2019–20 Standard Liège season

The 2019–20 season was Standard Liège's 116th season in existence and the club's 8th consecutive season in the top flight of Belgian football. In addition to the domestic league, Standard Liège participated in this season's editions of the Belgian Cup and the UEFA Europa League. The season covered the period from 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020.

Standard Liège
2019–20 season
ChairmanBruno Venanzi
ManagerMichel Preud'homme
StadiumStade Maurice Dufrasne
Belgian First Division A5th
Belgian CupQuarter-finals
UEFA Europa LeagueGroup stage
Top goalscorerLeague:
Selim Amallah
Renaud Emond
Maxime Lestienne
(7 each)

All:
Maxime Lestienne (10)

Players edit

Current squad edit

As of 8 January 2020[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 Jean-François Gillet
2 MF   HAI Réginal Goreux
3 DF   BEL Zinho Vanheusden
4 DF   BEL Dimitri Lavalée
7 FW   CRO Duje Čop
8 MF   BIH Gojko Cimirot
10 MF   MAR Mehdi Carcela
12 FW   ROU Denis Drăguș
15 MF   ISR Eden Shamir
16 GK   BEL Arnaud Bodart
17 FW   BEL Obbi Oularé
18 MF   MNE Aleksandar Boljević
19 MF   MAR Selim Amallah
20 MF   COD Merveille Bokadi
21 DF   CMR Collins Fai
No. Pos. Nation Player
22 MF   BEL Maxime Lestienne
23 DF   BEL Senna Miangue (on loan from Cagliari)
24 DF   FRA Nicolas Gavory
25 FW   URU Felipe Avenatti
26 MF   BEL Nicolas Raskin
27 DF   KOS Mërgim Vojvoda
28 MF   BEL Samuel Bastien
29 DF   BEL Luis Pedro Cavanda
30 GK   SRB Vanja Milinković-Savić (on loan from Torino)
32 MF   BEL Joachim Carcela
33 GK   BEL Timothy Galje
34 DF   CYP Konstantinos Laifis
36 DF   BEL Noë Dussenne
37 DF   MLI Hady Sangaré
40 MF   COD Paul-José M'Poku

Out of first team edit

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
FW   POR Orlando Sá

Out on loan edit

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
11 FW   BRA Carlinhos (at Vitória de Setúbal until 30 June 2020)
12 MF   COD William Balikwisha (at Cercle Brugge until 30 June 2020)

Competitions edit

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Overview edit

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Belgian Division 27 July 2019 7 March 2020 Matchday 1 5th 29 14 7 8 47 32 +15 048.28
Belgian Cup 26 September 2019 18 December 2019 Sixth round Quarter-finals 3 2 0 1 6 4 +2 066.67
Europa League 19 September 2019 12 December 2019 Group stage Group stage 6 2 2 2 8 10 −2 033.33
Total 38 18 9 11 61 46 +15 047.37

Last updated: 7 March 2020
Source: Soccerway

Belgian Division edit

Regular season edit

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
3 Charleroi 29 15 9 5 49 23 +26 54 Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
4 Antwerp (Y) 29 15 8 6 49 32 +17 53 Qualification for the Europa League group stage[a]
5 Standard Liège 29 14 7 8 47 32 +15 49 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
6 Mechelen 29 13 5 11 46 43 +3 44
7 Genk 29 13 5 11 45 42 +3 44
Source: Belgian First Division A (in Dutch), Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Matches won; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Away matches won; 7) Play-off.[3]
(Y) Croky Cup winner
Notes:
  1. ^ Antwerp qualified for the Europa League group stage as the 2019–20 Belgian Cup winners.[2]

Results summary edit

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
29 14 7 8 47 32  +15 49 9 4 2 24 9  +15 5 3 6 23 23  0

Last updated: 7 March 2020.
Source: [1]

Results by round edit

Matchday123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
GroundAHAHHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
ResultWWLWWLWWDDWDWLLWWDDLLWWLDWWLDC
Position435311112222223223455545544555
Updated to match(es) played on 7 March 2020. Source: Jupiler Pro League
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches edit

On 2 April 2020, the Jupiler Pro League's board of directors proposed to cancel the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[4] The General Assembly accepted the proposal on 15 May, and officially ended the 2019–20 season.[5]

