2022–23 Liverpool F.C. season

2022–23 Liverpool F.C. season
The 2022–23 season was Liverpool Football Club's 131st season in existence and their 61st consecutive season in the top flight of English football. Coming off their 2021–22 campaign, Liverpool competed in this season's editions of the Premier League, FA Cup, EFL Cup and UEFA Champions League.
Liverpool kicked off the season with a 3–1 victory over reigning Premier League champions Manchester City in the FA Community Shield for their 16th Community Shield and 68th official trophy, the latter being an English record. Furthermore, that piece of silverware completed the set for Jürgen Klopp, as he had won all available first-tier trophies with Liverpool.
After narrowly missing out on a possible quadruple the previous season, the 2022–23 campaign was a bitter disappointment for Liverpool. Inconsistent form in the Premier League ruled them out of the title race, whilst the Reds were knocked out of both cups in the fourth round. Liverpool's Champions League campaign also ended in disappointment and another defeat to Real Madrid, with a poor 2–5 loss at Anfield followed up with a 1–0 defeat at the Bernabéu. An 11-game unbeaten run in the league at the end of the season – including 7 straight victories – were not enough to secure a top-four position and Liverpool ultimately finished 5th, failing to qualify for the Champions League for the first time in seven years. Overall, the team's form was poor all season, which spurred major changes in the squad for the following campaign.
This season was the first since 2015–16 without Sadio Mané, who transferred to Bayern Munich. At the end of the season, it was announced that Roberto Firmino, James Milner, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Naby Keïta were confirmed to leave the club as their contracts would not be renewed.
Kits
First-team squad
As of 28 May 2023
New contracts
Transfers
In
Out
Loans in
Loans out
Transfer summary
Spending
Summer: £ 73,200,000
Winter: £ 37,000,000
Total: £ 110,200,000
Income
Summer: £ 59,500,000
Winter: £ 0
Total: £ 59,500,000
Net Expenditure
Summer: £ 13,700,000
Winter: £ 37,000,000
Total: £ 50,700,000
Pre-season and friendlies
Liverpool announced they would be touring South East Asia, starting with a match against rivals Manchester United in Bangkok on 12 July, followed by a trip to Singapore to face Crystal Palace on 15 July. On 16 June, the Reds announced a further two pre-season matches, against RB Leipzig and Strasbourg, and later announced another friendly against Red Bull Salzburg in Austria on 27 July.
During the mid-season break as a result of the 2022 FIFA World Cup, Liverpool announced they would be travelling to Dubai to take part in the Dubai Super Cup friendly tournament, facing Lyon and Milan on 11 and 16 December, respectively.
Competitions
Overall record
Premier League
League table
Results summary
Results by round
Matches
The league fixtures were announced on 16 June 2022, with the season starting on 6 August.
FA Cup
The club entered the competition in the third round and were drawn at home to Wolverhampton Wanderers. They were drawn away to Brighton & Hove Albion in the fourth round.
EFL Cup
Liverpool were drawn at home to Derby County in the third round, and then away to Manchester City in the fourth round.
FA Community Shield
The traditional season curtain raiser was played between the previous season's league champions and FA Cup winners. As winners of the 2021–22 FA Cup, Liverpool faced 2021–22 Premier League champions Manchester City. Normally played at Wembley Stadium, this season it was played at Leicester City's King Power Stadium to avoid clashes with the UEFA Women's Euro 2022 competition.
UEFA Champions League
Liverpool entered the competition in the group stage.
Group stage
The draw for the group stage was held on 25 August 2022, with the fixtures announced two days later.
Knockout phase
Liverpool advanced to the knockout phase as group runners-up.
Round of 16
The round of 16 draw took place on 7 November, and Liverpool were drawn to Real Madrid, who they last met in the 2022 final.
Squad statistics
Appearances
Players with no appearances are not included on the list.
Goals
Assists
Clean sheets
Disciplinary record
References
External links
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