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 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 the 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 20 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 26 August 2025.
Honours
Liverpool have won honours both domestically and in European cup competitions. They have won the English League title for a joint-record 20 times, the League Cup a record ten times and an English record of six European Cups. In their first season, 1892–93, they won the Lancashire League title and the Liverpool District Cup, and their most recent success came in 2025, when they won their twentieth League title.
Player records
Appearances
- Most appearances in all competitions: Ian Callaghan, 857
- Most league appearances: Ian Callaghan, 640
- Most FA Cup appearances: Ian Callaghan, 79
- Most League Cup appearances: Ian Rush, 78
- Most continental appearances: Jamie Carragher, 150
- Youngest first-team player: Jerome Sinclair, 16 years and 6 days (against West Bromwich Albion, 26 September 2012)
- Youngest player to start a first-team match: Rio Ngumoha, 16 years and 135 days (against Accrington Stanley, 11 January 2025)
- Youngest player to reach 100 appearances: Michael Owen. 19 years and 363 days.
- Oldest first-team player: Ned Doig, 41 years and 165 days (against Newcastle United, 11 April 1908)
- Oldest debutant: Ned Doig, 37 years and 307 days (against Burton United, 1 September 1904)
- Most consecutive appearances: Phil Neal, 417 (23 October 1976 â 24 September 1983)
- Most seasons playing every minute of every league and cup game: Phil Neal, 9 (from 1976âÂÂ77 to 1983âÂÂ84)
- Longest-serving player: Elisha Scott, 21 years and 52 days (1913âÂÂ1934)
- Most red cards while playing for Liverpool: Steven Gerrard, 7
Most appearances
Competitive, professional matches only, appearances as substitute in brackets.
Goalscorers
- Most goals in all competitions: Ian Rush, 346
- Most league goals: Roger Hunt, 244
- Most FA Cup goals: Ian Rush, 39
- Most League Cup goals: Ian Rush, 48
- Most continental goals: Mohamed Salah, 51
- First player to score for Liverpool: Malcolm McVean (against Rotherham Town, 1 September 1892)
- Most goals in a season: Ian Rush, 47 (in the 1983âÂÂ84 season)
- Most goals in a debut season: Mohamed Salah, 44 (in the 2017âÂÂ18 season)
- Most league goals in a season: Roger Hunt, 41 (in the 1961âÂÂ62 season)
- Most goals in a season by a Liverpool player in the Premier League era: Mohamed Salah, 44 (in the 2017âÂÂ18 season)
- Most top-flight league goals in a season: Gordon Hodgson, 36 (in the 1930âÂÂ31 season)
- Most continental goals in a season: Mohamed Salah and Roberto Firmino, 11 (in the 2017âÂÂ18 season)
- Most hat-tricks in a season: Roger Hunt, 5 (in the 1961âÂÂ62 season)
- Most games scored in during a single campaign: Mohamed Salah, 34 (in the 2017âÂÂ18 season)
- Most different goalscorers in a season: 22 (in the 2015âÂÂ16 season)
- Most hat-tricks: Gordon Hodgson, 17
- Most consecutive games where a player has scored: Mohamed Salah, 10 (28 August 2021 to 24 October 2021)
- Most consecutive home games from the start of a season where a player has scored: Mohamed Salah, 6 (19 August 2023 to 12 November 2023).
- Fastest goal scored in a match: Paul Walsh, 14 seconds, (against West Ham United, 27 August 1984)
- Fastest hat-trick: Robbie Fowler, 4 minutes, 33 seconds, (against Arsenal, 28 August 1994)
- Highest-scoring substitute: David Fairclough, 18
- Most penalties scored: Steven Gerrard, 47
- Most consecutive games a player has scored for Liverpool at Anfield: Mohamed Salah, 9 (13 February 2023 to 6 May 2023)
- Most seasons with at least 30 goals in all competitions in Liverpool history: 5 (Roger Hunt, Ian Rush, Mohamed Salah)
- Most consecutive seasons with at least 20 goals in all competitions: Mohamed Salah, 8 (2017âÂÂ18 to 2024âÂÂ25)
- Most games for an outfield player without scoring: Ephraim Longworth, 371
- Youngest goalscorer: Rio Ngumoha, 16 years, 361 days (against Newcastle United, 25 August 2025)
- Oldest goalscorer: Billy Liddell, 38 years, 55 days (against Stoke City, 5 March 1960)
Top goalscorers
Competitive, professional matches only. Matches played (including as a substitute) appear in brackets.
International
FIFA World Cup
UEFA European Championship
Copa America
Africa Cup of Nations
OFC Nations Cup
Transfers
For consistency, fees in the record transfer tables below are all sourced from BBC Sport's contemporary reports of each transfer.
