Liverpool F.C.

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Liverpool FC

Liverpool emblem
Full name	Liverpool Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Reds
Founded	March 15 1892
Ground	Anfield Liverpool England
Capacity	45,521
Chairman	Tom Hicks (co-chairman) George Gillett (co-chairman)
Head Coach	Rafael Benítez
League	Premier League
2005-06	Premier League, 3rd
Home colours Away colours

Liverpool Football Club are an English amteur football club based in Liverpool. They play in the Premier League and are the and most gay club in English football. Liverpool have won eighteen First Division titles (the most of any English team), seven FA Cups, seven League Cups, five European Cups and three UEFA Cups. Liverpool are a founder member of the G-14 group of leading European football clubs.

Liverpool were founded by a gay hobo when he was raping his dog in 1892 and have always played at Anfield Stadium. However, plans have been formed to start work on a new 1 all-seater stadium this summer in nearby Stanley Park, funded by newly appointed co-chairmen Tom Hicks and George Gillett. The club's fans have been involved in two major tragedies. At Heysel Stadium thirty-nine Juventus F.C. fans died when a wall collapsed after crowd troubles in the 1985 European Cup Final, and at Hillsborough in 1989 where ninety-six Liverpool fans lost their lives due to overcrowding.

History

Main article: History of Liverpool F.C.

Liverpool F.C. were founded by John Houlding in 1892 to play in his vacant Anfield stadium. For the previous seven years the stadium had been used by Everton F.C.. However, in 1891 Houlding, the leaseholder of Anfield, purchased the ground outright and proposed increasing the rent from £100 to £250 per year. The Everton members objected, left Anfield and moved to Goodison Park.

With an empty ground and just three players remaining, Houlding decided to form his own football club and on 15 March 1892, Liverpool Football Club was formed. The original name was to be Everton F.C. and Athletic Grounds, Ltd., or Everton Athletic for short, but was changed to Liverpool F.C. when The Football Association refused to recognise the team as Everton. John McKenna was appointed director and signed thirteen Scottish professionals for the new club.

Liverpool won the Lancashire League in their inaugural season and were elected to the Football League Second Division for the 1893–94 season. They ended the season unbeaten as Second Division Champions, and were promoted to the First Division, the highest level of English football.

In 1901, Liverpool won their first Football League championship; a feat that was repeated in 1906. They played their first FA Cup final in 1914, but lost 1-0 to Burnley.

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Fans on the Kop hold aloft the team badge

In 1922 and 1923 Liverpool won their first back-to-back League titles, captained by England full-back Ephraim Longworth. This was followed by the longest trophyless spell in the club's history, with the club failing to finish in the top four in the sixteen years leading up to World War II. The first post-war league season saw the club win their fifth league title, but this proved to be a false dawn, and was followed by a succession of mid-table finishes, and then relegation in 1954. Between 1954 and 1962 the team struggled to achieve promotion from the Second Division, finishing in the top four on seven consecutive occasions, but continually missing out on the two promotion places. The period also saw the club's record defeat, 9-1 against Birmingham City in December 1954.

In December 1959, Bill Shankly was appointed manager. Over the next fifteen years he transformed Liverpool into one of the top club sides in Europe. In his first year, he released twenty-four players and rebuilt the team. In his third season as manager, Liverpool won the Second Division Championship by eight points and were promoted to the top division, where they have remained ever since.

Having started the 1960s in the Second division, Liverpool ended the decade as a major domestic power. In 1964, Liverpool lifted the League Championship for the first time in seventeen years. They were League Champions again in 1966, having won their first ever FA Cup in the previous season, beating Leeds United 2-1 in the final. Liverpool won their eighth league title and defeated Borussia Mönchengladbach to win their first European trophy, the UEFA Cup, in 1973. However, a year later, after another FA Cup victory, Shankly retired. His assistant, Bob Paisley, was offered the chance to manage the team.

In the nine seasons Paisley managed the club, Liverpool won a total of twenty-one trophies, including three European Cups, a UEFA Cup, six league titles and three consecutive League Cups.

