2010–11 Standard Liège season

During the 2010–11 Belgian football season, Standard Liège competed in the Belgian Pro League.

Standard Liège

2010–11 season
Chairman	Reto Stiffler
Manager	Dominique D'Onofrio
Stadium	Stade Maurice Dufrasne
Belgian Pro League	6th
Belgian Cup	Winners
Top goalscorer	Mehdi Carcela (13)
← 2009–10 2011–12 →

Season summary

This is the first season since 2003-04 that Standard Liège did not compete in a European competition. Standard Liège started off the season with a 1–1 draw S.V. Zulte-Waregem.^[1] Standard Liège won the Belgium Cup defeating K.V.C. Westerlo 2–0 in the final. In the Championship play-off, Standard Liège came in second to qualify for the Champions League Third qualifying round.

At the end of the season, Dominique D'Onofrio's contract ended and was not renewed.

Kit

Liège's kits were sponsored by e-lotto.be and its kit-maker being Planete Rouge.^{[citation needed]}

First-team squad

Squad at end of season^[2]

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[3] 3 DF  BRA Victor Ramos 4 DF  GHA Daniel Opare 5 DF  BRA Felipe 6 DF  BEL Laurent Ciman 7 MF  FRA Wilfried Dalmat 8 MF  BEL Steven Defour (captain) 9 FW  COD Dieumerci Mbokani 10 FW  BEL Mohamed Tchité 11 MF  MAR Mehdi Carcela[4] 13 FW  CMR Aloys Nong 14 MF  BRA Danilo Sousa Campos 15 DF  BEL Sébastien Pocognoli 16 DF  MAR Abdelfettah Boukhriss 20 MF  BEL Leroy Labylle 22 DF  FRA Eliaquim Mangala

No. Pos. Nation Player 23 MF  BEL Tom De Mul (on loan from Sevilla) 24 MF  BEL Koen Daerden 25 DF  BRA Kanu 27 MF  BEL Arnor Angeli 28 MF  BEL Axel Witsel 29 FW  CIV Gohi Bi Zoro Cyriac 30 FW  BEL Michy Batshuayi 31 MF  BEL Tino Susic 32 MF  BEL Christopher Verbist 33 GK  MNE Srdjan Blažić 35 MF  TOG Henri Eninful 36 MF  SEN Pape Abdou Camara 37 DF  BEL Jelle Van Damme 38 GK  TUR Sinan Bolat 77 MF  ROU Gheorghe Grozav 99 FW  SEN Mbaye Leye

Left the Club

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 6 MF  FRA Cédric Collet (Unattached) 10 FW  BRA Igor de Camargo[5] (Borussia Mönchengladbach) 14 DF  BEL Landry Mulemo[6] (to Bucaspor) 15 FW  BEL Andréa Mbuyi-Mutombo[7] (on loan to Sint-Truidense V.V.) 16 MF  BEL Grégory Dufer (to Sint-Truidense V.V.) 17 DF  BRA Camozzato (to Club Brugge KV)

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 GK  BEL Jesse Soubry (to Royale Union Saint-Gilloise) 19 DF  SEN Mohamed Sarr (to Hércules CF) 23 FW  SRB Milan Jovanović (Liverpool) 25 FW  BEL Christian Benteke[8] (on loan to Mechelen) 26 MF  FRA Benjamin Nicaise (to Lierse S.K.)

Results

Belgian Cup

Sixth round

Standard Liège	2 - 1	Royal Antwerp (II)
Opare 44' Nong 57'		De Vriese 21'

27 October 2010

20:30 CET

Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liège

Seventh round

Standard Liège	2 – 1	Genk
Witsel 19' (pen.) Tchité 58'		Leye 36' (o.g.)

9 November 2010

20:45 CET

Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liège

Quarterfinals

First legs

Standard Liège	2 – 0	Mechelen
Tchité 24' Daerden 53'

26 January 2011

20:35 CET

Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liège

Second legs

Mechelen	1 – 4	Standard Liège
Gorius 70' (pen.)		Leye 48', 72' Tchité 64' Witsel 68'

2 March 2011

20:30 CET

Argosstadion Achter de Kazerne, Mechelen

Standard wins 6–1 on aggregate.

Semifinals

First legs

Gent	1 – 0	Standard Liège
El Ghanassy 29'

16 March 2011

Jules Ottenstadion, Ghent

Second legs

Standard Liège	4 – 2	Gent
Van Damme 19' Tchité 33', 74' Carcela 69'		Coulibaly 20' Mboyo 82'

6 April 2011

Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liège

Standard wins 4–3 on aggregate.

Final

Further information on this match: 2011 Belgian Cup Final

Westerlo	0 – 2	Standard Liège
		Mangala 34' Mravac 61' (o.g.)

21 May 2011

20:30

King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels

Referee: Frank De Bleeckere

References

1. "Standard Liège vs. Zulte-Waregem 1 - 1". Soccerway. 30 July 2010. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
2. "FootballSquads - Standard Liège - 2010/11".
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. 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.