2009–10 Standard Liège season explained

Club:Standard Liège
Season:2009–10
Manager: László Bölöni (until February 10)
Dominique D'Onofrio (from 10 February)
Chairman: Reto Stiffler
Stadium:Stade Maurice Dufrasne
Cup1:Belgian Pro League
Cup1 Result:6th
Cup2:Belgian Cup
Cup2 Result:Seventh round
Cup3:UEFA Champions League
Cup3 Result:Third in group stage
Cup4:UEFA Europa League
Cup4 Result:Quarter-finals
League Topscorer:Milan Jovanović (10)
Prevseason:2008–09
Nextseason:2010–11

During the 2009–10 Belgian football season, Standard Liège competed in the Belgian Pro League.

Season summary

Having won the title the past two seasons running, Liège were looking to make it a hat-trick of title, but very quickly fell off the title race. Manager László Bölöni resigned in February with the club 19 points adrift of leaders Anderlecht. He was replaced by Dominique D'Onofrio, brother of club vice-president Lucien and Liège's former technical director between 2002 and 2006. However, the club's form failed to improve making them finish in eighth place, two points adrift of the title play-offs - as a result, failing to qualify for European competition.

Kit

Liège's kits were sponsored by Belgian telecommunications company BASE.

First-team squad

Squad at end of season[1]

Left club during season

Results

Belgian Cup

Seventh round

UEFA Champions League

See main article: 2009–10 UEFA Champions League.

Group stage

UEFA Europa League

See main article: 2009–10 UEFA Europa League.

Knockout phase

See main article: 2009–10 UEFA Europa League knockout phase.

Quarter-finals

Hamburg won 5 - 2 on aggregate.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: FootballSquads - Standard Liège - 2009/10.