What is R. Standard de Liège? Facts and background

Royal Standard de Liège, commonly known as Standard Liège, is a Belgian football club. It was founded in Liège. Standard Liège is one of the most successful clubs in Belgium. They have 10 Belgian league championships. The most recent of these are the league victories in the 2007-08 and 2008-09 seasons. The club also has 6 Beker van België. They played in the final of the 1982 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, but lost to the Barcelona team.

Standard Liége players are called "Rouches" because of their red jerseys. “rouge” means red in French. This word is read as “rouche” with the Walloon accent.

name evolution

1898: Standard Football Club (Standard FC),
1899: Standard FC Liégeois (Standard FCL),
1910: Standard Club Liégeois (Standard CL),
1823: Royal Standard Club Liège (R. Standard CL),
1952: Royal Standard Club Liégeois (R. Standard CL),
1972: Royal Standard de Liège.

Current squad

As of 16 August 2019

achievements

Local

Pro League

Champion (10): 1957-58, 1960-61, 1962-63, 1968-69, 1969-70, 1970-71, 1981-82, 1982-83, 2007-08, 2008-09

Second (12): 1925-26, 1927-28, 1935-36, 1961-62, 1964-65, 1972-73, 1979-80, 1992-93, 1994-95, 2005-06, 2010-11, 2013-14

Beker van België

Champion (8): 1954, 1966, 1967, 1981, 1993, 2011, 2016, 2018

Second (9): 1965, 1972, 1973, 1984, 1988, 1989, 1999, 2000, 2007

Belgian League Cup

Champion (1): 1975

Belgische Supercup

Champion (4) 1981, 1983, 2008, 2009

Second (4) 1993, 1982, 2011, 2016

International

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

Second (1) 1982

UEFA Intertoto Cup

Second (1) 1996

European records

3 As of August 2011.

European Champion Clubs' Cup / UEFA Champions League — 11 — 46 — 23 — 6 — 17 — 76 — 54
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup — 6 — 36 — 19 — 5 — 12 — 68 — 49
UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League — 14 — 70 — 30 — 18 — 22 — 99 — 88
UEFA Intertoto Cup — 3 — 20 — 8 — 10 — 2 — 25 — 16

GS = season spent, M = match, W = win, B = draw, Y = defeat, AG = goals scored, YG = goals conceded.