Liverpool Football Club is the most successful English football team, having won 4 European Cups and 18 league (English Premier League, formerly First Division) titles. Their home ground is the 45,362 capacity Anfield, which is about three miles from the city centre of Liverpool. The club was founded on March 15, 1892 by John Houlding, the owner of Anfield. Houlding decided to form his own team after Everton FC were evicted from Anfield in an argument over rent. On July 30, 2004, the Liverpool City Council granted the club planning permission to build a new 60,000 seat stadium, also to be called Anfield, nearby at Stanley Park; if all goes to plan, the new stadium will open in 2006, while the old stadium will become a public plaza surrounded by apartments, offices, bars, restaurants and a hotel. The plan is currently under review by the office of the Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott, which has a month to raise any objections to the plan.
The club was especially dominant in the 1970s and 1980s. Great players from this time include Ray Clemence, Mark Lawrenson, Graeme Souness, Ian Callaghan, Phil Neal, Kevin Keegan, Alan Hansen, Kenny Dalglish (102 Caps) and Ian Rush (346 Goals).
The club was also present at two of the biggest tragedies in European football - at Heysel in 1985 and Hillsborough in 1989.
They completed an unprecedented treble of two domestic cups (the League Cup and the FA Cup) and the UEFA Cup in the 2000/01 season. However winning a treble was not something new to Liverpool. In 1984 they were victorious in the European Cup, the League Cup and the Championship. This was the first treble of major honours to be completed by an English club.
At a glance
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| Full name | Liverpool Football Club |
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| Nickname | The Reds | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Founded | 1892 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Anfield, Liverpool | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chairman | David Moores | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Manager | Rafael Benitez | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| League | FA Premier League | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2003-04 | Premier League, 4th | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Honours
- Football League First Division Champions 18 (a record in England)
- 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
- Football League Second Division Champions 4
- 1893/94, 1895/96, 1904/05, 1961/62
- Lancashire League Champions 1
- 1892-93
- European Cup 4
- 1976/77 3-1 vs. Borussia Mönchengladbach
- 1977/78 1-0 vs. Club Brugge
- 1980/81 1-0 vs. Real Madrid
- 1983/84 1-1 (4-2 in penalty shootout) vs. AS Roma
- UEFA Cup Winners 3
- 1972/73, 1975/76, 2000/01
- FA Cup Winners 6
- 1964/65, 1973/74, 1985/86, 1988/89, 1991/92, 2000/2001
- FA Youth Cup Winners 1
- 1995/96
- League Cup Winners 7
- 1980/81, 1981/82, 1982/83, 1983/84, 1994/95, 2000/01, 2002/03
- Charity Shield Winners 14
- 1963/64+, 1964/65+, 1965/66, 1973/74, 1975/76, 1976/77+, 1978/79, 1979/80, 1981/82, 1985/86*, 1987/88, 1988/89, 1989/90, 2000/01,
- European Super Cup Winners 2
- 1977, 2001
- Super Cup Winners 1
- 1985/86
- Reserves Division One Winners 16
- 1956/57, 1968/69, 1969/70, 1970/71, 1972/73, 1973/74, 1974/75, 1975/76, 1976/77, 1978/79, 1980/81, 1981/82, 1983/84, 1984/85, 1989/90, 1999/2000
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Interesting facts
- Only 14 first team players were used in the 1965/66 season, when Liverpool won the League.
- Liverpool played against Blackburn Rovers F.C. on the 5th of September 1896. Rovers won 1-0, but six goals were disallowed during this game.
- Liverpool's first ever competitive game was in the Lancashire League against Higher Walton. They won 8-0. The Reds side did not have one English player.
- League debut: 2-0 v Middlesbrough F.C. on September 2 1893 (Division 2)
- FA Cup debut: September 1892 4-0 v Nantwich
- Biggest win: 11-0 v Strømsgodset on the 17th of September 1974.
- Biggest league win: 9-0 v Crystal Palace F.C. in 1990.
- Biggest defeat: 0-8 v Huddersfield in 1935.
- First Honour: in the 1893/94 season they became the Second Division champions.
- First European match: on the 17th of August 1964 they played against KR Reykjavik, Iceland, for the European Cup, and won 5-0.
- Ian Rush holds the record in Liverpool FC for most goals in all competitions for one season - he scored 47 goals in the 1983/84 season.
- On the other side, Roger Hunt has the most league goals for one season - in the 1961/62 season he scored 41 goals.
