| Club: | Liverpool |
| Season: | 2013–14 |
| Manager: | Brendan Rodgers |
| Chairman: | Tom Werner |
| Stadium: | Anfield |
| League: | Premier League |
| League Result: | 2nd |
| Cup1: | FA Cup |
| Cup1 Result: | Fifth round |
| Cup2: | League Cup |
| Cup2 Result: | Third round |
| League Topscorer: | Luis Suárez (31) |
| Season Topscorer: | Luis Suárez (31) |
| Highest Attendance: | 44,822 vs. Stoke City (17 August 2013, Premier League)[1] |
| Average Attendance: | 44,671 (in Premier League)[2] |
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| Prevseason: | 2012–13 |
| Nextseason: | 2014–15 |
The 2013–14 season was Liverpool Football Club's 122nd season in existence and their 52nd consecutive season in the top flight of English football. This was also the club's 22nd consecutive season in the Premier League. Along with the Premier League, Liverpool also competed in the FA Cup and Football League Cup.
Liverpool enjoyed a memorable season, scoring 101 league goals; the highest number of goals scored by a Premier League runner-up, until 2020, when Manchester City scored 106 goals while finishing second. It is also the fifth highest number of goals ever scored in the Premier League.[3]
Luis Suárez finished as the league's top scorer with 31 goals, winning the Premier League Golden Boot as well as the PFA Players' Player of the Year, while Daniel Sturridge was the league's second highest scorer with 21. Steven Gerrard topped the official Premier League assists chart with 13.[4]
Liverpool had a pre-season dominated by speculation about whether Luis Suárez would leave the club. Suárez had served four matches of a ten-match ban for biting Branislav Ivanović in the previous season,[5] and Arsenal reportedly agreed terms and offered £40,000,001 for the player based on a rumoured £40 million release clause in Suárez's contract.[6] Suárez stated he would like to leave the club[7] and was then told to train away from the first-team squad.[8] On 8 August, Liverpool owner John W. Henry stated that Suárez would not be allowed to leave the club.[9]
A Simon Mignolet penalty save on the opening day gave Liverpool the first of three 1–0 victories to begin the season. A subsequent draw and loss saw Liverpool drop to fifth place on the table when Suárez completed his ban. From the next match until the end of the season, Liverpool would average 2.9 goals per game. They were top of the table at Christmas before back-to-back 2–1 losses away at Manchester City and Chelsea. In that key Manchester City fixture, Raheem Sterling was onside by well over a metre but had his goal disallowed for offside in an "awful decision" that both BT Sport commentators called as onside immediately, saying "you could see it with your naked eye".
A 5–1 home win over then league-leaders Arsenal on 5 February featured four Liverpool goals in the opening 20 minutes. With a mid-week 90th minute penalty at Fulham, Liverpool won again and the winning run would eventually extend to 11 games, included Liverpool defeating title rival, Manchester City, on 13 April, in the same week as the 25th anniversary of the Hillsborough disaster. A subsequent mid-week Manchester City draw meant Liverpool would win the league if they got ten points from their remaining 4 games.
Their next match was a 2–3 away win at Norwich City that secured Liverpool's pre-season aim of qualifying for the 2014–15 UEFA Champions League. However, the following 0–2 home defeat to Chelsea put the title back in Manchester City's favour due to their significantly better goal difference.[10] [11] That pivotal match was marred by Chelsea's "comically brazen" time-wasting,[12] that went unpunished until the 93rd minute by Martin Atkinson (despite José Mourinho telling his players he wanted "at least two bookings for time-wasting before half-time"),[13] and it is foremost known for a Steven Gerrard slip that led to Chelsea's key goal by Demba Ba. Gerrard has spoken of his anguish over the slip, saying it was "even tougher than what people probably think it was".[14] Other key moments cited as playing a part in Liverpool falling short of the title include the previously mentioned incorrectly disallowed goal by Raheem Sterling at Manchester City's Etihad Stadium,[15] Kolo Touré passing the ball to Victor Anichebe allowing West Bromwich Albion to earn a draw on 2 February[16] and Jordan Henderson's 93rd minute sending-off (and associated three-match ban) in the home game versus Manchester City, which Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers thought was "a huge miss for us" because Liverpool "couldn't replace Jordan".[17] [18] [19]
Liverpool's attempts to reverse Manchester City's +9 goal difference advantage in their penultimate game against Crystal Palace saw their initial 0–3 lead pegged back to a 3–3 draw.[20] Liverpool finished in second place, two points behind Manchester City, after they defeated Newcastle United on the final day. This represented the closest the club had come to winning the league title since 1990.
The season was the first since 1995–96 without Jamie Carragher, who retired after the 2012–13 season.
