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2022–23 Liverpool F.C. season
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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.

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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.[1]

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.[2][3][4]

This season was the first since 2015–16 without Sadio Mané, who transferred to Bayern Munich and the first since 2013–14 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.[5]

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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.[6] 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.[7] The match was the joint-largest win in the history of the Premier League,[8] 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 1-7 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.[9][10]

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.[11][12] 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.[13][14] 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.[15][16] On 20 May 2023, Roberto Firmino scored his last Liverpool goal at Anfield in a 1-1 draw against Aston Villa.[17][18] Firmino also scored in his last ever game for Liverpool on 28 May 2023, being assisted by fellow Brazilian Fabinho.[19]

Aftermath

Liverpool narrowly missed out on Champions League qualification, with winger Mohamed Salah describing himself as "totally devastated".[20] 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[21][22][23][24][25] and the vast amount of injuries suffered by Liverpool players.[26][27][28] 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".[29]

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[30] and Fabinho left to join Al-Ittihad for £40 million.[31][32][33] With the expiry of their contracts, Roberto Firmino, James Milner, Naby Keita and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain all departed the club.[34][35] Following Jordan Henderson's departure, Virgil van Dijk was named as Liverpool's new captain on 31 July 2023.[36][37] Trent Alexander-Arnold succeeded James Milner as vice-captain.[36][37] With a midfield rebuild necessitated, Liverpool duly signed Alexis Mac Allister for £35 million[38][39][40] and Dominik Szoboszlai for £60 million.[41][42] Moreover, with attempts to sign first and second-choice defensive midfielders Moisés Caicedo and Roméo Lavia having failed,[43][44][45][46][47] Liverpool signed Wataru Endō from Stuttgart for £16 million.[48] Upon Endō’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”.[49]

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First-team squad

As of 28 May 2023[50]
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Transfers

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  1. Fee may eventually rise to £86,000,000
  2. Fee may eventually rise to £6,500,000
  3. Fee may eventually rise to £7,700,000
  4. Fee may eventually rise to £40,000,000

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  1. Fee may eventually rise to £35,100,000
  2. Fee may eventually rise to £15,500,000
  3. Fee may eventually rise to £17,500,000
  4. Fee may eventually rise to £4,000,000

Loans in

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  1. Future option to buy for £32,325,000

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  1. On 17 January, Ojrzyński was recalled from his loan with Radomiak Radom. Liverpool had not announced the original length of the loan.
  2. On 20 January, Balagizi was recalled from his season-long loan at Crawley, having sustained an injury.
  3. On 10 January, Koumetio was recalled from his loan with Austria Wien. Liverpool had not announced the original length of the loan.
  4. On 30 August, Beck was recalled from his season-long loan at Famalicão and was subsequently loaned to Bolton.
  5. On 23 January, Williams was recalled from his season-long loan at Blackpool.
  6. On 26 January, Beck was recalled from his season-long loan at Bolton.
  7. On 20 January, O'Rourke was recalled from his season-long loan with Caernarfon.
  8. On 16 January, Woltman was recalled from his season-long loan at Doncaster.

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Pre-season and friendlies

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Liverpool announced they would be touring South East Asia, starting with a match against rivals Manchester United in Bangkok on 12 July,[106] followed by a trip to Singapore to face Crystal Palace on 15 July.[107] On 16 June, the Reds announced a further two pre-season matches, against RB Leipzig and Strasbourg,[108] and later announced another friendly against Red Bull Salzburg in Austria on 27 July.[109]

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.[110]

