The 2008-09 season was Liverpool's 117th season of football since they were established. The second place finish in this season was Liverpool's best league finish since the 2001-02 season . Liverpool managed to complete the double over rivals Manchester United with 2-1 and 4-1 wins, but ultimately finished four points behind them, without winning a major trophy for the third season running.
Competition performance [ ]
Competition
Result
Games
Wins
Draws
Losses
Scored
Conceded
Premier League
2nd
38
25
11
2
77
27
FA Cup
4th Round
3
1
1
1
3
2
Champions League
Quarter-finals
10
6
3
1
21
12
Champions League (Q)
Qualified
2
1
1
0
1
0
League Cup
4th Round
2
1
0
1
4
5
Overall
-
55
34
16
5
106
46
Squad [ ] Friendlies [ ] Pre-season [ ] Results [ ] League [ ]
Date
Opponent
Score
Scorers
16 August 2008
Sunderland
1-0
Torres (83)
23 August 2008
Middlesbrough
2-1
Pogatetz (og 86), Gerrard (90)
31 August 2008
Aston Villa
0-0
13 September 2008
Man Utd
2-1
Brown (og 27), Babel (77)
20 September 2008
Stoke
0-0
27 September 2008
Everton
2-0
Torres (59, 62)
5 October 2008
Man City
3-2
Torres (55, 73), Kuyt (90)
18 October 2008
Wigan
3-2
Kuyt (37, 85), Riera (80)
26 October 2008
Chelsea
1-0
Bosingwa (og 10)
29 October 2008
Portsmouth
1-0
Gerrard (pen 76)
1 November 2008
Tottenham
1-2
Kuyt (3)
8 November 2008
West Brom
3-0
Keane (34, 43), Arbeloa (90)
15 November 2008
Bolton
2-0
Kuyt (28), Gerrard (73)
22 November 2008
Fulham
0-0
1 December 2008
West Ham
0-0
6 December 2008
Blackburn
3-1
Alonso (69), Benayoun (79), Gerrard (90)
13 December 2008
Hull
2-2
Gerrard (24, 32)
21 December 2008
Arsenal
1-1
Keane (42)
26 December 2008
Bolton
3-0
Riera (26), Keane (53, 58)
28 December 2008
Newcastle
5-1
Gerrard (31, 66), Hyypia (36), Babel (50), Alonso (pen 77)
10 January 2009
Stoke
0-0
19 January 2009
Everton
1-1
Gerrard (68)
28 January 2009
Wigan
1-1
Benayoun (41)
1 February 2009
Chelsea
2-0
Torres (89, 90)
7 February 2009
Porstmouth
3-2
Aurelio (69), Kuyt (85), Torres (90)
22 February 2009
Man City
1-1
Kuyt (78)
28 February 2009
Middlesbrough
0-2
3 March 2009
Sunderland
2-0
N'Gog (52), Benayoun (65)
14 March 2009
Man Utd
4-1
Torres (28), Gerrard (pen 44), Aurelio (77), Dossena (90)
22 March 2009
Aston Villa
5-0
Kuyt (8), Riera (33), Gerrard (pen 39, 50, pen 65)
4 April 2009
Fulham
1-0
Benayoun (90)
11 April 2009
Blackburn
4-0
Torres (5, 33), Agger (83), N'Gog (90)
21 April 2009
Arsenal
4-4
Torres (49, 72), Benayoun (56, 90)
25 April 2009
Hull
3-1
Alonso (45), Kuyt (63, 89)
3 May 2009
Newcastle
3-0
Benayoun (22), Kuyt (28), Lucas (87)
9 May 2009
West Ham
3-0
Gerrard (2, 38), Babel (84)
17 May 2009
West Brom
2-0
