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Liverpool Football Club season archive

1967–68

Liverpool completed the 1967–68 Division 1 campaign in 3rd, taking 55 points from 42 matches. The record comprised 22 wins, 11 draws and 9 defeats, with 71 goals scored and 40 conceded for a goal difference of +31.

CompetitionDivision 1
League finish3rd
ManagerBill Shankly
Leading scorerRoger Hunt (30 goals)

League record

42Played
22Won
11Drawn
9Lost
71Goals for
40Goals against
55Points
3rdPosition

What the league record shows

Liverpool won 52.4% of their league matches and avoided defeat in 33 of 42. The side averaged 1.69 goals scored and 0.95 conceded per match; the resulting +31 goal difference gives more context to the 3rd finish than position alone.

Compared with 1966–67, the recorded league position improved by 2 places, while goal difference moved from +17 to +31.

Place in Liverpool’s wider history

This season falls within Bill Shankly’s reconstruction of Liverpool, spanning promotion, renewed domestic success and the club’s emergence in European competition.

Cup and scoring picture

The recorded cup programme did not produce a final appearance; the competition-by-competition outcomes are listed alongside this analysis. Roger Hunt led the season scoring record with 30 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.