As it stands on 11 May 2014
| Squad No. | Name | Nationality | Position(s) | Date of Birth | Signed from | Apps | Goals | Assists | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goalkeepers | |||||||||
| 1 | Brad Jones |  | GK | May 31, 2014 | Middlesbrough | 22 | 0 | 0 | |
| 22 | Simon Mignolet |  | GK | May 31, 2014 | Sunderland | 40 | 0 | 0 | |
| 52 | Danny Ward | GK | May 31, 2014 | Wrexham | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Defenders | |||||||||
| 2 | Glen Johnson | RB/LB | May 31, 2014 | 172 | 8 | 13 | |||
| 3 | José Enrique |  | LB | May 31, 2014 | Newcastle United | 87 | 2 | 8 | |
| 4 | Kolo Touré |  | CB | May 31, 2014 | Manchester City | 24 | 0 | 2 | |
| 5 | Daniel Agger (vice-captain) | CB | May 31, 2014 | Brøndby | 232 | 14 | 8 | ||
| 17 | Mamadou Sakho |  | CB | May 31, 2015 | Paris St Germain | 19 | 1 | 0 | |
| 20 | Aly Cissokho | | LB | May 31, 2014 | Valencia | 19 | 0 | 1 | |
| 34 | Martin Kelly | RB | May 31, 2014 | LFC Academy | 62 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 37 | Martin Škrtel |  | CB | May 31, 2014 | Zenit | 245 | 16 | 5 | |
| 38 | Jon Flanagan | RB/LB | May 31, 2014 | LFC Academy | 42 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 44 | Brad Smith | | LB | May 31, 2014 | LFC Academy | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 47 | Andre Wisdom | RB/CB | May 31, 2014 | LFC Academy | 22 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Midfielders | |||||||||
| 6 | Luis Alberto | | AM/CF | May 31, 2014 | Sevilla | 12 | 0 | 1 | |
| 8 | Steven Gerrard (captain) | DM/CM | May 31, 2014 | LFC Academy | 669 | 173 | 144 | ||
| 10 | Philippe Coutinho |  | AM/LW | May 31, 2014 | Inter Milan | 50 | 8 | 13 | |
| 12 | Victor Moses |  | LW/RW | May 31, 2014 | Chelsea | 22 | 2 | 0 | |
| 14 | Jordan Henderson | CM/RM | May 31, 2014 | Sunderland | 132 | 13 | 15 | ||
| 21 | Lucas | | DM | May 31, 2014 | Grêmio | 243 | 6 | 15 | |
| 24 | Joe Allen | DM/CM | May 31, 2014 | Swansea City | 63 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 31 | Raheem Sterling | LW/RW/AM | May 31, 2014 | Queens Park Rangers | 77 | 12 | 8 | ||
| 33 | Jordon Ibe | LW/RW | May 31, 2014 | Wycombe Wanderers | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 53 | João Carlos Teixeira | AM/LW | May 31, 2014 | Sporting | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Forwards | |||||||||
| 7 | Luis Suárez | FW | May 31, 2014 | Ajax | 133 | 82 | 29 | ||
| 9 | Iago Aspas | | ST/LW | May 31, 2014 | Celta | 15 | 1 | 1 | |
| 15 | Daniel Sturridge | ST | May 31, 2014 | Chelsea | 49 | 35 | 10 | ||
| Entry date | Position | No. | Player | From club | Fee | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 June 2013 | AM | 6 | Luis Alberto | Sevilla | £6,800,000[21] | |
| 23 June 2013 | FW | 9 | Iago Aspas | Celta Vigo | £7,000,000[22] | |
| 27 June 2013 | GK | 22 | Simon Mignolet | Sunderland | £9,000,000[23] | |
| 2 July 2013 | CB | 4 | Kolo Touré | Manchester City | Free[24] | |
| 2 September 2013 | CB | 26 | Tiago Ilori | Sporting CP | £7,000,000[25] | |
| 2 September 2013 | CB | 17 | Mamadou Sakho | Paris Saint Germain | £15,000,000[26] |
| Start date | End date | Position | No. | Player | From club | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 August 2013 | 31 May 2014 | LB | 20 | Aly Cissokho | Valencia[27] | |
| 2 September 2013 | 31 May 2014 | LW | 12 | Victor Moses | Chelsea[28] |
| Exit date | Position | No. | Player | To club | Fee | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 February 2013 | CB | 23 | Jamie Carragher | Retired | [29] | ||
