Liverpool F.C.
Founded in 1892, Liverpool Football Team is an English professional football club based in Liverpool, England. The club participates in the Premier League, which is the highest division of English football. Among its domestic achievements are nineteen League championships, seven FA Cups, one FA Community Shield, a club record eight League Cups, and fifteen FA Community Shields. In international tournaments, the club has won six European Cups, which is more than any other English club, three UEFA Cups, four UEFA Super Cups (also English records), and one FIFA Club World Cup, which is more than any other English club.
The club was founded in 1892 and entered the Football League the following year. It has played its home games at Anfield since its inception. When Bill Shankly, Bob Paisley, Joe Fagan, and Kenny Dalglish led Liverpool to a total eleven Premier League championships and four European Cups between 1970 and 1980, the club cemented its position as a dominant power in both English football and European football in general. During the managerial tenures of Rafael Benitez in 2005 and Jürgen Klopp in 2019, Liverpool won two more European Cups; the latter led the club to its nineteenth Premier League championship in 2020, marking the club's first in the Premier League era.
Among the most generally supported and valued clubs in the world, Liverpool is also one of the most financially successful. With Manchester United and Everton, Liverpool has had a long-standing rivalry for many years. The squad switched from wearing red shirts and white shorts to an all-red home uniform in 1964, which has been in use ever since. "You'll Never Walk Alone" is the club's anthem, which may be heard here.
Two big tragedies have occurred as a result of the club's fans' actions. The Heysel Stadium catastrophe, which occurred during the 1985 European Cup Final in Brussels when evacuating crowds were forced against a falling wall, resulted in the deaths of 39 people. The majority of those involved were Italians and Juventus supporters, and as a consequence, English teams were barred from participating in European play for five years. 97 Liverpool fans died when their group was crushed against perimeter fencing in the Hillsborough tragedy in 1989. This incident resulted in the demolition of caged standing terraces and the installation of all-seated football stadiums in the top two divisions of English football.