Liverpool FC
Liverpool FC | ||||
Basic data | ||||
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Surname | Liverpool Football Club | |||
Seat | Liverpool , England | |||
founding | June 3, 1892 | |||
Colours | red | |||
owner | Fenway Sports Group | |||
Board | Tom Werner | |||
Website | liverpoolfc.com | |||
First soccer team | ||||
Head coach | Jürgen Klopp | |||
Venue | Anfield | |||
Places | 53,394 | |||
league | Premier League | |||
2019/20 | 1st place | |||
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The Liverpool FC (officially: Liverpool Football Club ) - also known as The Reds ( English for The Reds ) - is established in 1892 football club from Liverpool . With 19 championship titles (most recently in 2020 ), Liverpool FC is one of the most successful clubs in England, and has also won the FA Cup seven times and the League Cup eight times . At European level, the club six times won the European Champion Clubs' Cup and the UEFA Champions League three times and the UEFA Cup . In 2019 Liverpool FC won the FIFA Club World Cup for the first time .
Liverpool FC has played at Anfield Stadium since it was founded . The club has a large and loyal fan base. Its supporters have been embroiled in two major disasters in European football: in 1985 Liverpool supporters caused a mass panic in the Heysel disaster that killed 39 Juventus fans, and 96 Liverpool supporters died in 1989 in the Hillsborough disaster in Sheffield the police and law enforcement officers made serious mistakes.
Liverpool FC has long had rivalries with neighboring Everton FC ( Merseyside Derby ) and with the similarly successful Manchester United ( rivalry between Manchester United and Liverpool FC ).
history
Seasons since 1893 | ||||
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season | space | Points | Gates | annotation |
1893/94 | 1st place | 50:06 | 77:18 | Second Division |
1894/95 | 16th place | 22:38 | 51:70 | |
1895/96 | 1st place | 46:14 | 106: 32 | Second Division |
1896/97 | 5th place | 33:27 | 46:38 | |
1897/98 | 9th place | 28:32 | 48:45 | |
1898/99 | 2nd place | 43:25 | 49:33 | |
1899/00 | 10th place | 33:35 | 49:45 | |
1900/01 | 1st place | 45:23 | 59:35 | |
1901/02 | 11th place | 32:36 | 42:38 | |
1902/03 | 5th place | 38:30 | 68:49 | |
1903/04 | 17th place | 26:42 | 49:62 | |
1904/05 | 1st place | 58:10 | 93:25 | Second Division |
1905/06 | 1st place | 51:25 | 79:46 | |
1906/07 | 15th place | 33:43 | 64:65 | |
1907/08 | 8th place | 38:38 | 68:61 | |
1908/09 | 16th place | 36:40 | 57:65 | |
1909/10 | 2nd place | 48:28 | 78:57 | Second Division |
1910/11 | 13th place | 37:39 | 53:53 | |
1911/12 | 17th place | 34:42 | 46:54 | |
1912/13 | 12th place | 37:39 | 61:71 | |
1913/14 | 16th place | 35:41 | 46:62 | |
1914/15 | 13th place | 37:39 | 65:75 | |
1916-1919 | No gaming operations because of the First World War | |||
1919/20 | 4th Place | 48:36 | 59:44 | |
1920/21 | 4th Place | 51:33 | 63:35 | |
1921/22 | 1st place | 57:27 | 63:36 | |
1922/23 | 1st place | 60:24 | 70:31 | |
1923/24 | 12th place | 41:43 | 49:48 | |
1924/25 | 4th Place | 50:34 | 63:55 | |
1925/26 | 7th place | 44:40 | 70:63 | |
1926/27 | 9th place | 43:41 | 69:61 | |
1927/28 | 16th place | 39:45 | 84:87 | |
1928/29 | 5th place | 46:38 | 90:64 | |
1929/30 | 12th place | 41:43 | 63:79 | |
1930/31 | 9th place | 42:42 | 86:85 | |
1931/32 | 10th place | 44:40 | 81:93 | |
1932/33 | 14th place | 39:45 | 79:84 | |
1933/34 | 18th place | 38:46 | 79:87 | |
1934/35 | 7th place | 45:39 | 85:88 | |
1935/36 | 19th place | 38:46 | 60:64 | |
1936/37 | 18th place | 35:49 | 62:84 | |
1937/38 | 11th place | 41:43 | 65:71 | |
1938/39 | 11th place | 42:42 | 62:63 | |
1939-1946 | No gaming operations because of the Second World War | |||
1946/47 | 1st place | 57:27 | 84:52 | |
1947/48 | 11th place | 42:42 | 65:61 | |
1948/49 | 12th place | 40:44 | 53:43 | |
1949/50 | 8th place | 48:36 | 64:54 | |
1950/51 | 9th place | 43:41 | 53:59 | |
1951/52 | 11th place | 43:41 | 57:61 | |
1952/53 | 17th place | 36:48 | 61:82 | |
1953/54 | 22nd place | 28:56 | 68:97 | |
1954/55 | 8th place | 42:42 | 73:82 | Second Division |
1955/56 | 3rd place | 48:36 | 85:63 | Second Division |
1956/57 | 3rd place | 53:31 | 82:54 | Second Division |
1957/58 | 4th Place | 54:30 | 79:54 | Second Division |
1958/59 | 4th Place | 53:31 | 87:62 | Second Division |
1959/60 | 3rd place | 50:34 | 90:66 | Second Division |
1960/61 | 3rd place | 59:25 | 100: 55 | Second Division |
1961/62 | 1st place | 62:22 | 99:43 | Second Division |
1962/63 | 8th place | 44:40 | 71:59 | |
1963/64 | 1st place | 57:27 | 92:45 | |
1964/65 | 7th place | 44:40 | 67:73 | |
1965/66 | 1st place | 61:23 | 79:34 | |
1966/67 | 5th place | 51:33 | 64:47 | |
1967/68 | 3rd place | 55:29 | 71:40 | |
1968/69 | 2nd place | 61:23 | 63:24 | |
1969/70 | 5th place | 51:33 | 65:42 | |
1970/71 | 5th place | 51:33 | 42:24 | |
1971/72 | 3rd place | 57:27 | 64:30 | |
1972/73 | 1st place | 60:24 | 72:42 | |
1973/74 | 2nd place | 57:27 | 52:31 | |
1974/75 | 2nd place | 51:33 | 60:39 | |
1975/76 | 1st place | 60:24 | 66:31 | |
