2015-16 season

2015-16 season
General information
Manager	Brendan Rodgers Jurgen Klopp
Captain	Jordan Henderson
Performance
Premier League	8th
FA Cup	4th Round
League Cup	Runners up
Europe	Europa League: Runners up
Top scorers
League	Roberto Firmino (10)
FA Cup	Sinclair, Smith, Allen, Teixeira, Ojo, Coutinho (1)
League Cup	Divock Origi (3)
Europe	Europa League: Adam Lallana and Daniel Sturridge (3)
Overall	Daniel Sturridge (13)
Attendances
Lowest	37,252
←2014-15	2016-17→

The 2015-16 season was Liverpool's 124th season of football since they were established. It was a season of change for the Reds, as Brendan Rodgers left the club in early October after a disappointing start. He was replaced by Jurgen Klopp, who turned the team around and led the club to two cup finals, but was unfortunate to lose in both.

Competition performance

Competition	Result	Games	Wins	Draws	Losses	Scored	Conceded
Premier League	8th	38	16	12	10	63	50
FA Cup	4th Round	4	1	2	1	6	4
Europa League	Runners-Up	15	6	7	2	19	13
League Cup	Runners-Up	6	3	2	1	10	4
Overall	-	63	26	23	14	98	70

Squad

• 2 Nathaniel Clyne
• 3 Jose Enrique
• 4 Kolo Toure
• 6 Dejan Lovren
• 7 James Milner
• 9 Christian Benteke
• 10 Philippe Coutinho
• 11 Roberto Firmino
• 12 Joe Gomez
• 14 Jordan Henderson
• 15 Daniel Sturridge
• 17 Mamadou Sakho
• 18 Alberto Moreno
• 19 Steven Caulker
• 20 Adam Lallana
• 21 Lucas
• 22 Simon Mignolet
• 23 Emre Can
• 24 Joe Allen
• 26 Tiago Ilori
• 27 Divock Origi
• 28 Danny Ings
• 32 Cameron Brannagan
• 33 Jordon Ibe
• 34 Adam Bogdan
• 35 Kevin Stewart
• 36 Samed Yesil
• 37 Martin Skrtel
• 38 Jon Flanagan
• 39 Ryan Fulton
• 40 Ryan Kent
• 41 Jack Dunn
• 43 Ryan McLaughlin
• 45 Mario Balotelli
• 46 Jordan Rossiter
• 47 Andre Wisdom
• 48 Jerome Sinclair
• 49 Jordan Williams
• 50 Lazar Markovic
• 51 Lloyd Jones
• 52 Danny Ward
• 53 Joao Carlos Teixeira
• 54 Sheyi Ojo
• 56 Connor Randall
• 57 Joe Maguire
• 58 Daniel Cleary
• 64 Sergi Canos
• 68 Pedro Chirivella
• MF Allan
• MF Marko Grujic
• MF Luis Alberto
• FW Taiwo Awoniyi

Friendlies

Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers
14 July 2015	Thailand Premier League XI	4-0	Markovic (3), Sakho (42), Lallana (51), Origi (86)
17 July 2015	Brisbane Roar	2-1	Lallana (27), Milner (75)
20 July 2015	Adelaide United	2-0	Milner (68), Ings (88)
24 July 2015	Malaysia XI	1-1	Ibe (28)
1 August 2015	HJK Helsinki	2-0	Origi (73), Coutinho (78)
2 August 2015	Swindon	2-1	Benteke (48), Ojo (87)

