Anfield is an all-seater association football stadium in the district of Anfield, in Liverpool, England. The stadium was built in 1884 and was originally the home of Everton FC. The club played at the ground until 1892, when they left after a rent dispute. Since then the stadium has been home to Liverpool FC, who were formed as a result of Everton leaving Anfield. It is a Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) 4-star rates stadium, and has hosted many international matches at the senior level, including England matches. The ground was also used as a venue during EURO 96. Earlier in its history the stadium was also used as a venue for different events, such as boxing and tennis matches.

The stadium currently comprises four stands: Kop Stand, Main Stand, Centenary Stand and Anfield Road Stand, giving a total capacity of 45,362. The record attendance at the stadium is 61,905 which was set in a Football Association Challenge Cup (FA Cup) tie between Liverpool and Wolverhampton Wanderers in 1952. This happened before the ground was converted to an all-seater stadium in 1994, a change which greatly reduced its capacity. Each of its four stands now have an all-seater layout following the recommendations of the Taylor Report. Notable features of the stadium include two gates named after former Liverpool managers: the Bob Paisley Gate and the Bill Shankly gate. In addition, a statue of Shankly is situated outside the stadium.

Anfield's public transport links include rail and bus services but it lacks dedicated parking facilities. There are plans to replace Anfield with a new stadium in Stanley Park which would hold around 25,000 more spectators than Anfield's current capacity. The site is near the current stadium and its construction would lead to Anfield's demolition. The opening of the new stadium is scheduled for 2011 but the state of the financial market and disagreement between the club's American co-owners makes this doubtful.

In 1957. floodlights were installed and on October 30 of that year they were switched on for the first time for a match against Everton, to commemorate the 75-year anniversary of the Liverpool County FA. In 1963 the old Kemlyn Road stand was replaced by a cantilevered stand, able to seat 6,700 spectators and built at a cost of £350,000. Two years later alterations were made at the Anfield Road end, turning it into a large covered standing area. The biggest redevelopment came in 1973, when the old Main Stand was ripped down and a new one was constructed. At the same time, the pylon floodlights were pulled down and new lights installed along the top of the Kemlyn Road and Main Stands. The new stand was officially opened on March 10, 1973, by the Duke of Kent. In the 1980s the paddock in front of the Main Stand was turned into seating, and in 1982 seats were introduced at the Anfield Road end. The Shankly Gates were erected in 1982, a tribute to former manager Bill Shankly; Shankly's widow Nessie unlocked them for the first time on August 26 1982. Across the Shankly Gates are the words You'll Never Walk Alone, from the Gerry & The Pacemakeres' hit song that Liverpool fans adopted as the Club's anthem.

Coloured seats and a police-room were added to the Kemlyn Road stand in 1987. In 1989, after the Hillsborough disaster, the Taylor Report recommended that all grounds in the country should be converted into all-seater grounds by May 1994. In 1992, a second tier was added to the Kemlyn Road stand, turning it into a double decker layout. It included exective boxes and function suites as well as 11,000 seating spaces. Plans to expand the stand had been made earlier, but two elderly residents living in Kemlyn Road refused to move out of their house and the plans were put on hold. When one of the residents died the other decided to move out and the expansion plans were put into action. The stand was officially opened on September 1, 1992, by UEFA president Lennart Johansson and re-named the Centenary Stand. The Kop was rebuilt in 1994 after the recommendations of the Taylor Report and became all seated; although it is still a single tier, the capacity was significantly reduced to 12,390.

On 4 December 1997, a statue of Bill Shankly, created from bronze, was unveiled at the visitors' centre in front of the Kop. Standing at over 8 feet (2.4 m) tall, the statue depicts Shankly wearing a fan's scarf around his neck and in a familiar pose he adopted when receiving applause from fans. The Hillsborough memorial is situated alongside the Shankly Gates, and is always decorated with flowers and tributes to the 96 people who died at Hillsborough. At the centre of the memorial is an eternal flame, signifying that those who died will never be forgotten. The most recent change to Anfield came in 1998 when the new two-tier Anfield Road end was opened. The stand has however encountered a number of problems since its redevelopment. At the beginning of the 1999-2000 season a series of support poles and stanchions had to be brought in to give extra stability to the top tier of the stand. During Ronnie Moran's testimonial against Celtic many fans complained of movement of the top tier. At the same time that the stanchions were inserted the executive seating area was expanded by two rows in the main stand, lowering the capacity for seating in the paddock.