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12 July 2022 Bangkok Century Cup Manchester United 4–0 Liverpool Bangkok, Thailand
20:00 ICT
Report Stadium: Rajamangala Stadium
Attendance: 50,248
Referee: Andre Marriner
15 July 2022 Friendly Liverpool 2–0 Crystal Palace Kallang, Singapore
20:35 SGT
Report Stadium: National Stadium
Attendance: 50,217
Referee: Muhammad Taqi
21 July 2022 Friendly RB Leipzig 0–5 Liverpool Leipzig, Germany
19:15 CEST Report
Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 47,069
Referee: Felix Zwayer (Germany)
27 July 2022 Friendly Red Bull Salzburg 1–0 Liverpool Salzburg, Austria
20:00 CEST Report
Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 29,520
Referee: Stefan Ebner (Austria)
31 July 2022 Friendly Liverpool 0–3 Strasbourg Liverpool
19:30 BST Report
Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 44,000
Referee: Darren England (England)
11 December 2022 Dubai Super Cup Liverpool 1–3
(3–5 p)
Lyon Dubai, United Arab Emirates
18:00 GST
Report
Stadium: Al Maktoum Stadium
Attendance: 14,851
Referee: Ahmed Essa Mohamed (United Arab Emirates)
Penalties
Note: Lyon gained 4 points from this fixture: 3 for the victory in 90 minutes, and 1 for the penalty shoot-out victory.
16 December 2022 Dubai Super Cup Liverpool 4–1
(3–4 p)
Milan Dubai, United Arab Emirates
19:30 GST
Report Stadium: Al Maktoum Stadium
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Omar Mohamed Al Ali (United Arab Emirates)
Penalties
Note: Liverpool gained 3 points from this fixture for the victory in 90 minutes, and Milan gained 1 point for the penalty shoot-out victory.
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Competitions

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Overall record

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Premier League

League table

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Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) If the champions, relegated teams or qualified teams for UEFA competitions cannot be determined by rules 1 to 3, rules 4.1 to 4.3 are applied – 4.1) Points gained in head-to-head record between such teams; 4.2) Away goals scored in head-to-head record between such teams; 4.3) Play-offs[111]
Notes:
  1. Since the winners of the 2022–23 FA Cup, Manchester City, qualified for the Champions League, the spot given to the FA Cup winners (Europa League group stage) was passed to the sixth-placed team.
  2. Since the winners of the 2022–23 EFL Cup, Manchester United, qualified for the Champions League, the spot given to the League Cup winners (Europa Conference League play-off round) was passed to the seventh-placed team.

Results summary

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Source: Premier League

Results by round

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Source: Premier League
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Notes:
1 Matchday 7 (vs. Wolverhampton Wanderers) and matchday 8 (vs. Chelsea) were both postponed due to the death of Queen Elizabeth II.[112]
2 Matchday 28 (vs. Fulham) was postponed due to Fulham's fixtures in the FA Cup.

Matches

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The league fixtures were announced on 16 June 2022, with the season starting on 6 August.[113]

