1978–79 Liverpool F.C. season

The 1978–79 season was Liverpool Football Club's 87th season in existence and their 17th consecutive season in the First Division. Liverpool won its 11th league title with a record-breaking season. They amassed a record points total of 68, with Kenny Dalglish and Graeme Souness as commanding influences in the team that had the highest goal scoring ratio under Bob Paisley's management. Defensively, Liverpool conceded only 16 goals (just four of them at Anfield) and goalkeeper Ray Clemence kept a total of 28 clean sheets in 42 League matches. Disappointing for Liverpool was the early exit of the European Cup, losing to domestic rivals Nottingham Forest in the inaugural round; Forest went on to win the European Cup along with the League Cup, and were proving to be Liverpool's most fierce competitors as the decade drew to a close. This ended Liverpool's chances of taking three European Cups in a row, an achievement only Real Madrid, Ajax and Bayern Munich have ever succeeded in doing.

Goalkeepers

 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ray Clemence
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Steve Ogrizovic

Defenders

 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Emlyn Hughes
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Joey Jones
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Brian Kettle
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Colin Irwin
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Phil Neal
 * Alan Hansen
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Phil Thompson
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Alan Kennedy

Midfielders

 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ian Callaghan
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jimmy Case
 * Steve Heighway
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Sammy Lee
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ray Kennedy
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Terry McDermott
 * 🇮🇪 Kevin Sheedy
 * Graeme Souness

Attackers

 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 David Fairclough
 * Kenny Dalglish
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Howard Gayle
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 David Johnson