Liverpool F.C.
- For the Uruguayan club, see Liverpool FC (Montevideo).
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| Full name | Liverpool Football Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | The Reds | ||
| Founded | 1892 | ||
| Ground | Anfield Stadium Liverpool England | ||
| Capacity | 45,362 | ||
| Chairman |  David Moores | ||
| Manager |  Rafael Benítez | ||
| League | FA Premier League | ||
| 2005-06 | Premier League, 3rd | ||
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Liverpool Football Club are an English football club based in Liverpool. They play at Anfield but are currently awaiting finance for a new stadium approximately 200 metres away in neighbouring Stanley Park. They play in the FA Premier League and in terms of trophies won are the most successful club in the history of English football.[1] Liverpool have won eighteen First Division titles, seven FA Cups, seven League Cups, five European Cups[2] and three UEFA Cups. Liverpool are also a member of the G-14 group of leading European football clubs.[3]
The club was involved in two of the biggest tragedies in European football — at Heysel in 1985 when thirty-nine Juventus fans died,[4] and at Hillsborough in 1989 where ninety-six of their own fans lost their lives.[5] After the Heysel disaster, English clubs were banned from European competition for a period of five years, and Liverpool were excluded for six years.[4] The Hillsborough tragedy led to a review of ground safety at all top English league clubs, and paved the way for legislation necessitating all-seater stadiums in the top-flight.[6]
History
Liverpool F.C. were founded by John Houlding in 1892 to play in his 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 a 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 born. 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 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. 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. Contrary to some popular opinion, Liverpool F.C. has strong roots in Protestantism rather than Catholicism. Several of the clubs early directors were connected to the Orange Order, including founder John Houlding and John McKenna. Liverpool F.C. also had strong connections to the Working Men's Conservative Association (WMCA), the political expression of the Liverpool Protestant Association. [7]
In 1922 and 1923 Liverpool won their first back-to-back League titles, captained by England full-back Ephraim Longworth. This was to be followed by the longest barren spell in the club's history. Post-war Liverpool seemed to have recovered when in 1947 they became Champions once again, but it proved to be a false dawn, and in 1954 Liverpool were relegated. Between 1954 and 1962 the team languished in the Second division and had no success in the FA Cup. Liverpool's record league defeat, 9-1 to Birmingham City, came in December 1954.
Bill Shankly was appointed manager in December 1959. Over the next fifteen years he transformed Liverpool into one of the top club sides in Europe. Within 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 would end that 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.
Paisley became one of the most successful managers in the history of football. In the nine seasons he managed the club, Liverpool would win 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 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 winning 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[8]. Just as Shankly had been succeeded by Paisley, so too did Paisley hand over 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 and was to be played 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. All 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), whilst 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 would see 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.[5] 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. The Taylor Report later ruled that the main reasons for the disaster were overcrowding due to a failure of police control.[9]
1992 saw Graeme Souness installed as manager. However, apart from an FA Cup win in his first year, 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 five seasons the club never finished higher than third. His 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 didn't work out and Evans resigned part way through the season.
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 a heart attack during a match with Leeds and had 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 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 and looked much the poorer 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 gathered 82 points in the Premiership, their highest points total since 1988, and 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, as the PA system was announcing injury time. They also picked up the UEFA Super Cup in a 2-1 win over CSKA Moscow.
At the very start of the 2006-07 season, Liverpool beat Chelsea 2-1 to win the Community Shield, after Peter Crouch scored the winner.
Notable former players
Over the course of Liverpool's history, many players have enjoyed extremely successful careers with the club, and established themselves as favourites with the fans. There is a huge amount of debate among supporters as to which players might be considered the most notable.
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, several players established themselves as key elements of Liverpool's success. Among them was Ron Yeats, who Shankly famously described as his "colossus",[10] 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'[11], would excel as a Liverpool player before becoming Liverpool's first Double-winning manager. In 1980 Paisley also signed a young Ian Rush, who would go on to become the club's leading goalscorer.
More recently Liverpool's famous players have emerged from the youth set up. In the early 1990s Steve McManaman and Robbie Fowler were the star winger and striker. Later in the decade Michael Owen, current captain Steven Gerrard and vice-captain Jamie Carragher also emerged from the youth ranks.
Colours and badge
Liverpool's traditional colours are red and white, with the home kit being all red since the mid 1960s, however it wasn't always this way. In the early days, when the club took over Anfield from Everton, they also took the Toffee's colours of blue and white, wearing an almost identical kit to the Everton team of the time. In 1894 it was decided to adopt the city of Liverpool's colour of red, and in 1901 the city's liver bird was adopted as the club badge. For the next seventy 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.[12]
Liverpool's away colours are traditionally 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 shirt and white shorts. Grey has never been used since. The current away kit is all yellow, and there is also a Champions League away kit which is mainly white, with a green stripe down the right hand side of both the shirt and shorts. 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
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 12,409.
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. The dug-outs are also on this side of the pitch.
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 all of the houses in Kemlyn Road demolished and the address become non-existent.
The current overall capacity of the stadium is 45,362.
