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Liverpool F.C.

April 15, 2023

This article is about the English men's football club. For the affiliated women's football club, see Liverpool F.C. Women. For the Uruguayan men's football club, see Liverpool F.C. (Montevideo). For other uses, see Liverpool F.C. (disambiguation).

Liverpool Football Club is a professional football club based in Liverpool, England. The club competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football. Founded in 1892, the club joined the Football League the following year and has played its home games at Anfield since its formation.

Liverpool
Full nameLiverpool Football Club
Nickname(s)The Reds
Founded3 June 1892; 130 years ago (1892-06-03)[1]
StadiumAnfield
Capacity53,394[2]
OwnerFenway Sports Group
ChairmanTom Werner
ManagerJürgen Klopp
LeaguePremier League
2021–22Premier League, 2nd of 20
WebsiteClub website
Current season

Domestically, the club has won 19 League titles, eight FA Cups, a record nine League Cups and 16 FA Community Shields. In international competitions, the club has won six European Cups, three UEFA Cups, four UEFA Super Cups—all English records—and one FIFA Club World Cup. The club established itself as a major force in domestic and European football in the 1970s and 1980s, when Bill Shankly, Bob Paisley, Joe Fagan and Kenny Dalglish, led the club to a combined 11 League titles and four European Cups. Liverpool won two further European Cups in 2005 and 2019 under the management of Rafael Benítez and Jürgen Klopp, respectively; the latter led Liverpool to a 19th League title in 2020, the club's first during the Premier League era.

Liverpool is one of the most valuable and widely supported clubs in the world. The club has long-standing rivalries with Manchester United and Everton. Under management by Shankly, in 1964 the team changed from red shirts and white shorts to an all-red home strip which has been used ever since. The club's anthem is "You'll Never Walk Alone".

The club's supporters have been involved in two major tragedies. The Heysel Stadium disaster, where escaping fans were pressed against a collapsing wall at the 1985 European Cup Final in Brussels, resulted in 39 deaths. Most of these were Italians and Juventus fans. Liverpool were given a six-year ban from European competition, and all other English clubs received a five-year ban. The Hillsborough disaster in 1989, where 97 Liverpool supporters died in a crush against perimeter fencing, led to the elimination of fenced standing terraces in favour of all-seater stadiums in the top two tiers of English football. Prolonged campaigning for justice saw further coroners inquests, commissions and independent panels that ultimately exonerated the fans.

History

Main articles: 1892–1959, 1959–85, and 1985–present
 
John Houlding, the founder of Liverpool F.C.

Liverpool F.C. was founded following a dispute between the Everton committee and John Houlding, club president and owner of the land at Anfield. After eight years at the stadium, Everton relocated to Goodison Park in 1892 and Houlding founded Liverpool F.C. to play at Anfield.[3] Originally named "Everton F.C. and Athletic Grounds Ltd" (Everton Athletic for short), the club became Liverpool F.C. in March 1892 and gained official recognition three months later, after The Football Association refused to recognise the club as Everton.[4]

Liverpool played their first match on 1 September 1892, a pre-season friendly match against Rotherham Town, which they won 7–1. The team Liverpool fielded against Rotherham was composed entirely of Scottish players – the players who came from Scotland to play in England in those days were known as the Scotch Professors. Manager John McKenna had recruited the players after a scouting trip to Scotland – so they became known as the "team of Macs".[5] The team won the Lancashire League in its debut season and joined the Football League Second Division at the start of the 1893–94 season. After the club was promoted to the First Division in 1896, Tom Watson was appointed manager. He led Liverpool to its first league title in 1901, before winning it again in 1906.[6]

Liverpool reached its first FA Cup Final in 1914, losing 1–0 to Burnley. It won consecutive League championships in 1922 and 1923, but did not win another trophy until the 1946–47 season, when the club won the First Division for a fifth time under the control of ex-West Ham United centre half George Kay.[7] Liverpool suffered its second Cup Final defeat in 1950, playing against Arsenal.[8] The club was relegated to the Second Division in the 1953–54 season.[9] Soon after Liverpool lost 2–1 to non-league Worcester City in the 1958–59 FA Cup, Bill Shankly was appointed manager. Upon his arrival he released 24 players and converted a boot storage room at Anfield into a room where the coaches could discuss strategy; here, Shankly and other "Boot Room" members Joe Fagan, Reuben Bennett, and Bob Paisley began reshaping the team.[10]

 
Statue of Bill Shankly outside Anfield. Shankly won promotion to the First Division and the club's first league title since 1947.

The club was promoted back into the First Division in 1962 and won it in 1964, for the first time in 17 years. In 1965, the club won its first FA Cup. In 1966, the club won the First Division but lost to Borussia Dortmund in the European Cup Winners' Cup final.[11] Liverpool won both the League and the UEFA Cup during the 1972–73 season, and the FA Cup again a year later. Shankly retired soon afterwards and was replaced by his assistant, Bob Paisley.[12] In 1976, Paisley's second season as manager, the club won another League and UEFA Cup double. The following season, the club retained the League title and won the European Cup for the first time, but it lost in the 1977 FA Cup Final. Liverpool retained the European Cup in 1978 and regained the First Division title in 1979.[13] During Paisley's nine seasons as manager Liverpool won 20 trophies, including three European Cups, a UEFA Cup, six League titles and three consecutive League Cups; the only domestic trophy he did not win was the FA Cup.[14]

Paisley retired in 1983 and was replaced by his assistant, Joe Fagan.[15] Liverpool won the League, League Cup and European Cup in Fagan's first season, becoming the first English side to win three trophies in a season.[16] Liverpool reached the European Cup final again in 1985, against Juventus at the Heysel Stadium. Before kick-off, Liverpool fans breached a fence that separated the two groups of supporters and charged the Juventus fans. The resulting weight of people caused a retaining wall to collapse, killing 39 fans, mostly Italians. The incident became known as the Heysel Stadium disaster. The match was played in spite of protests by both managers, and Liverpool lost 1–0 to Juventus. As a result of the tragedy, English clubs were banned from participating in European competition for five years; Liverpool received a ten-year ban, which was later reduced to six years. Fourteen Liverpool fans received convictions for involuntary manslaughter.[17]

 
The Hillsborough memorial, which is engraved with the names of the 97 people who died in the Hillsborough disaster.

Fagan had announced his retirement just before the disaster and Kenny Dalglish was appointed as player-manager.[18] During his tenure, the club won another three league titles and two FA Cups, including a League and Cup "Double" in the 1985–86 season. Liverpool's success was overshadowed by the Hillsborough disaster: in an FA Cup semi-final against Nottingham Forest on 15 April 1989, hundreds of Liverpool fans were crushed against perimeter fencing.[19] Ninety-four fans died that day; the 95th victim died in hospital from his injuries four days later, the 96th died nearly four years later, without regaining consciousness, and the 97th, Andrew Devine, died of injuries sustained in the disaster in 2021.[20][21] After the Hillsborough disaster there was a government review of stadium safety. The resulting Taylor Report paved the way for legislation that required top-division teams to have all-seater stadiums. The report ruled that the main reason for the disaster was overcrowding due to a failure of police control.[22]

Liverpool was involved in the closest finish to a league season during the 1988–89 season. Liverpool finished equal with Arsenal on both points and goal difference, but lost the title on total goals scored when Arsenal scored the final goal in the last minute of the season.[23]

Dalglish cited the Hillsborough disaster and its repercussions as the reason for his resignation in 1991; he was replaced by former player Graeme Souness.[24] Under his leadership Liverpool won the 1992 FA Cup Final, but their league performances slumped, with two consecutive sixth-place finishes, eventually resulting in his dismissal in January 1994. Souness was replaced by Roy Evans, and Liverpool went on to win the 1995 Football League Cup Final.[25] While they made some title challenges under Evans, third-place finishes in 1996 and 1998 were the best they could manage, and so Gérard Houllier was appointed co-manager in the 1998–99 season, and became the sole manager in November 1998 after Evans resigned.[26] In 2001, Houllier's second full season in charge, Liverpool won a "treble": the FA Cup, League Cup and UEFA Cup.[27] Houllier underwent major heart surgery during the 2001–02 season and Liverpool finished second in the League, behind Arsenal.[28] They won a further League Cup in 2003, but failed to mount a title challenge in the two seasons that followed.[29][30]

