d00026{| class="infobox" style="font-size:89%; width:300px;" |-valign="top" ! colspan="2" style="background-color:#d00026; color:#ffffff; font-size:120%; padding:1em;" | 2013-14 season |-valign="top" ! colspan="2" style="background-color:#d00026; color:#ffffff;" | General information |-valign="top" || Manager ||
Alex Inglethorpe |-valign="top" || Captain ||
Lloyd Jones |-valign="top" ! colspan="2" style="background-color:#d00026; color:#ffffff;" | Performance |-valign="top" || U21 Premier League ||
Semi-final |-valign="top" | |-valign="top" | |-valign="top" | |-valign="top" | |-valign="top" ! colspan="2" style="background-color:#d00026; color:#ffffff;" | Top scorers |-valign="top" || League ||
Dunn (10) |-valign="top" | |-valign="top" | |-valign="top" | |-valign="top" | |-valign="top" | |-valign="top"
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|} The 2013-14 U21s season was coach Alex Inglethorpe's first full season in charge of Liverpool's U21 side. The team continued to compete domestically in the new U21 Premier League, however the NextGen Series was suspended for the season due to lack of funding, therefore Liverpool had no European competition to take part in. The league format differed slightly from the previous season, as the league stage was not split and instead the full season was contested as one larger league. Liverpool fared well, and missed out on top spot by just two points. They were the highest-scoring U21 team in the country with 55 goals- 10 of which were supplied by Jack Dunn, the club's leading scorer. Following the conclusion of the league, the top 4 competed in two semi-final matches. As with the previous season, Liverpool were drawn to play Manchester United, with the Mancunians prevailing 1-0.
Although fewer players from the U21 setup went on to make their debut for the senior team compared with the previous season- only Brad Smith and Joao Carlos Teixeira able to do so, there was a buzz of excitement about the development of some of the young stars, including the likes of Smith, Dunn, Cameron Brannagan and Jordan Rossiter- who won the Academy Player of the Season award.
Friendlies[]
| Date | Opponent | Score | Scorers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 24 July 2013 | Glentoran | 1-0 | Peterson (?) |
| 27 July 2013 | Hearts | 1-0 | Peterson (?) |
| 3 August 2013 | Real Sociedad | 0-0 | |
| 6 August 2013 | Bologna | 1-3 | Peterson (?) |
| 12 November 2013 | Sevilla | 1-1 | Peterson (?) |
| 27 November 2013 | PSV Eindhoven | 3-1 | Brannagan (?), Rossiter (?), Peterson (?) |
Results[]
U21 Premier League[]
League 1[]
| Date | Opponent | Score | Scorers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12 August 2013 | Southampton | 3-4 | Dunn (7), Bijev (pen 38), Peterson (42) |
| 19 August 2013 | Man Utd | 4-2 | Ibe (10), Morgan (18), Borini (19, 80) |
| 2 September 2013 | Leicester | 1-1 | Teixeira (55) |
| 17 September 2013 | Sunderland | 5-2 | Dunn (44), Alberto (50, 71, pen 83), Sterling (52) |
| 23 September 2013 | Man City | 2-0 | Morgan (25), Brannagan (71) |
