Liverpool Football Club Liverpool Football Club is a professional football club based in Liverpool, England. The club competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football. Founded in 1892, the club joined the Football League the following year and has p ...

is an English professional association football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside, who currently play in the Premier League. They have played at their current home ground, Anfield, since their foundation in 1892. Liverpool joined the

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in 1894, and were founding members of the Premier League in 1992. This list encompasses the major honours won by Liverpool, records set by the club, their managers and their players. The player records section includes details of the club's leading goalscorers and those who have made most appearances in first-team competitions. It also records notable achievements by Liverpool players on the international stage, and the highest transfer fees paid and received by the club. Attendance records at Anfield are also included in the list. The club have won 19 top-flight titles, and also hold the record for the most

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victories by an English team, winning the competition six times. The club's record appearance maker is Ian Callaghan, who made 857 appearances between 1958 and 1978. Ian Rush is the club's record goalscorer, scoring 346 goals in total. ''All statistics are correct as of 21 February 2023.''

Honours

Liverpool have won honours both domestically and in European cup competitions. They have won the English top league 19 times and the League Cup a record nine times. In their first season, 1892–93, they won the Lancashire League title and the Liverpool District Cup, and their most recent success came in 2022, when they won their eighth FA Cup title.

Player records

Appearances

*Most appearances in all competitions: Ian Callaghan, 857 *Most league appearances: Ian Callaghan, 640 *Most FA Cup appearances: Ian Callaghan, 79 *Most League Cup appearances: Ian Rush, 78 *Most continental appearances: Jamie Carragher, 150 *Youngest first-team player:

Jerome Sinclair Jerome Terence Sinclair (born 20 September 1996) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward. He represented England up to under-17 level. He spent his youth at West Bromwich Albion and Liverpool, making his senior debut for ...

, 16 years and 6 days (against West Bromwich Albion, 26 September 2012) *Youngest player to start a first-team match:

Harvey Elliott Harvey Daniel James Elliott (born 4 April 2003) is an English professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for club Liverpool. Having come up through Fulham's academy, Elliott made his first-team debut for Fulham in September 2 ...

, 16 years and 174 days (against Milton Keynes Dons, 25 September 2019) *Oldest first-team player: Ned Doig, 41 years and 165 days (against

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, 11 April 1908) *Oldest debutant: Ned Doig, 37 years and 307 days (against

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, 1 September 1904) *Most consecutive appearances: Phil Neal, 417 (23 October 1976 – 24 September 1983) *Most seasons playing every minute of every league and cup game: Phil Neal, 9 (from 1976–77 to 1983–84) *Longest-serving player: Elisha Scott, 21 years and 52 days (1913–1934) *Most red cards while playing for Liverpool: Steven Gerrard, 7

Most appearances

''Competitive, professional matches only, appearances as substitute in brackets.''

Goalscorers

*Most goals in all competitions: Ian Rush, 346 *Most league goals: Roger Hunt, 244 *Most FA Cup goals: Ian Rush, 39 *Most League Cup goals: Ian Rush, 48 *Most continental goals:

Mohamed Salah Mohamed Salah Hamed Mahrous Ghaly ( ar, محمد صلاح حامد محروس غالي, ; born 15 June 1992), also known as Mo Salah, is an Egyptian professional footballer who plays as a forward for club Liverpool and captains the Egypt na ...

, 45 *First player to score for Liverpool: Malcolm McVean (against Rotherham Town, 1 September 1892) *Most goals in a season: Ian Rush, 47 (in the 1983–84 season) *Most goals in a debut season: Mohamed Salah, 44 (in the 2017–18 season) *Most league goals in a season: Roger Hunt, 41 (in the 1961–62 season) *Most goals in a season by a Liverpool player in the Premier League era: Mohamed Salah, 44 (in the 2017–18 season) *Most top-flight league goals in a season: Gordon Hodgson, 36 (in the 1930–31 season) *Most continental goals in a season: Mohamed Salah and

Roberto Firmino Roberto Firmino Barbosa de Oliveira (born 2 October 1991) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward or attacking midfielder for club Liverpool and the Brazil national team. After starting his career with Figueirense in 20 ...

, 11 (in the 2017–18 season) *Most hat-tricks in a season: Roger Hunt, 5 (in the 1961–62 season) *Most games scored in during a single campaign: Mohamed Salah, 34 (in the 2017–18 season) *Most different goalscorers in a season: 22 (in the 2015–16 season) *Most hat-tricks: Gordon Hodgson, 17 *Most consecutive games where a player has scored: Mohamed Salah, 10 (28 August 2021 to 24 October 2021) *Most consecutive home games from the start of a season where a player has scored: Mohamed Salah, 6 (19 August 2023 to 12 November 2023). *Fastest goal scored in a match:

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, 14 seconds, (against West Ham United, 27 August, 1984) *Fastest hat-trick:

Robbie Fowler Robert Bernard Fowler (born 9 April 1975) is an English football manager and former player, who most recently managed East Bengal in the Indian Super League. As a player, he was a striker, and is the eighth-highest goalscorer in the history ...

