappointment as they lost 6–2 on aggregate to Real Madrid in the round of 16. Despite a 11-game unbeaten run in the league at the end of the season – including 7 straight victories – this was not enough to secure a top-four position and Liverpool ultimately finished 5th, failing to qualify for the next season's Champions League for the first time in seven years. Overall, the team's form was poor all season, which spurred major changes in the squad for the following campaign. As such, this season is widely considered as Liverpool's worst season under Klopp, with observers noting that some players' "legs had gone", particularly in midfield.
This season was the first since 2015–16 without Sadio Mané, who transferred to Bayern Munich and the first since 2014–15 without Divock Origi, who departed to AC Milan. At the end of the season, it was announced that Roberto Firmino, James Milner, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Naby Keïta were confirmed to leave the club as their contracts would not be renewed.
Season overview On 30 July 2022, Liverpool opened the 2022–23 season by achieving victory in the 2022 FA Community Shield with a 3–1 win over Manchester City. On 27 August 2022, Liverpool achieved a 9–0 win over Bournemouth in the Premier League in which Roberto Firmino scored his 100th goal for Liverpool. The match was the joint-largest win in the history of the Premier League, and equalled Liverpool's biggest ever win in the top flight, achieving the same scoreline at Anfield in the 1989–90 season against Crystal Palace. The match was also Bournemouth's worst ever top-flight defeat. On 12 October 2022, Liverpool achieved a 7–1 away victory over Rangers in the UEFA Champions League. In the game, Mohamed Salah broke Bafétimbi Gomis's record for the fastest Champions League hat-trick of all time.
On 28 December 2022, Cody Gakpo agreed to sign for Liverpool for a transfer fee of between £35.4 to £44.3 million (€40 to €50 million) once the transfer window opened on 1 January 2023. On 5 March 2023, Liverpool recorded their biggest ever competitive win against Manchester United with an historic 7–0 victory at Anfield. Cody Gakpo, Darwin Núñez, and Mohamed Salah all scored braces with Roberto Firmino netting the final goal. This surpassed Liverpool’s previous record set in October 1895, a 7–1 victory in the Second Division. Furthermore, this was Manchester United's joint-biggest ever defeat and the heaviest since Wolverhampton Wanderers beat them by the same scoreline in 1931. On 10 March 2023, Liverpool announced Firmino would leave Liverpool at the end of the season after he decided not to extend his contract. Klopp stated that he was a "little bit surprised" by the decision but wished Firmino good luck, saying that he would “be grateful forever” for his contribution to Liverpool. On 20 May 2023, Roberto Firmino scored his last Liverpool goal at Anfield in a 1–1 draw against Aston Villa. Firmino also scored in his last ever game for Liverpool on 28 May 2023, being assisted by fellow Brazilian Fabinho.
Aftermath Liverpool narrowly missed out on Champions League qualification, with winger Mohamed Salah describing himself as "totally devastated". It was suggested that reasons for their failure to qualify for the Champions League included the declining form of key members of the team Virgil van Dijk and Fabinho and the vast amount of injuries suffered by Liverpool players. On 21 May 2023, addressing the reality of being in the Europa League next season, Klopp stated that Liverpool would "make [the Europa League] our competition".
After the season ended, many prominent players departed the club. Captain Jordan Henderson left to join Al-Ettifaq for a reported transfer fee of £12 million and Fabinho left to join Al-Ittihad for £40 million. With the expiry of their contracts, Roberto Firmino, James Milner, Naby Keïta and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain all departed the club. Following Jordan Henderson's departure, Virgil van Dijk was named as Liverpool's new captain on 31 July 2023. Trent Alexander-Arnold succeeded James Milner as vice-captain. With a midfield rebuild necessitated, Liverpool duly signed Alexis Mac Allister for £35 million and Dominik Szoboszlai for £60 million. Moreover, with attempts to sign first and second-choice defensive midfielders Moisés Caicedo and Roméo Lavia having failed, Liverpool signed Wataru Endo from Stuttgart for £16 million. Upon Endo’s transfer to Liverpool, Klopp stated on 18 August 2023 that he was “really happy” and also commented that the Japanese captain was also a “machine on the pitch”.