 
The European Cup trophy won by Liverpool for a fifth time in 2005

Houllier was replaced by Rafael Benítez at the end of the 2003–04 season. Despite finishing fifth in Benítez's first season, Liverpool won the 2004–05 UEFA Champions League, beating A.C. Milan 3–2 in a penalty shootout after the match ended with a score of 3–3.[31] The following season, Liverpool finished third in the Premier League and won the 2006 FA Cup Final, beating West Ham United in a penalty shootout after the match finished 3–3.[32] American businessmen George Gillett and Tom Hicks became the owners of the club during the 2006–07 season, in a deal which valued the club and its outstanding debts at £218.9 million.[33] The club reached the 2007 UEFA Champions League Final against Milan, as it had in 2005, but lost 2–1.[34] During the 2008–09 season Liverpool achieved 86 points, its then-highest Premier League points total, prior to the record-breaking 2018-19 season, and finished as runners up to Manchester United.[35]

In the 2009–10 season, Liverpool finished seventh in the Premier League and failed to qualify for the Champions League. Benítez subsequently left by mutual consent[36] and was replaced by Fulham manager Roy Hodgson.[37] At the start of the 2010–11 season Liverpool was on the verge of bankruptcy and the club's creditors asked the High Court to allow the sale of the club, overruling the wishes of Hicks and Gillett. John W. Henry, owner of the Boston Red Sox and of Fenway Sports Group, bid successfully for the club and took ownership in October 2010.[38] Poor results during the start of that season led to Hodgson leaving the club by mutual consent and former player and manager Kenny Dalglish taking over.[39] In the 2011–12 season, Liverpool secured a record 8th League Cup success and reached the FA Cup final, but finished in eighth position, the worst league finish in 18 years; this led to the sacking of Dalglish.[40][41] He was replaced by Brendan Rodgers,[42] whose Liverpool team in the 2013–14 season mounted an unexpected title charge to finish second behind champions Manchester City and subsequently return to the Champions League, scoring 101 goals in the process, the most since the 106 scored in the 1895–96 season.[43][44] Following a disappointing 2014–15 season, where Liverpool finished sixth in the league, and a poor start to the following campaign, Rodgers was sacked in October 2015.[45]

Rodgers was replaced by Jürgen Klopp.[46] Liverpool reached the finals of the Football League Cup and UEFA Europa League in Klopp's first season, finishing as runner-up in both competitions.[47] The club finished second in the 2018–19 season with 97 points (surpassing the 86 points gained during the 2008–09 season), losing only one game: a points record for a non-title winning side.[48] Klopp took Liverpool to successive Champions League finals in 2018 and 2019, with the club defeating Tottenham Hotspur 2–0 to win the 2019 UEFA Champions League Final.[49][50] Liverpool beat Flamengo of Brazil in the final 1–0 to win the FIFA Club World Cup for the first time.[51] Liverpool then went on to win the 2019–20 Premier League, winning their first top-flight league title in thirty years.[52] The club set multiple records in the season, including winning the league with seven games remaining making it the earliest any team has ever won the title,[53] amassing a club record 99 points, and achieving a joint-record 32 wins in a top-flight season.[54]

Colours and badge

 
Liverpool's home colours worn from 1892 to 1896[55]
 
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For much of Liverpool's history, its home colours have been all red. When the club was founded in 1892, blue and white quartered shirts were used until the club adopted the city's colour of red in 1896.[3] The city's symbol of the liver bird was adopted as the club's badge (or crest, as it is sometimes known) in 1901, although it was not incorporated into the kit until 1955. Liverpool continued to wear red shirts and white shorts until 1964 when manager Bill Shankly decided to change to an all-red strip.[55] Liverpool played in all red for the first time against Anderlecht, as Ian St John recalled in his autobiography:

He [Shankly] 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 7 ft 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.[56]

The Liverpool away strip has more often than not been all yellow or white shirts and black shorts, but there have been several exceptions. An all grey kit was introduced in 1987, which was used until the 1991–92 centenary season 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, the club alternated between yellow and white away kits until the 2008–09 season, when it re-introduced the grey kit. A third kit is designed for European away matches, though it is also worn in domestic away matches on occasions when the current away kit clashes with a team's home kit. Between 2012 and 2015, the kits were designed by Warrior Sports, who became the club's kit providers at the start of the 2012–13 season.[57] In February 2015, Warrior's parent company New Balance announced it would be entering the global football market, with teams sponsored by Warrior now being outfitted by New Balance.[58] The only other branded shirts worn by the club were made by Umbro until 1985, when they were replaced by Adidas, who produced the kits until 1996 when Reebok took over. They produced the kits for 10 years before Adidas made the kits from 2006 to 2012.[59] Nike became the club's official kit supplier at the start of the 2020–21 season.[60]

 
A version of Liverpool's badge as depicted on the Shankly Gates

Liverpool was the first English professional club to have a sponsor's logo on its shirts, after agreeing a deal with Hitachi in 1979.[61] Since then the club has been sponsored by Crown Paints, Candy, Carlsberg and Standard Chartered. The contract with Carlsberg, which was signed in 1992, was the longest-lasting agreement in English top-flight football.[62] The association with Carlsberg ended at the start of the 2010–11 season, when Standard Chartered Bank became the club's sponsor.[63]

The Liverpool badge is based on the city's liver bird symbol, which in the past had been placed inside a shield. In 1977, a red liver bird standing on a football (blazoned as "Statant upon a football a Liver Bird wings elevated and addorsed holding in the beak a piece of seaweed gules") was granted as a heraldic badge by the College of Arms to the English Football League intended for use by Liverpool. However, Liverpool never made use of this badge.[64] In 1992, to commemorate the centennial of the club, a new badge was commissioned, including a representation of the Shankly Gates. The next year twin flames were added at either side, symbolic of the Hillsborough memorial outside Anfield, where an eternal flame burns in memory of those who died in the Hillsborough disaster.[65] In 2012, Warrior Sports' first Liverpool kit removed the shield and gates, returning the badge to what had adorned Liverpool shirts in the 1970s; the flames were moved to the back collar of the shirt, surrounding the number 96 for the number who died at Hillsborough.[66]

Sponsorship

Period Brand Shirt Sponsor (chest) Shirt Sponsor (sleeve)
1973–1979 Umbro None None
1979–1982 Hitachi
1982–1985 Crown Paints
1985–1988 Adidas
1988–1992 Candy
1992–1996 Carlsberg
1996–2006 Reebok
2006–2010 Adidas
2010–2012 Standard Chartered
2012–2015 Warrior
2015–2017 New Balance
2017–2020 Western Union
2020– Nike Expedia

Stadium

Main article: Anfield
For information on Liverpool's abandoned proposed new stadium, see Stanley Park Stadium.
 
Anfield, home of Liverpool F.C.

Anfield was built in 1884 on land adjacent to Stanley Park. Situated 2 miles (3 km) from Liverpool city centre, it was originally used by Everton before the club moved to Goodison Park after a dispute over rent with Anfield owner John Houlding.[67] Left with an empty ground, Houlding founded Liverpool in 1892 and the club has played at Anfield ever since. The capacity of the stadium at the time was 20,000, although only 100 spectators attended Liverpool's first match at Anfield.[68]

The Kop was built in 1906 due to the high turnout for matches and was called the Oakfield Road Embankment initially. Its first game was on 1 September 1906 when the home side beat Stoke City 1–0.[69] In 1906 the banked stand at one end of the ground was formally renamed the Spion Kop after a hill in KwaZulu-Natal.[70] The hill was the site of the Battle of Spion Kop in the Second Boer War, where over 300 men of the Lancashire Regiment died, many of them from Liverpool.[71] At its peak, the stand could hold 28,000 spectators and was one of the largest single-tier stands in the world. Many stadiums in England had stands named after Spion Kop, but Anfield's was the largest of them at the time; it could hold more supporters than some entire football grounds.[72]

Anfield could accommodate more than 60,000 supporters at its peak and had a capacity of 55,000 until the 1990s, when, following recommendations from the Taylor Report, all clubs in the Premier League were obliged to convert to all-seater stadiums in time for the 1993–94 season, reducing its capacity to 45,276.[73] The findings of the report precipitated the redevelopment of the Kemlyn Road Stand, which was rebuilt in 1992, coinciding with the centenary of the club, and was known as the Centenary Stand until 2017 when it was renamed the Kenny Dalglish Stand. An extra tier was added to the Anfield Road end in 1998, which further increased the capacity of the ground but gave rise to problems when it was opened. A series of support poles and stanchions were inserted to give extra stability to the top tier of the stand after movement of the tier was reported at the start of the 1999–2000 season.[74]

