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Liverpool Football Club is an elite football team that is based within Liverpool, England. The club plays in the Premier League, the highest tier in English soccer. Established in 1892, the club was a member of to the Football League the next year and has played home matches on the field at Anfield from the time of the time of its inception.

Domestically the club has won 19 League title and the club has also won eight FA Cups, an all-time record of 9 League Cups and fifteen FA Community Shields. In international competitions, the team is a winner of Six European Cups, three UEFA Cups, four UEFA Super Cups--all English records, and one FIFA Club World Cup. The club became an important force in both the domestic as well as European football during the 1970s and 1980s during which time William Shankly, Bob Paisley, Joe Fagan and Kenny Dalglish, took the club to 11 League titles as well as the club won four European Cups. Liverpool had two more European Cups in 2005 and 2019 under the leadership under the direction of Rafael Benitez and Jurgen Klopp and Jurgen Klopp, respectively. The latter brought Liverpool to a record 19th League trophy in 2020. It was which was the first time the club has won a title during its Premier League era.

Liverpool is among the top and well supported clubs around the globe. Liverpool has long-running competition against Manchester United and Everton. Under Shankly's management in 1964, the team switched from white shirts and red shorts to a red home strip which has been worn ever since. The team's anthem can be found in " You'll Never Walk Alone".

The supporters of the club were affected by two serious tragedies. In the Heysel Stadium disaster in which escaping fans were forced to face a collapsed wall during the 1985 European Cup Final in Brussels which resulted in 39 deaths. Most of these were Italians and Juventus fans. Liverpool received an exclusion of six years from European competitions, while the other English clubs receiving five years of ban. The Hillsborough tragedy of 1989 when 97 Liverpool supporters were killed in the crowd against perimeter fencing resulted in the removal of fences in standing areas to be replaced by seating all-seater venues that are in the two highest tiers in English football. The long-running campaign for justice led to more coroners' inquests and commissions, and independent panels that ended up acquitting the Liverpool fans.

 

1. History

Liverpool F.C. was founded following a dispute between the Everton committee as well as John Houlding, club president and the owner of the land located at Anfield. After eight years of playing at The stadium Everton was moved into Goodison Park in 1892 and Houlding established Liverpool F.C. for the purpose of playing at Anfield. The club was initially called "Everton F.C. as well as Athletic Grounds Ltd" (Everton Athletic, which means short) The club changed its name to Liverpool F.C. in the month of March in 1892. The club gained the official status three months after following the Football Association refused to acknowledge Liverpool F.C. as Everton.

Liverpool had their first match on the 1st of September, 1892. an pre-season friendly game in opposition to Rotherham Town, which they defeated 7-1. The team Liverpool used against Rotherham was comprised entirely of Scottish players. The players to Scotland for a chance to compete in England in the early days were referred to by their nickname, the Scottish professors. The manager John McKenna had recruited the players following the conclusion of a visit to scouts on a journey to Scotland which led to them becoming famous to be the "team of Macs". The team was crowned an award in the Lancashire League in the first season, and then joined to the Football League Second Division in the beginning in the season 1893-1994. When the team was elevated into the First Division in 1896, Tom Watson was named manager. Watson managed Liverpool to their first league championship in 1901 after which it won the title again in 1906.

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 center half George Kay. Liverpool was a victim of a third Cup Final defeat in 1950 in a match against Arsenal. The club was then relegated into the Second Division in the 1953-54 season. Soon after Liverpool lost 2-1 to non-league Worcester City at the time of the 1958-1959 FA Cup, Bill Shankly was named manager. After his appointment, he let go of 24 players, and also transformed the storage space for boot players located at Anfield into a conference room where the coaches could talk about strategy in a private setting. Here, Shankly as well as others " Boot Room" players Joe Fagan, Reuben Bennett along with Bob Paisley began redesigning the team.

The club was elevated back to the First Division in 1962 and took it to the final in 1964 to the very first time for 17 years. The club also took home their its first FA Cup. The club won the FA Cup in 1966. took home first place in the First Division but lost to Borussia Dortmund in the European Cup Winners Cup final. Liverpool took home both the League as well as also the UEFA Cup during the 1972-73 season. Then, they won they won the FA Cup again a year later. Shankly was fired shortly after and was replaced by his assistant Bob Paisley. In 1976, the first season with the team, they achieved an additional League in addition to a UEFA Cup double. The following year the club kept their League title and also won the European Cup for the first time. However, it fell at the 1997 FA Cup Final. Liverpool kept its European Cup in 1978 and won its First Division title in 1979. The nine seasons that Paisley served as manager, Liverpool was awarded 20 trophies including the three European Cups, a UEFA Cup and six League titles, and 3 consecutive League Cups and the one trophy that the team did not take home is the FA Cup.