1976/77 | 1st place | 57:27 | 62:33 | |
1977/78 | 2nd place | 57:27 | 65:34 | |
1978/79 | 1st place | 68:16 | 85:16 | |
1979/80 | 1st place | 60:24 | 81:30 | |
1980/81 | 5th place | 51:33 | 62:42 | |
1981/82 | 1st place | 87 | 80:32 | |
1982/83 | 1st place | 82 | 87:37 | |
1983/84 | 1st place | 80 | 73:32 | |
1984/85 | 2nd place | 77 | 68:35 | |
1985/86 | 1st place | 88 | 89:37 | |
1986/87 | 2nd place | 77 | 72:42 | |
1987/88 | 1st place | 90 | 87:24 | |
1988/89 | 2nd place | 76 | 65:28 | |
1989/90 | 1st place | 79 | 78:37 | |
1990/91 | 2nd place | 76 | 77:40 | |
1991/92 | 6th place | 64 | 47:40 | |
1992/93 | 6th place | 59 | 62:55 | |
1993/94 | 8th place | 60 | 59:55 | |
1994/95 | 4th Place | 74 | 65:37 | |
1995/96 | 3rd place | 71 | 70:34 | |
1996/97 | 4th Place | 68 | 62:37 | |
1997/98 | 3rd place | 65 | 68:42 | |
1998/99 | 7th place | 54 | 68:49 | |
1999/00 | 4th Place | 67 | 51:30 | |
2000/01 | 3rd place | 69 | 71:39 | |
2001/02 | 2nd place | 80 | 67:30 | |
2002/03 | 5th place | 64 | 61:41 | |
2003/04 | 4th Place | 60 | 55:37 | |
2004/05 | 5th place | 58 | 52:41 | |
2005/06 | 3rd place | 82 | 57:25 | |
2006/07 | 3rd place | 68 | 57:27 | |
2007/08 | 4th Place | 76 | 67:28 | |
2008/09 | 2nd place | 86 | 77:27 | |
2009/10 | 7th place | 63 | 61:35 | |
2010/11 | 6th place | 58 | 59:44 | |
2011/12 | 8th place | 52 | 47:40 | |
2012/13 | 7th place | 61 | 71:43 | |
2013/14 | 2nd place | 84 | 101: 50 | |
2014/15 | 6th place | 62 | 52:48 | |
2015/16 | 8th place | 60 | 63:50 | |
2016/17 | 4th Place | 76 | 78:42 | |
2017/18 | 4th Place | 75 | 84:38 | |
2018/19 | 2nd place | 97 | 89:22 | |
2019/20 | 1st place | 99 | 85:33 |
founding
The establishment of Liverpool FC is closely related to local rivals Everton FC and the decisions of a wealthy brewery owner named John Houlding. He leased Everton on Anfield Road, on which the football club could henceforth play its home games. In 1892, Houlding increased the rent for the site by two and a half times, which caused unrest among the club members. They decided to leave Anfield Road and buy a nearby site at the other end of Stanley Park and build Goodison Park there, where they played their home games from then on. Houlding then founded the club Liverpool, which should play in Anfield. The team wore blue and white jerseys in the early years, which only changed in 1896 when new coach Tom Watson changed the jersey color to red and white.
From 1892
John McKenna has been named the first manager of the new Liverpool FC. Since the club had a place but no team available, McKenna went to Scotland to recruit 13 Scottish players. The new club's first game played Liverpool against Rotherham Town and won 7-1.
After the Football League refused to accept Liverpool, the team started in the Lancashire League . The club won the league and was included in the Football League together with Woolwich Arsenal for the following season . As a newcomer, Liverpool started in the Second Division , which they won promptly without defeat and thus rose to the former First Division in 1894 , where they met Everton FC for the first time in the league.
The first season in the major division ended sobering when Liverpool FC finished the season bottom of the table and relegated back to the Second Division. Everton, however, was runner-up.
In the following year Liverpool prevailed extremely tightly against the tied Manchester City and rose again. From then on, Liverpool FC was able to assert itself in the first English league and became English champions for the first time in 1901. After another crash, they were able to win the second English title in 1906 as a promoted second division. At the beginning of this season, Everton had been the big favorite for the English title, Liverpool were thought to have chances of winning the FA Cup for the first time. But things turned out differently and in the end Liverpool won the championship, Everton FC the FA Cup. This is one of the records of the clubs on Merseyside. These two teams from the same city have won the double three times, once again with Manchester United and Manchester City and another time with Arsenal FC and Tottenham Hotspur .
Until the 1960s
Liverpool had finally established themselves in the major league after winning the second title, without being particularly noticeable in the following years. Until the outbreak of World War I , the Reds played a mediocre role in the first division, but reached the FA Cup final for the first time in 1914 . In 1915, Liverpool was involved in the first British soccer scandal, which among other things led to the exclusion of four players from Liverpool FC (the exclusion was withdrawn in 1919).
The great successes of Liverpool after promotion - as in 1906 - or after resumption of gaming after the world wars are striking. After the First World War, Liverpool was first twice fourth before winning the next two championship titles in 1922 and 1923. Immediately after the Second World War , Liverpool FC immediately won their fifth and in the second year after the rise (1962) their sixth title.
