Liverpool

Full name	Liverpool Fútbol Club
Nickname(s)	Negriazules Los negros de la cuchilla
Founded	15 February 1915; 109 years ago (1915-02-15)
Ground	Estadio Belvedere, Montevideo, Uruguay
Capacity	10,000
Chairman	José Luis Palma
Coach	Emiliano Alfaro
League	Primera División
2023	Primera División, 1st of 16 (champions)
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours Third colours

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 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

Season	Competition	Round	Country	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
2009	Copa Sudamericana	First Round		Cienciano	0–0	0–2	0–2
2011	Copa Libertadores	First Round		Grêmio	2–2	1–3	3–5
2012	Copa Sudamericana	First Round		Universitario	3–0	2–1	5–1
		Second Round		Envigado	1–0	1–1	2–1
		Round of 16		Independiente	1–2	1–2	2–4
2019	Copa Sudamericana	First Round		Bahia	1–0	0–0	1–0
		Second Round		Caracas	1–0	0–2	1–2
2021	Copa Libertadores	First Round		Universidad Católica	2–1	0–3	2–4
2024

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.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   URU Gastón Guruceaga 2 DF   URU Ignacio Rodríguez 4 DF   URU Facundo Perdomo 5 MF   URU Matías Silva 6 DF   PAR Miguel Samudio 7 MF   URU Lucas Lemos 8 MF   URU Martín Barrios 10 FW   URU Renzo Machado 11 FW   URU Matías Ocampo (on loan from Bellinzona) 12 GK   URU Rafael Hornos 14 DF   URU Jean Rosso 16 FW   URU Nahuel Soria 17 MF   URU Franco Nicola

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 DF   URU Agustín Cayetano 19 FW   URU Luciano Rodríguez 20 FW   URU Hebert Vergara 21 GK   URU Sebastián Lentinelly 22 FW   URU Diego García 24 DF   URU Kevin Amaro 27 MF   URU Yordi López 29 FW   URU Facundo Trinidad 31 MF   URU Lucas Wasilewsky — DF   URU Matías de los Santos — MF   URU Agustín González — MF   URU Diego Rodríguez

Managers

Honours

• Primera División: 1

2023

• Torneo Intermedio: 2

2019, ^[2] 2023

• Supercopa Uruguaya: 3

2020, 2023, 2024

• Segunda División: 4

1966, 1987, 2002, 2014–15

• Divisional Intermedia: 2

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

External links

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