Standard Liège

Standard Liège

Full name	Royal Standard de Liège
Nickname(s)	James (The Reds)
Founded	1898 (1898)
Ground	Stade Maurice Dufrasne
Ground Capacity	30,023
Chairman	Roland Duchâtelet[1]
Manager	José Riga
League	Belgian Pro League
2013–14	2nd
Home colours Away colours

Royal Standard de Liège, commonly referred to as Standard Liège (pronounced: [stɑ̃daʁ ljɛːʒ]; Dutch: Standard Luik [ˈstɑndɑrt ˈlœy̯k]; German: Standard Lüttich [ˈstandaʁt ˈlʏtɪç] or [ˈʃtandaʁt ˈlʏtɪç]), is a Belgian football club from the city of Liège. They are one of the most successful clubs in Belgium, having won the Belgian league on 10 occasions, most recently in 2007–08 and 2008–09. They have been in the top flight without interruption since 1921, longer than any other Belgian side. They have also won 6 Belgian Cups, and in 1981–82 they reached the final of the European Cup Winners' Cup, which they lost 2–1 against Barcelona.^[2]

Standard players are nicknamed the "Rouches" because of their red jerseys. The French word for red, rouge, when pronounced with a Walloon accent, sounds like "rouche".

History

On the first day of school in September 1898, the pupils of Collège Saint-Servais in Liège started a football club, which they called Standard of Liège in reference to Standard Athletic Club of Paris.^[3] Standard, whose official name is Royal Standard Club of Liège, was based in Cointe and Grivegnée, before settling for good in 1909 in Sclessin, an industrial area of Liège.^[3] At the beginning, Standard joined the Belgian First League in 1909, before returning to the lower leagues a few years later. The club gained promotion back to the top division in 1921 and has never been relegated since.^[3][4]

Shortly after World War II, Roger Petit, a former player and team captain, became general secretary of the club. Petit worked alongside President Henrard Paul, to establish Standard among the elite of Belgian football. In 1954, Standard won their first club trophy, the Belgian Cup, which was soon followed by a first national title in 1957-58.

At European level, in the 1960s, the club reached the semi-finals of the European Cup in 1962, falling to beaten finalists Real Madrid 0-6 on aggregate,^[5] and the same stage of the Cup Winners' Cup in the year 1967, losing to eventual champions Bayern Munich.^[6] The 1960s and early 1970s brought much success to the club, as Standard won six Belgian First Division titles, two Belgian Cups and a League Cup.

Driven by the Austrian Ernst Happel, Standard won the Belgian Cup again in 1981. The following year, Raymond Goethals took control of the team. Led by "Raymond Science", the club was twice the champions of Belgium, two-time winners of the Belgian Supercup (in three appearances), and reached the final of the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1982. Standard played against Barcelona in the final at the Camp Nou on 12 May 1982, losing the match 1-2 to the Spaniards.^[3][7]

In 1984, these exploits were tainted by the revelation of the Standard-Waterschei Affair. Just days before the match against Barcelona, to secure the championship of Belgium and guard against injuries last minute, Standard had approached Roland Janssen, the captain of Thor Waterschei, to ensure that Thor players' threw the final game of the season.^[3] This scandal involved several players, including Eric Gerets, and coach, Raymond Goethals, who left for Portugal to escape suspension.^[3] In compensation the Standard players gave their game bonuses to the Waterschei players.^[3] Following this case, Standard was deprived of many of the playing staff because of long-term suspensions and it took the club several years to recover from the incident.

On 6 June 1993, Standard won the Belgian Cup for the fifth time in its' history, defeating Robert Waseige's Charleroi at the Constant Vanden Stock Stadium in Brussels.^[8]

Following the scandal of 1982, it took 25 years before Standard won the Belgium Championship again, lifting the title on 20 April 2008.^[3] The club won the Belgian League again the following year, securing the club's tenth league title on 24 May 2009, after a home-and-away game against rivals R.S.C. Anderlecht.^[3] Standard won the national cup once more in 2011, defeating K.V.C. Westerlo 2−0 in the final at the King Baudouin Stadium on 21 May 2011.^[8] The club was bought by businessman Roland Duchatelet on 23 June 2011,^[1] who then took over English club Charlton in December 2013 creating an affiliation between the two clubs.^[9]

On 20 October 2014, Guy Luzon resigned as manager of Standard with the club sitting in 12th position in the Pro League standings and having taken only two points from three Europa League matches.^[10] Assistant and former midfielder Ivan Vukomanović took over as caretaker-manager.^[10]

