Liverpool Football Club is an English association football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside. The club was formed in 1892 following a disagreement between the board of Everton and club president John Houlding, who owned the club's ground, Anfield. The disagreement between the two parties over rent resulted in Everton moving to Goodison Park from Anfield, which left Houlding with an empty stadium. Thus, he founded Liverpool F.C. to play in the empty stadium. Liverpool won the First Division title for the first time in 1901; since then, the club has won a further nineteen league titles, along with eight FA Cups, ten Football League Cups, and sixteen FA Community Shields. They have also been crowned champions of European football on six occasions, winning the European Cup/UEFA Champions League in 1977, 1978, 1981, 1984, 2005, and 2019, and UEFA Cup winners on three occasions. The club was one of 22 members of the Premier League when it was formed in 1992.

As of the end of the 2025–26 season, the team have spent 111 seasons in the top tier of the English football league system and eleven in the second. The table details the team's achievements and the top goalscorer in senior first-team competitions from their first in the Lancashire League and FA Cup during the 1892–93 season to the end of the most recently completed season. Details of the abandoned 1939–40 season and unofficial Second World War leagues are not included.

History Liverpool F.C. were formed in 1892, following a rent dispute between the leaseholder of Anfield, John Houlding, and Everton Football Club, which left Houlding with a ground but no club playing in it. In their first season Liverpool won the Lancashire League, and were elected to the Football League Second Division for the 1893–94 season, going on to win the title without losing a match. Their first season in the First Division ended in relegation, before they were promoted back the following season. Liverpool won the First Division for the first time in the 1900–01 season, and reached their first |FA Cup Final in 1914, losing 1–0 to Burnley. They won their first back-to-back titles in the 1921–22 and 1922–23 seasons; this was their last success until the 1946–47 season, when they regained the league title. Relegated in the 1953–54 season, they did not regain their place in the First Division until the 1962–63 season under the management of Bill Shankly.

Liverpool first participated in European competition during the 1964–65 season, a season which represented Liverpool's first FA Cup triumph. They won their first European trophy, the UEFA Cup, during the 1972–73 season. The club won the European Cup during the 1976–77 season and retained the trophy the following year. Liverpool won a unique treble of the League, the European Cup and League Cup during the 1983–84 season. They won their first double of league championship and FA Cup in 1986, and during the 2000–01 season they won another treble, this one consisting of the FA Cup, League Cup and UEFA Cup. Liverpool won their first Premier League title in the 2019–20 season under Jürgen Klopp.

Key

PL = Premier League Division 1 = Football League First Division Division 2 = Football League Second Division Lancs = Lancashire League Pld = Matches played W = Matches won D = Matches drawn L = Matches lost GF = Goals for GA = Goals against Pts = Points Pos = Final position

QR3 = Third qualifying round R32 = Round of 32 R16 = Round of 16 R1 = Round 1 R2 = Round 2 R3 = Round 3 R4 = Round 4 R5 = Round 5 R6 = Round 6 Grp = Group stage QF = Quarter-finals SF = Semi-finals

WinnersRunners-upPromoted ↑ Relegated ↓Top scorer in Liverpool's division ♦

Seasons Correct as of the 2025–26 season.

