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BACKROOM STAFF · 2025/26

Liverpool backroom staff

We hold the names of 101 people on Liverpool's staff for 2025/26, beyond the players. Arne Slot manages the first team, with Sipke Hulshoff as assistant manager. Liverpool's is the longest staff list of the 20 Premier League clubs we hold.

STAFF NAMED101
COACHING24
MEDICAL17
SCOUTING AND ANALYSIS49
NATIONALITIES20
MEDIAN AGE40

Coaching staff

The manager, the assistants and the coaches at every level of the club, 24 people

Liverpool coaching staff in 2025/26: name, role, team, age, nationality and previous clubs.
NAME ROLE TEAM AGE NATIONALITY PREVIOUSLY AT
Arne Slot Manager First team 46 Netherlands Feyenoord Rotterdam before that AZ Alkmaar and SC Cambuur
Rob Page Manager Under-21s 50 Wales Nottingham Forest Nott'm Forest
Simon Wiles Manager Under-18s 40 England Salford City before that Fleetwood Town
Sipke Hulshoff Assistant manager First team 50 Netherlands Feyenoord Rotterdam before that SC Cambuur
Anthony Ryan Assistant manager Under-18s 39 England -
Giovanni van Bronckhorst Coach First team 50 Netherlands Rangers before that Feyenoord Rotterdam
Luiz Fernando Iubel Coach First team 36 Brazil Coritiba before that EC Bahia
Rob Jones Coach Under-18s 53 England -
Scott Mason Coach Under-18s 34 England Aston Villa before that Rangers
Steve McManaman Coach Under-18s 53 England -
Jay Spearing Player-coach Under-21s 36 England -
Colin Stewart Goalkeeping coach First team 45 Scotland Rangers
Xavi Valero Goalkeeping coach First team 52 Spain West Ham United West Ham
Mark Morris Goalkeeping coach Under-21s 56 England -
Neil Edwards Goalkeeping coach Under-18s 54 Wales -
Chris Black Fitness coach First team 32 Northern Ireland -
Conall Murtagh Fitness coach First team 40 Northern Ireland -
David Rydings Fitness coach First team 42 England -
Jack Ade Fitness coach First team 42 England Rangers
Ruben Peeters Fitness coach First team 33 Belgium Feyenoord Rotterdam before that K Racing Club Genk
Jack Phillips Fitness coach Under-21s 31 England Everton
Joshua Thorpe-Brown Fitness coach Under-21s 26 England -
Connor Gillett Fitness coach Under-18s 27 England -
David Kells Fitness coach Under-18s 29 England West Bromwich Albion West Brom

Medical and sports science

Doctors, physios and sports scientists, 17 people

Liverpool medical and sports science in 2025/26: name, role, team, age, nationality and previous clubs.
NAME ROLE TEAM AGE NATIONALITY PREVIOUSLY AT
Jonathan Power Chief doctor Club-wide 52 England -
Amit Pannu Club doctor First team 47 India Derby County before that Blackburn Rovers
Max Thompson Club doctor Under-18s 29 England -
Lee Nobes Head physio Club-wide 49 England Manchester City Man City
Chris Morgan Physio First team 45 England Arsenal
David Breen Physio First team 39 Ireland -
Joe Lewis Physio First team 40 England -
Robin Sadler Physio First team 46 England Manchester United Man Utd before that Derby County
Paul Kelly Physio Under-21s 54 England Manchester City Man City
Tony Jones Physio Under-21s 34 England -
Gregg Blundell Physio Under-18s 47 England -
Phil Bolland Physio Under-18s 48 England -
Phil McEvoy Physio Under-18s 33 England -
Mitchel White Sports scientist First team 25 Scotland -
Nikki Sanders Sports scientist First team 26 - -
Ross Jones Sports scientist Under-21s 31 England Blackpool before that Rochdale and Fleetwood Town
Kyle Taylor Sports scientist Under-18s 27 England Swindon Town before that Tranmere Rovers