Name history

• 1898: Standard Football Club (Standard FC)
• 1899: Standard FC Liégeois (Standard FCL)
• 1910: Standard Club Liégeois (Standard CL)
• 1923: Royal Standard Club Liège (R. Standard CL)
• 1952: Royal Standard Club Liégeois (R. Standard CL)
• 1972: Royal Standard de Liège

Golden Shoe

On nine occasions, Standard players have won the Belgian Golden Shoe as the best player in the domestic league.^[11] Jean Nicolay won the award in 1963, Wilfried Van Moer in 1969 and 1970, Christian Piot in 1972, Eric Gerets in 1982, Sérgio Conceição in 2005, Steven Defour in 2007, Axel Witsel in 2008 and Milan Jovanović in 2009.^[11]

Current squad

As of 24 May 2015.^[12]

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Eiji Kawashima 4 MF Ricardo Faty 5 DF Jorge Teixeira 8 DF Ronnie Stam 9 FW Vinícius Araújo (on loan from Valencia) 10 FW Igor de Camargo 11 MF Jiloan Hamad (on loan from Hoffenheim) 13 DF Alexander Scholz 14 MF Yuji Ono 15 MF Julien De Sart 16 GK Yohann Thuram-Ulien 17 MF Deni Milosevic 18 MF Reda Jaadi 21 MF Eyong Enoh 23 MF Adrien Trebel

No. Position Player 24 DF Corentin Fiore 25 FW Jeff Louis 27 DF Darwin Andrade (on loan from Újpest) 29 GK Lucas Pirard 30 MF Jonathan Legear 33 MF Mehdi Carcela-González 36 DF Dino Arslanagić 37 DF Jelle Van Damme (captain) 39 FW Imoh Ezekiel (on loan from Al-Arabi) 63 MF Geoffrey Mujangi Bia 66 DF Martin Milec 67 MF Tortol Lumanza 97 DF Samy Mmaee

Honours

Domestic

Belgian League^[11]

Champions (10): 1957–58, 1960–61, 1962–63, 1968–69, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1981–82, 1982–83, 2007–08, 2008–09

Runners-up (12): 1925–26, 1927–28, 1935–36, 1961–62, 1964–65, 1972–73, 1979–80, 1992–93, 1994–95, 2005–06, 2010–11, 2013–14

Belgian Cup^[11]

Champions (6): 1953–54, 1965–66, 1966–67, 1980–81, 1992–93, 2010–11

Runners-up (9): 1964–65, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1983–84, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2006-07

Belgian League Cup^[11]

Champions (1): 1975

Belgian Supercup^[11]

Champions (4) 1981, 1983, 2008, 2009

Runners-up (3) 1993, 1982, 2011

International

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup^[13]

Runners-up (1): 1981-82

UEFA Intertoto Cup^[13]

Runners-up (1): 1996

Other

• Amsterdam Tournament:
  • Runners-up (1): 1981

European record

As of 3 August 2011.

Competition	A	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA
European Cup / UEFA Champions League	11	46	23	6	17	76	54
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	6	36	19	5	12	68	49
UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League	14	70	30	18	22	99	88
UEFA Intertoto Cup	3	20	8	10	2	25	16

A = appearances, GP = games played, W = won, D = drawn, L = lost, GF = goals for, GA = goals against.

Summary of best results

From the quarter-finals upwards:

(2 finals)

European Cup/UEFA Champions League:

- semi-finalists in 1962

- quarter-finalists in 1959, 1970 and 1972

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (1):

- finalists in 1982

- semi-finalists in 1967

- quarter-finalists in 1968

UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League:

- quarter-finalists in 1981 and 2010

UEFA Intertoto Cup (1):

- finalists in 1996

- semi-finalists in 2000

UEFA club coefficient ranking

(As of 22 November 2012), Source: uefa.com website

Notable players

Former players

Player stats

Appearances

#	Player	Standard career	Appearances
1	Guy Hellers	1983–00	474
2	Gilbert Bodart	1981–96, 1997–98	469
3	Guy Vandersmissen	1978–91	465
4	Léon Semmeling	1959–74	449

Goals

#	Player	Standard career	Goals (App.)
1	Jean Capelle	1929–44	245 (285)
2	Roger Claessen	1956–68	161 (229)
3	Maurice Gillis	1919–35	124 (275)

Captains

Player's name in bold when Standard won the title

1939–43: Roger Petit 1943–53: Fernand Massay 1953–54: Fernand Blaise 1954–55: 1955–56: 1956–57: 1957–62: Denis Houf 1962–63: 1963–64: Marcel Paeschen 1964–65: Jean Nicolay 1965–66: Lucien Spronck 1966–72: Léon Semmeling

