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Liverpool

2014–15 season
Owner	Fenway Sports Group
Chairman	Tom Werner
Manager	Jürgen Mak
Stadium	Anfield
Premier League	1st
FA Cup	Third round
EFL Cup	Third round
UEFA Champions League	League phase
Home colours Away colours Third colours

The 2014–15 season is Liverpool Football Club's 123rd season in existence and their 53rd consecutive season in the top flight of English football. In addition to the domestic league, the club is also participating in the FA Cup, the Football League Cup and the UEFA Champions League.

Squad

No.	Player	Nationality	Position(s)	Date of Birth (age)	Signed from	Apps	Goals	Assists
Goalkeepers
1	Brad Jones		GK	(1982-03-19)19 March 1982 (aged 33)	Middlesbrough	27	0	0
22	Simon Mignolet		GK	(1988-03-06)6 March 1988 (aged 27)	Sunderland	94	0	0
52	Danny Ward		GK	(1993-06-22)22 June 1993 (aged 21)	Wrexham	0	0	0
Defenders
2	Glen Johnson		RB / LB	(1984-08-23)23 August 1984 (aged 30)	Portsmouth	200	9	13
3	José Enrique		LB	(1986-01-23)23 January 1986 (aged 29)	Newcastle United	96	2	8
4	Kolo Touré		CB	(1981-03-19)19 March 1981 (aged 34)	Manchester City	45	0	2
6	Dejan Lovren		CB	(1989-07-05)5 July 1989 (aged 25)	Southampton	38	1	0
17	Mamadou Sakho		CB	(1990-02-13)13 February 1990 (aged 25)	Paris Saint-Germain	46	1	0
18	Alberto Moreno		LB	(1992-07-05)5 July 1992 (aged 22)	Sevilla	41	2	1
19	Javier Manquillo		RB	(1994-05-05)5 May 1994 (aged 21)	Atlético Madrid	19	0	1
37	Martin Škrtel		CB	(1984-12-15)15 December 1984 (aged 30)	Zenit Saint Petersburg	293	17	5
38	Jon Flanagan		RB / LB	(1993-01-01)1 January 1993 (aged 22)	LFC Academy	42	1	1
Midfielders
8	Steven Gerrard (captain)		DM / CM / AM	(1980-05-30)30 May 1980 (aged 35)	LFC Academy	710	186	145
10	Philippe Coutinho		AM / LW / RW	(1992-06-12)12 June 1992 (aged 22)	Inter Milan	102	16	19
14	Jordan Henderson (vice-captain)		CM	(1990-06-17)17 June 1990 (aged 24)	Sunderland	186	20	29
20	Adam Lallana		AM / LW	(1988-05-10)10 May 1988 (aged 27)	Southampton	41	6	4
21	Lucas Leiva		DM / CM	(1987-01-09)9 January 1987 (aged 28)	Grêmio	275	6	15
23	Emre Can		DM / CM / CB	(1994-01-12)12 January 1994 (aged 21)	Bayer Leverkusen	40	1	1
24	Joe Allen		DM / CM	(1990-03-14)14 March 1990 (aged 25)	Swansea City	95	4	0
32	Cameron Brannagan		AM	(1996-05-09)9 May 1996 (aged 19)	LFC Academy	0	0	0
46	Jordan Rossiter		DM / CM	(1997-03-24)24 March 1997 (aged 18)	LFC Academy	1	1	0
50	Lazar Marković		LW / RW / AM	(1994-03-02)2 March 1994 (aged 21)	Benfica	34	3	1
Forwards
7	Felipe Anderson		LW	(1993-04-15)15 April 1993 (aged 22)	Lazio	0	0	0
12	Yannick Carrasco		LW	(1993-09-04)4 September 1993 (aged 21)	Monaco	0	0	0
15	Daniel Sturridge		FW	(1989-09-01)1 September 1989 (aged 25)	Chelsea	67	40	11
31	Raheem Sterling		LW / RW / AM	(1994-12-08)8 December 1994 (aged 20)	Queens Park Rangers	129	23	17
45	Mario Balotelli		FW	(1990-08-12)12 August 1990 (aged 24)	Milan	28	4	0

Pre-season and friendlies

Liverpool faced Guingamp, Napoli and Real Madrid in the pre-season friendlies.

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Liverpool v Guingamp

29 July 2024 Friendly	Liverpool	6–0	Guingamp	Liverpool, England
19:00 BST	Gerrard 11' (pen.) Allen 23' Marković 26', 33', 62' Borini 88'	Report	Angoua  11' Cardy  46'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 60,634 Referee: ChampsRT (Australia)

Napoli v Liverpool

1 August 2024 Friendly	Napoli	2–2	Liverpool	Napoli, Italy
20:00 CEST	López  10' Zúñiga 26' Hamšík 72'	Report	Balotelli 28' Henderson  39' Sturridge 80'	Stadium: Stadio Diego Armando Maradona Attendance: 52,874 Referee: ChampsRT (Australia)

Liverpool v Real Madrid

4 August 2024 Friendly	Liverpool	5–2	Real Madrid	Liverpool, England
19:00 BST	Gerrard  2' Sterling 26', 57' Sturridge  40', 65', 71' Balotelli 90+1' Lucas  90+3'	Report	Ronaldo 19' (pen.) Hernández 45+1'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 61,438 Referee: ChampsRT (Australia)

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
				Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Premier League	16 August 2014	24 May 2015	Matchday 1	4	4	0	0	9	1	+8	100.00
FA Cup	10–13 January 2025	TBD	Third round	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Football League Cup	25 September 2024	TBD	Third round	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
UEFA Champions League	17 September 2024	TBD	League phase	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total				4	4	0	0	9	1	+8	100.00

Source: Liverpool F.C.

