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 the 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 20 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 26 August 2025.

Honours

Liverpool have won honours both domestically and in European cup competitions.[1] They have won the English League title for a joint-record 20 times, the League Cup a record ten times and an English record of six European Cups. 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 2025, when they won their twentieth League title.

Liverpool F.C. honours
Honour No. Years
Football League First Division/Premier League 20 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, 2024–25
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

Appearances

Most appearances

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

Goalscorers

Top goalscorers

Competitive, professional matches only. Matches played (including as a substitute) appear in brackets.[30][31]

Top goalscorers for Liverpool F.C.
Rank Player Years League[b] FA Cup League Cup Other[c] Total
1 Ian Rush 1980–1987
1988–1996
229 (469) 39 (61) 48 (78) 30 (52) 346 (660)
2 Roger Hunt 1958–1969 244 (404) 18 (44) 5 (10) 18 (34) 285 (492)
3 Mohamed Salah 2017–present 189 (310) 8 (14) 4 (11) 53 (98) 254 (434)
4 Gordon Hodgson 1925–1936 233 (358) 8 (19) 0 (0) 0 (0) 241 (377)
5 Billy Liddell 1938–1961 215 (498) 13 (46) 0 (0) 0 (0) 228 (534)
6 Steven Gerrard 1998–2015 120 (504) 15 (42) 9 (30) 42 (134) 186 (710)
7 Robbie Fowler 1993–2001
2006–2007
128 (266) 12 (24) 29 (35) 14 (44) 183 (369)
8 Kenny Dalglish 1977–1990 118 (355) 13 (37) 27 (59) 14 (64) 172 (515)
9 Michael Owen 1996–2004 118 (216) 8 (15) 9 (14) 23 (52) 158 (297)
10 Harry Chambers 1915–1928 135 (315) 16 (28) 0 (0) 0 (1) 151 (339)

International

FIFA World Cup

UEFA European Championship

Copa America

Africa Cup of Nations

OFC Nations Cup

Transfers

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

Record transfer fees paid

Record transfer fees paid by Liverpool F.C.
Rank Player: From: Fee: Date: Ref.
1 Alexander Isak Newcastle United £125 million 1 September 2025 [35]
2 Florian Wirtz Bayer Leverkusen £116 million 20 June 2025 [36]
3 Virgil van Dijk Southampton £75 million 1 January 2018 [37]
4 Hugo Ekitike Eintracht Frankfurt £69 million 23 July 2025 [38]
5 Alisson Roma £66.8 million 19 July 2018 [39]

Record transfer fees received

Record transfer fees received by Liverpool F.C.
Rank Player To Fee Date Ref.
1 Philippe Coutinho Barcelona £145 million 6 January 2018 [40]
2 Luis Suárez £75 million 11 July 2014 [41]
3 Luis Díaz Bayern Munich £65.5 million 30 July 2025 [42]
4 Fernando Torres Chelsea £50 million 31 January 2011 [43]
5 Raheem Sterling Manchester City £49 million 20 July 2015 [44]

Managerial records

Club records

Matches

Firsts

Wins

38 games: 32 wins (in the 2019–20 season)[50]

Defeats

Record consecutive results

Goals

Points

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)[50]
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

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

Footnotes

  1. Between 1949 and 1993 the Community Shield was usually shared if the game was drawn.
  2. Includes the Football League and the Premier League.
  3. 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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