, 4 minutes, 33 seconds, (against

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, 28 August 1994) *Highest-scoring substitute:

David Fairclough David Fairclough (born Liverpool, 5 January 1957) is an English retired footballer, most famous for playing for Liverpool as a striker during the 1970s and 1980s. Life and playing career Known affectionately as ''Supersub'' (because he was a t ...

, 18 *Most penalties scored:

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, 47 *Most consecutive games a player has scored for Liverpool at Anfield: Mohamed Salah, 9 (13 February 2023 to 6 May 2023) *Most games for an outfield player without scoring:

Ephraim Longworth Ephraim Longworth (2 October 1887 – 7 January 1968) was an England international footballer for Liverpool in the early part of the twentieth century. He was one of Liverpool's all-time greats, and was Liverpool's first ever England captain. ...

, 371 *Youngest goalscorer:

Ben Woodburn Benjamin Luke Woodburn (born 15 October 1999) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Preston North End and the Wales national team. Woodburn joined the football academy of Liverpool when he was seven years old. Nearly a deca ...

, 17 years, 45 days (against Leeds United, 29 November 2016) *Oldest goalscorer: Billy Liddell, 38 years, 55 days (against

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, 5 March 1960) Ian Rush, Wales Team, 1988 (2)

Top goalscorers

''Competitive, professional matches only. Matches played (including as a substitute) appear in brackets.''

International

*First capped player: Frank Becton, for England on 29 March 1897 *Most international caps while a Liverpool player:

, 114 for England *Most international goals while a Liverpool player: **Michael Owen, 26 for England. **Ian Rush, 26 for Wales.

FIFA World Cup

*First Liverpool player to appear at a World Cup:

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for England, at

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*Most World Cup appearances while a Liverpool player:

, 12 for England in

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*Most World Cup goals while a Liverpool player: Michael Owen, 4 for England in 1998 and 2002 *First World Cup winners: Roger Hunt, Ian Callaghan and Gerry Byrne, in

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with England *First non-British player to appear in a World Cup final: Dietmar Hamann, with Germany, in

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*First non-British World Cup winners: Fernando Torres and Pepe Reina, with Spain in

UEFA European Championship * First non-British European Championship winners: Fernando Torres, Pepe Reina and Xabi Alonso, with Spain in

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Copa America * Copa America winners while playing for Liverpool: Luis Suárez, with Uruguay in

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, Alisson Becker and

, with Brazil in

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Africa Cup of Nations *

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winners while playing for Liverpool: Kolo Touré with

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and Sadio Mané with Senegal in

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Transfers

For consistency, fees in the record transfer tables below are all sourced from BBC Sport's contemporary reports of each transfer.

Record transfer fees paid

Record transfer fees received

Managerial records

* First managers: William Edward Barclay and John McKenna, from 15 February 1892 to 16 August 1896 * Longest-serving manager by time: Tom Watson, from 17 August 1896 to 6 May 1915 (18 years, 262 days) * Longest-serving manager by matches:

Bill Shankly William Shankly (2 September 1913 – 29 September 1981) was a Scottish football player and manager, who is best known for his time as manager of Liverpool. Shankly brought success to Liverpool, gaining promotion to the First Division and winnin ...

managed the club for 783 matches over a period of 14 years and seven months, from December 1959 to July 1974 * Most matches managed: 783, Bill Shankly * Most matches won as manager: 407, Bill Shankly * Most matches lost as a manager: 272, Tom Watson * Most goals scored under a manager: 1,307, Bill Shankly * Most goals conceded under a manager: 1,056, Tom Watson * Most successful manager:

Bob Paisley Robert Paisley OBE (23 January 1919 – 14 February 1996) was an English professional football manager and player who played as a wing-half. He spent almost 50 years with Liverpool and is regarded, due to his achievements with the club, ...

, won 20 trophies with the club

Club records

Matches

Firsts

* First match: Liverpool 7–1 Rotherham Town, a friendly match, 1 September 1892 * First Lancashire League match: Liverpool 8–0 Higher Walton, 3 September 1892 * First Football League match: Liverpool 2–0

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, Second Division, 2 September 1893 * First FA Cup match: Liverpool 4–0 Nantwich Town, first qualifying round, 15 October 1892 * First League Cup match: Liverpool 1–1 Luton Town, second round, 19 October 1960 * First European match: Liverpool 5–0

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, European Cup, first round, 17 August 1964

Wins

* Record win: 11–0 against

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in the European Cup Winners' Cup, 17 September 1974 * Record league wins: 10–1 against Rotherham Town in the Second Division, 18 February 1896, 9–0 against Crystal Palace in the First Division, 12 September 1989 and 9–0 against

