<P> Liverpool's first trophy was the Lancashire League, which it won in the club's first season . In 1901, the club won its first League title, while its first success in the FA Cup was in 1965 . In terms of the number of trophies won, Liverpool's most successful decade was the 1980s, when the club won six League titles, two FA Cups, four League Cups, five Charity Shields (one shared) and two European Cups . </P> <P> The club has accumulated more top - flight wins and points than any other English team . Liverpool also has the highest average league finishing position (3.3) for the 50 - year period to 2015 and second - highest average league finishing position for the period 1900--1999 after Arsenal, with an average league placing of 8.7 . Liverpool has won the European Cup, UEFA's premier club competition, five times, an English record and only surpassed by Real Madrid and A.C. Milan . Liverpool's fifth European Cup win, in 2005, meant that the club was awarded the trophy permanently and was also awarded a multiple - winner badge . Liverpool also hold the English record of three wins in the UEFA Cup, UEFA's secondary club competition . </P> <Ul> <Li> First Division <Ul> <Li> Winners (18): 1900--01, 1905--06, 1921--22, 1922--23, 1946--47, 1963--64, 1965--66, 1972--73, 1975--76, 1976--77, 1978--79, 1979--80, 1981--82, 1982--83, 1983--84, 1985--86, 1987--88, 1989--90 </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Second Division <Ul> <Li> Winners (4): 1893--94, 1895--96, 1904--05, 1961--62 </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Lancashire League <Ul> <Li> Winners (1): 1892--93 </Li> </Ul> </Li> </Ul> <Li> First Division <Ul> <Li> Winners (18): 1900--01, 1905--06, 1921--22, 1922--23, 1946--47, 1963--64, 1965--66, 1972--73, 1975--76, 1976--77, 1978--79, 1979--80, 1981--82, 1982--83, 1983--84, 1985--86, 1987--88, 1989--90 </Li> </Ul> </Li>

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