Liverpool completed the 1938–39 Division 1 campaign in 11th, taking 42 points from 42 matches. The record comprised 14 wins, 14 draws and 14 defeats, with 62 goals scored and 63 conceded for a goal difference of -1.
Liverpool won 33.3% of their league matches and avoided defeat in 28 of 42. The side averaged 1.48 goals scored and 1.50 conceded per match; the resulting -1 goal difference gives more context to the 11th finish than position alone.
Compared with 1937–38, the recorded league position was unchanged, while goal difference moved from -6 to -1.
Place in Liverpool’s wider history
The campaign sits in the interwar record, an era that included consecutive championships in the early 1920s and longer stretches of uneven First Division form.
Cup and scoring picture
The recorded cup programme did not produce a final appearance; the competition-by-competition outcomes are listed alongside this analysis. Berry Nieuwenhuys led the season scoring record with 16 goals in all competitions.
How this reading was produced: rates, comparisons and competition summaries are calculated from the verified season record shown on this page. They are descriptive analysis rather than claims about matches or events not contained in the dataset.