Editing Liverpool F.C. (section)

== History ==
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[[File:John Houlding.jpg|thumb|upright|[[John Houlding]], the founder of Liverpool F.C.|alt=Black and white photograph of elder and bald John Houlding, wearing beard and bow tie.]]

Liverpool were founded following a dispute between the [[Everton F.C.|Everton]] committee and [[John Houlding]], club president and owner of the land at [[Anfield]]. After eight years at the stadium, Everton relocated across [[Stanley Park, Liverpool|Stanley Park]] to their new stadium of [[Goodison Park]] in 1892, and Houlding founded Liverpool F.C. to play at Anfield.<ref name="formed">{{cite web |url=http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/history/timeline/1892-1917/liverpool-football-club-is-formed |title=Liverpool Football Club is formed |publisher=Liverpool F.C. |access-date=11 August 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100712112221/http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/history/timeline/1892-1917/liverpool-football-club-is-formed |archive-date=12 July 2010 }}</ref> Originally named "Everton F.C. and Athletic Grounds Ltd" (Everton Athletic for short), the club became Liverpool F.C. in March 1892 and gained official recognition three months later, after [[The Football Association]] refused to recognise the club as Everton.{{sfn|Graham|1985|p=14}}

Liverpool played their first match on 1 September 1892: a pre-season [[Exhibition game|friendly match]] against [[Rotherham Town F.C. (1878)|Rotherham Town]] which they won 7–1. The team Liverpool fielded against Rotherham was composed entirely of Scottish players; the players who came from Scotland to play in England in those days were known as the [[Scotch Professors]]. [[List of Liverpool F.C. managers|Manager]] [[John McKenna]] had recruited the players after a [[Scout (sport)|scouting]] trip to Scotland—so they became known as the "team of Macs".{{sfn|Kelly|1988|p=15}} The team won the [[Lancashire League (football)|Lancashire League]] in its debut season and joined the [[Football League Second Division]] at the start of the 1893–94 season. After the club was promoted to the [[Football League First Division|First Division]] in 1896, [[Tom Watson (football manager)|Tom Watson]] was appointed manager. He led Liverpool to its first league title in 1901, and won the league again in 1906.{{sfn|Graham|1985|pp=16–18}}

Liverpool reached their first [[FA Cup Final|FA Cup final]] in [[1914 FA Cup final|1914]], losing 1–0 to [[Burnley F.C.|Burnley]]. It won consecutive league championships in 1922 and 1923, but did not win another trophy until the 1946–47 season, when the club won the First Division for a fifth time under the control of ex-[[West Ham United F.C.|West Ham United]] centre half [[George Kay (footballer)|George Kay]].{{sfn|Graham|1985|p=20}} Liverpool suffered its second Cup Final defeat in 1950, playing against [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]].{{sfn|Liversedge|1991|p=14}} The club was relegated to the Second Division in the 1953–54 season.{{sfn|Kelly|1988|pp=50–51}} Soon after Liverpool lost 2–1 to non-league [[Worcester City F.C.|Worcester City]] in the 1958–59 FA Cup, [[Bill Shankly]] was appointed manager. Upon his arrival he released 24&nbsp;players and converted a boot storage room at Anfield into a room where the coaches could discuss strategy; here, Shankly and other "[[The Boot Room|Boot Room]]" members [[Joe Fagan]], [[Reuben Bennett]], and [[Bob Paisley]] began reshaping the team.{{sfn|Kelly|1988|p=57}}

[[File:Shankly statue out front.jpg|thumb|left|upright|alt=Statue of a man with his arms held aloft|Statue of [[Bill Shankly]] outside [[Anfield]]. Shankly won promotion to the First Division and the club's first league title since 1947.]]

