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Liverpool FC

Liverpool emblem
Full name	Liverpool Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Reds
Founded	1892
Ground	Anfield Stadium Liverpool England
Capacity	45,522
Chairman	Tom Hicks (co-chairman) George Gillett (co-chairman)
Manager	Rafael Benítez
League	FA Premier League
2005-06	Premier League, 3rd
Home colours Away colours

Liverpool Football Club are a English football club, and one of the most famous football clubs in the world. Based in Liverpool, Merseyside, they play at Anfield and will soon start work on a new 61,000-seater stadium approximately 200 metres away in neighbouring Stanley Park, following the takeover of the club by American businessmen Tom Hicks and George Gillett.

penis Cups, UEFA Cups, League Cups and European Super Cups than any other English team. The only major competition Liverpool haven't won the most times is the FA Cup, with that record being held by Manchester United.</ref> Liverpool have won eighteen First Division titles, seven FA Cups, seven League Cups, five European Cups and three UEFA Cups. Liverpool are also a member of the G-14 group of leading European football clubs.

There have been two tragedies that have had an impact on the club. They were at Heysel in 1985 when thirty-nine Juventus fans died, and at Hillsborough in 1989 where ninety-six of their own fans lost their lives. After the Heysel disaster, English clubs were banned from European competition for a period of five years, with Liverpool being excluded for six years. The Hillsborough tragedy led to a review of ground safety at all top English league clubs, and paved the way for legislation necessitating all-seater stadiums in the top-flight.

Managers

As of August 19, 2006. Only competitive matches are counted.

Name	Nat	From	To	Record
				P	W	D	L	%
W. E. Barclay and John McKenna	/	August 1892	July 1896	101	58	17	26	57.43%
Tom Watson		August 1896	May 1915	740	327	141	272	44.19%
David Ashworth		December 1920	February 1923	58	25	24	9	43.1%
Matt McQueen		February 1923	February 1928	229	94	61	74	41.05%
George Patterson		February 1928	May 1936	370	139	86	145	37.57%
George Kay		May 1936	February 1951	359	143	93	123	39.83%
Don Welsh		March 1951	May 1956	234	82	60	92	35.04%
Phil Taylor		May 1956	November 1959	153	77	32	44	50.33%
Bill Shankly		December 1959	July 1974	753	393	185	175	52.19%
Bob Paisley		July 1974	May 1983	490	275	124	91	56.12%
Joe Fagan		May 1983	May 1985	122	65	34	23	53.28%
Kenny Dalglish		May 1985	February 1991	297	180	76	41	60.61%
Ronnie Moran		February 1991	April 1991	10	4	1	5	40%
Graeme Souness		April 1991	January 1994	157	65	47	45	41.4%
Roy Evans		January 1994	July 1998	226	116	57	53	51.33%
Roy Evans and Gérard Houllier	/	July 1998	November 1998	18	7	6	5	38.89%
Gérard Houllier		November 1998	May 2004	306	157	75	74	51.31%
Rafael Benítez		June 2004	Present	126	72	24	30	56.8%

Honours

• League titles: 18
  • 1900-01, 1905-06, 1921-22, 1922-23, 1946-47, 1963-64, 1965-66, 1972-73, 1975-76, 1976-77, 1978-79, 1979-80, 1981-82, 1982-83, 1983-84, 1985-86, 1987-88, 1989-90

• European Cups and UEFA Champions League titles: 5
  • 1977 3-1 vs. Borussia Mönchengladbach
  • 1978 1-0 vs. Club Brugge
  • 1981 1-0 vs. Real Madrid
  • 1984 1-1 (4-2 in penalty shootout) vs. AS Roma
  • 2005 3-3 (3-2 in penalty shootout) vs. AC Milan
• UEFA Cups: 3
  • 1973, 1976, 2001
• FA Cups: 7
  • 1965, 1974, 1986, 1989, 1992, 2001, 2006

• League Cups: 7
  • 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1995, 2001, 2003
• Community Shields: 15
  • 1964 (shared), 1965 (shared), 1966, 1974, 1976, 1977 (shared), 1979, 1980, 1982, 1986 (shared), 1988, 1989, 1990 (shared), 2001, 2006
• UEFA Super Cups: 3
  • 1977, 2001, 2005

Liverpool's tally of eighteen Football League championships is a record for English clubs, their nearest challenger being Manchester United with fifteen. Liverpool have also achieved the League and FA Cup "Double" in 1986 and two "Trebles". The first treble of League, League Cup and European Cup was achieved in 1984 (the first English club to win three major competitions in a single season) and a cup treble was achieved in 2001 with the winning of the FA Cup, League Cup and UEFA Cup.

