Liverpool Football Club is the most successful English football team, having won 4 European Cups and 18 league (English Premier League, formerly First Division) titles. Their home ground is the 45,362 capacity Anfield, which is about three miles from the city centre of Liverpool.
The club was founded on March 15 1892 by John Houlding, the owner of Anfield. Houlding decided to form his own team after Everton FC were evicted from Anfield in an argument over rent. The original name was to be Everton FC but was changed to Liverpool FC after The Football Association refused to recognise the team as Everton.
On July 30, 2004, the Liverpool City Council granted the club planning permission to build a new 60,000 seat stadium, nearby at Stanley Park. For a time, it looked likely that the stadium would be shared with local rivals Everton, but talks on a groundshare failed in January 2005, and Liverpool will now have the stadium to itself. It is hoped that if all goes to plan, construction of the new stadium will begin in the summer of 2005 and it will open in 2007. The old stadium will then become a public plaza surrounded by apartments, offices, bars, restaurants and a hotel. The treatment of the old stadium requires some sensitivity as a number of deceased fans have had their ashes officially scattered on the pitch over the years.
The club was especially dominant in the 1970s and 1980s. Great players from this time include Ray Clemence, Mark Lawrenson, Graeme Souness, Ian Callaghan, Phil Neal, Kevin Keegan, Alan Hansen, Kenny Dalglish (102 Caps) and Ian Rush (346 Goals).
The club was also present at two of the biggest tragedies in European football - at Heysel in 1985 and Hillsborough in 1989.
They completed an unprecedented treble of two domestic cups (the League Cup and the FA Cup) and the UEFA Cup in the 2000/01 season. However winning a treble was not something new to Liverpool. In 1984 they were victorious in the European Cup, the League Cup and the Championship. This was the first treble of major honours to be completed by an English club.
Honours
- Football League First Division Champions 18 (a record in England)
- 1900/01, 1905/06, 1921/22, 1922/23, 1946/47, 1963/64, 1965/66, 1972/73, 1975/76, 1976/77, 1978/79, 1979/80, 1981/82, 1982/83, 1983/84, 1985/86, 1987/88, 1989/90
- Football League Second Division Champions 4
- 1893/94, 1895/96, 1904/05, 1961/62
- Lancashire League Champions 1
- European Cup 4
- UEFA Cup Winners 3
- 1972/73, 1975/76, 2000/01
- FA Cup Winners 6
- 1964/65, 1973/74, 1985/86, 1988/89, 1991/92, 2000/2001
- FA Youth Cup Winners 1
- League Cup Winners 7
- 1980/81, 1981/82, 1982/83, 1983/84, 1994/95, 2000/01, 2002/03
- Charity Shield Winners 14
- 1963/64+, 1964/65+, 1965/66, 1973/74, 1975/76, 1976/77+, 1978/79, 1979/80, 1981/82, 1985/86*, 1987/88, 1988/89, 1989/90, 2000/01,
- European Super Cup Winners 2
- Super Cup Winners 1
- Reserves Division One Winners 16
- 1956/57, 1968/69, 1969/70, 1970/71, 1972/73, 1973/74, 1974/75, 1975/76, 1976/77, 1978/79, 1980/81, 1981/82, 1983/84, 1984/85, 1989/90, 1999/2000
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Interesting facts
Match statistics
- Only 14 first team players were used in the 1965/66 season, when Liverpool won the League.
- Liverpool played against Blackburn Rovers F.C. on the 5th of September 1896. Rovers won 1-0, but six goals were disallowed during this game.
- Liverpool's first ever competitive game was in the Lancashire League against Higher Walton. They won 8-0. Their side did not have one English player.
- League debut: 2-0 v Middlesbrough Ironopolis on September 2 1893 (Division 2)
- FA Cup debut: September 1892 4-0 v Nantwich
- Biggest win: 11-0 v Strømsgodset on the 17th of September 1974.
- Biggest league win: 9-0 v Crystal Palace F.C. in 1990.
- Biggest defeat: 0-8 v Huddersfield in 1935.
- First Honour: in the 1893/94 season they became the Second Division champions.
