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28 unusual facts about Standard Liège


1967–68 Manchester City F.C. season

The team travelled to Europe in pre-season, playing friendlies against Eintracht Braunschweig and Standard Liège.

André Cruz

He played central defender with Flamengo, A.C. Milan, Standard Liège, Sporting Clube de Portugal and the Brazilian national team.

André Leone

He also managed to score in the 3–0 home win against Standard Liège for the campaign's UEFA Cup round-of-16 (4–1 on aggregate).

Anıl Koç

Anıl Koç (born 29 January 1995) is a Turkish-Belgian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Charlton Athletic on loan from Standard Liège.

Anthony Vanden Borre

On the last game of Jupiler Pro League before splitting to PlayOff I, he received two bookings, in a 1-1 draw against Standard Liège.

Cyril Théréau

He was brought at Steaua Bucureşti by the team's coach, who saw him play against Standard Liège and thought he might be a good replacement for the injured Victoraş Iacob.

Dimas Teixeira

In another winter transfer window, Dimas left Fenerbahçe in 2000 and played six months at Standard Liège.

Donovan Maury

A youth product of Standard Liège, he was signed by Luciano Gaucci at his club Perugia as part of the then-Serie A club's strategy to sign relatively unknown players from abroad.

Gabriel N'Galula

Boskamp was made Standard Liège manager and he signed Junior on a permanent deal with as part of the Mohammed Tchité transfer to Anderlecht in the 2006–07 season.

Gohi Bi Zoro Cyriac

On 31 January 2009, he moved to Standard Liège signing a five-year contract with Belgian champions.

Johnny Dusbaba

Johnny Dusbaba (born 14 March 1956 in The Hague) is a retired Dutch football player who played for ADO Den Haag, Ajax, Anderlecht, Standard Liège, NAC Breda and Sint-Niklase, as well as the Dutch national side.

Josep Moratalla

Even though used rarely in his first seasons, Moratalla started in the 1982 European Cup Winners' Cup Final, a 2–1 win against Standard Liège at the Camp Nou, and was a used substitute for Barcelona in the 1986 European Cup Final, lost in a penalty shootout to FC Steaua Bucureşti.

Luis Pedro Cavanda

Cavanda moved to Belgium at a young age and began playing for the Belgian club Standard Liège.

Mbo Mpenza

During the start of his career, Mbo shared clubs with Émile, until he eventually left Standard Liège for Sporting Clube de Portugal, where he won the 2000 league championship as a January transfer.

Michy Batshuayi

Michy Batshuayi Tunga (born 2 October 1993) is a Belgian footballer who plays as a striker for Standard Liège in the Belgian Pro League.

Mihai Neșu

In the season 2006–2007 Steaua with Mihai as a titular player eliminated Standard Liège and succeeded after 10 years to qualify in UEFA Champions League groups in a group with Real Madrid, Olympique Lyonnais and Dynamo Kiev.

Mohammed Tchité

He joined Prince Louis FC in 2001, winning the Burundi Premier League and the Revelation Footballer of the Year award, and also being the finalist in the Kagame Inter-Club Cup; in 2002, he left for Mukura Victory Sports FC in Rwanda, where he would be noticed by scouts from Belgium's Standard de Liège.

Patrick Vervoort

The left midfielder has played for a number of clubs, including Beerschot, Anderlecht and Standard Liège in Belgium, Ascoli in Italy's Serie A, as well Girondins de Bordeaux in France.

Pedro María Artola

He won the Ricardo Zamora Trophy as the best goalkeeper in 1977–78, adding the season's Copa del Rey with the Catalans, one of seven team honours with the team; he was also in goal in one of the two UEFA Cup Winners' Cup finals won by Barça, the 1982 2–1 win against Standard Liège, played on home soil.

Philippe Léonard

After playing most notably for Standard Liège and Monaco, he rarely appeared for his following four teams (including Standard again) in a 16-year professional career.

Pierre Hanon

A season later, he played in the 2-0 victory to rivals Standard Liège, but was sent to the B team again for the rest of the competition.

René Botteron

He had a short spell at Standard Liège in 1982, where he helped the side reach the final of the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup only to be defeated by FC Barcelona, before signing for 1. FC Nürnberg.

Sanchez Watt

In September 2009, Watt was named on the bench for Arsenal in their Champions League game against Standard Liège.

Standard Liège

: Runners-up (11): 1925–26, 1927–28, 1935–36, 1961–62, 1964–65, 1972–73, 1979–80, 1992–93, 1994–95, 2005–06, 2010–11

: Champions (6): 1954, 1966, 1967, 1981, 1993, 2011

Stijn Stijnen

In 2006–07, Stijnen was between the posts as Brugge won the domestic cup (1–0 against Standard Liège), but the club only finished sixth in the league.

Valdir Cardoso

He also split 2008–09 abroad, with Córdoba CF and Standard Liège, meeting the same fate (no appearances whatsoever for the Spaniards).

Yono, Saitama

Also, this is the birthplace of Eiji Kawashima, Kawasaki Frontale's former goalkeeper that is now playing for Standard Liège.


André Piters

Born in Herve, Piters played club football for Standard Liège and Olympic de Charleroi.

Dirk Medved

During his professional career, Genk-born Medved played for K. Waterschei S.V. Thor Genk, K.R.C. Genk, K.A.A. Gent, Club Brugge K.V. – where he was instrumental in the conquest of five domestic trophies, namely the double in 1995–96 – and Standard Liège, totalling 316 games in 14 seasons (ten goals).

Franck Berrier

On 12 May 2010 the 25-year old French midfielder left S.V. Zulte Waregem to sign a three year deal with Standard Liege.

Gate-9

The group has relationships with other antifa ultras groups such as the supporters of FC St. Pauli, Hapoel Tel Aviv and Standard Liège.

Ivan Vukomanović

The adventure with Troeggi Team brings good luck to Ivan that on June 17, signing with Standard Liege as an assistant to new coach Guy Luzon.

Peter Sippel

He refereed in the UEFA Cup 1st round, 2nd leg tie between Standard Liége and Everton, which Standard Liege won 2-1, going through 4-3 on aggregate.

Radovan Radaković

In his long and successful career he was the goalkeeper of many clubs like FK Zemun, FK Obilić, Borac Čačak, Standard Liège, Radnički Kragujevac, among others.

René Peters

Peters was member of the professional squad of Belgian side Standard Liège in the 99/00 season but did not make the grade there and moved to French Ligue 2 outfit Créteil only to leave them after one season to stay with Swift Hesperange for 7 seasons.