Liverpool FC

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Liverpool FC
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Basic data
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
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

Jürgen Klopp
Mohamed Salah (2017)

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
goal
01 BrazilBrazil Alisson Becker 0Oct 2, 1992 2018
13 SpainSpain Adrian 0Jan. 3, 1987 2019
62 IrelandIreland Caoimhin Kelleher Nov 23, 1998 2015
73 PolandPoland Kamil Grabara 0Jan. 8, 1999 2018
GermanyGermany Loris Karius June 22, 1993 2016
Defense
04th NetherlandsNetherlands Virgil van Dijk 0July 8, 1991 2018
12 EnglandEngland Joe Gomez May 23, 1997 2015
21st GreeceGreece Konstantinos Tsimikas May 12, 1996 2020
26th ScotlandScotland Andrew Robertson 11th Mar 1994 2017
32 CameroonCameroon Joel Matip 0Aug 8, 1991 2016
47 EnglandEngland Nathaniel Phillips 21 Mar 1997 2016
51 NetherlandsNetherlands Ki-Jana Hoever Jan. 18, 2002 2018
66 EnglandEngland Trent Alexander-Arnold 0Oct 7, 1998 2016
72 NetherlandsNetherlands Sepp van den Berg Dec 20, 2001 2019
76 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Neco Williams Apr 13, 2001 2009
midfield
03 BrazilBrazil Fabinho Oct 23, 1993 2018
05 NetherlandsNetherlands Georginio Wijnaldum Nov 11, 1990 2016
07th EnglandEngland James Milner 0Jan. 4, 1986 2015
08th Guinea-aGuinea Naby Keïta Feb 10, 1995 2018
14th EnglandEngland Jordan Henderson (C)Captain of the crew June 17, 1990 2011
15th EnglandEngland Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain Aug 15, 1993 2017
16 SerbiaSerbia Marko Grujić Apr 13, 1996 2016
17th EnglandEngland Curtis Jones Jan. 30, 2001 2017
23 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Xherdan Shaqiri Oct 10, 1991 2018
54 EnglandEngland Sheyi Ojo June 19, 1997 2015
58 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Ben Woodburn Oct 15, 1999 2016
59 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Harry Wilson 22 Mar 1997 2014
67 EnglandEngland Harvey Elliott 0Apr 4, 2003 2019
Storm
09 BrazilBrazil Roberto Firmino 0Oct 2, 1991 2015
10 SenegalSenegal Sadio Mané Apr 10, 1992 2016
11 EgyptEgypt Mohamed Salah June 15, 1992 2017
18th JapanJapan Takumi Minamino Jan. 16, 1995 2020
24 EnglandEngland Rhian Brewster 0Apr 1, 2000 2019
27 BelgiumBelgium Divock orig Apr 18, 1995 2014
NigeriaNigeria Taiwo Awoniyi Aug 12, 1997 2015
U23 also in the U23 squad

Squad changes 2020/21

Accesses
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
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
GermanyGermany Jürgen Klopp Head coach
NetherlandsNetherlands Pepijn Lijnders Assistant coach
GermanyGermany Peter Krawietz Assistant trainer, video analyst
NetherlandsNetherlands John Achterberg Goalkeeping coach
GermanyGermany 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
EnglandEngland WE Barclay  / John McKenna
Ireland 1783Ireland 
1892-1896 131 80 20th 31 61.07% 1,985 2 Division Two championships
EnglandEngland Tom Watson 1896-1915 742 329 141 272 44.34% 1.520 2 Division One championships
EnglandEngland David Ashworth 1919-1923 138 70 40 28 50.72% 1,812 1 Division One Championship
ScotlandScotland Matt McQueen 1923-1928 229 93 60 76 40.61% 1,480 1 Division One Championship
EnglandEngland George Patterson 1928-1936 366 137 85 144 37.43% 1.355 ––
EnglandEngland George Kay 1936-1951 357 142 93 122 39.78% 1.454 1 Division One Championship
EnglandEngland Don Welsh 1951-1956 232 81 58 93 34.91% 1.297 ––
EnglandEngland Phil Taylor 1956-1959 150 76 32 42 50.67% 1.733 ––
ScotlandScotland 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
EnglandEngland 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
EnglandEngland 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
ScotlandScotland Kenny Dalglish 1985-1991 307 187 78 42 60.91% 2.081 3 Division One championships , 2 FA Cups
EnglandEngland Ronnie Moran 1991 10 4th 1 5 40.00% 1,300 ––
ScotlandScotland Graeme Souness 1991-1994 157 65 47 45 41.40% 1.541 1 FA Cup
EnglandEngland Roy Evans 1994-1998 226 116 57 53 51.33% 1,792 1 Football League Cup
EnglandEngland Roy Evans  / Gérard Houllier
FranceFrance 
1998 18th 7th 6th 5 38.89% 1,500 ––
FranceFrance 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
SpainSpain 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
EnglandEngland Roy Hodgson 2010-2011 31 13 8th 10 41.94% 1.516 ––
ScotlandScotland Kenny Dalglish 2011–2012 74 36 16 22nd 48.65% 1.676 1 Football League Cup
Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Brendan Rodgers 2012-2015 166 85 39 42 51.20% 1,771 ––
GermanyGermany 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

