Liverpool F.C.

Liverpool F.C. is an English soccer team currently playing in the English Premier League. It is based in Anfield stadium, although is expected to relocate to Stanley Park sometime in the future. It is considered one of the Big Five of English football, along with Arsenal, Chelsea, Manchester City and Manchester United, however, the club has become the most successful club in English league history, winning eighteen League titles as well as five European cups. The current manager is Roy Hodgson and is sponsored by Standard Chartered. The Club's most bitter rivalries are with Everton, Manchester United and Chelsea.

## Contents

* 1 History
* 2 Roster
* 3 Notable former players
* 4 Honors

## History[edit]

The club was founded in 1892 after a dispute between the owner of the Anfield Road ground, John Houlding, and the team that was the tenant, Everton. Everton built and occupied their own ground, Goodison Park, leaving Houlding with an unproductive and vacant Anfield. Houlding began Liverpool F.C. to utilise his asset. The Club's first ever manager was an Irishman, John McKenna. McKenna brought in a lot of players to the club, many of them from Scotland. Under his supervision it was promoted twice: first from the Lancaster League to the Second Division, and then to First Divisions. He also worked with Houlding to develop Anfield and expand its capacity. The club won its first League title in 1900-01.

## Roster[edit]

Liverpool F.C. Roster

Goalkeepers

* 1 Brad Jones
* 25 Pepe Reina
* 42 Peter Gulacsi
* 52 Danny Ward

Defenders

* 2 Glen Johnson
* 5 Daniel Agger
* 12 Fabio Aurelio
* 22 Emiliano Insua
* 23 Jamie Carragher
* 27 Philipp Degen
* 32 Stephen Darby
* 34 Martin Kelly
* 36 Steven Irwin
* 37 Martin Skrtel
* 38 Andrea Dossena
* 40 Daniel Sanchez Ayala
* 45 Mikel San Jose Dominguez

| Midfielders

* 4 Alberto Aquilani
* 8 Steven Gerrard
* 11 Albert Riera
* 15 Yossi Benayoun
* 17 Maxi Rodriguez
* 19 Ryan Babel
* 20 Javier Mascherano
* 21 Lucas Leiva
* 26 Jay Spearing
* 28 Damien Plessis
* 31 Nabil El Zhar

|  Strikers

* 9 Fernando Torres
* 18 Dirk Kuyt
* 24 David Ngog
* 29 Krisztian Nemeth
* 38 Craig Lindfield
* 39 Nathan Eccleston

Staff

* Roy Hodgson - Manager
* Sammy Lee - Assistant Manager
* John McMahon - Reserve Team Manager
* Mauricio Pellegrino - First-team Coach
* Dave McDonough - Technical Analyst
* Eduardo Parra Garcia - Fitness Coach
* Paco De Miguel - Fitness Coach
* Gonzalo Rodriguez - Reserve Team Fitness Coach
* Xavi Valero - Goalkeeping Coach
* Antonio Gomez Perez - Reserve Team Coach
* John Achterberg - Reserve Team Goalkeeping Coach
* Eduardo Macia - Chief Scout
* Mike McGlynn - Assistant Chief Scout
* Mark Waller - Club Doctor
* Rob Price - Senior Physiotherapist
* Chris Morgan - Physiotherapist
* Matt Konopinski - Physiotherapist
* Ivan Ortega - Sports Therapist
* Felix Fernandez Ledesma - Sports Therapist
* Paul Small - Masseur
* Graham Carter - Kit Manager

## Notable former players[edit]

* GK Ray Clemence
* GK Bruce Grobbelaar
* DF Alan Hansen
* DF Mark Lawrenson
* MF John Barnes
* MF Peter Beardsley
* ST Kenny Dalglish
* ST Michael Owen
* ST Ian Rush

## Honors[edit]

League Champions - 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

Football Association Cup Winners - 7 : 1964-65 1973-74 1985-86 1988-89 1991-92 2000-01 2005-06

League Cup Winners - 7 : 1980-81 1981-82 1982-83 1983-84 1994-95 2000-01 2002-03

Football Association Charity Shield Winners - 15 : 1964* 1965* 1966 1974 1976 1977* 1979 1980 1982 1986* 1988 1989 1990* 2001 2006
(* shared)

European Cup Winners - 5 : 1976-77 1977-78 1980-81 1983-84 2004-05

UEFA Cup Winners - 3 : 1972-73 1975-76 2000-01

European Super Cup Winners - 3  : 1977 2001 2005

Super Cup Winners - 1 : 1985-86'

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