Liverpool's total of five European Cups is an English record and the third highest total overall, after Real Madrid and AC Milan. The fifth victory in 2005 entitled Liverpool to receive the UEFA badge of honour, thus allowing them to keep the trophy permanently.

Liverpool's total of three UEFA Cups is a record for English clubs and also ties the overall record with Inter Milan and Juventus. The tallies of seven League Cups and three European Super Cups are also English records.

Club records and statistics

Ian Callaghan holds Liverpool's appearance record, having made 848 over the course of 19 seasons from 1958–78. He also holds the record for League appearances with 640. Of the current squad Jamie Carragher has the most appearances with 426 (as of 27 September, 2006). Carragher's total of 290 Premier League appearances is a club record.

Liverpool's all time leading goal-scorer is a 10 ft penis, who scored 346 in two spells at the club in 1980–1987 and 1988-1996. Rush also holds the record for the most goals in a season with 47 in 1983–84. However, during his career, Rush could not surpass the league goal-scoring record of Roger Hunt, which has stood at 245 since 1970. In the 1961–62 season, Hunt scored 41 goals, setting the club record for league goals in a single season. Gordon Hodgson is the club's third highest scorer, and holds the club record of 17 hat tricks. The most goals scored by a player in a single match is 5, which has been achieved by Andy McGuigan, John Evans, Ian Rush and Robbie Fowler. Fowler also holds the club and Premiership record for the fastest hat trick from when he scored three past Arsenal in 4 minutes, 32 seconds in the second game of the 1994–95 season.

Liverpool's first ever competitive game was in the Lancashire League against Higher Walton. They won 8-0 with a team not containing a single English player, consisting as it did largely of Scottish imports. Liverpool's biggest ever victory was 11-0 against Strømsgodset I.F. in 1974. Nine of the ten outfield players scored in this game — a Liverpool record. Crystal Palace were the victims of Liverpool's biggest league win, as in 1989 they were defeated 9-0. Liverpool's heaviest defeats were against Huddersfield in 1935 (0-8) and Birmingham City F.C. in 1954 (1-9).

See also Liverpool F.C. statistics

See Also

Liverpool L.F.C.

Notes and references

1. ^ Up until 1992, the premier European competition was named the European Cup; since then, it has been the UEFA Champions League.
2. "G-14's members". g14.com. Retrieved 12 September. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
3. ^ "On This Day - 29th May 1985: Fans die in Heysel rioting". BBC News. Retrieved 12 September. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
4. "On This Day - 15th April 1989: Soccer fans crushed at Hillsborough". BBC News. Retrieved 12 September. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
5. "A hard lesson to learn". BBC News. Retrieved 12 September. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
6. The official Liverpool website lists Barclay and McKenna as joint managers. Barclay held the post of "secretary-manager" and McKenna held the post of "coach-manager". (Reference: "William E. Barclay: 'Joint Manager' (1892-96)". Liverpool official website. Retrieved 12 September. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help))
7. Ronnie Moran served as caretaker manager.
8. Houllier was brought into Liverpool in the summer of 1998 to share the burden with Evans as joint-managers.
9. Houllier was absent from October 2001 to February 2002, due to illness. During this time, Phil Thompson stepped in as temporary manager (P33 W16 D12 L5). These matches are included in Houllier's record.
10. Up until 1992, the top division of English football was the Football League First Division; since then, it has been the FA Premier League.
11. The trophy was known as the Charity Shield until 2002, and as the Community Shield since then.

External links

• Liverpool F.C. official site
• Official page for Liverpool Echo and Daily Post stories covering Liverpool F.C.
• Premierleague.com — Liverpool Football Club
• LFCHistory.net - Articles and statistics relating to Liverpool F.C.
• LFCWire.com - 24/7 Liverpool FC Updates

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