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Liverpool Football Club season archive

2007–08

Liverpool completed the 2007–08 Premier League campaign in 4th, taking 76 points from 38 matches. The record comprised 21 wins, 13 draws and 4 defeats, with 67 goals scored and 28 conceded for a goal difference of +39.

CompetitionPremier League
League finish4th
ManagerRafael Benítez
Leading scorerFernando Torres (33 goals)

League record

38Played
21Won
13Drawn
4Lost
67Goals for
28Goals against
76Points
4thPosition

What the league record shows

Liverpool won 55.3% of their league matches and avoided defeat in 34 of 38. The side averaged 1.76 goals scored and 0.74 conceded per match; the resulting +39 goal difference gives more context to the 4th finish than position alone.

Compared with 2006–07, the recorded league position fell by 1 place, while goal difference moved from +30 to +39.

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 recorded cup programme did not produce a final appearance; the competition-by-competition outcomes are listed alongside this analysis. Fernando Torres led the season scoring record with 33 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.