LIVERPOOL

Stadium: Anfield(45,362)
Manager: Rafael Benítez

Chairman: Tom Hicks

2007-2008: 4th, Premier League

Official Club Site: Liverpool

 

  Liverpool football club

 

Founded in 1892 after a disagreement with Everton FC over the rent for Anfield, Liverpool Football Club have went on to become one of European football's most decorated clubs with a history that unfortunately bears as much tragedy as it does success. They have won a record 18 English League titles, although the last time they won the title was in 1990. Liverpool has won five European Cups, an English record. Only A.C. Milan and Real Madrid have won Europe's premier club competition more times, although only one win has come in the UEFA Champions League era. Despite winning five English league titles before 1950, the club really only took off when they appointed Scotsman Bill Shankly as manager in 1959.They have won the FA Cup and League Cup seven times. They are also one of only five teams to have been awarded the prestigious UEFA Badge of Honor, which was awarded to Liverpool in 2005 after their fifth UEFA Champions League victory.

Liverpool have a large and diverse fan base, who hold a string of long-standing rivalries with several other clubs; the most notable of these is with neighbors’ Everton, with whom they regularly contest the Merseyside derby. Liverpool also has a fierce rivalry with Manchester United, due to the success of both clubs, as well as their proximity to each other.

 

When he retired in 1983 Liverpool again promoted from within and veteran coach Joe Fagan took the reigns and led the club to a treble of the English league, League Cup and European Cup in 1984. His tenure ended in tragedy the following year however as 39 Juventus fans were killed during the European Cup final as Liverpool fans charged their section and a wall collapsed during the game. Juventus went on to win 1-0 and English sides were duly banned from European competition the club's fans have been involved in two major disasters. At the Heysel Stadium disaster, 39 Juventus F.C. fans died when a wall collapsed after crowd trouble in the 1985 European Cup Final, and the Hillsborough Disaster in 1989 where 96 Liverpool fans lost their lives. They did however win their fifth European Cup in 2005 under Rafael Benitez and were awarded the UEFA Badge of Honour for their achievement.

 


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