1982–83 Liverpool F.C. season
After winning the title previous season Liverpool F.C. regained and won their fourteenth league title. They also won for the third successive season the Football League Cup beating Manchester United 2-1 at Wembley Stadium.
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Manager | Bob Paisley | ||
First Division | Champions | ||
European Cup | Quarter-finals | ||
FA Cup | Fifth round | ||
League Cup | Winners | ||
FA Charity Shield | Winners | ||
Top goalscorer | League: Ian Rush (24) All: Ian Rush (31) | ||
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However Liverpool did not regain the European Cup, having been knocked out by Widzew Łódź in the Quarter Finals and surprisingly being knocked out by Brighton & Hove Albion in the 5th Round of the FA Cup. Add a difficult to believe factoid. Liverpool lost 5 of their last 7 league games and drew the other two. Yet they finished the season eleven points ahead of the second-placed Watford.
After nine years Bob Paisley had decided to retire after winning six league championships, three European Cups, three League Cups, four FA Charity Shields, one European Super Cup and one UEFA Cup.
Squad
Goalkeepers
Defenders
Phil Neal Alan Hansen John McGregor Phil Thompson Alan Kennedy Mark Lawrenson
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Liverpool | 42 | 24 | 10 | 8 | 87 | 37 | +50 | 82 | European Cup[lower-alpha 1] |
2 | Watford | 42 | 22 | 5 | 15 | 74 | 57 | +17 | 71 | UEFA Cup |
3 | Manchester United | 42 | 19 | 13 | 10 | 56 | 38 | +18 | 70 | Cup Winners' Cup[lower-alpha 2] |
4 | Tottenham Hotspur | 42 | 20 | 9 | 13 | 65 | 50 | +15 | 69 | UEFA Cup |
5 | Nottingham Forest | 42 | 20 | 9 | 13 | 62 | 50 | +12 | 69 |
Notes:
- Liverpool were also this season's League Cup winners.
- FA Cup winners
Results
First Division
FA Charity Shield
Liverpool | 1–0 | Tottenham Hotspur |
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Rush ![]() |
Report |
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FA Cup
Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Scorers | Attendance | Report 1 | Report 2 |
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08-Jan-83 | Blackburn Rovers | A | 2–1 | Hodgson ![]() ![]() | 21,967 | Report | Report |
29-Jan-83 | Stoke City | H | 2–0 | Dalglish ![]() ![]() | 36,666 | Report | Report |
20-Feb-83 | Brighton & Hove Albion | H | 1–2 | Johnston ![]() | 44,868 | Report | Report |
League Cup
Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Scorers | Attendance | Report 1 | Report 2 |
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05-Oct-82 | Ipswich Town | A | 2–1 | Rush ![]() | 19,328 | Report | Report |
26-Oct-82 | Ipswich Town | H | 2–0 | Whelan ![]() ![]() | 17,698 | Report | Report |
10-Nov-82 | Rotherham United | H | 1–0 | Johnston ![]() | 20,412 | Report | Report |
30-Nov-82 | Norwich City | H | 2–0 | Lawrenson ![]() ![]() | 13,235 | Report | Report |
18-Jan-83 | West Ham United | H | 2–1 | Hodgson ![]() ![]() | 23,953 | Report | Report |
08-Feb-83 | Burnley | H | 3–0 | Souness ![]() ![]() ![]() | 33,520 | Report | Report |
15-Feb-83 | Burnley | A | 0–1 | 20,000 | Report | Report |
Final
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Match rules
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European Cup
Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Scorers | Attendance | Report 1 | Report 2 |
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14-Sep-82 | Dundalk | A | 4–1 | Whelan ![]() ![]() ![]() | 16,500 | Report | Report |
28-Sep-82 | Dundalk | H | 1–0 | Whelan ![]() | 12,021 | Report | Report |
19-Oct-82 | HJK Helsinki | A | 0–1 | 5,722 | Report | Report | |
02-Nov-82 | HJK Helsinki | H | 5–0 | Dalglish ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | 16,434 | Report | Report |
02-Mar-83 | Widzew Łódź | A | 0–2 | 45,531 | Report | Report | |
16-Mar-83 | Widzew Łódź | H | 3–2 | Neal ![]() ![]() ![]() | 44,494 | Report | Report |