Paisley quit in 1983, and was replaced by his assistant Joe Fagan. Liverpool took home the League, League Cup and European Cup in Fagan's first season as the first English team to take home three awards in one season. Liverpool reached the European Cup final again in 1985, against Juventus on Juventus at the Heysel Stadium. Prior to kick-off, Liverpool fans broke through the fence that separated two groups of supporters , and confronted Juventus supporters. The weight of the crowd caused a wall to fall down, killing 39 fans most of them Italians. The incident was dubbed The Heysel Stadium disaster. The game was played despite the protests of both managers and Liverpool were defeated 1-0 by Juventus. Due to the tragic incident, English clubs were banned from taking part in European competitions for five years. Liverpool were given a 10-year ban that then was reduced down to six. 14 Liverpool fans were convicted of manslaughter involuntary.

Fagan announced his retirement shortly before the catastrophe in the disaster. Kenny Dalglish was named manager of the player. In his time, the club was awarded three league titles as well as the two FA Cups, including a League and Cup " Double" during the 1985-86 season. Liverpool's success was overshadowed by the Hillsborough disaster: in an FA Cup semi-final against Nottingham Forest on the 15th of April 1989 The day of the disaster, many Liverpool Fans were crushed by fencing around the perimeter. Ninety-four of them died on that day. The 95th victim was admitted to hospital after suffering injuries a few days later. the 96th was dead almost four years later not gaining consciousness, and the 97th victim, Andrew Devine, died of injuries suffered in the tragedy in 2021. Following the Hillsborough tragedy, there was a review by the government of the safety of stadiums. The resultant Taylor Report paved the way for legislation that mandated top division teams to use all-seater stadiums. The report determined that the primary cause of the tragedy was the overcrowding that occurred caused by a lack of control by the police.

Liverpool was part of the most close conclusion to a league game during that season in 1988-1989. Liverpool finished equal with Arsenal in both goal difference and points However, Arsenal was unable to claim the title due to the total goals that were scored at the time Arsenal scored their final goal in the closing minute of the season.

Dalglish also cited the Hillsborough disaster and its consequences as the main reason of his departure in the year 1991 after which he was replaced by ex-player Graeme Souness. Under his direction, Liverpool took home their first 1991 FA Cup Final, however their league performances plummeted and they had two consecutive finishes in the sixth position, which led to his removal at the beginning of January. The replacement was Roy Evans, and Liverpool won their first title in the year 1995 Football League Cup Final. While they did face some title challenge under Evans and finished third in 1998 and 1996 were their best results to manage. Gerard Houllier was named co-manager during the 1998-99 season. He was appointed sole manager in November 1998 , following Evans quit. In 2001, his second full season as manager, Liverpool won a " triple" which included The FA Cup, League Cup and UEFA Cup. Houllier was undergoing major heart surgery in the 2001-02 season , and Liverpool ended up third in the League second only to Arsenal. They were also awarded a League Cup in 2003, but were unable to mount an assault on the title in the two subsequent seasons.

Houllier has been replaced with Rafael Benitez at the close of 2003-04's season. Although he finished fifth in Benitez's debut year, Liverpool won the 2004-05 UEFA Champions League, beating A.C. Milan 3-1 after a penalty shootout, after the game ended with the score 3-3. The following season, Liverpool finished third in the Premier League and won the 2006 FA Cup Final, beating West Ham United during a shootout following the game ended 3-3. American businessmen George Gillett and Tom Hicks became the owners of the club in the 2006-07 season, as part of an agreement that valued the club as well as its debts to PS218.9 million. The club made it to an UEFA Champions League Final against Milan in the same way as it did previously in 2005, but lost the match 2-1. 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.

The 2009-10 campaign, Liverpool finished seventh in the Premier League and failed to be able to qualify for the Champions League. Benitez subsequently left by mutual consent and was replaced by Fulham manager Roy Hodgson. Roy Hodgson was the manager of Fulham at the beginning of the 2010-11 season, the manager of Fulham was Roy Hodgson. Liverpool was in the midst of going bankrupt and the club's creditors pleaded with for the High Court to allow the sale of the club in order to overrule the demands from Hicks as well as Gillett. John W. Henry is the manager of Boston Red Sox as well as of Fenway Sports Group made a successful bid for the club and was able to take ownership in the month of October. The poor performance at the beginning of the season resulted in Hodgson being dismissed by mutual consent , and his former teammate as well as manager Kenny Dalglish taking over. The 2011-12 campaign, Liverpool secured a record 8th League Cup success and reached the FA Cup final, but ended up finishing in eighth place which was the lowest league position in the last 18 years. This resulted in the dismissal of Dalglish. He was replaced by Brendan Rodgers, whose Liverpool team in the 2013-14 season mounted an unexpected title charge to finish second behind champions Manchester City, and then return back to Champions League, scoring 101 goals this was the highest number since the 106 goals scored during the year 1895-96. After a disappointing season in 2014-15, when Liverpool placed 6th in the league and then a disappointing start to the next season, Rodgers was sacked in October of 2015.

