<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> <Table> <Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> PL = Premier League </Li> <Li> Division 1 = Football League First Division </Li> <Li> Division 2 = Football League Second Division </Li> <Li> Lancs = Lancashire League </Li> <Li> P = Games played </Li> <Li> W = Games won </Li> <Li> D = Games drawn </Li> <Li> L = Games lost </Li> <Li> F = Goals for </Li> <Li> A = Goals against </Li> <Li> Pts = Points </Li> <Li> Pos = Final position </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> QR3 = Third Qualifying Round </Li> <Li> R32 = Round of 32 </Li> <Li> R16 = Round of 16 </Li> <Li> R1 = Round 1 </Li> <Li> R2 = Round 2 </Li> <Li> R3 = Round 3 </Li> <Li> R4 = Round 4 </Li> <Li> R5 = Round 5 </Li> <Li> R6 = Round 6 </Li> <Li> Grp = Group stage </Li> <Li> QF = Quarter - finals </Li> <Li> SF = Semi-finals </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> </Table>

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