Since then, the Reds have played first-class without interruption, scored twelve other national championship titles and ended a season worse than fifth only five times. Coach in the 1960s was Bill Shankly , who turned the club into a top English team and once said: Some people think football is a life-and-death struggle. I do not like this configuration. I assure you that it is much more serious! The collective was at the forefront of his philosophy. Discipline, fighting spirit and identification with the club were important.
Liverpool conquers Europe
The most successful years in Liverpool club history were those from 1964 to 1985, mostly under the direction of Bob Paisley , whose ideas of a successful game basically went hand in hand with those of Bill Shankly . Famous players of the time, during which Liverpool fans also gained their legendary reputation in the standing room The Kop , included Mark Lawrenson , Graeme Souness , Ian Callaghan , Phil Neal , Kevin Keegan , John Toshack , Kenny Dalglish and Ian Rush .
The association's connection with the song You'll Never Walk Alone in the cover version of the Liverpool band Gerry & the Pacemakers also dates from this time . According to legend, the sound system of the stadium on Anfield Road failed before a game, exactly while this song was playing and The Kop continued to sing it a cappella without further ado.
Internationally, Liverpool drew attention to itself for the first time in the European Cup in 1964/65 . This season there was also a coin toss from Rotterdam , thanks to which the Liverpoolers prevailed against 1. FC Köln in the quarter-finals. In the semi-finals, however, they failed to Inter Milan . In the national competition, the Reds won the championship eleven times in 18 playing years. A triumphant advance that spread across Europe from 1973 with the victory over Borussia Mönchengladbach .
Ironically, that German club was left behind again in Rome in 1977 when Liverpool won the national championship / Champions League cup for the first time . Further successes followed in 1978 against Club Bruges , 1981 against Real Madrid , AS Roma in 1984 and AC Milan in 2005.
The friendship with Borussia Mönchengladbach, which dates back to those times when the two teams met regularly in international games, still exists today. Borussia fans travel to Liverpool at regular intervals to watch the Reds' games on site. Conversely, fans from Liverpool still use a visit to Mönchengladbach today to demonstrate the mutual friendship between both clubs.
Heysel and Hillsborough: The End
At the height of dominance across Europe, the success story came to an abrupt end on May 29, 1985. When, before the national championship cup final against Juventus Turin in the Heysel Stadium in Brussels, their own fans stormed the block of Juventus supporters after mutual provocations and 39 people died in the spreading mass panic (→ Heysel disaster ), Liverpool won for Excluded from international competitions for seven years.
Liverpool was also hit by another disaster . For the semi-final in the 1988-89 FA Cup against Nottingham Forest which thousands of fans were much sold too many tickets, more in the block in the Hillsborough Stadium from Sheffield arrived, were admitted than there. Because of the increasing tightness in the stadium, Liverpool fans tried desperately to free themselves from the tightness. The exit, which consisted of a single tunnel, was soon completely blocked, which is why fans tried to get onto the field. By trying to push the fans back, the policemen in the stadium significantly aggravated the danger. In the end, 96 Liverpool fans had died.
The tragedy brought unprecedented sympathy in Liverpool. Flowers and scarves were laid at the gate in front of the Kop at Anfield and in the penalty area, and the Evertonians also showed their sympathy. The English tabloid with the highest circulation, The Sun, earned a particular shame for its false reporting on fan behavior (e.g. pickpocketing from the victims, urinating on police officers and corpses) and is therefore still widely used in Liverpool to this day, despite an official apology in 2012 Boycotted the public, and in particular by the relatives of the Hillsborough victims.
After this tragedy, You'll Never Walk Alone was included in the club's coat of arms, as were the two torches in honor of the deceased. There is a memorial plaque for the deceased on Anfield Road and there is also an organization that looks after the bereaved.
The way back to the top of Europe and the Hicks / Gillett era
Liverpool were in one of the most difficult periods in the club's history in the 1990s and around the turn of the millennium and also lost ground in the English league. After the last English championship (1990), despite top-class individual players (including Paul Ince , Steve McManaman , Robbie Fowler , Michael Owen and Jamie Redknapp ), only two trophies were won, the FA Cup (1992) and the League Cup (1995). During this period, Fowler, Redknapp and Stan Collymore in particular stood out for their hedonistic lifestyle, which is why they were referred to as "Spice Boys" based on the popular girl group Spice Girls . The lost FA Cup final against Manchester United in 1996 is often cited as a negative example, in which the Liverpool players wore bright white Armani suits, which was interpreted as "childish and tasteless". The series of defeats could only be ended on May 16, 2001 in the UEFA Cup final in Dortmund , when the Reds celebrated another great success at European level with a 5-4 win over Deportivo Alavés .
After Rafael Benìtez took over as coach at Liverpool FC, there were signs of improvement internationally. In his first year he reached the final of the 2004/05 UEFA Champions League in Istanbul with Liverpool - including victories against Juventus Turin (quarter-finals, 2-1, 0-0) and English rivals FC Chelsea (0-0, 1: 0). The Liverpudlians won the final after a sensational race to catch up (0: 3 after 45, 3: 3 after 90 and 120 minutes) on penalties with 6: 5 against AC Milan . In the 2004/05 Premier League season, however, Liverpool was only fifth, 35 points behind English champions Chelsea FC. Due to a last-minute rule change by UEFA , Liverpool were still allowed to participate in the Champions League in the 2005/06 season after three qualifying rounds had been overcome, but were defeated as winners of Group G (with Chelsea FC, Betis Sevilla and RSC Anderlecht ) in the round of 16 the Portuguese champions Benfica Lisbon with 0: 1 and 0: 2. Nevertheless, Liverpool could book a title win by winning the English Cup.
In 2006 Liverpool won the Charity Shield for the 15th time . They beat rivals Chelsea 2-1.
