2020–21 Standard Liège season

Standard Liège
2020–21 season
Chairman	Bruno Venanzi
Manager	Philippe Montanier
Stadium	Stade Maurice Dufrasne
Belgian First Division A	Pre-season
Belgian Cup	Pre-season
UEFA Europa League	Second qualifying round
Home colours	Away colours
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The 2020–21 Standard Liège season is the club's 117th season in existence and the ninth consecutive season in the top flight of Belgian football. In addition to the domestic league, Standard Liège will participate in this season's editions of the Belgian Cup and the UEFA Europa League. The season covers the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

Players

First-team squad

As of 8 January 2020^[1]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	BEL	Jean-François Gillet
3	DF	BEL	Zinho Vanheusden
5	DF	MLI	Moussa Sissako (on loan from Paris Saint-Germain)
7	FW	CRO	Duje Čop
8	MF	BIH	Gojko Cimirot
10	MF	MAR	Mehdi Carcela
12	FW	ROU	Denis Drăguș
13	DF	COD	John Nekadio
15	MF	ISR	Eden Shamir
16	GK	BEL	Arnaud Bodart
17	FW	BEL	Obbi Oularé
18	MF	MNE	Aleksandar Boljević
19	MF	MAR	Selim Amallah
20	MF	COD	Merveille Bokadi


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
21	DF	CMR	Collins Fai
22	MF	BEL	Maxime Lestienne
23	FW	BFA	Abdoul Tapsoba
24	DF	FRA	Nicolas Gavory
25	FW	URU	Felipe Avenatti
26	MF	BEL	Nicolas Raskin
27	DF	KOS	Mërgim Vojvoda
28	MF	BEL	Samuel Bastien
32	MF	BEL	Joachim Carcela
33	GK	BEL	Timothy Galje
34	DF	CYP	Konstantinos Laifis
36	DF	BEL	Noë Dussenne
37	DF	MLI	Hady Sangaré

Out on loan

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
11	FW	BRA	Carlinhos (at Vitória de Setúbal until 30 June 2020)
12	MF	COD	William Balikwisha (at Cercle Brugge until 30 June 2020)
—	MF	NGA	Uche Agbo (at Deportivo La Coruña until 30 June 2020)

Transfers

In

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
15			TBD		1 July 2020

Out

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
15			TBD		1 July 2020

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

4 July 2020 Friendly	Standard Liège	3–2	Kortrijk	Angleur, Belgium
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Académie Robert Louis-Dreyfus

11 July 2020 Friendly	Standard Liège	1–1	OH Leuven	Angleur, Belgium
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Académie Robert Louis-Dreyfus

11 July 2020 Friendly	Standard Liège	0–1	OH Leuven	Angleur, Belgium
16:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Académie Robert Louis-Dreyfus

18 July 2020 Friendly	Standard Liège	4–0	Mechelen	Boncelles, Belgium
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Académie Robert Louis-Dreyfus

22 July 2020 Friendly	Standard Liège	2–1	Monaco	Seraing, Belgium
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Avenatti 88', 90'		Geubbels 19'	Stadium: Stade du Pairay Attendance: 0

25 July 2020 Friendly	Standard Liège	1–2	Nice	Liège, Belgium
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Avenatti 33'		Dolberg 37' (pen.) Kamara 47'	Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne Attendance: 0

1 August 2020 Friendly	Standard Liège	1–0	Reims	Liège, Belgium
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Carcela 65'			Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne Attendance: 0

1 August 2020 Friendly	Standard Liège	3–0	Reims	Seraing, Belgium
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Shamir 20' Balikwisha 45' Čop 59'			Stadium: Académie Robert Louis-Dreyfus Attendance: 0

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Belgian First Division A	8 August 2020	30 May 2021	Matchday 1	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00
Belgian Cup	2020		Sixth round	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
UEFA Europa League	17 September 2020		Second qualifying round	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total				1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00