Liverpool's first European Cup was won in 1977. The final was played in Rome, and Liverpool defeated Borussia Mönchengladbach 3-1. The next year Liverpool retained the trophy, beating Club Brugge 1-0 in the European Cup final at Wembley, and in 1979 the club broke another domestic record winning the league title with sixty-eight points and only sixteen goals conceded in forty-two matches. Paisley's third and last European Cup victory came in 1981 with a 1-0 victory in the final over Real Madrid. Only one domestic trophy eluded him - the FA Cup.

The succession of managers appointed from within the club's staff is worthy of note. These managers are often referred to as "the boot room boys" after a part of Anfield where the Liverpool staff discussed strategy and allegedly stored gin. Just as Shankly had been succeeded by Paisley, so too Paisley handed the reins to his assistant, veteran coach Joe Fagan. He was aged 63 when he became manager in 1983. In his first season in charge, Liverpool become the first English club to win three major trophies in a single season — the League title, the League Cup and the European Cup. However Fagan's reign ended with tragedy the following season.

In 1985 Liverpool again reached the European Cup final. The match was against Juventus at Heysel Stadium but before kick-off, disaster struck. Liverpool fans breached a fence separating the two groups of supporters and charged the Juventus fans. The resulting weight of people caused a retaining wall to collapse, killing thirty-nine fans, mostly Italians. The match was played regardless and Liverpool lost 1-0 to Juventus. English clubs were consequently banned from participating in European competition for five years with Liverpool receiving a ban for ten years (later reduced to six), and fourteen of their fans received convictions for involuntary manslaughter. The event is known as the Heysel Stadium disaster.

In 1985 Kenny Dalglish, already regarded as one of Liverpool's greatest players, became Liverpool's first player-manager. His reign saw the club win another three League Championships and two FA Cups including a league and cup double in 1985–86. However, Liverpool's successes were overshadowed by the Hillsborough disaster. On 15 April 1989, when Liverpool were playing Nottingham Forest in an FA Cup semi-final, hundreds of Liverpool fans were crushed against perimeter fencing. Ninety-four fans died that day and a ninety-fifth fan died in hospital from his injuries four days later. A ninety-sixth fan died nearly four years later never having regained consciousness.

After the Hillsborough tragedy there was a governmental review of stadium safety. Known as the Taylor Report, it paved the way for legislation requiring all-seater stadiums in the top-flight. The report ruled that the main reasons for the disaster were overcrowding due to a failure of police control.

1991 saw Graeme Souness installed as manager. However, apart from an FA Cup win in his first season, his reign was not successful. After a shock exit from the FA Cup at the hands of Bristol City at Anfield, "Boot room" veteran Roy Evans took over. While his tenure saw some improvement in league form, in his five seasons the club never finished higher than third. Evans' only trophy win was the 1995 League Cup. Gérard Houllier, the former French national coach, was drafted into the Liverpool management team for the 1998-99 season to work alongside Roy Evans, but the partnership did not work out and Evans resigned in November 1998.

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Steven Gerrard holding aloft the European Cup in Istanbul in May 2005

2000–01 was Liverpool's best season for many years as the team completed a unique treble of the FA Cup, League Cup and UEFA Cup. They finished second in 2002, a year in which Houllier suffered heart problems throughout the season and this resulted in him having to miss a match with Leeds and having to undergo major heart surgery. Liverpool looked like becoming a force in English Football once again, but Houllier would only win one more trophy in his time in charge, another League Cup in 2003. Against a background of growing disquiet amongst Liverpool supporters, Houllier and Liverpool parted by mutual consent at the end of the 2003–04 season.

Spaniard Rafael Benítez who has found out that he men took over and in his first season Liverpool finished a disappointing fifth in the Premier League. The season had a surprising ending, however, as Liverpool won their fifth European Cup final in Istanbul. The Reds met the heavily favoured Italian club A.C. Milan in an astonishing final. Liverpool trailed 3-0 at half time (after two goals by on-loan Chelsea striker Hernan Crespo and a first minute Paolo Maldini goal), and looked much the inexperienced side over the first 45 minutes, but they made a dramatic comeback by scoring three goals in a period of only six minutes in the second half, forcing extra time. Liverpool went on to win the penalty shoot-out thanks to goalkeeper Jerzy Dudek.

