Liverpool F.C.

Liverpool

Full name	Liverpool Football Club
Nickname	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
Home colours 　 Away colours

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.

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. However, it is looking incresingly likely that the stadium will be shared with local rivals Everton F.C.. 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. The Reds 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 and 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] (http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/match_of_the_day/3135723.stm).

Current Squad

As of 2004
1.		Jerzy Dudek
2.		Stephane Henchoz
3.		Steve Finnan
4.		Sami Hyypiä
5.		Milan Baros
6.		John Arne Riise
7.		Harry Kewell
8.		Steven Gerrard
9.		Djibril Cisse
10.		Sanz Luis Garcia
11.		Vladimir Smicer
12.		Antonio Nunez
14.		Xabi Alonso
15.		Salif Diao
16.		Dietmar Hamann
17.		Josemi
19.		El Hadji Diouf
21.		Djimi Traore
22.		Chris Kirkland
23.		Jamie Carragher
24.		Florent Sinama-Pongolle
25.		Igor Biscan
26.		Richie Partridge
28.		Stephen Warnock
29.		Patrice Luzi
32.		John Welsh
33.		Neil Mellor
34.		Darren Potter
37.		Zak Whitbread
40.		Paul Harrison

Players loaned out

	Anthony Le Tallec	(Association Sportive de Saint-Étienne)
	Gregory Vignal	(Rangers F.C.)
	Bruno Cheyrou	(Olympique de Marseille)
	Carl Medjani	(L'Orient)
	Alou Diarra	(RC Lens)
	El Hadji Diouf	(Bolton Wanderers F.C.)
	Jon Otsemobor	(Crewe Alexandra F.C.)

Staff

Stars

1890s: Harry Bradshaw - Raby Howell - Joe McQue - Malcolm McVean - Alex Raisbeck

1900s: Ted Doig - Arthur Goddard - Sam Hardy - Jack Parkinson - Sam Raybould

1910s: Tom Bromilow - Harry Chambers - Dick Forshaw - Bill Lacey - Ephraim Longworth - Donald McKinlay - Elisha Scott

1920s: Gordon Hodgson - Fred Hopkin - James Jackson

1930s: Jack Balmer - Ernest Blenkinsop - Matt Busby - Tom Cooper - Willie Fagan - Alf Hanson - Berry Nieuwenhuys - Phil Taylor

1940s: Cyril Done - Laurie Hughes - Bill Jones - Ray Lambert - Billy Liddell - Bob Paisley - Jimmy Payne - Cyril Sidlow - Eddie Spicer - Albert Stubbins

1950s: Alan A'Court - Alan Arnell - Gerry Byrne - Bobby Campbell - Dave Hickson - Roger Hunt - Tommy Leishman - Jimmy Melia - Ronnie Moran - Bert Slater - Geoff Twentyman - Dick White - Johnny Wheeler - Tommy Younger

1960s: Alf Arrowsmith - Phil Boersma - Ian Callaghan - Ray Clemence - Alun Evans - Phil Ferns - Jim Furnell - Bobby Graham - Brian Hall - Tony Hateley - Emlyn Hughes - Chris Lawler - Tommy Lawrence - Kevin Lewis - Alec Lindsay - Doug Livermore - Larry Lloyd - Gordon Milne - John McLaughlin - Ian Ross - Tommy Smith - Willie Stevenson - Ian St. John - Geoff Strong - Peter Thompson - Peter Wall - Gordon Wallace - Ron Yeats

1970s: Jimmy Case - Avi Cohen - Peter Cormack - Kenny Dalglish - Roy Evans - David Fairclough - Alan Hansen - Steve Heighway - Colin Irwin - David Johnson - Joey Jones - Kevin Keegan - Brian Kettle - Alan Kennedy - Ray Kennedy - Sammy Lee - Terry McDermott - Phil Neal - Steve Ogrizovic - Trevor Storton - Graeme Souness - Phil Thompson - John Toshack - Alan Waddle

1980s: Gary Ablett - John Aldridge - John Barnes - Peter Beardsley - Jim Beglin - Dave Burrows - Howard Gayle - Gary Gillespie - Bruce Grobbelaar - David Hodgson - Mike Hooper - Ray Houghton - Glenn Hysen - Craig Johnston - Mark Lawrenson - Kevin MacDonald - Mike Marsh - Steve McMahon - Jan Molby - Steve Nicol - Michael Robinson - Ian Rush - Nigel Spackman - Steve Staunton - Barry Venison - Paul Walsh - John Wark - Ronnie Whelan

1990s: Phil Babb - Stig Inge Bjornebye - Titi Camara - Nigel Clough - Stan Collymore - Julian Dicks - Robbie Fowler - Brad Friedel - Don Hutchison - David James - Rob Jones - Bjorn Tore Kvarme - Oyvind Leonhardsen - Dominic Matteo - Jason McAteer - Steve McManaman - Jamie Redknapp - Karlheinz Riedle - Ronnie Rosenthal - Neil Ruddock - Dean Saunders - John Scales - Paul Stewart - Michael Thomas - David Thompson - Mark Walters - Sander Westerveld - Mark Wright

2000s: Nicolas Anelka - Gary McAllister - Christian Ziege - Nick Barmby - Stephen Wright - Jari Litmanen - Patrik Berger - Michael Owen - Steven Gerrard - Milan Baros - Chris Kirkland - Sami Hyypia - Dietmar Hamann - Danny Murphy-

Managers

Statistics

League appearances

All competitions appearances

League scorers

Overall scorers

League scorers by seasons

See also

• English Football League teams

External links

• Official Liverpool F.C. site (http://www.liverpoolfc.tv)

Unofficial

• YNWA.TV (http://www.ynwa.tv)
• Anfield Online (http://www.anfield-online.co.uk)
• LFC Online (http://www.lfconline.com)
• Liverpool Way (http://www.liverpoolway.co.uk)
• Liverweb (http://www.liverweb.org.uk)
• Red and White Kop (http://www.redandwhitekop.com)
• Red All Over The Land (http://www.raotl.co.uk)
• Shankly Gates (http://www.shanklygates.co.uk)
• The Kop's Last Stand (http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/liverpoollife/exhibitions/thekopslaststand)
• This Is Anfield (http://www.thisisanfield.com)
• You'll Never Walk Alone.tv (http://www.ynwa.tv)
• Liverpool.no (http://www.liverpool.no) (in Norwegian)

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