2010–11 Liverpool F.C. season

Liverpool 2010–11
Club information
Manager	Roy Hodgson (until 8 January) Kenny Dalglish (from 8 January)
League Season information
Final League position	6th
Highest position	5th
lowest position	19th
Points	58
Goals for	59
Goals against	44
Goals difference	+15
Cup placements
FA Cup	Third round (lost to Manchester United)
League Cup	Third round (lost to Northampton Town)
UEFA Europa League	Round of 16 (lost to Braga)
Season statistics
Top goalscorer	Dirk Kuyt (15)
Biggest home attendance	44,975 vs Everton (16 January 2011, Premier League)
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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

Players' age as of 31 May 2011 (end of season)

No.	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed from	Contract ends
Goalkeepers
1	Brad Jones		GK	19 March 1982 (aged 29)	Middlesbrough	2013
25	Pepe Reina		GK	31 August 1982 (aged 28)	Villarreal	2016
42	Péter Gulácsi		GK	6 March 1990 (aged 21)	MTK Hungaria	2013
Defenders
2	Glen Johnson		RB	23 August 1984 (aged 26)	Portsmouth	2015
5	Daniel Agger		CB	12 December 1984 (aged 26)	Brøndby	2014
6	Fábio Aurélio		LB	24 September 1979 (aged 31)	Valencia	2012
16	Sotirios Kyrgiakos		CB	23 July 1979 (aged 31)	AEK Athens	2011
22	Danny Wilson		CB	27 December 1991 (aged 19)	Rangers	2013
23	Jamie Carragher		CB	28 January 1978 (aged 33)	The Academy	2013
34	Martin Kelly		RB	27 April 1990 (aged 21)	The Academy	2014
37	Martin Škrtel		CB	15 December 1984 (aged 26)	Zenit Saint Petersburg	2014
38	Jon Flanagan		RB	1 January 1993 (aged 18)	The Academy	2013
49	Jack Robinson		LB	1 September 1993 (aged 17)	The Academy	2013
Midfielders
4	Raul Meireles		CM	17 March 1983 (aged 28)	F.C. Porto	2014
8	Steven Gerrard		DM/CM/AM	30 May 1980 (aged 31)	The Academy	2013
10	Joe Cole		AM	8 November 1981 (aged 29)	Chelsea	2014
12	Daniel Pacheco		AM	5 January 1991 (aged 20)	Barcelona	2014
17	Maxi Rodríguez		LW	2 January 1981 (aged 30)	Atlético Madrid	2013
18	Dirk Kuyt		RW	22 July 1980 (aged 30)	Feyenoord	2013
21	Lucas		DM	9 January 1987 (aged 24)	Grêmio	2015
26	Jay Spearing		DM	25 November 1988 (aged 22)	The Academy	2015
28	Christian Poulsen		DM	28 February 1980 (aged 31)	Juventus	2013
33	Jonjo Shelvey		CM	27 February 1992 (aged 19)	Charlton Athletic	2014
Strikers
7	Luis Suárez		ST	24 January 1987 (aged 24)	Ajax	2016
9	Andy Carroll		ST	6 January 1989 (aged 22)	Newcastle United	2016
14	Milan Jovanović		ST	18 April 1981 (aged 30)	Standard Liège	2013
24	David N'Gog		ST	1 April 1989 (aged 22)	Paris Saint-Germain	2012

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

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
6	DF	BRA	Aurélio	30	Non-EU	Free Agent	Transfer	Summer	2012	Free	Liverpoolfc.tv
10	MF	ENG	Cole	28	EU	Chelsea	Transfer	Summer	2014	Free	Liverpoolfc.tv
14	FW	SER	Jovanović	29	Non-EU	Standard	Transfer	Summer	2013	Free	Liverpoolfc.tv
22	DF	SCO	Wilson	18	EU	Rangers	Transfer	Summer	2014	£2M	Liverpoolfc.tv
28	MF	DEN	Poulsen	30	EU	Juventus	Transfer	Summer	2013	£4.5M	Sky Sports
33	MF	ENG	Shelvey	18	EU	Charlton Athletic	Transfer	Summer	TBA	£1.7M	BBC
27	GK	AUS	Jones	28	EU	Middlesbrough	Transfer	Summer	2013	£2.3m	BBC

Last updated: 20 July

Reserves and Academy

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source

Last updated: 08 May

Total spending: £10.5 million

Out

First Team

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
11	MF	ESP	Riera	28	EU	Olympiacos	Transfer	Summer	£5M	Sky Sports
15	MF	ISR	Benayoun	30	Non-EU	Chelsea	Transfer	Summer	£5.5M	Liverpool FC