Because of restrictions on expanding the capacity at Anfield, Liverpool announced plans to move to the proposed Stanley Park Stadium in May 2002.[75] Planning permission was granted in July 2004,[76] and in September 2006, Liverpool City Council agreed to grant Liverpool a 999-year lease on the proposed site.[77] Following the takeover of the club by George Gillett and Tom Hicks in February 2007, the proposed stadium was redesigned. The new design was approved by the Council in November 2007. The stadium was scheduled to open in August 2011 and would hold 60,000 spectators, with HKS, Inc. contracted to build the stadium.[78] Construction was halted in August 2008, as Gillett and Hicks had difficulty in financing the £300 million needed for the development.[79] In October 2012, BBC Sport reported that Fenway Sports Group, the new owners of Liverpool FC, had decided to redevelop their current home at Anfield stadium, rather than building a new stadium in Stanley Park. As part of the redevelopment the capacity of Anfield was to increase from 45,276 to approximately 60,000 and would cost approximately £150m.[80] When construction was completed on the new Main stand the capacity of Anfield was increased to 54,074. This £100 million expansion added a third tier to the stand. This was all part of a £260 million project to improve the Anfield area. Jürgen Klopp the manager at the time described the stand as "impressive."[81]

In June 2021, it was reported that Liverpool Council had given planning permission for the club to renovate and expand the Anfield Road stand, boosting the capacity by around 7,000 and taking the overall capacity at Anfield to 61,000. The expansion, which is estimated to cost £60m, was described as "a huge milestone" by managing director Andy Hughes, and would also see rail seating being trialled in the Kop for the 2021–22 Premier League season.[82]

Support

 
Kopites in The Kop Stand

Liverpool is one of the best supported clubs in the world.[83][84] The club states that its worldwide fan base includes more than 200 officially recognised Supporters Clubs in at least 50 countries. Notable groups include Spirit of Shankly.[85] The club takes advantage of this support through its worldwide summer tours,[86] which has included playing in front of 101,000 in Michigan, U.S., and 95,000 in Melbourne, Australia.[87][88] Liverpool fans often refer to themselves as Kopites, a reference to the fans who once stood, and now sit, on the Kop at Anfield.[89] In 2008 a group of fans decided to form a splinter club, A.F.C. Liverpool, to play matches for fans who had been priced out of watching Premier League football.[90]

The song "You'll Never Walk Alone", originally from the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Carousel and later recorded by Liverpool musicians Gerry and the Pacemakers, is the club's anthem and has been sung by the Anfield crowd since the early 1960s.[91] It has since gained popularity among fans of other clubs around the world.[92] The song's title adorns the top of the Shankly Gates, which were unveiled on 2 August 1982 in memory of former manager Bill Shankly. The "You'll Never Walk Alone" portion of the Shankly Gates is also reproduced on the club's badge.[93]

 
The Shankly Gates, erected in honour of former manager Bill Shankly

The club's supporters have been involved in two stadium disasters. The first was the 1985 Heysel Stadium disaster, in which 39 people, mostly Italians and Juventus supporters, were killed. They were confined to a corner by Liverpool fans who had charged in their direction; the weight of the cornered fans caused a wall to collapse. UEFA laid the blame for the incident solely on the Liverpool supporters,[94] and banned all English clubs from European competition for five years. Liverpool was banned for an additional year, preventing it from participating in the 1990–91 European Cup, even though it won the League in 1990.[95] Twenty-seven fans were arrested on suspicion of manslaughter and were extradited to Belgium in 1987 to face trial.[96] In 1989, after a five-month trial in Belgium, 14 Liverpool fans were given three-year sentences for involuntary manslaughter;[97] half of the terms were suspended.[98]

The second disaster took place during an FA Cup semi-final between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest at Hillsborough Stadium, Sheffield, on 15 April 1989. Ninety-seven Liverpool fans died as a consequence of overcrowding at the Leppings Lane end, in what became known as the Hillsborough disaster. In the following days, The Sun's coverage of the event spread falsehoods, particularly an article entitled "The Truth" that claimed that Liverpool fans had robbed the dead and had urinated on and attacked the police.[99] Subsequent investigations proved the allegations false, leading to a boycott of the newspaper by Liverpool fans across the city and elsewhere; many still refuse to buy The Sun 30 years later.[100] Many support organisations were set up in the wake of the disaster, such as the Hillsborough Justice Campaign, which represents bereaved families, survivors and supporters in their efforts to secure justice.[101]

Rivalries

Main articles: Merseyside derby and Liverpool F.C.–Manchester United F.C. rivalry
 
Liverpool players (in grey) during their 4–1 win against Manchester United at Old Trafford on 14 March 2009

Liverpool's longest-established rivalry is with fellow Liverpool team Everton, against whom they contest the Merseyside derby. The rivalry stems from Liverpool's formation and the dispute with Everton officials and the then owners of Anfield.[102] The Merseyside derby is one of the few local derbies which do not enforce fan segregation, and hence has been known as the "friendly derby".[103] Since the mid-1980s, the rivalry has intensified both on and off the field and, since the inception of the Premier League in 1992, the Merseyside derby has had more players sent off than any other Premier League game. It has been referred to as "the most ill-disciplined and explosive fixture in the Premier League".[104] In terms of support within the city, the number of Liverpool fans outweighs Everton supporters by a ratio of 2:1.[105]

Liverpool's rivalry with Manchester United stems from the cities' competition in the Industrial Revolution of the 19th century.[106] Connected by the world's first inter-city railway, by road Liverpool and Manchester are separated by approximately 30 miles (48 km) along the East Lancs Road.[107] Ranked the two biggest clubs in England by France Football magazine, Liverpool and Manchester United are the most successful English teams in both domestic and international competitions, and both clubs have a global fanbase.[108][109] Viewed as one of the biggest rivalries in world football, it is considered the most famous fixture in English football.[110][111][112] The two clubs alternated as champions between 1964 and 1967,[113] and Manchester United became the first English team to win the European Cup in 1968, followed by Liverpool's four European Cup victories.[114] Despite the 39 league titles and nine European Cups between them[113] the two rivals have rarely been successful at the same time – Liverpool's run of titles in the 1970s and 1980s coincided with Manchester United's 26-year title drought, and United's success in the Premier League-era likewise coincided with Liverpool's 30-year title drought,[115] and the two clubs have finished first and second in the league only five times.[113] Such is the rivalry between the clubs they rarely do transfer business with each other. The last player to be transferred between the two clubs was Phil Chisnall, who moved to Liverpool from Manchester United in 1964.[116]

Ownership and finances

 
John W. Henry of Fenway Sports Group, the parent company of Liverpool

As the owner of Anfield and founder of Liverpool, John Houlding was the club's first chairman, a position he held from its founding in 1892 until 1904. John McKenna took over as chairman after Houlding's departure.[117] McKenna subsequently became President of the Football League.[118] The chairmanship changed hands many times before John Smith, whose father was a shareholder of the club, took up the role in 1973. He oversaw the most successful period in Liverpool's history before stepping down in 1990.[119] His successor was Noel White who became chairman in 1990.[120] In August 1991 David Moores, whose family had owned the club for more than 50 years, became chairman. His uncle John Moores was also a shareholder at Liverpool and was chairman of Everton from 1961 to 1973. Moores owned 51 percent of the club, and in 2004 expressed his willingness to consider a bid for his shares in Liverpool.[121]

Moores eventually sold the club to American businessmen George Gillett and Tom Hicks on 6 February 2007. The deal valued the club and its outstanding debts at £218.9 million. The pair paid £5,000 per share, or £174.1m for the total shareholding and £44.8m to cover the club's debts.[122] Disagreements between Gillett and Hicks, and the fans' lack of support for them, resulted in the pair looking to sell the club.[123] Martin Broughton was appointed chairman of the club on 16 April 2010 to oversee its sale.[124] In May 2010, accounts were released showing the holding company of the club to be £350m in debt (due to leveraged takeover) with losses of £55m, causing auditor KPMG to qualify its audit opinion.[125] The group's creditors, including the Royal Bank of Scotland, took Gillett and Hicks to court to force them to allow the board to proceed with the sale of the club, the major asset of the holding company. A High Court judge, Mr Justice Floyd, ruled in favour of the creditors and paved the way for the sale of the club to Fenway Sports Group (formerly New England Sports Ventures), although Gillett and Hicks still had the option to appeal.[126] Liverpool was sold to Fenway Sports Group on 15 October 2010 for £300m.[127]

Liverpool has been described as a global brand; a 2010 report valued the club's trademarks and associated intellectual property at £141m, an increase of £5m on the previous year. Liverpool was given a brand rating of AA (Very Strong).[128] In April 2010 business magazine Forbes ranked Liverpool as the sixth most valuable football team in the world, behind Manchester United, Real Madrid, Arsenal, Barcelona and Bayern Munich; they valued the club at $822m (£532m), excluding debt.[129] Accountants Deloitte ranked Liverpool eighth in the Deloitte Football Money League, which ranks the world's football clubs in terms of revenue. Liverpool's income in the 2009–10 season was €225.3m.[130] According to a 2018 report by Deloitte, the club had an annual revenue of €424.2 million for the previous year,[131] and Forbes valued the club at $1.944 billion.[132] In 2018, annual revenue increased to €513.7 million,[133] and Forbes valued the club at $2.183 billion.[134] In 2019 revenue increased to €604 million (£533 million) according to Deloitte, with the club breaching the half a billion pounds mark.[135]

