Liverpool Fútbol Club is a Uruguayan

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club based in

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. The team was first promoted to the Primera División in 1919 and plays its home games at

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History

The club has its roots in the student team from the Catholic Capuchin school in Nuevo París, which began playing in 1908. The club took on the name

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as there were many cultural links between the two areas; the majority of coal ships arriving in Montevideo came from the English port. A number of clubs took on Anglicised names, such as league rivals

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; in this case, the team paid homage to

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. Liverpool plays home matches in

(Belvedere Stadium), formerly owned by the Montevideo Wanderers. In 2019 Liverpool won the Torneo Intermedio, their first 1st division title. In 2020, they won the

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for the first time and finished a historic year by capturing the ''Torneo Clausura'' for the first time in its history.

Kit evolution

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CONMEBOL appearances

Current squad

Managers

* Danilo Hodgisi * Eugenio "Pato" Galvalisi (19??−66) *

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(1976) *

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(1991) *

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(June 26, 2013–1?) *

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(2015) *

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(2019-2020) * Marcelo Méndez (2020-2021)

Honours

* Primera División: :: 2020 Clausura :: 2022 Apertura * Torneo Intermedio: 1 ::

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: 2 ::

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: 4 :: 1966, 1987, 2002, 2014–15 * Divisional Intermedia: 2 :: 1919, 1937 * Tercera División Uruguay: 1 ::1916

Other sports

Liverpool FC had a basketball team until the 1990s, playing in the stadium that still exists behind the north tribune of Estadio Belvedere. The team never reached the first division.

References

External links

* {{Primera División de Uruguay 1915 establishments in Uruguay Football clubs in Uruguay Association football clubs established in 1915 Prado, Montevideo