Rodgers was substituted by Jurgen Klopp.. Liverpool made it to the semi-finals in the Football League Cup as well as the UEFA Europa League in Klopp's first season being runners-up in both of the competitions. Liverpool came in second place at the end of the 2018-19 season with 97 points (surpassing the 86 points earned in the 2008-09 campaign) with only losing one game. This is a points record for a title-less team. Klopp took Liverpool to successive Champions League finals in 2018 and 2019, with the club defeating Tottenham Hotspur beat Tottenham Hotspur by 2-0 in winning their final of the 2019 UEFA Champions League Final. Liverpool defeated Flamengo in Brazil at the final 1-1 to win the FIFA Club World Cup for the first time. Liverpool also went on to be the winners of their first title in the the 2019-20 Premier League, winning their first top-flight title in 30 years. The team set multiple records during the league which included winning the league with only seven remaining games, which is the first time a team has ever been awarded the title, having a record-setting 99 points and achieving an record of 32 wins in a top-flight campaign.

 

2. Colours and badge

For the majority of Liverpool's time the club's home colours were all red. The club was established in 1892, white and blue quartered shirts were in use before the team adopted the colour of the city that was red, in the year 1896. The symbol of the city, the liver bird was adopted as the badge (or crest, as it's sometimes referred to) in the year 1901, however it was not included in the uniform until 1955. Liverpool were still wearing white and red shorts until 1964, when Manager Bill Shankly decided to change to a red strip. Liverpool played in red in the inaugural match in the history of Anderlecht in 1964, according to Ian St John recounted from his autobiography

He [Shankly] believed that the color scheme could have psychological weight - red to signal danger and red to show power. He walked into the dressing room and gave a pair red shorts at the famous poet Ronnie Yeats. "Get dressed in the shorts, and let's see what you're like" he told him. "Christ, Ronnie, you are stunning, frightening. You look 7 ft tall." "Why not go full of the way boss?" I suggested. "Why not put on red socks? Let's all go out with red." Shankly was in the loop and an iconic kit was born.

It is true that the Liverpool away strip has often been white or yellow shorts and black shirts however there have been a few variations. A grey and all-black uniform was launched in the year 1987 that was in use up to the time of the centenary in 1991-92 which was followed by an assortment of white shirts and green shorts. In the 1990s, such as navy and gold, vibrant black, grey, and yellow as well as ecru The club switched between white and yellow away kit until 2008-09 campaign, which saw the return of its grey kits. The third kit was created to be worn in European games away from home, however it also is worn during home matches when the kit worn by the away team is in conflict with the home kit. Between 2012 and 2015 the kits were created for the club by Warrior Sports, which was appointed as the club's kit provider at the beginning of 2012-13's season. In February of 2015 Warrior's parent company New Balance announced it was joining the international football market with teams that are sponsored by Warrior and being equipped with shirts designed by New Balance. The other Warrior-branded shirts that were worn by the team were produced from Umbro from 1985 until after which they were taken over with Adidas and manufactured the kits until 1996, when Reebok became the new owner. The kits were produced for a decade before Adidas produced the kits from 2006 until 2012. Nike became the club's official kit manufacturer in the beginning of the 2020-21 season.

Liverpool was the first English professional club to have a sponsor's logo on its shirts, after agreeing a deal with Hitachi in 1979. Since then, the team has received sponsorship from Crown Paints, Candy, Carlsberg and Standard Chartered. The agreement with Carlsberg and Standard Chartered, concluded in the year 1992 was among the longest-running contract for sponsorship in English premier league football. The relationship with Carlsberg ended with the start of the season 2010-11, after which Standard Chartered Bank became the club's sponsor.

