page_title: Liverpool F.C. in international football competitions
section_title: Resurgence – the Klopp years (2015–present)
hierarchical_section_title: Liverpool F.C. in international football competitions / History / Resurgence – the Klopp years (2015–present)
caption_attribution_description: فارسی: لیورپول-چلسی، سوپرجام اروپا، چهارشنبه ۲۳ مرداد ۱۳۹۸ English: Liverpool vs. Chelsea, 2019 UEFA Super Cup
context_page_description: Liverpool Football Club is a professional association football club in Union of European Football Associations competitions. Since 1964, they have won fourteen European and Worldwide trophies, more than any other British club. These consist of the UEFA Champions League six times, the UEFA Europa League three times, the UEFA Super Cup four times, and the FIFA Club World Cup once.
  Qualification for European competitions is determined by a team's success in its domestic league and cup competitions from the previous season. Liverpool competed in European competitions for 21 consecutive seasons until the 1985 European Cup Final, the occasion of the Heysel Stadium disaster, following which the club was banned from European competitions for six seasons. Since being readmitted in 1991, they have qualified for the UEFA Champions League twelve times, the UEFA Europa League twelve times, and the UEFA Cup Winners Cup twice.
  As a result of their victory in the 2005 UEFA Champions League Final, Liverpool won the European Champion Clubs' Cup trophy outright and were awarded a multiple winner badge. Only 2 teams have won more Champions Leagues than Liverpool – Real Madrid and A.C.
context_section_description: Finishing sixth in the 2014–15 Premier League qualified Liverpool directly to the group stage of the 2015–16 Europa League, where they faced Sion, Bordeaux and for the first time, Russian side Rubin Kazan. During the group stage, manager Brendan Rodgers was replaced by Jürgen Klopp.  After winning the group, Liverpool qualified for the knockout phase, beating FC Augsburg in the round of 32 before facing bitter rivals Manchester United in the round of 16, the two clubs' first meeting in Europe. Liverpool defeated them 3–1 on aggregate and victory led to a quarter-final tie with Klopp's former team Borussia Dortmund. After a 1–1 draw in the first leg at Signal Iduna Park, Dortmund went 3–1 up in the return leg at Anfield with 33 minutes remaining, requiring Liverpool to score three goals due to the Away goals rule. Goals from Philippe Coutinho, Mamadou Sakho and a last minute winner from Dejan Lovren, however, saw Liverpool complete the comeback and qualify for their first European semi-final since 2010. There they faced Villarreal, completing a second comeback after overturning a 1–0 defeat in the first leg at El Madrigal to qualify for the final with a 3–1 aggregate win. Liverpool played Sevilla in the final at St. Jakob-Park, Basel, on 18 May, losing 3–1. A 4th-place finish in the 2016–17 Premier League qualified Liverpool for the 2017–18 UEFA Champions League and a return to Europe's premier club tournament for only the second time in 8 years during the 2010s.
  On 17 October 2017, Liverpool won 7–0 away to Maribor in the third round of matches of the group stage of the 2017–18 UEFA Champions League. The win was a record away win for Liverpool in European competitions and also the biggest away win by an English team in the history of the European Cup. After qualifying top of their group, they proceeded to defeat Porto 5-0 at the Estadio de Dragao, before holding them to a 0–0 draw on the return leg, then defeated domestic rivals Manchester City 3–0 and 2–1, and in the semi-finals, defeated Roma 5–2 at Anfield, before a 4–2 loss led to a 7–6 aggregate win, taking them to the final, against holders Real Madrid. Liverpool lost the final by 3–1 but finished 4th in the 2017–18 Premier League to qualify for the 2018–19 UEFA Champions League. In 2018–19, Liverpool reached the Champions League final for the second consecutive year, this time winning the final 2–0 against Tottenham Hotspur, securing the club's sixth European title and lifting their first European trophy since 2005. Liverpool went on to win the 2019 UEFA Super Cup after extra-time and penalties. It was their fourth title, placing them behind only Barcelona and Milan, who have won the competition five times each.
  In December 2019, Liverpool won the FIFA Club World Cup for the first time. After defeating Mexican club Monterrey 2–1 in the semi-final, the club defeated Brazilian club Flamengo 1–0 in the final, with Roberto Firmino scoring the winning goal in both games.
caption: Liverpool winger Sadio Mané lifting the 2019 UEFA Super Cup after scoring twice against Chelsea in the final.
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