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clubname = Liverpool F.C. |
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fullname = Liverpool Football Club |
nickname = The Reds |
founded = [[March 15]] [[1892]] |
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chairman = {{flagicon|USA}} [[Tom Hicks]] (co-chairman) <br> {{flagicon|USA}} [[George N. Gillett Jr.|George Gillett]] (co-chairman) |
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manager = {{flagicon|Spain}} [[Rafael Benítez]] |
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'''Liverpool Football Club''' are an [[England|English]] professional [[football (soccer)|football]] [[football team|club]] based in [[Liverpool]], [[Merseyside]], who play in the [[Premier League]]; they are historically the [[Football_records_in_England#Most_successful_clubs_overall_.281888_-_present.29|most successful club]] in the history of [[Football in England|English football]], having won more trophies than any other English club.<ref>Liverpool have won more Football League titles, European Cups, UEFA Cups, League Cups and European Super Cups than any other English team. Arch-rivals [[Manchester United]] hold the records for most [[FA Cup]], [[Intercontinental Cup (football)|Intercontinental Cup]] and [[Community Shield]] trophies, and have also lifted the [[European Cup Winners' Cup]] which Liverpool have not.</ref> They have won the most English League titles with eighteen, their most recent success coming in 1990. They are third in terms of European Cup<ref name=EC>Up until 1992, the premier European competition was named the [[UEFA Champions League|European Cup]]; since then, it has been the [[UEFA Champions League]].</ref> wins with five, an English record. They have also had success in the other cup competitions. They were a founding member of the [[G-14]] group of leading [[Europe]]an football clubs.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.g14.com/G14members/index.asp | title=G-14's members | work=g14.com | accessdate=12 September | accessyear=2006}}</ref>
Liverpool have played at [[Anfield]] since they were founded in 1892.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stadiumguide.com/anfield.htm|title=Anfield|work=stadiumguide.com|accessdate=9 April|accessyear=2007}}</ref> However, plans have been formed to start work on a new 60,000 all-seater stadium in the summer of 2007 near [[Stanley Park Stadium|Stanley Park]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/l/liverpool/6517517.stm|title=Reds to begin stadium work in May |date=[[2007-04-02]] |work=BBC Sport|accessdate=2 April|accessyear=2007}}</ref>
funded by the club's new American owners [[Tom Hicks]] and [[George N. Gillett Jr.|George Gillett]].
The club's fans have been involved in two major tragedies. At the [[Heysel Stadium disaster|Heysel Stadium]] thirty-nine [[Juventus F.C.]] fans died when a wall collapsed after crowd trouble in the [[1985 European Cup Final]],<ref name="heysel">{{cite web | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/may/29/newsid_2733000/2733979.stm | title=On This Day - 29th May 1985: Fans die in Heysel rioting | work=BBC News | accessdate=12 September | accessyear=2006}}</ref> and at [[Hillsborough disaster|Hillsborough in 1989]] where ninety-six Liverpool fans lost their lives<ref name="the96">{{cite web|url=http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/lfc_story/memorial/|accessdate=2007-04-17|work=Liverpoolfc.tv|title=Hillsborough Memorial}}</ref> due to overcrowding.<ref name="hillsborough">{{cite web | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/april/15/newsid_2491000/2491195.stm | title=On This Day - 15th April 1989: Soccer fans crushed at Hillsborough | work=BBC News | accessdate=12 September | accessyear=2006}}</ref>
== History ==
{{Main|History of Liverpool F.C.}}
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In 1891 [[John Houlding]], the leaseholder of [[Anfield]] stadium, purchased the ground outright and proposed increasing the rent from £100 to £250 per year.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/lfc_story/1882.htm |title=LFC Story | work=Liverpool F.C. official site (liverpoolfc.tv) | accessdate=17 March| accessyear=2007}}</ref> [[Everton F.C.]] moved to [[Goodison Park]] after a seven year tenancy. Liverpool F.C. were founded by Houlding in 1892 to play in his vacated Anfield.
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.
In their first season Liverpool won the [[Lancashire League (football)|Lancashire League]], and they were elected to the [[Football League Second Division]] for the 1893–94 season. They ended the season unbeaten as Second Division Champions,<ref>{{cite web
| title =2nd Division League table for the 1893-1894 season
| work =lfchistory.net
| url =http://www.lfchistory.net/seasontables.asp?Season_id=97
| accessdate =2007-03-07 }}</ref> and were promoted to the [[Football League First Division|First Division]], the highest level of English football. Liverpool won their first Football League championship in 1901, and were champions again in 1906. They played their first [[FA Cup]] final in 1914, but lost 1–0 to [[Burnley F.C.|Burnley]].<ref>{{cite web
| title =Liverpool in the FA Cup - Season by Season
| work =lfchistory.net
| url =http://www.lfchistory.net/liverpool_in_facup.asp
| accessdate =2007-03-07 }}</ref>
[[Image:Kop_ynwa_banner.jpg|thumb|300px|right|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 national football team|England]] full-back [[Ephraim Longworth]].<ref name="longworth">{{cite web | url=http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/team/past_players/players/longworth/|title=Profile of Ephraim Longworth |work=Liverpool F.C. official site (liverpoolfc.tv) |accessdate=17 March |accessyear=2007}}</ref>
However, this was followed by the longest spell without a trophy in the team's history, which only ended when Liverpool won the league once again in 1947. However, Liverpool struggled in the years following this success, and were relegated to the Second Division in 1954, where they suffered their record defeat, 9–1 against [[Birmingham City F.C.|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.<ref name="shankly">{{cite book
|last=Darby
|first=Stephen F.
