2009–10 Standard Liège season

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

Standard Liège
2009–10 season
Chairman Reto Stiffler
Manager László Bölöni (until February 10)
Dominique D'Onofrio (from 10 February)
StadiumStade Maurice Dufrasne
Belgian Pro League6th
Belgian CupSeventh round
UEFA Champions LeagueThird in group stage
UEFA Europa LeagueQuarter-finals
Top goalscorerMilan Jovanović (10)

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. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  BEL Kristof Van Hout
2 DF  BEL Réginal Goreux[2]
3 DF  BRA Victor Ramos
4 MF  SEN Pape Abdou Camara
5 DF  BRA Felipe
6 MF  FRA Cédric Collet
7 MF  FRA Wilfried Dalmat
8 MF  BEL Steven Defour (captain)
9 FW  COD Dieumerci Mbokani
10 FW  BRA Igor de Camargo[3]
11 MF  BEL Grégory Dufer
14 DF  BEL Landry Mulemo[4]
15 FW  BEL Andréa Mbuyi-Mutombo[5]
16 GK  BEL Anthony Moris[6]
17 DF  BRA Camozzato
18 GK  BEL Jesse Soubry
19 DF  SEN Mohamed Sarr
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 FW  CIV Moussa Traoré (on loan from Commune FC)
21 MF  BEL Franco Zennaro
22 DF  FRA Eliaquim Mangala
23 FW  SRB Milan Jovanović
24 MF  BEL Koen Daerden
25 DF  ISR Rami Gershon (on loan from Hapoel Rishon LeZion)
26 MF  FRA Benjamin Nicaise
27 MF  BEL Arnor Angeli
28 MF  BEL Axel Witsel
29 FW  CIV Gohi Bi Zoro Cyriac
31 DF  BRA Alex Moraes (on loan from Roma Apucarana)
32 DF  BEL Jonathan Buatu Mananga[7]
33 MF  BEL Mehdi Carcela[8]
35 DF  BEL Sébastien Pocognoli
38 GK  TUR Sinan Bolat
77 MF  ROU 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. Pos. Nation Player
3 DF  BEL Fazlı Kocabaş (to Eupen)
4 DF  POR Ricardo Rocha (released)
15 DF  CRO Tomislav Mikulić (to Beerschot)
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 MF  FRA Olivier Dacourt (released)
25 FW  BEL Christian Benteke[9] (on loan to Kortrijk)
30 MF  ARM Hiraç Yagan[10] (on loan to Tubize)

Results

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

Group stage
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)

Round of 32
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)
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
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)
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
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)
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.
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