Full name | Liverpool Football Club | |||
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Nickname(s) | The Reds | |||
Founded | March 15, 1892 (by John Houlding) | |||
Ground | Anfield (Capacity: 45,276) | |||
Owner | John W. Henry & Tom Werner (New England Sports Ventures) | |||
Chairman | Tom Werner | |||
Manager | Kenny Dalglish | |||
League | Premier League | |||
2009–10 | Premier League, 7th | |||
Website | Club home page | |||
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England's most successful club of the 20th century, and one of the most successful clubs in the history of English football, Liverpool has won a joint-record 18 league titles, seven FA Cups and a record seven League Cups. Liverpool is the most successful English club in European competition having won five European Cups, the last in 2005, and three UEFA Cups. The club currently rank third in Europe and sixth in the world with the most international titles won.
The club's supporters have been involved in two major tragedies. The first was the Heysel Stadium disaster in 1985, where charging Liverpool fans caused a wall to collapse, resulting in the death of 39 Juventus supporters. In the 1989 Hillsborough Disaster, 96 Liverpool supporters lost their lives in a crush against perimeter fencing.
Liverpool has long-standing rivalries with neighbours Everton and with Manchester United. The team's home colours have been entirely red since 1964 when manager Bill Shankly changed them from a red shirt and white shorts. The club's anthem is "You'll Never Walk Alone".
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