- Only four people have scored 5 goals in one match. These are:
- Andy McGuigan, 1901/02
- John Evans, 1954/55
- Ian Rush, 1983/84
- Robbie Fowler, 1993/94
- The song "You'll Never Walk Alone", originally from the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Carousel and famously performed by Liverpool musicians Gerry and the Pacemakers, is the anthem of Liverpool FC, and has become almost synonymous with the club.
Current Squad
As of August 2004:
1. Jerzy Dudek
2. Stephane Henchoz
3. Steve Finnan
4. Sami Hyypiä
5. Milan Baros
6. John Arne Riise
7. Harry Kewell
8. Steven Gerrard
9. Djibril Cisse
10. Michael Owen
11. Vladimir Smicer
15. Salif Diao
16. Dietmar Hamann
17. Josemi
20. Anthony Le Tallec (currently on loan to Association Sportive de Saint-Étienne)
21. Djimi Traore
22. Chris Kirkland
23. Jamie Carragher
24. Florent Sinama-Pongolle
25. Igor Biscan
26. Richie Partridge
27. Gregory Vignal (currently on loan to Rangers F.C.)
28. Bruno Cheyrou (currently on loan to Olympique de Marseille)
29. Patrice Luzi
30. Carl Medjani (currently on loan to L'Orient)
31. Alou Diarra (currently on loan to RC Lens)
32. John Welsh
33. Neil Mellor
34. Darren Potter
35. Stephen Warnock
36. Jon Otsemobor
37. Zak Whitbread
-. El Hadji Diouf
Staff
| Manager | Rafael Benitez |
| Assistant manager | vacant |
| First team coach | Sammy Lee |
| Reserve team manager | Hughie McAuley |
| Goalkeeping coach | Joe Corrigan |
| Striking coach | Ian Rush |
| Academy director | Steve Heighway |
Stars
1890s: Harry Bradshaw - Raby Howell - Joe McQue - Malcolm McVean - Alex Raisbeck
1900s: Ted Doig - Arthur Goddard - Sam Hardy - Jack Parkinson - Sam Raybould
1910s: Tom Bromilow - Harry Chambers - Dick Forshaw - Bill Lacey - Ephraim Longworth - Donald McKinlay - Elisha Scott
1920s: Gordon Hodgson - Fred Hopkin - James Jackson
1930s: Jack Balmer - Ernest Blenkinsop - Matt Busby - Tom Cooper - Willie Fagan - Alf Hanson - Berry Nieuwenhuys - Phil Taylor
1940s: Cyril Done - Laurie Hughes - Bill Jones - Ray Lambert - Billy Liddell - Bob Paisley - Jimmy Payne - Cyril Sidlow - Eddie Spicer - Albert Stubbins
1950s: Alan A'Court - Alan Arnell - Gerry Byrne - Bobby Campbell - Dave Hickson - Roger Hunt - Tommy Leishman - Jimmy Melia - Ronnie Moran - Bert Slater - Geoff Twentyman - Dick White - Johnny Wheeler - Tommy Younger
1960s: Alf Arrowsmith - Phil Boersma - Ian Callaghan - Ray Clemence - Alun Evans - Phil Ferns - Jim Furnell - Bobby Graham - Brian Hall - Tony Hateley - Emlyn Hughes - Chris Lawler - Tommy Lawrence - Kevin Lewis - Alec Lindsay - Doug Livermore - Larry Lloyd - Gordon Milne - John McLaughlin - Ian Ross - Tommy Smith - Willie Stevenson - Ian St.John - Geoff Strong - Peter Thompson - Peter Wall - Gordon Wallace - Ron Yeats
1970s: Jimmy Case - Avi Cohen - Peter Cormack - Kenny Dalglish - Roy Evans - David Fairclough - Alan Hansen - Steve Heighway - Colin Irwin - David Johnson - Joey Jones - Kevin Keegan - Brian Kettle - Alan Kennedy - Ray Kennedy - Sammy Lee - Terry McDermott - Phil Neal - Steve Ogrizovic - Trevor Storton - Graeme Souness - Phil Thompson - John Toshack - Alan Waddle