|title=Talking Shankly: the man, the genius, the legend
|publisher=Mainstream |___location=Edinburgh
|date=1998
|id=ISBN 1-84018-493-0}}</ref> In his first year, he released twenty-four players and reshaped the squad. In 1962, his third season as manager, Liverpool won the [[Football League Second Division|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 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, following another FA Cup victory, Shankly retired. His assistant, [[Bob Paisley]], was offered the chance to manage the team.<ref>{{cite book |last=Kelly |first=Stephen F. |title=The Boot Room Boys: Inside the Anfield Boot Room |publisher=HarperCollins |___location=London |date=1999 |id=ISBN 0-00-218907-0}} p86</ref>
In 1976, at the end of Paisley's second season in charge, Liverpool became champions, and also won the [[UEFA Cup]]. The following year, Liverpool retained their League Championship, lost the F.A. Cup Final, but won their first [[UEFA Champions League|European Cup]]. The final was played in Rome, and Liverpool defeated [[Borussia Mönchengladbach]] 3–1. In 1978 Liverpool retained the trophy, beating [[Club Brugge]] 1–0 in the final at [[Wembley Stadium (1923)|Wembley]], and in 1979 they broke another domestic record by winning the league title with sixty-eight points<ref name="twopoints">In 1978-79 the Football League awarded two points for a win, as opposed to the current three. Under current rules, Liverpool would have obtained 98 points in 77-79.</ref> and only sixteen goals conceded in forty-two matches.<ref>{{cite web | title =Football: Season Details: 1979 | work =krysstal.com | url=http://www.krysstal.com/league1979.html | accessdate=17 March| accessyear=2007 }}</ref>
In 1980, Liverpool won the league title for the fourth time in five seasons, and Paisley's third European Cup victory came in 1981 with a 1–0 victory in the final over [[Real Madrid]] in Paris. In the following two seasons, Liverpool won a League Championship and League Cup "double" .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. The only domestic trophy to elude him was 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.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/l/liverpool/1418093.stm |title=The legacy of the boot room |date=[[2001-12-21]]|work=BBC News |accessdate=12 September |accessyear=2006}}</ref> Just as Shankly had been succeeded by Paisley, so too Paisley handed the reins to his assistant, veteran coach [[Joe Fagan]]. He was 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.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.krysstal.com/ecup.html |title=Football: The European Cup |work=krysstal.com |accessdate=24 March |accessyear=2007}}</ref> 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.<ref name="heysel"/> This tragedy is known as the [[Heysel Stadium disaster]]. 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). Fourteen of their fans received convictions for involuntary manslaughter.
In 1985 [[Kenny Dalglish]] became Liverpool's first player-manager.<ref name="dalglish">{{cite web | url=http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/team/past_players/players/dalglish/ |title=Profile of Kenny Dalglish |work=Liverpool F.C. official site (liverpoolfc.tv) |accessdate=21 March |accessyear=2007}}</ref> His reign saw the club win another three League Championships and two FA Cups including a [[The Double|league and cup double]] in [[1985-86 in English football|1985–86]]. However, Liverpool's successes were overshadowed by the [[Hillsborough disaster]]. On [[15 April]] [[1989]], when Liverpool were playing [[Nottingham Forest F.C.|Nottingham Forest]] in an FA Cup semi–final, hundreds of Liverpool fans were crushed against perimeter fencing.<ref name="hillsborough"/> 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 having never 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.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.southyorks.police.uk/foi/information_classes/categories/documents/hillsborough/interim%20report%20hillsborough.zip|title=Taylor's interim report on the Hillsborough stadium disaster, August 1989 (zipped pdf)|date=[[1999-04-21]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/318497.stm | title=A hard lesson to learn | work=BBC News |accessdate=12 September |accessyear=2006}}</ref>
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 F.C.|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 [[France national football team|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.<ref>{{cite book |last=Kelly |first=Stephen F. |title=The Boot Room Boys: Inside the Anfield Boot Room |publisher=HarperCollins |___location=London |date=1999 |id=ISBN 0-00-218907-0}} p227</ref>
[[Image:Liverpool Champions League.jpg|thumb|300px| [[Steven Gerrard]] holding aloft the [[2005 UEFA Champions League Final|European Cup in Istanbul in May 2005]]]]
[[2000-01 in English football|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.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/uefa_cup/1335026.stm |title=Houllier acclaims Euro triumph |work=BBC News |accessdate=24 March |accessyear=2007}}</ref> 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 United AFC|Leeds]] and having to undergo major heart surgery.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/l/liverpool/1600193.stm |title=Houllier 'satisfactory' after surgery |work=BBC News |accessdate=13 March |accessyear=2007}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web
| last = McNulty
| first = Phil
| authorlink =
| title =Houllier to leave Liverpool
| work =[[BBC]]
| date =[[2004-24-05]]
| url =http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/l/liverpool/3741257.stm
| accessdate =2007-04-13 }}</ref>
[[Spanish people|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 [[2005 UEFA Champions League Final|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, but 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, with goalkeeper [[Jerzy Dudek]] conceding only two of Milan's five penalties.<ref>{{cite web
| title = AC Milan 3-3 Liverpool (aet)
| work =[[BBC]]
| date =[[2005-25-05]]
| url =http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/europe/4573159.stm
| accessdate =2007-04-15 }}</ref>
In 2005–06 Liverpool picked up 82 points in the Premiership, their highest points total in the top-flight since 1988. The ended the season by winning the FA Cup in yet another dramatic [[FA Cup Final 2006|final]], this time against [[West Ham United F.C.|West Ham]]. Liverpool trailed 3–2 until Captain [[Steven Gerrard]] scored a equalizer from 35–yards out past the helpless goalkeeper [[Shaka Hislop]], as the [[Public address|PA system]] was announcing injury time. They went on to win in a penalty shootout.
