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.

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.

Top scorers
Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.


 * Last updated on 19 August

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.

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.

In
First Team

Reserves and Academy

Total spending: £10.5 million

Out
First Team

Reserves and Academy

Total income: £14.6 million

Premier League
Last updated: 19 August 2010 Source: 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 2010 Source: Liverpool F.C.

Pre-season
Last updated: 21 July 2010 Source: Liverpool F.C.