Liverpool F.C.
| Full name | Liverpool Football Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | The Reds | ||
| Founded | 1892 | ||
| Ground | Anfield, Liverpool | ||
| Capacity | 45,400 | ||
| Chairman | David Moores | ||
| Manager | Rafael Benitez | ||
| League | FA Premier League | ||
| 2003-04 | Premier League, 4th | ||
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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. The original name was to be Everton FC but was changed to Liverpool FC after the Football Association refused to recognise the team as Everton.
On July 30, 2004, the Liverpool City Council granted the club planning permission to build a new 60,000 seat stadium, nearby at Stanley Park. For a time, it looked likely that the stadium would be shared with local rivals Everton, but talks on a groundshare failed in January 2005, and Liverpool will now have the stadium to itself. It is hoped that if all goes to plan, construction of the new stadium will begin in the summer of 2005 and it will open in 2007. The old stadium will then become a public plaza surrounded by apartments, offices, bars, restaurants and a hotel. The treatment of the old stadium requires some sensitivity as a number of deceased fans have had their ashes officially scattered on the pitch over the years.
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.
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
Match statistics
- 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. Their side did not have one English player.
- League debut: 2-0 v Middlesbrough Ironopolis 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
Club culture
- The song "You'll Never Walk Alone", originally from the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Carousel and famously performed by Liverpool musicians Gerry & the Pacemakers, is the anthem of Liverpool FC, and has become almost synonymous with the club.
- Celebrity fans of the club include the late DJ John Peel.
Reserve squad
- Liverpool's reserve team plays its home games at the Racecourse Ground, the home stadium of Wrexham A.F.C..
Other
- First broadcast of BBC TV's Match of the Day: on the 22nd August 1964, playing against Arsenal F.C.; the BBC 2 broadcast was presented by Kenneth Wolstenholme [1].
Current Squad
| As of 2004 | ||
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| 1. | Polish | Jerzy Dudek |
| 2. | Swiss | Stephane Henchoz |
| 3. | Irish | Steve Finnan |
| 4. | Finnish | Sami Hyypiä |
| 5. | Czech | Milan Baros |
| 6. | Norwegian | John Arne Riise |
| 7. | Australian | Harry Kewell |
| 8. | English | Steven Gerrard |
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Djibril Cissé |
| 10. | Spanish | Sanz Luis Garcia |
| 11. | Czech | Vladimir Smicer |
| 12. | Argentinian | Mauricio Pellegrino |
| 14. | Spanish | Xabi Alonso |
| 16. | German | Dietmar Hamann |
| 17. | Spanish | Josemi |
| 18. | Spanish | Antonio Nunez |
| 19. | Spanish | Fernando Morientes |
| 20. | American | Scott Carson |
| 21. |
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Djimi Traore |
| 22. | English | Chris Kirkland |
| 23. | English | Jamie Carragher |
| 24. |
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Florent Sinama-Pongolle |
| 25. | Croatian | Igor Biscan |
| 26. | Ireland | Richie Partridge |
| 28. | English | Stephen Warnock |
| 29. |
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Patrice Luzi |
| 31. | English | David Raven |
| 32. | English | John Welsh |
| 33. | English | Neil Mellor |
| 34. | English | Darren Potter |
| 36. | English | Jon Otsemobor |
| 37. | American | Zak Whitbread |
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Anthony Le Tallec |
Players loaned out
Staff
| Manager | Rafael Benitez |
| Assistant manager | Pako Ayesteran |
| First team coaches | Alex Miller, Paco Herrera |
| Reserve team manager | Hughie McAuley |
| Goalkeeping coach | Jose Ochotorena |
| Chief scout | Ron Yeats |
| Academy director | Steve Heighway |
Stars
PRE-SHANKLY (1892 - 1959)
THE GLORY YEARS - 1960 TO 1990
- Gary Ablett - John Aldridge - John Barnes - Peter Beardsley - Jim Beglin - David Burrows - Gerry Byrne - Ian Callaghan - Jimmy Case - Ray Clemence - Peter Cormack - Kenny Dalglish - Alun Evans - Roy Evans - David Fairclough - Howard Gayle - Gary Gillespie - Bruce Grobbelaar - Brian Hall - Alan Hansen - Steve Heighway - David Hodgson - Mike Hooper - Ray Houghton - Emlyn Hughes - Roger Hunt - Glenn Hysen - David Johnson - Craig Johnston - Joey Jones - Kevin Keegan - Alan Kennedy - Ray Kennedy - Chris Lawler - Tommy Lawrence - Mark Lawrenson - Sammy Lee - Alec Lindsay - Larry Lloyd - Terry McDermott - Kevin MacDonald - Steve McMahon - Mike Marsh - Jan Molby - Ronnie Moran - Phil Neal - Steve Nicol - Michael Robinson - Ian Rush - Ian St. John - Tommy Smith - Graeme Souness - Nigel Spackman - Steve Staunton - Peter Thompson - Phil Thompson - John Toshack - Barry Venison - Paul Walsh - John Wark - Ronnie Whelan - Ron Yeats
1990 - PRESENT
- Nicolas Anelka - Nick Barmby - Patrik Berger - Stan Collymore - Robbie Fowler - Brad Friedel - Paul Ince - Rob Jones - David James - Jari Litmanen - Gary McAllister - Steve McManaman - Danny Murphy - Michael Owen - Jamie Redknapp - Ronnie Rosenthal - Neil Ruddock - Dean Saunders - Michael Thomas - Sander Westerveld - Mark Wright - Stephen Wright
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 | Michael Owen | (1997-2004) | 131 | 18.71 |
| 9 | Jack Parkinson | (1899-1907) | 128 | 16 |
| 10 | Sam Raybould | (1977-1990) | 127 | 9.77 |
| 11 | Dick Forshaw | (1919-1927) | 124 | 15.5 |
| 12 | Ian St John | (1961-1971) | 118 | 11.8 |
| 13 | Jack Balmer | (1935-1952) | 111 | 6.53 |
| 14 | John Barnes | (1987-1997) | 106 | 10.6 |
| 15 | Kevin Keegan | (1971-1977) | 100 | 16.67 |
| 16 | John Toshack | (1970-1978) | 95 | 11.88 |
| 17 | Albert Stubbins | (1946-1953) | 83 | 11.86 |
| 18= | Arthur Cox | (1897-1909) | 80 | 6.67 |
| 18= | Arthur Goddard | (1901-1914) | 80 | 6.15 |
| 20 | Berry Nieuwenhuys | (1933-1947) | 79 | 5.64 |
| 21= | Jimmy Melia | (1955-1964) | 78 | 8.67 |
| 21= | David Johnson | (1976-1982) | 78 | 13 |
League scorers by seasons
See also
External links
Unofficial
- Through The Wind And Rain
- Anfield Online
- LFC Online
- Liverpool Way
- Liverweb
- Red and White Kop
- Red All Over The Land
- Shankly Gates
- The Kop's Last Stand
- This Is Anfield
- You'll Never Walk Alone.tv
- Liverpool.no (in Norwegian)