The club was promoted back into the First Division in 1962 and won it in 1964, for the first time in 17 years. In 1965, the club won its [[1965 FA Cup final|first FA Cup]]. The following year, the club won the First Division but lost to [[Borussia Dortmund]] in the [[1965–66 European Cup Winners' Cup|European Cup Winners' Cup]] final.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/ecwc/history/season=1965/intro.html |title=1965/66: Stan the man for Dortmund |publisher=Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140510160346/http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/ecwc/history/season%3D1965/intro.html |archive-date=10 May 2014 }}</ref> Liverpool won both the League and the [[UEFA Europa League|UEFA Cup]] during the 1972–73 season, and the FA Cup again a year later. Shankly retired soon afterwards and was replaced by his assistant, Bob Paisley.{{sfn|Kelly|1999|p=86}} In 1976, Paisley's second season as manager, the club won another League and UEFA Cup double. The following season, the club retained the League title and won the [[UEFA Champions League|European Cup]] for the first time, but it lost in the [[1977 FA Cup final]]. Liverpool retained the European Cup in 1978 and regained the First Division title in 1979.{{sfn|Pead|1986|p=414}} During Paisley's nine seasons as manager Liverpool won 20 trophies, including three European Cups, a UEFA Cup, six League titles and three consecutive [[Football League Cup|League Cups]]; the only domestic trophy he did not win was the FA Cup.{{sfn|Kelly|1988|p=157}}

[[File:Bob Paisley statue, Anfield 2.jpg|thumb|upright|Statue of [[Bob Paisley]] carrying the injured former Liverpool captain [[Emlyn Hughes]] outside Anfield. Paisley remains the most successful manager in the club's history.]]

Paisley retired in 1983 and was replaced by his assistant, Joe Fagan.{{sfn|Kelly|1988|p=158}} Liverpool won the League, League Cup and European Cup in Fagan's first season, becoming the first English side to win three trophies in a season.{{sfn|Cox|Russell|Vamplew|2002|p=90}} Liverpool reached the European Cup final again in 1985, against [[Juventus]] at the [[King Baudouin Stadium|Heysel Stadium]]. Before kick-off, Liverpool fans breached a fence that separated the two groups of supporters and charged the Juventus fans. The resulting weight of people caused a retaining wall to collapse, killing 39 fans, mostly Italians. The incident became known as the [[Heysel Stadium disaster]]. The match was played in spite of protests by both managers, and Liverpool lost 1–0 to Juventus. As a result of the tragedy, English clubs were banned from participating in European competition for five years; Liverpool received a ten-year ban, which was later reduced to six years. Fourteen Liverpool fans received convictions for involuntary manslaughter.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/may/29/newsid_2733000/2733979.stm |title=On This Day&nbsp;– 29 May 1985: Fans die in Heysel rioting |publisher=BBC |access-date=12 September 2006 |date=29 May 1985 |archive-date=12 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180112173524/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/may/29/newsid_2733000/2733979.stm |url-status=live }}</ref>

Fagan had announced his retirement just before the disaster and [[Kenny Dalglish]] was appointed as [[player-manager]].{{sfn|Kelly|1988|p=172}} During his tenure, the club won another three league titles and two FA Cups, including a League and Cup "[[Double (association football)|Double]]" in the 1985–86 season. Liverpool's success was overshadowed by the [[Hillsborough disaster]]: in an FA Cup semi-final against [[Nottingham Forest F.C.|Nottingham Forest]] on 15 April 1989, hundreds of Liverpool fans were crushed against perimeter fencing.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/april/15/newsid_2491000/2491195.stm |title=On This Day&nbsp;– 15 April 1989: Soccer fans crushed at Hillsborough |publisher=BBC |access-date=12 September 2006 |date=15 April 1989 |archive-date=23 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210923011026/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/april/15/newsid_2491000/2491195.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> Ninety-four fans died that day; the 95th victim died in hospital from his injuries four days later, the 96th died nearly four years later, without regaining consciousness, and the 97th, Andrew Devine, died in 2021 of injuries sustained in the disaster.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/hillsborough-victim-died-accidentally-coroner-says-withdrawal-of-treatment-not-to-blame-1469037.html |title=Hillsborough victim died 'accidentally': Coroner says withdrawal of treatment not to blame |work=The Independent |date=22 December 1993 |access-date=28 August 2010 |first=Malcolm |last=Pithers |archive-date=12 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612143117/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/hillsborough-victim-died-accidentally-coroner-says-withdrawal-of-treatment-not-to-blame-1469037.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Hillsborough: Fan injured in stadium disaster dies 32 years later |work=BBC News |date=29 July 2021 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-58005871 |publisher=BBC |access-date=20 September 2021 |archive-date=19 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210919235728/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-58005871 |url-status=live }}</ref> After the Hillsborough disaster there was a government review of stadium safety. The resulting [[Taylor Report]] paved the way for legislation that required top-division teams to have all-seater stadiums. The report ruled that the main reason for the disaster was overcrowding due to a failure of police control.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/318497.stm |title=A hard lesson to learn |publisher=BBC |date=15 April 1999 |access-date=12 September 2006 |archive-date=13 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160113022126/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/318497.stm |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[File:Hillsborough memorial outside anfield.jpg|thumb|upright|alt=3 burgundy tablets with gold engraved writing. Below the tablets are flowers.|The Hillsborough memorial, which is engraved with the names of the 97 people who died in the [[Hillsborough disaster]].]]

