Liverpool Football Club is formed
Liverpool are formed after the dispute over Anfield's ownership and begin in the Lancashire League.
1892Open the related record →Club history
Liverpool Club
History Timeline
The defining moments in Liverpool’s story: formation, league titles, European nights, managers and the eras that changed the club.
134years covered
35key moments
2025latest title
How to read Liverpool's history
The timeline marks changes in competition, management and the club as an institution. Trophy dates are important, but the record also includes relegation, reconstruction, stadium history and events whose significance cannot be represented by honours. You can read every event in the list below.
For sustained explanation, continue to the five history-by-era guides. They connect adjacent seasons and managerial transitions, while the event articles use authoritative records for Hillsborough, Heysel and memorial subjects.
Current through: 29 July 2026. Read the source and review method.
Football League debut
Liverpool win the Lancashire League and enter the Football League Second Division.
1893–94Open the related record →First promotion
Liverpool complete their first Football League season unbeaten and win promotion.
Second Division · 1893–94Open the related record →First league championship
Tom Watson's Liverpool win the First Division for the first time.
First Division · 1900–01Open the related record →A second league title
Liverpool return from Division Two and immediately become champions.
First Division · 1905–06Open the related record →First FA Cup final
Liverpool reach their first FA Cup final and lose to Burnley at Crystal Palace.
FA Cup final · 1914Open the related record →League title after war
Liverpool win their third championship during David Ashworth's tenure.
First Division · 1921–22Open the related record →Back-to-back champions
Matt McQueen completes a successful title defence.
First Division · 1922–23Open the related record →Post-war champions
George Kay leads Liverpool to the first full post-war league championship.
First Division · 1946–47Open the related record →Relegation
Liverpool finish bottom and begin eight seasons outside the top flight.
First Division · 1953–54Open the related record →Bill Shankly appointed
Shankly begins a club-wide reconstruction from the Second Division.
Bill Shankly · 1959Open the related record →Promotion under Shankly
Liverpool win Division Two with 99 league goals.
Second Division · 1961–62Open the related record →Shankly's first title
Liverpool become champions in their second season back in the top flight.
First Division · 1963–64Open the related record →First FA Cup
Liverpool beat Leeds United at Wembley.
FA Cup · 1964–65Open the related record →Another championship
Liverpool secure a seventh league title.
First Division · 1965–66Open the related record →First European trophy
Liverpool win the league and UEFA Cup.
League & UEFA Cup · 1972–73Open the related record →Paisley succeeds Shankly
Bob Paisley takes charge after Shankly retires.
Bob Paisley · 1974Open the related record →League and UEFA Cup double
Paisley's Liverpool win both competitions.
1975–76Open the related record →First European Cup
Liverpool beat Borussia Mönchengladbach in Rome.
European Cup · 1976–77Open the related record →European Cup retained
Liverpool beat Club Brugge at Wembley.
European Cup · 1977–78Open the related record →Third European Cup
Alan Kennedy scores the final's only goal against Real Madrid.
European Cup · 1980–81Open the related record →Joe Fagan takes charge
Fagan succeeds Paisley.
Joe Fagan · 1983Open the related record →The Rome treble
Liverpool win the league, League Cup and European Cup.
1983–84Open the related record →Heysel disaster
Thirty-nine people die before the European Cup final in Brussels.
29 May 1985Open the related record →League and FA Cup Double
Player-manager Kenny Dalglish leads Liverpool to a first domestic Double.
1985–86Open the related record →Hillsborough disaster
Ninety-seven Liverpool supporters are unlawfully killed.
15 April 1989Open the related record →Eighteenth championship
Liverpool win the First Division.
1989–90Open the related record →The cup treble
Houllier's side win the League Cup, FA Cup and UEFA Cup.
2000–01Open the related record →Champions in Istanbul
Liverpool recover from 3–0 down against AC Milan and win on penalties.
2004–05Open the related record →Jürgen Klopp appointed
Klopp begins a period of domestic and European reconstruction.
Jürgen Klopp · 2015Open the related record →Sixth European Cup
Liverpool beat Tottenham Hotspur in Madrid.
2018–19Open the related record →Premier League champions
Liverpool win a first league title in thirty years.
2019–20Open the related record →Arne Slot appointed
Slot succeeds Klopp as head coach.
Arne Slot · 2024Open the related record →A twentieth championship
Liverpool win the Premier League in Slot's first season.
2024–25Open the related record →Diogo Jota dies aged 28
Jota and his brother André Silva die in a road traffic accident in Spain.
3 July 2025Open the related record →Andoni Iraola appointed
Iraola succeeds Slot ahead of the 2026–27 season.
June 2026Open the related record →Club moment · 1892
Liverpool Football Club is formed
Liverpool are formed following the dispute over Anfield’s ownership, beginning life in the Lancashire League before entering the Football League a year later.
Rivalries
Everton, Manchester United, Manchester City and AC Milan: four relationships built in different ways.
1985 · Club momentHeysel Stadium Disaster
The tragedy before the European Cup final in Brussels and its consequences for Liverpool and English clubs in Europe.
1989 · Club momentHillsborough Disaster
The 97 supporters, the campaign for truth and the verdicts that reshaped the official record.
2005 · TrophyIstanbul 2005
The comeback against AC Milan, Dudek's saves and Liverpool's fifth European Cup.