Nickname: The Reds, Pool
Manager: Jurgen Klopp
Captain:
Jordan Henderson is a captain of Liverpool Football Club. He plays as midfielder for his club. Jordan joined liverpool on 9 Jun857e 2011 for an undisclosed fees. He has scored 28 goals in 359 appearances for Liverpool FC. He has awarded as Liverpool youngest player of the year in 2011-12.
Crest:
The crest of Liverpool FC based upon the cormorant Liver bird. The Liver bird is not a real bird which actually comes from 1600. At the top of the crest is a Shankly gates which is rated in 1972 at the entrance of Anfield main car park. The famous anthem 'Never Walk Alone' is included in a crest with the founding date of 1892. The two torches of either side of the logo are just explained honoring the memory of the victim of Hillsborough disaster.
Stadium:
The home ground of Liverpool FC is called Anfield Football Stadium which opened 1884 but Liverpool FC have been using it since 1892. The stadium is seventh largest stadium in England. It holds about 54,074 people. Fenway Sports group are the owner of the stadium. The field size of the stadium is 101 metres (110 yd) by 68 metres (74 yd).
Records:
- Lan Callaghan has most appearances in all the competitions (857) from the Liverpool FC.
- He has most league appearances (640) from the team.
- He also has most FA Cup appearances (79) from the team.
- Lan Rush has most League Cup appearances (78) from the team.
- Jerome Sinclair is the youngest first team player (16 years and 6 days) to play for Liverpool FC.
- Ned Doig is the oldest first team player (41 years and 165 days) to play for the club.
- Phil Neal has most consecutive appearances (417) from the team.
Achievements:
- Liverpool FC is six times champions of European Cup. (1977, 1978, 1981, 1984, 2005 and 2019)
- The club is 8 times winner of League Cup. (1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1995, 2001, 2003 and 2012)
- Club is seven times winner of FA Cup. (1965, 1974, 1986, 1989, 1992, 2001 and 2006)
- They are three times winner of UEFA Cup. (1973, 1976 and 2001)
- They are four times winner of European Super League. (1977, 2001, 2005 and 2019)
- They are also one time winner of Club World Cup. (2019)
Sponsors:
The current Kit manufacturer is Nike. The chest side shirt is sponsored by Standard Chartered and sleeve side shirt is sponsored by Western Union.
Rivalry:
Liverpool's biggest rivals are Everton and Manchester United.
The Everton and Liverpool rivalry is from the founding of Liverpool FC. The matches between the two sides are called Merseyside derby. The stadium of both clubs are less than 1 mile which helps this rivalry as proximity is a great ingredient to rivalry. Though the clubs are always been a rivals, the rivalry didn't really heed up till 1980 when both sides became very successful in England and Europe. The two clubs have played with each other over 230 times.
The rivalry with Manchester United stands from a natural rivalry between the cities of Liverpool and Manchester. The accommodation between the cities being rivals and the two most successful clubs in England has helped them to be the most fearless rivalry.
Important Event:
Liverpool has many important events in the club history.
- On 29 May 1985, Liverpool played against Juventus in the Champions League in Brussels, Belgium. Before the match, there were calls from both the teams. During the match, a section of Liverpool fans rushed on the section of Juventus fans. The rush of people forced the stand to collaps. The collaps and crush of people caused 39 death, mainly Juventus fans. But the match actually continued and Juventus won by 1-0. From the fall out of the tragedy, the English Clubs are being banned from European Competitions for 5 seasons.
- On 15 April, 1989, 96 Liverpool fans were killed at the Heysel stadium in Sheffield at Liverpool's FA Cup Semifinal match. For years, Police blames fans for causing the crush. However, Liverpool fans have always maintained that the police and the authority were responsible for the safety on that day.
- On 28 May 2005, Liverpool played with AC Milan in the finals of the Champions League in Istanbul, Turkey. It was club's first European finals since heysel disaster. After much dramatic incident, Liverpool FC won the match.
Top ten greatest player of all time:
- Steven Gerrard
- Kenny Dalglish
- Lan Rush
- John Barnes
- Alan Hansen
- Lan Callaghan
- Steve Heighway
- Michael Owen
- Steve McMahon
- Fernando Torres