Liverpool was involved in the closest finish to a league season during the 1988–89 season, finishing equal with Arsenal on both points and goal difference, but lost the title on total goals scored when Arsenal scored the final goal in the [[Liverpool 0–2 Arsenal (26 May 1989)|last minute of the season]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2009/mar/29/arsenal-liverpool-1989-football |title=The night Football was reborn |work=The Observer |date=29 March 2009 |access-date=23 July 2011 |first=Jason |last=Cowley |archive-date=23 June 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120623194453/http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2009/mar/29/arsenal-liverpool-1989-football |url-status=live }}</ref>

Dalglish cited the Hillsborough disaster and its repercussions as the reason for his resignation in 1991; he was replaced by former player [[Graeme Souness]].{{sfn|Liversedge|1991|pp=104–105}} Under his leadership Liverpool won the [[1992 FA Cup final]], but their league performances slumped, with two consecutive sixth-place finishes, eventually resulting in his dismissal in January 1994. Souness was replaced by [[Roy Evans]], and Liverpool went on to win the [[1995 Football League Cup final]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-fc/liverpool-fc-news/2012/02/22/lfc-in-the-league-cup-final-1995-mcmanaman-masterclass-wins-praise-from-wing-wizard-matthews-100252-30379046/ |title=LFC in the League Cup final: 1995&nbsp;– McManaman masterclass wins praise from wing wizard Matthews |work=Liverpool Echo |date=22 February 2012 |access-date=2 February 2020 |first=Mark |last=Scully |archive-date=23 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120223073711/http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-fc/liverpool-fc-news/2012/02/22/lfc-in-the-league-cup-final-1995-mcmanaman-masterclass-wins-praise-from-wing-wizard-matthews-100252-30379046/ |url-status=live }}</ref> While they made some title challenges under Evans, third-place finishes in 1996 and 1998 were the best they could manage, and so [[Gérard Houllier]] was appointed co-manager in the 1998–99 season, and became the sole manager in November 1998 after Evans resigned.{{sfn|Kelly|1999|p=227}} In 2001, Houllier's second full season in charge, Liverpool won a "[[Treble (association football)|treble]]": the FA Cup, League Cup and UEFA Cup.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/uefa_cup/1335026.stm |title=Houllier acclaims Euro triumph |work=BBC Sport |date=16 May 2001 |access-date=24 March 2007 |archive-date=12 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112222733/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/uefa_cup/1335026.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> Houllier underwent major heart surgery during the 2001–02 season and Liverpool finished second in the League, behind Arsenal.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/l/liverpool/1600193.stm |title=Houllier 'satisfactory' after surgery |work=BBC Sport |date=15 October 2001 |access-date=13 March 2007 |archive-date=12 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112222733/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/l/liverpool/1600193.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> They won a further League Cup in 2003, but failed to mount a title challenge in the two seasons that followed.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/2811805.stm|title=Liverpool lift Worthington Cup|date=2 March 2003|work=BBC Sport|access-date=2 February 2020|archive-date=2 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202152433/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/2811805.stm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.statto.com/football/stats/england/premier-league/2003-2004/table/2003-12-29 |title=English Premier League 2003–2004: Table |publisher=Statto |access-date=3 September 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203012720/http://www.statto.com/football/stats/england/premier-league/2003-2004/table/2003-12-29 |archive-date=3 December 2013 }}</ref>

