Liverpool F.C. 2010-11

The 2010–11 season will be the 119th season in Liverpool Football Club's existence, and their 48th consecutive year in the top flight of English football. This season, Liverpool will be sponsored by Standard Chartered Bank, after their deal with long-running sponsors Carlsberg finished after 18 years of sponsorship. 
Pre-season saw a change of manager for Liverpool, with Rafael Benitez leaving the club by mutual consent on 3 June 2010. 
On 1 July 2010 Roy Hodgson was officially announced as new manager, with Steven Gerrard taking the captain's role, and Jamie Carragher taking the vice-captain's role. 
On 8 January 2011 Kenny Dalglish was officially announced as caretaker manager with Hodgson leaving due to mutual consent.
==Pre-Season==
On 1 July, Liverpool announced their fixtures for the pre-season to start in Austria against Al Hilal on the 17 July, the game however was cancelled due to heavy rainfall days before the match which left the pitch in unplayable conditions. Liverpool continued with their pre-season preparations with a 0-0 draw with Grasshoppers on 21 July and a 1-0 defeat at the hands of Kaiserslautern on 24 July. Liverpool completed their pre-season programme with a 1-0 defeat to their 1977 European Cup Final opponents Borussia Monchengladbach on 1 August.
Liverpool's competitive season kicked off on 29 July 2010 in Skopje, Macedonia, where they took on FK Rabotnicki for their UEFA Europa League 3rd qualifying round first leg tie. Liverpool won 2-0 thanks to David N'Gog's double. They also ran out 2-0 winners in the second leg at Anfield with another N'Gog strike and a penalty from the recalled Steven Gerrard wrapping up a 4-0 aggregate win. Rabotnicki came close very late on with Liverpool defender Martin Kelly denying Nikola Gligorov a tap-in. Liverpool discovered their play-off opponents on the morning of 6 August, facing Turkish outfit Trabzonspor. The first leg is at Anfield on 19 August, with the return leg a week later at the Huseyin Avni Aker Stadium. Liverpool took a 1-0 lead to Turkey, thanks to Ryan Babel's 45th minute strike.
==Players==
===First Team===
No. 	Name 	Nationality	Position 	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed from 	Contract ends
Goalkeepers	Goalkeepers 	Goalkeepers	Goalkeepers	Goalkeepers 	Goalkeepers 	Goalkeepers
25 	Pepe Reina 	 	GK 	 	Villarreal 	2016
30 	Charles Itandje 	 	GK 	 	Lens 	TBA
1 	Brad Jones 	 	GK 	 	Middlesbrough 	2013
Defenders 	Defenders 	Defenders 	Defenders 	Defenders 	Defenders 	Defenders
2 	Glen Johnson 	 	RB 	 	Portsmouth 	2013
6 	Fabio Aurelio 	 	LB 	 	Free agent 	2012
23 	Jamie Carragher 	 	CB 	 	The Academy 	2012
5 	Daniel Agger 	 	CB 	 	Brøndby 	2014
16 	Sotirios Kyrgiakos 	 	CB 	 	AEK Athens 	2011
37 	Martin Škrtel 	 	CB 	 	Zenit St. Petersburg	2014
34 	Martin Kelly 	 	CB 	 	The Academy 	2011
40 	Daniel Sánchez Ayala	 	CB 	 	Sevilla 	2012
22 	Danny Wilson 	 	CB 	 	Rangers 	2013
Midfielders	Midfielders 	Midfielders	Midfielders	Midfielders 	Midfielders 	Midfielders
18 	Dirk Kuyt 	 	RW 	 	Feyenoord 	2012
31 	Nabil El Zhar 	 	RW 	 	Saint-Étienne 	2012
8 	Steven Gerrard 	 	AM 	 	The Academy 	2013
21 	Lucas Leiva 	 	CM 	 	Grêmio 	2012
28 	Christian Poulsen 	 	DM 	 	Juventus 	2013
17 	Maxi Rodriguez 	 	RW 	 	Atlético Madrid 	2013
26 	Jay Spearing 	 	CM 	 	The Academy 	2012
TBA 	Damien Plessis 	 	DM 	 	Lyon 	2012
10 	Joe Cole 	 	LW 	 	Chelsea 	2014
33 	Jonjo Shelvey 	 	AM 	 	Charlton Athletic 	2014
Strikers 	Strikers 	Strikers 	Strikers 	Strikers 	Strikers 	Strikers
9 	Andy Carroll 	 	ST 	 	Newcastle 	2016
24 	David N'Gog 	 	ST 	 	Paris Saint-Germain 	2012
39 	Nathan Eccleston 	 	ST 	 	The Academy 	2013
14 	Milan Jovanovic 	 	ST 	 	Standard Liège 	2013
12 	Daniel Pacheco 	 	ST 	 	FC Barcelona 	2012
7 	Luis Suarez 	 	ST 	 	Ajax 	2016
====Squad statistics====
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! No. !! Position !! Nationality !! Player Name !! Total Apperances !! Total Goals !! Premier League Apperances !! Premier League Goals !! FA Cup Apperances !! FA Cup Goals !! League Cup Apperances !! League Cup Goals !! Europa League Apperances !! Europa League Goals