Last updated: 8 August 2020
Source: Soccerway

Belgian First Division A

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
4	Genk^[a]	34	16	8	10	67	48	+19	56	Qualification for the Play-offs I
5	Oostende^[b]	34	15	8	11	49	41	+8	53	Qualification for the Play-offs II
6	Standard Liège	34	13	11	10	52	41	+11	50
7	Gent	34	14	7	13	55	42	+13	49
8	Mechelen	34	13	9	12	54	54	0	48

Source: Jupiler Pro League (in Dutch), Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Matches won; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Away matches won; 6) Away goal difference; 7) Away goals scored; 8) Play-off.^[5]
Notes:

^ Genk qualifies for at least the play-off round of the Europa League through winning the 2021 Belgian Cup.
^ On 14 April 2021 news was released that both Excel Mouscron and Oostende had not received a Belgian professional football license for the coming season, a requirement to play at the top two levels of Belgian football. For Oostende, a lack of financial transparency, together with generally poor quality and incompleteness of the submitted report, was given as the main reason by the committee for not awarding a license, while Excel Mouscron was refused a license as besides insufficient transparency, the committee also questioned several cash flows and whether the club was creditworthy in general, also due to the fact that the wages for the months of February and March had not yet been paid at that point. For Excel Mouscron, it was already the sixth year running the license was (initially) refused, however, the club has appealed the decision with the Belgian Court for Sports Arbitrage (BAS) successfully on each occasion and intended to do so again. Oostende was planning to launch an appeal as well, with the BAS to rule on the matter for both clubs before the 10th of May. Both clubs were allowed to add new documents to their case, but in case they however still did not receive a license after appeal, knew they would have been forced to relegate to the 2021–22 Belgian Division 2 and start the season with a 3-point penalty.^[2] Both Exel Mouscron and Oostende were however eventually awarded a license after appeal, meaning Oostende remained at the top level, while Excel Mouscron only dropped one level.^[3]^[4]

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	3	1	0	0	1	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: 8 August 2020.
Source: Jupiler Pro League

Results by round

Round	1	2
Ground	H	A
Result	W
Position	6

Updated to match(es) played on 8 August 2020. Source: Jupiler Pro League
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 8 July 2020.^[6]

8 August 2020 1	Standard Liège	1–0	Cercle Brugge	Liège
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Bastien 55' Avenatti 59'	Report	Hotić 77'	Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne Referee: Jonathan Lardot

17 August 2020 2	Waasland-Beveren	v	Standard Liège	Beveren
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Freethiel Stadion

Belgian Cup

UEFA Europa League

Statistics

Squad appearances and goals

Last updated on 8 August 2020.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Belgian Division		Belgian Cup		UEFA Europa League
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	BEL	Jean-François Gillet	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	GK	BEL	Arnaud Bodart	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
33	GK	BEL	Timothy Galje	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
3	DF	BEL	Zinho Vanheusden	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF	MLI	Moussa Sissako	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	DF	CMR	John Nekadio	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	DF	CMR	Collins Fai	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
24	DF	FRA	Nicolas Gavory	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
27	DF	KOS	Mërgim Vojvoda	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
34	DF	CYP	Konstantinos Laifis	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
36	DF	BEL	Noë Dussenne	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	DF	MLI	Hady Sangar	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
8	MF	BIH	Gojko Cimirot	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	MF	MAR	Mehdi Carcela	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	MF	ISR	Eden Shamir	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
18	MF	MNE	Aleksandar Boljević	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	MF	MAR	Selim Amallah	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
20	MF	COD	Merveille Bokadi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	MF	BEL	Maxime Lestienne	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
26	MF	BEL	Nicolas Raskin	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
28	MF	BEL	Samuel Bastien	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0
32	MF	BEL	Joachim Carcela	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
7	FW	CRO	Duje Čop	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
12	FW	ROU	Denis Drăguș	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	FW	BEL	Obbi Oularé	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	FW	BFA	Abdoul Tapsoba	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
25	FW	URU	Felipe Avenatti	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Players who have made an appearance this season but have left the club

