Club Founding in 1892

Lore & Background

The club was founded in 1989 as Newton LFC, by former England international, Liz Deighan. The club rechristened as Knowsley United WFC two years later; becoming the founding members of the National Premier Division organised by the WFA. In 1994, the club linked with Liverpool F.C. and took on the name Liverpool Ladies F.C. Liverpool was one of eight founding teams in the Women's Super League in April 2011. In April 2013, Liverpool became the first football club in England to offer their female athletes professional contracts, pioneering the professionalisation of the women's game in England. This helped lead Liverpool to win back-to-back Women's Super League titles in 2013 and 2014. In 2022, they also won the FA Women's Championship, earning promotion back to the Women's Super League.

Reader's Guide

Liverpool Women play in the Women's Super League, the top tier of English women's football. They have won the top-flight title twice (2013, 2014) and the FA Women's Championship once (2021–22). Their biggest rivalries are with Everton, though spells in the second tier led to rivalries with counterparts of male rivals such as Tranmere Rovers. The club's home is in St Helens, Merseyside.

Did You Know?

• In the 1996 FA Women's Cup final, Liverpool's goalkeeper Rachel Brown was only 15 years old.
• Liverpool won the FA Fair Play Award in the 2009–10 season after playing the entire season without a single player booked or sent off.