- First European match: on the 17th of August 1964 they played against KR Reykjavik, Iceland, for the European Cup, and won 5-0.
- Ian Rush holds the record in Liverpool FC for most goals in all competitions for one season - he scored 47 goals in the 1983/84 season.
- On the other side, Roger Hunt has the most league goals for one season - in the 1961/62 season he scored 41 goals.
- Only four people have scored 5 goals in one match. These are:
Club culture
Reserve squad
Other
Current Squad
Players loaned out
Staff
Stars
PRE-SHANKLY (1892 - 1959)
THE GLORY YEARS - 1960 TO 1990
1990 - PRESENT
Managers
Statistics
League appearances
| Rank | Player | Years | Apps | Apps per Season
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| 1 | Ian Callaghan | (1959-1978) | 640 | 33,68
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| 2 | Billy Liddell | (1945-1961) | 495 | 30,94
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| 3 | Emlyn Hughes | (1966-1979) | 474 | 36,46
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| 4 | Ray Clemence | (1968-1981) | 470 | 36,15
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| 5 | Ian Rush | (1980-1996) | 468 | 29,25
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| 6 | Tommy Smith | (1962-1978) | 467 | 29,19
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| 7 | Phil Neal | (1974-1986) | 455 | 37,92
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| 8 | Bruce Grobbelaar | (1981-1994) | 440 | 33,85
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| 9 | Alan Hansen | (1977-1990) | 436 | 33,54
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| 10 | Elisha Scott | (1912-1934) | 430 | 19,55
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| 11 | Chris Lawler | (1962-1976) | 406 | 29
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| 12 | Roger Hunt | (1959-1970) | 404 | 36,73
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| 13 | Donald McKinlay | (1909-1929) | 393 | 19,65
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| 14 | Arthur Goddard | (1901-1914) | 388 | 29,85
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| 15 | Ronnie Whelan | (1980-1994) | 363 | 25,93
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| 16 | Gordon Hodgson | (1925-1936) | 359 | 32,64
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| 17 | Ron Yeats | (1961-1971) | 358 | 35,8
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| 18 | Alan A'Court | (1952-1965) | 355 | 27,31
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| 18 | Kenny Dalglish | (1977-1990) | 355 | 27,31
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| 19 | Ronnie Moran | (1952-1965) | 343 | 26,38
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| 20 | Ephraim Longworth | (1910-1928) | 342 | 19
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All competitions appearances
| Rank | Player | Years | Apps | Apps per Season
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| 1 | Ian Callaghan | (1959-1978) | 848 | 44,63
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| 2 | Emlyn Hughes | (1966-1979) | 657 | 50,54
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| 3 | Ray Clemence | (1968-1981) | 656 | 50,46
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| 4 | Ian Rush | (1980-1996) | 644 | 40,25
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| 5 | Phil Neal | (1974-1986) | 635 | 52,92
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| 6 | Tommy Smith | (1962-1978) | 633 | 39,56
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| 7 | Alan Hansen | (1977-1990) | 603 | 46,38
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| 8 | Bruce Grobbelaar | (1981-1994) | 579 | 44,54
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| 9 | Chris Lawler | (1962-1976) | 546 | 39
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| 10 | Billy Liddell | (1945-1961) | 537 | 33,56
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| 11 | Kenny Dalglish | (1977-1990) | 496 | 38,15
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| 12 | Roger Hunt | (1959-1970) | 489 | 44,45
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| 13 | Ronnie Whelan | (1980-1994) | 478 | 34,14
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| 14 | Elisha Scott | (1912-1934) | 467 | 21,22
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| 14 | Steve Heighway | (1970-1981) | 467 | 42,45
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| 16 | Phil Thompson | (1971-1983) | 466 | 38,83
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| 17 | Ron Yeats | (1961-1971) | 451 | 45,1
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| 18 | Steve Nicol | (1982-1995) | 446 | 34,30
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| 19 | Donald McKinlay | (1909-1929) | 433 | 21,65
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| 20 | Ian St John | (1961-1971) | 424 | 42,4
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League scorers
Overall scorers
League scorers by seasons
See also
External links
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