1981–82 Liverpool F.C. season explained

Club:	Liverpool F.C.
Season:	1981 - 82
Manager:	Bob Paisley
League:	First Division
League Result:	Champions
League Topscorer:	Ian Rush (17)
Season Topscorer:	Ian Rush (30)
Cup3:	European Cup
Cup3 Result:	Quarter-finals
Cup1:	FA Cup
Cup1 Result:	Fifth round
Cup2:	League Cup
Cup2 Result:	Winners
Cup4:	Intercontinental Cup
Cup4 Result:	Runners-up
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Prevseason:	1980–81
Nextseason:	1982–83

The 1981–82 season was Liverpool Football Club's 90th season in existence and their 20th consecutive season in the First Division. After finishing fifth the previous season, Liverpool came back and won their thirteenth league title. They also won the Football League Cup for the second successive season, beating Tottenham Hotspur 3-1 at Wembley Stadium.

However, Liverpool were decisively beaten by Flamengo at the 1981 Intercontinental Cup final. Neither did they regain the European Cup, having been knocked out by CSKA Sofia in the quarter-finals and surprisingly being knocked out by Second Division Chelsea in the fifth round of the FA Cup.

It was also a season with major changes in the team, as many of the players who won the trophies over the previous seasons were being replaced by players who would go on to be part of the team that remained successful for the rest of the decade. Players such as Bruce Grobbelaar, Mark Lawrenson, Ian Rush, Ronnie Whelan and Craig Johnston came into the team during the season and would make their mark on changing the side, that would go forward into the decade.

Squad

Goalkeepers

Defenders

Midfielders

Attackers

Results

First Division

Date	Venue	Result	Attendance	Report 1	Report 2
29-Aug-81	A	0–1	28,001	Report	Report
01-Sep-81	H	1–1	31,963	Report	Report
05-Sep-81	H	2–0	35,269	Report	Report
12-Sep-81	A	0–2	26,703	Report	Report
19-Sep-81	H	0–0	37,474	Report	Report
22-Sep-81	A	2–1	16,731	Report	Report
26-Sep-81	A	1–1	30,802	Report	Report
03-Oct-81	H	2–2	48,645	Report	Report
10-Oct-81	H	3–0	35,840	Report	Report
17-Oct-81	A	3–3	26,321	Report	Report
24-Oct-81	H	1–2	41,438	Report	Report
31-Oct-81	A	2–0	27,854	Report	Report
07-Nov-81	H	3–1	48,861	Report	Report
21-Nov-81	A	1–1	20,871	Report	Report
28-Nov-81	H	0–1	37,189	Report	Report
05-Dec-81	A	2–0	24,521	Report	Report
26-Dec-81	H	1–3	37,929	Report	Report
05-Jan-82	H	3–0	28,427	Report	Report
16-Jan-82	H	2–1	26,438	Report	Report
26-Jan-82	A	4–0	14,407	Report	Report
30-Jan-82	A	3–0	35,947	Report	Report
06-Feb-82	H	4–0	41,316	Report	Report
16-Feb-82	A	0–2	22,604	Report	Report
20-Feb-82	H	4–0	28,286	Report	Report
27-Feb-82	A	2–0	33,689	Report	Report
06-Mar-82	H	0–1	28,574	Report	Report
09-Mar-82	A	5–1	16,758	Report	Report
20-Mar-82	H	1–0	30,344	Report	Report
27-Mar-82	A	3–1	51,847	Report	Report
30-Mar-82	H	3–1	24,224	Report	Report
02-Apr-82	H	1–0	30,126	Report	Report
07-Apr-82	A	1–0	50,969	Report	Report
10-Apr-82	A	5–0	40,112	Report	Report
13-Apr-82	H	2–0	30,419	Report	Report
17-Apr-82	H	1–0	34,286	Report	Report
24-Apr-82	A	3–2	24,704	Report	Report
01-May-82	H	2–0	34,321	Report	Report
03-May-82	A	2–2	38,091	Report	Report
08-May-82	A	1–0	26,381	Report	Report
11-May-82	A	1–1	30,932	Report	Report
15-May-82	H	3–1	48,122	Report	Report
18-May-82	A	0–0	17,431	Report	Report

FA Cup

See main article: 1981-82 FA Cup.

Date	Venue	Result	Attendance	Report 1	Report 2
02-Jan-82	A	4–0	24,179	Report	Report
23-Jan-82	A	3–0	28,582	Report	Report
13-Feb-82	A	0–2	41,42	Report	Report

Football League Cup

See main article: 1981–82 Football League Cup.

Date	Venue	Result	Attendance	Report 1	Report 2
07-Oct-81	H	5–0	11,478	Report	Report
28-Oct-81	A	6–0	11,740	Report	Report
10-Nov-81	H	4–1	16,145	Report	Report
01-Dec-81	A	0–0	37,917	Report	Report
08-Dec-81	H	3–0	21,375	Report	Report
12-Jan-82	H	0–0	33,707	Report	Report
19-Jan-82	A	3–1	29,639	Report	Report
02-Feb-82	A	2–0	26,690	Report	Report
09-Feb-82	H	2–2	34,933	Report	Report

League Cup Final

See main article: 1982 Football League Cup Final.



GK	1	Bruce Grobbelaar
RB	2
LB	3	Alan Kennedy
CB	4	Phil Thompson
LM	5	Ronnie Whelan
CB	6	Mark Lawrenson
CF	7	Kenny Dalglish
RM	8	Sammy Lee
CF	9	Ian Rush
CM	10
CM	11	Graeme Souness (c)
Substitute:
	12	David Johnson
Manager:
Bob Paisley



GK	1	Ray Clemence
LB	2	Chris Hughton
CB	3	Paul Miller
CB	4
RM	5
RB	6	Steve Perryman (c)
CM	7	Osvaldo Ardiles
CF	8
LM	9	Tony Galvin
CM	10	Glenn Hoddle
CF	11	Garth Crooks
Substitute:
MF	12	Ricardo Villa
Manager:
Keith Burkinshaw

European Cup

See main article: 1981-82 European Cup.

Date	Venue	Result	Attendance	Report 1	Report 2
16-Sep-81	A	1–0	8,400	Report	Report
30-Sep-81	H	7–0	20,789	Report	Report
21-Oct-81	A	2–2	15,000	Report	Report
04-Nov-81	H	3–2	29,703	Report	Report
03-Mar-82	H	1–0	27,388	Report	Report
17-Mar-82	A	0–2	60,000	Report	Report

Intercontinental Cup

See main article: 1981 Intercontinental Cup.


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GK	1	Bruce Grobbelaar
RB	2	Phil Neal
CB	4	Phil Thompson (c)
CB	6	Alan Hansen
LB	3	Mark Lawrenson
RM	14	Sammy Lee
CM	10
CM	11	Graeme Souness
LM	5	Ray Kennedy
SS	7	Kenny Dalglish
CF	16	Craig Johnston
Substitutes:
GK	13	Steve Ogrizovic
DF	15	Alan Kennedy
MF	17	Kevin Sheedy
MF	8	Ronnie Whelan
FW	12
Manager:
Bob Paisley


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GK	1	Raul
RB	2	Leandro
CB	13	Marinho
CB	4	Mozer
LB	5	Júnior
DM	6	Andrade
MF	8	Adílio
AM	10	Zico (c)
FW	7	Tita
CF	9	Nunes
FW	11	Lico
Substitutes:
GK	12	Cantarele
DF	3	Figueiredo
FW	15	Peu
FW	16	Baroninho
DF	17	Nei Dias
Manager:
Paulo Carpegiani