2010–11 Standard Liège season
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{{Infobox football club season
|club=Standard Liège
|season=2010–11
|manager={{flagicon|BEL}} Dominique D'Onofrio
|chairman={{flagicon|SUI}} Reto Stiffler
|stadium=Stade Maurice Dufrasne
|cup1=Belgian Pro League
|cup1 result=6th
|cup2=Belgian Cup
|cup2 result=Winners
|league topscorer=Mehdi Carcela (13)
|season topscorer=
|highest attendance=
|lowest attendance=
|average attendance=
|prevseason=2009–10
|nextseason=2011–12
}}
During the 2010–11 Belgian football season, Standard Liège competed in the Belgian Pro League.
Season summary
This is the first season since 2003-04 that Standard Liège did not compete in a European competition. Standard Liège started off the season with a 1–1 draw S.V. Zulte-Waregem.{{cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2010/07/30/belgium/pro-league/standard-de-liege/sv-zulte-waregem/942650/|title=Standard Liège vs. Zulte-Waregem 1 - 1|publisher=Soccerway|language=English|date=30 July 2010|accessdate=7 July 2016}} Standard Liège won the Belgium Cup defeating K.V.C. Westerlo 2–0 in the final. In the Championship play-off, Standard Liège came in second to qualify for the Champions League Third qualifying round.
At the end of the season, Dominique D'Onofrio's contract ended and was not renewed.
Kit
Liège's kits were sponsored by e-lotto.be and its kit-maker being Planete Rouge.{{cn|date=April 2020}}
First-team squad
:Squad at end of season{{Cite web|url=http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/belgium/2010-2011/prolge/standard.htm|title=FootballSquads - Standard Liège - 2010/11}}
{{fs start}}
{{Fs player|no=1|nat=BEL|pos=GK|name=Kristof Van Hout}}
{{Fs player|no=2|nat=BEL|pos=DF|name=Réginal GoreuxGoreux was born in Saint-Michel-de-l'Atalaye, Haiti, but also qualified to represent Belgium internationally and represented them at U-21 level; he would later make his international debut for Haiti in 2011.}}
{{Fs player|no=3|nat=BRA|pos=DF|name=Victor Ramos}}
{{Fs player|no=4|nat=GHA|pos=DF|name=Daniel Opare}}
{{Fs player|no=5|nat=BRA|pos=DF|name=Felipe}}
{{Fs player|no=6|nat=BEL|pos=DF|name=Laurent Ciman}}
{{Fs player|no=7|nat=FRA|pos=MF|name=Wilfried Dalmat}}
{{Fs player|no=8|nat=BEL|pos=MF|name=Steven Defour|other=captain}}
{{Fs player|no=9|nat=DRC|pos=FW|name=Dieumerci Mbokani}}
{{Fs player|no=10|nat=BEL|pos=FW|name=Mohamed Tchité}}
{{Fs player|no=11|nat=MAR|pos=MF|name=Mehdi CarcelaCarcela-González was born in Liège, Belgium, and made his international debut for Belgium in 2009, but also qualified to represent Morocco internationally through his mother and would make his international debut for Morocco in February 2011.}}
{{Fs player|no=13|nat=CMR|pos=FW|name=Aloys Nong}}
{{Fs player|no=14|nat=BRA|pos=MF|name=Danilo Sousa Campos}}
{{Fs player|no=15|nat=BEL|pos=DF|name=Sébastien Pocognoli}}
{{Fs player|no=16|nat=MAR|pos=DF|name=Abdelfettah Boukhriss}}
{{Fs player|no=20|nat=BEL|pos=MF|name=Leroy Labylle}}
{{Fs player|no=22|nat=FRA|pos=DF|name=Eliaquim Mangala}}
{{fs mid}}
{{Fs player|no=23|nat=BEL|pos=MF|name=Tom De Mul|other=on loan from Sevilla}}
{{Fs player|no=24|nat=BEL|pos=MF|name=Koen Daerden}}
{{Fs player|no=25|nat=BRA|pos=DF|name=Kanu}}
{{Fs player|no=27|nat=BEL|pos=MF|name=Arnor Angeli}}
{{Fs player|no=28|nat=BEL|pos=MF|name=Axel Witsel}}
{{Fs player|no=29|nat=CIV|pos=FW|name=Gohi Bi Zoro Cyriac}}
{{Fs player|no=30|nat=BEL|pos=FW|name=Michy Batshuayi}}
{{Fs player|no=31|nat=BEL|pos=MF|name=Tino Susic}}
{{Fs player|no=32|nat=BEL|pos=MF|name=Christopher Verbist}}
{{Fs player|no=33|nat=MNE|pos=GK|name=Srdjan Blažić}}
{{Fs player|no=35|nat=TOG|pos=MF|name=Henri Eninful}}
{{Fs player|no=36|nat=SEN|pos=MF|name=Pape Abdou Camara}}
{{Fs player|no=37|nat=BEL|pos=DF|name=Jelle Van Damme}}
{{Fs player|no=38|nat=TUR|pos=GK|name=Sinan Bolat}}
{{Fs player|no=77|nat=ROM|pos=MF|name=Gheorghe Grozav}}
{{Fs player|no=99|nat=SEN|pos=FW|name=Mbaye Leye}}
{{Fs end}}
=Left the Club=
{{Fs start}}
{{Fs player|no=6|nat=FRA|pos=MF|name=Cédric Collet|other= Unattached}}
