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 have won 18 top-flight titles, 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 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 24 May 2015
Liverpool have won honours both domestically and in European cup competitions. They have won the English League Championship 18 times and the League Cup a record eight times. In their first season, 1892–93, they won the Lancashire League title and the Liverpool District Cup, and their most recent success came in 2012, when they won the League Cup for the eighth time.
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 Continental appearances: Jamie Carragher, 150.
Youngest first-team player: Jerome Sinclair, 16 years and 6 days (against West Bromwich Albion, 26 September 2012).
Oldest first-team player: Ned Doig, 41 years and 165 days (against Newcastle United, 11 April 1908).
Oldest debutant: Ned 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).
Most seasons playing every minute of every league and cup game: Phil Neal, 9 (from 1976–77 to 1983–84).
Longest-serving player: Elisha Scott, 21 years and 52 days (from 1913 to 1934).
Competitive, professional matches only, appearances as substitute in brackets.
Most goals in all competitions: Ian Rush, 346.
Most league goals: Roger Hunt, 245.
Most FA Cup goals: Ian Rush, 39.
Most League Cup goals: Ian Rush, 48.
Most Continental goals: Steven Gerrard, 41.
Most goals in a season: Ian Rush, 47 (during the 1983–84 season).
Most league goals in a season: Roger Hunt, 41 (during the 1961–62 season).
Most top-flight league goals in a season (post-war): Ian Rush, 32, 1983-84
Most hat-tricks in a season: Roger Hunt, 5 (during the 1961–62 season).
Most hat-tricks: Gordon Hodgson, 17.
Fastest hat-trick: Robbie Fowler, 4 minutes, 33 seconds, (against Arsenal, 28 August 1994).
Highest-scoring substitute: David Fairclough, 18.
Most penalties scored: Steven Gerrard, 47.
Most games without scoring for an outfield player: Ephraim Longworth, 371.
Youngest goalscorer: Ben Woodburn, 17 years, 45 days (against Leeds United, 29 November 2016).
Oldest goalscorer: Billy Liddell, 38 years, 55 days (against Stoke City, 5 March 1960).
Competitive, professional matches only. Matches played (including as substitute) appear in brackets.
First capped player: Frank Becton, for England on 29 March 1897.
Most international caps while a Liverpool player: Steven Gerrard, 114 for England.
Most international goals while a Liverpool player:Michael Owen, 26 for England.
Ian Rush, 26 for Wales.
First Liverpool player to appear at a World Cup: Laurie Hughes for England, at 1950 FIFA World Cup.
Most World Cup appearances while a Liverpool player: Steven Gerrard, 12 for England in 2006, 2010 and 2014.
Most World Cup goals while a Liverpool player: Michael Owen, 4 for England in 1998 and 2002.
First World Cup winners: Roger Hunt, Ian Callaghan and Gerry Byrne, in 1966 with England.
First non-British player to appear in a World Cup final: Dietmar Hamann, Germany, in 2002.
First non-British World Cup winners: Fernando Torres and Pepe Reina, Spain in 2010.
For consistency, fees in the record transfer tables below are all sourced from BBC Sport's contemporary reports of each transfer.
First managers: William Edward Barclay and John McKenna, from 15 February 1892 to 16 August 1896.
Longest-serving manager by time: Tom Watson, from 17 August 1896 to 6 May 1915 (18 years, 262 days).
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.
First match: Liverpool 7–1 Rotherham Town, a friendly match, 1 September 1892.
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.
First FA Cup match: Liverpool 4–0 Nantwich Town, first qualifying round, 15 October 1892.
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.
Record win: 11–0 against Strømsgodset in the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, 17 September 1974.
Record league win: 10–1 against Rotherham Town in Second Division, 18 February 1896.
Record FA Cup win: 9–0 against Newtown in second qualifying round, 29 October 1892.
Record League Cup win: 10–0 against Fulham in second round, first-leg, 23 September 1986.
Most league wins in a season: 30 wins from 42 games (during the 1978–79 season).
Fewest league wins in a season: 7 wins from 30 games (during the 1894–95 season).
Record defeat: 1-9 against Birmingham City FC in Second Division, 11 December 1954.
Record defeat at Anfield: 0–6 against Sunderland in First Division, 19 April 1930.
Record-scoring defeat: 2–9 against Newcastle United in First Division, 1 January 1934.
Record FA Cup defeat: 0–5 against Bolton Wanderers in fourth round, first-leg, 26 January 1946.
Record League Cup defeat: 3–6 against Arsenal in fifth round, 9 January 2007.
Most league defeats in a season: 23 defeats from 42 games (during the 1953–54 season).
Fewest defeats in a season: Unbeaten during the 28-game 1893–94 season.
Most league goals scored in a season: 106 in 30 games (during the 1895–96 season, Second Division).
Most Top flight goals scored in a season: 101 in 38 games (during the 2013–14 season, Premier League).
Fewest league goals scored in a season: 42 in 34 and 42 games (during the 1901–02 and 1970–71 seasons, First Division).
Most league goals conceded in a season: 97 in 42 games (during the 1953–54 season, First Division).
Fewest league goals conceded in a season: 16 in 42 games (during the 1978–79 season, First Division).
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 40 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: 52 (in 38 games in 2011–12, Premier League).
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 Barcelona, in the 1975–76 season).
Record lowest attendance: 1,000 (against Loughborough, Second Division in the 1895–96 season).
Lowest FA Cup attendance: 4,000 (against Newtown, 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).
Liverpool recorded a 95,446 attendance against Melbourne Victory in a pre-season friendly in July 2013 at the MCG.
