2010–11 Standard Liège season

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

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

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.

Kit

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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. 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[3]
3 DF Brazil BRA Victor Ramos
4 DF Ghana GHA Daniel Opare
5 DF Brazil BRA Felipe
6 DF Belgium BEL Laurent Ciman
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 Belgium BEL Mohamed Tchité
11 MF Morocco MAR Mehdi Carcela[4]
13 FW Cameroon CMR Aloys Nong
14 MF Brazil BRA Danilo Sousa Campos
15 DF Belgium BEL Sébastien Pocognoli
16 DF Morocco MAR Abdelfettah Boukhriss
20 MF Belgium BEL Leroy Labylle
22 DF France FRA Eliaquim Mangala
No. Pos. Nation Player
23 MF Belgium BEL Tom De Mul (on loan from Sevilla)
24 MF Belgium BEL Koen Daerden
25 DF Brazil BRA Kanu
27 MF Belgium BEL Arnor Angeli
28 MF Belgium BEL Axel Witsel
29 FW Ivory Coast CIV Gohi Bi Zoro Cyriac
30 FW Belgium BEL Michy Batshuayi
31 MF Belgium BEL Tino Susic
32 MF Belgium BEL Christopher Verbist
33 GK Montenegro MNE Srdjan Blažić
35 MF Togo TOG Henri Eninful
36 MF Senegal SEN Pape Abdou Camara
37 DF Belgium BEL Jelle Van Damme
38 GK Turkey TUR Sinan Bolat
77 MF Romania ROU Gheorghe Grozav
99 FW Senegal SEN Mbaye Leye

Left the Club

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

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