In this article we look at a collection of facts about Liverpool FC
On with the facts
Facts List
The Football Club was founded in 1892.
John Houlding was the founder of Liverpool F.C.
Anfield was once the home of Everton
Anfield Stadium has a seating capacity of at least 53,000.
Only 100 spectators attended Liverpool’s first match at Anfield
Liverpool original strip was actually blue and white quarters.
in 1964 the team changed from red shirts and white shorts to an all red home strip
The Liverpool badge is based on the city’s liver bird symbol
The Kop is named after the Spion Kop, a hill in South Africa during the Boer war
Liverpool took part in the first Match of the Day in 1964
Liverpool’s match against West Ham in 1969 became the first colored match that was broadcasted.
Kenny Dalglish became the first player-manager in the EPL
Kenny Dalglish won the league three times and the FA Cup twice
Liverpool currently has 19 titles.
The first of 18 first division titles arrived at Anfield in season 1900-01
Liverpool’s anthem is “You’ll Never Walk Alone.”
Liverpool is the first English professional club to have a logo sponsor.
Merseyside derby has produced more red cards than any other fixture in the league.
Kop holds just under 12,500 seated
The famous ‘THIS IS ANFIELD’ sign was erected by Bill Shankly
There are 200 officially recognized Supporters Clubs in at least 50 countries
In April 2021 Forbes valued the club at $4.1 billion
That makes it the world’s fifth-most-valuable football club
Liverpool was sold to Fenway Sports Group on 15 October 2010 for £300m
Liverpool is the most successful British club in international football with fourteen trophies
Liverpool have won the European Cup/UEFA Champions League 6 times
Liverpool have won the UEFA Cup 3 times
Liverpool have won the FA Cup 8 times
Liverpool have won the League Cup 9 times
Most league appearances is Ian Callaghan with 640
The player with the most goals in all competitions is Ian Rush with 346
The player with the most goals in a season is Ian Rush with 47
The player who scored the fastest goal was Paul Walsh at 14 seconds against West Ham United
The player who scored the fastest hat-trick was Robbie Fowler at 4 minutes 33 seconds
Record transfer fees paid by Liverpool is £75 million for Virgil van Dijk
Record transfer fees received by Liverpool is £142 million for Philippe Coutinho
Bill Shankly managed the club for 783 matches over a period of 14 years and seven months
Bill Shankly won the most matches as manager with 407 wins
Bob Paisley is the club’s most successful manager having won 21 trophies during nine years in charge
45 players have been club captain of Liverpool F.C
Andrew Hannah became the first captain of the club
Steven Gerrard is the longest serving captain
The Record win is 11–0 against Strømsgodset in the European Cup Winners Cup
The Record league win is 10–1 against Rotherham Town in Second Division
The Record defeat is 1–9 against Birmingham City in Second Division
The record highest home attendance is 61,905 against Wolves
Jerome Sinclair is the youngest player to make a first-team appearance
Liverpool have never finished lower than 8th since 1963
