2011–12 Standard Liège season

Standard Liège

2011–12 season
Chairman	Roland Duchâtelet
Manager	José Riga
Stadium	Stade Maurice Dufrasne
Belgian Pro League	4th
Belgian Cup	Quarter-finals
UEFA Champions League	Third qualifying round
UEFA Europa League	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Mohammed Tchité (11) All: Mohammed Tchité (18)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

The 2011–12 season was the 114th in the history of Standard Liège and their 92nd consecutive season in the top flight. The club participated in the Belgian Pro League, the Belgian Cup, UEFA Champions League, and UEFA Europa League.^[1][2]

Players

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 2 DF  HAI Réginal Goreux 3 DF  FRA Karim Belhocine 4 DF  GHA Daniel Opare 5 DF  BRA Felipe 6 DF  BEL Laurent Ciman 7 MF  ISL Birkir Bjarnason 8 MF  ISR Maor Buzaglo 10 FW  BEL Mohammed Tchité 11 FW  CIV Cyriac 14 MF  URU Ignacio González 15 DF  BEL Sébastien Pocognoli 17 MF  BEL Yoni Buyens 18 GK  BEL Anthony Moris 20 MF  VEN Luis Manuel Seijas

No. Pos. Nation Player 21 MF  FRA William Vainqueur 23 FW  BEL Michy Batshuayi 25 DF  BRA Kanu 27 GK  BEL Laurent Henkinet 36 DF  BEL Dino Arslanagic 37 DF  BEL Jelle Van Damme (captain) 38 GK  TUR Sinan Bolat 40 MF  BEL Paul-Jose M'Poku 41 MF  BEL Franco Zennaro 44 MF  BEL Ibrahima Cissé 49 DF  BEL Jonathan Hendrickx 55 DF  ISR Rami Gershon 77 FW  TOG Serge Gakpé (on loan from Nantes) 89 MF  BEL Geoffrey Mujangi Bia

Transfers

In

Out

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

Richelle United v Standard Liège

25 June 2011 Friendly	Richelle United	1–6	Standard Liège	Blegny
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Complexe sportif

Hannut v Standard Liège

29 June 2011 Friendly	Hannut	0–7	Standard Liège	Hannut
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Alfred Ducarme

Namur v Standard Liège

2 July 2011 Friendly	Namur	0–4	Standard Liège	Namur
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Communal des Bas-Prés

Tienen v Standard Liège

6 July 2011 Friendly	Tienen	1–2	Standard Liège	Tienen
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Bergéstadion

Standard Liège v Sedan

9 July 2011 Friendly	Standard Liège	1–2	Sedan	Eghezée
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Bernard Rubay

Standard Liège v Twente

15 July 2011 Friendly	Standard Liège	3–0	Twente	Tubize
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Leburton

Standard Liège v Fenerbahçe

16 July 2011 Friendly	Standard Liège	1–3	Fenerbahçe	Tubize
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Leburton

Borussia Dortmund v Standard Liège

7 January 2012 Friendly	Borussia Dortmund	3–0	Standard Liège	La Manga
16:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: La Manga Club Football Centre A

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Belgian Pro League	30 July 2011	21 March 2012	Matchday 1	4th	40	16	12	12	53	50	+3	040.00
Belgian Cup	21 September 2011	18 January 2012	Round 6	Quarter-finals	4	3	0	1	14	8	+6	075.00
UEFA Champions League	27 July 2011	3 August 2011	Third qualifying round	Third qualifying round	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	000.00
UEFA Europa League	18 August 2011	25 August 2011	Play-off round	Round of 16	12	6	5	1	17	10	+7	050.00
Total					58	25	18	15	85	70	+15	043.10

Source: Competitions

Belgian Pro League

Main article: 2011–12 Belgian Pro League

Regular season

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
2	Club Brugge	30	19	4	7	51	32	+19	61	Qualification to Championship play-offs
3	Gent	30	17	5	8	63	35	+28	56
4	Standard Liège	30	14	9	7	43	33	+10	51
5	Genk	30	13	7	10	60	44	+16	46
6	Kortrijk	30	13	7	10	39	36	+3	46

Source: soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) number of matches won; if teams are still tied a playoff is organised.