On February 6, 2007, the club's lengthy search for investment came to an end when [[United States|American]] businessmen [[George N. Gillett Jr.|George Gillett]] and [[Tom Hicks]] became the owners of Liverpool F.C. in a deal worth £470 million.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/l/liverpool/6323037.stm |title=US pair agree Liverpool takeover |work=bbc.co.uk |accessdate=2 March |accessyear=2007}}</ref> Liverpool finished the season in third place in the Premiership for the second consecutive season. Benitez did guide Liverpool to the 2006–07 [[UEFA Champions League]] final on [[May 23]], after [[Pepe Reina]] made two saves in the penalty kick shooutout in the semi-final against [[Chelsea FC]].<ref>
{{cite news
|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2007/05/02/sfgliv02.xml
|first=Henry
|last=Winter
|title= Reina heroics put Chelsea on the spot
|publisher=[[The Daily Telegraph]]
|date=[[2005-05-23]]
}}
</ref> Facing [[AC Milan]] once again in the [[2007 UEFA Champions League Final|final]], Liverpool lost 2-1.
==Notable players==
{{main|List of Liverpool F.C. players}}
In the period before the [[World War II|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 national football team|England]] captain in 1921,<ref name="longworth"/> and [[Elisha Scott]], who played in goal for Liverpool for 22 years, making him the longest serving Liverpool player ever.<ref name="records">{{cite web | url=http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/lfc_story/records/ | title=LFC Records | work=Liverpool F.C. official site (liverpoolfc.tv) | accessdate=9 March | accessyear=2007}}</ref> 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.<ref name="records"/>
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",<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.lfchistory.net/player_articles_view.asp?article_id=156&player_id=450 |title=Ron Yeats: The Colossus |work=lfchistory.net |accessdate=12 September |accessyear=2006}}</ref> and [[Roger Hunt]], who scored 245 league goals (still a club record) as well as being part of England's [[FIFA World Cup|World Cup winning team]] in [[1966 FIFA World Cup|1966]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/team/past_players/players/hunt/|title=Profile of Roger Hunt |work=Liverpool F.C. official site (liverpoolfc.tv) |accessdate=9 March |accessyear=2007}}</ref>
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<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/team/past_players/players/hansen/ |title=Profile of Alan Hansen |work=Liverpool F.C. official site (liverpoolfc.tv) |accessdate=12 September |accessyear=2006}}</ref>, and [[Kenny Dalglish]], known to fans as 'King Kenny',<ref name="dalglish"/> 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.<ref name="records"/>
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 [[Liverpool F.C. Reserves and Academy#The Academy|Liverpool Academy]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.liverweb.org.uk/youth.htm |title=The Liverpool F.C. Academy in Kirkby |work=liverweb.org.uk |accessdate=9 March |accessyear=2007}}</ref>
==Colours and badge==
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Liverpool's traditional colours are red and white, 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.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/lfc_story/1882b.htm |title=LFC Story | work=Liverpool F.C. official site (liverpoolfc.tv) | accessdate=17 March| accessyear=2007}}</ref>
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 [[R.S.C. Anderlecht|Anderlecht]], as [[Ian St. John]] recalled in his autobiography:
{{cquote|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.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2093-1817155,00.html |title=Shankly: the hero who let me down| work=Ian St. John's autobiography serialised in The Times| accessdate=12 September| accessyear=2006}}</ref>}}
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 in English football|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 (colour)|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).<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.liverweb.org.uk/colours2.htm |title=Club Colours - Away kit pictures |work=liverweb.org.uk |accessdate=17 March |accessyear=2007}}</ref> 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 most notable case of this in the 2006/07 season was the away game against [[Watford FC]]. <ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/kits/ |title=Official LFC Shirts 2006 |work=Liverpool F.C. official site (liverpoolfc.tv) |accessdate=17 March |accessyear=2007}}</ref> The current kits are designed by [[Adidas]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.adidas.com/campaigns/liverpool/content/index.asp |title=Back on home turf, as adidas returns to Liverpool |work=adidas.com |accessdate=17 March |accessyear=2007}}</ref>
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 (song)|You'll Always Never 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|Anfield}}
[[Image:76693565 b44605f726 2.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Anfield, home of Liverpool F.C.]]
