Standard Liège in European football

Standard Liège's first game in European football came in the 1958–59 season in the European Cup against Scottish club Heart of Midlothian. Over two legs, Liège won 6–3 on aggregate. Since that time, Liège have participated in multiple European competitions. Their best success came in the 1981–82 season when they reached the final of UEFA Cup Winners' Cup to face off against Barcelona with the ending result of 2–1 loss.[1] In 1996, they took part in the UEFA Intertoto Cup where they reached the finals to face off against Karlsruher of Germany. Over two legs, Liège won the first game at home 1–0.[2] In the second game away, they lost 3–1 which was a 3–2 loss on aggregate.[3]

European record

Matches
Season Competition Round Opponent Home Away Agg. Ref
1958–59 European Cup Q Heart of Midlothian 5–1 1–2 6–3
R1 Sporting CP 3–2 3–0 6–2
QF Reims 2–0 0–3 2–3
1961–62 European Cup Q Fredrikstad FK 2–1 2–0 4–1
R1 FC Haka Valkeakoski 5–1 2–0 7–1
QF Rangers 4–1 0–2 4–3
SF Real Madrid 0–4 0–2 0–6
1963–64 European Cup Q IFK Norrköping 1–0 0–2 1–2
1965–66 Cup Winners' Cup 1R Cardiff City 2–1 1–0 3–1
QF Liverpool 1–3 1–2 2–5
1966–67 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Q Valur 1–1 8–1 9–2
R1 Apollon Limassol 5–1 1–0 6–1
R2 Chemie Leipzig 1–2 1–0 2–2
QF Raba ETO Győr 1–2 2–0 2–2
SF Bayern Munich 0–3 1–3 1–6
1967–68 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup R1 Altay Izmir 3–2 0–0 3–2
R2 Aberdeen 3–0 0–2 3–2
QF Milan 1–1 1–1[lower-alpha 1] 2–2
1968–69 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup R1 Leeds United 0–0 2–3 2–3
1969–70 European Cup R1 17 Nëntori Tirana 3–0 1–1 4–1
R2 Real Madrid 1–0 3–2 4–2
QF Leeds United 0–1 0–1 0–2
1970–71 European Cup R1 Rosenborg 2–0 5–0 7–0
R2 Legia Warsaw 1–0 0–2 1–2
1971–72 European Cup R1 Linfield 2–0 3–2 5–2
R2 CSKA Moscow 0–1 2–0 2–1
QF Internazionale 0–1 2–1 2–2[lower-alpha 2]
1972–73 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup R1 Sparta Prague 1–0 2–4 3–4
1973–74 UEFA Cup R1 Ards 2–3 6–1 8–4
R2 Universitatea Craiova 2–0 1–1 3–1
R3 Feyenoord 1–3 2–0 3–3[lower-alpha 3]
1977–78 UEFA Cup R1 Slavia Prague 1–0 2–3 3–3[lower-alpha 4]
R2 AEK Athens 2–2 4–1 6–3
R3 Carl Zeiss Jena 0–2 1–2 1–4
1978–79 UEFA Cup R1 Dundee United 1–0 0–0 1–0
R2 Manchester City 0–4 2–0 2–4
1979–80 UEFA Cup R1 Glenavon 1–0 1–0 2–0
R2 Napoli 2–1 1–1 3–2
R3 Zbrojovska Brno 1–2 2–3 3–5
1980–81 UEFA Cup R1 Steaua Bucharest 1–1 2–1 3–2
R2 1. FC Kaiserslautern 2–1 2–1 4–2
R3 Dynamo Dresden 1–1 4–1 5–2
QF 1. FC Köln 0–0 2–3 2–3
1981–82 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup R1 Floriana 3–1 9–0 12–1
R2 Vasas Budapest 2–0 2–1 4–1
QF Porto 2–0 2–2 4–2
SF Dinamo Tbilisi 1–0 1–0 2–0
F Barcelona 1–2
1982–83 European Cup R1 Raba ETO Győr 5–0 0–3 5–3
R2 Juventus 1–1 0–2 1–3
1983–84 European Cup R1 Athlone Town 3–2 8–2 11–4
R2 Dundee United 0–0 0–4 0–4
1984–85 UEFA Cup R1 Glentoran 1–1 2–0 3–1
R2 1. FC Köln 0–2 1–2 1–4
1986–87 UEFA Cup R1 NK Rijeka 1–0 1–1 1–1
R2 FC Swarovski Tirol 1–2 3–2 4–4[lower-alpha 5]
1992–93 UEFA Cup R1 Portadown 5–0 0–0 5–0
R2 Heart of Midlothian 1–0 1–0 2–0
R3 Auxerre 2–2 1–2 3–4
1993–94 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup R1 Cardiff City 5–2 3–1 8–3
R2 Arsenal 0–3 0–7 0–10
1995–96 UEFA Cup R1 Vitória SC 1–3 0–0 1–3
1996 UEFA Intertoto Cup Group Cliftonville 3–0
Hapoel Haifa 2–2
VfB Stuttgart 2–0
Aalborg BK 1–0
SF Nantes 2–1 1–0 3–1
F Karlsruher SC 1–0 1–3 2–3 [2][3]
1997 UEFA Intertoto Cup Group FC Aarau 0–0
Cork City 0–0
Maccabi Petah Tikva 0–0
1. FC Köln 1–1
2000 UEFA Intertoto Cup R1 Dinamo Tbilisi 2–2 1–1 3–3
R2 Perugia 2–1 1–1 3–2
R3 Austria Salzburg 3–1 1–1 4–2
SF VfB Stuttgart 1–1 0–1 1–1
2001–02 UEFA Cup Q FK Vardar 3–0 3–1 6–1
R1 Strasbourg 2–0 2–2 4–2
R2 Bordeaux 0–2 0–2 0–4
2004–05 UEFA Cup R1 VfL Bochum 0–0 1–1 1–1 (a)
Group Steaua Bucharest 0–2
Parma 2–1
Beşiktaş 1–1
Athletic Bilbao 1–7
2006–07 UEFA Champions League 3Q Steaua Bucharest 2–2 1–2 3–4
2006–07 UEFA Cup R1 Celta Vigo 0–1 0–3 0–4
2007–08 UEFA Cup Q2 UN Käerjeng 97 3–0 1–0 4–0
R1 Zenit Saint Petersburg 0–3 1–1 1–4
2008–09 UEFA Champions League Q3 Liverpool 0–0 0–1 (a.e.t.)
2008–09 UEFA Cup R1 Everton 2–2 2–1 4–3
Group Sevilla 1–0
Partizan 1–0
Sampdoria 3–0
VfB Stuttgart 0–3
R32 Braga 0–3 1–1 1–4
2009–10 UEFA Champions League Group Arsenal 2–3 0–2
AZ 1–1 1–1
Olympiacos 1–2 2–0
2009–10 UEFA Europa League R32 Red Bull Salzburg 3–2 0–0 3–2
R16 Panathinaikos 3–1 1–0 4–1
QF Hamburger SV 1–2 1–3 2–5
2011–12 UEFA Champions League Q3 Zürich 1–1 0–1 1–2
2011–12 UEFA Europa League PO Helsingborgs IF 1–0 3–1 4–1
Group Copenhagen 3–0 1–0
Hannover 96 0–0 2–0
Vorskla Poltava 0–0 3–1
R32 Wisła Kraków 1–1 0–0 1–1
R16 Hannover 96 2–2 0–4 2–6 [4]
2013–14 UEFA Europa League QR2 KR 3–1 3–1 6–2
QR3 Xanthi 2–1 2–1 4–2
POR Minsk 2–0 3–1 5–1
Group Esbjerg 1–2 1–2
Elfsborg 1–3 1–1
Red Bull Salzburg 1–3 1–2
2014–15 UEFA Europa League Group Rijeka 2–0 0–2
Feyenoord 0–3 1–2
Sevilla 0–0 1–3
2015–16 UEFA Europa League QR3 Željezničar 2–1 1–0 3–1
POR Molde 3–1 0–2 3–3 (a)
2016–17 UEFA Europa League Group Panathinaikos 2–2 3–0
Celta Vigo 1–1 1–1
Ajax 1–1 0–1
2018–19 UEFA Champions League Q3 Ajax 2–2 0–3 2–5
2018–19 UEFA Europa League Group Sevilla 1–0 1–5
Krasnodar 2–1 1–2
Akhisar Belediyespor 2–1 0–0
2019–20 UEFA Europa League Group Vitória Guimaraes 2–0 1–1
Eintracht Frankfurt 2–1 1–2
Arsenal 2–2 0–4
2020–21 UEFA Europa League Q2 Bala Town 2–0
Q3 Vojvodina 2–1 (a.e.t.)
PO Fehérvár 3–1
Group Benfica 2–2 0–3 [5][6]
Rangers 0–2 2–3 [7][8]
Lech Poznań 2–1 1–3 [9][10]