In April 2020, the owners of the club came under fire from fans and the media for deciding to furlough all non-playing staff during the COVID-19 pandemic.[136] In response to this, the club made a U-turn on the decision and apologised for their initial decision.[137] In April 2021 Forbes valued the club at $4.1 billion, a two-year increase of 88%, making it the world's fifth-most-valuable football club.[138]

Liverpool in the media

Liverpool featured in the first edition of BBC's Match of the Day, which screened highlights of their match against Arsenal at Anfield on 22 August 1964. The first football match to be televised in colour was between Liverpool and West Ham United, broadcast live in March 1967.[139] Liverpool fans featured in the Pink Floyd song "Fearless", in which they sang excerpts from "You'll Never Walk Alone".[140] To mark the club's appearance in the 1988 FA Cup Final, Liverpool released the "Anfield Rap", a song featuring John Barnes and other members of the squad.[141]

A docudrama on the Hillsborough disaster, written by Jimmy McGovern, was screened in 1996. It featured Christopher Eccleston as Trevor Hicks, who lost two teenage daughters in the disaster, went on to campaign for safer stadiums and helped to form the Hillsborough Families Support Group.[142] Liverpool featured in the 2001 film The 51st State, in which ex-hitman Felix DeSouza (Robert Carlyle) is a keen supporter of the team and the last scene takes place at a match between Liverpool and Manchester United.[143] The club also featured in the 1984 children's television show Scully, about a young boy who tries to gain a trial with Liverpool.[144] The opening scenes of the Doctor Who episode "The Halloween Apocalypse", aired in October 2021, features The Doctor (played by Jodie Whittaker) exiting the TARDIS outside Anfield as she exclaims: "Liverpool? Anfield! Klopp era, classic!".[145]

Players

First-team squad

As of 23 January 2023[146]

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

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
72 DF   NED Sepp van den Berg (at Schalke 04 until 30 June 2023)[149]
97 GK   BRA Marcelo Pitaluga (at Macclesfield until 30 June 2023)[150]

Reserves and Academy

Further information on the academy squads: Liverpool F.C. Reserves and Academy § Academy squad

Former players

Further information: List of Liverpool F.C. players, List of Liverpool F.C. players (25–99 appearances), List of Liverpool F.C. players (1–24 appearances), and Category:Liverpool F.C. players

Player records

For player records, see List of Liverpool F.C. records and statistics.

Club captains

Since the establishment of the club in 1892, 45 players have been club captain of Liverpool F.C.[151] 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.[151] The present captain is Jordan Henderson, who in the 2015–16 season replaced Gerrard who moved to LA Galaxy.[148][152]

Name Period
  Andrew Hannah 1892–1895
  Jimmy Ross 1895–1897
  John McCartney 1897–1898
  Harry Storer 1898–1899
  Alex Raisbeck 1899–1909
  Arthur Goddard 1909–1912
  Ephraim Longworth 1912–1913
  Harry Lowe 1913–1915
  Donald McKinlay 1919–1920
  Ephraim Longworth 1920–1921
  Donald McKinlay 1921–1928
  Tom Bromilow 1928–1929
  James Jackson 1929–1930
  Tom Morrison 1930–1931
  Tom Bradshaw 1931–1934
Name Period
  Tom Cooper 1934–1939
  Matt Busby 1939–1940
  Willie Fagan 1945–1947
  Jack Balmer 1947–1950
  Phil Taylor 1950–1953
  Bill Jones 1953–1954
  Laurie Hughes 1954–1955
  Billy Liddell 1955–1958
  Johnny Wheeler 1958–1959
  Ronnie Moran 1959–1960
  Dick White 1960–1961
  Ron Yeats 1961–1970
  Tommy Smith 1970–1973
  Emlyn Hughes 1973–1978
  Phil Thompson 1978–1981
Name Period
  Graeme Souness 1982–1984
  Phil Neal 1984–1985
  Alan Hansen 1985–1988
  Ronnie Whelan 1988–1989
  Alan Hansen 1989–1990
  Ronnie Whelan 1990–1991
  Steve Nicol 1990–1991
  Mark Wright 1991–1993
  Ian Rush 1993–1996
  John Barnes 1996–1997
  Paul Ince 1997–1999
  Jamie Redknapp 1999–2002
  Sami Hyypiä 2001–2003
  Steven Gerrard 2003–2015
  Jordan Henderson 2015–

Player of the season

Further information: Liverpool Player of the Season Awards

Club officials

Honours

Further information: List of Liverpool F.C. seasons
For honours won by Reserves and Academy teams, see Liverpool F.C. Reserves and Academy § Honours.
 
Replicas of the four European Cups Liverpool won from 1977 to 1984 on display in the club's museum

Liverpool's first trophy was the Lancashire League, which it won in the club's first season.[5] In 1901, the club won its first League title, while the nineteenth and most recent was in 2020. Its first success in the FA Cup was in 1965. In terms of the number of trophies won, Liverpool's most successful decade was the 1980s, when the club won six League titles, two FA Cups, four League Cups, one Football League Super Cup, five Charity Shields (one shared) and two European Cups.

The club has accumulated more top-flight wins and points than any other English team.[160] Liverpool also has the highest average league finishing position (3.3) for the 50-year period to 2015[161] and second-highest average league finishing position for the period 1900–1999 after Arsenal, with an average league placing of 8.7.[162]

Liverpool is the most successful British club in international football with fourteen trophies, having won the European Cup/UEFA Champions League, UEFA's premier club competition, six times, an English record and only surpassed by Real Madrid and A.C. Milan. Liverpool's fifth European Cup win, in 2005, meant that the club was awarded the trophy permanently and was also awarded a multiple-winner badge.[163][164] Liverpool also hold the English record of three wins in the UEFA Cup, UEFA's secondary club competition.[165] Liverpool also hold the English record of four wins in the UEFA Super Cup.[166] In 2019, the club won the FIFA Club World Cup for the first time, and also became the first English club to win the international treble of Club World Cup, Champions League and UEFA Super Cup.[167][168]

Liverpool FC honours
Type Competition Titles Seasons
Domestic First Division/Premier League[note 1] 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[note 1] 4 1893–94, 1895–96, 1904–05, 1961–62
FA Cup 8 1964–65, 1973–74, 1985–86, 1988–89, 1991–92, 2000–01, 2005–06, 2021–22
Football League Cup/EFL Cup 9 1980–81, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1994–95, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2011–12, 2021–22
FA Charity Shield/FA Community Shield 16 1964*, 1965*, 1966, 1974, 1976, 1977*, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1986*, 1988, 1989, 1990*, 2001, 2006, 2022 (* shared)
Continental European Cup/UEFA Champions League 6 1976–77, 1977–78, 1980–81, 1983–84, 2004–05, 2018–19
UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League 3 1972–73, 1975–76, 2000–01
UEFA Super Cup 4 1977, 2001, 2005, 2019
Worldwide FIFA Club World Cup 1 2019

Minor titles

Doubles and trebles

See also

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Footnotes

  1. ^ a b Upon its formation in 1992, the Premier League became the top tier of English football; the Football League First and Second Divisions then became the second and third tiers, respectively. From 2004, the First Division became the Championship and the Second Division became League One.
  2. ^ a b Doubles won in conjunction with the treble, such as a FA Cup and League Cup double in 2001, are not included in the Doubles section.

