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Modèle:Pp-semi-protected Modèle:Infobox Football club Liverpool Football Club are an English professional football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside. Liverpool play in the Premier League, and are the most successful club in the history of English football, having won more trophies than any other English club. They have won a record 18 English League titles, although the last time they won the title was in 1990. Liverpool have also won five European Cups, which is an English record. Only A.C. Milan and Real Madrid have won Europe's premier club competition more times. They have also won the FA Cup and League Cup seven times. Liverpool were a founding member of the G-14 group of leading European football clubs.

Liverpool have played at Anfield since they were founded in 1892. However, plans have been formed to start work on a new 60,000 all-seater stadium, which could be raised to 80,000 depending on planning permission, in the summer of 2010 near Stanley Park. The venture will be funded by Tom Hicks and George Gillett, who became the club's owners on February 6 2007.

Liverpool have a large and diverse fanbase, who hold a string of long-standing rivalries with several other clubs; the most notable of these is with neighbours Everton, with whom they regularly contest the Merseyside derby. Liverpool also have a fierce rivalry with Manchester United, due to the success of both clubs, as well as their proximity to each other. The club's fans have been involved in two major disasters. At the Heysel Stadium 39 Juventus F.C. fans died when a wall collapsed after crowd trouble in the 1985 European Cup Final, and at Hillsborough in 1989, 96 Liverpool fans lost their lives due to overcrowding.

History

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For information on the current season, see Liverpool F.C. season 2007-08.

In 1891 John Houlding, the leaseholder of Anfield stadium, purchased the ground outright and proposed increasing the rent from £100 to £250 per year. Everton F.C., who had played at Anfield for seven years, refused to meet his demands and moved to Goodison Park.<ref> LFC Story

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. Retrieved on 2007-03-17. </ref> Liverpool F.C. were founded by Houlding on 15 March 1892 to play in his vacated Anfield. The original name was to be Everton F.C. and Athletic Grounds, Ltd., or Everton Athletic for short, but was changed to Liverpool F.C. when The Football Association refused to recognise the team as Everton. John McKenna was appointed director and signed 13 Scottish professionals for the new club.

In their first season Liverpool won the Lancashire League, and were elected to the Football League Second Division for the 1893–94 season. Liverpool ended the season unbeaten as Second Division Champions,<ref> 2nd Division League table for the 1893-1894 season

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. Retrieved on 2007-03-07. </ref> and were promoted to the First Division, the highest level of English football. Liverpool won their first Football League championship in the 1900–01 season, and were champions again in 1905–06. Liverpool played their first FA Cup final in 1914, but lost 1–0 to Burnley.<ref> Liverpool in the FA Cup - Season by Season

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. Retrieved on 2007-03-07. </ref> In 1922 and 1923 Liverpool won their first back-to-back League titles, captained by England full-back Ephraim Longworth.<ref name="longworth"> Profile of Ephraim Longworth

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. Retrieved on 2007-03-17. </ref> This was then followed by the longest spell without a trophy in the team's history, which only ended when Liverpool won the league once again during the 1946–47 season. However, Liverpool struggled in the years following this success, and were relegated to the Second Division in the 1953–54 season.

In December 1959, Bill Shankly was appointed manager, in his first year, he released 24 players and reshaped the squad.<ref name="shankly">Modèle:Cite book</ref> In 1961–1962, his third season as manager, Liverpool won the Second Division Championship by eight points and were promoted to the First Division, where they have remained ever since. In 1963–1964, Liverpool lifted the League Championship for the first time in 17 years. Liverpool were League Champions again in 1965–1966, having won their first FA Cup the previous season, beating Leeds United 2–1 in the final. Liverpool won their eighth league title and defeated Borussia Mönchengladbach to win their first European trophy, the UEFA Cup, in 1972–1973. However, a year later, following another FA Cup victory, Shankly retired. His assistant, Bob Paisley, became manager.<ref>Modèle:Cite book p86</ref>

In 1975–1976, at the end of Paisley's second season in charge, Liverpool became champions, and also won the UEFA Cup. The following year, Liverpool retained their League Championship, lost the FA Cup Final, but won their first European Cup, beating Borussia Mönchengladbach 3–1. Liverpool retained the trophy in 1978, beating Club Brugge 1–0, and in 1979 they broke another domestic record by winning the league title with 68 points<ref name="twopoints">In 1978–79 the Football League awarded two points for a win, as opposed to the current three. Under current rules, Liverpool would have obtained 98 points in 77-79.</ref> and only 16 goals conceded in 42 matches.<ref> Football: Season Details: 1979

