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The club has accumulated more [[Football records and statistics in England#Points|top-flight wins and points]] than any other English team.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/engalltime.html |title=England&nbsp;– First Level All-Time Tables 1888/89-2009/10 |publisher=Rec. Sport. Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF) |date=15 July 2011 |access-date=22 July 2011 |first=Heikki |last=Pietarinen |archive-date=24 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170824181412/http://www.rsssf.com/tablese/engalltime.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Liverpool also has the highest average league finishing position (3.3) for the 50-year period to 2015<ref>{{cite web|title=Liverpool lead Manchester United, Arsenal, Everton and Tottenham in Ultimate League|url=http://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/9817599/liverpool-lead-manchester-united-arsenal-everton-and-tottenham-in-ultimate-league|publisher=Sky Sports|access-date=8 September 2015|archive-date=14 June 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220614173809/https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/9817599/liverpool-lead-manchester-united-arsenal-everton-and-tottenham-in-ultimate-league|url-status=live}}</ref> and second-highest average league finishing position for the period 1900–1999 after [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]], with an average league placing of 8.7.<ref>{{cite news|title=How consistency and caution made Arsenal England's greatest team of the 20th century|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football-how-consistency-and-caution-made-arsenal-englands-greatest-team-of-the-20th-century-1133020.html|last=Hodgson|first=Guy|work=The Independent|date=17 December 1999|access-date=23 October 2009|archive-date=3 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303192410/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football-how-consistency-and-caution-made-arsenal-englands-greatest-team-of-the-20th-century-1133020.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
Liverpool is the most successful British club in [[Liverpool F.C. in international football|international football]] with fourteen trophies, having won the European Cup/UEFA Champions League ([[UEFA]]'s premier club competition) six times, an English record andthat is only surpassed by [[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]] and [[A.C. Milan]]. Liverpool's fifth European Cup win, in 2005, meant that the club was [[European Champion Clubs' Cup#Clubs awarded the trophy permanently|awarded the trophy permanently]] and was also awarded a [[UEFA badge of honour|multiple-winner badge]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/4582357.stm |title=Why it was the greatest cup final |last=Keogh |first=Frank |date=26 May 2005 |publisher=BBC |access-date=8 July 2011 |archive-date=31 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170831160033/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/4582357.stm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uefa.com/newsfiles/19071.pdf |title=Regulations of the UEFA Champions League |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |page=32 |access-date=19 June 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070312003915/http://www.uefa.com/newsfiles/19071.pdf |archive-date=12 March 2007 }}</ref> Liverpool also hold the English record of three wins in the UEFA Cup, UEFA's secondary club competition.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/history/index.html |title=New format provides fresh impetus |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |access-date=17 July 2014 |archive-date=25 October 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101025002405/http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/history/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Liverpool also hold the English record of four wins in the UEFA Super Cup'''.'''<ref>{{cite web |last=UEFA.com |date=14 August 2019 |title=Liverpool beat Chelsea on penalties to win Super Cup |url=https://www.uefa.com/uefasupercup/news/0254-0d417f66c528-e5b666e344ce-1000/ |access-date=27 February 2022 |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |language=en |archive-date=15 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190815005129/https://www.uefa.com/uefasupercup/match/2025638--liverpool-vs-chelsea/postmatch/report/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2019, the club won the [[FIFA Club World Cup]] for the first time, and also became the first English club to win the international treble of Club World Cup, Champions League and UEFA Super Cup.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ladson |first1=Matt |title=What does Liverpool's Club World Cup victory mean for the rest of their season? |url=https://www.fourfourtwo.com/features/liverpools-club-world-cup-victory-win-premier-league-season-matt-ladson |date=22 December 2019 |magazine=FourFourTwo |access-date=8 March 2020 |archive-date=22 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211122154702/https://www.fourfourtwo.com/features/liverpools-club-world-cup-victory-win-premier-league-season-matt-ladson |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Roberto Firmino scores extra-time winner as Liverpool beat Flamengo to lift Club World Cup |url=https://metro.co.uk/2019/12/21/roberto-firmino-scores-extra-time-winner-liverpool-beat-flamengo-win-club-world-cup-11946087/ |access-date=21 December 2019 |work=Metro |archive-date=21 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191221214022/https://metro.co.uk/2019/12/21/roberto-firmino-scores-extra-time-winner-liverpool-beat-flamengo-win-club-world-cup-11946087/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
 
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