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This article is about the English men s football club For the affiliated women s football club see Liverpool F C Women For the Uruguayan men s football club see Liverpool F C Montevideo For other uses see Liverpool F C disambiguation Liverpool Football Club is a professional football club based in Liverpool England The club competes in the Premier League the top tier of English football Founded in 1892 the club joined the Football League the following year and has played its home games at Anfield since its formation LiverpoolFull nameLiverpool Football ClubNickname s The RedsFounded3 June 1892 130 years ago 1892 06 03 1 StadiumAnfieldCapacity53 394 2 OwnerFenway Sports GroupChairmanTom WernerManagerJurgen KloppLeaguePremier League2021 22Premier League 2nd of 20WebsiteClub websiteHome coloursAway coloursThird coloursCurrent seasonDomestically the club has won 19 League titles eight FA Cups a record nine League Cups and 16 FA Community Shields In international competitions the club has won six European Cups three UEFA Cups four UEFA Super Cups all English records and one FIFA Club World Cup The club established itself as a major force in domestic and European football in the 1970s and 1980s when Bill Shankly Bob Paisley Joe Fagan and Kenny Dalglish led the club to a combined 11 League titles and four European Cups Liverpool won two further European Cups in 2005 and 2019 under the management of Rafael Benitez and Jurgen Klopp respectively the latter led Liverpool to a 19th League title in 2020 the club s first during the Premier League era Liverpool is one of the most valuable and widely supported clubs in the world The club has long standing rivalries with Manchester United and Everton Under management by Shankly in 1964 the team changed from red shirts and white shorts to an all red home strip which has been used ever since The club s anthem is You ll Never Walk Alone The club s supporters have been involved in two major tragedies The Heysel Stadium disaster where escaping fans were pressed against a collapsing wall at the 1985 European Cup Final in Brussels resulted in 39 deaths Most of these were Italians and Juventus fans Liverpool were given a six year ban from European competition and all other English clubs received a five year ban The Hillsborough disaster in 1989 where 97 Liverpool supporters died in a crush against perimeter fencing led to the elimination of fenced standing terraces in favour of all seater stadiums in the top two tiers of English football Prolonged campaigning for justice saw further coroners inquests commissions and independent panels that ultimately exonerated the fans Contents 1 History 2 Colours and badge 2 1 Sponsorship 3 Stadium 4 Support 4 1 Rivalries 5 Ownership and finances 6 Liverpool in the media 7 Players 7 1 First team squad 7 2 Out on loan 7 3 Reserves and Academy 7 4 Former players 7 5 Player records 7 6 Club captains 7 7 Player of the season 8 Club officials 8 1 Liverpool Football Club and Athletic Grounds Limited 8 2 Liverpool Football Club 8 3 Coaching and medical staff 9 Honours 9 1 Minor titles 9 2 Doubles and trebles 10 See also 11 References 11 1 Footnotes 12 Bibliography 13 External links 13 1 Independent websitesHistoryMain articles 1892 1959 1959 85 and 1985 present John Houlding the founder of Liverpool F C Liverpool F C was founded following a dispute between the Everton committee and John Houlding club president and owner of the land at Anfield After eight years at the stadium Everton relocated to Goodison Park in 1892 and Houlding founded Liverpool F C to play at Anfield 3 Originally named Everton F C and Athletic Grounds Ltd Everton Athletic for short the club became Liverpool F C in March 1892 and gained official recognition three months later after The Football Association refused to recognise the club as Everton 4 Liverpool played their first match on 1 September 1892 a pre season friendly match against Rotherham Town which they won 7 1 The team Liverpool fielded against Rotherham was composed entirely of Scottish players the players who came from Scotland to play in England in those days were known as the Scotch Professors Manager John McKenna had recruited the players after a scouting trip to Scotland so they became known as the team of Macs 5 The team won the Lancashire League in its debut season and joined the Football League Second Division at the start of the 1893 94 season After the club was promoted to the First Division in 1896 Tom Watson was appointed manager He led Liverpool to its first league title in 1901 before winning it again in 1906 6 Liverpool reached its first FA Cup Final in 1914 losing 1 0 to Burnley It won consecutive League championships in 1922 and 1923 but did not win another trophy until the 1946 47 season when the club won the First Division for a fifth time under the control of ex West Ham United centre half George Kay 7 Liverpool suffered its second Cup Final defeat in 1950 playing against Arsenal 8 The club was relegated to the Second Division in the 1953 54 season 9 Soon after Liverpool lost 2 1 to non league Worcester City in the 1958 59 FA Cup Bill Shankly was appointed manager Upon his arrival he released 24 players and converted a boot storage room at Anfield into a room where the coaches could discuss strategy here Shankly and other Boot Room members Joe Fagan Reuben Bennett and Bob Paisley began reshaping the team 10 Statue of Bill Shankly outside Anfield Shankly won promotion to the First Division and the club s first league title since 1947 The club was promoted back into the First Division in 1962 and won it in 1964 for the first time in 17 years In 1965 the club won its first FA Cup In 1966 the club won the First Division but lost to Borussia Dortmund in the European Cup Winners Cup final 11 Liverpool won both the League and the UEFA Cup during the 1972 73 season and the FA Cup again a year later Shankly retired soon afterwards and was replaced by his assistant Bob Paisley 12 In 1976 Paisley s second season as manager the club won another League and UEFA Cup double The following season the club retained the League title and won the European Cup for the first time but it lost in the 1977 FA Cup Final Liverpool retained the European Cup in 1978 and regained the First Division title in 1979 13 During Paisley s nine seasons as manager Liverpool won 20 trophies including three European Cups a UEFA Cup six League titles and three consecutive League Cups the only domestic trophy he did not win was the FA Cup 14 Paisley retired in 1983 and was replaced by his assistant Joe Fagan 15 Liverpool won the League League Cup and European Cup in Fagan s first season becoming the first English side to win three trophies in a season 16 Liverpool reached the European Cup final again in 1985 against Juventus at the Heysel Stadium Before kick off Liverpool fans breached a fence that separated the two groups of supporters and charged the Juventus fans The resulting weight of people caused a retaining wall to collapse killing 39 fans mostly Italians The incident became known as the Heysel Stadium disaster The match was played in spite of protests by both managers and Liverpool lost 1 0 to Juventus As a result of the tragedy English clubs were banned from participating in European competition for five years Liverpool received a ten year ban which was later reduced to six years Fourteen Liverpool fans received convictions for involuntary manslaughter 17 The Hillsborough memorial which is engraved with the names of the 97 people who died in the Hillsborough disaster Fagan had announced his retirement just before the disaster and Kenny Dalglish was appointed as player manager 18 During his tenure the club won another three league titles and two FA Cups including a League and Cup Double in the 1985 86 season Liverpool s success was overshadowed by the Hillsborough disaster in an FA Cup semi final against Nottingham Forest on 15 April 1989 hundreds of Liverpool fans were crushed against perimeter fencing 19 Ninety four fans died that day the 95th victim died in hospital from his injuries four days later the 96th died nearly four years later without regaining consciousness and the 97th Andrew Devine died of injuries sustained in the disaster in 2021 20 21 After the Hillsborough disaster there was a government review of stadium safety The resulting Taylor Report paved the way for legislation that required top division teams to have all seater stadiums The report ruled that the main reason for the disaster was overcrowding due to a failure of police control 22 Liverpool was involved in the closest finish to a league season during the 1988 89 season Liverpool finished equal with Arsenal on both points and goal difference but lost the title on total goals scored when Arsenal scored the final goal in the last minute of the season 23 Dalglish cited the Hillsborough disaster and its repercussions as the reason for his resignation in 1991 he was replaced by former player Graeme Souness 24 Under his leadership Liverpool won the 1992 FA Cup Final but their league performances slumped with two consecutive sixth place finishes eventually resulting in his dismissal in January 1994 Souness was replaced by Roy Evans and Liverpool went on to win the 1995 Football League Cup Final 25 While they made some title challenges under Evans third place finishes in 1996 and 1998 were the best they could manage and so Gerard Houllier was appointed co manager in the 1998 99 season and became the sole manager in November 1998 after Evans resigned 26 In 2001 Houllier s second full season in charge Liverpool won a treble the FA Cup League Cup and UEFA Cup 27 Houllier underwent major heart surgery during the 2001 02 season and Liverpool finished second in the League behind Arsenal 28 They won a further League Cup in 2003 but failed to mount a title challenge in the two seasons that followed 29 30 The European Cup trophy won by Liverpool