2025–26 Liverpool F.C. season

Liverpool
2025–26 season
OwnerFenway Sports Group
ChairmanTom Werner
ManagerArne Slot
StadiumAnfield
Premier LeaguePre-season
FA CupThird round
EFL CupThird round
UEFA Champions LeagueLeague phase
FA Community ShieldFinal

The 2025–26 season is Liverpool Football Club's 134th season in their history and their 64th consecutive season in the top flight of English football. In addition to the domestic league, the club will also participate in the FA Cup, the EFL Cup, the UEFA Champions League, and the FA Community Shield.

This is the first season since 2015–16 without Trent Alexander-Arnold who joined Real Madrid on 1 June 2025, and the first since 2019–20 without Diogo Jota who died in a car accident on 3 July 2025.[1][2]

Squad

As of 9 July 2025[3]
No. Player Nationality Date of birth (age) Signed from Apps Goals Assists
Goalkeepers
1 Alisson Becker (3rd captain) (1992-10-02) 2 October 1992 Roma 298 1 3
– Giorgi Mamardashvili (2000-09-29) 29 September 2000 Valencia 0 0 0
– Ármin Pécsi (2005-02-24) 24 February 2005 Puskás Akadémia 0 0 0
– Freddie Woodman (1997-03-04) 4 March 1997 Preston North End 0 0 0
Defenders
2 Joe Gomez (5th captain) (1997-05-23) 23 May 1997 Charlton Athletic 241 0 9
4 Virgil van Dijk (captain) (1991-07-08) 8 July 1991 Southampton 319 28 10
5 Ibrahima Konaté (1999-05-25) 25 May 1999 RB Leipzig 132 5 4
21 Kostas Tsimikas (1996-05-12) 12 May 1996 Olympiacos 115 0 18
22 Calvin Ramsay (2003-07-31) 31 July 2003 Aberdeen 2 0 0
26 Andy Robertson (vice-captain) (1994-03-11) 11 March 1994 Hull City 342 11 67
46 Rhys Williams (2001-02-03) 3 February 2001 LFC Academy 19 0 0
84 Conor Bradley (2003-07-09) 9 July 2003 LFC Academy 57 1 11
– Jeremie Frimpong (2000-12-10) 10 December 2000 Bayer Leverkusen 0 0 0
– Milos Kerkez (2003-11-07) 7 November 2003 Bournemouth 0 0 0
Midfielders
3 Wataru Endo (1993-02-09) 9 February 1993 VfB Stuttgart 75 2 1
8 Dominik Szoboszlai (2000-10-25) 25 October 2000 RB Leipzig 94 15 12
10 Alexis Mac Allister (1998-12-24) 24 December 1998 Brighton & Hove Albion 95 14 13
17 Curtis Jones (2001-01-30) 30 January 2001 LFC Academy 179 19 19
19 Harvey Elliott (2003-04-04) 4 April 2003 Fulham 147 15 17
38 Ryan Gravenberch (2002-05-16) 16 May 2002 Bayern Munich 87 4 6
43 Stefan Bajcetic (2004-10-22) 22 October 2004 Celta Vigo 22 1 0
80 Tyler Morton (2002-10-31) 31 October 2002 LFC Academy 14 0 1
Forwards
7 Luis Díaz (1997-01-13) 13 January 1997 Porto 148 41 16
9 Darwin Núñez (1999-06-24) 24 June 1999 Benfica 143 40 22
11 Mohamed Salah (4th captain) (1992-06-15) 15 June 1992 Roma 401 245 110
14 Federico Chiesa (1997-10-25) 25 October 1997 Juventus 14 2 1
18 Cody Gakpo (1999-05-07) 7 May 1999 PSV Eindhoven 128 41 14
50 Ben Doak (2005-11-11) 11 November 2005 Celtic 10 0 0
– Florian Wirtz (2003-05-03) 3 May 2003 Bayer Leverkusen 0 0 0

New contracts

Date Pos. No. Player Until Ref.
18 June 2025 GK 56 Vítězslav Jaroš Undisclosed [4]
26 June 2025 GK 95 Harvey Davies Undisclosed [5]
30 June 2025 MF 98 Trey Nyoni Undisclosed [6]

Transfers

In

Date Pos. No. Player From Fee Ref.
1 June 2025 DF – Jeremie Frimpong Bayer Leverkusen £29,500,000 [7]
7 June 2025 GK – Ármin Pécsi Puskás Akadémia £1,500,000 [8]
20 June 2025 MF – Florian Wirtz Bayer Leverkusen £100,000,000[a] [9]
26 June 2025 DF – Milos Kerkez Bournemouth £40,000,000 [10]
1 July 2025[b] GK – Giorgi Mamardashvili Valencia £25,000,000[c] [11]
1 July 2025 GK – Freddie Woodman Preston North End Free transfer [12]
Spending: £196,000,000
  1. ^ Fee may eventually rise to £116,500,000.
  2. ^ The transfer was completed on 27 August 2024, both clubs agreed that Mamardashvili would join at the start of the 2025–26 season.
  3. ^ Fee may eventually rise to £29,000,000.

