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Standard Liège in European football

Standard Liège's first game in European football came in the 1958–59 season in the European Cup against Scottish club Heart of Midlothian. Over two legs, Liège won 6–3 on aggregate. Since that time, Liège have participated in multiple European competitions. Their best success came in the 1981–82 season when they reached the final of UEFA Cup Winners' Cup to face off against Barcelona with the ending result of 2–1 loss.[1] In 1996, they took part in the UEFA Intertoto Cup where they reached the finals to face off against Karlsruher SC of Germany. Over two legs, Liège won the first game at home 1–0.[2] In the second game away, they lost 3–1 which was a 3–2 loss on aggregate.[3]

European record edit

Matches edit

Season Competition Round Opponent Home Away Agg. Ref
1958–59 European Cup Q   Heart of Midlothian 5–1 1–2 6–3
R1   Sporting CP 3–2 3–0 6–2
QF   Reims 2–0 0–3 2–3
1961–62 European Cup Q   Fredrikstad FK 2–1 2–0 4–1
R1   FC Haka Valkeakoski 5–1 2–0 7–1
QF   Rangers 4–1 0–2 4–3
SF   Real Madrid 0–4 0–2 0–6
1963–64 European Cup Q   IFK Norrköping 1–0 0–2 1–2
1965–66 Cup Winners' Cup R1   Cardiff City 2–1 1–0 3–1
R2   Liverpool 1–3 1–2 2–5
1966–67 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Q   Valur 1–1 8–1 9–2
R1   Apollon Limassol 5–1 1–0 6–1
R2   Chemie Leipzig 1–2 1–0 2–2
QF   Raba ETO Győr 1–2 2–0 2–2
SF   Bayern Munich 0–2 1–3 1–5
1967–68 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup R1   Altay Izmir 3–2 0–0 3–2
R2   Aberdeen 3–0 0–2 3–2
QF   Milan 1–1 1–1[a] 2–2
1968–69 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup R1   Leeds United 0–0 2–3 2–3
1969–70 European Cup R1   17 Nëntori Tirana 3–0 1–1 4–1
R2   Real Madrid 1–0 3–2 4–2
QF   Leeds United 0–1 0–1 0–2
1970–71 European Cup R1   Rosenborg 2–0 5–0 7–0
R2   Legia Warsaw 1–0 0–2 1–2
1971–72 European Cup R1   Linfield 2–0 3–2 5–2
R2   CSKA Moscow 0–1 2–0 2–1
QF   Internazionale 0–1 2–1 2–2[b]
1972–73 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup R1   Sparta Prague 1–0 2–4 3–4
1973–74 UEFA Cup R1   Ards 2–3 6–1 8–4
R2   Universitatea Craiova 2–0 1–1 3–1
R3   Feyenoord 1–3 2–0 3–3[c]
1977–78 UEFA Cup R1   Slavia Prague 1–0 2–3 3–3[d]
R2   AEK Athens 2–2 4–1 6–3
R3   Carl Zeiss Jena 0–2 1–2 1–4
1978–79 UEFA Cup R1   Dundee United 1–0 0–0 1–0
R2   Manchester City 0–4 2–0 2–4
1979–80 UEFA Cup R1   Glenavon 1–0 1–0 2–0
R2   Napoli 2–1 1–1 3–2
R3   Zbrojovska Brno 1–2 2–3 3–5
1980–81 UEFA Cup R1   Steaua Bucharest 1–1 2–1 3–2
R2   1. FC Kaiserslautern 2–1 2–1 4–2
R3   Dynamo Dresden 1–1 4–1 5–2
QF   1. FC Köln 0–0 2–3 2–3
1981–82 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup R1   Floriana 3–1 9–0 12–1
R2   Vasas Budapest 2–0 2–1 4–1
QF   Porto 2–0 2–2 4–2
SF   Dinamo Tbilisi 1–0 1–0 2–0
F   Barcelona 1–2
1982–83 European Cup R1   Raba ETO Győr 5–0 0–3 5–3
R2   Juventus 1–1 0–2 1–3
1983–84 European Cup R1   Athlone Town 3–2 8–2 11–4
R2   Dundee United 0–0 0–4 0–4
1984–85 UEFA Cup R1   Glentoran 1–1 2–0 3–1
R2   1. FC Köln 0–2 1–2 1–4
1986–87 UEFA Cup R1   NK Rijeka 1–0 1–1 1–1
R2   FC Swarovski Tirol 1–2 3–2 4–4[e]
1992–93 UEFA Cup R1   Portadown 5–0 0–0 5–0
R2   Heart of Midlothian 1–0 1–0 2–0
R3   Auxerre 2–2 1–2 3–4
1993–94 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup R1   Cardiff City 5–2 3–1 8–3
R2   Arsenal 0–3 0–7 0–10
1995–96 UEFA Cup R1   Vitória SC 1–3 0–0 1–3
1996 UEFA Intertoto Cup Group   Cliftonville 3–0
  Hapoel Haifa 2–2
  VfB Stuttgart 2–0
  Aalborg BK 1–0
SF   Nantes 2–1 1–0 3–1
F   Karlsruher SC 1–0 1–3 2–3 [2][3]
1997 UEFA Intertoto Cup Group   FC Aarau 0–0
  Cork City 0–0
  Maccabi Petah Tikva 0–0
  1. FC Köln 1–1
2000 UEFA Intertoto Cup R1   Dinamo Tbilisi 2–2 1–1 3–3
R2   Perugia 2–1 1–1 3–2
R3   Austria Salzburg 3–1 1–1 4–2
SF   VfB Stuttgart 1–1 0–1 1–1
2001–02 UEFA Cup Q   FK Vardar 3–0 3–1 6–1
R1   Strasbourg 2–0 2–2 4–2
R2   Bordeaux 0–2 0–2 0–4
2004–05 UEFA Cup R1   VfL Bochum 0–0 1–1 1–1 (a)
Group   Steaua Bucharest 0–2
  Parma 2–1
  Beşiktaş 1–1
  Athletic Bilbao 1–7
2006–07 UEFA Champions League 3Q   Steaua Bucharest 2–2 1–2 3–4
2006–07 UEFA Cup R1   Celta Vigo 0–1 0–3 0–4
2007–08 UEFA Cup Q2   UN Käerjeng 97 3–0 1–0 4–0
R1   Zenit Saint Petersburg 0–3 1–1 1–4
2008–09 UEFA Champions League Q3   Liverpool 0–0 0–1 (a.e.t.)
2008–09 UEFA Cup R1   Everton 2–2 2–1 4–3
Group   Sevilla 1–0
  Partizan 1–0
  Sampdoria 3–0
  VfB Stuttgart 0–3
R32   Braga 0–3 1–1 1–4
2009–10 UEFA Champions League Group   Arsenal 2–3 0–2
  AZ 1–1 1–1
  Olympiacos 1–2 2–0
2009–10 UEFA Europa League R32   Red Bull Salzburg 3–2 0–0 3–2
R16   Panathinaikos 3–1 1–0 4–1
QF   Hamburger SV 1–2 1–3 2–5
2011–12 UEFA Champions League Q3   Zürich 1–1 0–1 1–2
2011–12 UEFA Europa League PO   Helsingborgs IF 1–0 3–1 4–1
Group   Copenhagen 3–0 1–0
  Hannover 96 0–0 2–0
  Vorskla Poltava 0–0 3–1
R32   Wisła Kraków 1–1 0–0 1–1
R16   Hannover 96 2–2 0–4 2–6 [4]
2013–14 UEFA Europa League QR2   KR 3–1 3–1 6–2
QR3   Xanthi 2–1 2–1 4–2
POR   Minsk 2–0 3–1 5–1
Group   Esbjerg 1–2 1–2
  Elfsborg 1–3 1–1
  Red Bull Salzburg 1–3 1–2
2014–15 CL Q3   Panathinaikos 0–0 1–2 1–2
POR   Zenit SP 0–1 0–3 0–4
2014–15 EL Group   Rijeka 2–0 0–2
  Feyenoord 0–3 1–2
  Sevilla 0–0 1–3
2015–16 UEFA Europa League QR3   Željezničar 2–1 1–0 3–1
POR   Molde 3–1 0–2 3–3 (a)
2016–17 UEFA Europa League Group   Panathinaikos 2–2 3–0
  Celta Vigo 1–1 1–1
  Ajax 1–1 0–1
2018–19 UEFA Champions League Q3   Ajax 2–2 0–3 2–5
2018–19 UEFA Europa League Group   Sevilla 1–0 1–5
  Krasnodar 2–1 1–2
  Akhisar Belediyespor 2–1 0–0
2019–20 UEFA Europa League Group   Vitória Guimaraes 2–0 1–1
  Eintracht Frankfurt 2–1 1–2
  Arsenal 2–2 0–4
2020–21 UEFA Europa League Q2   Bala Town 2–0
Q3   Vojvodina 2–1 (a.e.t.)
PO   Fehérvár 3–1
Group   Benfica 2–2 0–3 [5][6]
  Rangers 0–2 2–3 [7][8]
  Lech Poznań 2–1 1–3 [9][10]

