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Liverpool Football Club season archive

2016–17

Liverpool completed the 2016–17 Premier League campaign in 4th, taking 76 points from 38 matches. The record comprised 22 wins, 10 draws and 6 defeats, with 78 goals scored and 42 conceded for a goal difference of +36.

CompetitionPremier League
League finish4th
ManagerJürgen Klopp
Leading scorerPhilippe Coutinho (14 goals)

League record

38Played
22Won
10Drawn
6Lost
78Goals for
42Goals against
76Points
4thPosition

What the league record shows

Liverpool won 57.9% of their league matches and avoided defeat in 32 of 38. The side averaged 2.05 goals scored and 1.11 conceded per match; the resulting +36 goal difference gives more context to the 4th finish than position alone.

Compared with 2015–16, the recorded league position improved by 4 places, while goal difference moved from +13 to +36.

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

The recorded cup programme did not produce a final appearance; the competition-by-competition outcomes are listed alongside this analysis. Philippe Coutinho led the season scoring record with 14 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.