| 27 May 2013 | CB | 22 | Danny Wilson | Heart of Midlothian | Released | [30] | |
| 19 June 2013 | ST | 9 | Andy Carroll | West Ham United | £15,500,000 | [31] | |
| 3 July 2013 | CM | 33 | Jonjo Shelvey | Swansea City | £5,000,000 | [32] | |
| 8 August 2013 | DM | 20 | Jay Spearing | Bolton Wanderers | £1,500,000 | [33] | |
| 13 August 2013 | LW | 19 | Stewart Downing | West Ham United | £5,000,000 | [34] | |
| 2 September 2013 | AM | 12 | Dani Pacheco | Alcorcón | Released | [35] | |
| 3 January 2014 | ST | 50 | Adam Morgan | Yeovil Town | Released | [36] | |
| Start date | End date | Position | No. | Player | To club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 July 2013 | 9 October 2013 | ST | Michael Ngoo | Yeovil Town[37] [38] | |
| 12 July 2013 | 31 May 2014 | AM | 30 | Suso | Almería[39] |
| 19 July 2013 | 1 January 2014 | ST | Henoc Mukendi | Partick Thistle[40] | |
| 22 July 2013 | 1 January 2014 | DM | 35 | Conor Coady | Sheffield United[41] |
| 26 July 2013 | 30 June 2014 | AM |  Krisztián Adorján | Groningen[42] | |
| 29 July 2013 | 31 May 2014 | GK | 25 | Pepe Reina |  Napoli[43] |
| 1 August 2013 | 31 May 2014 | LB | 49 | Jack Robinson | Blackpool[44] |
| 27 August 2013 | 31 May 2014 | MF | 11 |  Oussama Assaidi | Stoke City[45] |
| 2 September 2013 | 31 May 2014 | FW | 29 | Fabio Borini | Sunderland[46] |
| 10 September 2013 | 1 January 2014 | FW | 53 | João Carlos Teixeira | Brentford[47] |
| 22 October 2013 | 31 May 2014 | RB/CB | 47 | Andre Wisdom | Derby County[48] |
| 9 January 2014 | 31 May 2014 | RB | 43 | Ryan McLaughlin | Barnsley[49] [50] |
| 20 January 2014 | 31 May 2014 | CB | 26 | Tiago Ilori | Granada |
| 23 January 2014 | 31 May 2014 | CB | 16 | Sebastián Coates | Nacional |
| 31 January 2014 | 31 May 2014 | FW | Michael Ngoo | Walsall[51] | |
| 21 February 2014 | 31 May 2014 | FW | 33 | Jordon Ibe | Birmingham City[52] |
Spending
Summer: £44,800,000
Winter: £0
Total: £44,800,000
Income
Summer: £28,000,000
Winter: £0
Total: £28,000,000
Expenditure
Summer: £16,800,000
Winter: £0
Total: £16,800,000
See main article: 2013–14 Premier League.
This season recorded an all-time high mark of goals scored by Liverpool not only in Premier League seasons, but in all their English top flight seasons. Only in 1895–96 Division 2 did the Reds score more league goals over the course of a season – 106 versus 101 they netted this season.
| Opponent | Home | Away | Aggregate | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arsenal | 5–1 | 2–0 | 5–3 | 3 | |
| Aston Villa | 2–2 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 4 | |
| Cardiff City | 3–1 | 3–6 | 9–4 | 6 | |
| Chelsea | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 0 | |
| Crystal Palace | 3–1 | 3–3 | 6–4 | 4 | |
| Everton | 4–0 | 3–3 | 7–3 | 4 | |
| Fulham | 4–0 | 2–3 | 7–2 | 6 | |
| Hull City | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–3 | 3 | |
| Manchester United | 1–0 | 0–3 | 4–0 | 6 | |
| Manchester City | 3–2 | 2–1 | 4–4 | 3 | |
| Newcastle United | 2–1 | 2–2 | 4–3 | 4 | |
| Norwich City | 5–1 | 2–3 | 8–3 | 6 | |
| Southampton | 0–1 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 3 | |
| Stoke City | 1–0 | 3–5 | 6–3 | 6 | |
| Sunderland | 2–1 | 1–3 | 5–2 | 6 | |
| Swansea City | 4–3 | 2–2 | 6–5 | 4 | |
| Tottenham Hotspur | 4–0 | 0–5 | 9–0 | 6 | |
| West Bromwich Albion | 4–1 | 1–1 | 5–2 | 4 | |
| West Ham United | 4–1 | 1–2 | 6–2 | 6 |
See main article: 2013–14 FA Cup.
See main article: 2013–14 Football League Cup.
Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute.
Players with no appearances not included in the list.