for a fifth time in 2005 Houllier was replaced by Rafael Benitez at the end of the 2003 04 season Despite finishing fifth in Benitez s first season Liverpool won the 2004 05 UEFA Champions League beating A C Milan 3 2 in a penalty shootout after the match ended with a score of 3 3 31 The following season Liverpool finished third in the Premier League and won the 2006 FA Cup Final beating West Ham United in a penalty shootout after the match finished 3 3 32 American businessmen George Gillett and Tom Hicks became the owners of the club during the 2006 07 season in a deal which valued the club and its outstanding debts at 218 9 million 33 The club reached the 2007 UEFA Champions League Final against Milan as it had in 2005 but lost 2 1 34 During the 2008 09 season Liverpool achieved 86 points its then highest Premier League points total prior to the record breaking 2018 19 season and finished as runners up to Manchester United 35 In the 2009 10 season Liverpool finished seventh in the Premier League and failed to qualify for the Champions League Benitez subsequently left by mutual consent 36 and was replaced by Fulham manager Roy Hodgson 37 At the start of the 2010 11 season Liverpool was on the verge of bankruptcy and the club s creditors asked the High Court to allow the sale of the club overruling the wishes of Hicks and Gillett John W Henry owner of the Boston Red Sox and of Fenway Sports Group bid successfully for the club and took ownership in October 2010 38 Poor results during the start of that season led to Hodgson leaving the club by mutual consent and former player and manager Kenny Dalglish taking over 39 In the 2011 12 season Liverpool secured a record 8th League Cup success and reached the FA Cup final but finished in eighth position the worst league finish in 18 years this led to the sacking of Dalglish 40 41 He was replaced by Brendan Rodgers 42 whose Liverpool team in the 2013 14 season mounted an unexpected title charge to finish second behind champions Manchester City and subsequently return to the Champions League scoring 101 goals in the process the most since the 106 scored in the 1895 96 season 43 44 Following a disappointing 2014 15 season where Liverpool finished sixth in the league and a poor start to the following campaign Rodgers was sacked in October 2015 45 Rodgers was replaced by Jurgen Klopp 46 Liverpool reached the finals of the Football League Cup and UEFA Europa League in Klopp s first season finishing as runner up in both competitions 47 The club finished second in the 2018 19 season with 97 points surpassing the 86 points gained during the 2008 09 season losing only one game a points record for a non title winning side 48 Klopp took Liverpool to successive Champions League finals in 2018 and 2019 with the club defeating Tottenham Hotspur 2 0 to win the 2019 UEFA Champions League Final 49 50 Liverpool beat Flamengo of Brazil in the final 1 0 to win the FIFA Club World Cup for the first time 51 Liverpool then went on to win the 2019 20 Premier League winning their first top flight league title in thirty years 52 The club set multiple records in the season including winning the league with seven games remaining making it the earliest any team has ever won the title 53 amassing a club record 99 points and achieving a joint record 32 wins in a top flight season 54 Colours and badge Liverpool s home colours worn from 1892 to 1896 55 Wikimedia Commons has media related to Liverpool F C kits For much of Liverpool s history its home colours have been all red When the club was founded in 1892 blue and white quartered shirts were used until the club adopted the city s colour of red in 1896 3 The city s symbol of the liver bird was adopted as the club s badge or crest as it is sometimes known in 1901 although it was not incorporated into the kit until 1955 Liverpool continued to wear red shirts and white shorts until 1964 when manager Bill Shankly decided to change to an all red strip 55 Liverpool played in all red for the first time against Anderlecht as Ian St John recalled in his autobiography He Shankly 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 7 ft 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 56 The Liverpool away strip has more often than not been all yellow or white shirts and black shorts but there have been several exceptions An all grey kit was introduced in 1987 which was used until the 1991 92 centenary season 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 the club alternated between yellow and white away kits until the 2008 09 season when it re introduced the grey kit A third kit is designed for European away matches though it is also worn in domestic away matches on occasions when the current away kit clashes with a team s home kit Between 2012 and 2015 the kits were designed by Warrior Sports who became the club s kit providers at the start of the 2012 13 season 57 In February 2015 Warrior s parent company New Balance announced it would be entering the global football market with teams sponsored by Warrior now being outfitted by New Balance 58 The only other branded shirts worn by the club were made by Umbro until 1985 when they were replaced by Adidas who produced the kits until 1996 when Reebok took over They produced the kits for 10 years before Adidas made the kits from 2006 to 2012 59 Nike became the club s official kit supplier at the start of the 2020 21 season 60 A version of Liverpool s badge as depicted on the Shankly Gates Liverpool was the first English professional club to have a sponsor s logo on its shirts after agreeing a deal with Hitachi in 1979 61 Since then the club has been sponsored by Crown Paints Candy Carlsberg and Standard Chartered The contract with Carlsberg which was signed in 1992 was the longest lasting agreement in English top flight football 62 The association with Carlsberg ended at the start of the 2010 11 season when Standard Chartered Bank became the club s sponsor 63 The Liverpool badge is based on the city s liver bird symbol which in the past had been placed inside a shield In 1977 a red liver bird standing on a football blazoned as Statant upon a football a Liver Bird wings elevated and addorsed holding in the beak a piece of seaweed gules was granted as a heraldic badge by the College of Arms to the English Football League intended for use by Liverpool However Liverpool never made use of this badge 64 In 1992 to commemorate the centennial of the club a new badge was commissioned including a representation of the Shankly Gates The next year twin flames were added at either side symbolic of the Hillsborough memorial outside Anfield where an eternal flame burns in memory of those who died in the Hillsborough disaster 65 In 2012 Warrior Sports first Liverpool kit removed the shield and gates returning the badge to what had adorned Liverpool shirts in the 1970s the flames were moved to the back collar of the shirt surrounding the number 96 for the number who died at Hillsborough 66 Sponsorship Period Brand Shirt Sponsor chest Shirt Sponsor sleeve 1973 1979 Umbro None None1979 1982 Hitachi1982 1985 Crown Paints1985 1988 Adidas1988 1992 Candy1992 1996 Carlsberg1996 2006 Reebok2006 2010 Adidas2010 2012 Standard Chartered2012 2015 Warrior2015 2017 New Balance2017 2020 Western Union2020 Nike ExpediaStadiumMain article Anfield For information on Liverpool s abandoned proposed new stadium see Stanley Park Stadium Anfield home of Liverpool F C Anfield was built in 1884 on land adjacent to Stanley Park Situated 2 miles 3 km from Liverpool city centre it was originally used by Everton before the club moved to Goodison Park after a dispute over rent with Anfield owner John Houlding 67 Left with an empty ground Houlding founded Liverpool in 1892 and the club has played at Anfield ever since The capacity of the stadium at the time was 20 000 although only 100 spectators attended Liverpool s first match at Anfield 68 The Kop was built in 1906 due to the high turnout for matches and was called the Oakfield Road Embankment initially Its first game was on 1 September 1906 when the home side beat Stoke City 1 0 69 In 1906 the banked stand at one end of the ground was formally renamed the Spion Kop after a hill in KwaZulu Natal 70 The hill was the site of the Battle of Spion Kop in the Second Boer War where over 300 men of the Lancashire Regiment died many of them from Liverpool 71 At its peak the stand could hold 28 000 spectators and was one of the largest single tier stands in the world Many stadiums in England had stands named after Spion Kop but Anfield s was the largest of them at the time it could hold more supporters than some entire football grounds 72 Anfield could accommodate more than 60 000 supporters at its peak and had a capacity of 55 000 until the 1990s when following recommendations from the Taylor Report all clubs in the Premier League were obliged to convert to all seater stadiums in time for the 1993 94 season reducing its capacity to 45 276 73 The findings of the report precipitated the redevelopment of the Kemlyn Road Stand which was rebuilt in 1992 coinciding with the centenary of the club and was known as the Centenary Stand until 2017 when it was renamed the Kenny Dalglish Stand An extra tier was added to the Anfield Road end in 1998 which further increased the capacity of the ground but gave rise to problems when it was opened A series of support poles and stanchions were inserted to give extra stability to the top tier of the stand after movement of the tier was reported at the start of the 1999 2000 season 74 Because of restrictions on expanding the capacity at Anfield Liverpool announced plans to move to the proposed Stanley Park Stadium in May 2002 75 Planning permission was granted in July 2004 76 and in September 2006 Liverpool City Council agreed to grant Liverpool a 999 year lease on the proposed site 77 Following the takeover of the club by George Gillett and Tom Hicks in February 2007 the proposed