2015-16 season

2015-16 season
General information
Manager	Brendan Rodgers Jurgen Klopp
Captain	Jordan Henderson
Performance
FA Cup	4th Round
League Cup	Runners up
Top scorers
FA Cup	Sinclair, Smith, Allen, Teixeira, Ojo, Coutinho (1)
League Cup	Divock Origi (3)
Attendances
Lowest	37,252
←2014-15	2016-17→

The 2015-16 season will be Liverpool's 124th season of football since they were established.

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

FA Cup

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

League Cup

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

Europa League

Group stage

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

Knockout stages

Round	Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers
Last 32 (1st leg)	18 February 2016	Augsburg	0-0
Last 32 (2nd leg)	25 February 2016	Augsburg	1-0	Milner (pen 5)
Last 16 (1st leg)	10 March 2016	Man Utd	2-0	Sturridge (pen 20), Firmino (73)
Last 16 (2nd leg)	17 March 2016	Man Utd	1-1	Coutinho (45)

Tables

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