2009–10 Standard Liège season

Standard Liège
2009–10 season
Chairman	Reto Stiffler
Manager	László Bölöni (until February 10); Dominique D'Onofrio (from 10 February)
Stadium	Stade Maurice Dufrasne
Belgian Pro League	6th
Belgian Cup	Seventh round
UEFA Champions League	Third in group stage
UEFA Europa League	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	Milan Jovanović (10)
	← 2008–09 2010–11 →

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

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 race. 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, the club's form failed to improve making them finish in eighth place, 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	BEL	Kristof Van Hout
2	DF	BEL	Réginal Goreux^[2]
3	DF	BRA	Victor Ramos
4	MF	SEN	Pape Abdou Camara
5	DF	BRA	Felipe
6	MF	FRA	Cédric Collet
7	MF	FRA	Wilfried Dalmat
8	MF	BEL	Steven Defour (captain)
9	FW	COD	Dieumerci Mbokani
10	FW	BRA	Igor de Camargo^[3]
11	MF	BEL	Grégory Dufer
14	DF	BEL	Landry Mulemo^[4]
15	FW	BEL	Andréa Mbuyi-Mutombo^[5]
16	GK	BEL	Anthony Moris^[6]
17	DF	BRA	Camozzato
18	GK	BEL	Jesse Soubry
19	DF	SEN	Mohamed Sarr


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	FW	CIV	Moussa Traoré (on loan from Commune FC)
21	MF	BEL	Franco Zennaro
22	DF	FRA	Eliaquim Mangala
23	FW	SRB	Milan Jovanović
24	MF	BEL	Koen Daerden
25	DF	ISR	Rami Gershon (on loan from Hapoel Rishon LeZion)
26	MF	FRA	Benjamin Nicaise
27	MF	BEL	Arnor Angeli
28	MF	BEL	Axel Witsel
29	FW	CIV	Gohi Bi Zoro Cyriac
31	DF	BRA	Alex Moraes (on loan from Roma Apucarana)
32	DF	BEL	Jonathan Buatu Mananga^[7]
33	MF	BEL	Mehdi Carcela^[8]
35	DF	BEL	Sébastien Pocognoli
38	GK	TUR	Sinan Bolat
77	MF	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	BEL	Fazlı Kocabaş (to Eupen)
4	DF	POR	Ricardo Rocha (released)
15	DF	CRO	Tomislav Mikulić (to Beerschot)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
15	MF	FRA	Olivier Dacourt (released)
25	FW	BEL	Christian Benteke^[9] (on loan to Kortrijk)
30	MF	ARM	Hiraç Yagan^[10] (on loan to Tubize)

Results

Belgian Cup

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'

UEFA Champions League

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	ARS	OLY	STD	AZ
1	Arsenal	6	4	1	1	12	5	+7	13	Advance to knockout phase	—	2–0	2–0	4–1
2	Olympiacos	6	3	1	2	4	5	−1	10	Advance to knockout phase	1–0	—	2–1	1–0
3	Standard Liège	6	1	2	3	7	9	−2	5	Transfer to Europa League	2–3	2–0	—	1–1
4	AZ	6	0	4	2	4	8	−4	4		1–1	0–0	1–1	—

Source: RSSSF

16 September 2009	Standard Liège	2–3	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	1–1	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	2–1	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	2–0	Olympiacos	Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liège
20:45	Mbokani 31' Jovanović 88'	Report		Attendance: 24,787 Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)

24 November 2009	Arsenal	2–0	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	1–1	AZ	Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liège
20:45	Bolat 90+5'	Report	Lens 42'	Attendance: 24,359 Referee: Martin Atkinson (England)

UEFA Europa League

Knockout phase

Round of 32

18 February 2010	Standard Liège	3–2	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	0–0	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	1–3	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	1–0	Panathinaikos	Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liège
19:00	Mbokani 45+2'	Report		Attendance: 29,000 Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)

Quarter-finals

1 April 2010	Hamburg	2–1	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	1–3	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

^ "FootballSquads - Standard Liège - 2009/10".
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ Yagan was born in Etterbeek, Belgium, but also qualified to represent Armenia internationally and made his international debut for Armenia in August 2009.

[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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