Scouting and analysis

Scouts, recruitment analysts and performance analysts, 49 people

Liverpool scouting and analysis in 2025/26: name, role, team, age, nationality and previous clubs.
NAME ROLE TEAM AGE NATIONALITY PREVIOUSLY AT
Barry Hunter Chief scout Club-wide 56 Northern Ireland -
Andy O'Brien Scout Club-wide 46 Ireland -
Andy Ransome Scout Club-wide 48 England -
Andy Sayer Scout Club-wide 59 England Crystal Palace
Chris Wilkins Scout Club-wide 40 England -
Darren Rhodes Scout Club-wide 39 England -
Dassler Marques Scout Club-wide 40 Brazil -
Dominique Wolff Scout Club-wide 35 Germany -
Dylan Greenberg Scout Club-wide 25 South Africa -
Fernando Troiani Scout Club-wide 51 Argentina -
Gonzalo Siegrist Scout Club-wide 41 Argentina -
Hugo Pinhiero Scout Club-wide 41 Portugal -
Jasper Vallmark Scout Club-wide 38 Sweden -
Kiko Espinar Scout Club-wide 39 Spain -
Kyle Wallbanks Scout Club-wide 39 England -
Laurens Paulussen Scout Club-wide 34 Belgium Yellow Red KV Mechelen
Mark Burchill Scout Club-wide 44 Scotland AFC Bournemouth Bournemouth
Mark Gower Scout Club-wide 46 England -
Matt Newberry Scout Club-wide 42 Northern Ireland -
Mike Crompton Scout Club-wide 43 England -
Paul Goldrick Scout Club-wide 43 England -
Rachid Khlifi Scout Club-wide 46 France Paris FC
Raphael Cilento Scout Club-wide 39 United States -
Richard Carter Scout Club-wide 47 England -
Scott Russell Scout Club-wide 52 Australia -
Sienna O'Brien Scout Club-wide 38 - -
Stewart Downing Scout Club-wide 40 England -
Sven Dworaczek Scout Club-wide 35 Germany Chelsea
Sylvain N'Diaye Scout Club-wide 49 Senegal Paris Saint-Germain
Tika Musonda Scout Club-wide 31 Belgium Tottenham Hotspur Spurs before that Chelsea
Anthony Ross-Bone Recruitment analyst Club-wide 30 England Fulham
Besim Ali Recruitment analyst Club-wide 37 England Fulham
Craig McKee Recruitment analyst Club-wide 37 Scotland -
Dafydd Steele Recruitment analyst Club-wide 43 Wales -
David Woodfine Recruitment analyst Club-wide 44 England -
Laurie Shaw Recruitment analyst Club-wide 42 England -
Tim Waskett Recruitment analyst Club-wide 38 England -
William Spearman Recruitment analyst Club-wide 36 United States -
Jansen Moreno Head performance analyst Club-wide 36 Gibraltar Football Club København before that Huddersfield Town and Norwich City
Ben Hervey Performance analyst First team 27 England -
Daniel Spearitt Performance analyst First team 36 England -
Joel Bonner Performance analyst First team 26 England -
Lewis Mahoney Performance analyst First team 26 Wales Southampton before that Bristol Rovers and Swansea City
Roderick van der Ham Performance analyst First team 34 Netherlands Feyenoord Rotterdam before that Heracles Almelo and RKC Waalwijk
Ruairidh McGregor Performance analyst First team 28 Scotland -
Harry Taylor Performance analyst Under-21s 28 England Bolton Wanderers before that Morecambe
Jacob Dunne-Simon Performance analyst Under-21s 29 England -
Asher Fenton Performance analyst Under-18s 30 England -
Daniel Kwan Performance analyst Under-18s 27 England -

Football management

The people who run the football side, from the sporting director to the academy, 2 people

Liverpool football management in 2025/26: name, role, age, nationality and previous clubs.
NAME ROLE AGE NATIONALITY PREVIOUSLY AT
Alex Inglethorpe Head of youth development 53 England -
Gary Probert Loan manager 42 England Ipswich Town Ipswich before that Bristol City

Owners and directors

Who owns Liverpool and sits on its board

Liverpool owners and directors in 2025/26: name, role, age, nationality and previous clubs.
NAME ROLE AGE NATIONALITY PREVIOUSLY AT
John Henry Owner 75 United States -
Thomas Werner Chair 75 United States -
Billy Hogan Managing director 45 United States -
Jenny Beacham Director 42 - -
Jonathan Bamber Director 42 England -
Kenny Dalglish Director 74 Scotland -
Michael Egan Director 65 England -
Michael Gordon Director 60 United States -
Richard Hughes Director 46 Scotland AFC Bournemouth Bournemouth

Backroom staff at every Premier League club

The names we hold at each club in the division, 2025/26

Liverpool's list is the longest of the 20, against a median of 60 across the division. Coventry City names the fewest, 36.