In February 2007, Liverpool FC was bought by US businessmen George Gillett and Tom Hicks . The total was £ 470 million (€ 714 million). The association hoped to celebrate successes again on a national level. Sheikh Muhammad bin Raschid Al Maktum , the head of state of Dubai , was also interested in the purchase .
In the last sixteen of the Champions League, Liverpool defeated defending champions FC Barcelona in 2007. After a 2-1 away win, the team lost 1-0 at home and advanced one round due to the more away goals they scored. In the quarter-finals, Liverpool prevailed against PSV Eindhoven with a 3-0 away win in the first leg and a 1-0 at home in the second leg . In the semi-finals, Liverpool met league rivals Chelsea . After both teams won their home game 1-0, there was a goalless extra time and a penalty shoot-out. Liverpool prevailed there with 4-1 goals and thus played the final of the 2006/07 Champions League season on May 23 in Athens. Like two years before, the final opponent was AC Milan . In 2007, however, Liverpool lost 2-1 to their Italian rivals. Filippo Inzaghi scored both goals for the Milanese . The goal for Liverpool FC by Dirk Kuyt came too late.
On November 6, 2007, Liverpool defeated Turkish club Beşiktaş 8-0 in the preliminary round of the Champions League , which means the highest victory in the history of the competition. In the further course of the 2007/08 Champions League season, the Reds were only subject to Chelsea in the semi-finals after extra time, after they had previously managed to eliminate Arsenal .
In the 2008/09 season it was again Chelsea that threw the "Reds" out of the Champions League. After a 1: 3 home defeat, the team at Stamford Bridge could only achieve a 4: 4. In the league, Liverpool finished second after the best season in a long time with only two defeats, but eleven draws.
In September 2009, Liverpool found a new shirt sponsor with the financial company Standard Chartered Bank . The contract initially ran from July 2010 to the end of the 2013/14 season and brought the club a record total of 90 million euros. In 2013 and 2015, the contract was extended ahead of time and currently runs until May 30, 2019. Standard Chartered Bank thus replaced the 18-year-old shirt sponsor Carlsberg . In the last home game, in which Carlsberg was supposed to decorate the chest of the "Reds", they came up with a Chinese Carlsberg logo. Thus alluded to the fact that Liverpool is the only city in the UK is that at the Expo 2010 in Shanghai was represented. Shanghai and Liverpool are also twin cities.
From a sporting point of view, the Liverpudlians could never really get started in the 2009/10 season. In the group stage of the Champions League, the team finished third behind ACF Florence and Olympique Lyon and had to continue the season in the UEFA Europa League . There the "Reds" made it to the semi-finals, where the team was ultimately eliminated against Atlético Madrid due to the away goals rule . In the league, too, things didn't go particularly well for Liverpool. After the team had been counted among the title contenders before the start of the season, it was clear early in the season that the team would no longer have anything to do with the championship. In the end, after one of the worst seasons in a long time, they were only seventh. Due to the fact that Portsmouth FC did not receive a license for international match operations from UEFA due to bankruptcy, the “Reds” nevertheless qualified for the UEFA Europa League. On the final day of the season, Rafael Benítez made history by replacing Jack Robinson, the youngest player to ever play for Liverpool. Robinson was 16 years and 250 days old at the time.
After speculation about a change at the helm of Liverpool FC had previously been in the English media, the club announced on its website on April 16, 2010 that Martin Broughton would become the club's new president. In an interview on the club's homepage, he announced that the owners have the intention to sell the club. Broughton was tasked with managing sales. He is the CEO of British Airways and is an avowed fan of Chelsea.
Behind the top 4 and runner-up in 2014
On June 3, 2010, the separation from Rafael Benítez was announced on the website. A few weeks later, Roy Hodgson was presented as the new coach. In early August, many British media reported that the Chinese businessman Kenny Huang was seriously interested in buying the club. On August 20, 2010, Huang said that the negotiations would be withdrawn. In October 2010, Liverpool FC's board of directors approved the sale to New England Sports Ventures (NESV). The two owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett were outvoted in this meeting, whereupon a legal battle over the sale of the club broke out. On October 15, the sale to NESV was validated by courts in London, Dallas and New York , at a price of £ 300 million.
While the sale of the club, which the fans had longed for, was finally completed, things did not go according to plan at all. The goal set before the season of qualifying for the Champions League was never realistic under Roy Hodgson . After a 3-1 defeat by Blackburn Rovers , Hodgson was released on January 7, 2011. At that point, Liverpool had played 20 games, nine of which were lost, and the club found themselves in 13th place. The club legend Kenny Dalglish was then presented as interim coach until the end of the season. There was also a lot going on in the transfer market for the 18-time English champions in January 2011. Ryan Babel was transferred to TSG 1899 Hoffenheim , Fernando Torres was sold to Chelsea FC for around EUR 58.3 million after a transfer request . Luis Suárez and England international Andy Carroll were brought in to replace them . Although the first game under Dalglish was lost, Liverpool FC won four games in a row after a draw in the Merseyside Derby . While Carroll often struggled with injuries in the spring, Suárez made a large contribution to Liverpool's comeback with four goals and numerous assists . Ultimately, the club reached sixth place in the table after a strong final phase and thus only just missed entry into the Europa League. The owners of the club did not miss the fact that the Reds under Dalglish found their way back to their old strength. As a result, Dalglish was offered a three-year contract, which he signed on May 12, 2011.
In the summer of Jordan Henderson , Sebastián Coates , Craig Bellamy , Stewart Downing , Charlie Adam and José Enrique, other players were signed. At the same time, some less successful players were given up. The reorganization of the team was not very successful despite significant transfer expenses: Eighth place in the 2011/12 championship meant the worst performance since the 1993/94 season. In addition to the controversial decision in the FA Cup final not to give a goal from club record transfer striker Andy Carroll, it was symptomatic of the season that Liverpool were the team with the most post and crossbar hits in Europe's top leagues. The League Cup was the only title the Reds could win in the 2011/12 season. As a result, club legend Kenny Dalglish had to leave the club after a year and a half.
