Treble Winners (2019-20 Season)

Lore & Background

Liverpool won their nineteenth league title – the first since 1989–90 and the first during the Premier League era – clinching it on 25 June after Manchester City's defeat to Chelsea. They also won the UEFA Super Cup (beating Chelsea 5–4 on penalties after a 2–2 draw) and the FIFA Club World Cup (defeating Flamengo 1–0 after extra time), becoming the first English side to win the international treble of the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Super Cup and FIFA Club World Cup. Liverpool were eliminated in the quarter-finals of the EFL Cup by Aston Villa and exited the UEFA Champions League in the round of 16 after a 4–2 aggregate defeat to Atlético Madrid.

In Their Own Story

Rain slicked the pitch at Anfield on a quiet June evening in 2020, the stadium stripped of its usual deafening roar. The air hung heavy with thirty years of tension. He took a breath, feeling the ball pulse under his boot—a silent promise about to be kept. When the final whistle cut through the silence, there were no pyrotechnics, only a raw, tearful collapse of players and staff embracing on the grass. The wait was finally over; the silence broke not with noise, but with the collective, shattering realization that history had been rewritten.

Reader's Guide

The season overview notes that Liverpool set records including the most consecutive home wins (24, with 7 carried over from the previous season), the biggest point lead at any time (25), and matched Premier League records for most wins (32), most home wins (18), and most consecutive wins (18). They finished with 99 points, the club's record and the second highest in English top-flight history. Liverpool also recorded the best ever start to a season in the history of the top 5 leagues in Europe, picking up 20 wins and 1 draw for 61 points out of 63, later extended to 26 wins and 1 draw for 79 points out of 81 before their first league defeat on 29 February 2020 to Watford.

Did You Know?

• Liverpool's 44-match unbeaten run in the league was the second-longest streak in top-flight history, behind Arsenal's 49 games.
• The team remained unbeaten at home in the league for the third season in a row.
• Liverpool won the Premier League earlier than any other team by games played (with seven remaining) and later than any other team by date (being the only team to clinch the title in June).
• The club's victory in the FIFA Club World Cup was their first world title after finishing as runners-up on three previous occasions.