1980s: Gary Ablett - John Aldridge - John Barnes - Peter Beardsley - Jim Beglin - Dave Burrows - Howard Gayle - Gary Gillespie - Bruce Grobbelaar - David Hodgson - Mike Hooper - Ray Houghton - Glenn Hysen - Craig Johnston - Mark Lawrenson - Kevin MacDonald - Mike Marsh - Steve McMahon - Jan Molby - Steve Nicol - Michael Robinson - Ian Rush - Nigel Spackman - Steve Staunton - Barry Venison - Paul Walsh - John Wark - Ronnie Whelan
1990s: Phil Babb - Stig Inge Bjornebye - Titi Camara - Nigel Clough - Stan Collymore - Julian Dicks - Robbie Fowler - Brad Friedel - Don Hutchison - David James - Rob Jones - Bjorn Tore Kvarme - Oyvind Leonhardsen - Dominic Matteo - Jason McAteer - Steve McManaman - Jamie Redknapp - Karlheinz Riedle - Ronnie Rosenthal - Neil Ruddock - Dean Saunders - John Scales - Paul Stewart - Michael Thomas - David Thompson - Mark Walters - Sander Westerveld - Mark Wright
2000s: Nicolas Anelka - Gary McAllister - Christian Ziege - Nick Barmby - Stephen Wright - Jari Litmanen - Patrick Berger - Michael Owen - Steven Gerrard - Milan Baros - Chris Kirkland - Sami Hyypia - Dietmar Hamann - Danny Murphy
Managers
| W. E. Barclay | 1892 - 1896 |
| Tom Watson | 1896 - 1915 |
| David Ashworth | 1920 - 1923 |
| Matt McQueen | 1923 - 1928 |
| George Patterson | 1928 - 1936 |
| George Kay | 1936 - 1951 |
| Don Welsh | 1951 - 1956 |
| Phil Taylor | 1956 - 1959 |
| Bill Shankly | 1959 - 1974 |
| Bob Paisley | 1974 - 1983 |
| Joe Fagan | 1983 - 1985 |
| Kenny Dalglish | 1985 - 1991 |
| Graeme Souness | 1991 - 1994 |
| Roy Evans | 1994 - 1998 |
| Gerard Houllier | 1998 - 2004 |
| Rafael Benitez | 2004 - date |
Statistics
League appearances
| Rank | Player | Years | Apps | Apps per Season |
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| 1 | Ian Callaghan | (1959-1978) | 640 | 33,68 |
| 2 | Billy Liddell | (1945-1961) | 495 | 30,94 |
| 3 | Emlyn Hughes | (1966-1979) | 474 | 36,46 |
| 4 | Ray Clemence | (1968-1981) | 470 | 36,15 |
| 5 | Ian Rush | (1980-1996) | 468 | 29,25 |
| 6 | Tommy Smith | (1962-1978) | 467 | 29,19 |
| 7 | Phil Neal | (1974-1986) | 455 | 37,92 |
| 8 | Bruce Grobbelaar | (1981-1994) | 440 | 33,85 |
| 9 | Alan Hansen | (1977-1990) | 436 | 33,54 |
| 10 | Elisha Scott | (1912-1934) | 430 | 19,55 |
| 11 | Chris Lawler | (1962-1976) | 406 | 29 |
| 12 | Roger Hunt | (1959-1970) | 404 | 36,73 |
| 13 | Donald McKinlay | (1909-1929) | 393 | 19,65 |
| 14 | Arthur Goddard | (1901-1914) | 388 | 29,85 |
| 15 | Ronnie Whelan | (1980-1994) | 363 | 25,93 |
| 16 | Gordon Hodgson | (1925-1936) | 359 | 32,64 |
| 17 | Ron Yeats | (1961-1971) | 358 | 35,8 |
| 18 | Alan A'Court | (1952-1965) | 355 | 27,31 |
| 18 | Kenny Dalglish | (1977-1990) | 355 | 27,31 |
| 19 | Ronnie Moran | (1952-1965) | 343 | 26,38 |
| 20 | Ephraim Longworth | (1910-1928) | 342 | 19 |
All competitions appearances
| Rank | Player | Years | Apps | Apps per Season |
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| 1 | Ian Callaghan | (1959-1978) | 848 | 44,63 |
| 2 | Emlyn Hughes | (1966-1979) | 657 | 50,54 |
| 3 | Ray Clemence | (1968-1981) | 656 | 50,46 |
| 4 | Ian Rush | (1980-1996) | 644 | 40,25 |
| 5 | Phil Neal | (1974-1986) | 635 | 52,92 |
| 6 | Tommy Smith | (1962-1978) | 633 | 39,56 |
| 7 | Alan Hansen | (1977-1990) | 603 | 46,38 |
| 8 | Bruce Grobbelaar | (1981-1994) | 579 | 44,54 |
