Liverpool F.C. seasons

Liverpool Football Club are 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. This list details Liverpool's achievements in major competitions, together with the top scorers and the average attendances for each season. Details of the abandoned 1939–40 season and unofficial Second World War leagues are not included.

The club has won the League Championship eighteen times, the FA Cup and League Cup seven times, the Community Shield fifteen times (including five shared), the European Cup five times, and the UEFA Cup and UEFA Super Cup three times.cite web|url=http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/lfc_story/honours/ |title=LFC Honours |publisher=Liverpool F.C. |accessdate=2008-08-03 ]

History

Liverpool F.C. were formed in 1892, following a rent dispute between the leaseholder of Anfield, John Houlding, and Everton Football Club, which left Houlding with a ground but no club playing in it. In their first season Liverpool won the Lancashire League, and were elected to the Football League Second Division for the 1893–94 season, [cite book
last=Williams |first=John |editor= Williams, John, Long, Cathy, and Hopkins, Stephen (eds.)|title=Passing Rhythms: Liverpool FC and the Transformation of Football |publisher=Berg |location=Oxford |date=2001 |isbn=1-85973-303-4|chapter=Out of the Blue and into the Red: The Early Liverpool Years] going on to win the title without losing a match.cite book
last=Pead |first=Brian |title=Liverpool A complete record 1892-1986 |publisher=Breedon Books Sport |isbn=0-907969-15-1 ] Their first season in the First Division ended in relegation, before they were promoted back the following season. Liverpool won the First Division for the first time in the 1900–01 season, and reached their first FA Cup Final in 1914, losing 1–0 to Burnley. They won their first back-to-back titles in the 1921–22 and 1922–23 seasons; this was their last success until the 1946–47 season, when they regained the league title. Relegated in the 1953–54 season, they did not regain their place in the First Division until the 1962–63 season under the management of Bill Shankly. [cite web
url=http://www.lfchistory.net/managers_profile.asp?manager_id=9 |title=Bill Shankly's managerial profile |publisher=LFChistory |accessdate=2008-08-03 ]

Liverpool first participated in European competition during the 1964–65 season, a season which represented Liverpool's first FA Cup triumph. [cite web
url=http://www.lfchistory.net/seasongames.asp?Season_id=6 |title=All the official games for the 1964-1965 season |publisher=LFChistory |accessdate=2008-08-03 ] They won their first European trophy, the UEFA Cup, during the 1972–73 season. [cite web|url=http://www.lfchistory.net/redcorner_articles_view.asp?PageAction=Add&PageNo=1&article_id=325 |title=Liverpool in Europe: The Early Years 1964-1973 |publisher=LFChistory |accessdate=2008-09-03 ] The club won the European Cup during the 1976–77 season and retained the trophy the following year. Liverpool won a unique treble of the League, the European Cup and League Cup during the 1983–84 season.cite web|url=http://www.krysstal.com/multiple.html |title=Football: Multiple Trophy Winners |publisher=KryssTal |accessdate=2008-09-03 ] They won their first double of league championship and FA Cup in 1986, and during the 2000–01 season they won another treble, this one consisting of the FA Cup, League Cup and UEFA Cup.

Key

Key to league record:
*P = Played
*W = Games won
*D = Games drawn
*L = Games lost
*F = Goals for
*A = Goals against
*Pts = Points
*Pos = Final positionKey to divisions:
*Prem = Premier League
*Div 1 = Football League First Division
*Div 2 = Football League Second Division
*LL = Lancashire LeagueKey to rounds:
*DNE = Did not enter
*PR = Preliminary round
*R1 = Round 1
*R2 = Round 2
*R3 = Round 3
*R4 = Round 4
*R5 = Round 5
*R6 = Round 6
*Grp = Group stage
*QF = Quarter-finals
*SF = Semi-finals
*RU = Runners-up
*S = Shared
*W = Winners

Notes

A. The League Cup was founded in 1961.

B. Goals in all competitions (Football League or Premier League, FA Cup, League Cup and European) are counted.

C. Attendance in all competitions (Football League or Premier League, FA Cup, League Cup, European and other FA and Football League domestic cup competitions) at games classed as home fixtures are counted towards the average. [Cite web
url=http://www.lfchistory.net/seasonarchive.asp |title=Season Archive |publisher=LFChistory |accessdate=2008-03-14 ]

D. Liverpool were promoted after defeating Newton Heath 2–0 in a test match. Promotion and relegation were decided by test match until the 1898–99 season.

E. Liverpool were relegated after losing 1–0 to Blackburn Rovers in a test match.

F. Liverpool were promoted after defeating Small Heath and West Bromwich Albion over two test matches.

G. 31 goals in First Division.

H. 30 goals in First Division.

I. The 1923 Charity Shield was contested between an Amateurs XI and a Professionals XI.

J. All FA Cup ties in 1945–46 were played on a two legged basis.

K. note label|Football League Cup|K|anote label|Football League Cup|K|bnote label|Football League Cup|K|cnote label|Football League Cup|K|dnote label|Football League Cup|K|enote label|Football League Cup|K|f Despite entering the first League Cup in 1960–61, like many other major clubs Liverpool declined to take part again until the 1967–68 season.

L. note label|Shared|L|anote label|Shared|L|bnote label|Shared|L|cnote label|Shared|L|dnote label|Shared|L|enote label|Shared|L|f From 1939 to 1993, in the event of a draw, the Charity Shield would be shared between the two competing teams, with each team having possession of the trophy for six months.

M. The 1981–82 season saw the introduction of three points for a win.

N. 32 goals in First Division.

O. Following the Heysel Stadium Disaster, English clubs were banned from European competition from 1985 to 1990. Liverpool were originally banned for ten years, but were allowed back in 1991.

P. 26 goals in First Division.

Q. The 22 top English clubs break away from the Football League to form the FA Premier League as the new top tier of the English football pyramid.

R. Joint top scorer with Chris Sutton of Blackburn Rovers and Dion Dublin of Coventry City.

S. 18 goals in Premier League.

T. Joint top scorer with Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink of Leeds United and Dwight Yorke of Manchester United.

U. 18 goals in Premier League.

V. Teams finishing third in their group at the first group stage of the Champions League enter the UEFA Cup at round three.

References

;General
*cite web
url=http://www.lfchistory.net/seasonarchive.asp
title=LFChistory.net Season Archive
accessdate=August 22
accessyear=2006

;Specific

External links

*cite web|url=http://www.fchd.info/LIVERPOO.HTM |title=Liverpool |publisher=Football Club History Database |accessdate=2008-03-18
*cite web|url=http://www.footballsite.co.uk/Statistics/ClubbyClub/ClubHistories/Liverpool.htm |title=Liverpool statistics |publisher=Football site |accessdate=2008-03-18