This Liverpool badge is based off the symbol of the city's liver bird that used to be set within an shield. In 1977 the red bird standing on football (blazoned as "Statant on a football Liver Bird wings raised and addedorsed with a beak holding an ounce of seaweed Gules") was approved as an emblem of heraldry through the College of Arms to the English Football League to be used by Liverpool. But, Liverpool did not use the badge. In 1992, to mark the club's centennial an entirely new badge was designed, with an image from Shankly Gates. Shankly gates. In the following year, twin flames were added on each side, a symbol of that of the Hillsborough commemoration outside Anfield which is where an everlasting flame burns in the memory of the victims of the Hillsborough tragedy. It was in 2012 that Warrior Sports' first Liverpool kit was stripped of the gates and shield and returned the badge to the original badges that were adorned Liverpool shirt in the 1970s. The flames were relocated to the back of the shirt. They also included the number 96 to represent the number of people who died in Hillsborough.

 

2.1. Kit suppliers and shirt sponsors

Period Kit manufacturer 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 Sports
2015–2017 New Balance
2017–2020 Western Union
       2020  –      Nike Expedia
 

3. Stadium

Anfield was constructed in 1884 on land that was adjacent to Stanley Park. It is located about 2 millimeters (3 km) away from Liverpool city centre, it was first used by Everton prior to the move of the club from the city to Goodison Park after a dispute over the rent and rent with Anfield the owner John Houlding. The ground was empty Houlding was the one who founded Liverpool in 1892. The club has been playing at Anfield since then. The stadium's capacity in the early days was set at 20,000, but there were only 100 people at the club's first game at Anfield.

The Kop was constructed in the year 1906 in response to the huge turnout at games and was referred to as"the Oakfield Road Embankment initially. The first game played was 1 September 1906, when the home team beat Stoke City 1-0. In 1906 , the stand with a bank at the other end of the field was officially named"the Spion Kop in honor of the hill that was located in KwaZulu-Natal. This hill served as the scene that was the scene of the Battle of Spion Kop during the Second Boer War which saw over 300 soldiers from the Lancashire Regiment died, many of being from Liverpool. In its peak, the stadium could accommodate 28,000 spectators and was among the biggest single-tier stadiums anywhere in the globe. A number of stadiums in England were named after Spion Kop however, Anfield's stand was the biggest of them in the time of its construction; it was able to accommodate more fans than any football stadium.

Anfield could hold over 60,000 supporters at the peak of its capacity and the capacity of 55,000 before the mid-1990s, after which, in accordance with the Taylor Report, all clubs of the Premier League were obliged to change to all-seater stadiums by the time to the season 1993-1994, which reduced the capacity of the stadium to 45,276. The report's findings caused the redevelopment of the Kemlyn Road Stand, which was renovated in 1992 to coincide with the centenary year of the club. It was named The Centenary Stand until the year 2017 when it was changed to The Kenny Dalglish Stand. A new tier was added at that Anfield Road end in 1998 and added more capacity to the ground , but also led to issues once it was first opened. A set of stanchions and support poles were added to add support to the highest of the stand after the movement within the tier had been noted in the beginning in the season 1999/2000.

Due to restrictions on the expansion of capacity at Anfield, Liverpool announced plans to relocate to the new Stanley Park Stadium in May 2002. The planning approval was given in July of 2004 and in September of 2006, Liverpool City Council agreed to give Liverpool the long-term lease of 999 years for the site proposed. After the acquisition of Liverpool through George Gillett and Tom Hicks in February 2007, the stadium that was proposed was revamped. It was accepted through Council in November 2007. Council on November 7, 2007. The stadium was scheduled to open in August 2011 and would hold 60,000 spectators, with HKS, Inc. was contracted to construct the stadium. The construction was stopped in August 2008 due to the fact that Gillett and Hicks faced difficulties with financing the PS300 million required to build the stadium. Then, in October of 2012 BBC Sport reported that Fenway Sports Group, the new owner of Liverpool FC, had decided to renovate their home at the Anfield stadium, instead of creating a new stadium at Stanley Park. As part of the renovation, Anfield's capacity Anfield was expected to be increased from 45,276 to 60,000. The cost was estimated to be PS150m. After the construction was finished for the brand new Main stand, the capacity for Anfield was raised to 54,074. The PS100 million expansion also added a third tier on the stands. It was part of the PS260 million investment to enhance this area. Anfield area. Jurgen Klopp, the managing director at the time, described the stadium in the press release as "impressive."

On June 20, 2021 it was announced the Liverpool Council had given planning permission to the club to remodel and extend to the Anfield Road stand, boosting capacity by about 7000 and bringing the total capacity of Anfield up to 61,000. The new stand, believed to run PS60m and was described as "a significant moment in history" by the managing Director Andy Hughes, and would also see rail seating test-run at the Kop for the 2021-22 Premier League season.