Liverpool against the Premier League, department by department

Names held in each department, beside the average and the most at any one club

Liverpool staff by department against the Premier League average and the largest department in the division, 2025/26.
DEPARTMENT LIVERPOOL AVERAGE MOST AT
Coaching 24 18 25 Chelsea
Medical and sports science 17 14 22 Manchester City Man City
Scouting and analysis 49 23 49 Liverpool
Football management 2 2 3 Chelsea
Owners and directors 9 7 18 Manchester United Man Utd

Backrooms the size of Liverpool's, in every league

Liverpool's 101 names make the longest staff list of the 815 clubs we hold one for

Clubs ranked by the number of staff we hold for 2025/26, from 1st to 21st, with Liverpool among them.
# CLUB LEAGUE STAFF
1 Liverpool Premier League 101
2 Chelsea Premier League 100
3 AC Milan Serie A 86
4 Manchester United Man Utd Premier League 85
5 Newcastle United Newcastle Premier League 84
6 Club Atlético River Plate Super Liga 83
7 Genoa Cricket and Football Club Serie A 81
7 Inter Milan Serie A 81
9 Atalanta Serie A 79
10 Arsenal Premier League 78
11 Manchester City Man City Premier League 75
12 Bologna FC 1909 Serie A 72
12 Feyenoord Rotterdam Eredivisie 72
14 Bayer 04 Leverkusen Bundesliga 71
15 Torino Serie A 70
16 Brighton & Hove Albion Brighton Premier League 69
17 Juventus Serie A 68
17 PSV Eindhoven Eredivisie 68
17 U.S. Cremonese Serie B 68
17 Unione Sportiva Lecce Serie A 68
21 Hellas Verona FC Serie B 67

Where Liverpool's staff come from

20 nationalities across the 98 staff whose nationality we hold

England 52
Scotland 7
United States 6
Netherlands 4
Northern Ireland 4
Wales 4
Belgium 3
Argentina 2
Brazil 2
Germany 2

England supplies 52 of the 98, 53%. The median age is 40. The oldest is John Henry, owner, at 75, and the youngest Dylan Greenberg, scout, at 25. 35 members of staff came from another club, most often Feyenoord Rotterdam (4).

Where Liverpool's former staff work now

On Liverpool's staff in an earlier season and at another club in 2025/26, 25 people

People who worked at Liverpool in an earlier season and the club and job they hold in 2025/26.
NAME ROLE NOW NOW AT
Vítor Matos Manager Swansea City
Neil Critchley Assistant manager RC Strasbourg Alsace
Pepijn Lijnders Assistant manager Manchester City Man City
Tim Jenkins Assistant manager RC Strasbourg Alsace
Jonathan Woodgate Coach Manchester United Man Utd
Ray Shearwood Coach Grimsby Town
James French Set-piece coach Manchester City Man City
Jim Moxon Club doctor Brighton & Hove Albion Brighton
Christopher Rohrbeck Head physio 1. FSV Mainz 05
Frigyes Vanden Auweele Physio RSC Anderlecht
Matt Konopinski Physio Sheffield United Sheff Utd
Scott McAuley Physio Manchester United Man Utd
Oliver Morgan Sports scientist Leicester City Leicester
Mads Jørgensen Chief scout Molde FK
Chris McKean Scout Everton
Dave Fallows Scout Chelsea
Peter Krawietz Scout RB Leipzig
Sebastian Frank Scout Eintracht Frankfurt
Mark Leyland Performance analyst Manchester City Man City
Dominic Price Technical director West Bromwich Albion West Brom
Andy O'Boyle Managing director Liverpool Women
Jürgen Klopp Managing director RB Leipzig
Jörg Schmadtke Director Hannover 96
Peter Moore Director Wisła Kraków
Željko Buvač Director Dinamo Moscow

Frequently asked questions

Who is Liverpool's manager?

Arne Slot is the Liverpool first-team manager, aged 46. Sipke Hulshoff is the assistant manager.

Who is the goalkeeping coach at Liverpool?

Colin Stewart and Xavi Valero coach the Liverpool first-team goalkeepers.

Who is Liverpool's head physio?

Lee Nobes is head physio at Liverpool.

Who is Liverpool's chief scout?

Barry Hunter is chief scout at Liverpool.

How many backroom staff do Liverpool have?

We hold the names of 101 people on Liverpool's staff for 2025/26: 24 in coaching, 17 in medical and sports science, 49 in scouting and analysis, 2 in football management and 9 owners and directors. That is the longest list of the 20 Premier League clubs we hold, against a median of 60. Across every league we hold, that list is the longest of 815.

Where to next

For what Liverpool pays its squad, see Liverpool player wages. The first-team manager has a page of their own: Arne Slot. What each of these jobs pays across football is on backroom staff wages. Every club in the division is on Premier League wages.