Liverpool Football Club

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Liverpool F.C. is the most successful English football (soccer) club. Liverpool F.C. was established on the 15th, March 1892 by John Houlding and his friends at Anfield Road. Liverpool F.C.'s stadium is called Anfield.

Liverpool's fiercest rivals are Everton F.C. and Manchester United.

The crest of the club has the LiverBird (which is the symbol of the city of Liverpool) with the words "You'll Never Walk Alone" . On both sides of the LiverBird are burning torches.

MAJOR TROPHIES/CUPS:
League Champions: (18)
1900-01	
1905-06	
1921-22	
1922-23	
1946-47
1963-64	
1965-66	
1972-73	
1975-76	
1976-77
1978-79	
1979-80	
1981-82	
1982-83	
1983-84
1985-86	
1987-88	
1989-90	

European Cup Winners: (5)
1976-77
1977-78
1980-81
1983-84
2004-05

Football Association Challenge Cup Winners: (7)
1964-65
1973-74
1985-86
1988-89
1991-92
2000-01
2005-06
	
League Cup Winners: (7)
1980-81
1981-82
1982-83
1983-84
1994-95
2000-01
2002-03

UEFA Cup Winners: (3)
1972-73
1975-76
2000-01

Football Association Charity Shield Winners: (15)
1964*
1965*
1966
1974
1976
1977*
1979
1980
1982
1986*
1988
1989
1990*
2001
2006
( * shared)
	  	  	  	 
European Super Cup Winners: (3)
1977
2001
2005