2010–11 Liverpool F.C. season

Liverpool
2010–11 season
Chairman	Martin Broughton
Manager	Roy Hodgson
Premier League	-
FA Cup	3rd round
League Cup	3rd round
UEFA Europa League	Third qualifying Round
	← 2009–10 2011–12 →

The 2010–11 season will be the 118th season in Liverpool Football Club's existence, and their 47th 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 ran out this year, 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.^[1]

Pre-Season

On 1st July 2010, Liverpool announced their fixtures for the pre-season. First, Liverpool was to travel to Austria to play Al Hilal on the 17th July, the game however was cancelled due to heavy rainfall on the days beforehand leaving the pitch in unplayable conditions. This will be followed by trips to Grasshoppers and FC Kaiserslautern in the space of 4 days. Liverpool finish their pre-season programme on the 1st August with a trip to their 1977 European Cup final opponents, Borussia Monchengladbach.^[2]

Players

First Team

No.	Name	Position	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed from	Notes
Goalkeepers
25	Pepe Reina	GK	(1982-08-31) August 31, 1982 (age 41)	Villarreal	First team Goalkeeper
1	Diego Cavalieri	GK	(1982-12-01) December 1, 1982 (age 41)	Palmeiras
Defenders
2	Glen Johnson	RB	(1984-08-23) August 23, 1984 (age 39)	Portsmouth
27	Philipp Degen	RB	(1983-02-15) February 15, 1983 (age 41)	Borussia Dortmund
32	Stephen Darby	RB	(1988-10-06) October 6, 1988 (age 35)	The Academy	Reserve team player
23	Jamie Carragher	CB	(1978-01-28) January 28, 1978 (age 46)	The Academy	Vice-captain
5	Daniel Agger	CB	(1984-12-12) December 12, 1984 (age 39)	Brøndby
16	Sotirios Kyrgiakos	CB	(1979-07-23) July 23, 1979 (age 45)	AEK Athens
37	Martin Škrtel	CB	(1984-12-15) December 15, 1984 (age 39)	Zenit St. Petersburg
34	Martin Kelly	CB	(1990-04-27) April 27, 1990 (age 34)	The Academy	Reserve team player
40	Daniel Sánchez Ayala	CB	(1990-11-07) November 7, 1990 (age 33)	Sevilla	Reserve team player
Midfielders
4	Alberto Aquilani	CM	(1984-07-07) July 7, 1984 (age 40)	Roma
18	Dirk Kuyt	RW	(1980-07-22) July 22, 1980 (age 44)	Feyenoord
31	Nabil El Zhar	RW	(1986-08-27) August 27, 1986 (age 37)	Saint-Étienne
8	Steven Gerrard	AM	(1980-05-30) May 30, 1980 (age 44)	The Academy	Captain
20	Javier Mascherano	DM	(1984-06-08) June 8, 1984 (age 40)	West Ham United
21	Lucas Leiva	CM	(1987-01-09) January 9, 1987 (age 37)	Grêmio
17	Maxi Rodriguez	RW	(1981-01-02) January 2, 1981 (age 43)	Atlético Madrid
26	Jay Spearing	CM	(1988-11-25) November 25, 1988 (age 35)	The Academy	Reserve team player
28	Damien Plessis	DM	(1988-03-05) March 5, 1988 (age 36)	Lyon
11	Albert Riera	LW	(1982-04-15) April 15, 1982 (age 42)	Espanyol
19	Ryan Babel	LW	(1986-12-19) December 19, 1986 (age 37)	Ajax
10	Joe Cole	LW	(1981-11-08) November 8, 1981 (age 42)	Unattached
53	Jonjo Shelvey	AM	(1992-02-27) February 27, 1992 (age 32)	Charlton Athletic
Strikers
9	Fernando Torres	ST	(1984-03-20) March 20, 1984 (age 40)	Atlético Madrid
24	David N'Gog	ST	(1989-04-01) April 1, 1989 (age 35)	Paris Saint-Germain
39	Nathan Eccleston	ST	(1990-12-30) December 30, 1990 (age 33)	The Academy	Reserve team player
7	Milan Jovanovic	ST	(1981-04-18) April 18, 1981 (age 43)	Standard Liège
47	Daniel Pacheco	ST	(1991-01-05) January 5, 1991 (age 33)	FC Barcelona	Reserve team player

Starting XI

These charts below depict the most used starters in the most used start formation. The most recent starters/formations are listed when total starts are equal between two players/formations.