Out

Date Pos. No. Player To Fee Ref.
1 June 2025 DF 66 Trent Alexander-Arnold Real Madrid £8,400,000[a] [13]
3 June 2025 GK 62 Caoimhín Kelleher Brentford £12,500,000[b] [14]
23 June 2025 DF 47 Nat Phillips West Bromwich Albion £3,000,000 [15]
30 June 2025 GK 75 Jakub Ojrzyński TBC Free transfer [16]
30 June 2025 MF 79 Dominic Corness The New Saints Free transfer [17]
30 June 2025 GK 86 Reece Trueman TBC Free transfer [16]
30 June 2025 DF 90 Lee Jonas TBC Free transfer [16]
30 June 2025 DF – Louis Enahoro-Marcus Leeds United Free transfer [16][18]
30 June 2025 DF – Harry Evers Sheffield Wednesday Free transfer [16][19]
30 June 2025 GK – Jacob Poytress TBC Free transfer [16]
2 July 2025 DF 78 Jarell Quansah Bayer Leverkusen £30,000,000[c] [20]
Income: £53,900,000
  1. ^ Fee may eventually rise to £10,000,000.
  2. ^ Fee may eventually rise to £18,000,000.
  3. ^ Fee may eventually rise to £35,000,000.

Loans in

Date Pos. No. Player From Date until Ref.

Loans out

Date Pos. No. Player To Date until Ref.
1 July 2025 GK 56 Vítězslav Jaroš Ajax End of season [4]
1 July 2025 GK 95 Harvey Davies Crawley Town End of season [5]

Pre-season and friendlies

On 31 March 2025, Liverpool announced they would return to Asia for a pre-season tour, with one friendly confirmed against AC Milan in Hong Kong.[21] A week later, the second friendly of the tour was confirmed to be against Yokohama F. Marinos in Yokohama, marking their first ever pre-season tour in Japan.[22] An extra friendly ahead of the Asian tour against Preston North End was confirmed on 5 June 2025.[23] Five days later, a double-header at Anfield against Athletic Bilbao was added to conclude the pre-season fixtures.[24]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

13 July 2025 Friendly Preston North End v Liverpool Preston, England
15:00 BST Report Stadium: Deepdale
26 July 2025 Standard Chartered Trophy Liverpool v Milan Kowloon, Hong Kong
19:30 HKT Report Stadium: Kai Tak Sports Park
30 July 2025 J.League World Challenge Yokohama F. Marinos v Liverpool Yokohama, Japan
19:30 JST Report Stadium: Nissan Stadium
4 August 2025 Friendly Liverpool v Athletic Bilbao Liverpool, England
17:00 BST Report Stadium: Anfield
4 August 2025 Friendly Liverpool v Athletic Bilbao Liverpool, England
20:00 BST Report Stadium: Anfield

Competitions

Overall record

Competition First match Last match Starting round Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Premier League 15 August 2025 24 May 2026 Matchday 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
FA Cup 9–11 January 2026 TBD Third round 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
EFL Cup 23–24 September 2025 TBD Third round 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
UEFA Champions League 16–18 September 2025 TBD League phase 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
FA Community Shield 10 August 2025 Final 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—

Last updated: pre-season
Source: Soccerway

Premier League

Main article: 2025–26 Premier League

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
10 Fulham 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Leeds United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Liverpool 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Manchester City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Manchester United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 15 August 2025. Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) If the champions, relegated teams or qualified teams for UEFA competitions cannot be determined by rules 1 to 3, rules 4.1 to 4.3 are applied – 4.1) Points gained in head-to-head record between such teams; 4.2) Away goals scored in head-to-head record between such teams; 4.3) Play-offs[25]

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0  0

Last updated: August 2025.
Source: Soccerway

Results by round

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Result
Position
Points
Source: Premier League
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Matches

The league fixtures were released on 18 June 2025.[26][27]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

