Liverpool F.C. (Montevideo)


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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.

Liverpool
Full nameLiverpool Fútbol Club
Nickname(s)Negriazules
Los negros de la cuchilla
Founded15 February 1915; 109 years ago
GroundEstadio Belvedere,
Montevideo, Uruguay
Capacity10,000
ChairmanJosé Luis Palma
CoachEmiliano Alfaro
LeaguePrimera División
2023Primera División, 1st of 16 (champions)
WebsiteClub website

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   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
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.

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

1917

1919–present

1970, 1996

1995 away

2006 away

Source: Liverpool (Montevideo) Page – BDFA.com.ar
 
A view of the club's ground, Estadio Belvedere
Keys

  •   Record

  • (s) Shared record

Titles won in lower divisions:

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]

  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 2019-09-23. Retrieved 2019-09-23.