Gerrard (28), Kuyt (63)
24 May 2009
Tottenham
3-1
Torres (31), Hutton (og 64), Benayoun (81)
FA Cup [ ]
Round
Date
Opponent
Score
Scorers
3
3 January 2009
Preston North End
2-0
Riera (24), Torres (90)
4
25 January 2009
Everton
1-1
Gerrard (53)
4 (R)
4 February 2008
Everton
0-1
League Cup [ ]
Round
Date
Opponent
Score
Scorers
3
23 September 2008
Crewe
2-1
Agger (15), Lucas (58)
4
12 November 2008
Tottenham
2-4
Plessis (48), Hyypia (62)
Champions League [ ] Qualifying stages [ ]
Round
Date
Opponent
Score
Scorers
3 (1st leg)
13 August 2008
Standard Liege
0-0
3 (2nd leg)
27 August 2008
Standard Liege
1-0
Kuyt (117)
Group stage [ ]
Date
Opponent
Score
Scorers
16 September 2008
Marseille
2-1
Gerrard (26, pen 32)
1 October 2008
PSV Eindhoven
3-1
Kuyt (4), Keane (33), Gerrard (75)
22 October 2008
Atletico Madrid
1-1
Keane (14)
4 November 2008
Atletico Madrid
1-1
Gerrard (pen 90)
26 November 2008
Marseille
1-0
Gerrard (22)
9 December 2008
PSV Eindhoven
3-1
Babel (45), Riera (68), N'Gog (77)
Knockout stages [ ]
Round
Date
Opponent
Score
Scorers
Last 16 (1st leg)
25 February 2009
Real Madrid
1-0
Benayoun (81)
Last 16 (2nd leg)
10 March 2009
Real Madrid
4-0
Torres (15), Gerrard (pen 28, 46), Dossena (87)
Quarter-final (1st leg)
8 April 2009
Chelsea
1-3
Torres (5)
Quarter-final (2nd leg)
14 April 2009
Chelsea
4-4
Aurelio (18), Alonso (pen 28), Lucas (81), Kuyt (83)
Player stats [ ] Scorers [ ] Assisters [ ] Tables [ ] League [ ]
Pos
Club
Pld
W
D
L
F
A
GD
Pts
1
Man Utd
38
28
6
4
68
24
44
90
2 Liverpool
38 25 11 2 77 27 50 86
3
Chelsea
38
25
8
5
68
24
44
83
Europe [ ] Champions League group stage
Pos
Club
Pld
W
D
L
F
A
GD
Pts
1 Liverpool
6 4 2 0 11 5 6 14
2
Atletico Madrid
6
3
3
0
9
4
5
12
3
Marseille
6
1
1
4
5
7
−2
4
4
PSV Eindhoven
6
1
0
5
5
14
−9
3
Transfers [ ] In [ ]
Player
From
Fee
Date
Philipp Degen Borussia Dortmund
Free
3 July 2008
Andrea Dossena Udinese
£7,000,000
4 July 2008
Diego Cavalieri Palmeiras
£3,500,000
11 July 2008
David N'Gog Paris St-Germain
£1,500,000
24 July 2008
Robbie Keane Tottenham
£20,300,000
28 July 2008
Albert Riera Espanyol
£8,000,000
1 September 2008
Out [ ]
Player
To
Fee
Date
John Arne Riise Roma
£4,000,000
1 July 2008
Harry Kewell Free Transfer
Free
1 July 2008
Anthony Le Tallec Le Mans
Undisclosed
2 July 2008
Peter Crouch Portsmouth
£11,000,000
11 July 2008
Danny Guthrie Newcastle
£2,250,000
14 July 2008
Scott Carson West Brom
£3,250,000
18 July 2008
Steve Finnan Espanyol
Undisclosed
31 August 2008
Robbie Keane Tottenham
£16,000,000
2 February 2009
Jack Hobbs Leicester
Undisclosed
24 April 2009
Sami Hyypia Free Transfer
Free
1 June 2009
Jermaine Pennant Real Zaragoza
Free
1 July 2009
