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Is Liverpool in the Premier League?

Yes.

Head coach

Benitez

Nicknamed Red Army

Team introduction

Home uniform: red Top, red shorts.

English League One Champions: 18 times

English FA Cup Champions: 6 times

English League Cup Champions: 7 times

European Champions Cup: 5 times

UEFA Cup: 3 times

European Super Cup: 3 times

In 1894, Liverpool football team had just entered The First Division set a record for the number of spectators. In the 1894-1895 season, 44,000 people watched Liverpool's game against Everton at Goldison Stadium. The largest audience to date was in 1952, when Liverpool faced Wolfs at Anfield, with 61,905 people in attendance. Due to the First and Second World Wars, the Liverpool football team only won two league championships during this period until the British League was restored in 1946. With the help of Creel Donne, Willy Fagan, Jack Balmer, and Bill Liddell, Liverpool won the first championship after the resumption of the league. In 1950, Liverpool entered the FA Cup for the first time. Final, but lost to Arsenal. From then on, they reached a trough. In the 1953-1954 season, they bid farewell to the first division for 50 years and were demoted to the second division.

On December 1, 1959, Bill Shankly became the head coach of Liverpool. From then on, Liverpool entered its glorious period. After Shankly took office, he formed a dynamic team, including famous stars Roger Hunter and Ian Callaghan, as well as forward John from Scotland and Welsh forward Ron Yates. These people are The foundation of Liverpool. To this day Hunter and Ian Callaghan, as well as forward John from Scotland and Welsh forward Ron Yates, these people are the foundation of Liverpool. To this day, Hunter still holds the record for the most goals, with 245 goals for the team, and Callaghan holds the record for appearances, with 846 appearances for Liverpool.

In the 1962-1963 season, Liverpool re-entered the First Division and defeated Leeds United 2:1 in 1965. After 73 years of establishment, Liverpool won the FA Cup for the first time. In the 1965-1966 season, with only 14 players, they won the league championship and reached the European Cup Winners' Cup final. Liverpool has represented England in the three major European Cups for 21 consecutive seasons and has played 122 games. Since then, Liverpool has become Britain's main force in international football competitions. In the 1966-1967 season, Roger Hunter left the team through transfer, but the transfer of another star Kevin Keegan rekindled the team's old passion. In the 1972-1973 season, Liverpool once again won the British League Championship and defeated Germany's Monchengladbach to win the UEFA Cup. In this season, Liverpool only lost four games and only once at home. In the next four seasons, it maintained an unbeaten record at home. Tossak and Keegan of the team won the "World Footballer" many times. title.

In the 1973-1974 season, Liverpool defeated Newcastle United 3:0 and won the FA Cup championship. Shankly became famous and decided to retire. In December 1981, he passed away, and the Shankly era of Liverpool came to an end. To this day, a famous saying dedicated to him is left on the door and team emblem of the Liverpool Club headquarters: You’ll never walk alone!

After Shankly retired, another Scot, Bobby Paisley, took his place. Shankly led Liverpool into a strong European team, and Paisley built on his foundation to make Liverpool a giant in British football and dominate European football. Under his leadership, the team won six league championships, four consecutive League Cup championships and two UEFA Cup championships; in 1977, it defeated Germany's Monchengladbach 3:1 and won the European Champions Cup for the first time. ; In 1978, they defeated Bruges FC of Belgium 1:0 and successfully defended the Champions League; in 1981, they defeated Real Madrid of Spain 1:0 and won the European Champions Cup for the third time.

As the most successful head coach, Paisley retired honorably in 1983, but remained with the team as a consultant and guide. Another star took over his head coaching duties, he was Joe Fagan. In his first year in office, Fagan directed the team to win three laurels - the league championship, League Cup championship and European Champions Cup championship. At this time, Liverpool had many famous players, such as Zimbabwe's first goalkeeper Grobbelaar, Nicol and Laurentson in the defense, Whelan, Horton, and McMahon in the midfield, and Rush and Ouyang in the forward line. Derridge and others, they have won countless honors for Liverpool.

In 1985, Kenny Dalglish became the head coach and purchased forwards Beardsley and Barnes for Liverpool. The team won the league championship and the FA Cup in 1990. Won the 18th league title, but in 1991 Dalglish left Liverpool and went to Blackburn Rovers. From then on, Liverpool began to decline again.

After entering the 1990s, Liverpool gradually lost its status as the dominant player in British football, and its giant status was gradually replaced by Manchester United and Arsenal.

Note: England’s top league was renamed the English Premier League starting from the 1992-93 season. Before that, it was the English First Division