 

4. Support

Liverpool is among the most supported teams in the world. Liverpool claims that its fan base is comprised of more than 200 official recognised Supporters Clubs that span at least 50 nations. Some notable groups include Spirit of Shankly. The club is able to take advantage of this support during the summer tour around the world that have included playing in front of a record crowd of 101,000 fans of fans in Michigan, U.S., and 95,000 people in Melbourne, Australia. Liverpool fans frequently call themselves Kopites which refers to the former fans who stood, and sit in the Kop at Anfield. In 2008, a small group of supporters formed A.F.C. Liverpool, a splinter club. A.F.C. Liverpool to play games for those who were excluded from viewing Premier League football.

The tune " You'll Never Walk Alone" was originally taken from the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Carousel and later recorded by Liverpool artists Gerry as well as the Pacemakers It is the club's official anthem. It is sung to by Anfield crowd since the 1960s. The song has since gained acclaim in the fan base of other clubs across the world. The song's name is on at the very top of the Shankly Gates which were inaugurated on the 2nd of August 1982 to commemorate the former director Bill Shankly. In addition, the "You'll never walk alone" section in the Shankly Gates can also be seen on the badge of the club.

The fans of Juventus have been affected by two stadium accidents. The first one was in 1985, the Heysel Stadium disaster, in which 39 people were killed, predominantly Italians along with Juventus supporters, died. They were trapped in the corner by Liverpool fans who had rushed towards them The massive weight of the fans in the corner caused the wall to collapse. UEFA blamed the blame exclusively on Liverpool supporters and barred every English club in European tournaments for five years. Liverpool was suspended for another year, and was prevented from taking part during the 90-91 European Cup, even though it had won the League in 1990. Seventeen Liverpool fans were arrested under suspicion of manslaughter. They were sent into Belgium in 1987 for the trial. In 1989, following an investigation lasting five months in Belgium 14 Liverpool supporters were handed three-year sentences for manslaughter involuntary and half of the sentences were suspended.

The second incident occurred in the FA Cup semi-final between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest at Hillsborough Stadium, Sheffield, on 15 April 1989. Ninety-six Liverpool fans were killed because of the crowds in Leppings Lane. Leppings Lane end, in what was later referred to as the Hillsborough disaster. In the days following, The Sun's reportage of the tragedy propagated falsehoods, including an article titled "The Truth" that claimed that Liverpool fans had robbed dead people and urinated on and assaulted police. The subsequent investigations revealed that the claims were not true, leading to a boycott of The Sun by Liverpool fans throughout the city, and across the country and many do not buy The Sun 30 years after the fact. Numerous support groups were put in place to help victims of the tragedy like Hillsborough Justice Campaign. Hillsborough Justice Campaign, which includes bereaved families, survivors and others in their fight for justice.

5. Rivalries

The longest-running rivalry in Liverpool is with the other Liverpool team Everton and Everton, with whom they play in their Merseyside derby. The rivalry is rooted in Liverpool's creation and also the battle over Everton officials as well as the former administrators of Anfield. It is the Merseyside derby is among those derbies in the local area that do not require fan segregation which is why it has become called"the "friendly derby". In the late 1980s the derby has increased both in as well off of the pitch since the introduction of the Premier League in 1992, the Merseyside derby has seen more players dismissed more than the previous Premier League game. The game has been described as "the most reckless and violent game within the Premier League". As for support in this city, the number Liverpool supporters is higher than Everton supporters by the ratio of 2:1.

The rivalry between Liverpool and Manchester United stems from the cities' rivalry during the Industrial Revolution of the 19th century. Connected through an inter-city railway, the the first ever intercity railroad as well as by the roads Liverpool along with Manchester is separated around 30 miles (48 kilometers) across the East Lancs Road. Two of the biggest club of England according to France the Football publication, Liverpool and Manchester United are the two most prosperous English teams in international and domestic tournaments. Both clubs have an international fan base. The two clubs are considered to be among the most intense rivalries in football, it's to be the most famous match on the field in English football. Both clubs were champions from 1964 until 1967 between 1964 and 1967, and Manchester United became the first English team to take home the European Cup in 1968 which was following by Liverpool's the four European Cup victories. Despite winning 38 league title titles as well as nine European Cups between them the two teams have not had success simultaneously The Liverpool run of victories in the 1970s and the 1980s was in line with Manchester United's title drought that lasted for 26 years and the United's successes in the Premier League-era was also in line with Liverpool's 30 year title drought as well. The two teams have finished as second and third in their league five times. This is because of the fierce rivalry between these two clubs. They seldom do business with one another. The last player transfer between both clubs is Phil Chisnall, who joined Liverpool after leaving Manchester United in 1964.

