LIVERPOOL
("Reds" or "Pool")
| Year formed | 1892 |
| Turned professional | 1892 |
| Limited company | 1892 |
| Previous names | None |
| Ground | Anfield, Anfield Road, Liverpool L4 0TH (for pictures of the ground click here) |
| Pitch measurements | 110 x 75 yards (101 x 68 metres) |
| Ground capacity | 61,276 |
| Record attendance at present ground | 61,905 v Wolverhampton Wanderers, FA Cup 4th round, 2nd February 1952 (won 2-1) |
| League career | Lancashire League: 1892 - 1892 Division Two: 1893 - 1894 Division One: 1894 - 1895 Division Two: 1895 - 1896 Division One: 1896 - 1904 Division Two: 1904 - 1905 Division One: 1905 - 1955 Division Two: 1955 - 1962 Division One / Premiership / Premier League: 1962 - . |
| First Football League game | 2nd September 1893 v Middlesbrough Ironopolis, Division Two, won 2-0 |
| Honours | |
| European | FIFA World Club champions: 2019-20 European Cup/Champions League winners: 1976-77, 1977-78, 1980-81, 1983-84, 2004-05, 2018-19 European Cup/Champions League runners-up: 1984-85, 2006-07, 2017-18, 2021-22 European Cup-Winners' Cup runners-up: 1965-66 UEFA Cup winners: 1972-73, 1975-76, 2000-01 UEFA Europa League runners-up: 2015-16 European Super Cup winners: 1977-78, 2001-02, 2005-06, 2019-20 European Super Cup runners-up: 1978-79, 1984-85 Intercontinenal Club Cup runners-up: 1984-85 |
| Domestic - League | Division One / Premier League champions: 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, 2019-20 Division One/Premier League runners-up: 1898-99, 1909-10, 1968-69, 1973-74, 1974-75, 1977-78, 1984-85, 1986-87, 1988-89, 1990-91, 2001-02, 2008-09, 2013-14, 2018-19, 2021-22 Division Two champions: 1893-94, 1895-96, 1904-05, 1961-62 Lancashire League champions: 1892-93 Second World War West Division runners-up: 1939-40 Second World War North Division runners-up: 1942-43 Second World War North (second championship) champions: 1942-43 |
| Domestic - Cup | FA Cup winners: 1964-65, 1973-74, 1985-86, 1988-89, 1991-92, 2000-01, 2005-06, 2021-22 FA Cup runners-up: 1913-14, 1949-50, 1970-71, 1976-77, 1987-88 League/Milk/Coca-Cola/Worthington/Carabao Cup winners: 1980-81, 1981-82, 1982-83, 1983-84, 1994-95, 2000-01, 2002-03, 2011-12, 2021-22, 2023-24 League/Littlewoods/Carling Cup/Capital One Cup runners-up: 1977-78, 1986-87, 2004-05, 2015-16 Charity/Community Shield winners: 1966-67, 1976-77, 1979-80, 1980-81, 1982-83, 1988-89, 1989-90, 2001-02, 2006-07 Charity Shield joint holders: 1964-65, 1965-66, 1974-75, 1977-78, 1986-87, 1990-91 Charity/Community Shield runners-up: 1921-22, 1971-72, 1983-84, 1984-85, 1992-93, 2002-03, 2019-20 Screen Sport Super Cup winners: 1985-86 FA Youth Cup winners: 1995-96, 2005-06, 2006-07, 2018-19 FA Youth Cup runners-up: 1962-63, 1971-72, 2008-09, 2020-21 Lancashire Cup winners: 1918-19, 1923-24, 1930-31, 1932-33, 1943-44, 1946-47, 1955-56, 1958-59, 1972-73, 2009-10, 2016-17 Lancashire Cup joint winners: 1919-20 |
| Best League position | see above |
| Lowest League position | 11th, Division Two, 1954-55 |
| Furthest in FA Cup | see above |
| Furthest in League Cup | see above |
| Most League points | |
| 2 for a win | 68, Division One, 1978-79 |
| 3 for a win | 99, Premier League, 2019-20 |
| Fewest League points | |
| 2 for a win | 22, Division One, 1894-95 |
| 3 for a win | 52, Premiership, 2011-12 |
| Most League goals scored | 106, Division Two, 1895-96 |
| Most League goals conceded | 97, Division One, 1953-54 |
| Fewest League goals scored | 42, Division One, 1901-02, 1970-71 |
| Fewest League goals conceded | 16, Division One, 1978-79 |
| Most wins in a League season | 32, Premier League, 2019-20 |
| Fewest wins in a League season | 7, Division One, 1894-95 |
| Most draws in a League season | 19, Division One, 1951-52 |
| Fewest draws in a League season | 2, Division Two, 1895-96 |
| Most losses in a League season | 23, Division One, 1953-54 |
| Fewest losses in a League season | 0, Division Two, 1893-94 |
| Record League win | 10-1 v Rotherham Town, Division Two, 1 February 1896 |
| Record Cup win | 11-0 v Stromsgodset Drammen, European Cup-Winners' Cup 1st round 1st leg, 17 September 1974 |
| Record League Cup win | 10-0 v Fulham, Littlewoods Challenge Cup 2nd round 1st leg, 23 September 1986 |
| Record defeat | 1-9 v Birmingham City, Division Two, 11 December 1954 |
| Record League Cup defeat | 3-6 v Arsenal, Carling Cup 5th round, 9 January 2007 |
| Highest Number of League goals scored | |
| in a season | 41, Roger Hunt, Division Two, 1961-62 |
| in total | 245, Roger Hunt, 1959-69 |
| Most League goals in one match | 5, Andy McGuigan v Stoke City, Division One, 4th January 1902 5, John Evans v Bristol Rovers, Division Two, 15th September 1954 5, Ian Rush v Luton Town, Division One, 29th October 1983 |
| Most League appearances | 640, Ian Callaghan, 1960-78 |
| Most capped player | 114, Steven Gerard for England, 2000 - 2014 |
| Youngest League player | Max Thompson, 17 years 128 days v Tottenham Hotspur, 8th May 1974 |
| Highest Transfer Fee Received | £142,000,000 for Philippe Coutinho to Barcelona, January 2018 |
| Highest Transfer Fee Paid | £75,000,000 for Virgil van Dijk from Southampton, January 2018 |
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