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The words "Liverpool Football Club" are in the centre of a pennant, with flames either side. The words "You'll Never Walk Alone" adorn the top of the emblem in a green design, "EST 1892" is at the bottom
Full name Liverpool Football Club
Nickname(s) The Reds
Short name LFC
Founded 3 June 1892; 129 years ago (1892-06-03)
Ground Anfield
Ground Capacity 53,394
Owner Fenway Sports Group
Chairman Tom Werner
Manager Jürgen Klopp
League Premier League
Premier League, 2nd of 20
Third colours

Liverpool Football Club is a professional association football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside, England. They play in the Premier League, the top tier of English football. The club has won 6 European Cups, an English club record, 3 UEFA Cups, 4 UEFA Super Cups, 19 League titles (Including 1 Premier League), 7 FA Cups, a record 8 EFL Cups, 15 FA Community Shield, title and 1 FIFA Club World Cup title. Liverpool's anthem is "You'll Never Walk Alone".

History

Liverpool won their first League championship in 1901, and their second in 1906. They played their first FA Cup final in 1914, losing 1–0 to Burnley. The last domestic trophy they won was the EFL Cup in February 2012, after beating Cardiff City. They have also won the Champions League six times, the most of any British side. Their 5th success was in Istanbul in 2005. The game was won after Liverpool tied 3–3 with A.C. Milan, after being down 3–0 at half-time. The Reds then won the penalty shootout, partly due to goalkeeper Jerzy Dudek's saves. Their 6th and most recent success was in 2019 when they beat fellow Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 in Madrid. Liverpool F.C. have won England's top football league 18 times. The club won the 2019-20 Premier League title, thirty years after their last first division title win in the 1989-90 season.

Liverpool has had two tragedies in their history. The first was the Heysel Stadium disaster of 1985, which led to the death of 39 Juventus fans and the second was the Hillsborough disaster in 1989, which lead to the deaths of 96 Liverpool fans.

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  • John Houlding

    John Houlding, the founder of Liverpool F.C.

  • Statue of a man with his arms held aloft

    Statue of Bill Shankly outside Anfield. Shankly won promotion to the First Division and the club's first league title since 1947.

  • 3 burgundy tablets with gold engraved writing. Below the tablets are flowers.

    The Hillsborough memorial, which is engraved with the names of the 96 people who died in the Hillsborough disaster.

  • 2005 trophy cropped

    The European Champion Clubs' Cup trophy won by Liverpool for a fifth time in 2005

  • Liverpool FC 1892-1896 kit

    Liverpool's home colours worn from 1892 to 1896

  • Liverpool Crest

    A version of Liverpool's Crest as depicted on the Shankly Gates

  • The interior of a stadium.

    Anfield, home of Liverpool F.C.

  • A single tiered stand that contains thousands of people. Several flags are being waved. In front of the stand is a grass pitch with a goal.

    Kopites in The Kop Stand

  • Shankly Gates

    The Shankly Gates, erected in honour of former manager Bill Shankly

  • People in blue and red shirts on a field with a ball in the air. In the background is a stand that contains a lot of people.

    The Merseyside derby at Anfield in 2006

  • Photograph

    John W. Henry of Fenway Sports Group, the parent company of Liverpool

  • Steven Gerrard, 2014

    Steven Gerrard, four-time winner of the award

  • Luis Suárez Díaz (cropped)

    Luis Suárez, two-time winner of the award

  • Four trophies inside a glass cabinet. The trophies have ribbons on them and there is memorabilia next to them

    Replicas of the four European Cups Liverpool won from 1977 to 1984 on display in the club's museum

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