Full name Royal Standard de Liege
From Liege, Belgium
Nickname Les Rouches (The Reds)
Club colours Red shirts, white shorts, red socks
Ground Stade Maurice Dufranse
Last season 1st in the Belgian First Division
Manager Laszlo Boloni
Squad
Goalkeepers
Kristof Van Hout, Jesse Soubry, Anthony Moris, Sinan Bolat
Defenders
Reginal Goreux, Victor Ramos, Ricardo Rocha, Felipe, Cedric Collet, Landry Mulemo, Marcos Camozzato, Mohamed Sarr, Eliaquim Mangala, Rami Gershon
Midfielders
Wilfried Dalmat, Steven Defour, Gregory Dufer, Benjamin Nicaise, Arnor Angeli, Axel Witsel, Hirac Yagan, Tiago, Mehdi Carcela-Gonzalez, Andrea Mbuyi Mutombo
Forwards
Dieudonne Mbokani, Igor De Camargo, Moussa Traore, Milan Jovanovic, Gohi Bi Cyriac
Website www.standard.be
| European Cup Winners Cup Runners-up | 1982 |
10 FACTS ON STANDARD LIEGE
- They were founded in 1898 by students from College Saint-Servais in Liege
- They were named after Standard AC Paris, who had won five French titles in the seven years from 1894
- They became Royal Standard Club Liege in 1923. In Belgium any association which reaches its 50th anniversary is awarded the Royal title, though at the time it was given to organisations established for 25 years
- The city of Liege is over 1,000 years old, and for eight centuries was an independent principality
- Arsenal's record away win came against Standard Liege. The Gunners won 7-0 in a Cup Winners' Cup clash in November 1993
- This season marks Standard's debut in the Champions League Group Stage
- Standard are currently fourth in the Belgium Pro League with 25 points from 15 games.
- They have won 10 Belgian titles and five Belgian Cups
- Manager Laszlo Boloni won 104 caps for Hungary during his playing days
- Like Arsène Wenger, Boloni was once manager of Monaco
Stade Maurice Dufranse - Standard Liege