27 July 2019 1 Cercle Brugge 0–2 Standard Liège Bruges
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium
Attendance: 4,311
Referee: Alexandre Boucaut
3 August 2019 2 Standard Liège 4–0 Zulte Waregem Liège
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne
Attendance: 25,778
Referee: Nathan Verboomen
11 August 2019 3 Sint-Truiden 2–1 Standard Liège Sint-Truiden
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stayen
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Jonathan Lardot
18 August 2019 4 Standard Liège 4–1 Mouscron Liège
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne
Attendance: 25,622
Referee: Nicolas Laforge
25 August 2019 5 Standard Liège 2–1 Kortrijk Liège
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne
Attendance: 26,282
Referee: Alexandre Boucaut
1 September 2019 6 Anderlecht 1–0 Standard Liège Anderlecht
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Constant Vanden Stock Stadium
Attendance: 19,500
Referee: Nicolas Laforge
14 September 2019 7 Oostende 1–4 Standard Liège Ostend
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Versluys Arena
Attendance: 5,242
Referee: Lothar D'hondt
22 September 2019 8 Standard Liège 3–0 Eupen Liège
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne
Attendance: 25,204
Referee: Wesley Alen
29 September 2019 9 Standard Liège 1–1 Sporting Charleroi Liège
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne
Attendance: 26,932
Referee: Bram Van Driessche
6 October 2019 10 Antwerp 2–2 Standard Liège Antwerp
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Bosuilstadion
Attendance: 12,978
Referee: Erik Lambrechts
19 October 2019 11 Standard Liège 1–0 Genk Liège
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne
Attendance: 26,876
Referee: Nicolas Laforge
27 October 2019 12 Club Brugge 1–1 Standard Liège Bruges
14:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium
Attendance: 28,000
Referee: Lawrence Visser
30 October 2019 13 Standard Liège 2–0 Waasland-Beveren Liège
20:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne
Attendance: 25,536
Referee: Nathan Verbroomen
3 November 2019 14 Gent 3–1 Standard Liège Ghent
18:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Ghelamco Arena
Attendance: 19,441
Referee: Lothar D'hondt
10 November 2019 15 Standard Liège 1–2 Mechelen Liège
20:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne
Attendance: 26,987
Referee: Alexandre Boucaut
23 November 2019 16 Eupen 1–2 Standard Liège Eupen
18:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Kehrwegstadion
Attendance: 7,463
Referee: Christof Dierick
1 December 2019 17 Standard Liège 2–1 Cercle Brugge Liège
18:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne
Attendance: 26,592
Referee: Erik Lambrechts
8 December 2019 18 Mouscron 2–2 Standard Liège Mouscron
14:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stade Le Canonnier
Attendance: 5,346
Referee: Jan Boterberg
15 December 2019 19 Standard Liège 1–1 Anderlecht Liège
14:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne
Attendance: 26,972
Referee: Jonathan Lardot
21 December 2019 20 Waasland-Beveren 2–1 Standard Liège Beveren
20:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Freethiel Stadion
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Christof Dierick
26 December 2019 21 Standard Liège 0–1 Gent Liège
20:30 CET (UTC+1) Report
Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne
Attendance: 26,761
Referee: Bram Van Driessche
17 January 2020 22 Mechelen 2–3 Standard Liège Mechelen
20:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Achter de Kazerne
Attendance: 16,200
Referee: Wesley Alen
24 January 2020 23 Standard Liège 2–1 Oostende Liège
20:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne
Attendance: 26,402
Referee: Jasper Vergoote
31 January 2020 24 Kortrijk 3–1 Standard Liège Kortrijk
20:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Guldensporen Stadion
Attendance: 7,333
Referee: Lothar D'hondt
12 February 2020 25 Standard Liège 0–0 Club Brugge Liège
20:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne
Attendance: 27,145
Referee: Lawrence Visser
16 February 2020 26 Genk 1–3 Standard Liège Genk
18:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Luminus Arena
Attendance: 20,108
Referee: Nicolas Laforge
22 February 2020 27 Standard Liège 1–0 Antwerp Liège
18:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne
Attendance: 27,143
Referee: Nathan Verboomen
1 March 2020 28 Sporting Charleroi 2–0 Standard Liège Charleroi
18:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi
Attendance: 13,304
Referee: Alexandre Boucaut
7 March 2020 29 Standard Liège 0–0 Sint-Truiden Liège
20:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne
Attendance: 26,007
Referee: Christof Dierick
15 March 2020 30 Zulte Waregem Cancelled Standard Liège Waregem
18:00 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Regenboogstadion
Note: The match was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Belgian Cup edit

26 September 2019 Sixth round Standard Liège 2–1 Lommel Liège
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne
Referee: Kevin van Damme
4 December 2019 Seventh round Standard Liège 3–0 Rebecq Liège
20:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne
Referee: Bert Put
18 December 2019 Quarter-final Standard Liège 1–3 Antwerp Liège
20:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne
Attendance: Erik Lambrechts