| 9 | Chris Lawler | (1962-1976) | 546 | 39 |
| 10 | Billy Liddell | (1945-1961) | 537 | 33,56 |
| 11 | Kenny Dalglish | (1977-1990) | 496 | 38,15 |
| 12 | Roger Hunt | (1959-1970) | 489 | 44,45 |
| 13 | Ronnie Whelan | (1980-1994) | 478 | 34,14 |
| 14 | Elisha Scott | (1912-1934) | 467 | 21,22 |
| 14 | Steve Heighway | (1970-1981) | 467 | 42,45 |
| 16 | Phil Thompson | (1971-1983) | 466 | 38,83 |
| 17 | Ron Yeats | (1961-1971) | 451 | 45,1 |
| 18 | Steve Nicol | (1982-1995) | 446 | 34,30 |
| 19 | Donald McKinlay | (1909-1929) | 433 | 21,65 |
| 20 | Ian St John | (1961-1971) | 424 | 42,4 |
League scorers
| Rank | Player | Years | Goals | Goals per Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Roger Hunt | (1959-1970) | 245 | 22.27 |
| 2 | Gordon Hodgson | (1925-1936) | 232 | 21.09 |
| 3 | Ian Rush | (1980-1996) | 228 | 14.25 |
| 4 | Billy Liddell | (1945-1961) | 216 | 13.5 |
| 5 | Harry Chambers | (1919-1928) | 135 | 15 |
| 6 | Jack Parkinson | (1899-1914) | 123 | 8.2 |
| 7 | Robbie Fowler | (1993-2001) | 120 | 15 |
| 8 | Sam Raybould | (1899-1907) | 119 | 14.88 |
| 9 | Kenny Dalglish | (1977-1990) | 118 | 9.08 |
| 10 | Dick Forshaw | (1919-1927) | 117 | 14.63 |
| 11 | Jack Balmer | (1935-1952) | 99 | 5.82 |
| 12 | Ian St John | (1961-1971) | 95 | 9.5 |
| 13 | John Barnes | (1987-1997) | 84 | 8.4 |
| 14 | Jimmy Melia | (1955-1964) | 76 | 8.44 |
| 15 | Albert Stubbins | (1946-1953) | 75 | 10.71 |
| 15 | Arthur Goddard | (1901-1914) | 75 | 5.77 |
| 17 | John Toshack | (1970-1978) | 74 | 9.25 |
| 17 | Berry Nieuwenhuys | (1933-1947) | 74 | 5.29 |
| 19 | Arthur Cox | (1897-1909) | 72 | 6 |
| 20 | Kevin Keegan | (1971-1977) | 68 | 11.33 |
Overall scorers
| Rank | Player | Years | Goals | Goals per season |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ian Rush | (1980-1996) | 346 | 21.63 |
| 2 | Roger Hunt | (1959-1970) | 285 | 25.90 |
| 3 | Gordon Hodgson | (1925-1936) | 240 | 21.81 |
| 4 | Billy Liddell | (1945-1961) | 229 | 14.31 |
| 5 | Robbie Fowler | (1993-2001) | 171 | 21.38 |
| 6 | Kenny Dalglish | (1977-1990) | 168 | 12.92 |
| 7 | Harry Chambers | (1919-1928) | 151 | 16.78 |
| 8 | Jack Parkinson | (1899-1907) | 128 | 16 |
| 9 | Sam Raybould | (1977-1990) | 127 | 9.77 |
| 10 | Dick Forshaw | (1919-1927) | 124 | 15.5 |
| 11 | Ian St John | (1961-1971) | 118 | 11.8 |
| 12 | Jack Balmer | (1935-1952) | 111 | 6.53 |
| 13 | John Barnes | (1987-1997) | 106 | 10.6 |
| 14 | Kevin Keegan | (1971-1977) | 100 | 16.67 |
| 15 | John Toshack | (1970-1978) | 95 | 11.88 |
| 16 | Albert Stubbins | (1946-1953) | 83 | 11.86 |
| 17= | Arthur Cox | (1897-1909) | 80 | 6.67 |
| 17= | Arthur Goddard | (1901-1914) | 80 | 6.15 |
| 19 | Berry Nieuwenhuys | (1933-1947) | 79 | 5.64 |
| 20= | Jimmy Melia | (1955-1964) | 78 | 8.67 |
| 20= | David Johnson | (1976-1982) | 78 | 13 |
League scorers by seasons
See also
External links
Official
Unofficial
- http://www.anfield-online.co.uk
- http://www.redandwhitekop.com
- http://www.liverweb.org.uk
- http://www.ynwa.tv
- http://www.liverpoolway.co.uk
- http://www.shanklygates.co.uk
- http://www.raotl.co.uk
- http://www.lfconline.com
- The Kop's Last Stand
- http://www.thisisanfield.com
- http://www.koptalk.co.uk
- http://www.liverpool.no