List of Liverpool F.C. statistics and records

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. Liverpool joined the Football League 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 currently holds the record for the most English top-flight titles with 18, and also hold the record for the most European Cup victories by an English team, winning the competition five times. The club's record appearance maker is Ian Callaghan, who has made 857 appearances between 1958 and 1978. Ian Rush is the club's record goalscorer, scoring 346 goals during his Liverpool career.

"All figures are correct as of 30 August 2008."

Honours

Liverpool have won honours both domestically and in European cup competitions. They have won the English League Championship a record 18 times and the League Cup a record seven times.Cite web |url = http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/lfc_story/honours/ |title=LFC Honours |publisher=Liverpool F.C |accessdate=2008-02-03 ] In their first season, 1892–93, they won the Lancashire League title and the Liverpool District Cup, [cite web
url=http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/lfc_story/1882b.htm |title=LFC Story |publisher=Liverpool F.C |accessdate=2008-02-18] and their most recent success came in 2006, when they won the FA Cup for the seventh time.

Domestic

League

*Football League First Division / Premier League (level 1):Winners (18): 1900–01, 1905–06, 1921–22, 1922–23, 1946–47, 1963–64, 1965–66, 1972–73, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1985–86, 1987–88, 1989–90:Runners-up (11): 1898–89, 1909–10, 1968–69, 1973–74, 1974–75, 1977–78, 1984–85, 1986–87, 1988–89, 1990–91, 2001–02

*Second Division (level 2):Winners (4): 1893–94, 1895–96, 1904–05, 1961–62

*Lancashire League :Winners (1): 1892–93

Cups

*FA Cup:Winners (7): 1965, 1974, 1986, 1989, 1992, 2001, 2006:Runners-up (6): 1914, 1950, 1971, 1977, 1988, 1996

*League Cup:Winners (7): 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1995, 2001, 2003:Runners-up (3): 1978, 1987, 2005

*FA Charity Shield / FA Community Shield :Winners (15, 10 outright and 5 shared):ref label|Shared|A| 1964 (shared), 1965 (shared), 1966, 1974, 1976, 1977 (shared), 1979, 1980, 1982, 1986 (shared), 1988, 1989, 1990 (shared), 2001, 2006:Runners-up (6): 1922, 1971, 1983, 1984, 1992, 2002

*Super Cup :Winners (1): 1986

International

*European Cup:Winners (5): 1977, 1978, 1981, 1984, 2005:Runners-up (2): 1985, 2007

*UEFA Cup:Winners (3): 1973, 1976, 2001

*UEFA Super Cup:Winners (3): 1977, 2001, 2005:Runners-up (2): 1978, 1984

*UEFA Cup Winners' Cup:Runners-up (1): 1966

*Intercontinental Cup:Runners-up (2): 1981, 1984

*FIFA Club World Cup:Runners-up (1): 2005

Player records

Appearances

Ian Callaghan holds Liverpool's appearance record, having played 857 times over the course of 19 seasons from 1958 to 1978. He also holds the records for league and FA Cup appearances, with 640 and 79 respectively. Ian Rush is the holder of the most League Cup appearances, having made 78 in the competition. Jamie Carragher holds the record for the most European appearances, with 108.

*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 European appearances: Jamie Carragher, 108. [cite web|url=http://www.lfchistory.net/total_games_per_season.asp?Player_id=277|title=Total games played per season by Jamie Carragher|publisher=LFC history|accessdate=2008-02-15 ]
*Youngest first-team player: Max Thompson, 17 years and 129 days (against Tottenham Hotspur, 8 May 1974).
*Oldest first-team player: Ted Doig, 41 years and 165 days (against Newcastle United, 11 April 1908).
*Oldest debutant: Ted Doig, 37 years and 307 days (against Burton United, 1 September 1904).
*Most consecutive appearances: Phil Neal, 417 (from 23 October 1976 to 24 September 1983).cite web |url=http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/lfc_story/records |title=LFC Records |publisher=Liverpool F.C |accessdate=2007-12-24 ]
*Most seasons as an ever-present: Phil Neal, 9 (from 1976–77 to 1983–84).ref label|Ever-present|B|
*Longest-serving player: Elisha Scott, 21 years and 52 days (from 1913 to 1934).

Most appearances

"Competitive, professional matches only, appearances as substitute in brackets." [cite book|author=Brian Pead|title=Liverpool A Complete Record |publisher=Breedon Books |pages=p. 416 |year=1986 |isbn=0-907969-15-1 ] [cite web|url=http://www.lfchistory.net/stats_appearances.asp|title=Most Appearances|publisher=LFC history|accessdate=2008-02-22 ]

Record transfer fees received

Managerial records

*First managers: W. E. Barclay and John McKenna, from 15 February 1892 to 16 August 1896. [cite web|url=http://www.lfchistory.net/managers_lcstats.asp?manager_id=1|title=John McKenna's managerial career |publisher=LFC history |accessdate=2007-10-03 ]
*Longest-serving manager by time: Tom Watson, from 17 August 1896 to 6 May 1915. [cite web|url=http://www.lfchistory.net/managers_lcstats.asp?manager_id=2 |title=Tom Watson's managerial career |publisher=LFC history |accessdate=2007-10-03 ]
* Longest-serving manager by matches: Bill Shankly managed the club for 783 matches over a period of 14 years and seven months, from December 1959 to July 1974. [cite web|url=http://www.soccerbase.com/manager_history.sd?teamid=1563 |title=Manager History for Liverpool |publisher=Soccerbase |accessdate=2008-07-27 ]

