Liverpool F.C.

Liverpool Football Club (/ˈlɪvərpuːl/) (originally, Everton Athletics in 1892) is a professional association football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside, England. They play in the Premier League, the top tier of English football. The club has won 6 European Cups, an English club record, 3 UEFA Cups, 4 UEFA Super Cups, 19 League titles (including 1 Premier League), 7 FA Cups, a record 9 EFL Cups, title and 1 FIFA Club World Cup title.

Liverpool
Full nameLiverpool Football Club
Nickname(s)The Reds
Short nameLFC
Founded3 June 1892 (1892-06-03)[1]
GroundAnfield
Capacity53,394[2]
OwnerFenway Sports Group
ChairmanTom Werner
ManagerJürgen Klopp
LeaguePremier League
2021–222021–22
WebsiteClub website

Liverpool has more honours than any other English club: it has 48 official trophies in all. Liverpool's anthem is "You'll Never Walk Alone".

History

Liverpool won their first League championship in 1901, and their second in 1906. Liverpool played their first FA Cup final in 1914, losing 1–0 to Burnley. The most recent FA Cup victory by Liverpool was achieved in 2021-22 season, increasing their tally to 8 FA Cups. The last domestic cup trophy Liverpool won was the EFL Cup in February 2022, after beating Chelsea, increasing Liverpool’s tally to 9 League Cup. Liverpool have also won the Champions League six times, the most of any British side. Liverpool’s 5th UCL success was in Istanbul in 2005. The game was won after Liverpool tied 3–3 with A.C. Milan, after being down 3–0 at half-time. The Reds then won the penalty shootout, partly due to goalkeeper Jerzy Dudek's saves. Liverpool F.C.‘s 6th and most recent UCL success was in 2019 when they beat fellow Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 in Madrid. Liverpool F.C. have won England's top-flight football league 19 times. Liverpool F.C.’s most recent trophy was won during the 2019-20 Premier League season, handing the club their first domestic title after thirty years, the last time being in the English First Division season of 1989-90. In other domestic competitions, Liverpool have won 15 Charity/Community Shields. Intentionally; Liverpool F.C. have won 4 UEFA Super Cup, 3 UEFA Cups & were crowned FIFA Club World Cup Champions in 2019 naming the Reds Champions of the World for the first time in club history.

Liverpool has had two tragedies in their history. The first was the Heysel Stadium disaster of 1985, which led to the death of 39 Juventus fans and the second was the Hillsborough disaster in 1989, which lead to the deaths of 96 Liverpool fans. The death toll was put up to 97 in 2021 when 55 year old Andrew Devine passed away due to sustaining brain damage during the disaster, meaning he was also unlawfully killed at hillsborough.

Honours

League
  • First Division/Premier League
    • Winners (19): 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, 2019-20
  • Second Division
    • Winners (4): 1893–94, 1895–96, 1904–05, 1961–62

European

Club World Cup
  • Winners (1): 2019

Domestic Cups
  • FA Cup
    • Winners (8): 1964–65, 1973–74, 1985–86, 1988–89, 1991–92, 2000–01, 2005–06, 2021-22
  • Football League Cup
    • Winners (9): 1980–81, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1994–95, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2011–12, 2021–22 (record)
  • FA Charity / Community Shield
    • Winners (15): 1964*, 1965*, 1966, 1974*, 1976, 1977*, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1986*, 1988, 1989, 1990*, 2001, 2006 (* shared)
  • Sheriff of London Charity Shield:
    • Winners (1): 1906

League positions
SeasonLeaguePosition
2000/01Premier League3rd
2001/02Premier League2nd
2002/03Premier League5th
2003/04Premier League4th
2004/05Premier League5th
2005/06Premier League3rd
2006/07Premier League3rd
2007/08Premier League4th
2008/09Premier League2nd
2009/10Premier League7th
2010/11Premier League6th
2011/12Premier League8th
2012/13Premier League7th
2013/14Premier League2nd
2014/15Premier League6th
2015/16Premier League8th
2016/17Premier League4th
2017/18 Premier League 4th
2018/19 Premier League 2nd
2019/20 Premier League Champions (1st)
2020/21 Premier League 3rd