6 August 2022 1 Fulham 2–2 Liverpool Fulham
12:30 BST
Report
Stadium: Craven Cottage
Attendance: 22,207
Referee: Andrew Madley
15 August 2022 2 Liverpool 1–1 Crystal Palace Liverpool
20:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 52,970
Referee: Paul Tierney
22 August 2022 3 Manchester United 2–1 Liverpool Trafford
20:00 BST
Report Stadium: Old Trafford
Attendance: 74,147
Referee: Michael Oliver
27 August 2022 4 Liverpool 9–0 Bournemouth Liverpool
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 53,328
Referee: Stuart Attwell
31 August 2022 5 Liverpool 2–1 Newcastle United Liverpool
20:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 53,316
Referee: Andre Marriner
3 September 2022 6 Everton 0–0 Liverpool Walton
12:30 BST
Report
Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 39,240
Referee: Anthony Taylor
1 October 2022 9 Liverpool 3–3 Brighton & Hove Albion Liverpool
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 53,336
Referee: Andrew Madley
9 October 2022 10 Arsenal 3–2 Liverpool Holloway
16:30 BST
Report
Stadium: Emirates Stadium
Attendance: 60,059
Referee: Michael Oliver
16 October 2022 11 Liverpool 1–0 Manchester City Liverpool
16:30 BST
Report
Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 53,286
Referee: Anthony Taylor
19 October 2022 12 Liverpool 1–0 West Ham United Liverpool
19:30 BST
Report
Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 53,346
Referee: Stuart Attwell
22 October 2022 13 Nottingham Forest 1–0 Liverpool West Bridgford
12:30 BST
Report
Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 29,245
Referee: Paul Tierney
29 October 2022 14 Liverpool 1–2 Leeds United Liverpool
19:45 BST
Report
Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 53,274
Referee: Michael Oliver
6 November 2022 15 Tottenham Hotspur 1–2 Liverpool Tottenham
16:30 GMT
Report
Stadium: Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
Attendance: 62,008
Referee: Andrew Madley
12 November 2022 16 Liverpool 3–1 Southampton Liverpool
15:00 GMT
Report
Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 53,331
Referee: Simon Hooper
26 December 2022 17 Aston Villa 1–3 Liverpool Birmingham
17:30 GMT
Report
Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 42,085
Referee: Paul Tierney
30 December 2022 18 Liverpool 2–1 Leicester City Liverpool
20:00 GMT
Report Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 53,343
Referee: Craig Pawson
2 January 2023 19 Brentford 3–1 Liverpool Brentford
17:30 GMT
Report
Stadium: Brentford Community Stadium
Attendance: 17,163
Referee: Stuart Attwell
14 January 2023 20 Brighton & Hove Albion 3–0 Liverpool Brighton and Hove
15:00 GMT
Report
Stadium: Falmer Stadium
Attendance: 31,645
Referee: Darren England
21 January 2023 21 Liverpool 0–0 Chelsea Liverpool
12:30 GMT
Report
Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 53,126
Referee: Michael Oliver
4 February 2023 22 Wolverhampton Wanderers 3–0 Liverpool Wolverhampton
15:00 GMT
Report
Stadium: Molineux Stadium
Attendance: 31,664
Referee: Paul Tierney
13 February 2023 23 Liverpool 2–0 Everton Liverpool
20:00 GMT
Report
Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 53,027
Referee: Simon Hooper
18 February 2023 24 Newcastle United 0–2 Liverpool Newcastle upon Tyne
17:30 GMT
Report
Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 52.758
Referee: Anthony Taylor
25 February 2023 25 Crystal Palace 0–0 Liverpool Croydon
19:45 GMT
Report
Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 25,842
Referee: Darren England
1 March 2023 7 Liverpool 2–0 Wolverhampton Wanderers Liverpool
20:00 GMT
Report
Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 53,259
Referee: Paul Tierney
Note: The match was originally scheduled to be played on 10 September 2022, but was included in the league-wide postponement due to the death of Queen Elizabeth II.[114][112]
5 March 2023 26 Liverpool 7–0 Manchester United Liverpool
16:30 GMT
Report
Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 53,001
Referee: Andrew Madley
11 March 2023 27 Bournemouth 1–0 Liverpool Bournemouth
12:30 GMT
Report
Stadium: Vitality Stadium
Attendance: 10,536
Referee: John Brooks
1 April 2023 29 Manchester City 4–1 Liverpool Manchester
12:30 BST
Report
Stadium: Etihad Stadium
Attendance: 52,877
Referee: Simon Hooper
4 April 2023 8 Chelsea 0–0 Liverpool Fulham
20:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Stamford Bridge
Attendance: 40,093
Referee: Anthony Taylor
Note: The match was originally scheduled to be played on 18 September 2022, but was postponed due to police concerns, related to the Funeral of Elizabeth II which required significant police resources and was to be held the Monday immediately following the proposed scheduling of the match.[115]
9 April 2023 30 Liverpool 2–2 Arsenal Liverpool
16:30 BST
Report
Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 53,267
Referee: Paul Tierney
17 April 2023 31 Leeds United 1–6 Liverpool Leeds
20:00 BST Report
Stadium: Elland Road
Attendance: 36,657
Referee: Craig Pawson
22 April 2023 32 Liverpool 3–2 Nottingham Forest Liverpool
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 53,325
Referee: Michael Oliver
26 April 2023 33 West Ham United 1–2 Liverpool Stratford
19:45 BST Report
Stadium: London Stadium
Attendance: 62,473
Referee: Chris Kavanagh
30 April 2023 34 Liverpool 4–3 Tottenham Hotspur Liverpool
16:30 BST
Report
Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 53,275
Referee: Paul Tierney
3 May 2023 28 Liverpool 1–0 Fulham Liverpool
20:00 BST
Report Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 52,602
Referee: Stuart Attwell
Note: The match was originally scheduled to be played on 18 March 2023, but was postponed due to Fulham’s participation in the FA Cup quarter-finals.[116]
6 May 2023 35 Liverpool 1–0 Brentford Liverpool
17:30 BST
Report
Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 52,838
Referee: Anthony Taylor
15 May 2023 36 Leicester City 0–3 Liverpool Leicester
20:00 BST
Report
Stadium: King Power Stadium
Attendance: 32,225
Referee: Craig Pawson
20 May 2023 37 Liverpool 1–1 Aston Villa Liverpool
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 53,306
Referee: John Brooks
28 May 2023 38 Southampton 4–4 Liverpool Southampton
16:30 BST Report
Stadium: St Mary's Stadium
Attendance: 31,129
Referee: Darren England

