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Liverpool & World Cup

Players Nation Games Goals Stage 

1950 - Brazil

Laurie Hughes England 3 0 2nd in Group B 

 

 

1958 - Sweden

Alan A' Court England 3 0 2nd-3rd in Group D*
Tommy Younger Scotland 2 0 4th in Group B

 

1966 - England

Roger Hunt England 6 3 Winner! 
Ian Callaghan England 1 0  

 

1978 - Argentina

Kenny Dalglish Scotland 3 1 3rd in Group D 
Graeme Souness Scotland 1 0  

 

1982 - Spain

Phil Thompson England 5 0 2nd in Group 2 - 2nd phase 
Phil Neal England 1(1) 0  
Alan Hansen Scotland 3 0 3rd in Group F 
Graeme Souness Scotland 3 1  
Kenny Dalglish Scotland 1(1) 1  

 

1986 - Mexico

Jan Mølby Denmark 1(3) 0 Last 16 
Steve Nicol Scotland 3 0 4th in Group E 

 

1990 - Italy

John Barnes England 5 0  
Peter Beardsley England 4 0  
Steve McMahon England 3 0  
Steve Staunton Ireland 5 0  
Ray Houghton Ireland 5 0  
Ronnie Whelan Ireland 1 0  
Gary Gillespie Scotland 1 0  
Glenn Hysen Sweden 2 0  

 

1994 - USA

Stig Inge Bjørnebye Norway 3 0  
Ronnie Whelan Ireland 1 0  

 

1998 - France

Paul Ince England 4 0  
Michael Owen England 4 2  
Steve McManaman England 1 0  
Stig Inge Bjørnebye Norway 4 0  
Oyvind Leonhardsen Norway 3 0  
Brad Friedel USA 1 0  

 

2002 - Japan/Korea

Michael Owen England 5 2  
Emile Heskey England 5 1  
Dietmar Hamann Germany 6 0  
Jerzy Dudek Poland 2 0  
Abel Xavier Portugal 1 0  
El Hadji Diouf Senegal 5 0  

 

2006 - Germany

Steven Gerrard England 5 2  
Jamie Carragher England 4 0  
Peter Crouch England 4 1  
Xabi Alonso Spain 3 1  
Luis Garcia Spain 3 0  
Harry Kewell Australia 3 1  

 

2010 - South Africa

Steven Gerrard England 4 1  
Jamie Carragher England 2 0  
Glen Johnson England 4 0  
Fernando Torres Spain 7 0  Winner!
Javier Mascherano Argentina 4 0  
Maxi Rodriguez Argentina 5 0  
Dirk Kuyt Holland 7 1  
Martin Skrtel Slovakia 4 0  
Daniel Agger Denmark 3 0  
Sotirios Kyrgiakos Greece 2 0  

LAST UPDATED: 11.07.2010

* England and USSR were equal on points and goal difference in group D in the 1958 World Cup so a playoff was required in which USSR beat England 1-0.
Note: Salif Diao did not sign a contract with Liverpool until after the 2002 World Cup.

Note: Milan Jovanovic didn't sign officially for Liverpool until after his 2010 World Cup participation

Note: Ryan Babel and Jose Reina both included in Holland's and Spain's groups in South Africa 2010 but neither made an appearance.

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