Steven Gerrard , former Liverpool FC captain
Ian Rush , Liverpool FC top scorer

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

player Games
Ian Callaghan 857
Jamie Carragher 731
Steven Gerrard 707
Emlyn Hughes 665
Ray Clemence 665
Ian Rush 660
Phil Neal 650
Tommy Smith 638
Bruce Grobbelaar 628
Alan Hansen 620
Chris Lawler 549
Billy Liddell 534
Kenny Dalglish 515
Ronnie Whelan 493
Roger Hunt 492
player Gates
Ian Rush 346
Roger Hunt 286
Gordon Hodgson 241
Billy Liddell 228
Steven Gerrard 184
Robbie Fowler 183
Kenny Dalglish 172
Michael Owen 158
Harry Chambers 151
Sam Raybould 130
Jack Parkinson 129
Dick Forshaw 124
Ian St. John 118
Jack Balmer 111
John Barnes 108

Liverpool FC captains

captain Period
ScotlandScotland Andrew Hannah 1892-1895
ScotlandScotland Jimmy Ross 1895-1897
ScotlandScotland John McCartney 1897-1898
EnglandEngland Harry Storer 1898-1899
ScotlandScotland Alex Raisbeck 1898-1909
EnglandEngland Arthur Goddard 1909-1912
EnglandEngland Ephraim Longworth 1912-1913
EnglandEngland Harry Lowe 1913-1915
ScotlandScotland Donald McKinlay 1919-1920
EnglandEngland Ephraim Longworth 1920-1921
ScotlandScotland Donald McKinlay 1921-1928
EnglandEngland Tom Bromilov 1928-1929
ScotlandScotland James Jackson 1929-1930
ScotlandScotland Tom Morrison 1930-1931
ScotlandScotland Tom Bradshaw 1931-1934
captain Period
EnglandEngland Tom Cooper 1934-1939
ScotlandScotland Matt Busby 1939-1940
ScotlandScotland Willie Fagan 1945-1947
EnglandEngland Jack Balmer 1947-1950
EnglandEngland Phil Taylor 1950-1953
EnglandEngland Bill Jones 1953-1954
EnglandEngland Laurie Hughes 1954-1955
ScotlandScotland Billy Liddell 1955-1958
EnglandEngland Johnny Wheeler 1958-1959
EnglandEngland Ronnie Moran 1959-1960
EnglandEngland Dick White 1960-1961
ScotlandScotland Ron Yeats 1961-1970
EnglandEngland Tommy Smith 1970-1973
EnglandEngland Emlyn Hughes 1973-1978
EnglandEngland Phil Thompson 1978-1981
captain Period
ScotlandScotland Graeme Souness 1982-1984
EnglandEngland Phil Neal 1984-1985
ScotlandScotland Alan Hansen 1985-1988
IrelandIreland Ronnie Whelan 1988-1989
ScotlandScotland Alan Hansen 1989-1990
IrelandIreland Ronnie Whelan 1990-1991
ScotlandScotland Steve Nicol 1990-1991
EnglandEngland Mark Wright 1991-1993
WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Ian Rush 1993-1996
EnglandEngland John Barnes 1996-1997
EnglandEngland Paul Ince 1997-1999
EnglandEngland Jamie Redknapp 1999-2002
FinlandFinland Sami Hyypia 2002-2003
EnglandEngland Steven Gerrard 2003-2015
EnglandEngland Jordan Henderson since 2015

Stadion

Anfield

View from the Anfield Road booth on October 20, 2012 into the stadium.

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 .

successes

Success in international football

Success in English football

Liverpool FC Women

Liverpool LFC
Venue Halton Stadium
Places 13,350
Head coach Matt Beard
league Women's Super League
2015 7th

home
Away

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

Commons : Liverpool FC  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

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  2. Robin Wittwer: Hillsborough: The long struggle for justice. In: lfcfamilie.de. April 15, 2019, accessed May 10, 2019 .
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  4. ^ The Joy of Six: FA Cup final moments , The Guardian
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  6. Reds renew Standard Chartered deal. Retrieved May 3, 2018 .
  7. ^ 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.liverpoolfc.tv
  8. 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.liverpoolfc.tv
  9. 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.liverpoolfc.tv
  10. 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.liverpoolfc.tv
  11. I'll buy Anfield. Retrieved August 3, 2010 .
  12. ^ 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.liverpoolfc.tv
  13. Chairman holds the cards but Tom Hicks vows to come out fighting , Guardian article , Oct. 7, 2010.
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