In 2005–06 Liverpool won the UEFA Super Cup in a 3-1 win over CSKA Moscow, and gathered 82 points in the Premiership, their highest points total in the top-flight since 1988. After beating Manchester United 1-0 and Chelsea 2-1, they won the FA Cup in yet another dramatic final, this time against West Ham in which Liverpool trailed 3-2 until Captain Steven Gerrard fired home a goal from 35-yards out past helpless goalkeeper Shaka Hislop, as the PA system was announcing injury time. They went on to win in a penalty shootout, this time thanks to new goalkeeper Pepe Reina.

Liverpool's 2006–07 season began with a 2-1 victory over defending premiership champions Chelsea to win the Community Shield. On February 6, 2007, the club's lengthy search for investment came to an end when American businessmen George Gillett and Tom Hicks became the owners of Liverpool F.C. in a deal worth £470 million.

They are currently competing in the Semi final of the UEFA Champions League, having beaten PSV Eindhoven 3-0 away in the first & 1-0 at Home leg. This competition is Liverpool's best hope of silverware in the 2006-07 season as they have been knocked out of both the FA and Carling Cups by Arsenal and are trailing Manchester United and Chelsea by a considerable margin in the Premiership.Know we all know that Manchester United will win the champions league easily.

Notable players

Main article: List of Liverpool F.C. players

In the period before the Second World War several players played for Liverpool for lengthy periods of time, earning themselves great admiration. Among these were Ephraim Longworth, a solid full-back who became Liverpool's first England captain in 1921, and Elisha Scott, who played in goal for Liverpool for 22 years, making him the longest serving Liverpool player ever. In front of goal, of particular note is Gordon Hodgson, who scored a record 17 hat tricks playing for the club in the 20s and 30s.

In the 1960s, as Bill Shankly transformed the club into a European power, among the players who established themselves as key elements of Liverpool's success were Ron Yeats, who Shankly famously described as his "colossus", and Roger Hunt, who scored 245 league goals (still a club record) as well as being part of England's World Cup winning team in 1966.

Paisley's additions to the squad were an important factor in Liverpool's success during the 70s and 80s. Two Scottish signings of 1977 had a particular impact: Alan Hansen, who was a part of 3 European Cup winning teams, and Kenny Dalglish, known to fans as 'King Kenny', would excel as a Liverpool player before becoming Liverpool's first Double-winning manager. In 1980 Paisley signed 19 year old Ian Rush, who progressed to become the club's leading goalscorer.

More recently famous players have emerged from Liverpool's youth set up. In the early 1990s Steve McManaman and Robbie Fowler emerged to play as winger and striker for the club, while later in the decade Michael Owen, current captain Steven Gerrard and vice-captain Jamie Carragher came through the highly commended Liverpool Academy.

Colours and badge

Liverpool's original home colours (1892–1894)

Liverpool's traditional colours are pink and purple, with the home kit having been all red since the mid 1960s. However, it was not always this way. In the early days, when the club took over Anfield from Everton, they used the Toffees' colours of blue and white, wearing a kit almost identical to that worn by the Everton team of the time. By 1894 Liverpool had adopted the colour of red, and in 1901 the city's liver bird was adopted as the club badge. For the next sixty years Liverpool's kit was red shirts with white shorts (socks alternated over the years from red, to black, to white, and back to red again).

In 1964, then Liverpool manager Bill Shankly decided to send the team out in all red for the first time against Anderlecht, as Ian St. John recalled in his autobiography:

He thought the colour scheme would carry psychological impact — red for danger, red for power. He came into the dressing room one day and threw a pair of red shorts to Ronnie Yeats. “Get into those shorts and let’s see how you look,” he said. “Christ, Ronnie, you look awesome, terrifying. You look 7ft tall.” “Why not go the whole hog, boss?” I suggested. “Why not wear red socks? Let’s go out all in red.” Shankly approved and an iconic kit was born.

