Liverpool · Season reference
2013–14
A historical reference entry. Original long-form writing appears in Articles.
- Manager
- Brendan Rodgers
- League / division
- Premier League
- League finish
- 2nd
- Top scorer
- Luis Suárez · 31 goalsAll competitive first-team matches
- Trophies won
- None
Season overview
Liverpool finished second in the Premier League with 84 points, two behind Manchester City, and secured a return to the Champions League. Brendan Rodgers’ side scored 101 league goals and conceded 50. Luis Suárez led the division with 31 goals, followed by Daniel Sturridge with 21; Suárez also won the PFA and football writers’ player-of-the-year awards.
Eleven consecutive league wins from February to April included a 5–1 victory over Arsenal, a 3–0 win at Manchester United and a 3–2 home win over City. A 2–0 defeat by Chelsea ended that run, and Liverpool then surrendered a 3–0 lead to draw at Crystal Palace. They beat Newcastle on the final day but finished runners-up.
Simon Mignolet arrived from Sunderland as Pepe Reina went on loan to Napoli, with Kolo Touré and Mamadou Sakho also joining the defence. Arsenal knocked Liverpool out of the FA Cup in the fifth round, while Manchester United ended their League Cup campaign in the third round.
Domestic cups
- FA Cup
- Fifth round — lost 2–1 away to Arsenal.
- League Cup
- Third round — lost 1–0 away to Manchester United.
Key players
- Luis Suárez
- Daniel Sturridge
- Jordan Henderson
- Simon Mignolet
- Steven Gerrard
- Martin Škrtel
- Raheem Sterling
- Philippe Coutinho
- Glen Johnson
- Lucas Leiva
- Joe Allen
- Jon Flanagan
Transfers
Significant senior moves. Fees are included only where established reliably; summer arrivals are grouped with the campaign they joined.
Transfers in
- Luis AlbertoFrom SevillaPermanent transfer
- Iago AspasFrom Celta VigoPermanent transfer
- Simon MignoletFrom SunderlandPermanent transfer
- Kolo TouréFrom Manchester CityFree transfer
- Aly CissokhoFrom ValenciaLoan
- Mamadou SakhoFrom Paris Saint-GermainPermanent transfer
- Tiago IloriFrom Sporting LisbonPermanent transfer
- Victor MosesFrom ChelseaLoan
Transfers out
- Andy CarrollTo West Ham UnitedPermanent transfer
Permanent move following his loan.
- Jonjo ShelveyTo Swansea CityPermanent transfer
- Jay SpearingTo Bolton WanderersPermanent transfer
- Stewart DowningTo West Ham UnitedPermanent transfer
- Pepe ReinaTo NapoliLoan
Important connections
In the History Explorer
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2012–13Sources & historical notes
Researched and checked 13 September 2026. These sources support this season’s statistics, transfers and historical account. Key players are an editorial selection.
- LFChistory: 2013-14 league-table Final Premier League placing, points, home and away records and goals. Totals and margins calculated from the table.
- LFChistory: 2013-14 games Complete competitive results, dates and cup rounds; league winning runs and two-leg aggregates checked from the fixture list.
- LFChistory: 2013-14 goalscorers Competitive scoring totals, including European qualifiers and excluding friendlies and shoot-out kicks.
- LFChistory: 2013-14 transfers Selected senior moves and deal types. Preparatory summer transfers assigned to incoming campaigns.
- LFChistory: 2013-14 appearances Competitive appearance totals supporting the key-player selection.
- Liverpool FC: Brendan Rodgers Appointed from Swansea on 1 June 2012; first league win in the sixth match, seventh place and 30 Suárez goals in 2012–13; 2013–14 runners-up and Champions League qualification.
- Liverpool FC: Luis Suárez January 2011 arrival from Ajax; 17 goals in 2011–12, 30 in 2012–13 and 31 league goals in 2013–14; PFA and football writers’ awards in 2014.
- Liverpool FC: Daniel Sturridge Joined from Chelsea in January 2013 and scored 11 goals that campaign; 21 league goals in 2013–14, second only to Suárez in the division.
- Liverpool FC: Pepe Reina Napoli loan in 2013–14 after Mignolet arrived; permanent Bayern Munich move followed in 2014.
- Liverpool FC: Andy Carroll January 2011 arrival from Newcastle; 2012 FA Cup semi-final winner against Everton; West Ham loan in 2012–13, made permanent in June 2013.
- Liverpool FC: Kolo Touré Free transfer in summer 2013 after Manchester City; second place and automatic Champions League qualification.
- LFChistory: Crystal Palace 3–3 Liverpool Liverpool led 3–0 before Palace drew level in the penultimate league match.
Notes on the record
Overview evidence: paragraph 1 — lfch-league, lfch-scorers, lfc-suarez, lfc-sturridge, lfc-rodgers and lfc-toure; paragraph 2 — lfch-games and lfch-palace; paragraph 3 — lfch-transfers, lfc-reina, lfc-toure and lfch-games.
The eleven wins are consecutive league matches, not all competitions: the FA Cup defeat at Arsenal fell within that period. No unsupported causal claim about a single mistake deciding the title is made.
Suárez’s 31 goals were all in the league; Sturridge scored 24 in all competitions, of which 21 were league goals. The summary compares league totals on the same basis.
Reina’s 2013 loan is distinct from his permanent departure in 2014. Suárez’s July 2014 sale belongs to 2014–15. No European competition or trophy is invented for this campaign.