6. Ownership and finances

The owner of Anfield and the founder in the club of Liverpool, John Houlding was the first chairman of the club, which it held from the time of its inception from 1892 until 1904. John McKenna took the reins as chairman following Houlding's departure. McKenna was later elected president of the Football League. The chairmanship was in flux several time until John Smith, who was the son of an owner of Liverpool, assumed the post in 1973. He was in charge of the most successful period of Liverpool's history before his resignation in 1990. The successor to him was Noel White who was appointed chairman in the year 1990. In August of 1991 David Moores who was a member of the Moores family that been the owner of the club for over 50 years, was appointed chairman. The uncle of his John Moores was also a shareholder of Liverpool and chairman of Everton between 1961 and 1973. Moores was the owner of 50 percent stake in the team and in 2004 he announced his desire to make the possibility of a purchase of his stake in Liverpool.

Moores ultimately ended up selling the team for a sum of money to American Businessmen George Gillett and Tom Hicks on February 6, 2007. This deal estimated the club as well as its current debts as PS218.9 million. The deal was worth the price of PS5,000 per share, which is PS174.1m for the entire shareholding and PS44.8m to pay the club's outstanding debts. The disagreements among Gillett and Hicks and the fan's insupport of their respective positions, led to the duo seeking for a buyer. Martin Broughton was named chairman of the club on April 16, 2010 to oversee the sale. In May 2010, the accounts were made public, revealing the holding company for the club to have PS350m with debt (due to a leveraged acquisition) which included losses in the range of PS55m and causing audit firm KPMG to rescind its audit conclusion. The creditors of the group, including those of the Royal Bank of Scotland were able to take Gillett along with Hicks to the court to make them let the board move forward with selling the club, which was the largest capital asset owned by the company holding it. A judge from the High Court, Mr Justice Floyd was in favor of the creditors and cleared opening the transfer that the team to Fenway Sports Group (formerly New England Sports Ventures) however Gillett and Hicks were able to appeal. Liverpool was transferred in the sale to Fenway Sports Group on 15 October 2010, for PS300m.

Liverpool is called a brand with a worldwide reach A report from 2010 estimated the club's trademarks as well as associated intellectual properties at PS141m this is which is an improvement of PS5m from last year. Liverpool received the rating of AA for brand value. (Very strong). In April 2010 business magazine Forbes ranked Liverpool as the sixth most valuable football team in the world, behind Manchester United, href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_Madrid_C.F." title="Real Madrid C.F. ">Real Madrid Arsenal, Barcelona and Bayern Munich; they valued the club at $822 million (PS532m) with debt not included. Accounting professionals Deloitte placed Liverpool 8th in their Deloitte Football Money League which ranks the world's top football clubs according to revenue. Liverpool's earnings during the 2009-10 year was EUR225.3m. According to a report in 2018 by Deloitte the club had revenues of EUR424.2 million during the year prior, and Forbes estimated the value of the club as $1.944 billion. In 2018, the annual revenue rose to EUR513.7 million which was a significant increase, and Forbes estimated the club's value with $2.183 billion. Revenues in 2019 rose from EUR604 millions (PS533 million) according to Deloitte and the club exceeding the half-a-billion pounds mark.

In April of 2020 owner of the team faced criticism from both the fans and media for making the decision to cut off the non-playing personnel in the COVID-19 epidemic. In response announcement, the club announced an u-turn on their decision and apologized for the initial decision. In April 2021, Forbes estimated the value of the team at $4.1 billion, which was a eight-year growth of 88% in two years. and making it the fifth-highest-valued soccer team.

7. Liverpool in the media

Liverpool were featured in the inaugural broadcast of the BBC's match of the Day that broadcast highlights of their match in the match against Arsenal on Anfield on the 22nd of August, 1964. The first football game to be broadcast in color was the match between Liverpool against West Ham United, broadcast live on March 27, 1967. Liverpool fans appeared on the Pink Floyd song " Fearless" and sang a few verses of "You'll Never Walk alone". In celebration of the club's participation during 1987's FA Cup Final, Liverpool released the " Anfield Rap" the song that featured John Barnes and other players of the team.