Results

League

Date	Opponent	Score	Venue	Scorers
9 August 2015	Stoke	1-0	Away	Coutinho (86)
17 August 2015	Bournemouth	1-0	Home	Benteke (26)
24 August 2015	Arsenal	0-0	Away
29 August 2015	West Ham	0-3	Home
12 September 2015	Man Utd	1-3	Away	Benteke (84)
20 September 2015	Norwich	1-1	Home	Ings (48)
26 September 2015	Aston Villa	3-2	Home	Milner (1), Sturridge (59, 67)
4 October 2015	Everton	1-1	Away	Ings (41)
17 October 2015	Tottenham	0-0	Away
25 October 2015	Southampton	1-1	Home	Benteke (77)
31 October 2015	Chelsea	3-1	Away	Coutinho (45, 74), Benteke (83)
8 November 2015	Crystal Palace	1-2	Home	Coutinho (42)
21 November 2015	Man City	4-1	Away	Mangala (og 7), Coutinho (23), Firmino (32), Skrtel (81)
29 November 2015	Swansea	1-0	Home	Milner (pen 62)
5 December 2015	Newcastle	0-2	Away
13 December 2015	West Brom	2-2	Home	Henderson (20), Origi (90)
20 December 2015	Watford	0-3	Away
26 December 2015	Leicester	1-0	Home	Benteke (63)
30 December 2015	Sunderland	1-0	Away	Benteke (46)
2 January 2016	West Ham	0-2	Away
13 January 2016	Arsenal	3-3	Home	Firmino (10, 19), Allen (90)
17 January 2016	Man Utd	0-1	Home
23 January 2016	Norwich	5-4	Away	Firmino (18, 63), Henderson (55), Milner (75), Lallana (90)
2 February 2016	Leicester	0-2	Away
6 February 2016	Sunderland	2-2	Home	Firmino (59), Lallana (70)
14 February 2016	Aston Villa	6-0	Away	Sturridge (16), Milner (25), Can (58), Origi (63), Clyne (65), Toure (71)
2 March 2016	Man City	3-0	Home	Lallana (34), Milner (41), Firmino (57)
6 March 2016	Crystal Palace	2-1	Away	Firmino (72), Benteke (pen 90)
20 March 2016	Southampton	2-3	Away	Coutinho (17), Sturridge (22)
2 April 2016	Tottenham	1-1	Home	Coutinho (51)
10 April 2016	Stoke	4-1	Home	Moreno (8), Sturridge (32), Origi (50, 65)
17 April 2016	Bournemouth	2-1	Away	Firmino (41), Sturridge (45)
20 April 2016	Everton	4-0	Home	Origi (43), Sakho (45), Sturridge (61), Coutinho (76)
23 April 2016	Newcastle	2-2	Home	Sturridge (2), Lallana (30)
1 May 2016	Swansea	1-3	Away	Benteke (65)
8 May 2016	Watford	2-0	Home	Allen (35), Firmino (76)
11 May 2016	Chelsea	1-1	Home	Benteke (90)
15 May 2016	West Brom	1-1	Away	Ibe (23)

FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Score	Venue	Scorers
3	8 January 2016	Exeter	2-2	Away	Sinclair (12), Smith (73)
3 (R)	20 January 2016	Exeter	3-0	Home	Allen (10), Ojo (74), Teixeira (82)
4	30 January 2016	West Ham	0-0	Home
4 (R)	9 February 2016	West Ham	1-2	Away	Coutinho (48)

League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Score	Venue	Scorers
3	23 September 2015	Carlisle	1-1	Home	Ings (23)
4	28 October 2015	Bournemouth	1-0	Home	Clyne (17)
Quarter-final	2 December 2015	Southampton	6-1	Away	Sturridge (25, 29), Origi (45, 68, 86) Ibe (73)
Semi-final (1st leg)	5 January 2016	Stoke	1-0	Away	Ibe (37)
Semi-final (2nd leg)	26 January 2016	Stoke	0-1	Home
Final	28 February 2016	Man City	1-1	Neutral	Coutinho (83)

Europa League

Group stage

Date	Opponent	Score	Venue	Scorers
17 September 2015	Bordeaux	1-1	Away	Lallana (65)
1 October 2015	Sion	1-1	Home	Lallana (4)
22 October 2015	Rubin Kazan	1-1	Home	Can (37)
5 November 2015	Rubin Kazan	1-0	Away	Ibe (52)
26 November 2015	Bordeaux	2-1	Home	Milner (pen 38), Benteke (45)
10 December 2015	Sion	0-0	Away

Knockout stages

Round	Date	Opponent	Score	Venue	Scorers
Last 32 (1st leg)	18 February 2016	Augsburg	0-0	Away
Last 32 (2nd leg)	25 February 2016	Augsburg	1-0	Home	Milner (pen 5)
Last 16 (1st leg)	10 March 2016	Man Utd	2-0	Home	Sturridge (pen 20), Firmino (73)
Last 16 (2nd leg)	17 March 2016	Man Utd	1-1	Away	Coutinho (45)
Quarter-finals (1st leg)	7 April 2016	Borussia Dortmund	1-1	Away	Origi (36)
Quarter-finals (2nd leg)	14 April 2016	Borussia Dortmund	4-3	Home	Origi (48), Coutinho (66), Sakho (77), Lovren (90)
Semi-finals (1st leg)	28 April 2016	Villarreal	0-1	Away
Semi-finals (2nd leg)	5 May 2016	Villarreal	3-0	Home	Llido (og 8), Sturridge (63), Lallana (81)
Final	18 May 2016	Sevilla	1-3	Neutral	Sturridge (35)