Last updated: 23 July

Reserves and Academy

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
38	DF	ENG	Threlfall	21	EU	Bradford City	Contract expired	Summer	Free	Liverpool FC
44	GK	ENG	Martin	24	EU	MK Dons	Contract expired	Summer	Free	BBC
45	DF	ESP	San José	20	EU	Athletic Bilbao	Transfer	Summer	£2.6m	Athletic Bilbao
	MF	ESP	Durán	22	EU		Contract expired	Summer	Free	Liverpool FC
	FW	ENG	Ellison	18	EU	Burton Albion	Released from contract	Summer	Free	BBC Sport
	GK	AUS	Jacob	15	EU	Manchester United	Unknown	Summer	unknown	[1]
	GK	BUL	Mihaylov	22	EU	Twente	Transfer	Summer	£1.5m	Liverpool FC
	GK	IRE	Oldfield	19	EU		Contract expired	Summer	Free	Liverpool FC

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

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Premier League	—	10th		15 August 2010	22 May 2011
UEFA Europa League	Play-off round	Play-off round		29 July 2010
Football League Cup	3rd round	—		22 September 2010
FA Cup	3rd round	—		8 January 2011

Last updated: 21 July 2010
Source: Competitions' Wikipedia articles.

Premier League

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: 15 August 2010
Source: Premier League

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A
Result	D
Position	10

Last updated: 15 August 2010.
Source: competitive matches
Notes: Premier League fixture not listed due to copyright. Results will be shown..
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Lose; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

Competitive

Premier League

Match 1 15 August 2010	Liverpool	1 – 1	Arsenal	Anfield, Liverpool
16:00 BST	Cole  45+1' N'Gog  46' Gerrard 75'	Report	41' Wilshere 85' Rosicky  90+1' (o.g.) Reina  90+2', 90+5' Koscielny	Attendance: 44,722 Referee: Martin Atkinson

Match 2 23 August 2010	Manchester City	vs.	Liverpool	City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester
20:00 BST

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

Third Qualifying Round, Leg 1 29 July 2010	Rabotnički	0 – 2	Liverpool	Philip II Arena, Skopje
20:45 CEST		Report	N'Gog  17', 58'	Attendance: 23,000 Referee: Antonio Damato (Italy)

Third Qualifying Round, Leg 2 5 August 2010	Liverpool	2 – 0	Rabotnički	Anfield, Liverpool
20:45 CEST	N'Gog  22' Gerrard  40' (pen.)	Report	19' Zé Carlos 89' Mojsov	Attendance: 31,202 Referee: Peter Sippel (Germany)

Play-off Round, Leg 1 19 August 2010	Liverpool	1 - 0	Trabzonspor	Anfield, Liverpool
20:45 CEST	Babel  45+1'		55' Gülselam 79' Korkmaz	Referee: Thomas Einwaller (Austria)

Play-off Round, Leg 2 26 August 2010	Trabzonspor	vs.	Liverpool	Hüseyin Avni Aker Stadium, Trabzon
20:45 CEST	Ryan Babel

Last updated: 15 August 2010
Source: Liverpool F.C.

FA Cup

3rd round 08 January 2011	Liverpool	vs.	To be confirmed
--:-- GMT

League Cup

3rd round Date TBC	Liverpool	vs.	To be confirmed
--:-- GMT

Pre-season

Friendly 17 July 2010	Al-Hilal	P – P	Liverpool	Cashpoint Arena, Altach
18:00 BST		Report

Friendly 21 July 2010	Grasshoppers	0 – 0	Liverpool	Herti Allmend Stadion, Zug
18:30 BST		Report

Friendly 24 July 2010	Kaiserslautern	1 – 0	Liverpool	Fritz Walter Stadion, Kaiserslautern
15:15 BST	Mitsanski  32'	Report

Friendly 1 August 2010	Mönchengladbach	1 – 0	Liverpool	Borussia-Park, Mönchengladbach
13:30 BST	Matmour  8'	Report

Last updated: 21 July 2010
Source: Liverpool F.C.

External links

• 2010–11 Liverpool F.C. season at Official Site
• 2010–11 Liverpool F.C. season at ESPN
• 2010–11 Liverpool F.C. season at LFCHistory

2010–11 in English football
FA competitions
FA Cup (Qualifying Rounds, Final) · Community Shield · FA Trophy (Final) · FA Youth Cup
League cups
League Cup (Final) · Football League Trophy (Final)
Premier and Football League
Premier League (Academy · Reserve) · Football League (Championship · League One · League Two) ·
National League
Football Conference (National · North · South)
European competitions
Champions League (Final) · Europa League (Final)
National teams
UEFA Euro 2012 qualification (Group G) · Fabio Capello
Other
Summer 2010 transfers
Club seasons
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