2009-10 season

2009-10 season
General information
Manager	Rafael Benitez
Captain	Steven Gerrard
Performance
{{{division}}}	7th
FA Cup	3rd round
League Cup	4th round
Europe	Champions League: 3rd (group stage) Europa League: Semi-final
Top scorers
League	Torres (18)
FA Cup	Gerrard (1)
League Cup	Insua (1) N'Gog
Europe	Champions League: Benayoun (2) Europa League: Torres (4)
Overall	Torres (22)
Attendances
Highest	44,375
Lowest	31,063
Average	41,962

The 2009-10 season was Liverpool's 118th season of football since they were established.

Squad

• 1. Diego Cavalieri
• 2. Glen Johnson
• 4. Alberto Aquilani
• 5. Daniel Agger
• 8. Steven Gerrard
• 9. Fernando Torres
• 10. Andriy Voronin
• 11. Albert Riera
• 12. Fabio Aurelio
• 15. Yossi Benayoun
• 16. Sotirios Kyrgiakos
• 17. Maxi Rodriguez
• 18. Dirk Kuyt
• 19. Ryan Babel
• 20. Javier Mascherano
• 21. Lucas
• 22. Emiliano Insua
• 23. Jamie Carragher
• 24. David N'Gog
• 25. Pepe Reina
• 26. Jay Spearing
• 27. Philipp Degen
• 28. Damien Plessis
• 29. Krisztian Nemeth
• 30. Charles Itandje
• 31. Nabil El Zhar
• 32. Stephen Darby
• 34. Martin Kelly
• 35. Ryan Flynn
• 36. Steven Irwin
• 37. Martin Skrtel
• 38. Andrea Dossena
• 39. Nathan Eccleston
• 40. David Martin
• 41. Peter Gulacsi
• 42. Martin Hansen
• 50. Dani Pacheco
• 51. Daniel Ayala
• 52. Mikel San Jose

Pre season

Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers
15 July 2009	St Gallen	0-0
19 July 2009	Rapid Vienna	0-1
22 July 2009	Thailand	1-1	Babel (6)
26 July 2009	Singapore	5-0	Voronin (45), Riera (53), Nemeth (74, 83), Torres (78)
2 August 2009	Espanyol	0-3
5 August 2009	FK Lyn	2-0	Voronin (44), N'Gog (59)
8 August 2009	Atletico Madrid	1-2	Lucas (82)

Results

League

Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers
16 August 2009	Tottenham	1-2	Gerrard (pen 56)
19 August 2009	Stoke	4-0	Torres (4), Johnson (45), Kuyt (78), N'Gog (90)
24 August 2009	Aston Villa	1-3	Torres (72)
29 August 2009	Bolton	3-2	Johnson (41), Torres (56), Gerrard (83)
12 September 2009	Burnley	4-0	Benayoun (27, 61, 82), Kuyt (41)
19 September 2009	West Ham	3-2	Torres (20, 75), Kuyt (41)
26 September 2009	Hull	6-1	Torres (12, 28, 47), Gerrard (61), Babel (88, 90)
4 October 2009	Chelsea	0-2
17 October 2009	Sunderland	0-1
25 October 2009	Man Utd	2-0	Torres (65), N'Gog (90)
31 October 2009	Fulham	1-3	Torres (42)
9 November 2009	Birmingham	2-2	N'Gog (13), Gerrard (pen 71)
21 November 2009	Man City	2-2	Skrtel (50), Benayoun (77)
29 November 2009	Everton	2-0	Yobo (og 12), Kuyt (80)
5 December 2009	Blackburn	0-0
13 December 2009	Arsenal	1-2	Kuyt (41)
16 December 2009	Wigan	2-1	N'Gog (9), Torres (79)
19 December 2009	Portsmouth	0-2
26 December 2009	Wolves	2-0	Gerrard (62), Benayoun (70)
29 December 2009	Aston Villa	1-0	Torres (90)
16 January 2010	Stoke	1-1	Kyrgiakos (57)
20 January 2010	Tottenham	2-0	Kuyt (6, pen 90)
26 January 2010	Wolves	0-0
30 January 2010	Bolton	2-0	Kuyt (37), K. Davies (og 70)
6 Febuary 2010	Everton	1-0	Kuyt (55)
10 Febuary 2010	Arsenal	0-1
21 Febuary 2010	Man City	0-0
28 Febuary 2010	Blackburn	2-1	Gerrard (20), Torres (44)
8 March 2010	Wigan	0-1
15 March 2010	Portsmouth	4-1	Torres (26, 77), Babel (28), Aquilani (32)
21 March 2010	Man Utd	1-2	Torres (5)
28 March 2010	Sunderland	3-0	Torres (3, 60), Johnson (32)
4 April 2010	Birmingham	1-1	Gerrard (47)
11 April 2010	Fulham	0-0
19 April 2010	West Ham	3-0	Benayoun (19), N'Gog (29), Green (og 59)
25 April 2010	Burnley	4-0	Gerrard (52, 59), Maxi (74), Babel (90)
2 May 2010	Chelsea	0-2
9 May 2010	Hull	0-0

FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers
3	2 January 2010	Reading	1-1	Gerrard (36)
3 (R)	13 January 2010	Reading	1-2	Bertrand (og 45)

League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers
3	22 September 2009	Leeds	1-0	N'Gog (66)
4	28 October 2009	Arsenal	1-2	Insua (26)

Europe

Champions League

Group stage

Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers
16 September 2009	Debrecen	1-0	Kuyt (45)
29 September 2009	Fiorentina	0-2
20 October 2009	Lyon	1-2	Benayoun (41)
4 November 2009	Lyon	1-1	Babel (83)
24 November 2009	Debrecen	1-0	N'Gog (4)
9 December 2009	Fiorentina	1-2	Benayoun (43)

Europa League

After finishing third in their Champions League group, Liverpool were demoted to the Europa League.

