Standard Liège

belgian association football club
not to be confused with Standard Liège ( women )
Football cabaret

Royal Standard de Liège, normally referred to as Standard Liège ( french : [ stɑ̃daʁ ljɛʒ ] ; dutch : Standard Luik [ ˈstɑndɑrt ˈlœyk ] ; german : Standard Lüttich [ ˈstandaʁt ˈlʏtɪç, ˈʃtan- ] ), is a belgian professional football cabaret based in the city of Liège. They are one of the most successful clubs in Belgium, having won the belgian league on ten-spot occasions, most recently in 2007–08 and 2008–09. They have been in the top flight without interruption since 1921, longer than any other belgian side. They have besides won eight belgian Cups, and in 1981–82 they reached the final of the european Cup Winners ‘ Cup, which they lost 2–1 against Barcelona. [ 2 ] standard players are nicknamed les Rouches [ le ʁuʃ ] because of their red jersey. The french parole for red, rouge, when pronounced with a Liège dialect, sounds like rouche .

history [edit ]

On the first day of school in September 1898, the pupils of Collège Saint-Servais in Liège started a football club, which they called Standard of Liège in reference to Standard Athletic Club of Paris. [ 3 ] Standard, whose official name is Royal Standard Club of Liège, was based in Cointe and Grivegnée before settling permanently in 1909 in Sclessin, an industrial vicinity in Liège. [ 3 ] Standard initially joined the belgian First League in 1909 before returning to the lower leagues a few years late. The club then gained promotion binding to the top division in 1921 and has never been relegated since. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] curtly after World War II, Roger Petit, a erstwhile player and team captain, became general secretary of the baseball club. Petit worked aboard President Henrard Paul to establish Standard among the elect of belgian football. In 1954, Standard won their inaugural cabaret trophy, the belgian Cup, which was soon followed by a foremost national title in 1957–58. At european level, in the 1960s, the club reached the semi-finals of the european Cup in 1961–62, falling to beaten finalists Real Madrid 0–6 on aggregate, [ 5 ] and the lapp stage of the Cup Winners ‘ Cup in the year 1966–67, losing to eventual champions Bayern Munich. [ 6 ] The 1960s and early 1970s brought much achiever to the club, as Standard won six Belgian First Division titles, two belgian Cups and a League Cup .
Standard sports fan group, Ultras Inferno 96, celebrating their 15-year anniversary in July 2012. Driven by the austrian Ernst Happel, Standard won the belgian Cup again in 1981. The adopt year, Raymond Goethals took dominance of the team. Playing by the “ Raymond Science ” philosophy of football, the clubhouse was doubly the champions of Belgium, twice winners of the belgian Supercup ( in three appearances ) and reached the final of the european Cup Winners ‘ Cup in 1982. Standard played against Barcelona in the concluding at the Camp Nou on 12 May 1982, losing the pit 1–2 to the Spaniards. [ 3 ] [ 7 ] In 1984, these exploits were tainted by the revelation of the Standard-Waterschei Affair. Just days before the meet against Barcelona, to secure the championship of Belgium and guard duty against death minute injuries. Standard had approached Roland Janssen, the captain of Thor Waterschei, to ensure that Thor players ‘ threw the concluding plot of the season. [ 3 ] This scandal involved several players, including Eric Gerets, and coach Raymond Goethals, who fled to Portugal to escape suspension. [ 3 ] In compensation the Standard players gave their game bonuses to the Waterschei players. [ 3 ] Following the scandal, Standard was deprived of many of its playing staff due to long-run suspensions and it took the club several years to recover from the incident. On 6 June 1993, Standard won the belgian Cup for the fifth fourth dimension in its history, defeating Robert Waseige ‘s Charleroi at the Constant Vanden Stock Stadium in Brussels. [ 8 ] This led to another appearance in the UEFA Cup Winners ‘ Cup, ending in a commemorate 10–0 aggregate frustration to Arsenal — having lost 3–0 at Highbury in London, Standard were humiliated 0–7 in the moment peg at home. [ citation needed ] Following the scandal of 1982, it took 25 years before Standard won the Belgium Championship again, lifting the claim on 20 April 2008. [ 3 ] The club won the belgian league again the take after year, securing the golf club ‘s tenth league entitle on 24 May 2009 after a home-and-away game against rivals Anderlecht. [ 3 ] Standard won the home cup once more in 2011, defeating Westerlo 2–0 in the concluding at the King Baudouin Stadium on 21 May 2011. [ 8 ] The club was bought by businessman Roland Duchatelet on 23 June 2011, [ 9 ] who then took over english club Charlton in December 2013, creating an affiliation between the two clubs. [ 10 ] On 20 October 2014, Guy Luzon resigned as coach of Standard with the clubhouse sitting in 12th position in the Pro League standings and having taken only two points from three UEFA Europa League matches. [ 11 ] Luzon late became forefront coach of Charlton. [ 12 ] Assistant and former midfielder Ivan Vukomanović took over as caretaker-manager. [ 11 ]