15 August 2025 1 Liverpool v Bournemouth Liverpool
20:00 BST Report Stadium: Anfield
25 August 2025 2 Newcastle United v Liverpool Newcastle upon Tyne
20:00 BST Report Stadium: St James' Park
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for 23 August, but was moved for live Sky Sports broadcast.[28]
31 August 2025 3 Liverpool v Arsenal Liverpool
16:30 BST Report Stadium: Anfield
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for 30 August, but was moved for live Sky Sports broadcast.[28]
13 September 2025 4 Burnley v Liverpool Burnley
15:00 BST Report Stadium: Turf Moor
20 September 2025 5 Liverpool v Everton Liverpool
15:00 BST Report Stadium: Anfield
27 September 2025 6 Crystal Palace v Liverpool Selhurst
15:00 BST Report Stadium: Selhurst Park
4 October 2025 7 Chelsea v Liverpool Fulham
15:00 BST Report Stadium: Stamford Bridge
18 October 2025 8 Liverpool v Manchester United Liverpool
15:00 BST Report Stadium: Anfield
25 October 2025 9 Brentford v Liverpool Brentford
15:00 BST Report Stadium: Brentford Community Stadium
1 November 2025 10 Liverpool v Aston Villa Liverpool
15:00 GMT Report Stadium: Anfield
8 November 2025 11 Manchester City v Liverpool Manchester
15:00 GMT Report Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium
22 November 2025 12 Liverpool v Nottingham Forest Liverpool
15:00 GMT Report Stadium: Anfield
29 November 2025 13 West Ham United v Liverpool Stratford
15:00 GMT Report Stadium: London Stadium
3 December 2025 14 Liverpool v Sunderland Liverpool
20:00 GMT Report Stadium: Anfield
6 December 2025 15 Leeds United v Liverpool Leeds
15:00 GMT Report Stadium: Elland Road
13 December 2025 16 Liverpool v Brighton & Hove Albion Liverpool
15:00 GMT Report Stadium: Anfield
20 December 2025 17 Tottenham Hotspur v Liverpool Tottenham
15:00 GMT Report Stadium: Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
27 December 2025 18 Liverpool v Wolverhampton Wanderers Liverpool
15:00 GMT Report Stadium: Anfield
30 December 2025 19 Liverpool v Leeds United Liverpool
20:00 GMT Report Stadium: Anfield
3 January 2026 20 Fulham v Liverpool Fulham
15:00 GMT Report Stadium: Craven Cottage
7 January 2026 21 Arsenal v Liverpool Holloway
20:00 GMT Report Stadium: Emirates Stadium
17 January 2026 22 Liverpool v Burnley Liverpool
15:00 GMT Report Stadium: Anfield
24 January 2026 23 Bournemouth v Liverpool Bournemouth
15:00 GMT Report Stadium: Dean Court
31 January 2026 24 Liverpool v Newcastle United Liverpool
15:00 GMT Report Stadium: Anfield
7 February 2026 25 Liverpool v Manchester City Liverpool
15:00 GMT Report Stadium: Anfield
11 February 2026 26 Sunderland v Liverpool Sunderland
20:00 GMT Report Stadium: Stadium of Light
21 February 2026 27 Nottingham Forest v Liverpool West Bridgford
15:00 GMT Report Stadium: City Ground
28 February 2026 28 Liverpool v West Ham United Liverpool
15:00 GMT Report Stadium: Anfield
4 March 2026 29 Wolverhampton Wanderers v Liverpool Wolverhampton
20:00 GMT Report Stadium: Molineux Stadium
14 March 2026 30 Liverpool v Tottenham Hotspur Liverpool
15:00 GMT Report Stadium: Anfield
21 March 2026 31 Brighton & Hove Albion v Liverpool Brighton and Hove
15:00 GMT Report Stadium: Falmer Stadium
11 April 2026 32 Liverpool v Fulham Liverpool
15:00 BST Report Stadium: Anfield
18 April 2026 33 Everton v Liverpool Liverpool
15:00 BST Report Stadium: Everton Stadium
25 April 2026 34 Liverpool v Crystal Palace Liverpool
15:00 BST Report Stadium: Anfield
2 May 2026 35 Manchester United v Liverpool Trafford
15:00 BST Report Stadium: Old Trafford
9 May 2026 36 Liverpool v Chelsea Liverpool
15:00 BST Report Stadium: Anfield
17 May 2026 37 Aston Villa v Liverpool Birmingham
15:00 BST Report Stadium: Villa Park
24 May 2026 38 Liverpool v Brentford Liverpool
16:00 BST Report Stadium: Anfield

FA Cup

Main article: 2025–26 FA Cup

As a Premier League side, Liverpool will enter the FA Cup in the third round.

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

9–11 January 2026 Third round TBC v TBC TBC
TBC GMT Report Stadium: TBC

EFL Cup

Main article: 2025–26 EFL Cup

As one of the Premier League clubs participating in European competitions, Liverpool will enter the EFL Cup in the third round.