Round	Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers
Last 32 (1st leg)	18 February 2010	Unirea	1-0	N'Gog (81)
Last 32 (2nd leg)	25 February 2010	Unirea	3-1	Mascherano (29), Babel (40), Gerrard (57)
Last 16 (1st leg)	11 March 2010	Lille	0-1
Last 16 (2nd leg)	18 March 2010	Lille	3-0	Gerrard (pen 9), Torres (49, 89)
Quarter final (1st leg)	1 April 2010	Benfica	1-2	Agger (9)
Quarter final (2nd leg)	8 April 2010	Benfica	4-1	Kuyt (27), Lucas (34), Torres (58, 82)
Semi final (1st leg)	22 April 2010	Athletico Madrid	0-1
Semi final (2nd leg)	29 April 2010	Athletico Madrid	2-1	Aquilani (44), Benayoun (95)

Player stats

No.	Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
5	DF	Daniel Agger	23	0	1	0	0	0	12	1	36	1
4	MF	Alberto Aquilani	18	1	2	0	1	0	5	1	26	2
12	DF	Fabio Aurelio	14	0	1	0	1	0	7	0	23	0
40	DF	Daniel Ayala	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
39	MF	Ryan Babel	25	4	1	0	2	0	10	2	38	6
15	MF	Yossi Benayoun	30	6	2	0	1	0	12	3	45	9
23	DF	Jamie Carragher	37	0	2	0	1	0	13	0	53	0
1	GK	Diego Cavalieri	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	4	0
32	DF	Stephen Darby	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
27	DF	Philipp Degen	7	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	11	0
38	DF	Andrea Dossena	2	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	5	0
39	FW	Nathan Eccleston	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
31	MF	Nabil El Zhar	3	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	7	0
8	MF	Steven Gerrard	32	9	2	1	1	0	13	2	48	12
42	GK	Peter Gulacsi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	DF	Emiliano Insua	31	0	2	0	1	1	10	0	44	1
2	DF	Glen Johnson	25	3	0	0	1	0	9	0	35	3
34	DF	Martin Kelly	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	0
18	MF	Dirk Kuyt	37	9	2	0	1	0	13	0	53	11
16	DF	Sotirios Kyrgiakos	14	1	0	0	2	0	5	0	21	1
21	MF	Lucas	35	0	2	0	0	0	13	1	50	1
20	MF	Javier Mascherano	34	0	0	0	1	0	13	1	48	1
24	FW	David N'Gog	24	5	2	0	2	1	9	2	37	8
47	FW	Dani Pacheco	4	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	7	0
28	MF	Damien Plessis	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
25	GK	Pepe Reina	38	0	1	0	0	0	13	0	52	0
11	MF	Albert Riera	12	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	16	0
49	DF	Jack Robinson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
17	MF	Maxi Rodriguez	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	1
37	DF	Martin Skrtel	19	1	2	0	2	0	6	0	29	1
26	MF	Jay Spearing	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	5	0
9	FW	Fernando Torres	22	18	2	0	0	0	8	4	32	22
10	FW	Andriy Voronin	8	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	12	0

Tables

League

Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
6	Aston Villa	38	17	13	8	52	39	13	64
7	Liverpool	38	18	9	11	61	35	26	63
8	Everton	38	16	13	9	60	49	11	61

Europe

Champions League group stage

Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Fiorentina	6	5	0	1	14	7	7	15
2	Lyon	6	4	1	1	12	3	9	13
3	Liverpool	6	2	1	3	5	7	−2	7
4	Debrecen	6	0	0	6	5	19	−14	0

Transfers

In

Player	From	Fee	Date
Glen Johnson	Portsmouth	£18,000,000	1 July 2009
Alberto Aquilani	Roma	£20,000,000	7 August 2009
Sotirios Kyrgiakos	AEK Athens	£2,000,000	21 August 2009
Maxi Rodriguez	Athletico Madrid	Free	13 January 2010
Jonjo Shelvey	Charlton	£1,700,000	31 May 2010

Out

Player	To	Fee	Date
Paul Anderson	Nottingham Forest	£250,000	30 June 2009
Sebastian Leto	Panathinaikos	£1,300,000	1 July 2009
Astrit Ajdarevic	Leicester	Free	1 July 2009
Jack Hobbs	Leicester	Free	1 July 2009
Sami Hyypia	Bayern Leverkusen	Free	1 July 2009
Jermaine Pennant	Real Zaragoza	Free	9 July 2009
Shane O'Connor	Ipswich	Free	20 July 2009
Alvaro Arbeloa	Real Madrid	£3,500,000	28 July 2009
Xabi Alonso	Real Madrid	£30,000,000	5 August 2009
Adam Hammill	Barnsley	Free	10 August 2009
Andrea Dossena	Napoli	£4,250,000	8 January 2010
Andriy Voronin	Dinamo Moscow	£1,800,000	10 January 2010
Christopher Buchtmann	Fulham	Free	1 February 2010
Robbie Threlfall	Bradford	Free	27 May 2010
David Martin	MK Dons	Free	1 July 2010
Yossi Benayoun	Chelsea	£5,000,000	2 July 2010
James Ellison	Burton Albion	Free	5 July 2010