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. Retrieved on 2007-03-17. </ref> In 1979–1980, Liverpool won the league title for the fourth time in five seasons, and Paisley's third European Cup victory came in 1980–1981 with a 1–0 victory in the final against Real Madrid. In the following two seasons, Liverpool won a League Championship and League Cup "Double". In the nine seasons Paisley managed the club, Liverpool won a total of 21 trophies, including three European Cups, a UEFA Cup, six league titles and three consecutive League Cups. The only domestic trophy to elude him was the FA Cup.

The succession of managers appointed from within the club's staff is worthy of note. These managers are often referred to as "the boot room boys" after a part of Anfield where the Liverpool staff discussed strategy and allegedly stored gin.<ref> The legacy of the boot room

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. Retrieved on 2006-09-12. </ref> Just as Shankly had been succeeded by Paisley, so too Paisley handed the reins to his assistant, veteran coach Joe Fagan. He was 63 when he became manager in 1983–1984. In his first season in charge, Liverpool become the first English club to win three major trophies in a single season; the League title, the League Cup and the European Cup.<ref> Football: The European Cup

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. Retrieved on 2007-03-24. </ref> Liverpool reached the European Cup final again in 1985. The match was against Juventus at the Heysel Stadium but before kick-off, disaster struck. Liverpool fans breached a fence separating 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.<ref name="heysel"> On This Day - 29 May, 1985: Fans die in Heysel rioting

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. Retrieved on 2006-09-12. </ref> This tragedy is known as the Heysel Stadium disaster. The match was played regardless and Liverpool lost 1–0 to Juventus. English clubs were consequently banned from participating in European competition for five years, with Liverpool receiving a ban for ten years, which was later reduced to six. Fourteen of their fans received convictions for involuntary manslaughter.<ref name="heysel"/>

Kenny Dalglish became Liverpool's first player-manager in 1985.<ref name="dalglish"> Profile of Kenny Dalglish

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. Retrieved on 2007-03-21. </ref> His reign saw the club win another three League Championships and two FA Cups including a league and cup Double in 1985–86. However, Liverpool's successes were overshadowed by the Hillsborough disaster. On April 15 1989, when Liverpool were playing Nottingham Forest in an FA Cup semi-final, hundreds of Liverpool fans were crushed against perimeter fencing.<ref name="hillsborough"> On This Day - April 15, 1989: Soccer fans crushed at Hillsborough

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. Retrieved on 2006-09-12. </ref> 94 fans died that day; the 95th victim died in hospital from his injuries four days later and another nearly four years later having never regained consciousness, to make the total 96.<ref name="the96"> Hillsborough Memorial

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. Retrieved on 2007-04-17. </ref> After the Hillsborough tragedy there was a governmental review of stadium safety. Known as the Taylor Report, it paved the way for legislation requiring all-seater stadiums in the top-flight. The report ruled that the main reasons for the disaster were overcrowding due to a failure of police control.<ref> Taylor's interim report on the Hillsborough stadium disaster, August 1989 (zipped pdf)

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Graeme Souness was installed as manager in 1991. However, apart from an FA Cup win in his first season, his reign was not successful. After a shock exit from the FA Cup at the hands of Bristol City at Anfield, "Boot room" veteran Roy Evans took over. While his tenure saw some improvement in league form, in his five seasons the club never finished higher than third. Evans' only trophy was the 1995 League Cup. Gérard Houllier, the former French national coach, was drafted into the Liverpool management team for the 1998–99 season to work alongside Roy Evans, but the partnership did not work out and Evans resigned in November 1998.<ref>Modèle:Cite book p227</ref>

Houllier's second full season in sole charge, 2000–01, was Liverpool's most successful season for many years as the team completed a unique Treble of the FA Cup, League Cup and UEFA Cup.<ref> Houllier acclaims Euro triumph

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. Retrieved on 2007-03-24. </ref> They finished second in 2001–02, a season in which Houllier underwent major heart surgery.<ref> Houllier 'satisfactory' after surgery

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. Retrieved on 2007-03-13. </ref> Houllier would only win one more trophy in his time in charge, against a background of growing disquiet amongst Liverpool supporters, Houllier and Liverpool parted by mutual consent at the end of the 2003–04 season.<ref> McNulty , Phil