For the 2012/13 season , Brendan Rodgers, previously employed by Swansea City , took over the team. This occupied in its first season the 7th place in the table, whereby the participation in the Europa League was achieved. The 2013/14 season was much more successful for Liverpool FC. The team played for the title for a long time and could have made it clear against Chelsea on matchday 36 . After a 2-0 home defeat, Manchester City became champions. Liverpool FC finished runner-up and qualified for the Champions League for the first time in five years . The top scorer was Luis Suárez with 31 goals; his strike partner Daniel Sturridge scored 22 hits.
In the 2014/15 season , the team was unable to match the previous year's performance. The top scorer Suárez moved to FC Barcelona before the start of the season . The season ended in 6th place. In the Champions League you failed in the group phase, in which you finished third and thus had to continue playing in the knockout phase of the Europa League. There the team failed in the round of 32 to Beşiktaş Istanbul .
The Klopp era
2015–2018: Lost finals in the European and Champions League
For the 2015/16 season , club legend Steven Gerrard left the club for the Los Angeles Galaxy after a total of 26 years . After the 8th matchday Brendan Rodgers was sacked after a 1-1 draw in the Merseyside Derby against Everton . At this point the team was 10th in the table with 12 points. Jürgen Klopp , who had been on a break from the start of the season after seven years at Borussia Dortmund, was signed as his successor . In Klopp's premier season he made it into the final of the Europa League , which was lost 3-1 to FC Sevilla at St. Jakob-Park . In the league, they narrowly missed qualifying for the Europa League 2016/2017 with two points behind . In the FA Cup , the round of 16 was missed after a 2-1 loss to West Ham United.
The 2016/17 season began with a 4-3 away win at Arsenal . Even the Chelsea could be beaten in London on Matchday 5. Previously, the reigning champions Leicester City and Spurs were already defeated. After the 11th matchday, Liverpool were at the top of the league for the first time since May 2014. The season ended with fourth place in the table and the associated qualification for the play-offs of the 2017/18 UEFA Champions League .
In the 2017/18 season , the club reached the UEFA Champions League final for the first time in eleven years, losing 3-1 to Real Madrid. In the FA Cup, the Reds were eliminated in the fourth main round against West Bromwich Albion , while they finished the Premier League in fourth place, which meant that they were also qualified for the following Champions League season.
2018/19: Champions League triumph and runner-up with 97 points
The first half of the 2018/19 season was the only one without a defeat and with only 7 goals conceded. On the 21st matchday, the reigning champions Manchester City suffered the first defeat of the season with a 2-1 defeat, which should also remain the only defeat in the English championship. A few days later, the Reds were eliminated in the third main round of the FA Cup against newly promoted Wolverhampton Wanderers . In the title race against rivals Manchester City, Liverpool were only narrowly defeated. The last matchday on May 12, 2019 brought Liverpool FC, just one point behind Manchester City (98 to 97 points in the final table), the runner-up in the Premier League. With 97 points, Liverpool scored more points in the season than any English champion before, with the exception of Manchester City (2018: 100 points, 2019: 98 points). The Reds of the 2018/19 season were not only the best Liverpool team, but also the best runner-up in England to date, which means Klopp's team wrote a piece of English football history even without the long-awaited league title. On top of that, goalkeeper Alisson received the “Golden Glove Award” for most clean sheets (21) and Sadio Mané and Mohamed Salah together with Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang from Arsenal received the “Golden Boot Award” for the most goals scored (all three each 22 goals). In the UEFA Champions League , Liverpool faced Paris Saint-Germain , SSC Napoli and Red Star Belgrade in the group stage . After three defeats and two wins, the Reds had to win in the last game at home Anfield against SSC Napoli to reach the round of 16; Liverpool FC won 1-0, with goalkeeper Alisson thwarting a goal by the Neapolitans through Arkadiusz Milik shortly before the end of the game . In the knockout rounds they switched to FC Bayern Munich (0: 0/3: 1), FC Porto (2: 0/4: 1) and FC Barcelona (4: 0 second leg win in Anfield after a 0: 3 -Loss in the Camp Nou ). On June 1, 2019, Liverpool FC won the final at the Wanda Metropolitano in Madrid 2-0 against Tottenham Hotspur and thus won the second Champions League title after 2005. Including the European Cup, this was already the sixth triumph for the team , which allowed the club to take third place in the all-time ranking, ahead of FC Bayern Munich.
2019/20: First championship title in 30 years
In the 2019/20 season , Liverpool FC escaped the competition in the league. It was only on the 28th matchday that Klopp's team, which had previously only left points after a draw on the 9th matchday at Manchester United , suffered the first defeat of the season at the relegation candidate FC Watford with a 3-0 defeat, which meant the first defeat after 44 games. With 18 wins in a row, Liverpool shared the record with Manchester City (2017). In March, the season had to be interrupted due to the COVID-19 pandemic . After playing 29 games, Liverpool were at the top of the table with 82 points, while the runner-up Manchester City was one game less than 25 points behind the Reds. After the game was resumed in mid-June with ghost games, Liverpool FC became English champions for the 19th time on matchday 31 - 7 game days before the end of the season - which was the earliest championship in Premier League history (previously Manchester United 2001 and Manchester City 2018 5 match days before the end of the season). It was the first championship since 1990 and the first since the Premier League was introduced. Liverpool FC finally closed the season after 32 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats with 99 points, just missing out on Manchester City's point record (100 points) from the 2017/18 season.
