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Liverpool Football Club season archive

2009–10

Liverpool completed the 2009–10 Premier League campaign in 7th, taking 63 points from 38 matches. The record comprised 18 wins, 9 draws and 11 defeats, with 61 goals scored and 35 conceded for a goal difference of +26.

CompetitionPremier League
League finish7th
ManagerRafael Benítez
Leading scorerFernando Torres (22 goals)

League record

38Played
18Won
9Drawn
11Lost
61Goals for
35Goals against
63Points
7thPosition

What the league record shows

Liverpool won 47.4% of their league matches and avoided defeat in 27 of 38. The side averaged 1.61 goals scored and 0.92 conceded per match; the resulting +26 goal difference gives more context to the 7th finish than position alone.

Compared with 2008–09, the recorded league position fell by 5 places, while goal difference moved from +50 to +26.

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 22 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.