The 1981–82 season was Liverpool Football Club's 90th season in existence and their 20th consecutive season in the First Division. After finishing fifth the previous season, Liverpool came back and won their thirteenth league title. They also won the Football League Cup for the second successive season, beating Tottenham Hotspur 3-1 at Wembley Stadium.
However, Liverpool were decisively beaten by Flamengo at the 1981 Intercontinental Cup final. Neither did they regain the European Cup, having been knocked out by CSKA Sofia in the quarter-finals and surprisingly being knocked out by Second Division Chelsea in the fifth round of the FA Cup.
It was also a season with major changes in the team, as many of the players who won the trophies over the previous seasons were being replaced by players who would go on to be part of the team that remained successful for the rest of the decade. Players such as Bruce Grobbelaar, Mark Lawrenson, Ian Rush, Ronnie Whelan and Craig Johnston came into the team during the season and would make their mark on changing the side, that would go forward into the decade.
Squad
Goalkeepers
- Steve Ogrizovic
- Bruce Grobbelaar
Defenders
- Phil Neal
- Alan Hansen
- Phil Thompson
- Alan Kennedy
- Richard Money
- Mark Lawrenson
Midfielders
- Craig Johnston
- Sammy Lee
- Ray Kennedy
- Terry McDermott
- Kevin Sheedy
- Graeme Souness
- Ronnie Whelan
- Steve Nicol
Attackers
- David Fairclough
- Kenny Dalglish
- Howard Gayle
- David Johnson
- Ian Rush
Squad statistics
Appearances and goals
League table
Results
First Division
FA Cup
Football League Cup
League Cup Final
European Cup
Intercontinental Cup
References
- LFC History.net – Games for the 1981–82 season
- Liverweb - Games for the 1981-82 season
