Liverpool F.C. (Montevideo)

Liverpool
Full nameLiverpool Fútbol Club
Nickname(s)Negriazules
Los negros de la cuchilla
Founded15 February 1915; 109 years ago (1915-02-15)
GroundEstadio Belvedere,
Montevideo, Uruguay
Capacity10,000
ChairmanJosé Luis Palma
CoachJoaquín Papa
LeaguePrimera División
2023Primera División, 1st of 16 (champions)
Websitehttps://liverpoolfc.com.uy/

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

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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.

CONMEBOL appearances

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

Current squad

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As of 16 September 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
2 DF Uruguay URU Edgar Elizalde
4 DF Uruguay URU Facundo Perdomo
6 DF Uruguay URU Ezequiel Olivera
7 MF Uruguay URU Lucas Lemos
8 MF Paraguay PAR Hugo Quintana (on loan from Olimpia)
9 FW Uruguay URU Renzo Machado
10 FW Uruguay URU Christian Tabó
11 MF Argentina ARG Luciano Aued
13 FW Uruguay URU Alfonso de Luca
14 DF Uruguay URU Jean Rosso
15 MF Uruguay URU Diego Rodríguez
16 FW Uruguay URU Lucas Acosta
17 DF Uruguay URU Joel Poiso
18 DF Uruguay URU Agustín Cayetano
19 FW Uruguay URU Sergio Núñez
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 FW Uruguay URU Hebert Vergara
21 GK Uruguay URU Sebastián Lentinelly
22 FW Uruguay URU Diego García
23 DF Uruguay URU Enzo Castillo
24 DF Uruguay URU Kevin Amaro
25 GK Uruguay URU Maximiliano Gómez
26 DF Uruguay URU Giuliano Ferrer
27 DF Uruguay URU Bryan Bentaberry
29 MF Uruguay URU Leonardo Olavarría
31 MF Uruguay URU Lucas Wasilewsky
32 DF Uruguay URU Francisco Bregante
40 GK Uruguay URU Nicolás Vikonis
MF Uruguay URU Yordi López
FW Uruguay URU Abel Hernández

Out on loan

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
GK Uruguay URU Rafael Hornos (at Juventud until 31 December 2024)
DF Uruguay URU Nacho Rodríguez (at AVS until 30 June 2025)
MF Uruguay URU Agustín González (at Brusque until 30 June 2025)
MF Uruguay URU Matías Silva (at Cerro Largo until 31 December 2024)
No. Pos. Nation Player
FW Uruguay URU Franco Nicola (at Atlético Tucumán until 31 July 2025)
FW Uruguay URU Matías Ocampo (at Brusque until 30 June 2025)
FW Uruguay URU Nahuel Soria (at Oriental until 31 December 2024)
FW Uruguay URU Facundo Trinidad (at Juventud until 31 December 2024)

Managers

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Kit evolution

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1917
1919–present
1970, 1996
1995 away
2006 away
Source: Liverpool (Montevideo) Page – BDFA.com.ar

Honours

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A view of the club's ground, Estadio Belvedere

Senior titles

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Keys
  •   Record
  • (s) Shared record
Type Competition Titles Winning years
National
(League)
Primera División 1 2023
Segunda División 4 1966, 1987, 2002, 2014–15
Divisional Intermedia 3
1919, 1936, 1937
Divisional Extra 1
1916
Liga Uruguaya de Football Amateur 1
1934
Half-year / Short
tournament

(League)
Torneo Apertura 1
Torneo Clausura 2
Torneo Intermedio 2
National
(Cups)
Supercopa Uruguaya 3

Other sports

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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

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  1. ^ History Archived 2009-03-31 at the Wayback Machine. Official LFC Montevideo website. Retrieved on 2009-04-05.
  2. ^ "Liverpool para la historia: Campeón del Torneo Intermedio". Archived from the original on 23 September 2019. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
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