UEFA Europa League edit

Group stage edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ARS FRA STL VSC
1   Arsenal 6 3 2 1 14 7 +7 11 Advance to knockout phase 1–2 4–0 3–2
2   Eintracht Frankfurt 6 3 0 3 8 10 −2 9 0–3 2–1 2–3
3   Standard Liège 6 2 2 2 8 10 −2 8 2–2 2–1 2–0
4   Vitória de Guimarães 6 1 2 3 7 10 −3 5 1–1 0–1 1–1
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
19 September 2019 (2019-09-19) 1 Standard Liège   2–0   Vitória de Guimarães Liège, Belgium
18:55 (CEST)
Report
Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne
Attendance: 13,477
Referee: Sergey Ivanov (Russia)
3 October 2019 (2019-10-03) 2 Arsenal   4–0   Standard Liège London, England
21:00 (20:00 BST)
Report
Stadium: Emirates Stadium
Attendance: 58,725
Referee: Sandro Schärer (Switzerland)
24 October 2019 (2019-10-24) 3 Eintracht Frankfurt   2–1   Standard Liège Frankfurt am Main, Germany
21:00
Report
Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 47,000
Referee: Daniel Stefański (Poland)
7 November 2019 (2019-11-07) 4 Standard Liège   2–1   Eintracht Frankfurt Liège, Belgium
18:55
Report
Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne
Attendance: 15,952
Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)
28 November 2019 (2019-11-28) 5 Vitória de Guimarães   1–1   Standard Liège Guimarães, Portugal
21:00 (20:00 WET)
Report
Stadium: Estádio D. Afonso Henriques
Attendance: 11,221
Referee: Serhiy Boyko (Ukraine)
12 December 2019 (2019-12-12) 6 Standard Liège   2–2   Arsenal Liège, Belgium
18:55
Report
Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne
Attendance: 21,797
Referee: Andreas Ekberg (Sweden)

Statistics edit

Squad appearances and goals edit

Last updated on 7 March 2020.
No. Pos Nat Player Total Belgian Division Belgian Cup UEFA Europa League
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 GK   BEL Jean-François Gillet 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 GK   BEL Arnaud Bodart 35 0 29 0 3 0 3 0
30 GK   SRB Vanja Milinković-Savić 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
33 GK   BEL Timothy Galje 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Defenders
3 DF   BEL Zinho Vanheusden 28 2 20 1 2+1 0 4+1 1
4 DF   BEL Dimitri Lavalée 8 0 3+2 0 2 0 1 0
21 DF   CMR Collins Fai 13 1 5+3 0 2 1 3 0
23 DF   BEL Senna Miangue 5 0 0+4 0 1 0 0 0
24 DF   FRA Nicolas Gavory 36 0 29 0 1 0 6 0
27 DF   KOS Mërgim Vojvoda 30 1 24+1 1 2 0 3 0
29 DF   BEL Luis Pedro Cavanda 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 DF   CYP Konstantinos Laifis 35 3 28 3 1 0 6 0
36 DF   BEL Noë Dussenne 2 0 1+1 0 0 0 0 0
37 DF   MLI Hady Sangaré 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Midfielders
2 MF   HAI Réginal Goreux 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
8 MF   BIH Gojko Cimirot 36 1 27 1 3 0 6 0
10 MF   MAR Mehdi Carcela 34 3 17+9 3 1+1 0 5+1 0
15 MF   ISR Eden Shamir 3 0 2+1 0 0 0 0 0
18 MF   MNE Aleksandar Boljević 27 6 7+14 3 3 3 2+1 0
19 MF   MAR Selim Amallah 32 9 21+4 7 1+1 0 3+2 2
20 MF   COD Merveille Bokadi 8 0 5+1 0 1 0 1 0
22 MF   BEL Maxime Lestienne 34 10 24+3 7 1+1 1 2+3 2
26 MF   BEL Nicolas Raskin 3 1 1+1 0 0+1 0 0 1
28 MF   BEL Samuel Bastien 32 4 26 4 0 0 6 0
32 MF   BEL Joachim Carcela 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
Forwards
7 FW   CRO Duje Čop 17 2 5+7 1 1+1 1 2+1 0
12 FW   ROU Denis Drăguș 4 0 0+2 0 0+2 0 0 0
17 FW   BEL Obbi Oularé 17 2 9+5 2 0 0 0+3 0
25 FW   URU Felipe Avenatti 24 2 5+13 2 2+1 0 0+3 0
Players who have made an appearance this season but have left the club
40 MF   COD Paul-José M'Poku 9 1 0 0 3 0 4+2 1
14 FW   BEL Anthony Limbombe 7 1 2+4 1 0 0 1 0
9 FW   BEL Renaud Emond 20 7 10+4 7 1 0 5 0

References edit

  1. ^ "Joueurs" [Players] (in French). Standard Liège.
  2. ^ "Communication à la suite de l'Assemblée Générale". Jupiler Pro League. 15 May 2020.
  3. ^ "First Division A 2019/2020". Soccerway. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
  4. ^ Smith, Emma (2 April 2020). "Belgium's Pro League cancelled and Club Brugge set to be declared champions due to coronavirus". Goal.com. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
  5. ^ "Communicatie na de Algemene Vergadering". Jupiler Pro League. 15 May 2020. Retrieved 15 May 2020.