A docudrama about Hillsborough. Hillsborough disaster produced by Jimmy McGovern it was shown in 1996. The film starred Christopher Eccleston as Trevor Hicks, who lost two of his daughters in the tragedy, and was later a campaigner for safer stadiums and to establish The Hillsborough Families Support Group. Liverpool appeared in the movie "The 51st State" The 51st State, in which Felix DeSouza, a former hitman ( Robert Carlyle) is a fervent fan of the team. the final scene is set at a football match that takes place between Liverpool with Manchester United. The club was also featured in the 1984 children's tv series Scully that follows a child who is trying to get an opportunity to play for Liverpool. The opening sequence from"The Halloween Apocalypse" from the Doctor Who episode "The Halloween Apocalypse" which aired on October 2021. The episode includes The Doctor (played by Jodie Whittaker) leaving The TARDIS outside Anfield while she shouts: "Liverpool? Anfield! Klopp era, classic! ".

8. Players

Please see below.

8.1. First-team squad

As of 3 July 2022

 
No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  BRA Alisson
3 MF  BRA Fabinho
4 DF  NED Virgil van Dijk
5 DF  FRA Ibrahima Konaté
6 MF  ESP Thiago Alcântara
7 MF  ENG James Milner (vice-captain)[148]
8 MF  GUI Naby Keïta
9 FW  BRA Roberto Firmino
11 FW  EGY Mohamed Salah
12 DF  ENG Joe Gomez
13 GK  ESP Adrián
14 MF  ENG Jordan Henderson (captain)[149]
15 MF  ENG Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain
17 MF  ENG Curtis Jones
19 MF  ENG Harvey Elliott
 
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 FW  POR Diogo Jota
21 DF  GRE Kostas Tsimikas
22 DF  SCO Calvin Ramsay
23 FW  COL Luis Díaz
24 DF  ENG Ben Davies
26 DF  SCO Andrew Robertson
27 FW  URU Darwin Núñez
28 FW  POR Fábio Carvalho
32 DF  CMR Joël Matip
46 DF  ENG Rhys Williams
47 DF  ENG Nat Phillips
62 GK  IRL Caoimhín Kelleher
66 DF  ENG Trent Alexander-Arnold
72 DF  NED Sepp van den Berg
76 DF  WAL Neco Williams

8.2. Out On Loan

 
No. Pos. Nation Player
97 GK  BRA   Marcelo Pitaluga (at Macclesfield until 30 June 2023)  
 

8.3. Reserves and Academy

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

8.4. 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

8.5. Player records

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

8.6. Club captains

Since the founding by the club, in the year 1892 45 players have been the club captains for Liverpool F.C. Andrew Hannah became the first captain of the club following Liverpool was split from Everton and established their own team. Alex Raisbeck, who was captain of the club from 1899 until 1909 was the longest-serving captain, before being replaced by Steven Gerrard. Gerrard was captain for 12 years. Liverpool captain beginning with in 2003/04 season. The current captain will be Jordan Henderson, who in the 2015-16 season was replaced by Gerrard who was transferred into LA Galaxy.

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–

 

8.7. Player of the season

Further information: Liverpool Player of the Season Awards

9. Club officials

  • Owner:  Fenway Sports Group
  • Honorary life president:  David Moores
  • Ambassadors:  Ian Rush,  Robbie Fowler,  Michael Owen

9.1. Liverpool Football Club and Athletic Grounds Limited

  • Principal owner:  John W. Henry
  • Chairman:  Tom Werner
  • Chief executive officer: Billy Hogan
    • Chief operating officer:  Andy Hughes

9.2. Liverpool Football Club

  • Directors: John W. Henry, Tom Werner, Michael Gordon, Peter Moore, Michael Egan
  • Non-Executive Director:  Kenny Dalglish
  • Director of communications:  Susan Black
  • Director of scouting:  Dave Fallows
  • Chief scout:  Barry Hunter
  • Director of technical performance:  Michael Edwards

9.3. Coaching and medical staff

  • Manager:  Jürgen Klopp
  • Assistant coach:  Pepijn Lijnders
  • Assistant coach:  Peter Krawietz
  • Elite Development coach:  Vitor Matos
  • First-team goalkeeping coach:  John Achterberg
  • First-team goalkeeping coach:  Cláudio 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 Inglethorpe

10. Honours

The first trophy that Liverpool received came from it was the Lancashire League, which it was awarded in the first season. In the year 1901 Liverpool won their initial League title, and the 19th and most recent was won in the year 2020. The first time the club won the FA Cup was in 1965. In terms of the amount of awards the Liverpool's most successful decade was in the 1980s, during which Liverpool was awarded six League titles as well as the two FA Cups, four League Cups as well as two Football League Super Cup, five Charity Shields (one shared) and two European Cups.

Liverpool has more top-flight victories and points over any else English team. Liverpool also holds the highest average finishing position in the league (3.3) over the period from 1950 from 1900 to 2015, and the second-highest average league position between 1900 and 1999, second only to Arsenal with an average position in the league of 8.7.

