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Ian Callaghan holds the record for the most appearances made for Liverpool with 857.

Liverpool Football Club is 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 have won 19 top-flight titles, and also hold the record for the most European Cup victories by an English team, winning the competition six times. The club's record appearance maker is Ian Callaghan, who made 857 appearances between 1958 and 1978. Ian Rush is the club's record goalscorer, scoring 346 goals in total.

All statistics are correct as of 25 May 2024.

Honours

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Liverpool fans' banner dedicated to the club's six European Cup wins.

Liverpool have won honours both domestically and in European cup competitions.[1] They have won the English top league 19 times and the League Cup a record ten times. In their first season, 1892–93, they won the Lancashire League title and the Liverpool District Cup,[2] and their most recent success came in 2024, when they won their tenth League Cup title.

Liverpool F.C. honours
Honour No. Years
Football League First Division/Premier League 19 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, 2019–20
Football League Second Division 4 1893–94, 1895–96, 1904–05, 1961–62
FA Cup 8 1965, 1974, 1986, 1989, 1992, 2001, 2006, 2022
League Cup 10 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1995, 2001, 2003, 2012, 2022, 2024
FA Community/Charity Shield[a] 16 1964*, 1965*, 1966, 1974, 1976, 1977*, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1986*, 1988, 1989, 1990*, 2001, 2006, 2022 (* shared)
Football League Super Cup 1 1985–86
European Cup/UEFA Champions League 6 1977, 1978, 1981, 1984, 2005, 2019
UEFA Cup 3 1973, 1976, 2001
European/UEFA Super Cup 4 1977, 2001, 2005, 2019
FIFA Club World Cup 1 2019

Player records

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Appearances

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Most appearances

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Competitive, professional matches only, appearances as substitute in brackets.[8][9]

Players with most appearances for Liverpool F.C.
Rank Player Years League[b] FA Cup League Cup Other[c] Total
1 England Ian Callaghan 1960–1978 640 (4) 79 (2) 42 (7) 96 (1) 857 (14)
2 England Jamie Carragher 1996–2013 508 (24) 40 (1) 35 (7) 152 (3) 737 (35)
3 England Steven Gerrard 1998–2015 504 (39) 42 (5) 30 (5) 134 (14) 710 (63)
4 England Ray Clemence 1967–1981 470 (0) 54 (0) 55 (0) 86 (0) 665 (0)
England Emlyn Hughes 1967–1979 474 (0) 62 (0) 46 (0) 83 (0) 665 (0)
6 Wales Ian Rush 1980–1987
1988–1996
469 (22) 61 (5) 78 (0) 52 (3) 660 (30)
7 England Phil Neal 1974–1985 455 (2) 45 (0) 66 (0) 81 (0) 650 (2)
8 England Tommy Smith 1962–1978 467 (0) 52 (0) 30 (0) 89 (1) 638 (1)
9 Zimbabwe Bruce Grobbelaar 1980–1994 440 (0) 62 (0) 70 (0) 56 (0) 628 (0)
10 Scotland Alan Hansen 1977–1991 434 (0) 58 (1) 68 (0) 60 (1) 620 (2)

Goalscorers

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Robbie Fowler, who scored the fastest hat-trick in Liverpool history
Ian Rush, Liverpool's all-time record goalscorer

Top goalscorers

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Competitive, professional matches only. Matches played (including as a substitute) appear in brackets.[28][29]

