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List of Liverpool F.C. records and statistics

List of Liverpool F.C. records and statistics

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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 article is about all-time records. For a season-by-season statistical breakdown, see List of Liverpool F.C. seasons.

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

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 21 February 2023.

Honours

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.

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Player records

Appearances

Most appearances

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

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Goalscorers

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

Top goalscorers

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

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International

FIFA World Cup

UEFA European Championship

Copa America

Africa Cup of Nations

Transfers

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 received

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Managerial records

Bob Paisley, Liverpool's most successful manager of all time
Main article: List of Liverpool F.C. managers
  • First managers: William Edward Barclay and John McKenna, from 15 February 1892 to 16 August 1896[43]
  • 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[44]
  • Most matches won as manager: 407, Bill Shankly[44]
  • Most matches lost as a manager: 272, Tom Watson[44]
  • Most goals scored under a manager: 1,307, Bill Shankly[44]
  • Most goals conceded under a manager: 1,056, Tom Watson[44]
  • Most successful manager: Bob Paisley, won 20 trophies with the club[44]

Club records

Matches

Firsts

Wins

  • Record win: 11–0 against Strømsgodset in the European Cup Winners' Cup, 17 September 1974[45]
  • 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[45][46]
  • 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[45][46]
  • Record away league win: 7–0 against Crystal Palace in Premier League, 19 December 2020[47]
  • Record FA Cup win: 9–0 against Newtown in the second qualifying round, 29 October 1892[45]
  • Record League Cup win: 10–0 against Fulham in the second round, first leg, 23 September 1986[45]
  • Most league wins in a season:
38 games: 32 wins (in the 2019–20 season)[48]

Defeats

Record consecutive results

  • Record consecutive wins: 11 (18 February – 11 April 1989, and 15 March – 7 May 2006)[51]
  • Record consecutive league wins: 18 (27 October 2019 – 24 February 2020)[52]
  • Record consecutive league wins from start of season: 8 (in the 1990–91 and 2019–20 seasons)[53]
  • Record consecutive defeats: 9 (29 April – 14 October 1899)[54]
  • Record consecutive league matches without a defeat: 44 (12 January 2019 – 24 February 2020)[55]
  • Record consecutive home league wins: 24 (9 February 2019 – 5 July 2020)[56]
  • Record consecutive draws: 6 (19 February – 19 March 1975)[57]
  • Record consecutive home matches without defeat: 85 (7 February 1978 – 31 January 1981)[58]
  • Record consecutive home league matches without defeat: 68 (7 May 2017 – 17 January 2021)[59]
  • Record consecutive matches in which Liverpool have scored a goal: 34 (19 April 2021 – 22 December 2021)[60][61]
  • Record consecutive matches without conceding a goal: 11 (29 October – 18 December 2005)[62]
  • Record consecutive home league defeats: 6 (21 January – 7 March 2021)[63]

Goals

  • 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)[52]
  • Most consecutive league matches with a Liverpool goal since the start of a season: 27 (in the 2019–20 season)[52]

Points

  • Most points in a season:
Two points for a win: 68 (in 42 games in 1978–79, First Division)[64]
Three points for a win: 99 points in 38 games in 2019–20, Premier League)[48]
  • Fewest points in a season:
Two points for a win: 22 (in 30 games in 1894–95, First Division)[64]
Three points for a win: 52 (in 38 games in 2011–12, Premier League)[65]

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[70] 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[71]

European statistics

Main article: Liverpool F.C. in international football

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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