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Liverpool Football Club season archive

2012–13

Liverpool completed the 2012–13 Premier League campaign in 7th, taking 61 points from 38 matches. The record comprised 16 wins, 13 draws and 9 defeats, with 71 goals scored and 43 conceded for a goal difference of +28.

CompetitionPremier League
League finish7th
ManagerBrendan Rodgers
Leading scorerLuis Suárez (30 goals)

League record

38Played
16Won
13Drawn
9Lost
71Goals for
43Goals against
61Points
7thPosition

What the league record shows

Liverpool won 42.1% of their league matches and avoided defeat in 29 of 38. The side averaged 1.87 goals scored and 1.13 conceded per match; the resulting +28 goal difference gives more context to the 7th finish than position alone.

Compared with 2011–12, the recorded league position improved by 1 place, while goal difference moved from +7 to +28.

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. Luis Suárez 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.