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Spaniard Rafael Benítez took over and in his first season Liverpool finished a disappointing fifth in the Premier League. The season had a surprising ending, however, as Liverpool won their fifth European Cup final in Istanbul.<ref> AC Milan 3-3 Liverpool (aet)

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. Retrieved on 2007-04-15. </ref> In 2005–06 Liverpool picked up 82 points in the Premiership, their highest points total in the top-flight since 1988. They ended the season by winning the FA Cup in yet another dramatic final, this time against West Ham. Liverpool went on to win the match in a penalty shoot-out. On February 6, 2007, the club's search for investment came to an end when American businessmen George Gillett and Tom Hicks became the owners of Liverpool F.C. in a deal worth £470 million.<ref name="takeover"> US pair agree Liverpool takeover

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. Retrieved on 2007-03-02. </ref> Liverpool finished the season in third place in the Premiership for the second consecutive season. Benitez did guide Liverpool to the 2006–07 UEFA Champions League final on May 23, 2007. Facing AC Milan once again in the final, Liverpool lost 2–1.

Notable players

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In the period before the Second World War several players played for Liverpool for lengthy periods of time, earning themselves great admiration. Among these were Ephraim Longworth, a solid full-back who became Liverpool's first England captain in 1921,<ref name="longworth"/> and Elisha Scott, who played in goal for Liverpool for 22 years, making him the longest serving Liverpool player ever.<ref name="records"> LFC Records

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. Retrieved on 2007-03-09. </ref> In front of goal, of particular note is Gordon Hodgson, who scored a record 17 hat tricks playing for the club in the 1920s and 1930s.<ref name="records"/>

In the 1960s, as Bill Shankly transformed the club into a European power, among the players who established themselves as key elements of Liverpool's success were Ron Yeats, who Shankly famously described as his "colossus",<ref> Ron Yeats: The Colossus

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. Retrieved on 2006-09-12. </ref> and Roger Hunt, who scored 245 league goals (still a club record) as well as being part of England's World Cup winning team in 1966.<ref> Profile of Roger Hunt

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Paisley's additions to the squad were an important factor in Liverpool's success during the 1970s and 1980s. Two Scottish signings of 1977 had a particular impact: Alan Hansen, who was a part of three European Cup winning teams<ref> Profile of Alan Hansen

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. Retrieved on 2006-09-12. </ref>, and Kenny Dalglish, known to fans as 'King Kenny',<ref name="dalglish"/> would excel as a Liverpool player before becoming Liverpool's first Double-winning manager. In 1980 Paisley signed 19-year-old Ian Rush, who progressed to become the club's leading goalscorer.<ref name="records"/>

More recently famous players have emerged from Liverpool's youth set up. In the early-1990s Steve McManaman and Robbie Fowler emerged to play as winger and striker for the club, while later in the decade Michael Owen, current captain Steven Gerrard and vice-captain Jamie Carragher came through the Liverpool Academy.<ref> The Liverpool F.C. Academy in Kirkby

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Colours and crest

Modèle:Football kit box Liverpool's traditional colours are red and white, with the home kit having been all red since the mid 1960s. However, it was not always this way. In the early days, when the club took over Anfield from Everton, they used the Toffees' colours of blue and white, wearing a kit almost identical to that worn by the Everton team of the time. By 1894 Liverpool had adopted the colour of red, and in 1901 the city's liver bird was adopted as the club badge.<ref> LFC Story

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. Retrieved on 2007-03-17. </ref> For the next 60 years Liverpool's kit was red shirts with white shorts (socks alternated over the years from red, to black, to white, and back to red again).

In 1964, then Liverpool manager Bill Shankly decided to send the team out in all red for the first time against Anderlecht, as Ian St. John recalled in his autobiography: Modèle:Cquote

Modèle:Football kit box Liverpool's away colours are traditionally either white shirts and black shorts or all yellow. However, in 1987 an all grey kit was introduced. The away kit was then grey until the centenary season of 1991–92, 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 have settled down in the 2000s into a pattern that alternates yellow with white each year.<ref> Club Colours - Away kit pictures

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. Retrieved on 2007-03-17. </ref> The current away kit is white shirts, black shorts and white socks, all with red trim. There is also a third kit of all black with red and white trim, designed primarily for Champions League away games, but is also used for any domestic games where both red and white would clash.

