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: Harvey Elliott, 16 years and 174 days (against Milton Keynes Dons, 25 September 2019)
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 – 24 September 1983)
Most seasons playing every minute of every league and cup game: Phil Neal, 9 (from 1976–77 to 1983–84)
Longest-serving player: Elisha Scott, 21 years and 52 days (1913–1934)
Most red cards while playing for Liverpool: Steven Gerrard, 7
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, 45
First player to score for Liverpool: Malcolm McVean (against Rotherham Town, 1 September 1892)
Most goals in a season: Ian Rush, 47 (in the 1983–84 season)
Most goals in a debut season: Mohamed Salah, 44 (in the 2017–18 season)
Most league goals in a season: Roger Hunt, 41 (in the 1961–62 season)
Most goals in a season by a Liverpool player in the Premier League era: Mohamed Salah, 44 (in the 2017–18 season)
Most top-flight league goals in a season: Gordon Hodgson, 36 (in the 1930–31 season)
Most continental goals in a season: Mohamed Salah and Roberto Firmino, 11 (in the 2017–18 season)
Most hat-tricks in a season: Roger Hunt, 5 (in the 1961–62 season)
Most games scored in during a single campaign: Mohamed Salah, 34 (in the 2017–18 season)
Most different goalscorers in a season: 22 (in the 2015–16 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 games for an outfield player without scoring: Ephraim Longworth, 371
Youngest goalscorer: Ben Woodburn, 17 years, 45 days (against Leeds United, 29 November 2016)
Oldest goalscorer: Billy Liddell, 38 years, 55 days (against Stoke City, 5 March 1960)
International
First capped player: Frank Becton, for England on 29 March 1897
Most international caps while a Liverpool player: Steven Gerrard, 114 for England
Most international goals while a Liverpool player: Michael Owen, 26 for England.
Ian Rush, 26 for Wales.
FIFA World Cup
First Liverpool player to appear at a World Cup: Laurie Hughes for England, at 1950 FIFA World Cup
Most World Cup appearances while a Liverpool player: Steven Gerrard, 12 for England in 2006, 2010 and 2014
Most World Cup goals while a Liverpool player: Michael Owen, 4 for England in 1998 and 2002
First World Cup winners: Roger Hunt, Ian Callaghan and Gerry Byrne, in 1966 with England
First non-British player to appear in a World Cup final: Dietmar Hamann, with Germany, in 2002
First non-British World Cup winners: Fernando Torres and Pepe Reina, with Spain in 2010
UEFA European Championship
First non-British European Championship winners: Fernando Torres, Pepe Reina and Xabi Alonso, with Spain in 2008
Copa America
Copa America winners while playing for Liverpool: Luis Suárez, with Uruguay in 2011, Alisson Becker and Roberto Firmino, with Brazil in 2019
Africa Cup of Nations
Africa Cup of Nations winners while playing for Liverpool: Kolo Touré with Ivory Coast in 2015 and Sadio Mané with Senegal in 2022
Managers
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 7–1 Rotherham Town, a friendly match, 1 September 1892
First Lancashire League match: Liverpool 8–0 Higher Walton, 3 September 1892
First Football League match: Liverpool 2–0 Middlesbrough Ironopolis, Second Division, 2 September 1893
First FA Cup match: Liverpool 4–0 Nantwich Town, first qualifying round, 15 October 1892
First League Cup match: Liverpool 1–1 Luton Town, second round, 19 October 1960
First European match: Liverpool 5–0 KR Reykjavik, European Cup, first round, 17 August 1964
Wins
Record win: 11–0 against Strømsgodset in the European Cup Winners' Cup, 17 September 1974
Record league wins: 10–1 against Rotherham Town in the Second Division, 18 February 1896, 9–0 against Crystal Palace in the First Division, 12 September 1989 and 9–0 against Bournemouth in the Premier League, 27 August 2022
Record home league win: 9–0 against Crystal Palace in First Division, 12 September 1989 and 9–0 against Bournemouth in the Premier League, 27 August 2022
Record away league win: 7–0 against Crystal Palace in Premier League, 19 December 2020
Record FA Cup win: 9–0 against Newtown in the second qualifying round, 29 October 1892
Record League Cup win: 10–0 against Fulham in the second round, first leg, 23 September 1986
Most league wins in a season: 38 games: 32 wins (in the 2019–20 season)
Fewest league wins in a season: 2 wins from 30 games (in the 1891–92 season)
Most home wins in a season (all competitions): 22 (in the 2000–01, 2018–19 and 2019–20 seasons
