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. 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  SEN 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

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

Standard wins 6–1 on aggregate.

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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