Standard Liège

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Standard Liège

Full name

Royal Standard de Liège

Nickname(s)

Les Rouches (The Reds)

Founded

1900

Ground

Stade Maurice Dufrasne
Liège

Capacity

29,200

Chairman

Reto Stiffler

Manager

Michel Preud'homme

League

Jupiler League

2005-06

Jupiler League, 2nd





Home colours





Away colours

Royal Standard de Liège, usually referred to as Standard Liège, is a Belgian football club from the city of Liège.

1 Club Culture
2 History
3 Honours
4 Current squad
- 4.1 Players out on loan
5 Famous former players
6 European record
7 External links

[edit] Club Culture

Standard is one of the most popular clubs in Belgium and historically the third most successful club in the Belgian First Division. The team is known as "Les Rouches" (The Reds) for the colour of their home shirts. Their home matches are played in the Stade Maurice Dufrasne, known as the "Cauldron of Sclessin". There are several notable supporter's groups, the four largest being "Hell-Side 81", "Ultras Inferno 96", "Kop Rouche", and "PHK" - each associated with different areas of the stadium.

[edit] History

The club was founded in 1900 by students at the College of Saint-Servais in Liege, though an administrative error records the date as 1898. Their inspiration for the name was Standard de Paris, a popular Parisian club at the time. A critical moment in the club's history was in the 1982 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, in which they were beaten by FC Barcelona in the final. In 1982, a scandal was revealed implicating several players and trainers in an alleged plan to influence other Belgian clubs to "ease off" toward the end of the season, that Standard might face Barcelona without injuries. In 1996, the club absorbed RFC Seraing. The Belgian titles stopped coming, yet the club remained very popular across Belgium - even in the Flemish north. The club appeared to see something of a resurgence in the 2005-2006 season, finishing the Jupiler League in second place, earning themselves a place in the UEFA Champions League's qualifiers.

[edit] Honours

Honour	Dates
Belgian League Champions	1958, 1961, 1963, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1982, 1983
Belgian Cup Champions	1954, 1966, 1967, 1981, 1993
Belgian League Cup Winners	1975
Super Cup Winners	1981, 1983

[edit] Current squad

As of November 15, 2006:

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Rorys Aragon
2	DF	Eric Deflandre
3	DF	Nuno André Coelho (on loan from Porto)
4	DF	Bonfim Dante
6	DF	Frédéric Dupré
7	MF	Sérgio Conceição
8	MF	Steven Defour
10	FW	Igor De Camargo
11	MF	Milan Rapaić
14	MF	Mustapha Oussalah
15	MF	Junior
16	GK	Olivier Renard
17	MF	Karim Faye

No.	Position	Player
18	GK	Jérémy De Vriendt
19	DF	Mohamed Sarr
20	DF	Rogerio Matias
21	DF	Miguel Areias (on loan from Porto)
22	MF	Karel Geraerts
24	DF	Mladen Pelaic
25	FW	Ali Maboula Lukunku
26	MF	Yanis Papassarantis
27	DF	Marouane Fellaini
28	MF	Axel Witsel
30	MF	Siramana Dembélé
76	FW	Ricardo Sá Pinto

[edit] Players out on loan

No.		Position	Player
5		DF	Oguchi Onyewu (at Newcastle United)
29		FW	Serhiy Kovalenko (at Lokeren)

[edit] Famous former players

Georges Laurent
Walter Meeuws
Ivica Mornar
Emile Mpenza
Mbo Mpenza
Jacky Munaron
Adolphe Nicolay
Jean Nicolay
Louis Pilot
Christian Piot
Michel Preud'homme
Robert Prosinečki
Michel Renquin
Alfred Riedl
Hossein Sedeghiani

[edit] European record

As of March 5, 2006:

Competition	A	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA
UEFA Champions League	8	40	23	3	14	72	47
Cup Winners' Cup	6	38	20	5	13	71	51
UEFA Cup	11	58	24	16	18	85	74
Intertoto Cup	3	20	8	10	2	25	16

[edit] External links

Official site (French) / (Dutch) / (English) / (German)
UEFA page (English)

UEFA Cup 2006-07

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Jupiler League, 2006/07
RSC Anderlecht \| SK Beveren \| FC Brussels \| Cercle Brugge \| Charleroi SC \| Club Brugge \| Excelsior Mouscron \| RC Genk \| AA Gent \| Germinal Beerschot \| Lierse SK \| SC Lokeren \| AEC Mons \| SV Roeselare \| Sint-Truidense VV \| Standard Liège \| VC Westerlo \| SV Zulte-Waregem edit
Jupiler League seasons
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Football in Belgium, 2006-07
League competitions	URBSFA/KBVB	Cup competitions and awards
Jupiler League	Belgium	Cup
Second division	Women	Supercup
Third division	List of clubs	Golden Shoe
Promotion	List of clubs	Professional football awards

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Standard Liège

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[edit] Club Culture

[edit] History

[edit] Honours

[edit] Current squad

[edit] Players out on loan

[edit] Famous former players

[edit] European record

[edit] External links

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