Top goalscorers for Liverpool F.C.
Rank Player Years League[b] FA Cup League Cup Other[c] Total
1 Wales Ian Rush 1980–1987
1988–1996
229 (469) 39 (61) 48 (78) 30 (52) 346 (660)
2 England Roger Hunt 1958–1969 244 (404) 18 (44) 5 (10) 18 (34) 285 (492)
3 England Gordon Hodgson 1925–1936 233 (358) 8 (19) 0 (0) 0 (0) 241 (377)
4 Scotland Billy Liddell 1938–1961 215 (492) 13 (42) 0 (0) 0 (0) 228 (534)
5 Egypt Mohamed Salah 2017–present 162 (260) 6 (12) 3 (8) 49 (85) 220 (365)
6 England Steven Gerrard 1998–2015 120 (504) 15 (42) 9 (30) 42 (134) 186 (710)
7 England Robbie Fowler 1993–2001
2006–2007
128 (266) 12 (24) 29 (35) 14 (44) 183 (369)
8 Scotland Kenny Dalglish 1977–1990 118 (355) 13 (37) 27 (59) 14 (64) 172 (515)
9 England Michael Owen 1996–2004 118 (216) 8 (15) 9 (14) 23 (52) 158 (297)
10 England Harry Chambers 1915–1928 135 (315) 16 (28) 0 (0) 0 (1) 151 (339)

International

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FIFA World Cup

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UEFA European Championship

Copa America

Africa Cup of Nations

Transfers

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For consistency, fees in the record transfer tables below are all sourced from BBC Sport's contemporary reports of each transfer.

Virgil van Dijk is Liverpool's record signing

Record transfer fees paid

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Record transfer fees paid by Liverpool F.C.
Rank Player From Fee Date Ref.
1 Netherlands Virgil van Dijk England Southampton £75 million 1 January 2018 [33]
2 Brazil Alisson Italy Roma £66.8 million 19 July 2018 [34]
3 Uruguay Darwin Núñez Portugal Benfica £64 million 14 June 2022 [35]
4 Hungary Dominik Szoboszlai Germany RB Leipzig £60 million 2 July 2023 [36]
5 Guinea Naby Keïta £45 million 1 July 2018 [37]

Record transfer fees received

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Record transfer fees received by Liverpool F.C.
Rank Player To Fee Date Ref.
1 Brazil Philippe Coutinho Spain Barcelona £105 million 6 January 2018 [38]
2 Uruguay Luis Suárez £75 million 11 July 2014 [39]
3 Spain Fernando Torres England Chelsea £50 million 31 January 2011 [40]
4 England Raheem Sterling England Manchester City £49 million 20 July 2015 [41]
5 Brazil Fabinho Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad £40 million 31 July 2023 [42]
6 Spain Xabi Alonso Spain Real Madrid £30 million 5 August 2009 [43]
7 Senegal Sadio Mané Germany Bayern Munich £27.5 million 22 June 2022 [44]
8 Belgium Christian Benteke England Crystal Palace £27 million 20 August 2016 [45]
9 France Mamadou Sakho £26 million 1 September 2017 [46]
10 England Rhian Brewster England Sheffield United £23.5 million 2 October 2020 [47]

Managerial records

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Bob Paisley, Liverpool's most successful manager of all time
  • First managers: William Edward Barclay and John McKenna, from 15 February 1892 to 16 August 1896[48]
  • Longest-serving manager by time: Tom Watson, from 17 August 1896 to 6 May 1915 (18 years, 262 days)[3]
  • 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[3]
  • Most matches managed: 783, Bill Shankly[49]
  • Most matches won as manager: 407, Bill Shankly[49]
  • Most matches lost as a manager: 272, Tom Watson[49]
  • Most goals scored under a manager: 1,307, Bill Shankly[49]
  • Most goals conceded under a manager: 1,056, Tom Watson[49]
  • Most successful manager: Bob Paisley, won 20 trophies with the club[49]

Club records

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Matches

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Firsts

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Wins

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  • Record win: 11–0 against Strømsgodset in the European Cup Winners' Cup, 17 September 1974[50]
  • Record league wins: 10–1 against Rotherham Town in the Second Division, 18 February 1896, 9–0 against Crystal Palace in the First Division, 12 September 1989 and 9–0 against Bournemouth in the Premier League, 27 August 2022[50][51]
  • Record home league win: 9–0 against Crystal Palace in First Division, 12 September 1989 and 9–0 against Bournemouth in the Premier League, 27 August 2022[50][51]
  • Record away league win: 7–0 against Crystal Palace in Premier League, 19 December 2020[52]
  • Record FA Cup win: 9–0 against Newtown in the second qualifying round, 29 October 1892[50]
  • Record League Cup win: 10–0 against Fulham in the second round, first leg, 23 September 1986[50]
  • Most league wins in a season:
38 games: 32 wins (in the 2019–20 season)[53]