New stadium
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.[13] Despite pressure from Governmental and funding bodies, Liverpool refused to share the proposed ground with their local rivals, Everton, and final talks on a groundshare failed in January 2005.[14] At that time the club was hoping to start construction in summer 2005 and open the ground in 2007, but agreements with regional funding bodies over the financing of associated regeneration projects proved to be difficult to obtain, and the start of construction delayed as a result. The old stadium will become a public plaza surrounded by apartments, offices, bars, restaurants and a hotel, and possibly including a memorial garden for those who died at hillsborough. Treatment of the old stadium requires sensitivity as a number of deceased fans have had their ashes officially scattered on the pitch over the years.
The plans needed to go before Liverpool City Council for a second time in March 2006 to ensure that the proposed stadium complied with new planning regulations. It was reported on 11 April 2006 that the plans had passed without amendment. The club is now looking for investors to help fund the (estimated) £160m, 61,000 all-seater stadium.[15]
On September 8,2006 Liverpool City Council agreed to give a 999 year lease of part of Stanley Park for construction of the new stadium. But the funding has yet to be secured, and Liverpool look set to remain at their current ground for at least another three seasons after this.[16]
Club culture
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.[17] The song's title also 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.
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 a line in the song 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 Salina. However, there are only three Spaniards in the current squad, although ten players in total have been brought to Liverpool directly from La Liga.
Liverpool Ladies F.C.
Liverpool also have a ladies' team. They play in the Northern Championship - part of the 2nd tier of the game, though they did spend a season in the Premiership in 2004. They started to use the Liverpool name in 1995, and their greatest achievement was an FA Cup final appearance in 1996. The women's team have been less successful than their rival Everton L.F.C., and has developed rivalries with other local teams in the Northern Championship, such as Tranmere Rovers L.F.C. (whose male counterpart is a minor rival to both Liverpool and Everton despite being located the closest), and Manchester City L.F.C.
Club records and statistics
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 426 (as of 27 September, 2006). Carragher's total of 290 Premier League appearances is a club record.
Liverpool's all time leading goal-scorer is Ian Rush, who scored 346 in two spells at the club in 1980–1987 and 1988-1996. Rush also 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, 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 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.
Liverpool's first ever competitive game was in the Lancashire League against Higher Walton. They won 8-0 with a team not containing a single English player, consisting as it did largely of Scottish imports. Liverpool's biggest ever victory was 11-0 against Strømsgodset I.F. in 1974. Nine of the ten outfield players scored in this game — a Liverpool record. Crystal Palace were the victims of Liverpool's biggest league win, as in 1989 they were defeated 9-0. Liverpool's heaviest defeats were against Huddersfield in 1935 (0-8) and Birmingham City F.C. in 1954 (1-9).
See also Liverpool F.C. statistics
Current squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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- See also Liverpool F.C. Reserves
Out on loan
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For recent transfers, see List of English football transfers 2006-07.
Current staff
| Manager | Rafael Benítez
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| Assistant manager | Pako Ayesteran
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| First team coach |  Alex Miller
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| Reserve team manager | Gary Ablett
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| Reserve team coach | Hughie McAuley
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| Goalkeeping coach | Jose Ochotorena
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| Head of Recruitment | Malcolm Elias
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| Joint chief scouts | Frank McParland and Eduardo Macia
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| Academy director |  Steve Heighway
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| Physiotherapist | Mark Browes, Rob Price, Víctor Salinas
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| Club masseur | John Wright
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| Masseurs | Paul Small, Stuart Welsh, John Wright
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| Club doctor | Mark Waller
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| Kit man | John Wright
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| Kit manager | Graham Carter
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Managers
As of August 19, 2006. Only competitive matches are counted.
| Name | Nat | From | To | Record | ||||
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| W. E. Barclay and John McKenna [18] | /
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August 1892 | July 1896 | 101 | 58 | 17 | 26 | 57.43% |
| Tom Watson |
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August 1896 | May 1915 | 740 | 327 | 141 | 272 | 44.19% |
| David Ashworth |
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December 1920 | February 1923 | 58 | 25 | 24 | 9 | 43.1% |
| Matt McQueen |
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February 1923 | February 1928 | 229 | 94 | 61 | 74 | 41.05% |
| George Patterson |
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February 1928 | May 1936 | 370 | 139 | 86 | 145 | 37.57% |
| George Kay |
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May 1936 | February 1951 | 359 | 143 | 93 | 123 | 39.83% |
| Don Welsh |
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March 1951 | May 1956 | 234 | 82 | 60 | 92 | 35.04% |
| Phil Taylor |
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May 1956 | November 1959 | 153 | 77 | 32 | 44 | 50.33% |
| Bill Shankly |
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December 1959 | July 1974 | 753 | 393 | 185 | 175 | 52.19% |
| Bob Paisley |
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July 1974 | May 1983 | 490 | 275 | 124 | 91 | 56.12% |
| Joe Fagan |
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May 1983 | May 1985 | 122 | 65 | 34 | 23 | 53.28% |
| Kenny Dalglish |
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May 1985 | February 1991 | 297 | 180 | 76 | 41 | 60.61% |
| Ronnie Moran [19] |
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February 1991 | April 1991 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 40% |
| Graeme Souness |
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April 1991 | January 1994 | 157 | 65 | 47 | 45 | 41.4% |
| Roy Evans |
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January 1994 | July 1998 | 226 | 116 | 57 | 53 | 51.33% |
| Roy Evans and Gérard Houllier [20] | / 
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July 1998 | November 1998 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 38.89% |
| Gérard Houllier [21] |
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November 1998 | May 2004 | 306 | 157 | 75 | 74 | 51.31% |
| Rafael Benítez |
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June 2004 | Present | 126 | 72 | 24 | 30 | 56.8% |
Honours
- League[22] 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[2] 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
- FA Cups: 7
- 1965, 1974, 1986, 1989, 1992, 2001, 2006
- League Cups: 7
- Community Shields[23]: 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
Liverpool's tally of eighteen Football League championships is a record for English clubs, their nearest challenger being Manchester United with fifteen. Liverpool have also achieved the League and FA Cup "Double" in 1986 and 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 with the winning of the FA Cup, League Cup and UEFA Cup.