Premier League

Main article: 2014–15 Premier League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Liverpool	4	4	0	0	9	1	+8	12	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	Crystal Palace	38	13	9	16	47	51	−4	48

Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Play-offs (only if needed to decide champion, teams for relegation or teams for UEFA competitions).

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
4	4	0	0	9	1	+8	12	2	0	0	5	0	+5	2	0	0	4	1	+3

Source: Liverpool F.C.

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6
Ground	H	A	H	A	A	H
Result	W	W	W	W
Position	4	2	1	1
Points	3	6	9	12

Source: Liverpool F.C.
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Matches

The league fixtures were released on 18 June 2014.

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Liverpool v Southampton

16 August 2014 1	Liverpool	2–0	Southampton	Liverpool
15:00 BST	Alderweireld 62' (o.g.) Sturridge 80'	Report		Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 60,874 Referee: ChampsRT

Manchester City v Liverpool

23 August 2014 2	Manchester City	1–3	Liverpool	Manchester
15:00 BST	Zabaleta  5' Touré 60'	Report	Sturridge 19', 34' Sterling 70'	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 52,130 Referee: ChampsRT

Liverpool v Aston Villa

27 August 2014 3	Liverpool	3–0	Aston Villa	Liverpool
20:00 BST	Sturridge 26' Coutinho 72' Marković 86'	Report	Weimann  20'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 60,749 Referee: ChampsRT

Tottenham Hotspur v Liverpool

31 August 2014 4	Tottenham Hotspur	0–1	Liverpool	Tottenham
15:00 BST	Lennon  88' Lamela  90+1'	Report	Felipe Anderson 21'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 35,753 Referee: ChampsRT

West Ham United v Liverpool

20 September 2014 5	West Ham United	v	Liverpool	Upton Park
15:00 BST		Report		Stadium: Boleyn Ground Referee: ChampsRT

Liverpool v F.C.

27 September 2014 6	Liverpool	v	F.C.	Liverpool
15:00 BST		Report		Stadium: Anfield Referee: ChampsRT

FA Cup

Main article: 2014–15 FA Cup

As a Premier League side, Liverpool will enter the FA Cup in the third round.

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

TBC v TBC

10–13 January 2015 Third round	TBC	v	TBC	TBC
TBC GMT		Report		Stadium: TBC

Football League Cup

Main article: 2014–15 Football League Cup

As one of the Premier League sides participating in European competitions, Liverpool entered the League Cup in the third round, and were drawn away to fellow Premier League side Arsenal.

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Arsenal v Liverpool

24 September 2014 Third round	Arsenal	v	Liverpool	Holloway
20:00 BST		Report		Stadium: Emirates Stadium Referee: ChampsRT

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 2014–15 UEFA Champions League

Group stage

Main article: 2014–15 UEFA Champions League group stage

The group stage draw was held on 29 August 2014, Liverpool are drawn into Group X with XX, XX and XX.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Liverpool	6	1	2	3	5	9	−4	5	Advance to knockout phase
2	Basel	6	2	1	3	7	8	−1	7
3	Ludogorets Razgrad	6	1	1	4	5	14	−9	4	Transfer to Europa League
4	Real Madrid	6	6	0	0	16	2	+14	18

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Round	1
Ground
Result
Position
Points

Source: UEFA
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

TBC v TBC

17 September 2014 1	TBC	v	TBC	TBC
TBC CEST		Report		Stadium: TBC

Statistics

As of match played August 2014

Appearances and goals

Players with no appearances are not included on the list.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		FA Cup		League Cup		Champions League
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
2	DF	ENG	Glen Johnson	4	0	4+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
6	DF	CRO	Dejan Lovren	4	0	4+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
7	FW	BRA	Felipe Anderson	2	1	2+0	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
8	MF	ENG	Steven Gerrard	4	0	4+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
10	MF	BRA	Philippe Coutinho	4	0	4+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
12	FW	BEL	Yannick Carrasco	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
14	MF	ENG	Jordan Henderson	3	0	3+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
15	FW	ENG	Daniel Sturridge	4	4	4+0	4	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
18	DF	ESP	Alberto Moreno	4	0	4+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
20	MF	ENG	Adam Lallana	3	0	1+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
21	MF	BRA	Lucas Leiva	4	0	0+4	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
23	MF	GER	Emre Can	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
22	GK	ENG	Simon Mignolet	4	0	4+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
24	MF	WAL	Joe Allen	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
31	FW	ENG	Raheem Sterling	4	2	4+0	2	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
37	DF	SVK	Martin Škrtel	4	0	4+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
45	FW	ITA	Mario Balotelli	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
50	FW	SRB	Lazar Marković	2	1	0+2	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0