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

23–24 September 2025 Third round TBC v TBC TBC
TBC BST Report Stadium: TBC

FA Community Shield

Main article: 2025 FA Community Shield

As the defending Premier League champions, Liverpool will face the reigning FA Cup winners Crystal Palace in the FA Community Shield.[29]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

10 August 2025 Final Crystal Palace v Liverpool Wembley
15:00 BST Report Stadium: Wembley Stadium

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 2025–26 UEFA Champions League

As the Premier League winners, Liverpool entered the UEFA Champions League in the league phase.

League phase

Main article: 2025–26 UEFA Champions League league phase

The league phase draw will be held on 28 August 2025.

Round1
Ground
Result
Position
Points
Source: UEFA
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

16–18 September 2025 1 TBC v TBC TBC
TBC CEST Report Stadium: TBC

Statistics

As of pre-season

Appearances

Players with no appearances are not included on the list.

No. Pos Nat Player Total Premier League FA Cup EFL Cup Champions League Community Shield
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals

Goals

Rank Pos. No. Player Premier League FA Cup EFL Cup Champions League Community Shield Total
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0

Clean sheets

Rank No. Player Premier League FA Cup EFL Cup Champions League Community Shield Total
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0

Disciplinary record

No. Pos. Player Premier League FA Cup EFL Cup Champions League Community Shield Total
           
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

References

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  2. ^ "Diogo Jota: 1996-2025". Liverpool F.C. 3 July 2025.
  3. ^ "Liverpool Mens". Liverpool F.C. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
  4. ^ a b "Vitezslav Jaros signs new LFC deal and joins Ajax on season-long loan". Liverpool F.C. 18 June 2025.
  5. ^ a b "Harvey Davies signs new LFC deal and makes Crawley loan move". Liverpool F.C. 26 June 2025.
  6. ^ "Trey Nyoni signs new long-term contract with Liverpool FC". Liverpool F.C. 30 June 2025.
  7. ^ "Liverpool agree signing of Jeremie Frimpong from Bayer Leverkusen". Liverpool F.C. 30 May 2025.
  8. ^ "Liverpool agree deal to sign goalkeeper Armin Pecsi". Liverpool F.C. 7 June 2025.
  9. ^ "Liverpool agree signing of Florian Wirtz from Bayer Leverkusen". Liverpool F.C. 20 June 2025.
  10. ^ "Liverpool complete signing of Milos Kerkez from Bournemouth". Liverpool F.C. 26 June 2025.
  11. ^ "Liverpool agree deal to sign Giorgi Mamardashvili". Liverpool F.C. 27 August 2024.
  12. ^ "Liverpool set to sign goalkeeper Freddie Woodman". Liverpool F.C. 27 June 2025.
  13. ^ "Liverpool accept Real Madrid offer for Trent Alexander-Arnold transfer". Liverpool F.C. 30 May 2025.
  14. ^ "Caoimhin Kelleher joins Brentford in permanent transfer". Liverpool F.C. 3 June 2025.
  15. ^ "Nat Phillips completes permanent transfer to West Bromwich Albion". Liverpool F.C. 23 June 2025.
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  17. ^ "Dominic Corness signs for The New Saints FC". Liverpool F.C. 24 June 2025.
  18. ^ "Louis Enahoro-Marcus joins Leeds United". Leeds United F.C. 9 July 2025.
  19. ^ "Professional deals for six young Owls". Sheffield Wednesday F.C. 2 July 2025.
  20. ^ "Jarell Quansah completes transfer to Bayer Leverkusen". Liverpool F.C. 2 July 2025.
  21. ^ "Liverpool to return to Asia for 2025 pre-season tour". Liverpool F.C. 31 March 2025.
  22. ^ "Liverpool to face Yokohama F. Marinos in second game of pre-season tour in Asia". Liverpool F.C. 10 April 2025.
  23. ^ "Liverpool to face Preston North End in first pre-season game". Liverpool F.C. 5 June 2025.
  24. ^ "Liverpool to face Athletic Club in pre-season double-header at Anfield". Liverpool F.C. 10 June 2025.
  25. ^ "Premier League Handbook 2022/23" (PDF). Premier League. pp. 109–111. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 August 2022. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
  26. ^ "All 380 fixtures for 2025/26 Premier League season". Premier League. 18 June 2025.
  27. ^ "Liverpool's 2025-26 Premier League fixture list revealed". Liverpool F.C. 18 June 2025.
  28. ^ a b "Liverpool's August games against Newcastle and Arsenal rescheduled". Liverpool F.C. 9 July 2025.
  29. ^ "Community Shield fixture details confirmed". Liverpool F.C. 20 June 2025.
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