The current Liverpool badge is based around the traditional liver bird, which is placed inside a shield. Above the shield is a representation of Anfield's Shankly Gates bearing the title of club's famous anthem, "You'll Never Walk Alone". The twin flames at either side are symbolic of the Hillsborough memorial—an eternal flame burns outside Anfield in memory of those who died in the disaster.

Shirt sponsors and manufacturers

The current kits are designed by adidas,<ref> Back on home turf, as adidas returns to Liverpool

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. Retrieved on 2007-03-17. </ref> who also made the club's kits between 1985 and 1996. The only other branded shirts worn by the club were made by Umbro up until 1985, and Reebok for ten seasons from 1996.<ref> History of Liverpool's kits

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Liverpool were the first British professional club to wear a sponsor's logo on their shirts,<ref> The Knowledge - Has a streaker ever scored?

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. Retrieved on 2007-08-16. </ref> agreeing a deal with Hitachi in 1979. In the years since, the club has had relatively little variation in sponsorship deals, linking up with Crown Paints and Candy before signing their current deal with Carlsberg in 1992—a deal which is the longest-standing current agreement in English top-flight football.<ref> Carlsberg press release

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Stadium

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For information on Liverpool's proposed new stadium, see Stanley Park Stadium.

The Anfield stadium was built in 1884 on land adjacent to Stanley Park, and was originally inhabited by Everton.<ref> Where should Everton move? That's easy - to Anfield

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. Retrieved on 2007-03-07. </ref> They left the ground in 1892 over a rent dispute. Anfield's owner, John Houlding, decided to form a new club to play at the ground, which became Liverpool FC.<ref> Anfield

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In 1906, the banked stand at one end of the ground was formally renamed the Spion Kop,<ref> 100 years of the Kop

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. Retrieved on 2007-12-17. </ref> after a hill in Natal that was the site of a battle in the Second Boer War, where over 300 men of the Lancashire Regiment died, many of whom were from Liverpool. Fans that regularly use the Kop are known as Kopites. At its largest, the stand could hold 28,000 spectators, and was one of the largest single tier stands in the world. The stand was considerably reduced in capacity due to safety measures brought in following the 1989 Hillsborough disaster, and it was completely rebuilt as an all seater stand in 1994, although it is still a single tier. The current capacity is 12,390.<ref> capacity of the kop

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The Anfield Road Stand is positioned at the opposite end to the Kop and houses the away-fans section. It is the newest stand at Anfield having been rebuilt in 1998 with a capacity of 9,074. The two side stands are the Main Stand, capacity 12,227, and the Centenary Stand, capacity 11,762. The Main Stand is the oldest part of Anfield, having remained largely untouched since its redevelopment in 1973. It houses the players' changing rooms and the director's box, and the dug-outs are in front of the stand. The Centenary Stand was previously known as the Kemlyn Road Stand until it was rebuilt for the club's centenary in 1992. The redevelopment saw the houses in Kemlyn Road demolished and the address become non-existent. The current overall capacity of the stadium is 45,362 and it is rated as a four Star Stadium in the UEFA Stadia List.<ref name="rothmans">Modèle:Cite book</ref><ref name="4star"> Fussballtempel.net

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On July 30 2004, Liverpool City Council granted the club planning permission to build a new 61,000 seat stadium just Modèle:Formatnum:300 yards (Modèle:Convert/round m) away from Anfield at Stanley Park<ref> Reds stadium gets go-ahead

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. Retrieved on 2006-09-12. </ref> and on September 8 2006 Liverpool City Council agreed to grant Liverpool F.C. a 999-year lease of land on the proposed site.<ref> Liverpool get go-ahead on stadium

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. Retrieved on 2007-03-08. </ref> Following the takeover of the club in February 2007 by George Gillett Jr and Tom Hicks there was a re-design of the proposed stadium. In November 2007 the new design received the green light from the council and construction is due to start in spring 2008.<ref> Jimmy Rice

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. Retrieved on 2007-12-17. </ref> The new stadium is being built by HKS, Inc. and is expected to be completed in 2011.<ref> Liverpool's stadium move granted

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Melwood, in West Derby, Liverpool, is home to Liverpool FC's training ground, it is not attached to The Academy, which is in Kirkby. Melwood is based in the West Derby area of Liverpool and has been their home since the 1950s. The ground previously belonged to St Francis Xavier, a local school. In January 2001 the club started work on the Millennium Pavillion. The Pavilion houses everything needed for the players to undergo everything required at one complex.<ref> Melwood Training

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Club culture

Liverpool have a large and generally loyal fanbase, with virtually all home matches selling out; in 2006–07 Liverpool had the fourth-highest average League attendance for an English club ( 43,561, which was 99.7% of available capacity),<ref> Kempster, Tony

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Please note that some pre-war attendance figures used by this source were estimates and may not be entirely accurate.</ref> Liverpool fans often refer to themselves as "Kopites", which is a reference to the fans who once stood, and now sit, on the Kop at Anfield. 