Most wins away from home in a season: 14 (in the 2019–20 season)
Defeats
Record defeat: 1–9 against Birmingham City in Second Division, 11 December 1954
Record defeat at Anfield: 0–6 against Sunderland in First Division, 19 April 1930
Record-scoring defeat: 2–9 against Newcastle United in First Division, 1 January 1934
Record Premier League defeat: 1–6 against Stoke City, 24 May 2015, 0–5 against Manchester City, 9 September 2017, 2–7 against Aston Villa, 4 October 2020
Record FA Cup defeat: 0–5 against Bolton Wanderers in fourth round, first leg, 26 January 1946
Record League Cup defeat: 0–5 against Aston Villa in quarter-finals, 17 December 2019
Most league defeats in a season: 23 defeats from 42 games (in the 1953–54 season)
Fewest defeats in a season: Unbeaten in the 28-game 1893–94 season
Record consecutive results
Record consecutive wins: 11 (18 February – 11 April 1989, and 15 March – 7 May 2006)
Record consecutive league wins: 18 (27 October 2019 – 24 February 2020)
Record consecutive league wins from start of season: 8 (in the 1990–91 and 2019–20 seasons)
Record consecutive defeats: 9 (29 April – 14 October 1899)
Record consecutive league matches without a defeat: 44 (12 January 2019 – 24 February 2020)
Record consecutive home league wins: 24 (9 February 2019 – 5 July 2020)
Record consecutive draws: 6 (19 February – 19 March 1975)
Record consecutive home matches without defeat: 85 (7 February 1978 – 31 January 1981)
Record consecutive home league matches without defeat: 68 (7 May 2017 – 17 January 2021)
Record consecutive matches in which Liverpool have scored a goal: 34 (19 April 2021 – 22 December 2021)
Record consecutive matches without conceding a goal: 11 (29 October – 18 December 2005)
Record consecutive home league defeats: 6 (21 January – 7 March 2021)
Goals
Most league goals scored in a season: 106 in 30 games (in the 1895–96 season, Second Division)
Most top flight goals scored in a season: 101 in 38 games (in the 2013–14 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 1953–54 season, First Division)
Fewest league goals conceded in a season: 16 in 42 games (in the 1978–79 season, First Division)
Most consecutive league matches with a Liverpool goal: 36 (10 March 2019 – 24 February 2020)
Most consecutive league matches with a Liverpool goal since the start of a season: 27 (in the 2019–20 season)
Points
Most points in a season:
Two points for a win: 68 (in 42 games in 1978–79, First Division)
Three points for a win: 99 points in 38 games in 2019–20, Premier League)
Fewest points in a season:
Two points for a win: 22 (in 30 games in 1894–95, First Division)
Three points for a win: 52 (in 38 games in 2011–12, Premier League)
Attendances
Record highest home attendance: 61,905 (against Wolverhampton Wanderers in the 1951–52 FA Cup)
Highest league home attendance: 60,061 (against Brighton, Premier League in the 2023–24 season)
Highest League Cup home attendance: 57,332 (against West Ham United, in the 2023–24 season
Highest European home attendance: 59,581 (against Sparta Praha, in the 2023–24 season)
Record lowest home attendance: 1,000 (against Loughborough, Second Division in the 1895–96 season)
Lowest FA Cup home attendance: 4,000 (against Newtown, in the 1892–93 season)
Lowest League Cup home attendance: 9,902 (against Brentford in the 1983–84 season)
Lowest European home attendance: 12,021 (against Dundalk in the 1982–83 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 Records
Most appearances in European competition: Jamie Carragher, 150
Most goals in European competition: Mohamed Salah, 47
Most continental goals in a season: Mohamed Salah and Roberto Firmino, 11 (during the 2017–18 season)
First European match: Liverpool 6–0 Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur, European Cup, first round, 17 August 1964
First goal scored in Europe: Gordon Wallace, against KR Reykjavik
Biggest win: Liverpool 11–0 Strømsgodset, in the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, 17 September 1974
Biggest defeat: Liverpool 1–5 Ajax, in the European Cup, 7 December 1966
Highest European home attendance: 55,104, against Barcelona in the 1975–76 UEFA Cup, 14 April 1976
Lowest European home attendance: 12,021 against Dundalk in the 1982–83 European Cup
Various Stats
Liverpool went unbeaten in the League from the start of a season in 1987-88 for 29 games.
Liverpool actually went through the 1893-94 season unbeaten.
The Reds lost their highest total of 23 games in season 1953-54.