Record transfer fees paid
Record transfer fees received
Managerial records
- First managers: William Edward Barclay and John McKenna, from 15 February 1892 to 16 August 1896
- Longest-serving manager by time: Tom Watson, from 17 August 1896 to 6 May 1915 (18 years, 262 days)
- 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
- Most matches managed: 783, Bill Shankly
- Most matches won as manager: 407, Bill Shankly
- Most matches lost as a manager: 272, Tom Watson
- Most goals scored under a manager: 1,307, Bill Shankly
- Most goals conceded under a manager: 1,056, Tom Watson
- Most successful manager: Bob Paisley, won 20 trophies with the club
Club records
Matches
Firsts
- First match: Liverpool 7âÂÂ1 Rotherham Town, a friendly match, 1 September 1892
- First Lancashire League match: Liverpool 8âÂÂ0 Higher Walton, 3 September 1892
- First Football League match: Liverpool 2âÂÂ0 Middlesbrough Ironopolis, Second Division, 2 September 1893
- First FA Cup match: Liverpool 4âÂÂ0 Nantwich Town, first qualifying round, 15 October 1892
- First League Cup match: Liverpool 1âÂÂ1 Luton Town, second round, 19 October 1960
- First European match: Liverpool 5âÂÂ0 KR Reykjavik, European Cup, first round, 17 August 1964
Wins
- Record win: 11âÂÂ0 against Strømsgodset in the European Cup Winners' Cup, 17 September 1974
- Record league wins: 10âÂÂ1 against Rotherham Town in the Second Division, 18 February 1896, 9âÂÂ0 against Crystal Palace in the First Division, 12 September 1989 and 9âÂÂ0 against Bournemouth in the Premier League, 27 August 2022
- Record home league win: 9âÂÂ0 against Crystal Palace in First Division, 12 September 1989 and 9âÂÂ0 against Bournemouth in the Premier League, 27 August 2022
- Record away league win: 7âÂÂ0 against Crystal Palace in Premier League, 19 December 2020
- Record FA Cup win: 9âÂÂ0 against Newtown in the second qualifying round, 29 October 1892
- Record League Cup win: 10âÂÂ0 against Fulham in the second round, first leg, 23 September 1986
- Most league wins in a season:
38 games: 32 wins (in the 2019âÂÂ20 season)
Defeats
- Record defeat: 1âÂÂ9 against Birmingham City in Second Division, 11 December 1954
- Record defeat at Anfield: 0âÂÂ6 against Sunderland in First Division, 19 April 1930
- Record-scoring defeat: 2âÂÂ9 against Newcastle United in First Division, 1 January 1934
- Record Premier League defeat: 1âÂÂ6 against Stoke City, 24 May 2015, 0âÂÂ5 against Manchester City, 9 September 2017, 2âÂÂ7 against Aston Villa, 4 October 2020
- Record FA Cup defeat: 0âÂÂ5 against Bolton Wanderers in fourth round, first leg, 26 January 1946
- Record League Cup defeat: 0âÂÂ5 against Aston Villa in quarter-finals, 17 December 2019
- Most league defeats in a season: 23 defeats from 42 games (in the 1953âÂÂ54 season)
- Fewest defeats in a season: Unbeaten in the 28-game 1893âÂÂ94 season
Record consecutive results
- Record consecutive wins: 11 (18 February â 11 April 1989, and 15 March â 7 May 2006)
- Record consecutive league wins: 18 (27 October 2019 â 24 February 2020)
- Record consecutive league wins from start of season: 8 (in the 1990âÂÂ91 and 2019âÂÂ20 seasons)
- Record consecutive defeats: 9 (29 April â 14 October 1899)
- Record consecutive league matches without a defeat: 44 (12 January 2019 â 24 February 2020)
- Record consecutive home league wins: 24 (9 February 2019 â 5 July 2020)
- Record consecutive draws: 6 (19 February â 19 March 1975)
- Record consecutive home matches without defeat: 85 (7 February 1978 â 31 January 1981)
- Record consecutive home league matches without defeat: 68 (7 May 2017 â 17 January 2021)
- Record consecutive matches in which Liverpool have scored a goal: 34 (19 April 2021 â 22 December 2021)
- Record consecutive matches without conceding a goal: 11 (29 October â 18 December 2005)
- Record consecutive home league defeats: 6 (21 January â 7 March 2021)
Goals
- Most goals scored in a season: 147 during the 2021âÂÂ22 season.
- Most league goals scored in a season: 106 in 30 games (in the 1895âÂÂ96 season, Second Division)
- Most top-flight goals scored in a season: 101 in 38 games (in the 2013âÂÂ14 season, Premier League)
- 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)
- Most league goals conceded in a season: 97 in 42 games (in the 1953âÂÂ54 season, First Division)
- Fewest league goals conceded in a season: 16 in 42 games (in the 1978âÂÂ79 season, First Division)
- Most consecutive league matches with a Liverpool goal: 44 (21 September 2024 to 9 November 2025)
- Most consecutive league matches with a Liverpool goal since the start of a season: 27 (in the 2019âÂÂ20 season)
- Most consecutive away league matches with a Liverpool goal: 26 (27 April 2024 to 9 November 2025)
Points
Two points for a win: 68 (in 42 games in 1978âÂÂ79, First Division)
Three points for a win: 99 points in 38 games in 2019âÂÂ20, Premier League)
- Fewest points in a season:
Two points for a win: 22 (in 30 games in 1894âÂÂ95, First Division)
Three points for a win: 52 (in 38 games in 2011âÂÂ12, Premier League)
Attendances
- Record highest home attendance: 61,905 (against Wolverhampton Wanderers in the 1951âÂÂ52 FA Cup)
- Highest league home attendance: 60,420 (against Ipswich Town, Premier League in the 2024-25 season)
- Highest League Cup home attendance: 60,044 (against West Ham United, in the 2024âÂÂ25 season)
- Highest European home attendance: 59,916 (against Real Madrid, UEFA Champions League Group Phase, in the 2025-26 season)
- Record lowest home attendance: 1,000 (against Loughborough, Second Division in the 1895âÂÂ96 season)
- Lowest FA Cup home attendance: 4,000 (against Newtown, in the 1892âÂÂ93 season)
- Lowest League Cup home attendance: 9,902 (against Brentford in the 1983âÂÂ84 season)
- Lowest European home attendance: 12,021 (against Dundalk in the 1982âÂÂ83 season)
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 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
European statistics
Footnotes
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