2010–11 Standard Liège season

Standard Liège
2010–11 season
Chairman Switzerland Reto Stiffler
Manager Belgium Dominique D'Onofrio
Stadium Stade Maurice Dufrasne
Belgian Pro League 6th
Belgian Cup Winner
Top goalscorer Mehdi Carcela-González (13)

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

Season summary

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

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

First-team squad

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. Position Player
1 Belgium GK Kristof Van Hout
2 Belgium DF Réginal Goreux[3]
3 Brazil DF Victor Ramos
4 Ghana DF Daniel Opare
5 Brazil DF Felipe
6 Belgium DF Laurent Ciman
7 France MF Wilfried Dalmat
8 Belgium MF Steven Defour (captain)
9 Democratic Republic of the Congo FW Dieumerci Mbokani
10 Belgium FW Mohamed Tchité
11 Belgium MF Mehdi Carcela-González[4]
13 Cameroon FW Aloys Nong
14 Brazil MF Danilo Sousa Campos
15 Belgium DF Sébastien Pocognoli
16 Morocco DF Abdelfettah Boukhriss
20 Belgium MF Leroy Labylle
22 France DF Eliaquim Mangala
No. Position Player
23 Belgium MF Tom De Mul (on loan from Sevilla)
24 Belgium MF Koen Daerden
25 Brazil DF Kanu
27 Belgium MF Arnor Angeli
28 Belgium MF Axel Witsel
29 Ivory Coast FW Gohi Bi Zoro Cyriac
30 Belgium FW Michy Batshuayi
31 Belgium MF Tino Susic
32 Belgium MF Christopher Verbist
33 Montenegro GK Srdjan Blažić
35 Togo MF Henri Eninful
36 Senegal MF Pape Abdou Camara
37 Senegal DF Jelle Van Damme
38 Turkey GK Sinan Bolat
77 Romania MF Gheorghe Grozav
99 Senegal FW Mbaye Leye

Left the Club

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

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

Results

Belgian Cup

Sixth round

27 October 2010
20:30 CET
Standard Liège 2 - 1 Royal Antwerp (II)
Opare  44'
Nong  57'
De Vriese  21'

Seventh round

9 November 2010
20:45 CET
Standard Liège 2 1 Genk
Witsel  19' (pen.)
Tchité  58'
Leye  36' (o.g.)

Quarterfinals

First legs
Second legs

2 March 2011
20:30 CET
Mechelen 1 4 Standard Liège
Gorius  70' (pen.) Leye  48', 72'
Tchité  64'
Witsel  68'

Standard wins 61 on aggregate.

Semifinals

First legs
Second legs

6 April 2011
Standard Liège 4 2 Gent
Van Damme  19'
Tchité  33', 74'
Carcela  69'
Coulibaly  20'
Mboyo  82'

Standard wins 43 on aggregate.

Final

For more details on this match, see 2011 Belgian Cup Final.

References

  1. "Standard Liège vs. Zulte-Waregem 1 - 1". Soccerway. 30 July 2010. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
  2. http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/belgium/2010-2011/prolge/standard.htm
  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.
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