List of Liverpool F.C. records and statistics
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Liverpool are an English professional association football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside, who currently play in the Premier League. They have played at their current home ground, Anfield, since their foundation in 1892. Liverpool joined the Football League in 1894, and were founding members of the Premier League in 1992.
This list encompasses the major honours won by Liverpool, records set by the club, their managers and their players. The player records section includes details of the club's leading goalscorers and those who have made most appearances in first-team competitions. It also records notable achievements by Liverpool players on the international stage, and the highest transfer fees paid and received by the club. Attendance records at Anfield are also included in the list.
Honours
Liverpool have won honours both domestically and in European cup competitions. They have won the English League Championship a record 18 times and the League Cup a record seven times.[1] In their first season, 1892–93, they won the Lancashire League title and the Liverpool District Cup,[2] and their most recent success came in 2006, when they won the FA Cup for the seventh time.[1]
| Competition | Won | Years won | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Division One | 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 |
[1][a] |
| Division Two | 4 | 1893–94, 1895–96, 1904–05, 1961–62 | |
| FA Cup | 7 | 1965, 1974, 1986, 1989, 1992, 2001, 2006 | |
| League Cup | 7 | 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1995, 2001, 2003 | |
| Community Shield | 15 | 1964 (shared), 1965 (shared), 1966, 1974, 1976, 1977 (shared), 1979, 1980, 1982, 1986 (shared), 1988, 1989, 1990 (shared), 2001, 2006 | |
| European Cup | 5 | 1977, 1978, 1981, 1984, 2005 | |
| UEFA Cup | 3 | 1973, 1976, 2001 | |
| UEFA Super Cup | 3 | 1977, 2001, 2005 |
Player records
Appearances
Ian Callaghan holds Liverpool's appearance record, having played 857 times over the course of 19 seasons from 1958 to 1978. He also holds the records for League and FA Cup appearances, with 640 and 79 respectively. Ian Rush is the holder of the most League Cup appearances, having made 78 in the competition. Jamie Carragher holds the record for the most European appearances, with 104.
- Most overall appearances: Ian Callaghan, 857.[3]
- Most League appearances: Ian Callaghan, 640.[3]
- Most FA Cup appearances: Ian Callaghan, 79.[3]
- Most League Cup appearances: Ian Rush, 78.[3]
- Most European appearances: Jamie Carragher, 104.[3][4]
- Youngest first-team player: Max Thompson, 17 years, and 129 days (against Tottenham Hotspur 8 May 1974).[3]
- Oldest first-team player: Ted Doig, 41 years, and 165 days (against Newcastle United 11 April 1908).[3]
- Oldest debutant: Ted Doig, 37 years, and 307 days (against Burton United 1 September 1904).[3]
- Most consecutive appearances: Phil Neal, 417 (from 23 October 1976 to 24 September 1983).[3]
- Most seasons as an ever-present: Phil Neal, 9 (from 1976–77 to 1983–84).[3][b]
- Longest-serving player: Elisha Scott, 21 years and 52 days (from 1913 to 1934).[3]
Most appearances
Competitive, professional matches only, appearances as substitute in brackets. Correct as of match played 11 May 2008.[5][6]
| # | Name | Years | League[c] | FA Cup | League Cup | Other[d] | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Ian Callaghan |
1960–1978 | 640 (4) | 79 (2) | 42 (7) | 96 (1) | 857 (7) |
| 2= | Ray Clemence |
1967–1981 | 470 (0) | 54 (0) | 55 (0) | 86 (0) | 665 (0) |
| 2= | Emlyn Hughes |
1967–1979 | 474 (0) | 62 (0) | 46 (0) | 83 (0) | 665 (0) |
| 4 |  Ian Rush |
1980–1987 1988–1996 |
469 (22) | 61 (5) | 78 (0) | 45 (3) | 660 (30) |
| 5 | Phil Neal |
1974–1985 | 455 (2) | 45 (0) | 66 (0) | 81 (0) | 650 (2) |
| 6 | Tommy Smith |
1962–1978 | 467 (0) | 52 (0) | 30 (0) | 89 (1) | 638 (1) |
| 7 |  Bruce Grobbelaar |
1980–1994 | 440 (0) | 62 (0) | 70 (0) | 46 (0) | 628 (0) |
| 8 |  Alan Hansen |
1977–1991 | 434 (0) | 58 (1) | 68 (0) | 53 (1) | 620 (2) |
| 9 | Chris Lawler |
1960–1975 | 406 (0) | 47 (0) | 27 (0) | 69 (0) | 549 (0) |
| 10 | Billy Liddell |
1938–1961 | 492 (0) | 42 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 534 (0) |
Goalscorers
Liverpool's all-time leading scorer is Ian Rush, who scored 346 goals in two spells at the club from 1980 to 1987 and 1988 to 1996. Rush holds the record for the most goals in a season with 47 in all competitions in the 1983–84 season. Rush also holds the record for the most goals in the FA and League Cups, with 48 and 39 goals respectively. However, Rush was unable to surpass the league goal-scoring record of Roger Hunt, which has stood at 245 since 1970. Steven Gerrard holds the record for the most goals in European competition with 25.