In the Champions League, Liverpool lost to Atlético Madrid in the round of 16 just before the season break . The team had previously been eliminated in the FA Cup (5th round) and League Cup (quarter-finals), with the focus clearly on the championship and Champions League. In December, for example, the quarter-finals of the League Cup took place at the same time as the FIFA Club World Cup 2019 , which Liverpool won in the final against Flamengo Rio de Janeiro , so that the U23 team was essentially the U23 team in the 5-0 defeat against Aston Villa took over, which was supervised by her trainer Neil Critchley . Liverpool FC repeated this in February in the fourth round of the FA Cup in the replay against Shrewsbury Town , as the professional squad and coaching team were on vacation after the Premier League first introduced a staggered winter break. In the 1-0 win against the third division , the average age was 19 years and 102 days, which was the youngest team in the club's history.
staff
Current squad 2020/21
- As of August 26, 2020
No. | Nat. | Surname | birthday | in the team since | ||
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1 | Alisson Becker | Oct 2, 1992 | 2018 | |||
13 | Adrian | Jan. 3, 1987 | 2019 | |||
62 | Caoimhin Kelleher | Nov 23, 1998 | 2015 | |||
73 | Kamil Grabara | Jan. 8, 1999 | 2018 | |||
Loris Karius | June 22, 1993 | 2016 | ||||
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4th | Virgil van Dijk | July 8, 1991 | 2018 | |||
12 | Joe Gomez | May 23, 1997 | 2015 | |||
21st | Konstantinos Tsimikas | May 12, 1996 | 2020 | |||
26th | Andrew Robertson | 11th Mar 1994 | 2017 | |||
32 | Joel Matip | Aug 8, 1991 | 2016 | |||
47 | Nathaniel Phillips | 21 Mar 1997 | 2016 | |||
51 | Ki-Jana Hoever | Jan. 18, 2002 | 2018 | |||
66 | Trent Alexander-Arnold | Oct 7, 1998 | 2016 | |||
72 | Sepp van den Berg | Dec 20, 2001 | 2019 | |||
76 | Neco Williams | Apr 13, 2001 | 2009 | |||
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3 | Fabinho | Oct 23, 1993 | 2018 | |||
5 | Georginio Wijnaldum | Nov 11, 1990 | 2016 | |||
7th | James Milner | Jan. 4, 1986 | 2015 | |||
8th | Naby Keïta | Feb 10, 1995 | 2018 | |||
14th | Jordan Henderson | June 17, 1990 | 2011 | |||
15th | Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain | Aug 15, 1993 | 2017 | |||
16 | Marko Grujić | Apr 13, 1996 | 2016 | |||
17th | Curtis Jones | Jan. 30, 2001 | 2017 | |||
23 | Xherdan Shaqiri | Oct 10, 1991 | 2018 | |||
54 | Sheyi Ojo | June 19, 1997 | 2015 | |||
58 | Ben Woodburn | Oct 15, 1999 | 2016 | |||
59 | Harry Wilson | 22 Mar 1997 | 2014 | |||
67 | Harvey Elliott | Apr 4, 2003 | 2019 | |||
Storm | ||||||
9 | Roberto Firmino | Oct 2, 1991 | 2015 | |||
10 | Sadio Mané | Apr 10, 1992 | 2016 | |||
11 | Mohamed Salah | June 15, 1992 | 2017 | |||
18th | Takumi Minamino | Jan. 16, 1995 | 2020 | |||
24 | Rhian Brewster | Apr 1, 2000 | 2019 | |||
27 | Divock orig | Apr 18, 1995 | 2014 | |||
Taiwo Awoniyi | Aug 12, 1997 | 2015 |
Squad changes 2020/21
Accesses | ||
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time | player | Transferring club |
Summer 2020 | Taiwo Awoniyi | 1. FSV Mainz 05 (loanee) |
Rhian Brewster | Swansea City (loanee) | |
Kamil Grabara | Huddersfield Town (Loan End) | |
Marko Grujić | Hertha BSC (loanee) | |
Loris Karius | Beşiktaş Istanbul (Lender) | |
Sheyi Ojo | Glasgow Rangers (Loan) | |
Nathaniel Phillips | VfB Stuttgart (loanee) | |
Konstantinos Tsimikas | Olympiacos Piraeus | |
Harry Wilson | Bournemouth AFC (Loan) | |
Ben Woodburn | Oxford United (Loan) |
Departures | ||
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time | player | Receiving club |
Summer 2020 | Pedro Chirivella | FC Nantes |
Adam Lallana | Brighton & Hove Albion | |
Nathaniel Clyne | unknown | |
Andy Lonergan | unknown | |
Dejan Lovren | Zenit St. Petersburg |
Current coaching staff
Nat. | Surname | position |
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Jürgen Klopp | Head coach | |
Pepijn Lijnders | Assistant coach | |
Peter Krawietz | Assistant trainer, video analyst | |
John Achterberg | Goalkeeping coach | |
Andreas Kornmayer | Fitness and conditioning trainer |
Coach chronicle
As of December 9, 2019 - only official games were taken into account.