The song "You'll Never Walk Alone", originally from the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Carousel and famously recorded by Liverpool musicians Gerry & The Pacemakers, is the anthem of Liverpool FC and has been sung by the Anfield crowd since the early-1960s. The song has since gained popularity among the fans of other clubs around the world. Claims that "You'll Never Walk Alone" was first sung by fans at other clubs have been dismissed as very unlikely.<ref> Liverpool or Celtic: who Walked Alone first?

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. Retrieved on 2006-09-12. </ref> The song's title adorns the top of the Shankly Gates, which were unveiled on August 2 1982 in memory of former manager, Bill Shankly. The "You'll Never Walk Alone" portion of the Shankly Gates is also reproduced in the Liverpool FC crest.

Liverpool fans singing "You'll Never Walk Alone" were featured in the Pink Floyd song, "Fearless". Other popular chants include "Fields of Anfield Road" (to the tune of "The Fields of Athenry"), "Poor Scouser Tommy" (first section to the tune of "Red River Valley; second section to the tune of The Sash") and "Liverbird Upon My Chest" (to the tune of "Ballad of the Green Berets").<ref> Liverpool Songs and Chants

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Liverpool's longest standing rivalry is with fellow Merseyside team Everton, against whom they contest the Merseyside derby. This stems from Liverpool's formation after a dispute with Everton officials and the owners of Anfield, which was the ground Everton were using at the time. Religious differences have been cited as a division, though both teams stem from a Methodist origin, undermining the notion of a Catholic–Protestant split.<ref> Why the Everton/Liverpool rivalry isn't religious

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. Retrieved on 2006-08-21. </ref> The Merseyside derby is usually a sell out fixture and tends to be a scrappy affair; it has had more red cards than any other fixture in Premiership history.<ref> Two more red cards in the derby

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Liverpool also have a significant rivalry with north-west neighbours Manchester United. This is mostly due to the success enjoyed by the two clubs and the geographical proximity of the two cities. Liverpool and Manchester United are the two most successful teams in England, both with large international support. Liverpool dominated English football from the mid 1970s through the 1980s with 11 titles in 18 years (also winning four European Cups in the period), while Manchester United dominated the Premier League era from 1992 with eight titles in 11 years to 2003, with one UEFA Champions League.<ref> Why Liverpool and United need each other

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On July 11 2007 it was announced that Liverpool would launch a TV station, LFC TV, on Setanta alongside other Setanta club channels such as Rangers TV and Celtic TV. The station, which launched in September, shows delayed coverage of every Liverpool match as well as archived matches and other features.<ref> Reds to launch new TV channel on Setanta

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Statistics and records

Modèle:Details Liverpool's first competitive game was in the Lancashire League against Higher Walton. The match was won 8–0, with a mostly Scottish team.<ref name="higherwalton"> LFCHistory.net

.    Liverpool v. Higher Walton, 1892, Match Details 

. Retrieved on 2007-03-07. </ref> Ian Callaghan holds Liverpool's appearance record, having made 848 over the course of 19 seasons from 1958–78.<ref name="whoswho">Modèle:Cite book</ref> He also holds the record for League appearances with 640.<ref name="rothmans" /> Of the current squad Jamie Carragher has the most appearances with 474 as of December 2 2007.

