2010–11 Standard Liège season

During the 2010–11 Belgian football season, Standard Liège competed in the Belgian Pro League.

Standard Liège
2010–11 season
ChairmanSwitzerland Reto Stiffler
ManagerBelgium Dominique D'Onofrio
StadiumStade Maurice Dufrasne
Belgian Pro League6th
Belgian CupWinners
Top goalscorerMehdi Carcela (13)

Season summary

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This is the first season since 2003-04 that Standard Liège did not compete in a European competition. Standard Liège started off the season with a 1–1 draw S.V. Zulte-Waregem.[1] Standard Liège won the Belgium Cup defeating K.V.C. Westerlo 2–0 in the final. In the Championship play-off, Standard Liège came in second to qualify for the Champions League Third qualifying round.

At the end of the season, Dominique D'Onofrio's contract ended and was not renewed.

Liège's kits were sponsored by e-lotto.be and its kit-maker being Planete Rouge.[citation needed]

First-team squad

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Squad at end of season[2]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   BEL Kristof Van Hout
2 DF   BEL Réginal Goreux[3]
3 DF   BRA Victor Ramos
4 DF   GHA Daniel Opare
5 DF   BRA Felipe
6 DF   BEL Laurent Ciman
7 MF   FRA Wilfried Dalmat
8 MF   BEL Steven Defour (captain)
9 FW   COD Dieumerci Mbokani
10 FW   BEL Mohamed Tchité
11 MF   MAR Mehdi Carcela[4]
13 FW   CMR Aloys Nong
14 MF   BRA Danilo Sousa Campos
15 DF   BEL Sébastien Pocognoli
16 DF   MAR Abdelfettah Boukhriss
20 MF   BEL Leroy Labylle
22 DF   FRA Eliaquim Mangala
No. Pos. Nation Player
23 MF   BEL Tom De Mul (on loan from Sevilla)
24 MF   BEL Koen Daerden
25 DF   BRA Kanu
27 MF   BEL Arnor Angeli
28 MF   BEL Axel Witsel
29 FW   CIV Gohi Bi Zoro Cyriac
30 FW   BEL Michy Batshuayi
31 MF   BEL Tino Susic
32 MF   BEL Christopher Verbist
33 GK   MNE Srdjan Blažić
35 MF   TOG Henri Eninful
36 MF   SEN Pape Abdou Camara
37 DF   BEL Jelle Van Damme
38 GK   TUR Sinan Bolat
77 MF   ROU Gheorghe Grozav
99 FW   SEN Mbaye Leye

Left the Club

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
6 MF   FRA Cédric Collet (Unattached)
10 FW   BRA Igor de Camargo[5] (Borussia Mönchengladbach)
14 DF   BEL Landry Mulemo[6] (to Bucaspor)
15 FW   BEL Andréa Mbuyi-Mutombo[7] (on loan to Sint-Truidense V.V.)
16 MF   BEL Grégory Dufer (to Sint-Truidense V.V.)
17 DF   BRA Camozzato (to Club Brugge KV)
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 GK   BEL Jesse Soubry (to Royale Union Saint-Gilloise)
19 DF   SEN Mohamed Sarr (to Hércules CF)
23 FW   SRB Milan Jovanović (Liverpool)
25 FW   BEL Christian Benteke[8] (on loan to Mechelen)
26 MF   FRA Benjamin Nicaise (to Lierse S.K.)

Results

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Belgian Cup

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Sixth round

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Standard Liège2 - 1Royal Antwerp (II)
Opare   44'
Nong   57'
De Vriese   21'

Seventh round

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Standard Liège2 – 1Genk
Witsel   19' (pen.)
Tchité   58'
Leye   36' (o.g.)

Quarterfinals

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First legs
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Standard Liège2 – 0Mechelen
Tchité   24'
Daerden   53'
Second legs
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Mechelen1 – 4Standard Liège
Gorius   70' (pen.) Leye   48', 72'
Tchité   64'
Witsel   68'

Standard wins 6–1 on aggregate.

Semifinals

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First legs
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Second legs
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Standard Liège4 – 2Gent
Van Damme   19'
Tchité   33', 74'
Carcela   69'
Coulibaly   20'
Mboyo   82'

Standard wins 4–3 on aggregate.

Final

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References

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  1. ^ "Standard Liège vs. Zulte-Waregem 1 - 1". Soccerway. 30 July 2010. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
  2. ^ "FootballSquads - Standard Liège - 2010/11".
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ 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.