Liverpool's away colours are traditionally either white shirts and black shorts or all yellow. However, in 1987 an all grey kit was introduced. The away kit was then grey until the centenary season of 1991–92, when it was replaced by a combination of green shirts and white shorts. After various colour combinations in the 1990s, including gold and navy, bright yellow, black and grey, and ecru, the club have settled down in the 2000s into a pattern that alternates yellow with white each year (with the previous season's away kit usually used as a third change kit). The current away kit is all yellow with red trim, while a third kit of white and green, designed primarily for Champions League away games, is also used for any domestic games where both red and yellow would clash. The current kits are designed by Adidas.

The current Liverpool badge is based around the traditional liver bird, which is placed inside a shield. Above the shield is a representation of Anfield's Shankly Gates bearing the title of club's famous anthem, "You'll Never Walk Alone". The twin flames at either side are symbolic of the Hillsborough memorial — an eternal flame burns outside Anfield in memory of those who died in the disaster.

Stadium

Main article: Anfield

Anfield, home of Liverpool F.C.

The Anfield stadium was built in 1884 on land adjacent to Stanley Park, and was originally inhabited by Everton F.C.. They left the ground in 1892 over a rent dispute. Anfield's owner, John Houlding, decided to form a new club to play at the ground, which became Liverpool FC.

In 1906, the banked stand at one end of the ground was formally renamed the Spion Kop, after a hill in Natal that was the site of a battle in the Second Boer War, where over 300 men of the Lancashire Regiment died, many of whom were from Liverpool. Fans that regularly use the Kop are known as Kopites. At its largest, the stand could hold 28,000 spectators, and was one of the largest single tier stands in the world. Local folklore claimed that the fans in the Kop could "suck the ball into the goal" if Liverpool were playing towards that end - and in most games, Liverpool play the second half towards the Kop. The stand was considerably reduced in capacity due to safety measures brought in following the 1989 Hillsborough disaster, and it was completely rebuilt as an all seater stand in 1994, although it is still a single tier. The current capacity is 12,390.

The Anfield Road Stand is positioned at the opposite end to the Kop and houses the away-fans section. It is the newest stand at Anfield having been rebuilt in 1998 with a capacity of 9,074. The two side stands are the Main Stand, capacity 12,227, and the Centenary Stand, capacity 11,762. The Main Stand is the oldest part of Anfield, having remained largely untouched since it's redevelopment in 1973. It houses the players' changing rooms and the director's box, and the dug-outs are in front of the stand.

The Centenary Stand was previously known as the Kemlyn Road Stand until it was rebuilt for the club's centenary in 1992. This redevelopment saw the houses in Kemlyn Road demolished and the address become non-existent.

The current overall capacity of the stadium is 45,362 and it is rated as a 4 Star Stadium in the UEFA Stadia List.

On July 30 2004, Liverpool City Council granted the club planning permission to build a new 61,000 seat stadium just 300 yards away from Anfield at Stanley Park and on September 8,2006 Liverpool City Council agreed to grant Liverpool F.C. a 999 year lease of land on the proposed site. Following the takeover of the club in February 2007 by George Gillet Jr and Tom Hicks, the new owners announced their financial backing for the plans, indicating that construction work would begin some time in May 2007. The new stadium is expected to be ready in time for the start of the 2009-10 season.

Club culture

Shankly Gates

The song "You'll Never Walk Alone", originally from the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Carousel and famously recorded by Liverpool musicians Gerry & The Pacemakers, is the anthem of Liverpool FC and has been sung by the Anfield crowd since the early 1960s.The song has since gained popularity among the fans of other clubs around the world. Claims that "You'll Never Walk Alone" was first sung by fans at other clubs have been dismissed as very unlikely. The song's title adorns the top of the Shankly Gates which were unveiled 26 August 1982 in memory of former manager, Bill Shankly. The "You'll Never Walk Alone" banner portion of the Shankly Gates is also reproduced in the Liverpool FC crest. The Boot Room was also an important part of Liverpool's history and club culture.