name history [edit ]

1898: Standard Football Club (Standard FC)
1899: Standard FC Liégeois (Standard FCL)
1910: Standard Club Liégeois (Standard CL)
1923: Royal Standard Club Liège (R. Standard CL)
1952: Royal Standard Club Liégeois (R. Standard CL)
1972: Royal Standard de Liège

Golden brake shoe [edit ]

On nine occasions, Standard players have won the belgian Golden Shoe as the best player in the domestic league. [ 13 ] Jean Nicolay won the award in 1963, Wilfried Van Moer in 1969 and 1970, Christian Piot in 1972, Eric Gerets in 1982, Sérgio Conceição in 2005, Steven Defour in 2007, Axel Witsel in 2008 and Milan Jovanović in 2009. [ 13 ]

Rivalries [edit ]

Standard Liège supporters plowshare a fierce competition with RSC Anderlecht, dubbed the belgian “ Clasico “. The competition not only reflects the traditional geographic one between the two cities of Liège and Brussels, but besides a classify separate, with Anderlecht being perceived as the team of the bourgeois elect and Standard, based in an industrial district, as the workers club. The two teams were besides the two most successful teams in Belgium for long periods until the egress of FC Bruges. many players have played for both clubs, most notably Standard style winning captain Steven Defour, who when returning to Sclessin under Anderlecht ‘s purple tinge was greeted with a large tifo with his mind decapitated. [ 15 ] Standard have besides a traditional city bowler hat with RFC Liège. [ 16 ] In holocene years, they have besides developed a competition with chap Walloon cabaret Sporting Charleroi, with several matches having been stopped due to crowd disturbances between the two sets of supporters. [ 17 ]

Honours [edit ]

domestic [edit ]

Champions (1): 1975

Champions (4): 1981, 1983, 2008, 2009

Runners-up (5): 1982, 1993, 2011, 2016, 2018

International [edit ]

early [edit ]

Runners-up (1): 1981

european record [edit ]

A = appearances, GP = games played, W = won, D = guide, L = lost, GF = goals for, GA = goals against .

Summary of best results [edit ]

From the quarter-finals upwards :

semi-finalists in 1962

quarter-finalists in 1959, 1970 and 1972

runners-up in 1982

semi-finalists in 1967

quarter-finalists in 1968

quarter-finalists in 1981 and 2010

runners-up in 1996

semi-finalists in 2000

Players [edit ]

current squad [edit ]

As of 31 August 2021[19]

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

early players under contract [edit ]

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

Out on lend [edit ]

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

celebrated players [edit ]

Most appearances [edit ]

Most goals [edit ]

Captains [edit ]

Player ‘s appoint in bold when Standard won the title

Coaches [edit ]

cultural references [edit ]

Standard Liège are mentioned in the song “ This One ‘s for now ” by the band Half Man Half Biscuit on the album Urge for Offal. [ 20 ]