Club records

Matches

Firsts

*First match: Liverpool 6–1 Rotherham Town, a friendly match, 1 September 1892.cite web|url=http://www.lfchistory.net/stats_articles_view.asp?article_Id=47|title=Anfield|publisher=LFChistory|accessdate=2008-02-17 ]
*First Lancashire League match: Liverpool 8–0 Higher Walton, 3 September 1892.
*First Football League match: Liverpool 2–0 Middlesbrough Ironopolis, Second Division, 2 September 1893. [cite web|url=http://www.lfchistory.net/seasongames.asp?Season_id=97 |title=All the official games for the 1893-1894 season |publisher=LFC history |accessdate=2008-08-31 ]
*First FA Cup match: Liverpool 3–0 Grimsby Town, first round, 27 January 1894.cite web|url=http://fchd.info/LIVERPOO.HTM |title=Liverpool |publisher=FCHD |accessdate=2008-04-27 ]
*First League Cup match: Liverpool 1–1 Luton Town, second round, 19 October 1960.
*First European match: Liverpool 5–0 KR Reykjavik, European Cup, first round, 17 August 1964. [cite book|last=Ponting|first=Ivan|title=Liverpool in Europe|page=p. 22|publisher=Guinness|isbn=0-85112-569-7]

Wins

*Record win: 11–0 against Strømsgodset in the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, 17 September 1974.cite web|url=http://www.lfchistory.net/stats_biggest_wins_home.asp|title=The 50 biggest wins at Anfield|publisher=LFC history|accessdate=2008-02-14 ]
*Record league win: 10–1 against Rotherham Town in Second Division, 18 February 1896.
*Record UEFA Champions League win: 8–0 against Beşiktaş, 6 November 2007.cite web|url=http://www.uefa.com/competitions/ucl/fixturesresults/round=15105/match=301215/report=rp.html|title=Liverpool revived by record triumph|publisher=UEFA|date=2007-11-06|accessdate=2008-02-14 ] ref label|Champions League|F|
*Most league wins in a season: 30 wins out of 42 games (during the 1978–79 season). Pead (1986), p. 414 ]
*Fewest league wins in a season: 7 wins out of 30 games (during the 1894–95 season).

Defeats

*Record defeat: 1–9 against Birmingham City in Second Division, 11 December 1954.cite web|url=http://www.lfchistory.net/stats_biggest_loss_away.asp|title=The 50 biggest defeats away from Anfield|publisher=LFC history|accessdate=2008-02-14 ]
*Record defeat at Anfield: 0–6 against Sunderland in First Division, 19 April 1930. [cite web|url=http://www.lfchistory.net/stats_biggest_loss_home.asp|title=The 50 biggest defeats at Anfield|publisher=LFC history|accessdate=2008-02-14 ]
*Record-scoring defeat: 2–9 against Newcastle United in First Division, 1 January 1934.
*Most league defeats in a season: 23 defeats out of 42 games (during the 1953–54 season).
*Fewest defeats in a season: Unbeaten during the 28-game 1893–94 season.

Goals

*Most goals scored in a season: 106 in 30 games (during the 1895–96 season, Second Division).
*Fewest goals scored in a season: 42 in 34 and 42 games (during the 1901–02 and 1970–71 seasons, First Division).
*Most goals conceded in a season: 97 in 42 games (during the 1953–54 season, First Division).
*Fewest goals conceded in a season: 16 in 42 games (during the 1978–79 season, First Division).

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: 90 (in 42 games in 1987–88, First Division).

*Fewest points in a season::Two points for a win: 22 (in 30 games in 1894–95, First Division).:Three points for a win: 51 (in 42 games in 1980–81, First Division).

Attendances

*Record highest attendance: 61,905 (against Wolverhampton Wanderers, FA Cup fifth round, in the 1951–52 season).ref label|Wolves|G|
*Highest league attendance: 58,757 (against Chelsea, First Division in the 1949–50 season).
*Highest League Cup attendance: 50,880 (against Nottingham Forest, in the 1979–80 season).
*Highest European attendance: 55,104 (against FC Barcelona, in the 1975–76 season).
*Record lowest attendance: 1,000 (against Loughborough, Second Division in the 1895–96 season).ref label|Dundalk|H|
*Lowest FA Cup attendance: 4,000 (against Newton, in the 1892–93 season).
*Lowest League Cup attendance: 9,902 (against Brentford in the 1983–84 season).
*Lowest European attendance: 12,021 (against Dundalk in the 1982–83 season).

European statistics

Notes

A. Between 1949 and 1993 the Community Shield was usually shared if the game was drawn.

B. Ever-present refers to the player playing every minute of every match in the league and cup competitions.

C. note label|league|C|anote label|league|C|b Includes the Football Alliance, the Football League and the Premier League.

D. note label|other|D|anote label|other|D|b The "Other" column includes goals and appearances (including those as a substitute) in UEFA Champions League, UEFA Cup, UEFA Cup Winners Cup, UEFA Super Cup, Charity Shield and Intercontinental Cup matches.

E. Total fee reported as £8m plus the player Antonio Núñez.

F. This victory represents the highest ever victory in the UEFA Champions League.

G. Attendance against Wolves also represents the record highest FA Cup attendance.

H. Attendance against Dundalk also represents the record lowest league attendance.

References

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*cite web|url=http://www.lfchistory.net/stats.asp|title=Stats|publisher=LFC history|accessdate=2008-02-14
*cite web|url=http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/lfc_story/records/|title=Records|publisher=Liverpool F.C|accessdate=2008-02-17

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