Player stats

No.	Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
2	DF	Nathaniel Clyne	33	1	1	0	4	1	14	0	52	2
3	DF	Jose Enrique	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
4	DF	Kolo Toure	14	1	0	0	4	0	8	0	26	1
6	DF	Dejan Lovren	24	0	1	0	4	0	10	1	39	1
7	MF	James Milner	28	5	1	0	4	0	12	2	45	7
9	FW	Christian Benteke	28	9	3	0	2	0	7	1	40	10
10	MF	Philippe Coutinho	26	8	1	1	3	1	13	2	43	12
11	FW	Roberto Firmino	31	10	0	0	5	0	15	1	49	11
12	DF	Joe Gomez	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	7	0
14	MF	Jordan Henderson	17	2	0	0	3	0	6	0	26	2
15	FW	Daniel Sturridge	14	8	1	0	2	2	8	3	25	13
17	DF	Mamadou Sakho	22	1	0	0	2	0	10	1	34	2
18	DF	Alberto Moreno	32	1	0	0	5	0	13	0	50	1
19	DF	Steven Caulker	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
20	MF	Adam Lallana	30	4	0	0	6	0	13	3	49	7
21	MF	Lucas	27	0	0	0	6	0	7	0	40	0
22	GK	Simon Mignolet	34	0	3	0	3	0	15	0	55	0
23	MF	Emre Can	30	1	0	0	5	0	14	1	49	2
24	MF	Joe Allen	19	2	2	1	5	0	11	0	37	3
26	DF	Tiago Ilori	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
27	FW	Divock Origi	16	5	1	0	4	3	12	2	32	10
28	FW	Danny Ings	6	2	0	0	1	0	2	0	9	3
32	MF	Cameron Brannagan	3	0	3	0	1	0	2	0	9	0
33	FW	Jordon Ibe	27	1	3	0	5	2	6	1	41	4
34	GK	Adam Bogdan	2	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	6	0
35	MF	Kevin Stewart	7	0	4	0	1	0	5	0	11	0
37	DF	Martin Skrtel	22	1	0	0	3	0	2	0	27	1
38	DF	Jon Flanagan	5	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	8	0
40	MF	Ryan Kent	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
44	DF	Brad Smith	4	0	4	1	1	0	1	0	10	1
46	MF	Jordan Rossiter	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	4	0
48	FW	Jerome Sinclair	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	1
52	GK	Danny Ward	2	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	2	0
53	MF	Joao Carlos Teixeira	1	0	4	1	1	0	1	0	7	1
54	FW	Sheyi Ojo	8	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	11	1
56	DF	Connor Randall	3	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	7	0
57	DF	Joe Maguire	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
64	FW	Sergi Canos	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
68	MF	Pedro Chirivella	1	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	5	0

Scorers

No.	Pos.	Name	League	FA Cup	League Cup	Other	Total
15	FW	Daniel Sturridge	8	0	2	3	13
10	MF	Philippe Coutinho	8	1	1	2	12
11	FW	Roberto Firmino	10	0	0	1	11
27	FW	Divock Origi	5	0	3	2	10
9	FW	Christian Benteke	9	0	0	1	10
7	MF	James Milner	5	0	0	2	7
20	MF	Adam Lallana	4	0	0	3	7
33	FW	Jordon Ibe	1	0	2	1	4
28	FW	Danny Ings	2	0	1	0	3
24	MF	Joe Allen	2	1	0	0	3
14	MF	Jordan Henderson	2	0	0	0	2
23	MF	Emre Can	1	0	0	1	2
2	DF	Nathaniel Clyne	1	0	1	0	2
17	DF	Mamadou Sakho	1	0	0	1	2
37	DF	Martin Skrtel	1	0	0	0	1
48	FW	Jerome Sinclair	0	1	0	0	1
44	DF	Brad Smith	0	1	0	0	1
54	FW	Sheyi Ojo	0	1	0	0	1
53	MF	Joao Carlos Teixeira	0	1	0	0	1
4	DF	Kolo Toure	1	0	0	0	1
18	DF	Alberto Moreno	1	0	0	0	1
6	DF	Dejan Lovren	0	0	0	1	1