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in the Premier League, 27 August 2022 * Record home league win: 9–0 against Crystal Palace in First Division, 12 September 1989 and 9–0 against Bournemouth in the Premier League, 27 August 2022 * Record away league win: 7–0 against Crystal Palace in Premier League, 19 December 2020 * Record FA Cup win: 9–0 against Newtown in the second qualifying round, 29 October 1892 * Record League Cup win: 10–0 against

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in the second round, first leg, 23 September 1986 * Most league wins in a season: : 38 games: 32 wins (in the 2019–20 season) * Fewest league wins in a season: 2 wins from 30 games (in the 1891–92 season) * Most home wins in a season (all competitions): 22 (in the 2000–01, 2018–19 and 2019–20 seasons * Most wins away from home in a season: 14 (in the 2019–20 season)

Defeats

* Record defeat: 1–9 against Birmingham City in Second Division, 11 December 1954 * Record defeat at Anfield: 0–6 against

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in First Division, 19 April 1930 * Record-scoring defeat: 2–9 against

in First Division, 1 January 1934 * Record Premier League defeat: 1–6 against

, 24 May 2015, 0–5 against

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, 9 September 2017, 2–7 against

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, 4 October 2020 * Record FA Cup defeat: 0–5 against

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in fourth round, first leg, 26 January 1946 * Record League Cup defeat: 0–5 against

in quarter-finals, 17 December 2019 * Most league defeats in a season: 23 defeats from 42 games (in the 1953–54 season) * Fewest defeats in a season: Unbeaten in the 28-game 1893–94 season

Record consecutive results

* Record consecutive wins: 11 (18 February – 11 April 1989, and 15 March – 7 May 2006) * Record consecutive league wins: 18 (27 October 2019 – 24 February 2020) * Record consecutive league wins from start of season: 8 (in the 1990–91 and 2019–20 seasons) * Record consecutive defeats: 9 (29 April – 14 October 1899) * Record consecutive league matches without a defeat: 44 (12 January 2019 – 24 February 2020) * Record consecutive home league wins: 24 (9 February 2019 – 5 July 2020) * Record consecutive draws: 6 (19 February – 19 March 1975) * Record consecutive home matches without defeat: 85 (7 February 1978 – 31 January 1981) * Record consecutive home league matches without defeat: 68 (7 May 2017 – 17 January 2021) * Record consecutive matches in which Liverpool have scored a goal: 34 (19 April 2021 – 22 December 2021) * Record consecutive matches without conceding a goal: 11 (29 October – 18 December 2005) *Record consecutive home league defeats: 6 (21 January – 7 March 2021)

Goals

* Most league goals scored in a season: 106 in 30 games (in the 1895–96 season, Second Division) * Most top flight goals scored in a season: 101 in 38 games (in the 2013–14 season, Premier League) * Fewest league goals scored in a season: 42 in 34 games (in the 1901–02 season, First Division) and 42 in 42 games (in the 1970–71 season, First Division) * Most league goals conceded in a season: 97 in 42 games (in the 1953–54 season, First Division) * Fewest league goals conceded in a season: 16 in 42 games (in the 1978–79 season, First Division) * Most consecutive league matches with a Liverpool goal: 36 (10 March 2019 – 24 February 2020) * Most consecutive league matches with a Liverpool goal since the start of a season: 27 (in the 2019–20 season)

Points

* Most points in a season: : Two points for a win: 68 (in 42 games in 1978–79, First Division) : Three points for a win: 99 points in 38 games in 2019–20, Premier League) * Fewest points in a season: : Two points for a win: 22 (in 30 games in 1894–95, First Division) : Three points for a win: 52 (in 38 games in 2011–12, Premier League)

Attendances

* Record highest home attendance: 61,905 (against Wolverhampton Wanderers in the

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) * Highest league home attendance: 58,757 (against Chelsea, First Division in the 1949–50 season) * Highest League Cup home attendance: 52,694 (against Tottenham Hotspur, in the 2016–17 season) * Highest European home attendance: 55,104 (against Barcelona, in the 1975–76 season) * Record lowest home attendance: 1,000 (against Loughborough, Second Division in the 1895–96 season) * Lowest FA Cup home attendance: 4,000 (against Newtown, in the 1892–93 season) * Lowest League Cup home attendance: 9,902 (against

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in the 1983–84 season) * Lowest European home attendance: 12,021 (against Dundalk in the 1982–83 season) An attendance of 95,446 was recorded for Liverpool's pre-season friendly against Melbourne Victory in July 2013 at the

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, Australia; the largest ever crowd for a football match in Victoria at the time, as well as the highest in Liverpool's history In July 2018, Liverpool bested this attendance with a 101,254 strong crowd at Michigan Stadium in a game against

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in the

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European statistics

Footnotes

References

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Bibliography

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