Former League Positions

First-team squad
As of 6 October 2020[3]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  Brazil Alisson
3 MF  Brazil Fabinho
4 DF  Netherlands Virgil van Dijk (3rd captain)
6 MF  Spain Thiago Alcântara
7 MF  England James Milner (vice-captain)
8 MF  Guinea Naby Keïta
9 FW  Brazil Roberto Firmino
10 FW  Senegal Sadio Mané
11 FW  Egypt Mohamed Salah
12 DF  England Joe Gomez
13 GK  Spain Adrián
14 MF  England Jordan Henderson (captain)[4]
15 MF  England Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain
17 MF  England Curtis Jones
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 FW  Portugal Diogo Jota
21 DF  Greece Kostas Tsimikas
23 MF   Switzerland Xherdan Shaqiri
26 DF  Scotland Andrew Robertson
27 FW  Belgium Divock Origi
32 DF  Cameroon Joël Matip
47 DF  England Nathaniel Phillips
58 MF  Wales Ben Woodburn
59 MF  Wales Harry Wilson
62 GK  Republic of Ireland Caoimhín Kelleher
66 DF  England Trent Alexander-Arnold
67 MF  England Harvey Elliott
72 DF  Netherlands Sepp van den Berg
76 DF  Wales Neco Williams
28 DF  England Ben Davies

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
16 MF  Serbia Marko Grujić (at Porto until 30 June 2021)
22 GK  Germany Loris Karius (at Union Berlin until 30 June 2021)
54 MF  England Sheyi Ojo (at Cardiff City until 30 June 2021)
No. Pos. Nation Player
73 GK  Poland Kamil Grabara (at AGF until 30 June 2021)
— FW  Nigeria Taiwo Awoniyi (at Union Berlin until 30 June 2021)
18 FW  Japan Takumi Minamino (at Southampton until 30 June 2021)

Club captains

Since the establishment of the club in 1892, 45 players have been club captain of Liverpool F.C.[5] Andrew Hannah became the first captain of the club after Liverpool separated from Everton and formed its own club. Alex Raisbeck, who was club captain from 1899 to 1909, was the longest serving captain before being overtaken by Steven Gerrard who served 12 seasons as Liverpool captain starting from the 2003–04 season.[5] The present captain is Jordan Henderson, who in the 2015–16 season replaced Gerrard who moved to LA Galaxy.[4][6]

Name Period
Andrew Hannah1892–1895
Jimmy Ross1895–1897
John McCartney1897–1898
Harry Storer1898–1899
Alex Raisbeck1899–1909
Arthur Goddard1909–1912
Ephraim Longworth1912–1913
Harry Lowe1913–1915
Donald McKinlay1919–1920
Ephraim Longworth1920–1921
Donald McKinlay1921–1928
Tom Bromilow1928–1929
James Jackson1929–1930
Tom Morrison1930–1931
Tom Bradshaw1931–1934
Name Period
Tom Cooper1934–1939
Matt Busby1939–1940
Willie Fagan1945–1947
Jack Balmer1947–1950
Phil Taylor1950–1953
Bill Jones1953–1954
Laurie Hughes1954–1955
Billy Liddell1955–1958
Johnny Wheeler1958–1959
Ronnie Moran1959–1960
Dick White1960–1961
Ron Yeats1961–1970
Tommy Smith1970–1973
Emlyn Hughes1973–1978
Phil Thompson1978–1981
Name Period
Graeme Souness1982–1984
Phil Neal1984–1985
Alan Hansen1985–1988
Ronnie Whelan1988–1989
Alan Hansen1989–1990
Ronnie Whelan1990–1991
Steve Nicol1990–1991
Mark Wright1991–1993
Ian Rush1993–1996
John Barnes1996–1997
Paul Ince1997–1999
Jamie Redknapp1999–2002
Sami Hyypiä2001–2003
Steven Gerrard2003–2015
Jordan Henderson2015–

References
  1. "Happy birthday LFC? Not quite yet..." Liverpool F.C. Archived from the original on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 15 March 2014. Liverpool F.C. was born on 3 June 1892. It was at John Houlding's house in Anfield Road that he and his closest friends left from Everton FC, formed a new club.
  2. "Premier League Handbook 2019/20" (PDF). Premier League. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
  3. "First team". Liverpool F.C. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  4. "Henderson appointed Liverpool captain". Liverpool F.C. 10 July 2015. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
  5. "Captains for Liverpool FC since 1892". Liverpool F.C. 29 April 2009. Archived from the original on 18 July 2009. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
  6. "Steven Gerrard: LA Galaxy confirm deal for Liverpool captain". BBC Sport. 7 January 2015. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
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