Surname | Period | P | S. | U | N | Win rate | Ø points / game (3-1-0) | successes |
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WE Barclay / John McKenna |
1892-1896 | 131 | 80 | 20th | 31 | 61.07% | 1,985 | 2 Division Two championships |
Tom Watson | 1896-1915 | 742 | 329 | 141 | 272 | 44.34% | 1.520 | 2 Division One championships |
David Ashworth | 1919-1923 | 138 | 70 | 40 | 28 | 50.72% | 1,812 | 1 Division One Championship |
Matt McQueen | 1923-1928 | 229 | 93 | 60 | 76 | 40.61% | 1,480 | 1 Division One Championship |
George Patterson | 1928-1936 | 366 | 137 | 85 | 144 | 37.43% | 1.355 | –– |
George Kay | 1936-1951 | 357 | 142 | 93 | 122 | 39.78% | 1.454 | 1 Division One Championship |
Don Welsh | 1951-1956 | 232 | 81 | 58 | 93 | 34.91% | 1.297 | –– |
Phil Taylor | 1956-1959 | 150 | 76 | 32 | 42 | 50.67% | 1.733 | –– |
Bill Shankly | 1959-1974 | 783 | 407 | 198 | 178 | 51.98% | 1,812 | 3 Division One championships , 2 FA Cups , 1 UEFA Cup , 3 Charity Shields |
Bob Paisley | 1974-1983 | 535 | 307 | 132 | 96 | 57.38% | 1,968 | 6 Division One championships , 3 European championship cups , 1 UEFA Cup , 5 Charity Shields , 3 Football League Cups |
Joe Fagan | 1983-1985 | 131 | 70 | 37 | 24 | 53.44% | 1,885 | 1 Division One Championship , 1 European Champion Clubs ' Cup , 1 Football League Cup |
Kenny Dalglish | 1985-1991 | 307 | 187 | 78 | 42 | 60.91% | 2.081 | 3 Division One championships , 2 FA Cups |
Ronnie Moran | 1991 | 10 | 4th | 1 | 5 | 40.00% | 1,300 | –– |
Graeme Souness | 1991-1994 | 157 | 65 | 47 | 45 | 41.40% | 1.541 | 1 FA Cup |
Roy Evans | 1994-1998 | 226 | 116 | 57 | 53 | 51.33% | 1,792 | 1 Football League Cup |
Roy Evans / Gérard Houllier |
1998 | 18th | 7th | 6th | 5 | 38.89% | 1,500 | –– |
Gerard Houllier | 1998-2004 | 307 | 158 | 75 | 74 | 51.47% | 1,788 | 1 FA Cup , 1 UEFA Cup , 1 UEFA Super Cup , 2 Football League Cups , 1 Charity Shield |
Rafael Benítez | 2004-2010 | 350 | 194 | 77 | 79 | 55.43% | 1,883 | 1 FA Cup , 1 UEFA Champions League , 1 UEFA Super Cup , 1 Charity Shield |
Roy Hodgson | 2010-2011 | 31 | 13 | 8th | 10 | 41.94% | 1.516 | –– |
Kenny Dalglish | 2011–2012 | 74 | 36 | 16 | 22nd | 48.65% | 1.676 | 1 Football League Cup |
Brendan Rodgers | 2012-2015 | 166 | 85 | 39 | 42 | 51.20% | 1,771 | –– |
Jürgen Klopp | since 2015 | 233 | 140 | 53 | 40 | 60.09% | 2.030 | 1 Premier League championship , 1 UEFA Champions League , 1 UEFA Super Cup , 1 FIFA Club World Cup |
Major players
For a complete listing of all Liverpool FC players, see List of Liverpool FC Players .
Record players & record goal scorers
All competitive games | As of May 2, 2015
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Stadion
Anfield
Liverpool FC has been based in Anfield since 1892. The stadium originally held 44,742 spectators and is classified as stadium category 4 by UEFA . It was inaugurated in 1884 and was initially the home of city rivals Everton until the Blues moved to Goodison Park in 1892 .
As of December 8, 2014, Anfield was expanded for £ 114 million . The main stand was expanded by around 8,500 seats by the start of the 2016/17 season. After the renovation, the stadium will hold 54,074 spectators. An expansion of the Anfield Road stand was also planned, which would have increased the capacity to 59,000 spectators. However, this expansion, which would cost up to 70 million pounds, will not be implemented for economic reasons.
Average attendance since the 1975/76 season
After expanding the stadium before the 2016/17 season, the club set a new record attendance average in the 2017/18 season with an average of 53,049 spectators. Before the renovation, the highest average attendance at Liverpool FC came from the First Division season 1976/77 with 47,284 visitors. The lowest average was achieved in the 1983/84 season when only 32,022 fans per game came to Anfield. In 1992 the Premier League was introduced as the top English division and replaced the First Division .
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successes
Success in international football
- 6 successes in the European Cup / UEFA Champions League
- 1977 : 3-1 against Borussia Mönchengladbach (in Rome )
- 1978 : 1-0 against Club Bruges (in London )
- 1981 : 1-0 against Real Madrid (in Paris )
- 1984 : 1: 1 n.V., 4: 2 i. E. against AS Roma (in Rome )
- 2005 : 3: 3 n.V., 3: 2 i. E. against AC Milan (in Istanbul )
- 2019 : 2-0 against Tottenham Hotspur (in Madrid )
- 3 UEFA Cup wins
- 1973 : 3: 0 (H) and 0: 2 (A) against Borussia Mönchengladbach
- 1976 : 3: 2 (H) and 1: 1 (A) against Club Brugge
- 2001 : 5: 4 n.V. against Deportivo Alavés (in Dortmund )
- 4 successes in the European Supercup
- 1977: 1: 1 (A) and 6: 0 (H) against Hamburger SV
- 2001: 3-2 against FC Bayern Munich (in Monaco )
- 2005: 3-1 n.V. against CSKA Moscow (in Monaco )
- 2019: 2: 2 n.V .; 5: 4 i. E. against Chelsea FC (in Istanbul )
- 1 win at the FIFA Club World Cup
- 2019 : 1-0 a.d. against Flamengo Rio de Janeiro
Success in English football
- 19 successes in the English championship
- 7 successes in the FA Cup
- 1965: 2-1 against Leeds United
- 1974: 3-0 against Newcastle United
- 1986 : 3-1 against Everton FC
- 1989 : 3-2 against Everton FC
- 1992 : 2-0 against Sunderland FC
- 2001 : 2-1 against Arsenal FC
- 2006 : 3: 3 n.v., 3: 1 i. E. against West Ham United
- 8 successes in the League Cup
- 1981 : 1: 1 n.V. and 2: 1 against West Ham United
