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Liverpool Football Club season archive

2003–04

Liverpool completed the 2003–04 Premier League campaign in 4th, taking 60 points from 38 matches. The record comprised 16 wins, 12 draws and 10 defeats, with 55 goals scored and 37 conceded for a goal difference of +18.

CompetitionPremier League
League finish4th
ManagerGérard Houllier
Leading scorerMichael Owen (19 goals)

League record

38Played
16Won
12Drawn
10Lost
55Goals for
37Goals against
60Points
4thPosition

What the league record shows

Liverpool won 42.1% of their league matches and avoided defeat in 28 of 38. The side averaged 1.45 goals scored and 0.97 conceded per match; the resulting +18 goal difference gives more context to the 4th finish than position alone.

Compared with 2002–03, the recorded league position improved by 1 place, while goal difference moved from +20 to +18.

Place in Liverpool’s wider history

The season sits in Liverpool’s first Premier League decade, a period of managerial and squad change that eventually produced the cup successes of 2000–01.

Cup and scoring picture

The recorded cup programme did not produce a final appearance; the competition-by-competition outcomes are listed alongside this analysis. Michael Owen led the season scoring record with 19 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.