FA Cup

The club entered the competition in the third round and were drawn at home to Wolverhampton Wanderers.[117] They were drawn away to Brighton & Hove Albion in the fourth round.[118]

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7 January 2023 Third round Liverpool 2–2 Wolverhampton Wanderers Liverpool
20:00 GMT
Report
Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 52,636
Referee: Andrew Madley
17 January 2023 Third round replay Wolverhampton Wanderers 0–1 Liverpool Wolverhampton
19:45 GMT
Report
Stadium: Molineux Stadium
Attendance: 30,948
Referee: Andre Marriner
29 January 2023 Fourth round Brighton & Hove Albion 2–1 Liverpool Brighton and Hove
13:30 GMT
Report
Stadium: Falmer Stadium
Attendance: 31,675
Referee: David Coote

EFL Cup

Liverpool were drawn at home to Derby County in the third round, and then away to Manchester City in the fourth round.[119]

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22 December 2022 Fourth round Manchester City 3–2 Liverpool Manchester
20:00 GMT
Report
Stadium: Etihad Stadium
Attendance: 52,423
Referee: David Coote

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.

30 July 2022 Final Liverpool 3–1 Manchester City Leicester
17:00 BST (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: King Power Stadium
Attendance: 28,545
Referee: Craig Pawson

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.[120]

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Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
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  1. Tied on head-to-head points. Head-to-head goal difference: Napoli +1, Liverpool −1.
7 September 2022 1 Napoli Italy 4–1 Liverpool Naples, Italy
21:00 CEST
Report
Stadium: Stadio Diego Armando Maradona
Attendance: 51,793
Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande (Spain)
13 September 2022 2 Liverpool 2–1 Netherlands Ajax Liverpool
20:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 52,387
Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Portugal)
4 October 2022 3 Liverpool 2–0 Scotland Rangers Liverpool
20:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 52,485
Referee: Clément Turpin (France)
12 October 2022 4 Rangers Scotland 1–7 Liverpool Glasgow, Scotland
20:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Ibrox Stadium
Attendance: 48,820
Referee: Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia)
26 October 2022 5 Ajax Netherlands 0–3 Liverpool Amsterdam, Netherlands
21:00 CEST Report
Stadium: Johan Cruyff Arena
Attendance: 53,327
Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez (Spain)
1 November 2022 6 Liverpool 2–0 Italy Napoli Liverpool
20:00 BST
Report Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 52,077
Referee: Tobias Stieler (Germany)

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.[121]

21 February 2023 First leg Liverpool 2–5 Spain Real Madrid Liverpool
20:00 GMT
Report
Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 52,337
Referee: István Kovács (Romania)
15 March 2023 Second leg Real Madrid Spain 1–0
(6–2 agg.)
Liverpool Madrid, Spain
21:00 CET
Report
Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu
Attendance: 63,127
Referee: Felix Zwayer (Germany)
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