The Anfield stadium was built in 1884 on land adjacent to [[Stanley Park, Liverpool|Stanley Park]], and was originally inhabited by [[Everton F.C.|Everton]].<ref>{{cite web | title = Where should Everton move? That's easy - to Anfield | work = guardian | url = http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/sport/2006/12/16/where_should_everton_move_that.html | accessdate =2007-03-07}}</ref> 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 [[Kop|Spion Kop]],<ref> [http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/news/drilldown/N153295060826-0823.htm Celebrating 100 Years of the Kop], [[Liverpool FC]] website, [[2006-08-06]], retrieved [[2007-05-21]].</ref> after a hill in [[KwaZulu-Natal Province|Natal]] that was the site of [[Battle of Spion Kop|a battle]] in the [[Second Boer War]], where over 300 men of the [[The Lancashire Queens Regiment Museum|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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.footballderbies.com/fans/index.php?id=6|title=capacity of the kop|work=footballderbies.com|accessdate=2007-04-10}}</ref>
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 its 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]].<ref name="rothmans">{{cite book |last=Rollin |first=Jack and Glenda |title=Sky Sports Football Yearbook |year=2006-2007 |publisher=Headline|isbn=0-7553-1526-X |pages=p232-233}}</ref><ref name="4star">{{cite web|url=http://www.fussballtempel.net/uefa/4and5stars.html#stalis|author=Fussballtempel.net|title=UEFA 4 and 5 Star Stadia|accessdate=2007-03-07}}</ref>
On [[July 30]] [[2004]], [[Liverpool City Council]] granted the club planning permission to build a [[Stanley Park Stadium|new 61,000 seat stadium]] just 300 yards away from Anfield at Stanley Park<ref>{{cite web|url=http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/0500liverpoolfc/gronudmove/tm_objectid=14487239%26method=full%26siteid=50061%26headline=reds%2dstadium%2dgets%2dgo%2dahead-name_page.html |title=Reds stadium gets go-ahead |work=Liverpool Echo|accessdate=12 September|accessyear=2006}}</ref> and on [[September 8]],[[2006]] Liverpool City Council agreed to grant Liverpool F.C. a 999 year lease of land on the proposed site.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/l/liverpool/5327426.stm |title=Liverpool get go-ahead on stadium |work=bbc.co.uk|accessdate=8 March|accessyear=2007}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/news/drilldown/N155454070402-1042.htm |title=WORK ON STADIUM TO START NEXT MONTH |work=Liverpoolfc.tv|accessdate=2 April|accessyear=2007}}</ref> The new stadium is expected to be ready in time for the start of the 2009-10 season. However most recent comments by the club's American owners (Gillet and Hicks) reflect their dissatisfaction with the new ground's proposed 61,000 capacity, expressing a clear determination to expand its total capacity to "...something in excess of 70,000" and to incorporate a massive, acoustically magnifying, "Kop" end.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/0500liverpoolfc/gronudmove/tm_headline=home-is-where-the-heart-is%2D%2D%2D%26method=full%26objectid=18643848%26siteid=50061-name_page.html |title=Home is where the heart is... |work=Liverpool Echo|accessdate=8 March|accessyear=2007}}</ref>
==Club culture==
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[[Image:Shankly Gates.jpg|thumb|right|270px|Shankly Gates]]
The song "[[You'll Never Walk Alone (song)|You'll Never Walk Alone]]", originally from the [[Rodgers and Hammerstein]] musical ''[[Carousel (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.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://football.guardian.co.uk/news/theknowledge/0,9204,912750,00.html |title=Liverpool or Celtic: who Walked Alone first? |work=Guardian Unlimited| accessdate=12 September |accessyear=2006}}</ref> The song's title adorns the top of the [[Anfield|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 [[Anfield|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 (song)|Fearless]]". Other popular chants include "[[Fields of Anfield Road]]" (to the tune of "[[The Fields of Athenry]]"), "Scouser Tommy" (first section to the tune of "[[Red River Valley (song)|Red River Valley]]''; second section to the tune of ''[[The Sash]]") and "Liverbird Upon My Chest" (to the tune of "[[Ballad of the Green Berets]]").<ref>{{cite web
| title = Liverpool Songs and Chants
| work = soccer24-7
| publisher = 24-7 Network
| url = http://liverpool.soccer24-7.com/chants.html
| accessdate =2007-06-24 }}</ref>
''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. There are five Spaniards in the current squad and twelve players have been brought to Liverpool directly from [[La Liga]].
Liverpool's longest standing rivalry is with fellow Merseyside team Everton, 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.<ref>{{cite web | title=Why the Everton/Liverpool rivalry isn't religious | work=Toffeeweb |url=http://www.toffeeweb.com/fans/beingblue/religion.asp| accessdate=August 21 | accessyear=2006 }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web | title=Two more red cards in the derby | work= The Daily Telegraph |url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2006/03/26/sfgliv26.xml| accessdate=August 21 | accessyear=2006 }}</ref>
Liverpool also have a significant [[Major_football_rivalries#Liverpool_vs_Manchester_United|rivalry]] with north-west neighbours [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]]. This is mostly due to the success enjoyed by the two clubs and the geographical proximity 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 both due to media (TV) interest and to discourage fans from drinking before the game.
The [[Ronny Yu]] movie [[The 51st State]] (known as Formula 51 in the US) features a scene where Felix DeSouza walks into a bar in Manchester filled with Manchester United supporters, wearing a Liverpool jersey. Also, the conclusion to the movie is centered around a Liverpool-Manchester United match at [[Anfield]]
On [[July 11]], [[2007]] it was announced that Liverpool are to launch a TV station, LFC TV. The station, which launches in September, will show delayed coverage of every Liverpool match as well as archived matches. It will also be available to view online for fans who purchase an "e-season ticket".<ref>http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/news/drilldown/N156233070711-0734.htm</ref> Liverpool will become the third Premier League team to have a TV station, along with Manchester United ([[Manchester United TV|MUTV]]) and Chelsea ([[Chelsea TV]]).