stadium was redesigned The new design was approved by the Council in November 2007 The stadium was scheduled to open in August 2011 and would hold 60 000 spectators with HKS Inc contracted to build the stadium 78 Construction was halted in August 2008 as Gillett and Hicks had difficulty in financing the 300 million needed for the development 79 In October 2012 BBC Sport reported that Fenway Sports Group the new owners of Liverpool FC had decided to redevelop their current home at Anfield stadium rather than building a new stadium in Stanley Park As part of the redevelopment the capacity of Anfield was to increase from 45 276 to approximately 60 000 and would cost approximately 150m 80 When construction was completed on the new Main stand the capacity of Anfield was increased to 54 074 This 100 million expansion added a third tier to the stand This was all part of a 260 million project to improve the Anfield area Jurgen Klopp the manager at the time described the stand as impressive 81 In June 2021 it was reported that Liverpool Council had given planning permission for the club to renovate and expand the Anfield Road stand boosting the capacity by around 7 000 and taking the overall capacity at Anfield to 61 000 The expansion which is estimated to cost 60m was described as a huge milestone by managing director Andy Hughes and would also see rail seating being trialled in the Kop for the 2021 22 Premier League season 82 Support Kopites in The Kop Stand Liverpool is one of the best supported clubs in the world 83 84 The club states that its worldwide fan base includes more than 200 officially recognised Supporters Clubs in at least 50 countries Notable groups include Spirit of Shankly 85 The club takes advantage of this support through its worldwide summer tours 86 which has included playing in front of 101 000 in Michigan U S and 95 000 in Melbourne Australia 87 88 Liverpool fans often refer to themselves as Kopites a reference to the fans who once stood and now sit on the Kop at Anfield 89 In 2008 a group of fans decided to form a splinter club A F C Liverpool to play matches for fans who had been priced out of watching Premier League football 90 The song You ll Never Walk Alone originally from the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Carousel and later recorded by Liverpool musicians Gerry and the Pacemakers is the club s anthem and has been sung by the Anfield crowd since the early 1960s 91 It has since gained popularity among fans of other clubs around the world 92 The song s title adorns the top of the Shankly Gates which were unveiled on 2 August 1982 in memory of former manager Bill Shankly The You ll Never Walk Alone portion of the Shankly Gates is also reproduced on the club s badge 93 The Shankly Gates erected in honour of former manager Bill Shankly The club s supporters have been involved in two stadium disasters The first was the 1985 Heysel Stadium disaster in which 39 people mostly Italians and Juventus supporters were killed They were confined to a corner by Liverpool fans who had charged in their direction the weight of the cornered fans caused a wall to collapse UEFA laid the blame for the incident solely on the Liverpool supporters 94 and banned all English clubs from European competition for five years Liverpool was banned for an additional year preventing it from participating in the 1990 91 European Cup even though it won the League in 1990 95 Twenty seven fans were arrested on suspicion of manslaughter and were extradited to Belgium in 1987 to face trial 96 In 1989 after a five month trial in Belgium 14 Liverpool fans were given three year sentences for involuntary manslaughter 97 half of the terms were suspended 98 The second disaster took place during an FA Cup semi final between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest at Hillsborough Stadium Sheffield on 15 April 1989 Ninety seven Liverpool fans died as a consequence of overcrowding at the Leppings Lane end in what became known as the Hillsborough disaster In the following days The Sun s coverage of the event spread falsehoods particularly an article entitled The Truth that claimed that Liverpool fans had robbed the dead and had urinated on and attacked the police 99 Subsequent investigations proved the allegations false leading to a boycott of the newspaper by Liverpool fans across the city and elsewhere many still refuse to buy The Sun 30 years later 100 Many support organisations were set up in the wake of the disaster such as the Hillsborough Justice Campaign which represents bereaved families survivors and supporters in their efforts to secure justice 101 Rivalries Main articles Merseyside derby and Liverpool F C Manchester United F C rivalry Liverpool players in grey during their 4 1 win against Manchester United at Old Trafford on 14 March 2009 Liverpool s longest established rivalry is with fellow Liverpool team Everton against whom they contest the Merseyside derby The rivalry stems from Liverpool s formation and the dispute with Everton officials and the then owners of Anfield 102 The Merseyside derby is one of the few local derbies which do not enforce fan segregation and hence has been known as the friendly derby 103 Since the mid 1980s the rivalry has intensified both on and off the field and since the inception of the Premier League in 1992 the Merseyside derby has had more players sent off than any other Premier League game It has been referred to as the most ill disciplined and explosive fixture in the Premier League 104 In terms of support within the city the number of Liverpool fans outweighs Everton supporters by a ratio of 2 1 105 Liverpool s rivalry with Manchester United stems from the cities competition in the Industrial Revolution of the 19th century 106 Connected by the world s first inter city railway by road Liverpool and Manchester are separated by approximately 30 miles 48 km along the East Lancs Road 107 Ranked the two biggest clubs in England by France Football magazine Liverpool and Manchester United are the most successful English teams in both domestic and international competitions and both clubs have a global fanbase 108 109 Viewed as one of the biggest rivalries in world football it is considered the most famous fixture in English football 110 111 112 The two clubs alternated as champions between 1964 and 1967 113 and Manchester United became the first English team to win the European Cup in 1968 followed by Liverpool s four European Cup victories 114 Despite the 39 league titles and nine European Cups between them 113 the two rivals have rarely been successful at the same time Liverpool s run of titles in the 1970s and 1980s coincided with Manchester United s 26 year title drought and United s success in the Premier League era likewise coincided with Liverpool s 30 year title drought 115 and the two clubs have finished first and second in the league only five times 113 Such is the rivalry between the clubs they rarely do transfer business with each other The last player to be transferred between the two clubs was Phil Chisnall who moved to Liverpool from Manchester United in 1964 116 Ownership and finances John W Henry of Fenway Sports Group the parent company of Liverpool As the owner of Anfield and founder of Liverpool John Houlding was the club s first chairman a position he held from its founding in 1892 until 1904 John McKenna took over as chairman after Houlding s departure 117 McKenna subsequently became President of the Football League 118 The chairmanship changed hands many times before John Smith whose father was a shareholder of the club took up the role in 1973 He oversaw the most successful period in Liverpool s history before stepping down in 1990 119 His successor was Noel White who became chairman in 1990 120 In August 1991 David Moores whose family had owned the club for more than 50 years became chairman His uncle John Moores was also a shareholder at Liverpool and was chairman of Everton from 1961 to 1973 Moores owned 51 percent of the club and in 2004 expressed his willingness to consider a bid for his shares in Liverpool 121 Moores eventually sold the club to American businessmen George Gillett and Tom Hicks on 6 February 2007 The deal valued the club and its outstanding debts at 218 9 million The pair paid 5 000 per share or 174 1m for the total shareholding and 44 8m to cover the club s debts 122 Disagreements between Gillett and Hicks and the fans lack of support for them resulted in the pair looking to sell the club 123 Martin Broughton was appointed chairman of the club on 16 April 2010 to oversee its sale 124 In May 2010 accounts were released showing the holding company of the club to be 350m in debt due to leveraged takeover with losses of 55m causing auditor KPMG to qualify its audit opinion 125 The group s creditors including the Royal Bank of Scotland took Gillett and Hicks to court to force them to allow the board to proceed with the sale of the club the major asset of the holding company A High Court judge Mr Justice Floyd ruled in favour of the creditors and paved the way for the sale of the club to Fenway Sports Group formerly New England Sports Ventures although Gillett and Hicks still had the option to appeal 126 Liverpool was sold to Fenway Sports Group on 15 October 2010 for 300m 127 Liverpool has been described as a global brand a 2010 report valued the club s trademarks and associated intellectual property at 141m an increase of 5m on the previous year Liverpool was given a brand rating of AA Very Strong 128 In April 2010 business magazine Forbes ranked Liverpool as the sixth most valuable football team in the world behind Manchester United Real Madrid Arsenal Barcelona and Bayern Munich they valued the club at 822m 532m excluding debt 129 Accountants Deloitte ranked Liverpool eighth in the Deloitte Football Money League which ranks the world s football clubs in terms of revenue Liverpool s income in the 2009 10 season was 225 3m 130 According