- Most first-team goals: Ian Rush, 346.[3]
- Most goals in a season: Ian Rush, 47 (during the 1983–84 season).[7]
- Most League goals: Roger Hunt, 245.[3]
- Most FA Cup goals: Ian Rush, 39.[3]
- Most League Cup goals: Ian Rush, 48.[3]
- Most European goals: Steven Gerrard, 25.[3]
- Most hat-tricks in a season: Roger Hunt, 5 (during the 1961–62 season).[3]
- Most hat-tricks: Gordon Hodgson, 17.[3]
- Fastest hat-trick: Robbie Fowler, 4 minutes, 32 seconds, against Arsenal[8]
- Highest-scoring substitute: David Fairclough, 18.[3]
- Most penalties scored: Jan Mølby, 42.[3]
- Most games without scoring: Ephraim Longworth, 371.[3]
- Youngest goalscorer: Michael Owen, 17 years, 144 days (against Wimbledon, 6 May 1997).[3]
- Oldest goalscorer: Billy Liddell, 38 years, 55 days (against Stoke City, 5 March 1960).[3]
Top scorers
Competitive, professional matches only. Matches played (including as substitute) appear in brackets.[9][10]
| # | Name | Years | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ian Rush |
1980–1987 1988–1996 |
229 (469) | 39 (61) | 48 (78) | 23 (45) | 346 (660) |
| 2 | Roger Hunt |
1958–1969 | 245 (404) | 18 (44) | 5 (10) | 18 (34) | 286 (492) |
| 3 | Gordon Hodgson |
1925–1936 | 233 (358) | 8 (19) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 241 (377) |
| 4 | Billy Liddell |
1938–1961 | 215 (492) | 13 (42) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 228 (534) |
| 5 | Robbie Fowler |
1993–2001 2006–2007 |
128 (266) | 12 (24) | 29 (35) | 14 (44) | 183 (369) |
| 6 | Kenny Dalglish |
1977–1990 | 118 (355) | 13 (37) | 27 (59) | 12 (58) | 172 (515) |
| 7 | Michael Owen |
1996–2004 | 118 (216) | 8 (15) | 9 (14) | 23 (52) | 158 (297) |
| 8 | Harry Chambers |
1915–1928 | 135 (315) | 16 (28) | 0 (0) | 0 (1) | 151 (339) |
| 9 | Jack Parkinson |
1903–1914 | 125 (200) | 5 (19) | 0 (0) | 0 (1) | 130 (220) |
| 10 | Sam Raybould |
1900–1907 | 119 (211) | 9 (14) | 0 (0) | 0 (1) | 128 (226) |
International
- Most international caps while a Liverpool player:
- Steven Gerrard, 67 for England.[11]
- Ian Rush, 67 for Wales.[3]
- Most international goals while a Liverpool player: Ian Rush, 26.[3]
- First Liverpool player to appear at a World Cup: Laurie Hughes, (England, at 1950 FIFA World Cup).[12]
- First World Cup winners: Roger Hunt, Ian Callaghan and Gerry Byrne, in 1966.[12]
- First non-British player to appear in a World Cup final: Dietmar Hamann, (Germany, in 2002).[12]
Transfers
For consistency, fees in the record transfer tables below are all sourced from BBC Sport's contemporary reports of each transfer. Where the report mentions an initial fee potentially rising to a higher figure depending on contractual clauses being satisfied in the future, only the initial fee is listed in the tables.