==Ladies team==
{{mainarticle|Liverpool L.F.C.}}
==Current squad==
:''As of [[13 July]], [[2007]].''<ref name="squad">{{cite web|url=http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/team/squad/|work=Liverpoolfc.tv|accessdate=2007-03-07|title=Liverpool FC Squad}}</ref>
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{{Fs player|no=3|nat=Ireland|name=[[Steve Finnan]]|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=4|nat=Finland|name=[[Sami Hyypiä]]|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=5|nat=Denmark|name=[[Daniel Agger]]|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=6|nat=Norway|name=[[John Arne Riise]]|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=7|nat=Australia|name=[[Harry Kewell]]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=8|nat=England|name=[[Steven Gerrard]]<!--Gerrard's MBE is not relevant to this list-->|pos=MF|other=[[Captain (football)|captain]]}}
{{Fs player|no=9|nat=Spain|name=[[Fernando Torres]]|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=10|nat=Ukraine|name=[[Andriy Voronin]]|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=11|nat=Israel|name=[[Yossi Benayoun]]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=12|nat=Brazil|name=[[Fábio Aurélio]]|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=14|nat=Spain|name=[[Xabi Alonso]]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=15|nat=England|name=[[Peter Crouch]]|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=16|nat=England|name=[[Jermaine Pennant]]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=17|nat=Spain|name=[[Álvaro Arbeloa]]|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=18|nat=Netherlands|name=[[Dirk Kuyt]]|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=19|nat=Netherlands|name=[[Ryan Babel]]|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=20|nat=Argentina|name=[[Javier Mascherano]]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=22|nat=Mali|name=[[Mohamed Sissoko]]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs mid}}
{{Fs player|no=23|nat=England|name=[[Jamie Carragher]]|pos=DF|other=[[Vice-captain (football)|vice-captain]]}}
{{Fs player|no=25|nat=Spain|name=[[José Manuel Reina]]|pos=GK}}
{{Fs player|no=26|nat=England|name=[[Scott Carson]]|pos=GK}}
{{Fs player|no=29|nat=Argentina|name=[[Gabriel Paletta]]|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=34|nat=Spain|name=[[Miki Roque]]|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=37|nat=England|name=[[Lee Peltier]]|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=38|nat=England|name=[[Craig Lindfield]]|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=39|nat=England|name=[[Stephen Darby]]|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=40|nat=England|name=[[David Martin (footballer)|David Martin]]|pos=GK}}
{{Fs player|no=42|nat=Morocco|name=[[Nabil El Zhar]]|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=45|nat=England|name=[[James Smith (footballer)|James Smith]]|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=46|nat=England|name=[[Jack Hobbs (footballer)|Jack Hobbs]]|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=48|nat=Argentina|name=[[Emiliano Insúa]]|pos=DF|other=on loan from [[Club Atlético Boca Juniors|Boca Juniors]]}}
{{Fs player|no=––|nat=France|name=[[Anthony Le Tallec]]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=––|nat=Argentina|name=[[Sebastián Leto]]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=––|nat=Brazil|name=[[Lucas Pezzini Leiva|Lucas]]|pos=MF}}<!--Brazilian players are listed by their common name; i.e. what appears on the back of their shirt-->
{{Fs player|no=––|nat=Bulgaria|name=[[Nikolay Mihaylov]]|pos=GK}}
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{{Fs end}}
*''See also [[Liverpool F.C. Reserves and Academy#Players|Liverpool F.C. Reserves]]''
===Out on loan===
{{Fs start}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=England|name=[[Paul Anderson (footballer)|Paul Anderson]]|pos=MF|other=[[Swansea City F.C.|Swansea City]]- to June 2008}}<ref name="anderson">{{cite web|url=http://www.swanseacity.premiumtv.co.uk/page/News/LatestNewsDetail/0,,10354~1069392,00.html|title=Anderson completes Anfield switch|work=swanseacity.premiumtv.co.uk|accessdate=2007-07-16}}</ref>
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Spain|name=[[Godwin Antwi]]|pos=DF|other=[[Hartlepool United F.C.|Hartlepool United]] - to June 2008}}<ref name="antwi">{{cite web|url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/h/hartlepool_united/6254850.stm|title=Hartlepool sign Liverpool's Antwi|work=news.bbc.co.uk|accessdate=2007-06-29}}</ref>
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Australia|name=[[Dean Bouzanis]]|pos=GK|other=[[Sydney FC]] - to February 2008 due to minimum age restrictions}}<ref name="bouzanis">{{cite web|url=http://www.sydneyfc.com/default.aspx?s=playerprofile&pid=311|work=Sydney FC|title=Dean Bouzanis Player Profile|accessdate=2007-03-07}}</ref>
{{Fs player|no=|nat=England|name=[[Danny Guthrie]]|pos=MF|other=[[Bolton Wanderers F.C.|Bolton Wanderers]] - to June 2008}}<ref name="guthrie">{{cite web|url=http://www.itv-football.co.uk/Story/0,14272,6145_2432278,00.html|title=Trotters secure Guthrie loan|work=itv.com|accessdate=2007-06-21}}</ref>
{{Fs player|no=|nat=England|name=[[Adam Hammill]]|pos=MF|other=[[Southampton F.C.|Southampton]] - to June 2008}}<ref name="hammill">{{cite web|url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/southampton/6895736.stm|title=Liverpool winger loaned to Saints|work=news.bbc.co.uk|accessdate=2007-07-12}}</ref>
{{Fs end}}
''For recent transfers, see [[List of English football transfers 2007-08]].''