Liverpool has the record of being the best British club in international football , with 14 trophy winners, including the European Cup/UEFA Champions League, the UEFA's top club competition and six times, which is an English record, and was only beaten only by Real Madrid and A.C. Milan. The fifth European Cup win, in 2005, saw Liverpool was awarded the trophy on a permanent basis and also was awarded the Multiple-winner badge. Liverpool also have the English record for three wins during the UEFA Cup, UEFA's secondary club competition. Liverpool also have the English record of winning four times at the UEFA Super Cup . In 2019, Liverpool took home the FIFA Club World Cup for the first time. It it also became first English club to achieve the international triple in the form of Club World Cup, Champions League and UEFA Super Cup.

10.1. Domestic

As below mentioned.

10.1.1. League

  • First Division/Premier League
    • Winners (19): 1900–01, 1905–06, 1921–22, 1922–23, 1946–47, 1963–64, 1965–66, 1972–73, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1985–86, 1987–88, 1989–90, 2019–20
  • Second Division
    • Winners (4): 1893–94, 1895–96, 1904–05, 1961–62

10.1.2. Cups

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

10.2. European

  • European Cup/UEFA Champions League
    • Winners (6): 1976–77, 1977–78, 1980–81, 1983–84, 2004–05, 2018–19
  • UEFA Cup
    • Winners (3): 1972–73, 1975–76, 2000–01
  • European/UEFA Super Cup
    • Winners (4): 1977, 2001, 2005, 2019

10.3. Worldwide

  • FIFA Club World Cup
    • Winners (1): 2019

10.4. Minor titles

  • Lancashire League: 1
    • Winners (1): 1892–93
  • Sheriff of London Charity Shield
    • Winners (1): 1906

10.5. Doubles and Trebles

  • Doubles:
    • 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 (2): 2000-01, 2021–22
    • Trebles:
      • League, League Cup and European Cup (1): 1983–84
      • FA Cup, League Cup and UEFA Cup (1): 2000–01

FAQ

Phil Neal is the most famous athlete of all time in Liverpool history.

After the demotion from Tranmere during 2015 Everton along with Liverpool were the only two Merseyside teams that play in the professional football leagues. The games between them are referred to by the name of Merseyside derby. But, Tranmere Rovers have returned to Football League after three seasons out of the league.

There are at present 50 affiliated leagues and licensed leagues through Liverpool FA which include competitive soccer in organized Adult Mini Soccer Disability, Futsal as well as Small Sided Leagues.

 

Liverpool was the first city to welcome its second team in 1892 following Everton soccer club was fed up with John Houlding's his increasingly unjust economic demands. The first time they asked for more interest rates on loans the offered to the club and later , for trying to earn huge gains from the team at the expense of the club.

The Dalglish legacy lives on in Anfield is home to the legendary player, who is currently leading Anfield into a new era. New pastures are on the way. Kenny Dalglish is in a league that is his own. He remains among the most talented players to ever play football and, without doubt, the greatest player to ever be a part of Liverpool Football Club.

Everton is one of the districts located in Liverpool located situated in Merseyside, England, in the Liverpool City Council Ward that is part of Everton. It's part of the Liverpool Walton Parliamentary constituency. It was historically Lancashire during the 2001 Census it was reported as 7,398, and it increased to 14,782 in 2011, Census.


Liverpool Football Club was formed on March 15 in 1892 as a result of a dispute between Directors of Everton Football Club and its president, John Houlding, who was the owner of the club's stadium, Anfield. A dispute over the rent caused Everton shifting from Anfield to Goodison Park, which left Houlding with a stadium empty.

 

According to research conducted by Twitter (h/t TalkSport) in 2015,

 Liverpool are the most followed team within Liverpool in the United Kingdom and other territories that have historical links to Britain as well as Australia as well as New Zealand, plus the Republic of Ireland.

 

Liverpool is among the most visited cities of England for visitors and tourists. It is most well-known because of its ties to Beatles and famous football clubs The city with a lot of history, and is filled with cultural diversity. It's a thriving city with diverse population that's warm to tourists.

 

The player on this list, who played in the greatest number of games (660) as well as scored most scores (346), Ian Rush is Liverpool's best striker.

 

Liverpool fans are known to call themselves Kopites, which refers to the people who were seated, and later sit upon the Kop at Anfield. In 2008, a group of supporters formed an A.F.C.L. splinter team. A.F.C. Liverpool in order to host matches for those who were exclusion from being able to watch Premier League football.

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