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Liverpool Football Club season archive

2015–16

Liverpool completed the 2015–16 Premier League campaign in 8th, taking 60 points from 38 matches. The record comprised 16 wins, 12 draws and 10 defeats, with 63 goals scored and 50 conceded for a goal difference of +13.

CompetitionPremier League
League finish8th
ManagersBrendan Rodgers and Jürgen Klopp
Leading scorerDaniel Sturridge (13 goals)

League record

38Played
16Won
12Drawn
10Lost
63Goals for
50Goals against
60Points
8thPosition

What the league record shows

Liverpool won 42.1% of their league matches and avoided defeat in 28 of 38. The side averaged 1.66 goals scored and 1.32 conceded per match; the resulting +13 goal difference gives more context to the 8th finish than position alone.

Compared with 2014–15, the recorded league position fell by 2 places, while goal difference moved from +4 to +13.

Place in Liverpool’s wider history

The season forms part of Jürgen Klopp’s tenure, when Liverpool returned to sustained Champions League contention and won the major domestic and international honours available to the club.

Cup and scoring picture

Liverpool also finished as runners-up in the League Cup and Other European competition. Daniel Sturridge 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.