- 1982 : 3-1 aet against Tottenham Hotspur
- 1983 : 2-1 aet against Manchester United
- 1984 : 0-0 and 1-0 against Everton FC
- 1995 : 2-1 against Bolton Wanderers
- 2001: 1: 1 n.V., 5: 4 i. E. against Birmingham City
- 2003: 2-0 against Manchester United
- 2012 : 2: 2 n.v., 3: 2 i. E. v Cardiff City
- 15 successes in the Charity Shield
- 1964: 2-2 against West Ham United (the teams shared the trophy for 6 months each)
- 1965: 2-2 against Manchester United (teams shared the trophy)
- 1966: 1-0 against Everton FC
- 1974: 1: 1, 6: 5 i. E. v Leeds United
- 1976: 1-0 against Southampton FC
- 1977: 0-0 against Manchester United (again the teams shared the trophy)
- 1979: 3-1 against Arsenal FC
- 1980: 1-0 against West Ham United
- 1982: 1-0 against Tottenham Hotspur
- 1986: 1-1 against Everton (teams shared the trophy)
- 1988: 2-1 against Wimbledon FC
- 1989: 1-0 against Arsenal FC
- 1990: 1-1 v Manchester United (teams shared the trophy)
- 2001: 2-1 against Manchester United
- 2006: 2-1 against Chelsea
Liverpool FC Women
Liverpool LFC | |||
Venue | Halton Stadium | ||
Places | 13,350 | ||
Head coach | Matt Beard | ||
league | Women's Super League | ||
2015 | 7th
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Liverpool LFC is a women's football club from Liverpool. The club was founded as Newton LFC in 1989. Two years later, the club was called Knowsley LFC. In 1994 Liverpool FC allowed the club to call itself Liverpool LFC. In 2013 the club was finally fully integrated into Liverpool FC and won the title in the Football Association Women's Super League , the highest English league for women's football , in 2013 and 2014 .
literature
- Arnie Baldursson, Gudmundur Magnusson: Liverpool: The Complete Record . De Coubertin Books, London 2014, ISBN 978-1-909245-19-8 .
- Arnie Baldursson, Gudmundur Magnusson: Liverpool Encyclopedia . De Coubertin Books, London 2013, ISBN 978-1-909245-08-2 .
Web links
- Official site of FC Liverpool (English)
- Extensive website on the history of Liverpool FC (English)
- Side of Liverpool LFC (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Liverpool Football Club is formed. (No longer available online.) Liverpool FC, archived from the original on July 12, 2010 ; Retrieved March 15, 2012 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Robin Wittwer: Hillsborough: The long struggle for justice. In: lfcfamilie.de. April 15, 2019, accessed May 10, 2019 .
- ^ FA Cup flashback , BBC.co.uk
- ^ The Joy of Six: FA Cup final moments , The Guardian
- ↑ Liverpool get a new shirt sponsor. Retrieved September 14, 2009 .
- ↑ Reds renew Standard Chartered deal. Retrieved May 3, 2018 .
- ^ The kit we'll wear today. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on May 5, 2010 ; Retrieved May 2, 2010 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Liverpool confirms new chairman. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on April 19, 2010 ; Retrieved April 16, 2010 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Interview with Martin Broughton. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on April 22, 2010 ; Retrieved April 16, 2010 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Benítez is to leave the club. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on May 29, 2012 ; Retrieved June 3, 2010 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ I'll buy Anfield. Retrieved August 3, 2010 .
- ^ Board agree proposed sale. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on October 7, 2010 ; Retrieved October 6, 2010 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Chairman holds the cards but Tom Hicks vows to come out fighting , Guardian article , Oct. 7, 2010.
- ↑ NESV completes £ 300m Liverpool takeover with promise to listen , Guardian article , October 15, 2010.
- ↑ Kenny Dalglish no longer a Liverpool coach. In: derStandard.at. May 17, 2012, accessed December 3, 2017 .
- ↑ Premier League Golden Glove: 2018/19 winner and most clean sheets: Full ranking revealed as Alisson wins goalkeeping award. In: talksport.com. May 12, 2019, accessed on May 14, 2019 .
- ^ Aubameyang, Salah and Mane share Golden Boot. In: premierleague.com. May 13, 2019, accessed on May 14, 2019 .
- ↑ ManUnited prevents Liverpool's win record - Klopp foams , kicker.de, October 20, 2019, accessed on May 7, 2020.
- ↑ After 44 games: Watford ends Liverpool's series of fables , kicker.de, May 7, 2020, accessed on May 7, 2020.
- ↑ Liverpool FC are champions - after 30 years and with a double record , kicker.de, June 25, 2020, accessed on June 25, 2020.
- ↑ Aston Villa clearly wins against Liverpool's C-Elf , kicker.de, December 17, 2019, accessed on May 7, 2020.
- ↑ Anfield rages: Liverpool "Kids" reach the round of 16 , kicker.de, February 4, 2020, accessed on May 7, 2020.
- ^ Team , liverpoolfc.com
- ↑ Statistics - LFChistory - Stats galore for Liverpool FC! Retrieved December 8, 2019 .
- ^ Most Appearances - Liverpool FC. Retrieved May 3, 2011 .
- ↑ Most Goals - Liverpool FC. Retrieved May 3, 2011 .
- ↑ Captains of Liverpool FC. Retrieved May 1, 2010 .
- ↑ Andy Hunter: Liverpool chief executive describes further Anfield expansion as 'not smart'. In: theguardian.com. Retrieved November 4, 2016 .
- ↑ Liverpool Anfield. In: footballgroundguide.com. Retrieved November 17, 2017 .
- ↑ weltfussball.de: average attendance of the highest English league since 1975/76