<P> Liverpool Football Club is an English association football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside . The club was formed in 1892 following a disagreement between the board of Everton and club president John Houlding, who owned the club's ground, Anfield . The disagreement between the two parties over rent resulted in Everton moving to Goodison Park from Anfield, which left Houlding with an empty stadium . Thus, he founded Liverpool F.C. to play in the empty stadium . Liverpool won the First Division title for the first time in 1901; since then, the club has won a further seventeen league titles, along with seven FA Cups and eight Football League Cups . They have also been crowned champions of European football on five occasions by winning the European Cup / UEFA Champions League in 1977, 1978, 1981, 1984 and 2005 . The club was one of 22 members of the Premier League when it was formed in 1992 . </P> <P> As of the end of the 2016--17 season, the team have spent 102 seasons in the top tier of the English football league system and 11 in the second . The table details the team's achievements and the top goalscorer in senior first - team competitions from their first in the Lancashire League and FA Cup during the 1892--93 season to the end of the most recently completed season . Details of the abandoned 1939--40 season and unofficial Second World War leagues are not included . </P> <P> Liverpool F.C. were formed in 1892, following a rent dispute between the leaseholder of Anfield, John Houlding, and Everton Football Club, which left Houlding with a ground but no club playing in it . In their first season Liverpool won the Lancashire League, and were elected to the Football League Second Division for the 1893--94 season, going on to win the title without losing a match . Their first season in the First Division ended in relegation, before they were promoted back the following season . Liverpool won the First Division for the first time in the 1900--01 season, and reached their first FA Cup Final in 1914, losing 1--0 to Burnley . They won their first back - to - back titles in the 1921--22 and 1922--23 seasons; this was their last success until the 1946--47 season, when they regained the league title . Relegated in the 1953--54 season, they did not regain their place in the First Division until the 1962--63 season under the management of Bill Shankly . </P> <P> Liverpool first participated in European competition during the 1964--65 season, a season which represented Liverpool's first FA Cup triumph . They won their first European trophy, the UEFA Cup, during the 1972--73 season . The club won the European Cup during the 1976--77 season and retained the trophy the following year . Liverpool won a unique treble of the League, the European Cup and League Cup during the 1983--84 season . They won their first double of league championship and FA Cup in 1986, and during the 2000--01 season they won another treble, this one consisting of the FA Cup, League Cup and UEFA Cup . </P>

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