Liverpool F.C. (Montevideo)


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.

History

The club has its roots in the student team from the Catholic Order of [Friars Minor Capuchin|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. A number of clubs took on Anglicised names, such as league rivals Montevideo Wanderers.
Liverpool plays home matches in Estadio Belvedere, 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 [Uruguayan Primera División season|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.

CONMEBOL appearances

SeasonCompetitionRoundCountryClubHomeAwayAggregate
2009Copa SudamericanaFirst Round|football

Managers

Honours

Senior titles

TypeCompetitionTitlesWinning years
National
Primera División1Primera División season|2023]
National
Segunda División41966, 1987, 2002, 2014–15
National
Divisional Intermedia3
National
Divisional Extra1
National
Liga Uruguaya de Football Amateur1
Half-year / Short
tournament

Torneo Apertura2
Half-year / Short
tournament

Torneo Clausura2
Half-year / Short
tournament

Torneo Intermedio2
National
Supercopa Uruguaya3
National
Torneo Relámpago "9 de junio de 1924"1
National
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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.