Liverpool_Fútbol_Club

Liverpool F.C. (Montevideo)

Liverpool F.C. (Montevideo)

Association football club in Montevideo, Uruguay


Liverpool Fútbol Club is a Uruguayan professional football club based in Montevideo. The team was first promoted to the Primera División in 1919 and plays its home games at Estadio Belvedere.

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History

The club has its roots in the student team from the Catholic Capuchin school in Nuevo París, which began playing in 1908. The club took on the name Liverpool as there were many cultural links between the two areas; the majority of coal ships arriving in Montevideo came from the English port.[1] A number of clubs took on Anglicised names, such as league rivals Montevideo Wanderers.

Liverpool plays home matches in Estadio Belvedere (Belvedere Stadium), formerly owned by the Montevideo Wanderers.

In 2023 Liverpool won the Primera División for the first time. They filled one of the final slots as they had the highest overall point tally during the entire season, while also filling one of the semi-final slots, as they had won the Clausura that year as well. They lost to Peñarol in the semi-finals 1–0 in extra time, due to a 119th minute goal by former Uruguay international Abel Hernández. In the finals, however, things played out differently. Liverpool won 3–0 on aggregate, recording a 2–0 win at home, and a 1-0 win during the return leg. This triumph marked the first since the 2013–14 season that a club besides Club Nacional de Football or Peñarol won the Primera División. This was also the first time that a Uruguayan club won its first Primera División title since 1990.

Kit evolution

1917
1919–present
1970, 1996
1995 away
2006 away
Source: Liverpool (Montevideo) Page – BDFA.com.ar

CONMEBOL appearances

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Current squad

As of 17 February, 2024. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

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Managers

Honours

A view of the club's ground, Estadio Belvedere
2023
  • Torneo Intermedio: 2
2019,[2] 2023
2020, 2023, 2024
1966, 1987, 2002, 2014–15
1919, 1937
  • Tercera División Uruguay: 1
1916
  • Liga Uruguaya de Football Amateur: 1
1934

Other sports

Liverpool FC had a basketball team until the 1990s, playing in the stadium that still exists behind the north tribune of Estadio Belvedere. The team never reached the first division.[citation needed]


References

  1. History Archived 2009-03-31 at the Wayback Machine. Official LFC Montevideo website. Retrieved on 2009-04-05.
  2. "Liverpool para la historia: Campeón del Torneo Intermedio". Archived from the original on 2019-09-23. Retrieved 2019-09-23.

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