Matches

Mons v Standard Liège

30 July 2011 1	Mons	1–1	Standard Liège
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)

Standard Liège v Lokeren

7 August 2011 2	Standard Liège	3–1	Lokeren
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)

Gent v Standard Liège

13 August 2011 3	Gent	3–1	Standard Liège
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)

Standard Liège v Kortrijk

21 August 2011 4	Standard Liège	3–1	Kortrijk
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)

Beerschot v Standard Liège

28 August 2011 5	Beerschot	1–1	Standard Liège
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)

Standard Liège v Westerlo

10 September 2011 6	Standard Liège	1–0	Westerlo
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)

Genk v Standard Liège

18 September 2011 7	Genk	3–0	Standard Liège
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)

Standard Liège v Cercle Brugge

25 September 2011 8	Standard Liège	0–0	Cercle Brugge
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)

Standard Liège v Lierse

2 October 2011 9	Standard Liège	2–0	Lierse
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)

Anderlecht v Standard Liège

16 October 2011 10	Anderlecht	5–0	Standard Liège
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)

Standard Liège v Zulte Waregem

23 October 2011 11	Standard Liège	1–0	Zulte Waregem
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)

Sint-Truiden v Standard Liège

30 October 2011 12	Sint-Truiden	1–1	Standard Liège
20:30 CET (UTC+1)

Standard Liège v Club Brugge

6 November 2011 13	Standard Liège	2–1	Club Brugge
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)

OH Leuven v Standard Liège

18 November 2011 14	OH Leuven	1–3	Standard Liège
20:30 CET (UTC+1)

Standard Liège v Mechelen

25 November 2011 15	Standard Liège	3–2	Mechelen
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)

Standard Liège v Gent

4 December 2011 16	Standard Liège	0–0	Gent
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)

Lokeren v Standard Liège

10 December 2011 17	Lokeren	1–1	Standard Liège
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)

Standard Liège v Genk

18 December 2011 18	Standard Liège	0–0	Genk
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)

Championship playoff

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Anderlecht (C)	10	5	3	2	16	8	+8	52	Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
2	Club Brugge (Q)	10	5	2	3	14	11	+3	48
3	Genk (Q)	10	6	0	4	19	19	0	41	Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round
4	Gent	10	4	0	6	16	16	0	40	Qualification to Europa League Testmatch
5	Standard Liège	10	2	3	5	10	17	−7	35
6	Kortrijk	10	3	2	5	16	20	−4	34

Source: soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) points after deduction of (possible) half points added due to rounding; 3) number of wins; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) number of away goals scored; 7) number of away wins.
(C) Champions; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Belgian Cup

Main article: 2011–12 Belgian Cup

Hoogstraten v Standard Liège

21 September 2011 Round 6	Hoogstraten	2–8	Standard Liège	Liège
CEST (UTC+2)	Mathyssen 21' Fockaert 25'		Tchité 23', 28', 37' Van Damme 31' Nong 44', 71' Buyens 67' Seijas 68'	Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne

Zulte Waregem v Standard Liège

26 October 2011 Round 7	Zulte Waregem	1–2	Standard Liège	Waregem
CEST (UTC+2)

Lierse v Standard Liège

21 December 2011 Quarter-finals First leg	Lierse	1–2	Standard Liège	Lierse
CET (UTC+1)

Standard Liège v Lierse

21 December 2011 Quarter-finals Second leg	Standard Liège	2–4 (4–5 agg.)	Lierse	Liège
CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 2011–12 UEFA Champions League

Third qualifying round

Standard Liège v Zürich

27 July 2011 First leg	Standard Liège	1–1	Zürich	Liège
20:15 CEST (UTC+2)	González 90'		Mehmedi 79'	Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne Attendance: 13,727 Referee: Alon Yefet (Israel)

Zürich v Standard Liège

3 August 2011 Second leg	Zürich	1–0 (2–1 agg.)	Standard Liège	Zürich
20:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Mehmedi 58'			Stadium: Letzigrund Attendance: 10,500 Referee: Paolo Valeri (Italy)

UEFA Europa League

Main article: 2011–12 UEFA Europa League

Play-off round

Standard Liège v Helsingborg

18 August 2011 First leg	Standard Liège	1–0	Helsingborg	Liège
20:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Tchité 60'			Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne Attendance: 10,457 Referee: Bülent Yıldırım (Turkey)

