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 SC 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	R1	Cardiff City	2–1	1–0	3–1
		R2	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	0–2	1–3	1–5
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[a]	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[b]
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[c]
1977–78	UEFA Cup	R1	Slavia Prague	1–0	2–3	3–3[d]
		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[e]
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	CL	Q3	Panathinaikos	0–0	1–2	1–2
		POR	Zenit SP	0–1	0–3	0–4
2014–15	EL	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. UEFA. 29 October 2020. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
6. "Standard Liège 2–2 Benfica". UEFA. UEFA. 10 December 2020. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
7. "Standard Liège 0–2 Rangers". UEFA. UEFA. 22 October 2020. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
8. "Rangers 3–2 Standard Liège". UEFA. UEFA. 3 December 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
9. "Lech Poznań 3–1 Standard Liège". UEFA. UEFA. 5 November 2020. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
10. "Standard Liège 2–1 Lech Poznań". UEFA. UEFA. 26 November 2020. Retrieved 26 November 2020.

External links

• Royal Standard de Liège @ UEFA.com