Kits
First-team squad
No. Player Nationality Date of birth (age) Signed from Apps Goals Assists GK 1 Alisson Becker Roma 231 1 3 13 Adrián West Ham United 26 0 0 62 Caoimhín Kelleher LFC Academy 21 0 0DF 2 Joe Gomez Charlton Athletic 173 0 6 4 Virgil van Dijk (3rd captain) Southampton 222 19 8 5 Ibrahima Konaté RB Leipzig 53 3 1 21 Kostas Tsimikas Olympiacos 61 0 12 22 Calvin Ramsay Aberdeen 2 0 0 26 Andy Robertson Hull City 267 8 63 32 Joël Matip Schalke 04 187 11 6 46 Rhys Williams LFC Academy 19 0 0 47 Nat Phillips LFC Academy 29 1 1 66 Trent Alexander-Arnold (4th captain) LFC Academy 273 16 70MF 3 Fabinho Monaco 219 11 9 6 Thiago Bayern Munich 97 3 6 7 James Milner (vice-captain) Manchester City 332 26 45 8 Naby Keïta RB Leipzig 129 11 6 14 Jordan Henderson (captain) Sunderland 492 33 58 15 Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain Arsenal 146 18 13 17 Curtis Jones LFC Academy 97 11 10 19 Harvey Elliott Fulham 66 6 3 29 Arthur Juventus 1 0 0 43 Stefan Bajcetic LFC Academy 19 1 0FW 9 Roberto Firmino 1899 Hoffenheim 362 111 72 11 Mohamed Salah Roma 305 186 74 18 Cody Gakpo PSV 26 7 2 20 Diogo Jota Wolverhampton Wanderers 113 41 15 23 Luis Díaz Porto 47 11 6 27 Darwin Núñez Benfica 42 15 4 28 Fábio Carvalho Fulham 21 3 0
New contracts DatePos.No.PlayerRef. 6 June 2022MF7 James Milner 1 July 2022FW11 Mohamed Salah 7 July 2022DF2 Joe Gomez 2 August 2022FW20 Diogo Jota 11 August 2022MF19 Harvey Elliott 30 August 2022DF72 Sepp van den Berg 17 November 2022MF17 Curtis Jones 11 January 2023MF80 Tyler Morton26 January 2023MF43 Stefan Bajcetic
Transfers In DatePos.No.PlayerFromFeeRef. 1 July 2022FW27 Darwin Núñez Benfica£64,000,0001 July 2022DF22 Calvin Ramsay Aberdeen£4,200,0001 July 2022FW50 Ben Gannon-Doak Celtic£600,000 1 July 2022FW28 Fábio Carvalho Fulham£5,000,000 1 January 2023FW18 Cody Gakpo PSV£37,000,000
Out DatePos.No.PlayerToFeeRef.30 June 2022 GK 22 Loris Karius Newcastle United Free agent 30 June 2022 FW 27 Divock Origi A.C. Milan Free agent30 June 2022 MF 45 Elijah Dixon-Bonner Queens Park Rangers Free agent30 June 2022 FW 54 Sheyi Ojo Cardiff City Free agent30 June 2022 MF 58 Ben Woodburn Preston North End Free agent1 July 2022 FW 10 Sadio Mané Bayern Munich £27,500,0001 July 2022 FW 18 Takumi Minamino AS Monaco £13,000,00011 July 2022 DF 76 Neco Williams Nottingham Forest £16,000,00019 July 2022 DF 24 Ben Davies Rangers £3,000,00016 January 2023 MF 64 Jake Cain Swindon Town Undisclosed
Loans in Start dateEnd datePos.No.PlayerFrom clubFeeRef. 1 September 2022 End of season MF 29 Arthur Juventus £3,900,000
Loans out Start dateEnd datePos.No.PlayerTo clubFeeRef. 1 July 2022 17 January 2023 GK 75 Jakub Ojrzyński Radomiak Radom None 1 July 2022 End of season DF 84 Conor Bradley Bolton Wanderers None 1 July 2022 20 January 2023 MF 85 James Balagizi Crawley Town None 1 July 2022 10 January 2023 DF 89 Billy Koumetio Austria Wien None 1 July 2022 End of season GK 97 Marcelo Pitaluga Macclesfield None 1 July 2022 End of season DF — Adam Lewis Newport County None 4 July 2022 End of season GK 56 Vítězslav Jaroš Stockport County None 9 July 2022 End of season DF — Anderson Arroyo Alavés None 