Liverpool's total of five European Cups[2] 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 a record for English clubs and also ties the overall record with Inter Milan and Juventus. The tallies of seven League Cups and three European Super Cups are also English records.
Notes and references
- ^ Liverpool have won more Football League titles, European Cups, UEFA Cups, League Cups and European Super Cups than any other English team. The only major competition Liverpool haven't won the most times is the FA Cup, with that record being held by Manchester United.
- ^ a b c Up until 1992, the premier European competition was named the European Cup; since then, it has been the UEFA Champions League.
- ^ "G-14's members". g14.com. Retrieved 12 September.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help); Unknown parameter|accessyear=ignored (|access-date=suggested) (help) - ^ a b "On This Day - 29th May 1985: Fans die in Heysel rioting". BBC News. Retrieved 12 September.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help); Unknown parameter|accessyear=ignored (|access-date=suggested) (help) - ^ a b "On This Day - 15th April 1989: Soccer fans crushed at Hillsborough". BBC News. Retrieved 12 September.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help); Unknown parameter|accessyear=ignored (|access-date=suggested) (help) - ^ "A hard lesson to learn". BBC News. Retrieved 12 September.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help); Unknown parameter|accessyear=ignored (|access-date=suggested) (help) - ^ "Class, Ethnicity and Civic Governance: A Social Profile of Football Club Directors on Merseyside in the Late-Nineteenth Centur". metapress.com. Retrieved 17 January.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help); Unknown parameter|accessyear=ignored (|access-date=suggested) (help) - ^ "The legacy of the boot room". BBC News. Retrieved 12 September.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help); Unknown parameter|accessyear=ignored (|access-date=suggested) (help) - ^ "Taylor's interim report on the Hillsborough stadium disaster, August 1989 (zipped pdf)".
- ^ "Ron Yeats: The Colossus". lfchistory.net. Retrieved 12 September.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help); Unknown parameter|accessyear=ignored (|access-date=suggested) (help) - ^ "Profile of Kenny Dalglish". Liverpool F.C. official site (liverpoolfc.tv). Retrieved 12 September.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help); Unknown parameter|accessyear=ignored (|access-date=suggested) (help) - ^ "Shankly: the hero who let me down". Ian St. John's autobiography serialised in The Times. Retrieved 12 September.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help); Unknown parameter|accessyear=ignored (|access-date=suggested) (help) - ^ "Reds stadium gets go-ahead". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 12 September.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help); Unknown parameter|accessyear=ignored (|access-date=suggested) (help) - ^ "Both clubs say a final no to joint stadium". Daily Post.
{{cite web}}: Text "accessdate 12 September" ignored (help) - ^ "Liverpool ground plan re-approved". BBC News. Retrieved 23 May.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help); Unknown parameter|accessyear=ignored (|access-date=suggested) (help) - ^ "Liverpool get go-ahead on stadium". BBC News. Retrieved 12 September.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help); Unknown parameter|accessyear=ignored (|access-date=suggested) (help) - ^ "Liverpool or Celtic: who Walked Alone first?". Guardian Unlimited. Retrieved 12 September.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help); Unknown parameter|accessyear=ignored (|access-date=suggested) (help) - ^ The official Liverpool website lists Barclay and McKenna as joint managers. Barclay held the post of "secretary-manager" and McKenna held the post of "coach-manager". (Reference: "William E. Barclay: 'Joint Manager' (1892-96)". Liverpool official website. Retrieved 12 September.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help); Unknown parameter|accessyear=ignored (|access-date=suggested) (help)) - ^ Ronnie Moran served as caretaker manager.
- ^ Houllier was brought into Liverpool in the summer of 1998 to share the burden with Evans as joint-managers.
- ^ Houllier was absent from October 2001 to February 2002, due to illness. During this time, Phil Thompson stepped in as temporary manager (P33 W16 D12 L5). These matches are included in Houllier's record.
- ^ Up until 1992, the top division of English football was the Football League First Division; since then, it has been the FA Premier League.
- ^ The trophy was known as the Charity Shield until 2002, and as the Community Shield since then.
External links
- Liverpool F.C. official site
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