Liverpool champions league: finishing sixth in the 2014–15 Premier L

liverpool champions league Finishing sixth in the 2014–15 Premier League qualified Liverpool directly to the group stage of the 2015–16 Europa League , where they faced Sion , Bordeaux and for the first time, Russian side Rubin Kazan . [ 110 ] During the group stage, manager Brendan Rodgers was replaced by Jürgen Klopp . [ 111 ] After winning the group, Liverpool qualified for the knockout phase, beating FC Augsburg in the round of 32 before facing bitter rivals Manchester United in the round of 16, the two clubs' first meeting in Europe. [ 112 ] [ 113 ] Liverpool defeated them 3–1 on aggregate and victory led to a quarter-final tie with Klopp's former team Borussia Dortmund . [ 114 ] [ 115 ] After a 1–1 draw in the first leg at Signal Iduna Park , Dortmund went 3–1 up in the return leg at Anfield with 33 minutes remaining, requiring Liverpool to score three goals due to the away goals rule . Philippe Coutinho , Mamadou Sakho and Dejan Lovren (with a last minute winner) provided the necessary goals, as Liverpool completed the comeback and qualified for their first European semi-final since 2010. [ 116 ] There they faced Villarreal , completing a second comeback after overturning a 1–0 defeat in the first leg at El Madrigal to qualify for the final with a 3–1 aggregate win. [ 117 ] [ 118 ] Liverpool played Sevilla in the final at St. Jakob-Park , Basel , on 18 May, losing 3–1. A 4th-place finish in the 2016–17 Premier League qualified Liverpool for the 2017–18 UEFA Champions League and saw them return to Europe's premier club tournament for only the second time in 8 years during the 2010s.. bóng đá liverpool Chính sự máu lửa và tinh thần chiến đấu tới phút chót giúp Liverpool nhiều lần trở thành tâm điểm ở Champions League. liverpool premier league Liverpool participated in the 1980–81 European Cup as English league champions, defeating Finnish champions Oulun Palloseura , Scottish club Aberdeen and CSKA Sofia of Bulgaria to qualify for the semi-finals, where they faced three-time champions Bayern Munich. The first leg at Anfield finished goalless. In the second leg at the Olympiastadion in Munich, Ray Kennedy scored in the 83rd minute and, although the German side equalised, Liverpool went through to the final on the away goals rule. [ 40 ] They faced Spanish side Real Madrid in the final , held at the Parc des Princes in Paris. Alan Kennedy scored the only goal to give Liverpool a 1–0 victory, which secured the club's—and Paisley's—third European Cup. As champions of Europe, Liverpool competed in the Intercontinental Cup against South American champions Flamengo of Brazil. Liverpool lost the match 3–0. [ 41 ] The club's defence of the European Cup in 1981–82 was ended by CSKA Sofia in the quarter-finals. [ 42 ] Another quarter-final exit occurred in the 1982–83 European Cup when Polish club Widzew Łódź eliminated Liverpool 4–3 on aggregate. [ 43 ] Paisley retired as manager at the end of the season and was succeeded by his assistant, Joe Fagan . [ 44 ]