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Liverpool Football Club season archive

2004–05

Liverpool completed the 2004–05 Premier League campaign in 5th, taking 58 points from 38 matches. The record comprised 17 wins, 7 draws and 14 defeats, with 52 goals scored and 41 conceded for a goal difference of +11.

CompetitionPremier League
League finish5th
ManagerRafael Benítez
Leading scorerMilan BarošLuis GarcíaSteven Gerrard (13 goals)

League record

38Played
17Won
7Drawn
14Lost
52Goals for
41Goals against
58Points
5thPosition

What the league record shows

Liverpool won 44.7% of their league matches and avoided defeat in 24 of 38. The side averaged 1.37 goals scored and 1.08 conceded per match; the resulting +11 goal difference gives more context to the 5th finish than position alone.

Compared with 2003–04, the recorded league position fell by 1 place, while goal difference moved from +18 to +11.

Place in Liverpool’s wider history

This campaign belongs to the modern pre-Klopp period, which combined major cup runs and title challenges with significant changes in ownership, recruitment and management.

Cup and scoring picture

The season produced silverware in the European Cup / Champions League. Liverpool also finished as runners-up in the League Cup. Milan BarošLuis GarcíaSteven Gerrard led the season scoring record with 13 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.