Goalscorers

As of 8 August 2020

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	Pro League	Belgian Cup	Europa League	Total
1	28	MF		Samuel Bastien	1	0	0	1
Totals					1	0	0	1

References

^ "Joueurs" [Players] (in French). Standard Liège.
^ "KV Oostende en Moeskroen krijgen (weer) geen licentie in eerste zit" [KV Oostende and (again) Mouscron don't receive a license at their first attempt] (in Dutch). sporza.be. 14 April 2021. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
^ "KV Oostende krijgt licentie van BAS, afwachten voor Moeskroen" [KV Oostende awarded license by BAS, Mouscron still waiting] (in Dutch). sporza.be. 10 May 2021. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
^ "Degradant Moeskroen bemachtigt via BAS opnieuw een licentie" [Relegated Mouscron again obtains license after appeal at BAS] (in Dutch). sporza.be. 10 May 2021. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
^ "Bondsreglement Titel 7: Competities" [Association Rules Title 7: Competitions] (PDF). Royal Belgian Football Association. p. 19. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
^ "Club Brugge - Charleroi is de opener van het seizoen en meteen maandagvoetbal: ontdek hier de kalender van het seizoen 2020/21". Voetbalkrant.com (in Dutch). 8 July 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2020.

External links

Official website

[table_note_GNK0.57368031357121-2] Genk qualifies for at least the play-off round of the Europa League through winning the 2021 Belgian Cup.

[table_note_OOS0.57368031357121-6] On 14 April 2021 news was released that both Excel Mouscron and Oostende had not received a Belgian professional football license for the coming season, a requirement to play at the top two levels of Belgian football. For Oostende, a lack of financial transparency, together with generally poor quality and incompleteness of the submitted report, was given as the main reason by the committee for not awarding a license, while Excel Mouscron was refused a license as besides insufficient transparency, the committee also questioned several cash flows and whether the club was creditworthy in general, also due to the fact that the wages for the months of February and March had not yet been paid at that point. For Excel Mouscron, it was already the sixth year running the license was (initially) refused, however, the club has appealed the decision with the Belgian Court for Sports Arbitrage (BAS) successfully on each occasion and intended to do so again. Oostende was planning to launch an appeal as well, with the BAS to rule on the matter for both clubs before the 10th of May. Both clubs were allowed to add new documents to their case, but in case they however still did not receive a license after appeal, knew they would have been forced to relegate to the 2021–22 Belgian Division 2 and start the season with a 3-point penalty.^[2] Both Exel Mouscron and Oostende were however eventually awarded a license after appeal, meaning Oostende remained at the top level, while Excel Mouscron only dropped one level.^[3]^[4]

[1] "Joueurs" [Players] (in French). Standard Liège.

[licenses-3] "KV Oostende en Moeskroen krijgen (weer) geen licentie in eerste zit" [KV Oostende and (again) Mouscron don't receive a license at their first attempt] (in Dutch). sporza.be. 14 April 2021. Retrieved 19 April 2021.

[appealoostende-4] "KV Oostende krijgt licentie van BAS, afwachten voor Moeskroen" [KV Oostende awarded license by BAS, Mouscron still waiting] (in Dutch). sporza.be. 10 May 2021. Retrieved 10 May 2021.

[appealmouscron-5] "Degradant Moeskroen bemachtigt via BAS opnieuw een licentie" [Relegated Mouscron again obtains license after appeal at BAS] (in Dutch). sporza.be. 10 May 2021. Retrieved 10 May 2021.

[7] "Bondsreglement Titel 7: Competities" [Association Rules Title 7: Competitions] (PDF). Royal Belgian Football Association. p. 19. Retrieved 25 August 2020.

[8] "Club Brugge - Charleroi is de opener van het seizoen en meteen maandagvoetbal: ontdek hier de kalender van het seizoen 2020/21". Voetbalkrant.com (in Dutch). 8 July 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2020.

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