Liverpool Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Liverpool, England. The club plays in the Premier League, and it is the most successful club in the history of English football, having won more trophies than any other English club. Liverpool Football Club have won a record 18 First Division titles, and seven League Cups. The club has won five European Cups; an English record. They have also won the FA Cup seven times.
The club was founded in 1892, though it had limited success until the appointment of Bill Shankly as manager. Under Shankly's management, Liverpool won three League Championship titles, two FA Cups and a UEFA Cup, the club's first European trophy. During the past 30 years they have been one of the most successful clubs in English and European football, having won four European Cups between 1977 and 1984. The club experienced a lean period during the 1990s, but saw a revival when they won the treble in 2001, and the club's fifth European Cup in 2005.
The club's traditional colours were red and white, but this was changed to all red in the 1960s. The club's crest has changed throughout its history, with flames added to the crest following the Hillsborough Disaster in honour of the 96 Liverpool fans who lost their lives. At the Heysel Stadium Disaster, 39 Juventus fans died when a wall collapsed before the 1985 European Cup Final.
Liverpool FC have played at Anfield since their formation, but there are plans to move to a new stadium in Stanley Park, which is due to be completed by 2011. 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 are their rivalry with Manchester United, due to the success of both clubs, and their proximity to each other; and with Everton, with whom they regularly contest the Merseyside derby.
The club was founded in 1892, though it had limited success until the appointment of Bill Shankly as manager. Under Shankly's management, Liverpool won three League Championship titles, two FA Cups and a UEFA Cup, the club's first European trophy. During the past 30 years they have been one of the most successful clubs in English and European football, having won four European Cups between 1977 and 1984. The club experienced a lean period during the 1990s, but saw a revival when they won the treble in 2001, and the club's fifth European Cup in 2005.
The club's traditional colours were red and white, but this was changed to all red in the 1960s. The club's crest has changed throughout its history, with flames added to the crest following the Hillsborough Disaster in honour of the 96 Liverpool fans who lost their lives. At the Heysel Stadium Disaster, 39 Juventus fans died when a wall collapsed before the 1985 European Cup Final.
Liverpool FC have played at Anfield since their formation, but there are plans to move to a new stadium in Stanley Park, which is due to be completed by 2011. 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 are their rivalry with Manchester United, due to the success of both clubs, and their proximity to each other; and with Everton, with whom they regularly contest the Merseyside derby.