to a 2018 report by Deloitte the club had an annual revenue of 424 2 million for the previous year 131 and Forbes valued the club at 1 944 billion 132 In 2018 annual revenue increased to 513 7 million 133 and Forbes valued the club at 2 183 billion 134 In 2019 revenue increased to 604 million 533 million according to Deloitte with the club breaching the half a billion pounds mark 135 In April 2020 the owners of the club came under fire from fans and the media for deciding to furlough all non playing staff during the COVID 19 pandemic 136 In response to this the club made a U turn on the decision and apologised for their initial decision 137 In April 2021 Forbes valued the club at 4 1 billion a two year increase of 88 making it the world s fifth most valuable football club 138 Liverpool in the mediaLiverpool featured in the first edition of BBC s Match of the Day which screened highlights of their match against Arsenal at Anfield on 22 August 1964 The first football match to be televised in colour was between Liverpool and West Ham United broadcast live in March 1967 139 Liverpool fans featured in the Pink Floyd song Fearless in which they sang excerpts from You ll Never Walk Alone 140 To mark the club s appearance in the 1988 FA Cup Final Liverpool released the Anfield Rap a song featuring John Barnes and other members of the squad 141 A docudrama on the Hillsborough disaster written by Jimmy McGovern was screened in 1996 It featured Christopher Eccleston as Trevor Hicks who lost two teenage daughters in the disaster went on to campaign for safer stadiums and helped to form the Hillsborough Families Support Group 142 Liverpool featured in the 2001 film The 51st State in which ex hitman Felix DeSouza Robert Carlyle is a keen supporter of the team and the last scene takes place at a match between Liverpool and Manchester United 143 The club also featured in the 1984 children s television show Scully about a young boy who tries to gain a trial with Liverpool 144 The opening scenes of the Doctor Who episode The Halloween Apocalypse aired in October 2021 features The Doctor played by Jodie Whittaker exiting the TARDIS outside Anfield as she exclaims Liverpool Anfield Klopp era classic 145 PlayersFirst team squad As of 23 January 2023 146 Note Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules Players may hold more than one non FIFA nationality No Pos Nation Player1 GK BRA Alisson Becker2 DF ENG Joe Gomez3 MF BRA Fabinho4 DF NED Virgil van Dijk5 DF FRA Ibrahima Konate6 MF ESP Thiago Alcantara7 MF ENG James Milner vice captain 147 8 MF GUI Naby Keita9 FW BRA Roberto Firmino11 FW EGY Mohamed Salah13 GK ESP Adrian14 MF ENG Jordan Henderson captain 148 15 MF ENG Alex Oxlade Chamberlain17 MF ENG Curtis Jones18 FW NED Cody Gakpo No Pos Nation Player19 MF ENG Harvey Elliott20 FW POR Diogo Jota21 DF GRE Kostas Tsimikas22 DF SCO Calvin Ramsay23 FW COL Luis Diaz26 DF SCO Andrew Robertson27 FW URU Darwin Nunez28 FW POR Fabio Carvalho29 MF BRA Arthur Melo on loan from Juventus 32 DF CMR Joel Matip43 MF ESP Stefan Bajcetic46 DF ENG Rhys Williams47 DF ENG Nat Phillips62 GK IRL Caoimhin Kelleher66 DF ENG Trent Alexander ArnoldOut 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 Player72 DF NED Sepp van den Berg at Schalke 04 until 30 June 2023 149 97 GK BRA Marcelo Pitaluga at Macclesfield until 30 June 2023 150 Reserves and Academy Further information on the academy squads Liverpool F C Reserves and Academy Academy squad Former players Further information List of Liverpool F C players List of Liverpool F C players 25 99 appearances List of Liverpool F C players 1 24 appearances and Category Liverpool F C players Player records For player records see List of Liverpool F C records and statistics Club captains Since the establishment of the club in 1892 45 players have been club captain of Liverpool F C 151 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 151 The present captain is Jordan Henderson who in the 2015 16 season replaced Gerrard who moved to LA Galaxy 148 152 Name Period Andrew Hannah 1892 1895 Jimmy Ross 1895 1897 John McCartney 1897 1898 Harry Storer 1898 1899 Alex Raisbeck 1899 1909 Arthur Goddard 1909 1912 Ephraim Longworth 1912 1913 Harry Lowe 1913 1915 Donald McKinlay 1919 1920 Ephraim Longworth 1920 1921 Donald McKinlay 1921 1928 Tom Bromilow 1928 1929 James Jackson 1929 1930 Tom Morrison 1930 1931 Tom Bradshaw 1931 1934 Name Period Tom Cooper 1934 1939 Matt Busby 1939 1940 Willie Fagan 1945 1947 Jack Balmer 1947 1950 Phil Taylor 1950 1953 Bill Jones 1953 1954 Laurie Hughes 1954 1955 Billy Liddell 1955 1958 Johnny Wheeler 1958 1959 Ronnie Moran 1959 1960 Dick White 1960 1961 Ron Yeats 1961 1970 Tommy Smith 1970 1973 Emlyn Hughes 1973 1978 Phil Thompson 1978 1981 Name Period Graeme Souness 1982 1984 Phil Neal 1984 1985 Alan Hansen 1985 1988 Ronnie Whelan 1988 1989 Alan Hansen 1989 1990 Ronnie Whelan 1990 1991 Steve Nicol 1990 1991 Mark Wright 1991 1993 Ian Rush 1993 1996 John Barnes 1996 1997 Paul Ince 1997 1999 Jamie Redknapp 1999 2002 Sami Hyypia 2001 2003 Steven Gerrard 2003 2015 Jordan Henderson 2015 Player of the season Further information Liverpool Player of the Season AwardsClub officialsOwner Fenway Sports Group Ambassadors Ian Rush Robbie Fowler Michael Owen 153 Liverpool Football Club and Athletic Grounds Limited Principal owner John W Henry Chairman Tom Werner Chief executive officer Billy Hogan 154 Chief operating officer Andy HughesSource 155 Liverpool Football Club Directors John W Henry Tom Werner Michael Gordon Peter Moore Michael Egan Non Executive Director Kenny Dalglish 156 Director of communications Susan Black 157 Director of scouting Dave Fallows 158 Chief scout Barry Hunter Director of technical performance Julian WardSource 155 Coaching and medical staff Manager Jurgen Klopp See also List of Liverpool F C managers See also Liverpool F C Reserves and Academy Staff Manager Jurgen Klopp Assistant coach Pepijn Lijnders Assistant coach Peter Krawietz Elite Development coach Vitor Matos First team goalkeeping coach John Achterberg First team goalkeeping coach Claudio Taffarel First team assistant goalkeeping coach Jack Robinson Head of fitness and conditioning Andreas Kornmayer Head of recovery and performance Dr Andreas Schlumberger First team fitness coach Dr Conall Murtagh First team assistant fitness coach Jordan Fairclough Club doctor Dr Jim Moxon Head physiotherapist Lee Nobes Head of nutrition Mona Nemmer Academy director Alex InglethorpeSource 146 159 HonoursFurther information List of Liverpool F C seasons For honours won by Reserves and Academy teams see Liverpool F C Reserves and Academy Honours Replicas of the four European Cups Liverpool won from 1977 to 1984 on display in the club s museum Liverpool s first trophy was the Lancashire League which it won in the club s first season 5 In 1901 the club won its first League title while the nineteenth and most recent was in 2020 Its first success in the FA Cup was in 1965 In terms of the number of trophies won Liverpool s most successful decade was the 1980s when the club won six League titles two FA Cups four League Cups one Football League Super Cup five Charity Shields one shared and two European Cups The club has accumulated more top flight wins and points than any other English team 160 Liverpool also has the highest average league finishing position 3 3 for the 50 year period to 2015 161 and second highest average league finishing position for the period 1900 1999 after Arsenal with an average league placing of 8 7 162 Liverpool is the most successful British club in international football with fourteen trophies having won the European Cup UEFA Champions League UEFA s premier club competition six times an English record and only surpassed by Real Madrid and A C Milan Liverpool s fifth European Cup win in 2005 meant that the club was awarded the trophy permanently and was also awarded a multiple winner badge 163 164 Liverpool also hold the English record of three wins in the UEFA Cup UEFA s secondary club competition 165 Liverpool also hold the English record of four wins in the UEFA Super Cup 166 In 2019 the club won the FIFA Club World Cup for the first time and also became the first English club to win the international treble of Club World Cup Champions League and UEFA Super Cup 167 168 Liverpool FC honours Type Competition Titles SeasonsDomestic First Division Premier League note 1 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 20Second Division note 1 4 1893 94 1895 96 1904 05 1961 62FA Cup 8 1964 65 1973 74 1985 86 1988 89 1991 92 2000 01 2005 06 2021 22Football League Cup EFL Cup 9 1980 81 1981 82 1982 83 1983 84 1994 95 2000 01 2002 03 2011 12 2021 22FA Charity Shield FA Community Shield 16 1964 1965 1966 1974 1976 1977 1979 1980 1982 1986 1988 1989 1990 2001 2006 2022 shared Continental European Cup UEFA Champions League 6 1976 77 1977 78 1980 81 1983 84 2004 05 2018 19UEFA Cup UEFA Europa League 3 1972 73 1975 76 2000 01UEFA Super Cup 4 1977 2001 2005 2019Worldwide FIFA Club World Cup 1 2019Minor titles Lancashire League 1 Winners 1 1892 93 Football League Super Cup Winners 1 1985 86 Sheriff of London Charity Shield Winners 1 1906Doubles and trebles Doubles note 2 League and FA Cup 1 1985 86 League and League Cup 3 1981 82 1982 83 1983 84 League and European Cup 2 1976 77 1983 84 League and UEFA Cup 2 1972 73 1975 76 League Cup and European Cup 1 1980 81 FA Cup and League Cup 1 2021 22Trebles note 2 169 League League Cup and European Cup 1 1983 84 FA Cup League Cup and UEFA Cup 1 2000 01See alsoPortals English football Association footballReferences Happy birthday LFC Not quite yet Liverpool F C 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 Premier League Handbook 2020 21 PDF Premier League p 24 Archived PDF from the original on 12 April 2021 Retrieved 12 April 2021 a b Liverpool Football Club is formed Liverpool F C Archived from the original on 12 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