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)
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 →

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 race. 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, the club's form failed to improve making them finish in eighth place, 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; some limited exceptions apply. 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; some limited exceptions apply. 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

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

Main article: 2009–10 UEFA Champions League

Group stage

Main article: 2009–10 UEFA Champions League group stage § Group H

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		ARS	OLY	STL	AZ
1	Arsenal	6	4	1	1	12	5	+7	13	Advance to knockout phase		—	2–0	2–0	4–1
2	Olympiacos	6	3	1	2	4	5	−1	10			1–0	—	2–1	1–0
3	Standard Liège	6	1	2	3	7	9	−2	5	Transfer to Europa League		2–3	2–0	—	1–1
4	AZ	6	0	4	2	4	8	−4	4			1–1	0–0	1–1	—

Source: RSSSF

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

Main article: 2009–10 UEFA Europa League

Knockout phase

Main article: 2009–10 UEFA Europa League knockout phase

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.