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| 1 || GK || Australia || Brad Jones || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 0
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| 2 || RB || England || Glen Johnson || 2 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 
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| 4 || CM || Portugal || Raul Meireles || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
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| 5 || CB || Denmark || Daniel Agger || 2 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0
|-
| 6 || LB || Brazil || Fabio Aurelio || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 
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| 7 || FW || Uruguay || Luis Suarez || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0
|-
| 8 || CM || England || Steven Gerrard || 2 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 1
|-
| 9 || FW || England || Andy Carroll || 2 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0
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| 10 || LM || England || Joe Cole || 3 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 0
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| 12 || FW || Spain || Daniel Pacheco || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0
|-
| 14 || LM || Serbia || Milan Jovanovic || 4 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 0
|-
| 16 || CB || Greece || Sotirios Kyrgiakos || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 0
|-
| 17 || RM || Argentina || Maxi Rodriguez || 3 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 0
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| 18 || RM || Holland || Dirk Kuyt || 1 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0
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| 21 || CM || Brazil || Lucas || 4 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 0
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| 23 || CB || England || Jamie Carragher || 3 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 0
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| 24 || FW || France || David N'Gog || 4 || 4 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 3
|-
| 25 || GK || Spain || Jose Reina || 2 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0
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| 26 || CM || England || Jay Spearing || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 0
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| 28 || CM || Denmark || Christian Poulsen || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0
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| 32 || RB || England || Stephen Darby || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0
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| 34 || RB || England || Martin Kelly || 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 0
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| 37 || CB || Slovakia || Martin Skrtel || 3 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 0
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| 38 || FW || Finland || Lauri Dalla Valle || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0
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| 39 || FW || England || Nathan Eccleston || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0
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| 46 || RM || England || David Amoo || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0
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| 4 || CM || Italy || Alberto Aquilani || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 0
====Top scorers====
Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.
:Last updated on 19 August
Position	Nation	Number	Name 	Premier League	Europa League	League Cup	FA Cup	Total
1 	 	24 	David N'Gog 	1 	3 	0 	0 	4
2 	 	8 	Steven Gerrard	0 	1 	0 	0 	1
3 	 	19 	Ryan Babel 	0 	1 	0 	0 	1
TOTALS 	 	 	 	1 	5 	0 	0 	6
===Reserves===
As of 10 August 2010. Squad Numbers refer to players' first team squad number (for season 2010–11), where applicable. Reserve and youth games are 1–11.
 
 
===Academy (Under-18s)===
As of 23 July 2010.