Record transfer fees paid
| # | Fee | Paid to | For | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | £21m | Atlético Madrid |  Fernando Torres |
Template:Dts2 | [13] |
| 2 | £20.3m | Tottenham Hotspur |  Robbie Keane |
Template:Dts2 | [14] |
| 3 | £18m | Media Sports Investments |  Javier Mascherano |
Template:Dts2 | [15][16] |
| 4 | £14m | Auxerre |  Djibril Cissé |
Template:Dts2 | [17] |
| 5 | £11.5m | Ajax |  Ryan Babel |
Template:Dts2 | [18] |
Record transfer fees received
| # | Fee | Received from | For | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | £11m | Leeds United | Robbie Fowler |
Template:Dts2 | [19] |
| 2 | £9m | Portsmouth | Peter Crouch |
Template:Dts2 | [20] |
| 3 | £8.2m | Juventus |  Mohamed Sissoko |
Template:Dts2 | [21] |
| 4 | £8m | Real Madrid | Michael Owen |
Template:Dts2 | [22][e] |
| 5 | £7.5m | West Ham United | Craig Bellamy |
Template:Dts2 | [23] |
Managerial records
- First manager(s): W. E. Barclay and John McKenna, from 15 February 1892 to 16 August 1896.[24]
- Longest-serving manager by time: Tom Watson, from 17 August 1896 to 6 May 1915.[25]
- Longest serving manager by matches: Bill Shankly managed the club for 783 matches over a period of 14 years and seven months, from December 1959 to July 1974.[26]
Club records
Matches
Firsts
- First match at Anfield: Liverpool 6–1 Rotherham Town, a friendly, 1 September 1892.[27]
- First competitive match at Anfield: Liverpool 8–0 Higher Walton, Lancashire League, 3 September 1892.[27]
- First FA Cup match: Liverpool 3–0 Grimsby Town, first round, 27 January 1894.[28]
- First European match: Liverpool 5–0 KR Rekjavik, European Cup, first round, 17 August 1964.[29]
- First League Cup match: Liverpool 1–1 Luton Town, second round, 19 October 1960.[28]
Wins
- Record victory: 11–0 against Strømsgodset in the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, 17 September 1974.[30]
- Biggest league win: 10–1 against Rotherham Town in Second Division, 18 February 1896.[30]
- UEFA Champions League record win: 8–0 against Beşiktaş, 6 November 2007.[31]
- Most league wins in a season: 30 wins out of 42 games (during the 1978–79 season).[32]
- Fewest league wins in a season: 7 wins out of 30 games (during the 1894–95 season).[32]
Defeats
- Heaviest defeat: 1–9 against Birmingham City in Second Division, 11 December 1954.[33]
- Heaviest defeat at Anfield: 0–6 against Sunderland in First Division, 19 April 1930.[34]
- Highest-scoring defeat: 2–9 against Newcastle United in First Division, 1 January 1934.[33]
- Most defeats in a season: 23 defeats out of 42 games (during the 1953–54 season).[32]
- Fewest defeats in a season: Unbeaten during the 28-game 1893–94 season.[32]
Goals
- Most goals scored in a season: 106 in 30 games (during the 1895–96 season).[32]
- Fewest goals scored in a season: 42 in 34 and 42 games (during the 1901–02 and 1970–71 seasons).[32]
- Most goals conceded in a season: 97 in 42 games (during the 1953–54 season).[32]
- Fewest goals conceded in a season: 16 in 42 games (during the 1978–79 season).[32]
Points
- Most points in a season:
- Two points for a win: 68 (in 42 games in 1978–79, First Division).[32]
- Three points for a win: 90 (in 42 games in 1987–88, First Division).[32]
- Fewest points in a season:
Attendances
- Record highest attendance: 61,905 (against Wolves, FA Cup fifth round, in the 1951–52 season).[3][f]
- Highest League Cup attendance: 50,880 (against Nottingham Forest, in the1979–80 season).[3]
- Highest European attendance: 55,104 (against FC Barcelona, in the 1975–76 season).[3]
- Record lowest attendance: 1,000 (against Loughborough, in the 1895–96 season).[3]
- Lowest FA Cup attendance: 4,000 (against Newton, in the 1892–93 season).[3]
- Lowest League Cup attendance: 9,902 (against Brentford in the 1983–84 season).[3]
- Lowest European attendance: 12,021 (against Dundalk in the 1982–83 season).[3]
Notes
- a Between 1949 and 1993 the Community Shield was usually shared if the game was drawn.