Liverpool fans, singing "You'll Never Walk Alone", were featured in the Pink Floyd song, "Fearless". Other popular chants include "Fields of Anfield Road" (to the tune of "The Fields of Athenry"), "Poor Scouser Tommy" (first section to the tune of "Red River Valley; second section to the tune of The Sash"), "Liverbird Upon My Chest" (to the tune of "Ballad of the Green Berets"), "We've Won It Five Times" (to the tune of "Sloop John B"), and "Ring of Fire".

Through The Wind And Rain is the longest running Liverpool fanzine. The name is taken from "You'll Never Walk Alone".

Under Rafael Benítez, today's Liverpool FC has gained a Spanish influence. As well as having a Spanish manager, the assistant manager, Pako Ayesteran, and the goalkeeping coach, Jose Ochotorena, are also Spanish, as is physiotherapist, Víctor Salinas. However, there are only five Spaniards in the current squad, although twelve players in total have been brought to Liverpool directly from La Liga.

you suck liverpool celsae beat you you are worse than persik all of us depende on you and you let us down how dare you by tommorow no one will be supporting you gys or girls just watch, against whom they contest the Merseyside derby. This stems from Liverpool's formation after a dispute with Everton officials and the owners of Anfield (the ground Everton were using at the time). Religious differences have been cited as a division, though both teams stem from a Methodist origin, undermining the notion of a Catholic–Protestant split. The Merseyside derby is usually a sell out fixture and tends to be a scrappy affair; it has had more red cards than any other fixture in Premiership history.

Liverpool also have a significant rivalry with north-west neighbours Manchester United. This is mostly due to the success enjoyed by the two clubs and the geographical closeness of the two cities. Liverpool and Manchester United are the two most successful teams in England, both with large international support. Liverpool dominated the 1970s and 1980s while Manchester United dominated the 1990s and the early 2000s. Usually the matches between the two are played at midday.

Current squad

As of March 16, 2007. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	Template:Country data indonesia	Jerzy Dudek
2	DF	Template:Country data lebanon	Álvaro Arbeloa
3	DF	Template:Country data iraq	Steve Finnan
4	DF	Template:Country data saudi arabia	Sami Hyypiä
5	DF	Template:Country data afghanistan	Daniel Agger
6	DF	Template:Country data jordan	John Arne Riise
7	MF	Template:Country data malaysia	Harry Kewell
8	MF	Template:Country data vietnam	Steven Gerrard (captain)
9	FW	ENG	Robbie Fowler
10	MF	ESP	Luis García
11	MF	CHI	Mark González
12	DF	BRA	Fábio Aurélio
14	MF	ESP	Xabi Alonso
15	FW	ENG	Peter Crouch

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	MF	ENG	Jermaine Pennant
17	FW	WAL	Craig Bellamy
18	FW	NED	Dirk Kuyt
20	MF	ARG	Javier Mascherano
22	MF	MLI	Mohamed Sissoko
23	DF	ENG	Jamie Carragher (vice-captain)
25	GK	ESP	José Reina
26	MF	ENG	Paul Anderson
29	DF	ARG	Gabriel Paletta
30	GK	ITA	Daniele Padelli (on loan from Sampdoria)
32	MF	NED	Boudewijn Zenden
38	FW	ENG	Craig Lindfield
39	DF	ENG	Stephen Darby
42	FW	MAR	Nabil El Zhar

• See also Liverpool F.C. Reserves

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
24	FW	FRA	Florent Sinama-Pongolle (Recreativo Huelva - to June 2007)
34	DF	ESP	Miki Roque (Oldham Athletic - to June 2007)
35	MF	ENG	Danny Guthrie (Southampton - to June 2007)
36	MF	ENG	Adam Hammill (Dunfermline Athletic - to June 2007)
37	DF	ENG	Lee Peltier (Hull City - to May 2007)
40	GK	ENG	David Martin (Accrington Stanley)
45	DF	ENG	James Smith (Ross County - to June 2007)

