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
StadiumStade Maurice Dufrasne
Belgian Pro League6th
Belgian CupWinner
Top goalscorerMehdi Carcela (13)

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.

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. Position Player
1 GK Kristof Van Hout
2 DF Réginal Goreux[3]
3 DF Victor Ramos
4 DF Daniel Opare
5 DF Felipe
6 DF Laurent Ciman
7 MF Wilfried Dalmat
8 MF Steven Defour (captain)
9 FW Dieumerci Mbokani
10 FW Mohamed Tchité
11 MF Mehdi Carcela[4]
13 FW Aloys Nong
14 MF Danilo Sousa Campos
15 DF Sébastien Pocognoli
16 DF Abdelfettah Boukhriss
20 MF Leroy Labylle
22 DF Eliaquim Mangala
No. Position Player
23 MF Tom De Mul (on loan from Sevilla)
24 MF Koen Daerden
25 DF Kanu
27 MF Arnor Angeli
28 MF Axel Witsel
29 FW Gohi Bi Zoro Cyriac
30 FW Michy Batshuayi
31 MF Tino Susic
32 MF Christopher Verbist
33 GK Srdjan Blažić
35 MF Henri Eninful
36 MF Pape Abdou Camara
37 DF Jelle Van Damme
38 GK Sinan Bolat
77 MF Gheorghe Grozav
99 FW 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. Position Player
6 MF Cédric Collet (Unattached)
10 FW Igor de Camargo[5] (Borussia Mönchengladbach)
14 DF Landry Mulemo[6] (to Bucaspor)
15 FW Andréa Mbuyi-Mutombo[7] (on loan to Sint-Truidense V.V.)
16 MF Grégory Dufer (to Sint-Truidense V.V.)
17 DF Camozzato (to Club Brugge KV)
No. Position Player
18 GK Jesse Soubry (to Royale Union Saint-Gilloise)
19 DF Mohamed Sarr (to Hércules CF)
23 FW Milan Jovanović (Liverpool)
25 FW Christian Benteke[8] (on loan to Mechelen)
26 MF Benjamin Nicaise (to Lierse S.K.)

Results

Belgian Cup

Sixth round
Standard Liège2 - 1Royal Antwerp (II)
Opare  44'
Nong  57'		 De Vriese  21'

Seventh round
Standard Liège2 – 1Genk
Witsel  19' (pen.)
Tchité  58'		 Leye  36' (o.g.)

Quarterfinals
First legs
Standard Liège2 – 0Mechelen
Tchité  24'
Daerden  53'
Second legs
Mechelen1 – 4Standard Liège
Gorius  70' (pen.) Leye  48', 72'
Tchité  64'
Witsel  68'
Argosstadion Achter de Kazerne, Mechelen

Standard wins 6–1 on aggregate.

Semifinals
First legs
Gent1 – 0Standard Liège
El Ghanassy  29'
Second legs
Standard Liège4 – 2Gent
Van Damme  19'
Tchité  33', 74'
Carcela  69'		 Coulibaly  20'
Mboyo  82'

Standard wins 4–3 on aggregate.

Final
Further information on this match: 2011 Belgian Cup Final
Westerlo0 – 2Standard Liège
Mangala  34'
Mravac  61' (o.g.)

References
  1. "Standard Liège vs. Zulte-Waregem 1 - 1". Soccerway. 30 July 2010. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
  2. http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/belgium/2010-2011/prolge/standard.htm
  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.
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