| 7 October 2013 | Tottenham | 5-0 | Morgan (pen 25), Brannagan (40), McLaughlin (43), Smith (46), Teixeira (70) |
| 20 October 2013 | West Brom | 2-4 | Teixeira (10), Brannagan (38) |
| 4 November 2013 | Middlesbrough | 4-3 | Roddan (4), Teixeira (21, 49), Rossiter (24) |
| 2 December 2013 | Aston Villa | 2-0 | Yesil (25), Ngoo (35) |
| 9 December 2013 | Bolton | 2-3 | Rossiter (37), Ibe (42) |
| 20 January 2014 | Arsenal | 4-2 | Ngoo (4, ?), Smith (44), Peterson (64) |
| 21 February 2014 | Stoke | 1-0 | Brannagan (13) |
| 27 February 2014 | Wolves | 4-0 | Dunn (44), Iorfa (og 48), Lussey (49), Rossiter (54) |
| 3 March 2014 | Reading | 1-2 | Lussey (42) |
| 7 March 2014 | West Ham | 2-0 | Dunn (45, 77) |
| 14 March 2014 | Blackburn | 1-1 | Edwards (og 51) |
| 21 March 2014 | Newcastle | 5-2 | Dunn (10, 90), Peterson (13, 85), Paez (35) |
| 1 April 2014 | Fulham | 1-2 | Dunn (pen 90) |
| 4 April 2014 | Norwich | 4-1 | Williams (23), Dunn (79), Peterson (80, 83) |
| 7 April 2014 | Chelsea | 1-0 | Dunn (24) |
| 14 April 2014 | Everton | 1-1 | Lussey (25) |
Knockout Stage[]
| Round | Date | Opponent | Score | Scorers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Semi-final | 2 May 2014 | Man Utd | 0-1 |
Player stats[]
| Pos. | Name | League | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | ||
| MF | Luis Alberto | 1 | 3 |
| MF | Yalany Baio | 2 | 0 |
| FW | Villyan Bijev | 9 | 1 |
| FW | Fabio Borini | 1 | 2 |
| MF | Cameron Brannagan | 19 | 4 |
| MF | Pedro Chirivella | 4 | 0 |
| DF | Aly Cissokho | 2 | 0 |
| MF | Jack Dunn | 19 | 10 |
| DF | Jon Flanagan | 2 | 0 |
| GK | Ryan Fulton | 4 | 0 |
| FW | Jordon Ibe | 5 | 2 |
| DF | Tiago Ilori | 3 | 0 |
| DF | Lloyd Jones | 21 | 0 |
| DF | Martin Kelly | 5 | 0 |
| MF | Ryan Kent | 2 | 0 |
| MF | Lucas Leiva | 1 | 0 |
| MF | Jordan Lussey | 15 | 3 |
| DF | Joe Maguire | 9 | 0 |
| DF | Ryan McLaughlin | 8 | 1 |
| GK | Yusuf Mersin | 7 | 0 |
| FW | Adam Morgan | 6 | 3 |
| MF | Nacho | 1 | 0 |
| FW | Michael Ngoo | 5 | 3 |
| MF | Seyi Ojo | 1 | 0 |
| DF | Rafa Paez | 15 | 1 |
| MF | Marc Pelosi | 1 | 0 |
| MF | Kristoffer Peterson | 15 | 6 |
| DF | Connor Randall | 7 | 0 |
| MF | Craig Roddan | 6 | 1 |
| MF | Jordan Rossiter | 19 | 3 |
| DF | Mamadou Sakho | 1 | 0 |
| DF | Stephen Sama | 8 | 0 |
| FW | Jerome Sinclair | 2 | 0 |
| DF | Brad Smith | 16 | 2 |
| DF | Jakub Sokolik | 1 | 0 |
| FW | Raheem Sterling | 1 | 1 |
| MF | Joao Carlos Teixeira | 13 | 5 |
| MF | Daniel Trickett-Smith | 3 | 0 |
| GK | Lawrence Vigouroux[1] | 1 | 0 |
| GK | Danny Ward | 10 | 0 |
| DF | Jordan Williams | 8 | 1 |
| MF | Harry Wilson | 1 | 0 |
| DF | Andre Wisdom | 1 | 0 |
| FW | Samed Yesil | 4 | 1 |
Tables[]
U21 Premier League: League 1[]
| Pos | Club | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chelsea | 21 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 49 | 26 | 23 | 44 |
| 2 | Liverpool | 21 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 55 | 30 | 25 | 42 |
| 3 | Man Utd | 21 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 34 | 18 | 16 | 39 |
Notes[]
- ↑ Player on trial.