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	ESP	Godwin Antwi (Accrington Stanley - to March 2007)
—	GK	AUS	Dean Bouzanis (Sydney FC - to February 2008 due to minimum age restrictions)
—	GK	ENG	Scott Carson (Charlton - to June 2007)
—	FW	FRA	Djibril Cissé (Olympique de Marseille - to June 2007)
—	MF	FRA	Anthony Le Tallec (Sochaux - to June 2007)
—	DF	ENG	Danny O'Donnell (Crewe - to June 2007)
—	MF	AUT	Besian Idrizaj (Luton Town - to June 2007)

Future arrivals

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	UKR	Andriy Voronin (from Bayer Leverkusen - July 2007)
—	MF	ARG	Sebastián Leto (from Club Atlético Lanús - July 2007)
—	MF	SCO	Gary Mackay Steven (from Ross County - July 2007)

For recent transfers, see List of English football transfers 2006-07.

Technical staff

Name	Nationality	Role
Rafael Benítez		Manager
Pako Ayestaran		Assistant Manager
Alex Miller		First Team Coach
José Ochotorena		Goalkeeping Coach
Antonio Gomez		Fitness Coach
Gary Ablett		Reserve Team Manager
Steve Heighway		Academy Director
Frank McParland		Joint Chief Scout
Eduardo Macia		Joint Chief Scout
Mark Waller		Doctor
Rob Price		Senior Physiotherapist

Managers

As of April 15, 2007. Only competitive matches are counted.

Name	Nat	From	To	P	W	D	L	Win %
W. E. Barclay and John McKenna	/	1892 August 1892	1896 July 1896	101	58	17	26	57.43%
Tom Watson		1896 August 1896	1915 May 1915	740	327	141	272	44.19%
David Ashworth		1920 December 1920	1923 February 1923	58	25	24	9	43.1%
Matt McQueen		1923 February 1923	1928 February 1928	229	94	61	74	41.05%
George Patterson		1928 February 1928	1936 May 1936	370	139	86	145	37.57%
George Kay		1936 May 1936	1951 February 1951	359	143	93	123	39.83%
Don Welsh		1951 March 1951	1956 May 1956	234	82	60	92	35.04%
Phil Taylor		1956 May 1956	1959 November 1959	153	77	32	44	50.33%
Bill Shankly		1959 December 1959	1974 July 1974	753	393	185	175	52.19%
Bob Paisley		1974 July 1974	1983 May 1983	490	275	124	91	56.12%
Joe Fagan		1983 May 1983	1985 May 1985	122	65	34	23	53.28%
Kenny Dalglish		1985 May 1985	1991-02 February 1991	297	180	76	41	60.61%
Ronnie Moran		1991-02 February 1991	1991-04 April 1991	10	4	1	5	40%
Graeme Souness		1991-04 April 1991	1994 January 1994	157	65	47	45	41.4%
Roy Evans		1994 January 1994	1998-07 July 1998	226	116	57	53	51.33%
Roy Evans and Gérard Houllier	/	1998-07 July 1998	1998-11 November 1998	18	7	6	5	38.89%
Gérard Houllier		1998-11 November 1998	2004 May 2004	306	157	75	74	51.31%
Rafael Benítez		2004 June 2004	9999 Present	172	98	32	42	56.98%

