Liverpool Fútbol Club is a Uruguayan football club based in Montevideo. 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 Supercopa Uruguaya 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) * Gerardo Pelusso (1991) * Julio César Antúnez (Jan 1, 1997 – Jan 1, 1999) *

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(Jan 1, 2002 – March 22, 2004) * Carlos Barcos (March 22, 2004 – Aug 31, 2005) * Juan Tejera (July 1, 2006 – May 21, 2007) * Carlos Manta (July 1, 2007 – Nov 26, 2007) * Eduardo Favaro (Jan 1, 2008 – June 9, 2011) * Diego Demarco (June 16, 2011 – Oct 3, 2011) * Julio César Antúnez (Oct 4, 2011 – Nov 5, 2012) * José Puente (Nov 6, 2012 – Dec 14, 2012) *

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(Jan 1, 2013 – June 2, 2013) * Eduardo Favaro (June 26, 2013–1?) * Juan Verzeri (2015) *

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(2016) * Alejandro Bertoldi (2016-) * ??? (?) * Paulo Pezzolano (2017-2019) * Román Cuello (2019-2020) * Marcelo Méndez (2020-2021)

Honours

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

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* Supercopa Uruguaya: 2 ::

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* Segunda División: 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