- b Ever-present refers to the player playing every minute of every match in the league and cup competitions
- c Includes the Football Alliance, the Football League and the Premier League.
- d The "Other" column includes goals and appearances (including those as a substitute) in UEFA Champions League, UEFA Cup, UEFA Cup Winners Cup, UEFA Super Cup, Charity Shield and Intercontinental Cup matches.
- e Total fee reported as £8m plus the player Antonio Núñez.
- f Attendance against Wolves also represents the record highest FA Cup attendance.
References
- General
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- ^ "LFC Story". Liverpool. Retrieved 2008-02-18.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af "LFC Records". Liverpool F.C. Retrieved 2007-12-24.
- ^ "Total games played per season by Jamie Carragher". LFChistory. Retrieved 2008-02-15.
- ^ Liverpool All-Time Greats. Siena. ISBN 0-75252-375-9.
- ^ "Most Appearances". LFChistory. Retrieved 2008-02-22.
- ^ Rollin, Jack and Glenda (2006–2007). Sky Sports Football Yearbook. Headline. pp. p232-233. ISBN 0-7553-1526-X.
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- ^ "Goalscorers". LFChistory. Retrieved 2008-02-22.
- ^ "Steven Gerrard". England stats. Retrieved 2008-06-14.
- ^ a b c "Liverpool players at the World Cup". LFChistory. Retrieved 2007-12-25.
- ^ "Torres settled at Anfield". Ireland On-Line. 2007-10-07. Retrieved 2008-07-29.
- ^ "Liverpool complete £20.3m deal for Keane". ESPN Soccernet. 2008-07-28. Retrieved 2008-07-29.
- ^ "Mascherano signs Liverpool deal". BBC Sport. 2008-02-29. Retrieved 2008-07-29.
- ^ "Mascherano set for permanent deal". BBC Sport. 2008-02-04. Retrieved 2008-07-29.
- ^ "Cisse 'snubbed real offers'". BBC Sport. 2004-03-21. Retrieved 2008-07-29.
- ^ "Liverpool complete Babel transfer". BBC Sport. 2007-07-13. Retrieved 2008-07-29.
- ^ "Fowler agrees Leeds deal". BBC Sport. 2001-11-28. Retrieved 2008-07-29.
- ^ "Crouch seals £11m Portsmouth move". BBC Sport. 2008-07-11. Retrieved 2008-07-29.
- ^ "Sissoko completes Juventus switch". BBC Sport. 2008-01-29. Retrieved 2008-07-29.
- ^ "Owen unveiled by Real". BBC Sport. 2004-08-14. Retrieved 2008-07-29.
- ^ "West Ham seal £7.5m Bellamy deal". BBC Sport. 2007-07-10. Retrieved 2008-07-29.
- ^ "John McKenna's managerial career". LFChistory. Retrieved 2007-10-03.
- ^ "Tom Watson's managerial career". LFChistory. Retrieved 2007-10-03.
- ^ "Manager History for Liverpool". Soccerbase. Retrieved 2008-07-27.
- ^ a b "Anfield". LFChistory. Retrieved 2008-02-17.
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- ^ a b "The 50 biggest wins at Anfield". LFChistory. Retrieved 2008-02-14.
- ^ "Liverpool revived by record triumph". UEFA. Retrieved 2008-02-14.
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- ^ "The 50 biggest defeats at Anfield". LFChistory. Retrieved 2008-02-14.
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