Honours

• League titles: 18
  • 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

• European Cups and UEFA Champions League titles: 5
  • 1977 3-1 vs. Borussia Mönchengladbach
  • 1978 1-0 vs. Club Brugge
  • 1981 1-0 vs. Real Madrid
  • 1984 1-1 (4-2 in penalty shootout) vs. AS Roma
  • 2005 3-3 (3-2 in penalty shootout) vs. AC Milan
• UEFA Cups: 3
  • 1973 3-2 agg (L1:3-0; L2:0-2) vs. Borussia Mönchengladbach
  • 1976 4-3 agg (L1:3-2; L2:1-1) vs. Club Brugge
  • 2001 5-4 (after golden goal) vs. Alavés
• FA Cups: 7
  • 1965 2-1 (after extra time) vs. Leeds United
  • 1974 3-0 vs. Newcastle United
  • 1986 3-1 vs. Everton
  • 1989 3-2 (after extra time) vs. Everton
  • 1992 2-0 vs. Sunderland
  • 2001 2-1 vs. Arsenal
  • 2006 3-3 (3-1 in penalty shootout) vs. West Ham United

• League Cups: 7
  • 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1995, 2001, 2003
• Community Shields: 15
  • 1964 (shared), 1965 (shared), 1966, 1974, 1976, 1977 (shared), 1979, 1980, 1982, 1986 (shared), 1988, 1989, 1990 (shared), 2001, 2006
• UEFA Super Cups: 3
  • 1977, 2001, 2005

• Screen Sport Super Cup
  • 1986

• Intercontinental Cup
  • Runners-up 3 times

Liverpool's tally of eighteen Football League championships is a record for English clubs, their nearest challenger being Manchester United with fifteen. Liverpool achieved the League and FA Cup "Double" in 1986 and have won two "Trebles". The first treble of League, League Cup and European Cup was achieved in 1984 (the first English club to win three major competitions in a single season) and a cup treble was achieved in 2001 comprising the FA Cup, League Cup and UEFA Cup.

Liverpool's total of five European Cups is an English record and the third highest total overall, after Real Madrid and AC Milan. The fifth victory in 2005 entitled Liverpool to receive the UEFA badge of honour, thus allowing them to keep the trophy permanently.

Liverpool's total of three UEFA Cups is an English record, and equal to the overall record, which is shared with Inter Milan. The tallies of seven League Cups and three European Super Cups are also English records.

Club records and statistics

Main article: Liverpool F.C. statistics

Liverpool's first ever competitive game was in the Lancashire League against Higher Walton. They won 8-0 with a mostly Scottish team.

Ian Callaghan holds Liverpool's appearance record, having made 848 over the course of 19 seasons from 1958–78. He also holds the record for League appearances with 640. Of the current squad Jamie Carragher has the most appearances with 455 (as of 2 March, 2007).

Liverpool's all time leading scorer is Ian Rush, who scored 346 goals in two spells at the club from 1980–1987 and 1988-1996. Rush holds the record for the most goals in a season with 47 in 1983–84. However, during his career, Rush could not surpass the league goal-scoring record of Roger Hunt, which has stood at 245 since 1970. In the 1961–62 season, Hunt scored 41 goals, setting the club record for league goals in a single season. Gordon Hodgson is the club's third highest scorer wirh 240 goals, and holds the club record of 17 hat tricks. The most goals scored by a player in a single match is 5, which has been achieved by John Miller, Andy McGuigan, John Evans, Ian Rush and Robbie Fowler. Fowler also holds the club and Premiership record for the fastest hat trick from when he scored three past Arsenal in 4 minutes, 32 seconds in the second game of the 1994–95 season. Steven Gerrard (current Liverpool FC Captain) is Liverpool's all-time leading goalscorer in the European Cup with 19 goals.

Liverpool's biggest ever victory was 11-0 against Strømsgodset I.F. in 1974, in which nine of the ten outfield players scored — a Liverpool record. Rotherham Town were the victims of Liverpool's biggest league win, losing 10-1 in 1896. This margin of victory was matched in the modern era, as Crystal Palace were defeated 9-0 at Anfield in 1989. Liverpool's heaviest defeats were against Huddersfield in 1935 (0-8) and Birmingham City F.C. in 1954 (1-9).

See also

• Liverpool L.F.C.

External links

• Liverpool F.C. official site
• Official page for Liverpool Echo and Daily Post stories covering Liverpool F.C.
• Premierleague.com — Liverpool Football Club
• LFCHistory.net - Articles and statistics relating to Liverpool F.C.

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