Defeats

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Record consecutive results

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  • Record consecutive wins: 11 (18 February – 11 April 1989, and 15 March – 7 May 2006)[56]
  • Record consecutive league wins: 18 (27 October 2019 – 24 February 2020)[57]
  • Record consecutive league wins from start of season: 8 (in the 1990–91 and 2019–20 seasons)[58]
  • Record consecutive defeats: 9 (29 April – 14 October 1899)[59]
  • Record consecutive league matches without a defeat: 44 (12 January 2019 – 24 February 2020)[60]
  • Record consecutive home league wins: 24 (9 February 2019 – 5 July 2020)[61]
  • Record consecutive draws: 6 (19 February – 19 March 1975)[62]
  • Record consecutive home matches without defeat: 85 (7 February 1978 – 31 January 1981)[63]
  • Record consecutive home league matches without defeat: 68 (7 May 2017 – 17 January 2021)[64]
  • Record consecutive matches in which Liverpool have scored a goal: 34 (19 April 2021 – 22 December 2021)[65][66]
  • Record consecutive matches without conceding a goal: 11 (29 October – 18 December 2005)[67]
  • Record consecutive home league defeats: 6 (21 January – 7 March 2021)[68]

Goals

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  • Most league goals scored in a season: 106 in 30 games (in the 1895–96 season, Second Division)[10]
  • Most top flight goals scored in a season: 101 in 38 games (in the 2013–14 season, Premier League)[10]
  • Fewest league goals scored in a season: 42 in 34 games (in the 1901–02 season, First Division) and 42 in 42 games (in the 1970–71 season, First Division)[10]
  • Most league goals conceded in a season: 97 in 42 games (in the 1953–54 season, First Division)[10]
  • Fewest league goals conceded in a season: 16 in 42 games (in the 1978–79 season, First Division)[10]
  • Most consecutive league matches with a Liverpool goal: 36 (10 March 2019 – 24 February 2020)[57]
  • Most consecutive league matches with a Liverpool goal since the start of a season: 27 (in the 2019–20 season)[57]

Points

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  • Most points in a season:
Two points for a win: 68 (in 42 games in 1978–79, First Division)[69]
Three points for a win: 99 points in 38 games in 2019–20, Premier League)[53]
  • Fewest points in a season:
Two points for a win: 22 (in 30 games in 1894–95, First Division)[69]
Three points for a win: 52 (in 38 games in 2011–12, Premier League)[70]

Attendances

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An attendance of 95,446 was recorded for Liverpool's pre-season friendly against Melbourne Victory in July 2013 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, Australia; the largest ever crowd for a football match in Victoria at the time, as well as the highest in Liverpool's history[75] In July 2018, Liverpool bested this attendance with a 101,254 strong crowd at Michigan Stadium in a game against Manchester United in the 2018 International Champions Cup[76]

European statistics

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Footnotes

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  1. ^ Between 1949 and 1993 the Community Shield was usually shared if the game was drawn.
  2. ^ a b Includes the Football League and the Premier League.
  3. ^ a b The "Other" column includes goals and appearances (including those as a substitute) in UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League, UEFA Cup Winners Cup, UEFA Super Cup, FA Community Shield, Intercontinental Cup, FIFA Club World Cup, Football League Centenary Trophy and Football League Super Cup matches.
  4. ^ Attendance against Wolves also represents the record highest FA Cup attendance.
  5. ^ Attendance against Loughborough also represents the record lowest league attendance.

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