No.	Pos.	Name
25	GK	Reina
2	RB	Johnson
5	LB	Agger
23	CB	Carragher
37	CB	Skrtel
20	DM	Mascherano
4	DM	Aquilani
7	RW	Cole
8	AM	Gerrard
10	LW	Jovanović
9	FW	Torres

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Last updated: 20 Jul 2010
Source: Squad stats and Start formations.
Only competitive matches.
Using the most used start formation.
Ordered by position on pitch (from back right to front left).

Squad Statistics

				Total			EPL		FA Cup		FL Cup		UEL
No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Sts	App	Gls	App	Gls	App	Gls	App	Gls	App	Gls

Last updated: May 2010
Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Ordered by starting 11, then appearances, then games started
0 shown as blank

Reserves

As of 17 July 2010. Squad Numbers refer to players' first team squad number (for season 2009–10), where applicable. Reserve and youth games are 1–11. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
26	MF	ENG	Jay Spearing
29	FW	HUN	Krisztián Németh
30	GK	FRA	Charles Itandje
32	DF	ENG	Stephen Darby
34	DF	ENG	Martin Kelly
36	DF	ENG	Steve Irwin
39	FW	ENG	Nathan Eccleston
40	DF	ESP	Daniel Sánchez Ayala
41	GK	DEN	Martin Hansen
42	GK	HUN	Péter Gulácsi
43	GK	AUS	Dean Bouzanis
46	MF	ENG	David Amoo
47	FW	ESP	Daniel Pacheco
48	MF	ARG	Gerardo Bruna
49	DF	ENG	Jack Robinson
50	FW	FIN	Lauri Dalla Valle


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
51	MF	ENG	Tom Ince
52	MF	ISL	Guðlaugur Victor Pálsson
53	MF	ENG	Jonjo Shelvey
—	GK	ENG	Deale Chamberlain
—	DF	ESP	Emmanuel Mendy
—	DF	FRA	Chris Mavinga
—	MF	SCO	Alex Cooper
—	MF	ENG	Sean Highdale
—	MF	SWE	Alexander Kacaniklic
—	MF	DEN	Nicolaj Køhlert
—	MF	HUN	Zsolt Pölöskei (on loan from MTK Hungaria)
—	MF	ENG	Micheal Roberts
—	MF	NED	Vincent Weijl
—	FW	NED	Jordy Brouwer
—	FW	DEN	Nikola Sarić
—	FW	HUN	András Simon

Academy (Under-18s)

As of 20 July 2010.

