2009–10 Standard Liège season

During the 2009–10 Belgian football season, Standard Liège competed in the Belgian Pro League.

Standard Liège
2009–10 season
ChairmanSwitzerland Reto Stiffler
ManagerRomania László Bölöni (until February 10)
Belgium Dominique D'Onofrio (from 10 February)
StadiumStade Maurice Dufrasne
Belgian Pro League6th
Belgian CupSeventh round
UEFA Champions LeagueThird in group stage
UEFA Europa LeagueQuarter-finals
Top goalscorerMilan Jovanović (10)

Season summary

Having won the title the past two seasons running, Liège were looking to make it a hat-trick of title, but very quickly fell off the title pace. Manager László Bölöni resigned in February with the club 19 points adrift of leaders Anderlecht. He was replaced by Dominique D'Onofrio, brother of club vice-president Lucien and Liège's former technical director between 2002 and 2006. However, form failed to improve and the club finished in eighth, two points adrift of the title play-offs - as a result, failing to qualify for European competition.

Kit

Liège's kits were sponsored by Belgian telecommunications company BASE.

First-team squad
Squad at end of season[1]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Belgium BEL Kristof Van Hout
2 DF Belgium BEL Réginal Goreux[2]
3 DF Brazil BRA Victor Ramos
4 MF Senegal SEN Pape Abdou Camara
5 DF Brazil BRA Felipe
6 MF France FRA Cédric Collet
7 MF France FRA Wilfried Dalmat
8 MF Belgium BEL Steven Defour (captain)
9 FW Democratic Republic of the Congo COD Dieumerci Mbokani
10 FW Brazil BRA Igor de Camargo[3]
11 MF Belgium BEL Grégory Dufer
14 DF Belgium BEL Landry Mulemo[4]
15 FW Belgium BEL Andréa Mbuyi-Mutombo[5]
16 GK Belgium BEL Anthony Moris[6]
17 DF Brazil BRA Camozzato
18 GK Belgium BEL Jesse Soubry
19 DF Senegal SEN Mohamed Sarr
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 FW Ivory Coast CIV Moussa Traoré (on loan from Commune FC)
21 MF Belgium BEL Franco Zennaro
22 DF France FRA Eliaquim Mangala
23 FW Serbia SRB Milan Jovanović
24 MF Belgium BEL Koen Daerden
25 DF Israel ISR Rami Gershon (on loan from Hapoel Rishon LeZion)
26 MF France FRA Benjamin Nicaise
27 MF Belgium BEL Arnor Angeli
28 MF Belgium BEL Axel Witsel
29 FW Ivory Coast CIV Gohi Bi Zoro Cyriac
31 DF Brazil BRA Alex Moraes (on loan from Roma Apucarana)
32 DF Belgium BEL Jonathan Buatu Mananga[7]
33 MF Belgium BEL Mehdi Carcela[8]
35 DF Belgium BEL Sébastien Pocognoli
38 GK Turkey TUR Sinan Bolat
77 MF Romania ROU Gheorghe Grozav

Left club during season

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
3 DF Belgium BEL Fazlı Kocabaş (to Eupen)
4 DF Portugal POR Ricardo Rocha (released)
15 DF Croatia CRO Tomislav Mikulić (to Beerschot)
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 MF France FRA Olivier Dacourt (released)
25 FW Belgium BEL Christian Benteke[9] (on loan to Kortrijk)
30 MF Armenia ARM Hiraç Yagan[10] (on loan to Tubize)

Results

Sixth round
27 October 2009 Standard Liège 2 – 1 (a.e.t.) Lierse Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liège
20:00 CET Nicaise 11'
Dufer 112' (pen.)		 Samir 80'

Seventh round
23 December 2009 Standard Liège 1 - 2 Kortrijk Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liège
20:30 CET Witsel 80' Capon 30'
Benteke 33'

