2009–10 Standard Liège season

Standard Liège

2009–10 season
Chairman	Reto Stiffler
Manager	László Bölöni (until February 10) Dominique D'Onofrio (from 10 February)
Stadium	Stade Maurice Dufrasne
Belgian Pro League	6th
Belgian Cup	Seventh round
UEFA Champions League	Third in group stage
UEFA Europa League	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	Milan Jovanović (10)
← 2008–09 2010–11 →

During the 2009–10 Belgian football season, Standard Liège competed in the Belgian Pro League.

Season summary

Having won the title the past two seasons running, Liège were looking to make it a hat-trick of title, but very quickly fell off the title pace. Manager László Bölöni resigned in February with the club 19 points adrift of leaders Anderlecht. He was replaced by Dominique D'Onofrio, brother of club vice-president Lucien and Liège's former technical director between 2002 and 2006. However, form failed to improve and the club finished in eighth, two points adrift of the title play-offs - as a result, failing to qualify for European competition.

Kit

Liège's kits were sponsored by Belgian telecommunications company BASE.

First-team squad

Squad at end of season^[1]

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Kristof Van Hout 2 DF Réginal Goreux[2] 3 DF Victor Ramos 4 MF Pape Abdou Camara 5 DF Felipe 6 MF Cédric Collet 7 MF Wilfried Dalmat 8 MF Steven Defour (captain) 9 FW Dieumerci Mbokani 10 FW Igor de Camargo[3] 11 MF Grégory Dufer 14 DF Landry Mulemo[4] 15 FW Andréa Mbuyi-Mutombo[5] 16 GK Anthony Moris[6] 17 DF Camozzato 18 GK Jesse Soubry 19 DF Mohamed Sarr

No. Position Player 20 FW Moussa Traoré (on loan from Commune FC) 21 MF Franco Zennaro 22 DF Eliaquim Mangala 23 FW Milan Jovanović 24 MF Koen Daerden 25 DF Rami Gershon (on loan from Hapoel Rishon LeZion) 26 MF Benjamin Nicaise 27 MF Arnor Angeli 28 MF Axel Witsel 29 FW Gohi Bi Zoro Cyriac 31 DF Alex Moraes (on loan from Roma Apucarana) 32 DF Jonathan Buatu Mananga[7] 33 MF Mehdi Carcela-González[8] 35 DF Sébastien Pocognoli 38 GK Sinan Bolat 77 MF Gheorghe Grozav

Left club during season

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

No. Position Player 3 DF Fazlı Kocabaş (to Eupen) 4 DF Ricardo Rocha (released) 15 DF Tomislav Mikulić (to Beerschot)

No. Position Player 15 MF Olivier Dacourt (released) 25 FW Christian Benteke[9] (on loan to Kortrijk) 30 MF Hiraç Yagan[10] (on loan to Tubize)

Results

Belgian Cup

Sixth round

Standard Liège v Lierse

27 October 2009	Standard Liège	2 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Lierse	Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liège
20:00 CET	Nicaise  11' Dufer  112' (pen.)		Samir  80'

Seventh round

Standard Liège v Kortrijk

23 December 2009	Standard Liège	1 - 2	Kortrijk	Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liège
20:30 CET	Witsel  80'		Capon  30' Benteke  33'

UEFA Champions League

Group stage

Standard Liège v Arsenal

16 September 2009	Standard Liège	2–3	Arsenal	Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liège
20:45	Mangala  3' Jovanović  5' (pen.)	Report	Bendtner  45' Vermaelen  77' Eduardo  81'	Attendance: 23,022 Referee: Eduardo Iturralde González (Spain)

AZ v Standard Liège

29 September 2009	AZ	1–1	Standard Liège	DSB Stadion, Alkmaar
20:45	El Hamdaoui  48'	Report	Traoré  90+1'	Attendance: 16,373 Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)

Olympiacos v Standard Liège

20 October 2009	Olympiacos	2–1	Standard Liège	Karaiskakis Stadium, Athens
20:45	Mitroglou  43' Stoltidis  90+3'	Report	De Camargo  37'	Attendance: 29,889 Referee: Pedro Proença (Portugal)

Standard Liège v Olympiacos

4 November 2009	Standard Liège	2–0	Olympiacos	Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liège
20:45	Mbokani  31' Jovanović  88'	Report		Attendance: 24,787 Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)

Arsenal v Standard Liège

24 November 2009	Arsenal	2–0	Standard Liège	Emirates Stadium, London
20:45	Nasri  35' Denílson  45+2'	Report		Attendance: 59,941 Referee: Konrad Plautz (Austria)

Standard Liège v AZ

9 December 2009	Standard Liège	1–1	AZ	Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liège
20:45	Bolat  90+5'	Report	Lens  42'	Attendance: 24,359 Referee: Martin Atkinson (England)

UEFA Europa League

Round of 32

Standard Liège v Red Bull Salzburg

18 February 2010	Standard Liège	3–2	Red Bull Salzburg	Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liège
19:00	Witsel  66' (pen.), 82' De Camargo  80'	Report	Janko  4', 45'	Attendance: 21,000 Referee: Cristian Balaj (Romania)

Red Bull Salzburg v Standard Liège

25 February 2010	Red Bull Salzburg	0–0	Standard Liège	Red Bull Arena, Salzburg
21:05		Report		Attendance: 26,500 Referee: Alan Kelly (Republic of Ireland)

Round of 16

Panathinaikos v Standard Liège

11 March 2010	Panathinaikos	1–3	Standard Liège	Olympic Stadium, Athens
21:05	Vyntra  48'	Report	Witsel  8' Jovanović  16' De Camargo  74'	Attendance: 50,782 Referee: Craig Thomson (Scotland)

Standard Liège v Panathinaikos

18 March 2010	Standard Liège	1–0	Panathinaikos	Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liège
19:00	Mbokani  45+2'	Report		Attendance: 29,000 Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)

Quarter-finals

Hamburg v Standard Liège

1 April 2010	Hamburg	2–1	Standard Liège	HSH Nordbank Arena, Hamburg
21:05	Petrić  42' (pen.) Van Nistelrooy  45'	Report	Mbokani  31'	Attendance: 48,437 Referee: Martin Atkinson (England)

Standard Liège v Hamburg

8 April 2010	Standard Liège	1–3	Hamburg	Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liège
21:05	De Camargo  33'	Report	Petrić  20', 35' Guerrero  90+4'	Attendance: 27,000 Referee: Pedro Proença (Portugal)

Hamburg won 5–2 on aggregate.

References

1. http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/belgium/2009-2010/prolge/standard.htm
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. Moris was born in Arlon, Belgium, and represented them at youth level, but also qualified to represent Luxembourg internationally through his father and would make his international debut for Luxembourg in 2014.
7. Mananga was born in Liège, Belgium, and represented them at every youth level between U-17 and U-19, but also qualified to represent Angola internationally and would make his international debut for the Angola in August 2014.
8. 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.
9. 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.
10. Yagan was born in Etterbeek, Belgium, but also qualified to represent Armenia internationally and made his international debut for Armenia in August 2009.