On 22 August 1964 the Reds became the first team featured on Match of the Day against Arsenal. Roger Hunt scored the first ever goal shown. They were also the first side shown on Match of the Day in colour against West Ham. They were the first side covered live on SKY TV for the premiership against Notts Forest on 16 Aug 1992.
Phil Neal won the most medals at Liverpool with 20.
6 men won league championship medals in both England and Scotland - Kenny Dalglish, Tom Robertson, Graeme Souness, John Walker, Nigel Spackman and Willie Stevenson.
Gerard Houllier is the only Liverpool manager to do the double over Manchester United and Everton in the same season.
The Reds 2001 treble is a unique Cup treble.
The 2001 UEFA Cup win is the first ever European trophy won by virtue of the golden goal.
Liverpool introduced shirt sponsors and since then have used Hitachi, Crown Paints, Candy, Carlsberg, Standard Chartered
Liverpool once went 85 games unbeaten at Anfield between Feb 1978 and Jan 1981.
Jan Molby scored a hat-trick of penalties against Coventry City in Nov 86.
Jack Balmer once hit a hat-trick in three consecutive games.
The flagpole at the corner of the Kop originated from the Great Eastern ship.
The all red kit of today was first introduced by Bill Shankly for the 1964-65 season to make his players look as tall as possible. The first game it was revealed in was against Anderlecht in Nov 64.
Phil Neal is the only player to play in all 5 of Liverpool's European cup finals.
Don Welsh once scored 6 goals for the club in one match during the second world war. Five different players have scored five in a game Tom Miller, Andy McGuigan, John Evans, Ian Rush and Robbie Fowler.
The Reds' youngest ever player was Max Thompson.
The Reds' youngest ever European player was Phil Charnock who made a sub appearance in Europe.
Ian Rush has made the most appearances for Liverpool in the Merseyside Derby with 36 games in total.
Albert Stubbins was shown on the front cover of the Sgt Peppers Beatles Album.
One of the Reds most embarrassing defeats in the FA Cup was in 1958-59 to Worcester City.
Ted Doig is the oldest player to play for the Reds aged 41 years 165 days. He is also the oldest Reds debutant.
Liverpool won the first ever domestic trophy staged outside England when they won the Worthington cup in 2001. They also won the first ever FA Cup to be played outside England in the same year.
The Reds have won the most League Cups with 6 and appeared in the most finals with 8.
Up until 1934 both Liverpool and Everton shared their matchday programme. One first team game was featured and one reserve game.
Bob Paisley in 1983 became the first manager to collect a trophy at Wembley.
The first ever Reds league team consisted entirely of Scotsmen.
When the Reds won the FA cup in 1986 no Englishmen appeared for the Reds. The only sub, Steve McMahon never got on the pitch.
The Reds have been forced to decide European ties on the toss of a coin twice. In 1965 they called correctly against FC Cologne but failed to call correctly when doing so against Athletic Bilbao in 1968.
John Aldridge became the first player to miss a penalty in an FA Cup Final in 1988 against Wimbledon.
Tom Watson is the Reds' longest serving manager of all time with some 19 years service.
Phil Taylor is the only Reds manager not to manage the team in the top flight.
Ferencvaros were the first team to win a European tie at Anfield.
Geoff Strong was the Reds' first ever sub in September 1965 replacing Chris Lawler.
In October 2001 the Reds became the first ever English side to win a game in Kiev when they won 2-1 in the Champions League. In October 2002 the Reds became the first ever English side to defeat Spartak Moscow away when they won 3-1 in the Champions League.
The Reds were the first English side to retain the European Cup in 1977 and 1978 whilst they were also the first team to win the European Cup on penalties in 1984.
The Reds, with 37 have won the most major trophies in England.
The lowest position ever that the Reds have finished is 11th in the second division back in 1954-55.
The Reds are the first team ever to play in every possible match in a season when they played 63 in 2000-01.
The Reds contested the first ever Wembley shoot-out in 1974 against Leeds United in the Charity Shield.
The Reds were the first side to win an FA Cup Semi Final on penalties when beating Portsmouth in 1992.
The Reds were the first side to get eight different players on the league scoresheet when they beat Crystal Palace 9-0 in September 1989.
The Reds were first side to have nine different players on the scoresheet when beating Stromsgodset 11-0 in Europe. Only Brian Hall and Ray Clemence failed to score.
Michael Owen is the Reds' highest international scorer for the Reds and England with 19 goals although Ian Rush has most for a home country with 28 whilst at Anfield.
Sami Hyypia became the first Red to score away in France in a competitive game against a French side when he scored the only goal in a 1-0 win over Auxerre in February 2003.
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