	Player	DOB	Position	International caps	Profile
3rd Year Academy (players born between 1 September 1991 and 31 August 1992)
	Adam Pepper	(1991-12-02) 2 December 1991 (age 32)	MF	–	View
2nd Year Academy (players born between 1 September 1992 and 31 August 1993)
	Krisztián Adorján	(1993-01-19) 19 January 1993 (age 31)	FW	Capped at Under-17 level^[3]	View
	Karl Clair	(1992-09-30) 30 September 1992 (age 31)	MF	–	View
	Conor Coady	(1993-02-25) 25 February 1993 (age 31)	DF	Capped at Under-17 level	View
	Kristjan Gauti Emilsson^[4]	(1993-04-26) 26 April 1993 (age 31)	MF	Capped at Under-19 level	View
	John Flanagan	(1993-01-21) 21 January 1993 (age 31)	DF	–	View
	Marcus Giglio	(1992-09-01) 1 September 1992 (age 31)	MF	–	View
	Michael Ihiekwe	(1992-11-20) 20 November 1992 (age 31)	DF	–	View
	Aaron King^[5]	(1992-12-18) 18 December 1992 (age 31)	MF	–	-
	Matthew McGiveron	(1992-09-03) 3 September 1992 (age 31)	DF	–	View
	Michael Ngoo^[6]	(1992-10-23) 23 October 1992 (age 31)	FW	–	View
	Craig Roddan	(1993-04-22) 22 April 1993 (age 31)	MF	–	View
	Stephen Sama	(1993-03-05) 5 March 1993 (age 31)	DF	Capped at Under-17 level	View
	Alex Whittle	(1993-03-15) 15 March 1993 (age 31)	FW	Capped at Under-16 level	View
	Andre Wisdom	(1993-05-09) 9 May 1993 (age 31)	DF/MF	Capped at Under-17 level	View
1st Year Academy (born on or after 1 September 1993)
	Peter Aylmer	(1994-02-12) 12 February 1994 (age 30)	DF	–	View
	Tyrell Belford	(1994-05-06) 6 May 1994 (age 30)	GK	Capped at Under-16 level	View
	Lewis Hatch	(1993-09-04) 4 September 1993 (age 30)	MF	–	View
	Adam Morgan	(1994-04-21) 21 April 1994 (age 30)	FW	Called-up at Under-17 level	View
	Henoc John Mukendi	(1993-11-20) 20 November 1993 (age 30)	FW		View
	Jack Robinson	(1993-09-01) 1 September 1993 (age 30)	DF	Capped at Under-17 level	–
	Joseph Rafferty	(1993-10-06) 6 October 1993 (age 30)	DF	–	View
	Brad Smith	(1994-04-09) 9 April 1994 (age 30)	DF	–	View
	Jamie Stephens	(1993-08-25) 25 August 1993 (age 30)	GK		View
	Josh Sumner	(1994-01-03) 3 January 1994 (age 30)	FW	–	View
	Tom Walsh	(1994-03-23) 23 March 1994 (age 30)	MF	–	View
Unknown status
	Patrik Poór	(1993-11-25) 25 November 1993 (age 30)	DF	Capped at Under-17 level^[7]	–
	Matthew Regan	(1994-02-22) 22 February 1994 (age 30)	DF	Capped at Under-16 level	–
	Toni Brito Silva Sá	(1993-09-15) 15 September 1993 (age 30)	MF	Capped at Under-17 level	–
	Jakub Sokolik	(1993-08-28) 28 August 1993 (age 30)	DF	Capped at Under-16 level	–
	Suso (Jesus Fernandez Saez)	(1993-11-19) 19 November 1993 (age 30)	MF	Capped at Under-17 level	–
	Raheem Sterling	(1994-12-18) 18 December 1994 (age 29)	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.^[8] 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.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
53	MF	Shelvey	18	EU	Charlton Athletic	Transfer	Summer		£1.7M	BBC
10	FW	Jovanovic	29	Non-EU	Standard	Transfer	Summer	2013	Free	Liverpoolfc.tv
7	MF	Cole	28	EU	Chelsea	Transfer	Summer	2014	Free	Liverpoolfc.tv
	DF	Wilson	18	EU	Rangers	Transfer	Summer	2014	£2M	Liverpoolfc.tv

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: £3.7 million

Out

First Team

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
12	DF		Aurélio	30	EU		Contract expired	Summer	Free	Liverpool FC
15	MF		Benayoun	30	Non-EU	Chelsea	Transfer	Summer	£5.5m	Liverpool FC

Last updated: 2 July

Reserves and Academy

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

Total income: £14.6 million

Loaned in

#	Pos	Player	From	Start	End

Loaned out

#	Pos	Player	To	Start	End

References

^ "Roy Hodgson confirmed as new manager of Liverpool". Guardian. 2010-07-01. Retrieved 2010-07-01.
^ "Reds confirm warm-up games". Liverpoolfc.tv. 2010-06-18. Retrieved 2010-07-07.
^ http://www.uefa.com/competitions/under17/fixturesresults/round=15346/match=304657/report=lu.html
^ http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/news/latest-news/academy-snap-up-icelandic-starlet
^ "Rushden youngster joins Liverpool". BBC News. 22 June 2009. Retrieved 11 May 2010.
^ http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/news/drilldown/N165779090915-1033.htm
^ http://www.uefa.com/under17/matches/season=2010/round=15346/match=304683/index.html
^ "Stars reveal their first kits". Liverpoolfc.tv. 2010-04-09. Retrieved 2010-07-07.

[1] "Roy Hodgson confirmed as new manager of Liverpool". Guardian. 2010-07-01. Retrieved 2010-07-01.

[2] "Reds confirm warm-up games". Liverpoolfc.tv. 2010-06-18. Retrieved 2010-07-07.

[3] ttp://www.uefa.com/competitions/under17/fixturesresults/round=15346/match=304657/report=lu.html

[4] ttp://www.liverpoolfc.tv/news/latest-news/academy-snap-up-icelandic-starlet

[5] "Rushden youngster joins Liverpool". BBC News. 22 June 2009. Retrieved 11 May 2010.

[6] ttp://www.liverpoolfc.tv/news/drilldown/N165779090915-1033.htm

[7] ttp://www.uefa.com/under17/matches/season=2010/round=15346/match=304683/index.html

[8] "Stars reveal their first kits". Liverpoolfc.tv. 2010-04-09. Retrieved 2010-07-07.

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