[[File:2005 European Champion Clubs' Cup (cropped).jpg|thumb|left|upright|The [[UEFA Champions League|European Cup]], trophy won by Liverpool for a fifth time in 2005.|alt=A silver trophy with red ribbons on it]]

Houllier was replaced by [[Rafael Benítez]] at the end of the 2003–04 season. Despite finishing fifth in Benítez's first season, Liverpool won the [[2004–05 UEFA Champions League]], beating [[AC Milan]] 3–2 in a [[Penalty shoot-out (association football)|penalty shootout]] after the match ended with a score of 3–3.<ref>{{cite news|title=AC Milan 3–3 Liverpool (aet)|work=BBC Sport|date=25 May 2005|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/europe/4573159.stm|access-date=15 April 2007|archive-date=12 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612150505/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/europe/4573159.stm|url-status=live}}</ref> The following season, Liverpool finished third in the Premier League and won the [[2006 FA Cup final|FA Cup]], beating West Ham United in a penalty shootout after the match finished 3–3.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/fa_cup/4756045.stm |title=Liverpool 3–3 West Ham (aet) |work=BBC Sport |date=13 May 2006 |access-date=26 August 2010 |archive-date=9 September 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070909064738/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/fa_cup/4756045.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> American businessmen [[George N. Gillett Jr.|George Gillett]] and [[Tom Hicks]] became the owners of the club during the 2006–07 season, in a deal which valued the club and its outstanding debts at £218.9&nbsp;million.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/l/liverpool/6323037.stm |title=US pair agree Liverpool takeover |work=BBC Sport |date=6 February 2007 |access-date=2 March 2007 |archive-date=12 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112222734/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/l/liverpool/6323037.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> The club reached the [[2007 UEFA Champions League final]] against Milan, as it had in 2005, but lost 2–1.<ref>{{cite news |first=Phil |last=McNulty |title=AC Milan 2–1 Liverpool |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/europe/6669039.stm |work=BBC Sport |date=23 May 2007 |access-date=23 May 2007 |archive-date=24 May 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070524120957/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/europe/6669039.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> During the 2008–09 season Liverpool achieved 86 points, its then-highest Premier League points total, prior to the record-breaking 2018–19 season, and finished as runners up to [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lfchistory.net/Articles/Article/2442 |title=Liverpool's top-flight record |publisher=LFC History |access-date=19 August 2011 |archive-date=16 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190516192538/https://www.lfchistory.net/articles/article/2442 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In the 2009–10 season, Liverpool finished seventh in the Premier League and failed to qualify for the Champions League. Benítez subsequently left by mutual consent<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/leagues/premierleague/liverpool/7801223/Rafael-Benitez-leaves-Liverpool-club-statement.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100606052518/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/leagues/premierleague/liverpool/7801223/Rafael-Benitez-leaves-Liverpool-club-statement.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=6 June 2010|title=Rafael Benitez leaves Liverpool: club statement|date=3 June 2010|work=The Daily Telegraph|access-date=3 June 2010}}</ref> and was replaced by [[Fulham F.C.|Fulham]] manager [[Roy Hodgson]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/news/latest-news/liverpool-appoint-hodgson |title=Liverpool appoint Hodgson |publisher=Liverpool F.C |date=1 July 2010 |access-date=11 August 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100729185508/http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/news/latest-news/liverpool-appoint-hodgson |archive-date=29 July 2010 }}</ref> At the start of the 2010–11 season Liverpool was on the verge of bankruptcy and the club's creditors asked the High Court to allow the sale of the club, overruling the wishes of Hicks and Gillett. [[John W. Henry]], owner of the [[Boston Red Sox]] and [[Fenway Sports Group]], bid successfully for the club and took ownership in October 2010.