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Premier League | FA Cup | League Cup | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Apps | Apps | Apps | |||||
| 1 | GK | Brad Jones | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| 2 | DF | Glen Johnson | 29 | 0 | 1 | 30 | ||
| 3 | DF | José Enrique | 6 (2) | 0 | 1 | 7 (2) | ||
| 4 | DF | Kolo Touré | 15 (5) | 2 | 2 | 19 (5) | ||
| 5 | DF | Daniel Agger | 17 (4) | 2 | 0 (1) | 19 (5) | ||
| 6 | MF | Luis Alberto | 0 (9) | 1 (1) | 1 | 2 (10) | ||
| 7 | FW | Luis Suárez | 33 | 2 (1) | 1 | 36 (1) | ||
| 8 | MF | Steven Gerrard | 33 (1) | 3 | 2 | 38 (1) | ||
| 9 | FW | Iago Aspas | 5 (9) | 1 | 0 | 6 (9) | ||
| 10 | MF | Philippe Coutinho | 28 (5) | 2 (1) | 0 (1) | 30 (7) | ||
| 12 | MF | Victor Moses | 6 (13) | 2 | 1 | 9 (13) | ||
| 14 | MF | Jordan Henderson | 35 | 2 (1) | 1 (1) | 38 (2) | ||
| 15 | FW | Daniel Sturridge | 26 (3) | 2 | 2 | 30 (3) | ||
| 17 | DF | Mamadou Sakho | 17 (1) | 0 | 1 | 18 (1) | ||
| 20 | DF | Aly Cissokho | 12 (3) | 3 | 1 | 16 (3) | ||
| 21 | MF | Lucas | 20 (7) | 0 (1) | 1 | 21 (8) | ||
| 22 | GK | Simon Mignolet | 38 | 0 | 2 | 40 | ||
| 24 | MF | Joe Allen | 15 (9) | 1 | 1 | 17 (9) | ||
| 31 | MF | Raheem Sterling | 24 (9) | 2 (1) | 1 (1) | 27 (11) | ||
| 33 | MF | Jordon Ibe | 0 (1) | 0 | 1 | 1 (1) | ||
| 34 | DF | Martin Kelly | 0 (5) | 2 | 0 (1) | 2 (6) | ||
| 37 | DF | Martin Škrtel | 36 | 2 | 1 | 39 | ||
| 38 | DF | Jon Flanagan | 23 | 1 (1) | 0 | 24 (1) | ||
| 44 | DF | Brad Smith | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | ||
| 47 | DF | Andre Wisdom | 1 (1) | 0 | 1 | 2 (1) | ||
| 53 | MF | João Carlos Teixeira | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) |
Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.[53]
| Player | Premier League | FA Cup | League Cup | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FW | 7 | Luis Suárez | 31 | 0 | 0 | 31 | |
| 2 | FW | 15 | Daniel Sturridge | 21 | 1 | 2 | 24 | |
| 3 | MF | 8 | Steven Gerrard | 13 | 1 | 0 | 14 | |
| 4 | MF | 31 | Raheem Sterling | 9 | 0 | 1 | 10 | |
| 5 | DF | 37 | Martin Škrtel | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |
| 6 | MF | 10 | Philippe Coutinho | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| MF | 14 | Jordan Henderson | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | ||
| 8 | DF | 5 |  Daniel Agger | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| MF | 12 | Victor Moses | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 10 | FW | 9 | Iago Aspas | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| DF | 17 | Mamadou Sakho | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| MF | 24 | Joe Allen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| DF | 38 | Jon Flanagan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Own goals | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Totals | 101 | 5 | 4 | 110 | ||||
| No. | Pos. | Name | Premier League | FA Cup | League Cup | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | DF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 4 | DF | Kolo Touré | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| 7 | FW | Luis Suárez | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| 8 | MF | Steven Gerrard | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | |
| 9 | FW | Iago Aspas | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| 10 | MF | Philippe Coutinho | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 12 | MF | Victor Moses | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 14 | MF | Jordan Henderson | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | |
| 15 | FW | Daniel Sturridge | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 20 | DF | Aly Cissokho | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 21 | MF | Lucas | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| 24 | MF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 31 | MF | Raheem Sterling | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| 37 | DF | Martin Škrtel | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| 38 | DF | Jon Flanagan | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| 47 | DF | Andre Wisdom | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 49 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 59 | 1 | |||
The inaugural Players' Awards dinner was held on 6 May at the Liverpool ACC Conference Centre.[55]
Luis Suárez for his 40-yard volley against Norwich City on 4 December.
| Month | Player | Source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| August | [56] | ||
| September | [57] | ||
| October | [58] | ||
| November | Luis Suárez | [59] | |
| December | Luis Suárez | [60] | |
| January | Luis Suárez | [61] | |
| February | Daniel Sturridge | [62] | |
| March | [63] | ||
| April | [64] |