Royal Standard de Liรจge, commonly known as Standard Liรจge, is a Belgian football club. It was founded in Liรจge. Standard Liรจge 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 Belgiรซ. They played in the final of the 1982 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, but lost to the Barcelona team.
Standard Liรฉge players are called "Rouches" because of their red jerseys. โrougeโ means red in French. This word is read as โroucheโ with the Walloon accent.
name evolution
- 1898: Standard Football Club (Standard FC),
- 1899: Standard FC Liรฉgeois (Standard FCL),
- 1910: Standard Club Liรฉgeois (Standard CL),
- 1823: Royal Standard Club Liรจge (R. Standard CL),
- 1952: Royal Standard Club Liรฉgeois (R. Standard CL),
- 1972: Royal Standard de Liรจge.
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 Belgiรซ
- 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 โ 11 โ 46 โ 23 โ 6 โ 17 โ 76 โ 54
- UEFA Cup Winners' Cup โ 6 โ 36 โ 19 โ 5 โ 12 โ 68 โ 49
- UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League โ 14 โ 70 โ 30 โ 18 โ 22 โ 99 โ 88
- UEFA Intertoto Cup โ 3 โ 20 โ 8 โ 10 โ 2 โ 25 โ 16
GS = season spent, M = match, W = win, B = draw, Y = defeat, AG = goals scored, YG = goals conceded.
Summary of best results
European Champion Clubs' Cup/UEFA Champions League:
- - semi-final in 1962
- - quarter finals in 1959, 1970 and 1972
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (1):
- - final in 1982
- - semi-final in 1967
- - quarter final in 1968
UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League:
- - quarter final in 1981 and 2010
UEFA Intertoto Cup (1):
- - final in 1996
- - semi-final in 2000
Player statistics
Most played
- 1 โ Guy Hellers โ 1983-2000 โ 474
- 2 โ Gilbert Bodart โ 1981-96, 1997-98 โ 469
- 3 โ Guy Vandersmissen โ 1978-91 โ 465
- 4 โ Lรฉon Semmeling โ 1959-74 โ 449
Top scorers
- 1 โ Jean Capelle โ 1929-44 โ 245 (285)
- 2 โ Roger Claessen โ 1956-68 โ 161 (229)
- 3 โ Maurice Gillis โ 1919-35 โ 124 (275)