===Technical staff===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Name
!Role
|-
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Rafael Benítez]]
|Manager
|-
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Pako Ayestaran]]
|Assistant Manager
|-
|{{flagicon|SCO}} [[Alex Miller]]
|First Team Coach
|-
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Xavi Valero]]
|Goalkeeping Coach
|-
|{{flagicon|ESP}} Antonio Gomez
|Fitness Coach
|-
|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Gary Ablett (footballer)|Gary Ablett]]
|[[Liverpool F.C. Reserves|Reserve Team]] Manager
|-
|{{flagicon|ESP}} Angel Vales
|[[Liverpool F.C. Reserves|Reserve Team]] Coach / Head of Technical Analysis
|-
|{{flagicon|NED}} [[Piet Hamberg]]
|Academy Technical Manager
|-
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Eduardo Macia]]
|Chief Scout
|-
|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Mark Waller]]
|Doctor
|-
|{{flagicon|ENG}} Rob Price
|Senior Physiotherapist
|}
==Managers==
''As of [[April 15]], [[2007]]. Only competitive matches are counted.''<ref name="managers">{{cite web|url=http://www.soccerbase.com/manager_history.sd?teamid=1563|title=Manager History for Liverpool|work=[[Soccerbase]]|accessdate=2007-03-07}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center"
|-
!Name
!Nat
!From
!To
!P!!W!!D!!L!!Win %!!Lge Titles!![[FA Cup|FA]]!![[Football League Cup|LC]]!![[UEFA Champions League|EC]]!![[UEFA Cup|UEFA]]!!Other<ref name="managersother">Includes the [[Charity Shield]], [[European Super Cup]], [[Football League Second Division|Division 2]] and the [[Lancashire League (football)|Lancashire League]]</ref>
|-
|align=centre|{{sortname|W. E.|Barclay}} and {{sortname|John|McKenna}}<ref>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: {{cite web | url=http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/team/past_players/managers/barclay/ | title=William E. Barclay: 'Joint Manager' (1892-96) | work=Liverpool official website |accessdate=12 September|accessyear=2006}})</ref>
|{{flagicon|England}} / {{flagicon|Ireland}}
|align=centre|<span style="display:none">1892 </span>Aug 1892
|align=centre|<span style="display:none">1896 </span>July 1896
||101||58||17||26||{{#expr:58/101*100 round 2}}%||0||0||0||0||0||3
|-
|align=centre|{{sortname|Tom|Watson|Tom Watson (football)}}
|{{flagicon|England}}
|align=centre|<span style="display:none">1896 </span>Aug 1896
|align=centre|<span style="display:none">1915 </span>May 1915
||740||327||141||272||{{#expr:327/740*100 round 2}}%||2||0||0||0||0||1
|-
|align=centre|{{sortname|David|Ashworth}}
|{{flagicon|England}}
|align=centre|<span style="display:none">1920 </span>Dec 1920
|align=centre|<span style="display:none">1923 </span>Feb 1923
||58||25||24||9||{{#expr:25/58*100 round 2}}%||1||0||0||0||0||0
|-
|align=centre|{{sortname|Matt|McQueen}}
|{{flagicon|Scotland}}
|align=centre|<span style="display:none">1923 </span>Feb 1923
|align=centre|<span style="display:none">1928 </span>Feb 1928
||229||94||61||74||{{#expr:94/229*100 round 2}}%||1||0||0||0||0||0
|-
|align=centre|{{sortname|George|Patterson|George Patterson (football)}}
|{{flagicon|England}}
|align=centre|<span style="display:none">1928 </span>Feb 1928
|align=centre|<span style="display:none">1936 </span>May 1936
||370||139||86||145||{{#expr:139/370*100 round 2}}%||0||0||0||0||0||0
|-
|align=centre|{{sortname|George|Kay}}
|{{flagicon|England}}
|align=centre|<span style="display:none">1936 </span>May 1936
|align=centre|<span style="display:none">1951 </span>Feb 1951
||359||143||93||123||{{#expr:143/359*100 round 2}}%||1||0||0||0||0||0
|-
|align=centre|{{sortname|Don|Welsh}}
|{{flagicon|England}}
|align=centre|<span style="display:none">1951 </span>Mar 1951
|align=centre|<span style="display:none">1956 </span>May 1956
||234||82||60||92||{{#expr:82/234*100 round 2}}%||0||0||0||0||0||0
|-
|align=centre|{{sortname|Phil|Taylor|Phil Taylor (football)}}
|{{flagicon|England}}
|align=centre|<span style="display:none">1956 </span>May 1956
|align=centre|<span style="display:none">1959 </span>Nov 1959
||153||77||32||44||{{#expr:77/153*100 round 2}}%||0||0||0||0||0||0
|-
|align=centre|{{sortname|Bill|Shankly}}
|{{flagicon|Scotland}}
|align=centre|<span style="display:none">1959 </span>Dec 1959
|align=centre|<span style="display:none">1974 </span>July 1974
||753||393||185||175||{{#expr:393/753*100 round 2}}%||3||2||0||0||1||4
|-
|align=centre|{{sortname|Bob|Paisley}}
|{{flagicon|England}}
|align=centre|<span style="display:none">1974 </span>July 1974
|align=centre|<span style="display:none">1983 </span>May 1983
||490||275||124||91||{{#expr:275/490*100 round 2}}%||6||0||3||3||1||6
|-
|align=centre|{{sortname|Joe|Fagan}}
|{{flagicon|England}}
|align=centre|<span style="display:none">1983 </span>May 1983