Notes edit

  1. ^ After drawing 2–2 over two legs, Standard Liège had to play an additional game against Milan away which they lost 2–0.
  2. ^ Internazionale won on away goals rules.
  3. ^ Feyenoord won on away goals rules.
  4. ^ Standard Liège won on away goals rules.
  5. ^ FC Swarovski Tirol won on away goals rules.

Summary of best results edit

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

References edit

  1. ^ "Coppa delle Coppe 1981/1982 » Finale » FC Barcelona - Standard Liège 2:1". calcio.com. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  2. ^ a b "uefa.com > UEFA Intertoto Cup > All-Time Statistics > /IntertotoCup/AllTimeStatistics/1996/Final(s)". UEFA. 6 August 1996. Archived from the original on 5 July 2004. Retrieved 14 April 2020 – via web.archive.org.
  3. ^ a b "uefa.com > UEFA Intertoto Cup > All-Time Statistics > /IntertotoCup/AllTimeStatistics/1996/Final(s)". UEFA. 20 August 1996. Archived from the original on 26 June 2004. Retrieved 14 April 2020 – via web.archive.org.
  4. ^ "Hannover beat ten-man Standard to make history". UEFA. 15 March 2012. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  5. ^ "Benfica 3–0 Standard Liège". uefa.com. UEFA. 29 October 2020. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
  6. ^ "Standard Liège 2–2 Benfica". uefa.com. UEFA. 10 December 2020. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
  7. ^ "Standard Liège 0–2 Rangers". uefa.com. UEFA. 22 October 2020. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  8. ^ "Rangers 3–2 Standard Liège". uefa.com. UEFA. 3 December 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  9. ^ "Lech Poznań 3–1 Standard Liège". uefa.com. UEFA. 5 November 2020. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  10. ^ "Standard Liège 2–1 Lech Poznań". uefa.com. UEFA. 26 November 2020. Retrieved 26 November 2020.

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