Liverpool's all time leading scorer is Ian Rush, who scored 346 goals in two spells at the club from 1980–1987 and 1988–1996.<ref name="whoswho" /> Rush 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.<ref name="rothmans" /> In the 1961–62 season, Hunt scored 41 goals, setting the club record for league goals in a single season.<ref name="rothmans" /> Gordon Hodgson is the club's third highest scorer with 240 goals,<ref name="whoswho" /> and holds the club record of 17 hat tricks.<ref name="tophatricks"> LFCHistory.net

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.    All Hat-tricks in Official Matches 

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Steven Gerrard is Liverpool's all-time leading goalscorer in the European Cup with 19 goals.<ref>http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/match/next/</ref> Liverpool's biggest ever victory was 11–0 against Strømsgodset I.F. in 1974, in which nine of the ten outfield players scored—a Liverpool record.<ref name="rothmans" /> Rotherham Town were the victims of Liverpool's biggest league win, losing 10–1 in 1896.<ref name="rothmans" /> This margin of victory was matched in the modern era, as Crystal Palace were defeated 9–0 at Anfield in 1989.<ref> Liverpool 9 - 0 Crystal Palace

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. Retrieved on 2007-03-08. </ref> Liverpool's heaviest defeats were against Huddersfield Town in 1935 which finished 0–8, and Birmingham City in 1954 which ended 1–9.<ref name="rothmans" /> Liverpool's 8–0 victory on November 6 2007 against Beşiktaş JK in the Champions League is the record win in the competition.

Current squad and staff

As of September 26 2007.<ref name="First Team Players And Staff"> First Team Players And Staff

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First team players

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For recent transfers, see Liverpool F.C. season 2007-08.

Reserves and Academy players

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Technical staff

Managers

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As of December 21, 2007. Only competitive matches are counted.<ref name="managers"> Manager History for Liverpool

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Honours

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Liverpool's tally of 18 Football League championships is a record for English clubs, their nearest challenger being Manchester United with 16.<ref>They have won more Football League titles, European Cups, UEFA Cups, League Cups and European Super Cups than any other English team. Arch-rivals Manchester United hold the records for most FA Cup, Intercontinental Cup and Community Shield trophies, and have also lifted the European Cup Winners' Cup which Liverpool have not.</ref> Liverpool achieved the League and FA Cup "Double" in 1986 and have won two "Trebles". The first Treble of League, League Cup and European Cup was achieved in 1984 and a cup treble was achieved in 2001 comprising the FA Cup, League Cup and UEFA Cup.

Liverpool's total of five European Cups<ref name=EC>Up until 1992, the premier European competition was named the European Cup; since then, it has been the UEFA Champions League.</ref> 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.<ref name="keepEC"> UEFA

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Liverpool's total of three UEFA Cups is an English record, and equal to the overall record, shared with four other clubs. The tallies of seven League Cups and three UEFA Super Cups are also English records.

Domestic

League

• League<ref>Up until 1992, the top division of English football was the Football League First Division; since then, it has been the Premier League.</ref>

Winners (1Image:Cool.gif: 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

Runners-up (11): 1898–89, 1909–10, 1968–69, 1973–74, 1974–75, 1977–78, 1984–85, 1986–87, 1988–89, 1990–91, 2001–02

• Division Two (Level 2)

Winners (3): 1893–94, 1895–96, 1904–05, 1961–62

• Lancashire League

Winners (1): 1892–93

Cups

• FA Cup

Winners (7): 1965, 1974, 1986, 1989, 1992, 2001, 2006

Runners-up (6): 1914, 1950, 1971, 1977, 1988, 1996

• League Cup

Winners (7): 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1995, 2001, 2003

Runners-up (3): 1978, 1987, 2005

• Community Shield<ref>The trophy was known as the Charity Shield until 2002, and as the Community Shield since then.</ref>

Winners (15):1964 (shared), 1965 (shared), 1966, 1974, 1976, 1977 (shared), 1979, 1980, 1982, 1986 (shared), 1988, 1989, 1990 (shared), 2001, 2006

Runners-up (6): 1922, 1971, 1983, 1984, 1992, 2002

• Screen Sport Super Cup<ref>Introduced after English teams were banned from playing in European competitions</ref>

Winners (1): 1986

European

• European Cup and UEFA Champions League<ref name=EC>Up until 1992, the premier European competition was named the European Cup; since then, it has been the UEFA Champions League.</ref>

Winners (5): 1977, 1978, 1981, 1984, 2005

Runners-up (2): 1985, 2007

• UEFA Cup

Winners (3): 1973, 1976, 2001

• UEFA Super Cup

Winners (3): 1977, 2001, 2005

Runners-up (2): 1978, 1984

• UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

Runners-up (1): 1966

Footnotes

References

• Modèle:Cite book
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External links

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• Liverpool F.C. Official Website
• Official page for Liverpool Echo and Daily Post stories covering Liverpool F.C.
• LFCHistory.net – Articles and statistics relating to Liverpool F.C.

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