 	Player 	DOB 	Position 	International caps 	Profile
3rd Year Academy (players born between 1 September 1991 and 31 August 1992)	3rd Year Academy (players born between 1 September 1991 and 31 August 1992)	3rd Year Academy (players born between 1 September 1991 and 31 August 1992)	3rd Year Academy (players born between 1 September 1991 and 31 August 1992)	3rd Year Academy (players born between 1 September 1991 and 31 August 1992)	3rd Year Academy (players born between 1 September 1991 and 31 August 1992)
 	Adam Pepper 	 	MF 	– 	View
2nd Year Academy (players born between 1 September 1992 and 31 August 1993)	2nd Year Academy (players born between 1 September 1992 and 31 August 1993)	2nd Year Academy (players born between 1 September 1992 and 31 August 1993)	2nd Year Academy (players born between 1 September 1992 and 31 August 1993)	2nd Year Academy (players born between 1 September 1992 and 31 August 1993)	2nd Year Academy (players born between 1 September 1992 and 31 August 1993)
 	Krisztián Adorján 	 	FW 	Capped at Under-17 level 	View
 	Karl Clair 	 	MF 	– 	View
 	Conor Coady 	 	DF 	Capped at Under-17 level 	View
 	Kristjan Gauti Emilsson 	 	MF 	Capped at Under-19 level 	View
 	John Flanagan 	 	DF 	– 	View
 	Marcus Giglio 	 	MF 	– 	View
 	Michael Ihiekwe 	 	DF 	– 	View
 	Aaron King 	 	MF 	– 	-
 	Matthew McGiveron 	 	DF 	– 	View
 	Michael Ngoo 	 	FW 	– 	View
 	Craig Roddan 	 	MF 	– 	View
 	Stephen Sama 	 	DF 	Capped at Under-17 level 	View
 	Alex Whittle 	 	FW 	Capped at Under-16 level 	View
 	Andre Wisdom 	 	DF/MF 	Capped at Under-17 level 	View
1st Year Academy (born on or after 1 September 1993) 	1st Year Academy (born on or after 1 September 1993) 	1st Year Academy (born on or after 1 September 1993) 	1st Year Academy (born on or after 1 September 1993) 	1st Year Academy (born on or after 1 September 1993) 	1st Year Academy (born on or after 1 September 1993)
 	Peter Aylmer 	 	DF 	– 	View
 	Tyrell Belford 	 	GK 	Capped at Under-16 level 	View
 	Lewis Hatch 	 	MF 	– 	View
 	Adam Morgan 	 	FW 	Capped at Under-17 level 	View
 	Henoc John Mukendi 	 	FW 	 	View
 	Patrik Poór 	 	DF 	Capped at Under-17 level 	View
 	Jack Robinson 	 	DF 	Capped at Under-17 level 	–
 	Joseph Rafferty 	 	DF 	– 	View
 	Matthew Regan 	 	DF 	Capped at Under-16 level 	View
 	Toni Brito Silva Sá 	 	MF 	Capped at Under-17 level 	View
 	Brad Smith 	 	DF 	– 	View
 	Jamie Stephens 	 	GK 	 	View
 	Josh Sumner 	 	FW 	– 	View
 	Tom Walsh 	 	MF 	– 	View
Unknown status 	Unknown status 	Unknown status 	Unknown status 	Unknown status 	Unknown status
 	Jakub Sokolik 	 	DF 	Capped at Under-16 level 	–
 	Suso (Jesus Fernandez Saez) 	 	MF 	Capped at Under-17 level 	–
Notable Under 16s 	Notable Under 16s 	Notable Under 16s 	Notable Under 16s 	Notable Under 16s 	Notable Under 16s
 	Jordan Lussey 	 	DF 	Called-up at Under-17 level 	–
 	Dave Moli 	 	FW 	Called-up at Under-17 level 	–
 	Raheem Sterling 	 	MF 	Capped at Under-16 level 	–
==Team kit==
The home strip for the 2010–11 season was revealed on 8 April 2010 bearing the Standard Chartered logo. The Adidas strip represents a modern interpretation of the one worn during the 1989–90 campaign in which Liverpool won their eighteenth league title. The away strip was revealed on the 8th June and is white with a red trim, with black shorts accompanying it. The third kit was revealed on the 15th June and is black with a yellow trim.
==Transfers==
===In===
First Team
Reserves and Academy
Total spending: £10.5 million
===Out===
First Team
Reserves and Academy
Total income: £14.6 million
===Loaned in===
#	Pos	Player	From	Start	End
===Loaned out===
# 	Pos	Nat.	Player 	To 	Start 	End
27	RB 	 	Philipp Degen 	VfB Stuttgart	August 5, 2010 	June 30, 2011
4 	CM 	 	Alberto Aquilani	Juventus F.C.	August 21, 2010	June 30, 2011
===Totals===
Period	Spending 	Income 	Expenditure
Summer	£10.5 million	£14.6 million	£4.1 million
Winter	- 	- 	-
Totals	£10.5 million	£14.6 million	£4.1 million
==Competitions==
===Overall===
===Premier League===
====Results summary====
====Results by round====
==Matches==
===Competitive===
====Premier League====
Last updated: 19 August 2010Source: Liverpool F.C.Note: Premier League fixtures that have not been played or games that are upcoming are not listed due to copyright
====UEFA Europa League====
Last updated: 15 August 2010Source: Liverpool F.C.
====FA Cup====
====League Cup====
===Pre-season===
Last updated: 21 July 2010Source: Liverpool F.C.
==External links==
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