Standard Liège

Full name Royal Standard de Liège
Nickname(s) Les Rouches (“The Reds”)
Founded 1898; 122 years ago
Ground Stade Maurice Dufrasne
Capacity 27,670
Chairman Bruno Venanzi
Manager Philippe Montanier
League Belgian First Division A
2019–20 Belgian First Division A, 5th

Name history

  • 1898: Standard Football Club (Standard FC)
  • 1899: Standard FC Liégeois (Standard FCL)
  • 1910: Standard Club Liégeois (Standard CL)
  • 1923: Royal Standard Club Liège (R. Standard CL)
  • 1952: Royal Standard Club Liégeois (R. Standard CL)
  • 1972: Royal Standard de Liège

Honours

  • Belgian League
Champions (10): 1957–58, 1960–61, 1962–63, 1968–69, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1981–82, 1982–83, 2007–08, 2008–09
Runners-up (13): 1925–26, 1927–28, 1935–36, 1961–62, 1964–65, 1972–73, 1979–80, 1992–93, 1994–95, 2005–06, 2010–11, 2013–14, 2017–18
  • Belgian Cup
Champions (8): 1953–54, 1965–66, 1966–67, 1980–81, 1992–93, 2010–11, 2015–16, 2017–18
Runners-up (10): 1964–65, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1983–84, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2006–07, 2020-21
  • Belgian League Cup
Champions (1): 1975
  • Belgian Supercup
Champions (4): 1981, 1983, 2008, 2009
Runners-up (5): 1982, 1993, 2011, 2016, 2018
  • UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup
Runners-up (1): 1981–82
  • UEFA Intertoto Cup
Runners-up (1): 1996
  • Amsterdam Tournament:
Runners-up (1): 1981

Current squad

2020/2021 Team Roster
(Updated 14-02-2021)
Manager: Philippe Montanier
Sacked (26 December 2020)
Manager: Mbaye Leye
Jean-François Gillet (Goalkeeper)
Arnaud Bodart (Goalkeeper)
Laurent Henkinet (Goalkeeper)
Zinho Vanheusden
Moussa Sissako 
Eden Shamir
Mihai Denis Drăguș (Romania)
Crotone (October 2020)
John Nekadio
William Balikwisha
Mehdi Carcela
Obbi Oularé
Gojko Cimirot
Duje Čop
Noë Dussenne
Aleksandar Boljević
KAS Eupen (January 2021)
Loan
Selim Amallah
Merveille Bokadi
Joachim Carcela
Samuel Bastien
Mërgim Vojvoda
Torino (August 2020)
Nicolas Raskin
Felipe Avenatti
Royal Antwerp (January 2021)
Loan
Nicolas Gavory
Abdoul Tapsoba
Maxime Lestienne
Collins Fai
Mitchy Ntelo
Damjan Pavlovic
Konstantinos Laifis
Eddy Sylvestre (France)
OGC Nice (October 2020)
Laurent Jans (Luxembourg)
Metz (October 2020)
Jackson Muleka (DR Congo)
Mazembe (October 2020)
Joao Klauss (Brazil)
Hoffenheim (Janaury 2021)
Loan
Hugo Siquet
Standard Liege U-21 (Janaury 2021)