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2010/oct/15/liverpool-fc-get-new-owner|title=Liverpool FC finally has a new owner after 'win on penalties'|date=15 October 2010|access-date=7 November 2010|work=The Guardian|first=Owen|last=Gibson|archive-date=30 December 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121230025816/http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010/oct/15/liverpool-fc-get-new-owner|url-status=live}}</ref> Poor results during the start of that season led to Hodgson leaving the club by mutual consent and former player and manager Kenny Dalglish taking over.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/l/liverpool/9350630.stm |title=Roy Hodgson exits and Kenny Dalglish takes over |work=BBC Sport |date=8 January 2011 |access-date=22 April 2011 |archive-date=13 January 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110113064822/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/l/liverpool/9350630.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> In the 2011–12 season, Liverpool secured a record [[2011–12 Football League Cup|eighth League Cup success]] and reached the [[2012 FA Cup final|FA Cup final]], but finished eighth in the Premier League, their worst league finish in 18 years; this led to the sacking of Dalglish.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-05-16/liverpool-manager-dalglish-fired-after-worst-finish-in-18-years.html |work=Bloomberg |first1=Bob |last1=Bensch |first2=Tariq |last2=Panja |title=Liverpool Fires Dalglish After Worst League Finish in 18 Years |date=16 May 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120620150347/http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-05-16/liverpool-manager-dalglish-fired-after-worst-finish-in-18-years.html |archive-date=20 June 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |first=Mike |last=Ingham |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18073446 |title=Kenny Dalglish sacked as Liverpool manager |publisher=BBC |date=16 May 2012 |access-date=10 June 2012 |archive-date=12 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112222814/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18073446 |url-status=live }}</ref> He was replaced by [[Brendan Rodgers]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18294032 |title=Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers to 'fight for his life' |publisher=BBC |date=1 June 2012 |access-date=10 June 2012 |archive-date=13 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160113023525/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18294032 |url-status=live }}</ref> whose Liverpool team in the 2013–14 season mounted an unexpected title charge to finish second behind champions [[Manchester City F.C.|Manchester City]] and subsequently return to the Champions League, scoring 101 goals in the process, the most since the 106 scored in the [[1895–96 in English football|1895–96]] season.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Ornstein|first1=David|title=Liverpool: Premier League near-miss offers hope for the future|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/27367934|access-date=7 August 2014|work=BBC Sport|publisher=BBC|date=12 May 2014|archive-date=18 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150918055523/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/27367934|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="goals">{{cite web |url=http://www.liverpoolfc.com/history/records/goals |title=Goals |publisher=Liverpool F.C. |access-date=27 August 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120813224754/http://www.liverpoolfc.com/history/records/goals |archive-date=13 August 2012 }}</ref> Following a disappointing 2014–15 season, where Liverpool finished sixth in the league, and a poor start to the following campaign, Rodgers was sacked in October 2015.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/34423344 |title=Brendan Rodgers: Liverpool boss sacked after Merseyside derby |work=BBC Sport |date=4 October 2015 |access-date=10 October 2015 |archive-date=30 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201130205329/https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/34423344 |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[File:Mo Salah in UEFA Super Cup 2019.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Mohamed Salah]] is Liverpool's [[List of Liverpool F.C. records and statistics#Top goalscorers|third-leading goalscorer]] in club history, behind [[Ian Rush]] and [[Roger Hunt]], and the club's leading goalscorer in the Premier League era.]]