Group stage
16 September 2009 Standard Liège Belgium 2–3 England Arsenal Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liège
20:45 Mangala 3'
Jovanović 5' (pen.)		 Report Bendtner 45'
Vermaelen 77'
Eduardo 81'		 Attendance: 23,022
Referee: Eduardo Iturralde González (Spain)
29 September 2009 AZ Netherlands 1–1 Belgium Standard Liège DSB Stadion, Alkmaar
20:45 El Hamdaoui 48' Report Traoré 90+1' Attendance: 16,373
Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)
20 October 2009 Olympiacos Greece 2–1 Belgium Standard Liège Karaiskakis Stadium, Athens
20:45 Mitroglou 43'
Stoltidis 90+3'		 Report De Camargo 37' Attendance: 29,889
Referee: Pedro Proença (Portugal)
4 November 2009 Standard Liège Belgium 2–0 Greece Olympiacos Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liège
20:45 Mbokani 31'
Jovanović 88'		 Report Attendance: 24,787
Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)
24 November 2009 Arsenal England 2–0 Belgium Standard Liège Emirates Stadium, London
20:45 Nasri 35'
Denílson 45+2'		 Report Attendance: 59,941
Referee: Konrad Plautz (Austria)
9 December 2009 Standard Liège Belgium 1–1 Netherlands AZ Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liège
20:45 Bolat 90+5' Report Lens 42' Attendance: 24,359
Referee: Martin Atkinson (England)

Round of 32
18 February 2010 Standard Liège Belgium 3–2 Austria Red Bull Salzburg Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liège
19:00 Witsel 66' (pen.), 82'
De Camargo 80'		 Report Janko 4', 45' Attendance: 21,000
Referee: Cristian Balaj (Romania)
25 February 2010 Red Bull Salzburg Austria 0–0 Belgium Standard Liège Red Bull Arena, Salzburg
21:05 Report Attendance: 26,500
Referee: Alan Kelly (Republic of Ireland)

Round of 16
11 March 2010 Panathinaikos Greece 1–3 Belgium Standard Liège Olympic Stadium, Athens
21:05 Vyntra 48' Report Witsel 8'
Jovanović 16'
De Camargo 74'		 Attendance: 50,782
Referee: Craig Thomson (Scotland)
18 March 2010 Standard Liège Belgium 1–0 Greece Panathinaikos Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liège
19:00 Mbokani 45+2' Report Attendance: 29,000
Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)

Quarter-finals
1 April 2010 Hamburg Germany 2–1 Belgium Standard Liège HSH Nordbank Arena, Hamburg
21:05 Petrić 42' (pen.)
Van Nistelrooy 45'		 Report Mbokani 31' Attendance: 48,437
Referee: Martin Atkinson (England)
8 April 2010 Standard Liège Belgium 1–3 Germany Hamburg Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liège
21:05 De Camargo 33' Report Petrić 20', 35'
Guerrero 90+4'		 Attendance: 27,000
Referee: Pedro Proença (Portugal)

Hamburg won 5–2 on aggregate.

References
  1. "FootballSquads - Standard Liège - 2009/10".
  2. Goreux was born in Saint-Michel-de-l'Atalaye, Haiti, but also qualified to represent Belgium internationally and represented them at U-21 level; he would later make his international debut for Haiti in 2011.
  3. De Camargo was born in Porto Feliz, Brazil, but also qualified to represent Belgium internationally after obtaining Belgian nationality and made his international debut for Belgium in February 2009.
  4. Mulemo was born in Liège, Belgium, and represented them at every youth level between U-17 and U-23, but also qualified to represent the Democratic Republic of the Congo internationally and would make his international debut for the Congo in 2011.
  5. Mbuyi-Mutombo was born in Brussels, Belgium, and represented them at U-19 level, but also qualified to represent the Democratic Republic of the Congo internationally and would make his international debut for the Congo in 2011.
  6. Moris was born in Arlon, Belgium, and represented them at youth level, but also qualified to represent Luxembourg internationally through his father and would make his international debut for Luxembourg in 2014.
  7. Mananga was born in Liège, Belgium, and represented them at every youth level between U-17 and U-19, but also qualified to represent Angola internationally and would make his international debut for the Angola in August 2014.
  8. Carcela-González was born in Liège, Belgium, and made his international debut for Belgium in 2009, but also qualified to represent Morocco internationally through his mother and would make his international debut for Morocco in February 2011.
  9. Benteke was born in Kinshasa, Zaire (now Democratic Republic of the Congo), but was raised in Belgium and represented them at every youth level between U-17 and U-21 before making his international debut for Belgium in May 2010.
  10. Yagan was born in Etterbeek, Belgium, but also qualified to represent Armenia internationally and made his international debut for Armenia in August 2009.
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