+ Seasons of Liverpool F.C.SeasonLeagueFA CupLeague CupComm. ShieldUCLUELCWCSuper CupClub World CupTop scorer(s)DivisionPldWDLGFGAPtsPosPlayer(s)Goals1892–932217661936251893–9428220771850R3141894–95Division 1 ↓3015517022R2181895–9630223246R2291896–97Division 1 3012463833181897–98Division 1301113484528R3131898–99Division 1341910493343131899–1900Division 1341415494533R2John Walker101900–01Division 13419593545R1181901–02Division 134101212423832R2181902–03Division 1341713684938R132 ♦1903–04Division 1 ↓3417496226R11904–053427932558R1231905–06Division 1382310794651271906–07Division 1381318646533R4171907–08Division 1381616686138R3221908–09Division 1381517576536R2231909–10Division 1382111785748R130 ♦1910–11Division 1381516535337R2201911–12Division 138121016495534R2131912–13Division 1381617617137R3181913–14Division 1381417466235RU201914–15Division 1381415657537R2261919–20Division 142191013594448R4151920–21Division 1421815633551R2241921–22Division 1422213633657R2211922–23Division 14226703160R3RU251923–24Division 142151116494841R4191924–25Division 142201012635550R4191925–26Division 142141612706344R4291926–27Division 1421817696143R5211927–28Division 142131316848739R4231928–29Division 142171213906446R4321929–30Division 1421617637941R3231930–31Division 142151215868542R3361931–32Division 1421917819344271932–33Division 142141117798439R3241933–34Division 142141018798738R5251934–35Division 1421916858845R4291935–36Division 142131217606438R3171936–37Division 142121119628435R3161937–38Division 142151116657141R5151938–39Division 142141414626342R5161945–46~—R41946–47Division 1422510845257Albert Stubbins281947–48Division 142161016656142R5261948–49Division 142131415534340R5161949–50Division 142171411645448RU191950–51Division 142161115535943R3151951–52Division 142121911576143R5191952–53Division 1421420618236R3131953–54Division 1 ↓421023689728R3131954–5542161016929642R5331955–56422115856348R5321956–5742211110825453R3211957–5842221010795454231958–59422413876253R3211959–6042201012906650R4231960–6142211011875852R4R3321961–624227994362R5421962–63Division 142171015715944261963–64Division 1422611924557331964–65Division 142171015677344WW371965–66Division 14226793461R3WRU33 ♦1966–67Division 142191310644751R5WR2191967–68Division 1422211714055R2R3301968–69Division 1422511632461R5R4R1171969–70Division 142201111654251R3R2211970–71Division 1421717422451RUR3SF151971–72Division 14224643057R4R4RUR2131972–73Division 1422510724260R4R5W221973–74Division 1422213523157WR5R2191974–75Division 142201111603951R4R4WR2131975–76Division 1422314663160R4R3W231976–77Division 1422311623357RUR2WW201977–78Division 14224653457R3RUWWW311978–79Division 14230851668R2R1RU251979–80Division 1422510813060WR1271980–81Division 1421717624251R4WWW221981–82Division 14226803287R5WRU301982–83Division 1422410873782R5WW311983–84Division 1422214733280R4WRUW47 ♦1984–85Division 1422211683577R3RURURURU271985–86Division 1422610893788W331986–87Division 1422311724277R3RUW401987–88Division 1402612872490RUR329 ♦1988–89Division 1382210652876WR4W311989–90Division 1382310783779R3W281990–91Division 13823774076R5R3W261991–92Division 142161610474064WR4231992–93PL42161115625559R3R4RUR2221993–94PL421716595560R3R4191994–95PL42211110653774W311995–96PL382011703471RUR4R2361996–97PL381911623768R4R5311997–98PL381811684265R3R223 ♦ 1998–99PL381514684954R4R4R323 ♦1999–2000PL381910513067R4R3122000–01PL3820713969WWW242001–02PL3824673080R4R3WW292002–03PL38181010614164R4WRUGrp282003–04PL38161210553760R5R4R4192004–05PL381714524158R3RUWLuis GarcíaSteven Gerrard132005–06PL3825572582WR16WRU232006–07PL382010572768R3WRU182007–08PL382113672876R5R5332008–09PL382511772786R4R4242009–10PL381811613563R3R4GrpSF222010–11PL381714594458R3R3R16152011–12PL38141014474052RUW172012–13PL381613714361R4R4R32302013–14PL38265084R5R331 ♦2014–15PL381812524862SFSFGrpR32132015–16PL38161210635060R4RURU132016–17PL382210784276R4SF142017–18PL3821 12 843875R4R3RU44 ♦2018–19PL3830 7 892297R3R3W27 ♦2019–20PL383233853399R5QFRUR16WW232020–21PL382099684269R4R4RUQF312021–22PL382882942692WWRU31 ♦2022–23PL38191097547675thR4R4WR16302023–24PL3824104864182QFWQF252024–25PL382594864184R4RUR1634 ♦2025–26PL38179126353605thQFR4RUQF17SeasonDivisionPldWDLGFGAPtsPosFA CupLeague CupComm. ShieldCLELCWCSuper CupClub World CupPlayer(s)Goals

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