Rodgers was replaced by [[Jürgen Klopp]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Smith|first1=Ben|title=Liverpool: Jurgen Klopp confirmed as manager on £15m Anfield deal|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/34469429|access-date=10 October 2015|work=BBC Sport|publisher=BBC|date=8 October 2015|archive-date=2 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151102003807/http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/34469429|url-status=live}}</ref> Liverpool reached the finals of the [[2015–16 Football League Cup|Football League Cup]] and [[2015–16 UEFA Europa League|UEFA Europa League]] in Klopp's first season, finishing as runner-up in both competitions.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/36254631|title=Liverpool 1–3 Sevilla|date=18 May 2016|agency=BBC|access-date=11 February 2018|archive-date=28 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190428130357/https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/36254631|url-status=live}}</ref> The club finished second in the [[2018–19 Premier League|2018–19 season]] with 97 points – surpassing the 86 points gained during the 2008–09 season and a points record for a non-title winning side – and only one loss.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/48136480|title=Premier League: The numbers behind remarkable title battle|agency=BBC|date=12 May 2019|access-date=19 May 2019|language=en-GB|archive-date=15 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190515071631/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/48136480|url-status=live}}</ref> Klopp took Liverpool to successive UEFA Champions League finals in 2018 and 2019, with the club defeating [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Tottenham Hotspur]] 2–0 to win the latter.<ref>{{cite news|title=Liverpool beat Spurs to become champions of Europe for sixth time|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/48368443|access-date=1 June 2019|agency=BBC|archive-date=5 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190905112812/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/48368443|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/44258022|title=Real Madrid 3-1 Liverpool|date=26 May 2018|access-date=19 May 2019|language=en-GB|agency=BBC|archive-date=17 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210417131824/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/44258022|url-status=live}}</ref> Liverpool beat [[Clube de Regatas do Flamengo|Flamengo]] of Brazil in the [[2019 FIFA Club World Cup final|final]] 1–0 to win the [[FIFA Club World Cup]] for the first time.<ref>{{cite news|title=Firmino winner seals Club World Cup win|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/50869633|access-date=21 December 2019|agency=BBC|archive-date=22 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191222075712/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/50869633|url-status=live}}</ref> Liverpool then went on to win the [[2019–20 Premier League]], winning their first top-flight league title in thirty years.<ref>{{cite news |title=Liverpool win Premier League: Reds' 30-year wait for top-flight title ends |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/53183857 |access-date=25 June 2020 |agency=BBC |archive-date=1 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210501171751/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/53183857 |url-status=live }}</ref> The club set multiple records in the season, including winning the league with seven games remaining making it the earliest any team has ever won the title,<ref>{{Cite news|last=Sport|first=Telegraph|date=22 July 2020|title=Liverpool lift the Premier League trophy tonight – these are the records they've broken on the way|language=en-GB|work=The Telegraph|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2020/07/22/liverpool-lift-trophy-today-time-premier-league-champions-records/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2020/07/22/liverpool-lift-trophy-today-time-premier-league-champions-records/ |archive-date=10 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=24 July 2020|issn=0307-1235}}{{cbignore}}</ref> amassing a club record 99 points, and achieving a [[Football records and statistics in England#Wins|joint-record]] 32 wins in a top-flight season.<ref>{{cite news |title=Champions Liverpool beat Newcastle to finish on 99 points |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/53460589 |date=26 July 2020 |access-date=27 July 2020 |agency=BBC |archive-date=26 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200726084010/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/53460589 |url-status=live }}</ref> The 2021–22 season saw the club win the domestic cup double, the FA Cup and the League Cup.<ref>{{cite news |title='Out of this world': Jürgen Klopp proud of Liverpool's FA Cup win over Chelsea |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/may/14/it-was-incredible-jurgen-klopp-proud-of-liverpools-fa-cup-win-over-chelsea |access-date=9 March 2025 |work=The Guardian}}</ref> In January 2024, Klopp announced that he would leave the club at the end of the season, and he won his final trophy with the club, the League Cup, the following month.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jurgen Klopp: Liverpool manager to leave Anfield at end of season |url=https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11669/13056662/jurgen-klopp-liverpool-manager-to-leave-club-at-end-of-season |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240126111502/https://www.skysports.com/amp/football/news/11669/13056662/jurgen-klopp-liverpool-manager-to-leave-club-at-end-of-season |archive-date=26 January 2024 |access-date=30 January 2024 |website=Sky Sports |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/68329936|title=Chelsea 0–1 Liverpool (aet) - Virgil van Dijk extra-time winner gives Reds Wembley glory|work=BBC Sport|date=25 February 2024|access-date=9 March 2025}}</ref> 

On 20 May 2024, [[Arne Slot]] was announced as Klopp's successor, becoming head coach on 1 June.<ref>{{Cite web |date=20 May 2024 |title=Arne Slot to become Liverpool FC's new head coach |url=https://www.liverpoolfc.com/news/arne-slot-become-liverpool-fcs-new-head-coach |access-date=22 May 2024 |publisher=Liverpool F.C. |language=en |archive-date=20 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240520161634/https://www.liverpoolfc.com/news/arne-slot-become-liverpool-fcs-new-head-coach |url-status=live }}</ref> On 27 April 2025, Liverpool defeated Tottenham Hotspur 5–1 at Anfield to win their twentieth top-flight league title and second in the Premier League era, equalling Manchester United's record.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Liverpool make history with second Premier League title |url=https://www.premierleague.com:443/news/4287630 |date=27 April 2025|access-date=27 April 2025 |website=Premier League|language=en}}</ref>