Notes
  1. After drawing 2–2 over two legs, Standard Liège had to play an additional game against Milan away which they lost 2–0.
  2. Internazionale won on away goals rules.
  3. Feyenoord won on away goals rules.
  4. Standard Liège won on away goals rules.
  5. FC Swarovski Tirol won on away goals rules.

Summary of best results

From the quarter-finals upwards:

(2 finals)

European Cup/UEFA Champions League:

  • semi-finalists in 1962
  • quarter-finalists in 1959, 1970 and 1972

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (1):

  • finalists in 1982
  • semi-finalists in 1967
  • quarter-finalists in 1968

UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League:

  • quarter-finalists in 1981 and 2010

UEFA Intertoto Cup (1):

  • finalists in 1996
  • semi-finalists in 2000

References
  1. "Coppa delle Coppe 1981/1982 » Finale » FC Barcelona - Standard Liège 2:1". calcio.com. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  2. "uefa.com > UEFA Intertoto Cup > All-Time Statistics > /IntertotoCup/AllTimeStatistics/1996/Final(s)". UEFA. 6 August 1996. Archived from the original on 5 July 2004. Retrieved 14 April 2020 – via web.archive.org.
  3. "uefa.com > UEFA Intertoto Cup > All-Time Statistics > /IntertotoCup/AllTimeStatistics/1996/Final(s)". UEFA. 20 August 1996. Archived from the original on 26 June 2004. Retrieved 14 April 2020 – via web.archive.org.
  4. "Hannover beat ten-man Standard to make history". UEFA. 15 March 2012. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  5. "Benfica 3–0 Standard Liège". uefa.com. UEFA. 29 October 2020. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
  6. "Standard Liège 2–2 Benfica". uefa.com. UEFA. 10 December 2020. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
  7. "Standard Liège 0–2 Rangers". uefa.com. UEFA. 22 October 2020. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  8. "Rangers 3–2 Standard Liège". uefa.com. UEFA. 3 December 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  9. "Lech Poznań 3–1 Standard Liège". uefa.com. UEFA. 5 November 2020. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  10. "Standard Liège 2–1 Lech Poznań". uefa.com. UEFA. 26 November 2020. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
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