Helsingborg v Standard Liège

25 August 2011 Second leg	Helsingborg	1–3 (1–4 agg.)	Standard Liège	Helsingborg
20:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Jönsson 61' (pen.)		Mbaye 14' Berrier 34' Kanu 68'	Stadium: Olympia Attendance: 6,656 Referee: Saïd Ennjimi (France)

Group stage

Main article: 2011–12 UEFA Europa League group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		SL	HAN	COP	VP
1	Standard Liège	6	4	2	0	9	1	+8	14	Advance to knockout phase		—	2–0	3–0	0–0
2	Hannover 96	6	3	2	1	9	7	+2	11			0–0	—	2–2	3–1
3	Copenhagen	6	1	2	3	5	9	−4	5			0–1	1–2	—	1–0
4	Vorskla Poltava	6	0	2	4	4	10	−6	2			1–3	1–2	1–1	—

Source: Soccerway

Hannover 96 v Standard Liège

15 September 2011 1	Hannover 96	0–0	Standard Liège	Hanover
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: AWD-Arena Attendance: 42,500 Referee: Aleksandar Stavrev (Macedonia)

Standard Liège v Copenhagen

29 September 2011 2	Standard Liège	3–0	Copenhagen	Liège
21:05 CEST (UTC+2)	Seijas 57' Felipe 72' Kanu 79'			Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne Attendance: 13,368 Referee: Anastassios Kakos (Greece)

Standard Liège v Vorskla Poltava

20 October 2011 3	Standard Liège	0–0	Vorskla Poltava	Liège
21:05 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne Attendance: 13,496 Referee: Simon Lee Evans (Wales)

Vorskla Poltava v Standard Liège

3 November 2011 4	Vorskla Poltava	1–3	Standard Liège	Poltava
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Kurylov 5'		Seijas 17' Kanu 45+4' Tchité 74'	Stadium: Butovsky Vorskla Stadium Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Libor Kovařik (Czech Republic)

Standard Liège v Hannover 96

30 November 2011 5	Standard Liège	2–0	Hannover 96	Liège
21:05 CET (UTC+1)	Tchité 26' Cyriac 59'			Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne Attendance: 18,104 Referee: Antonio Damato (Italy)

Copenhagen v Standard Liège

15 December 2011 6	Copenhagen	0–1	Standard Liège	Copenhagen
19:00 CET (UTC+1)			Batshuayi 31'	Stadium: Parken Stadium Attendance: 9,722 Referee: Hüseyin Göçek (Turkey)

Knockout phase

Main article: 2011–12 UEFA Europa League knockout phase

Round of 32

Wisła Kraków v Standard Liège

16 February 2012 First leg	Wisła Kraków	1–1	Standard Liège	Kraków
21:05 CET (UTC+1)	Genkov 88'		Cyriac 27' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadion Miejski im. Henryka Reymana Attendance: 19,000 Referee: David Fernández Borbalán (Spain)

Standard Liège v Wisła Kraków

23 February 2012 Second leg	Standard Liège	0–0 (1 (a)–1 agg.)	Wisła Kraków	Liège
19:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne Attendance: 20,289 Referee: Milorad Mažić (Serbia)

Round of 16

Standard Liège v Hannover 96

8 March 2012 First leg	Standard Liège	2–2	Hannover 96	Liège
21:05 CET (UTC+1)	Buyens 27' Tchité 30'		Stindl 22' (pen.) Diouf 56'	Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne Attendance: 17,498 Referee: Tony Chapron (France)

Hannover 96 v Standard Liège

15 March 2012 Second leg	Hannover 96	4–0 (6–2 agg.)	Standard Liège	Hanover
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Abdellaoue 4' Kanu 21' (o.g.), 73' (o.g.) Pinto 90+3'			Stadium: AWD-Arena Attendance: 43,000 Referee: Pavel Královec (Czech Republic)

References

1. "Jupiler Pro League 2011/2012 - Results, fixtures, tables and stats - Global Sports Archive".
2. "Summary - Cup - Belgium - Results, fixtures, tables and news - Soccerway".