1972–74: Jean Thissen 1974–76: Wilfried van Moer 1976–77: 1977–78: 1978–79: 1979–80: 1980–83: Eric Gerets 1983–84: 1984–85: 1985–86: 1986–87: 1987–88:

1988–90: Guy Vandersmissen 1990–91: 1991–92: 1992–96: Gilbert Bodart 1996–99: Guy Hellers 1999–02: Didier Ernst 2002–04: Ivica Dragutinović 2004–05: Eric Deflandre 2005–07: Sérgio Conceição 2007–11: Steven Defour 2011–: Jelle Van Damme

Coaches

Dates Name Jul 1912–Jun 1916 Charles Bunyan, Sr. Jul 1916–Jun 1922 Camille van Hoorden Jul 1922–Jun 1924 Lamport Pierre Kögel Jul 1924–Jun 1930 Percy Wilding Hartley Jul 1930–Jun 1932 Maurice Grisard Jul 1932–Jun 1935 Percy Wilding Hartley Jul 1935–Jun 1936 Jean Dupont Jul 1936–Mar 1937 Percy Wilding Hartley Apr 1937–Nov 1938 Emile Riff Dec 1938–Jun 1939 Jean Dupont Jul 1939–Jun 1940 Maurice Grisard Jul 1940–Jun 1942 René Dohet Jul 1942–Jun 1945 Fernarnd Wertz Jul 1945–Jun 1950 Marcelin Waroux Jul 1950–Jun 1951 Antoine Basleer Jul 1951–Jun 1953 Maurice Grisard

Dates Name Jul 1953–Jun 1958 André Riou Jul 1958–Jun 1961 Géza Kalocsay Jul 1961–Jun 1963 Jean Prouff Jul 1963–Nov 1964 Auguste Jordan Dec 1964–Jun 1968 Milorad Pavić Jul 1968–Jun 1973 René Hauss Jul 1973–Oct 1973 Vlatko Marković Nov 1973–Jun 1974 Ned Bulatović Jul 1974–Dec 1975 Cor van der Hart Jan 1976–Jun 1976 Maurice Lempereur Lucien Leduc Jul 1976–Jun 1979 Robert Waseige Jul 1979–Jun 1981 Ernst Happel Jul 1981–Feb 1984 Raymond Goethals Mar 1984–Jun 1984 Léon Semmeling Jul 1984–Apr 1985 Louis Pilot May 1985–Feb 1987 Milorad Pavić

Dates Name Feb 1986–Jun 1987 Helmut Graf Jul 1987–Sep 1987 René Desaeyere Oct 1987–Mar 1988 Milorad Pavić Apr 1988–Jun 1988 Jozef Vliers Jul 1988–Jun 1989 Urbain Braems Jul 1989–Jun 1991 Georg Kessler Jul 1991–Dec 1993 Arie Haan Jan 1994–Jun 1994 René Vandereycken Jul 1994–Jun 1996 Robert Waseige Jul 1996–Jun 1997 Jos Daerden Jul 1997–Oct 1997 Aad de Mos Nov 1997–Mar 1998 Daniel Boccar Apr 1998–Jun 1998 Luka Peruzović Jul 1998–Sep 1999 Tomislav Ivić Oct 1999–Dec 1999 Željko Mijač Jan 2000–May 2000 Jean Thissen Henri Depireux

Dates Name May 2000–Dec 2000 Tomislav Ivić Dec 2000–Jan 2001 Dominique D'Onofrio Christian Labarbe Jan 2001–Jun 2002 Michel Preud'homme Jun 2002–Oct 2002 Robert Waseige Oct 2002–Jun 2006 Dominique D'Onofrio Jul 2006–Sep 2006 Johan Boskamp Sep 2006–Jun 2008 Michel Preud'homme Jun 2008–Feb 2010 László Bölöni Feb 2010–Jun 2011 Dominique D'Onofrio Jul 2011–May 2012 José Riga May 2012–Oct 2012 Ron Jans Oct 2012–May 2013 Mircea Rednic May 2013–Oct 2014 Guy Luzon

Cultural references

Standard Liège are mentioned in the song This One's For Now by the band Half Man Half Biscuit on the album Urge For Offal.

References

External links

• Official Website (French) / (Dutch) / (English) / (German)
• Standard Liège at UEFA.COM (English)
• Standard Liège at National Football Teams.com

Standard Liège Club Players Statistics Stadium Women Seasons 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14

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