11 July 2022 30 August 2022 DF 63 Owen Beck Famalicão None 19 July 2022 23 January 2023 DF 46 Rhys Williams Blackpool None 1 August 2022 End of season MF 80 Tyler Morton Blackburn Rovers None 5 August 2022 End of season MF 65 Leighton Clarkson Aberdeen None 30 August 2022 End of season DF 72 Sepp van den Berg Schalke 04 None 31 August 2022 26 January 2023 DF 63 Owen Beck Bolton Wanderers None 1 September 2022 End of season FW 68 Jack Bearne Kidderminster Harriers None 1 September 2022 End of season FW — Paul Glatzel Tranmere Rovers None 1 September 2022 20 January 2023 FW 69 Fidel O'Rourke Caernarfon Town None 1 September 2022 16 January 2023 FW 82 Max Woltman Doncaster Rovers None 20 January 2023 End of season DF 78 Jarell Quansah Bristol Rovers None 30 January 2023 End of season DF 88 Luke Chambers Kilmarnock None 31 January 2023 End of season FW 69 Fidel O'Rourke Halifax Town None
Transfer summary
Spending
Summer: £ 73,200,000
Winter: £ 37,000,000
Total: £ 110,200,000
Income
Summer: £ 59,500,000
Winter: £ 0
Total: £ 59,500,000
Net Expenditure
Summer: £ 13,700,000
Winter: £ 37,000,000
Total: £ 50,700,000
Pre-season and friendlies Liverpool announced they would be touring South East Asia, starting with a match against rivals Manchester United in Bangkok on 12 July, followed by a trip to Singapore to face Crystal Palace on 15 July. On 16 June, the Reds announced a further two pre-season matches, against RB Leipzig and Strasbourg, and later announced another friendly against Red Bull Salzburg in Austria on 27 July.
During the mid-season break as a result of the 2022 FIFA World Cup, Liverpool announced they would be travelling to Dubai to take part in the Dubai Super Cup friendly tournament, facing Lyon and Milan on 11 and 16 December, respectively.
Competitions Overall record
Premier League
League table
Results summary
Results by round
Matches
The league fixtures were announced on 16 June 2022, with the season starting on 6 August.
FA Cup
The club entered the competition in the third round and were drawn at home to Wolverhampton Wanderers. They were drawn away to Brighton & Hove Albion in the fourth round.
EFL Cup
Liverpool were drawn at home to Derby County in the third round, and then away to Manchester City in the fourth round.
FA Community Shield
The traditional season curtain raiser was played between the previous season's league champions and FA Cup winners. As winners of the 2021–22 FA Cup, Liverpool faced 2021–22 Premier League champions Manchester City. Normally played at Wembley Stadium, this season it was played at Leicester City's King Power Stadium to avoid clashes with the UEFA Women's Euro 2022 competition.
UEFA Champions League
Liverpool entered the competition in the group stage.
Group stage
The draw for the group stage was held on 25 August 2022, with the fixtures announced two days later.
Knockout phase
Liverpool advanced to the knockout phase as group runners-up.
Round of 16 The round of 16 draw took place on 7 November, and Liverpool were drawn to Real Madrid, who they last met in the 2022 final.
Squad statistics Appearances Players with no appearances are not included on the list.