Assisters

No.	Pos.	Name	League	FA Cup	League Cup	Other	Total
7	MF	James Milner	11	0	0	3	14
11	FW	Roberto Firmino	7	0	0	2	9
20	MF	Adam Lallana	6	0	1	1	8
18	DF	Alberto Moreno	4	0	2	1	7
10	MF	Philippe Coutinho	5	0	0	2	7
33	FW	Jordon Ibe	2	1	1	0	4
9	FW	Christian Benteke	3	1	0	0	4
14	MF	Jordan Henderson	3	0	0	0	3
23	MF	Emre Can	0	0	1	2	3
24	MF	Joe Allen	1	0	2	0	3
54	FW	Sheyi Ojo	3	0	0	0	3
44	DF	Brad Smith	0	1	1	0	2
27	FW	Divock Origi	1	0	0	1	2
15	FW	Daniel Sturridge	1	0	0	1	2
12	DF	Joe Gomez	1	0	0	0	1
2	DF	Nathaniel Clyne	0	0	0	1	1
21	MF	Lucas	1	0	0	0	1
38	DF	Jon Flanagan	1	0	0	0	1

Player awards

Month	Player	Award no.
August 2015	Philippe Coutinho	8
September 2015	Danny Ings	1
October 2015	Mamadou Sakho	1
November 2015	Philippe Coutinho	9
December 2015	Dejan Lovren	1
January 2016	Roberto Firmino	1
February 2016	Lucas	2
March 2016	Philippe Coutinho	10
April 2016	Divock Origi	1
2015-16	Philippe Coutinho	2

Tables

League

Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
7	West Ham United	38	16	14	8	65	51	14	62
8	Liverpool	38	16	12	10	63	50	13	60
9	Stoke City	38	14	9	15	41	55	-14	51

Europe

Europa League group stage

Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Liverpool	6	2	4	0	6	4	2	10
2	Sion	6	2	3	1	5	5	0	9
3	Rubin Kazan	6	1	3	2	6	6	0	6
4	Bordeaux	6	0	4	2	5	7	−2	4

Transfers

In

Player	From	Fee	Date
Joe Gomez	Charlton	£3,500,000	20 June 2015
Roberto Firmino	Hoffenheim	£29,000,000	24 June 2015
Adam Bogdan	Bolton	Free	1 July 2015
Nathaniel Clyne	Southampton	£12,500,000	1 July 2015
James Milner	Man City	Free	6 July 2015
Danny Ings	Burnley	Tribunal fee	8 July 2015
Christian Benteke	Aston Villa	£32,500,000	22 July 2015
Taiwo Awoniyi	Imperial Soccer Academy	£800,000	31 August 2015
Allan	Internacional	£500,000	2 September 2015
Marko Grujic	Red Star Belgrade	£5,100,000	6 January 2016
Steven Caulker	QPR	Loan	12 January 2016

Out

Player	To	Fee	Date
Danny Ward	Aberdeen	Loan	26 June 2015
Brad Jones	Released	Free	1 July 2015
Glen Johnson	Released	Free	1 July 2015
Steven Gerrard	Released	Free	1 July 2015
Iago Aspas	Sevilla	£5,000,000	1 July 2015
Sebastian Coates	Sunderland	£4,000,000	1 July 2015
Luis Alberto	Deportivo	Loan	5 July 2015
Javier Manquillo	Atletico Madrid	Loan terminated	7 July 2015
Jordan Williams	Swindon	Loan	10 July 2015
Lloyd Jones	Blackpool	Loan	10 July 2015
Kevin Stewart	Swindon	Loan	11 July 2015
Raheem Sterling	Man City	£49,000,000	14 July 2015
Andre Wisdom	Norwich	Loan	29 July 2015
Rickie Lambert	West Brom	£3,000,000	31 July 2015
Lawrence Vigouroux	Swindon	Loan	4 August 2015
Sheyi Ojo	Wolves	Loan	4 August 2015
Mario Balotelli	AC Milan	Loan	25 August 2015
Harry Wilson	Crewe	Loan	26 August 2015
Joe Maguire	Leyton Orient	Loan	28 August 2015
Ryan McLaughlin	Aberdeen	Loan	29 August 2015
Lazar Markovic	Fenerbahce	Loan	30 August 2015
Fabio Borini	Sunderland	£8,000,000	31 August 2015
Sergi Canos	Brenford	Loan	31 August 2015
Samed Yesil	Luzern	Loan	31 August 2015
Taiwo Awoniyi	Frankfurt	Loan	31 August 2015
Tiago Ilori	Aston Villa	Loan	1 September 2015
Allan	Seinajoen Jalkapallokerho	Loan	2 September 2015
Ryan Kent	Coventry	Loan	10 September 2015
Marko Grujic	Red Star Belgrade	Loan	6 January 2016