Liverpool Football Club Overview
Liverpool Football Club (also well-known as the Reds) is an English professional football club that currently plays in the Premier League. It is situated in Liverpool, Merseyside. The home ground of the team is Anfield. It is a UEFA 4-star rated stadium with capacity of 45,362 all seated. Anfield is famous for its wonderful atmosphere and noise. The club want to built a new Stanley Park Stadium. They plan to open it in 2011. The capacity of the new stadium will be about 60,000. The present co-chairmen of the club are Tom Hicks and George Gillett. Thomas O. Hicks is a Dallas businessman. His wealth is about $1.3 billion USD. George N. Gillett Jr. II is an American businessman. He is also owner of the ice hockey team Montreal Canadiens and the NASCAR auto racing team Gillett Evernham Motorsports. The current manager is Rafael ("Rafa") Benítez Maudes. He is a former football player (Castilla, Parla, Linares). Before the Liverpool he was a manager of such teams as: Castilla Youth B (1986-1989), Real Madrid Youth B (1989-1991), Real Madrid U-19s (1991-1993), Real Madrid B (1993-1995), Valladolid (1995-1996), Osasuna (1996-1997), Extremadura (1997-1999), Tenerife (2000-2001), Valencia (2001-2004). Benítez became the most successful Valencia CF manager in their history after just three seasons in charge. Through the history Liverpool FC have such managers as:
- 1892 - 1996 - W E Barclay
- 1896 - 1915 - Tom Watson
- 1920 - 1923 - David Ashworth
- 1923 - 1928 - Matt McQueen
- 1928 - 1936 - George Patterson
- 1936 - 1951 - George Kay
- 1951 - 1956 - Don Welsh
- 1956 - 1959 - Phil Taylor
- 1959 - 1974 - Bill Shankly
- 1974 - 1983 - Bob Paisley
- 1983 - 1985 - Joe Fagan
- 1985 - 1991 - Kenny Dalglish
- 1991 - 1994 - Graeme Souness
- 1994 - 1998 - Roy Evans
- 1998 - 2004 - Gerard Houllier
- 2004 - present Rafael Benitez
Liverpool Football Club is the most successful club in the history of English football. It was formed in1892 by John Houlding. Through its history Liverpool won the First Division 18 times. Except this record they are the first English club that won five European Cups. Due to the professional manager Rafael Benítez Maudes, the club won UEFA Champions League and the European Super Cup. Liverpool also a founding member of the G-14 group of leading European football clubs. At the present moment Liverpool Football Club having won more trophies than any other English club:
| Division 1 | Division 2 | FA Cup | League Cup | Lancashire League | League Super Cup | UEFA Cup | UEFA Super Cup | European Cup-Winners Cup | European Cup | European Super Cup | World Club Championships | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winners | Runners-Up | Winners | Winners | Runners-Up | Winners | Runners-Up | Winners | Winners | Winners | Winners | Runners-Up | Runners-Up | Winners | Runners-Up | Winners | Runners-Up |
| 1900-01 | 1898-99 | 1893-94 | 1965 | 1914 | 1981 | 1978 | 1892–93 | 1986 | 1972-73 | 1977 | 1978 | 1965-66 | 1976-77 | 1984-85 | 1977 | 1981 |
| 1905-06 | 1909-10 | 1895-96 | 1974 | 1950 | 1982 | 1987 | 1975-76 | 2001 | 1984 | 1977-78 | 2006-07 | 2001 | 2005 | |||
| 1921-22 | 1968-69 | 1904-05 | 1986 | 1971 | 1983 | 2005 | 2000-01 | 2005 | 1980-81 | 2005 | ||||||
| 1922-23 | 1973-74 | 1961-62 | 1989 | 1977 | 1984 | 1983-84 | ||||||||||
| 1946-47 | 1974-75 | 1992 | 1988 | 1995 | 2004-05 | |||||||||||
| 1963-64 | 1977-78 | 2001 | 1996 | 2001 | ||||||||||||
| 1965-66 | 1984-85 | 2006 | 2003 | |||||||||||||
| 1972-73 | 1986-87 | |||||||||||||||
| 1975-76 | 1988-89 | |||||||||||||||
| 1976-77 | 1990-91 | |||||||||||||||
| 1978-79 | 2001-02 | |||||||||||||||
| 1979-80 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1981-82 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1982-83 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1983-84 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1985-86 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1987-88 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1989-90 | ||||||||||||||||
The Reds have the academy. It was opened in 1998 in Kirkby. The director is Steve Heighway, the former Liverpool FC player. The Academy has five full-size pitches, seven smaller pitches and an indoor arena. Also it includes a lecture theatre and a computer-equipped classroom. Jamie Carragher, Steven Gerrard started their football career at this Academy, now the are in Liverpool's team. The current squad of the club consists of:
| Goalkeeper | Defender | Midfielder | Striker |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jose Reina | Steve Finnan | Jermaine Pennant | Ryan Babel |
| Charles Itandje | Alvaro Arbeloa | Yossi Benayoun | Dirk Kuyt |
| David Martin | Stephen Darby | Steven Gerrard | Andriy Voronin |
| Jamie Carragher | Javier Mascherano | Fernando Torres | |
| Daniel Agger | Lucas Pezzini Leiva | Peter Crouch | |
| John Arne Riise | Xabi Alonso | Craig Lindfield | |
| Emiliano Insua | Mohamed Sissoko | ||
| Fabio Aurelio | Damien Plessi | ||
| Sebastian Leto | |||
| Harry Kewell |