2019–20 Standard Liège season

Standard Liège 2019–20 football season
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)
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours

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.

Players

Current squad

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

Out of first team

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 Portugal POR Orlando Sá

Out on loan

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 Brazil BRA Carlinhos (at Vitória de Setúbal until 30 June 2020)
12 MF Democratic Republic of the Congo COD William Balikwisha (at Cercle Brugge until 30 June 2020)

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Overview

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

Regular season

League table

Pos Team
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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

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

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

Matches

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]

Cercle Brugge v Standard Liège
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
Standard Liège v Zulte Waregem
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
Sint-Truiden v Standard Liège
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
Standard Liège v Mouscron
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
Standard Liège v Kortrijk
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
Anderlecht v Standard Liège
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
Oostende v Standard Liège
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
Standard Liège v Eupen
22 September 2019 8 Standard Liège 3–0 Eupen Liège
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
  • Amat Yellow card 37' Yellow-red card 83'
  • Beck Yellow card 65'
  • Bolingi Yellow card 83'
Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne
Attendance: 25,204
Referee: Wesley Alen
Standard Liège v Sporting Charleroi
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
Antwerp v Standard Liège
6 October 2019 10 Antwerp 2–2 Standard Liège Antwerp
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Bosuilstadion
Attendance: 12,978
Referee: Erik Lambrechts
Standard Liège v Genk
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
Club Brugge v Standard Liège
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
Standard Liège v Waasland-Beveren
30 October 2019 13 Standard Liège 2–0 Waasland-Beveren Liège
20:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
  • Wiegel Yellow card 39'
  • Milošević Yellow card 90+2'
Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne
Attendance: 25,536
Referee: Nathan Verbroomen
Gent v Standard Liège
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
Standard Liège v Mechelen
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
Eupen v Standard Liège
23 November 2019 16 Eupen 1–2 Standard Liège Eupen
18:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Kehrwegstadion
Attendance: 7,463
Referee: Christof Dierick
Standard Liège v Cercle Brugge
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
Mouscron v Standard Liège
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
Standard Liège v Anderlecht
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
Waasland-Beveren v Standard Liège
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
Standard Liège v Gent
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
Mechelen v Standard Liège
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
Standard Liège v Oostende
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
Kortrijk v Standard Liège
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
Standard Liège v Club Brugge
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
Genk v Standard Liège
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
Standard Liège v Antwerp
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
Sporting Charleroi v Standard Liège
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
Standard Liège v Sint-Truiden
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
Zulte Waregem v Standard Liège
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

Standard Liège v Lommel
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
Standard Liège v Rebecq
4 December 2019 Seventh round Standard Liège 3–0 Rebecq Liège
20:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne
Referee: Bert Put
Standard Liège v Antwerp
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

Group stage

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

Statistics

Squad appearances and goals

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 Belgium BEL Jean-François Gillet 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 GK Belgium BEL Arnaud Bodart 35 0 29 0 3 0 3 0
30 GK Serbia SRB Vanja Milinković-Savić 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
33 GK Belgium BEL Timothy Galje 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Defenders
3 DF Belgium BEL Zinho Vanheusden 28 2 20 1 2+1 0 4+1 1
4 DF Belgium BEL Dimitri Lavalée 8 0 3+2 0 2 0 1 0
21 DF Cameroon CMR Collins Fai 13 1 5+3 0 2 1 3 0
23 DF Belgium BEL Senna Miangue 5 0 0+4 0 1 0 0 0
24 DF France FRA Nicolas Gavory 36 0 29 0 1 0 6 0
27 DF Kosovo KOS Mërgim Vojvoda 30 1 24+1 1 2 0 3 0
29 DF Belgium BEL Luis Pedro Cavanda 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 DF Cyprus CYP Konstantinos Laifis 35 3 28 3 1 0 6 0
36 DF Belgium BEL Noë Dussenne 2 0 1+1 0 0 0 0 0
37 DF Mali MLI Hady Sangaré 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Midfielders
2 MF Haiti HAI Réginal Goreux 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
8 MF Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH Gojko Cimirot 36 1 27 1 3 0 6 0
10 MF Morocco MAR Mehdi Carcela 34 3 17+9 3 1+1 0 5+1 0
15 MF Israel ISR Eden Shamir 3 0 2+1 0 0 0 0 0
18 MF Montenegro MNE Aleksandar Boljević 27 6 7+14 3 3 3 2+1 0
19 MF Morocco MAR Selim Amallah 32 9 21+4 7 1+1 0 3+2 2
20 MF Democratic Republic of the Congo COD Merveille Bokadi 8 0 5+1 0 1 0 1 0
22 MF Belgium BEL Maxime Lestienne 34 10 24+3 7 1+1 1 2+3 2
26 MF Belgium BEL Nicolas Raskin 3 1 1+1 0 0+1 0 0 1
28 MF Belgium BEL Samuel Bastien 32 4 26 4 0 0 6 0
32 MF Belgium BEL Joachim Carcela 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
Forwards
7 FW Croatia CRO Duje Čop 17 2 5+7 1 1+1 1 2+1 0
12 FW Romania ROU Denis Drăguș 4 0 0+2 0 0+2 0 0 0
17 FW Belgium BEL Obbi Oularé 17 2 9+5 2 0 0 0+3 0
25 FW Uruguay 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 Democratic Republic of the Congo COD Paul-José M'Poku 9 1 0 0 3 0 4+2 1
14 FW Belgium BEL Anthony Limbombe 7 1 2+4 1 0 0 1 0
9 FW Belgium BEL Renaud Emond 20 7 10+4 7 1 0 5 0

References

  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.
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