{{Fs player|no=10|nat=BRA|pos=FW|name=Igor de CamargoDe Camargo was born in Porto Feliz, Brazil, but also qualified to represent Belgium internationally after obtaining Belgian nationality and made his international debut for Belgium in February 2009.|other= Borussia Mönchengladbach}}
{{Fs player|no=14|nat=BEL|pos=DF|name=Landry MulemoMulemo was born in Liège, Belgium, and represented them at every youth level between U-17 and U-23, but also qualified to represent the Democratic Republic of the Congo internationally and would make his international debut for the Congo in 2011.|other= to Bucaspor}}
{{Fs player|no=15|nat=BEL|pos=FW|name=Andréa Mbuyi-MutomboMbuyi-Mutombo was born in Brussels, Belgium, and represented them at U-19 level, but also qualified to represent the Democratic Republic of the Congo internationally and would make his international debut for the Congo in 2011.||other= on loan to Sint-Truidense V.V.}}
{{Fs player|no=16|nat=BEL|pos=MF|name=Grégory Dufer|other= to Sint-Truidense V.V.}}
{{Fs player|no=17|nat=BRA|pos=DF|name=Camozzato|other= to Club Brugge KV}}
{{Fs mid}}
{{Fs player|no=18|nat=BEL|pos=GK|name=Jesse Soubry|other= to Royale Union Saint-Gilloise}}
{{Fs player|no=19|nat=SEN|pos=DF|name=Mohamed Sarr|other= to Hércules CF}}
{{Fs player|no=23|nat=SER|pos=FW|name=Milan Jovanović|other= Liverpool}}
{{Fs player|no=25|nat=BEL|pos=FW|name=Christian BentekeBenteke was born in Kinshasa, Zaire (now Democratic Republic of the Congo), but was raised in Belgium and represented them at every youth level between U-17 and U-21 before making his international debut for Belgium in May 2010.|other=on loan to Mechelen}}
{{Fs player|no=26|nat=FRA|pos=MF|name=Benjamin Nicaise|other= to Lierse S.K.}}
{{Fs end}}
Results
=Belgian Cup=
==Sixth round==
{{football box
|date = 27 October 2010
|time = 20:30 CET
|team1 = Standard Liège
|score = 2 - 1
|report =
|team2 = Royal Antwerp (II)
|goals1 = Opare {{goal|44}}
Nong {{goal|57}}
|goals2 = De Vriese {{goal|21}}
|stadium = Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liège
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==Seventh round==
{{football box
|date = 9 November 2010
|time = 20:45 CET
|team1 = Standard Liège
|score = 2 – 1
|report =
|team2 = Genk
|goals1 = Witsel {{goal|19|pen.}}
Tchité {{goal|58}}
|goals2 = Leye {{goal|36|o.g.}}
|stadium = Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liège
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==Quarterfinals==
===First legs===
{{football box
|date = 26 January 2011
|time = 20:35 CET
|team1 = Standard Liège
|score = 2 – 0
|report =
|team2 = Mechelen
|goals1 = Tchité {{goal|24}}
Daerden {{goal|53}}
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===Second legs===
{{football box
|date = 2 March 2011
|time = 20:30 CET
|team1 = Mechelen
|score = 1 – 4
|report =
|team2 = Standard Liège
|goals1 = Gorius {{goal|70|pen.}}
|goals2 = Leye {{goal|48||72}}
Tchité {{goal|64}}
Witsel {{goal|68}}
|stadium = Argosstadion Achter de Kazerne, Mechelen
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Standard wins 6–1 on aggregate.
==Semifinals==
===First legs===
{{football box
|date = 16 March 2011
|time =
|team1 = Gent
|score = 1 – 0
|report =
|team2 = Standard Liège
|goals1 = El Ghanassy {{goal|29}}
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|stadium = Jules Ottenstadion, Ghent
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===Second legs===
{{football box
|date = 6 April 2011
|time =
|team1 = Standard Liège
|score = 4 – 2
|report =
|team2 = Gent
|goals1 = Van Damme {{goal|19}}
Tchité {{goal|33||74}}
Carcela {{goal|69}}
|goals2 = Coulibaly {{goal|20}}
Mboyo {{goal|82}}
|stadium = Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liège
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Standard wins 4–3 on aggregate.
==Final==
{{details|topic=this match|2011 Belgian Cup Final}}
{{football box
|date = 21 May 2011
|time = 20:30
|team1 = Westerlo
|score = 0 – 2
|team2 = Standard Liège
|goals1=
|goals2= Mangala {{goal|34}}
Mravac {{goal|61|o.g.}}
|attendance =
|referee = Frank De Bleeckere
|stadium = King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels}}
References
{{Reflist|3}}
{{Standard Liège}}
{{2010–11 in Belgian football}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:2010-11 Standard Liege season}}