|align=centre|<span style="display:none">1985 </span>May 1985
||122||65||34||23||{{#expr:65/122*100 round 2}}%||1||0||1||1||0||0
|-
|align=centre|{{sortname|Kenny|Dalglish}}
|{{flagicon|Scotland}}
|align=centre|<span style="display:none">1985 </span>May 1985
|align=centre|<span style="display:none">1991-02 </span>Feb 1991
||297||180||76||41||{{#expr:180/297*100 round 2}}%||3||2||0||0||0||4
|-
|align=centre|{{sortname|Ronnie|Moran}}<ref name="care">Ronnie Moran served as [[caretaker manager]].</ref>
|{{flagicon|England}}
|align=centre|<span style="display:none">1991-02 </span>Feb 1991
|align=centre|<span style="display:none">1991-04 </span>Apr 1991
||10||4||1||5||{{#expr:4/10*100 round 2}}%||0||0||0||0||0||0
|-
|align=centre|{{sortname|Graeme|Souness}}
|{{flagicon|Scotland}}
|align=centre|<span style="display:none">1991-04 </span>Apr 1991
|align=centre|<span style="display:none">1994 </span>Jan 1994
||157||65||47||45||{{#expr:65/157*100 round 2}}%||0||1||0||0||0||0
|-
|align=centre|{{sortname|Roy|Evans}}
|{{flagicon|England}}
|align=centre|<span style="display:none">1994 </span>Jan 1994
|align=centre|<span style="display:none">1998-07 </span>July 1998
||226||116||57||53||{{#expr:116/226*100 round 2}}%||0||0||1||0||0||0
|-
|align=centre|{{sortname|Roy|Evans}} and {{sortname|Gérard|Houllier}}<ref>Houllier was brought into Liverpool in the summer of 1998 to share the burden with Evans as joint-managers.</ref>
|{{flagicon|England}} / {{flagicon|France}}
|align=centre|<span style="display:none">1998-07 </span>July 1998
|align=centre|<span style="display:none">1998-11 </span>Nov 1998
||18||7||6||5||{{#expr:7/18*100 round 2}}%||0||0||0||0||0||0
|-
|align=centre|{{sortname|Gérard|Houllier}}<ref name="absence">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.</ref>
|{{flagicon|France}}
|align=centre|<span style="display:none">1998-11 </span>Nov 1998
|align=centre|<span style="display:none">2004 </span>May 2004
||306||157||75||74||{{#expr:157/306*100 round 2}}%||0||1||2||0||1||2
|-
|align=centre|{{sortname|Rafael|Benítez}}
|{{flagicon|Spain}}
|align=centre|<span style="display:none">2004 </span>June 2004
|align=centre|<span style="display:none">9999 </span>Pres
||172||98||32||42||{{#expr:98/172*100 round 2}}%||0||1||0||1||0||2
|}
== Honours (major) ==
===DOMESTIC===
====League====
*'''[[English football champions|League]]'''<ref>Up until 1992, the top division of [[Football in England|English football]] was the [[Football League First Division]]; since then, it has been the [[Premier League]].</ref> '''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
*'''Lancashire League'''
**1892-93
*'''[[Football League Second Division|Division Two]]''' (Level 2)
**1893-94, 1895-96, 1904-05, 1961-62
====Cups====
*'''[[FA Cup]]s: 7'''
**[[FA Cup Final 1965|1965]], [[FA Cup Final 1974|1974]], [[FA Cup Final 1986|1986]], [[FA Cup Final 1989|1989]], [[FA Cup Final 1992|1992]], [[FA Cup Final 2001|2001]], [[FA Cup Final 2006|2006]]
*'''[[Football League Cup|League Cup]]s: 7'''
**1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, [[Football League Cup Final 1995|1995]], [[Football League Cup Final 2001|2001]], [[Football League Cup Final 2003|2003]]
*'''[[Community Shield]]s'''<ref>The trophy was known as the [[Charity Shield]] until 2002, and as the [[Community Shield]] since then.</ref>''': 15 (10 outright, 5 shared)'''
**1964 (shared), 1965 (shared), 1966, 1974, 1976, 1977 (shared), 1979, 1980, 1982, 1986 (shared), 1988, 1989, 1990 (shared), 2001, 2006
*'''[[Screen Sport Super Cup]]<ref>Intruduced after English team got banned Heysel Stadium disaster</ref> '''
**1986
===EUROPE/R.O.W.===
*'''[[UEFA Champions League|European Cup]]s and [[UEFA Champions League]]'''<ref name=EC>Up until 1992, the premier European competition was named the [[UEFA Champions League|European Cup]]; since then, it has been the [[UEFA Champions League]].</ref>''' titles: 5'''
** [[European Cup 1976-77|1977]], [[European Cup 1977-78|1978]], [[European Cup 1980-81|1981]], [[European Cup 1983-84|1984]], [[UEFA Champions League 2004-05|2005]]
*'''[[UEFA Cup]]s: 3'''
**[[UEFA Cup 1972-73|1973]], [[UEFA Cup 1975-76|1976]], [[UEFA Cup 2000-01|2001]]
*'''[[European Super Cup|UEFA Super Cup]]s: 3'''
**1977, 2001, [[2005 UEFA Super Cup|2005]]
Liverpool's tally of eighteen Football League championships is a record for English clubs, their nearest challenger being [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]] with sixteen. Liverpool achieved the League and FA Cup "[[The Double|Double]]" in 1986 and have won two "[[The Treble|Trebles]]". The first treble of League, League Cup and European Cup was achieved in 1984 and a cup treble was achieved in 2001 comprising the FA Cup, League Cup and UEFA Cup.
Liverpool's total of five [[UEFA Champions League|European Cups]]<ref name=EC/> is an English record and the third highest total overall, after [[Real Madrid]] and [[A.C. Milan|AC Milan]]. The fifth victory in 2005 entitled Liverpool to receive the [[UEFA badge of honour]], thus allowing them to keep the trophy permanently.<ref name="keepEC">{{cite web|url=http://www.uefa.com/newsfiles/19071.pdf|title=Regulations of the UEFA Champions League|year=2006|accessdate=2007-03-06|pages=10 and 26|author=UEFA|format=PDF}}</ref> However, Liverpool have never won the [[Intercontinental Cup (football)]] nor the [[FIFA Club World Cup]] as of yet despite all the European Cups with many instances involving refusal to take part.
Liverpool's total of three UEFA Cups is an English record, and equal to the [[UEFA Cup records and statistics#Performance by Team|overall record]], shared with four other clubs. The tallies of seven League Cups and three European Super Cups are also English records.
==Records and statistics==
''{{Main|Liverpool F.C. statistics}}''
Liverpool's first ever competitive game was in the [[Lancashire League (football)|Lancashire League]] against Higher Walton. They won 8-0 with a mostly Scottish team.<ref name="higherwalton">{{cite web|url=http://www.lfchistory.net/viewgame.asp?game_id=4447|title=Liverpool v. Higher Walton, 1892, Match Details|author=[http://www.lfchistory.net LFCHistory.net]|accessdate=2007-03-07}}</ref>
[[Ian Callaghan]] holds Liverpool's appearance record, having made 848 over the course of 19 seasons from 1958–78.<ref name="whoswho">{{cite book | author=Matthews, Tony |title=Who's Who of Liverpool | publisher=Mainstream| year=2006| id=ISBN 1-84596-140-4}}</ref> He also holds the record for League appearances with 640.<ref name="rothmans" /> 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.<ref name="whoswho" /> Rush holds the record for the most goals in a season with 47 in [[1983-84 in English football|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.<ref name="rothmans" /> In the 1961–62 season, Hunt scored 41 goals, setting the club record for league goals in a single season.<ref name="rothmans" /> [[Gordon Hodgson]] is the club's third highest scorer wirh 240 goals,<ref name="whoswho" /> and holds the club record of 17 [[hat trick#Football (soccer)|hat tricks]].<ref name="tophatricks">{{cite web|url=http://www.lfchistory.net/stats_hattricks_totals.asp|title=Total Hat-tricks by Player|author=[http://www.lfchistory.net LFCHistory.net]|accessdate=2007-03-07}}</ref> The most goals scored by a player in a single match is 5, which has been achieved by [[John Miller (footballer)|John Miller]], [[Andy McGuigan]], [[John Evans (footballer)|John Evans]], Ian Rush and [[Robbie Fowler]].<ref name="allhatricks">{{cite web|url=http://www.lfchistory.net/stats_hattricks.asp|title=All Hat-tricks in Official Matches|author=[http://www.lfchistory.net LFCHistory.net]|accessdate=2007-03-07}}</ref> Fowler also holds the club and Premiership record for the fastest hat trick from when he scored three past [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]] in 4 minutes, 32 seconds in the second game of the 1994–95 season.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/3485602.stm |title=The hat-trick Hall of Fame|date=[[2004-02-25]] |work= bbc.co.uk |accessdate=10 March |accessyear=2007}}</ref>
[[Steven Gerrard]] (current Liverpool FC Captain) is Liverpool's all-time leading goalscorer in the European Cup with 19 goals.<ref>http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/match/next/</ref>
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.<ref name="rothmans" /> [[Rotherham Town F.C.|Rotherham Town]] were the victims of Liverpool's biggest league win, losing 10-1 in 1896.<ref name="rothmans" /> This margin of victory was matched in the modern era, as Crystal Palace were defeated 9-0 at Anfield in 1989.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lfchistory.net/viewgame.asp?game_id=1697 |title=Liverpool 9 - 0 Crystal Palace |work= LFCHistory.net |accessdate=8 March |accessyear=2007}}</ref> Liverpool's heaviest defeats were against [[Huddersfield Town F.C.|Huddersfield Town]] in 1935 (0-8) and [[Birmingham City F.C.|Birmingham City]] in 1954 (1-9).<ref name="rothmans" />
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