2018–19 Standard Liège season

During the 2018–19 Belgian football season, Standard Liège competed in the Belgian Pro League.

Standard Liège

2018–19 season
Chairman	Bruno Venanzi
Manager	Michel Preud'homme
Stadium	Stade Maurice Dufrasne
Belgian First Division A	3rd
Belgian Super Cup	Runners-up
Belgian Cup	Sixth round
UEFA Champions League	Third qualifying round
UEFA Europa League	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Renaud Emond (13) All: Renaud Emond (16)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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Players

Current squad

As of 27 May 2019^[1]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  BEL Jean-François Gillet 2 DF  HAI Réginal Goreux 3 DF  BEL Zinho Vanheusden (on loan from Inter Milan) 6 DF  SRB Miloš Kosanović 8 MF  BIH Gojko Cimirot 9 FW  BEL Renaud Emond 10 MF  MAR Mehdi Carcela 11 MF  CRO Alen Halilović (on loan from Milan) 13 GK  MEX Guillermo Ochoa 15 DF  BEL Sébastien Pocognoli (captain) 16 GK  BEL Arnaud Bodart 17 FW  BEL Obbi Oulare (on loan from Watford) 18 MF  ROU Răzvan Marin 19 MF  MLI Moussa Djenepo

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 MF  COD Merveille Bokadi 21 DF  CMR Collins Fai 22 MF  BEL Maxime Lestienne 23 DF  BEL Senna Miangue (on loan from Cagliari) 27 DF  KOS Mërgim Vojvoda 28 MF  BEL Samuel Bastien 29 DF  BEL Luis Pedro Cavanda 30 MF  ALB Lindon Selahi 31 MF  COD William Balikwisha 34 DF  CYP Konstantinos Laifis 37 MF  BEL Nicolas Raskin 40 MF  COD Paul-José M'Poku (vice-captain) 70 FW  POR Orlando Sá

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 4 DF  BEL Dimitri Lavalée (at Maastricht until 30 June 2019) 5 MF  NGA Uche Agbo (at Rayo Vallecano until 30 June 2019) 7 FW  CRO Duje Čop (at Valladolid until 30 June 2019) 11 FW  BRA Carlinhos (at Guarani until 30 June 2019)

No. Pos. Nation Player 14 MF  BEL Jérôme Deom (at Maastricht until 30 June 2019) 24 MF  UKR Valeriy Luchkevych (at Oleksandriya until 30 June 2019) 26 DF  COD Christian Luyindama (at Galatasaray until 30 June 2019)

Competitions

Belgian First Division A

Main article: 2018–19 Belgian First Division A

League table

Regular season

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Genk	30	18	9	3	63	31	+32	63	Qualification for the championship play-offs
2	Club Brugge	30	16	8	6	64	32	+32	56
3	Standard Liège	30	15	8	7	49	35	+14	53
4	Anderlecht	30	15	6	9	49	34	+15	51
5	Gent	30	15	5	10	53	45	+8	50

Source: Belgian First Division A (in Dutch), Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Matches won; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Away matches won; 7) Play-off.^[2]

Championship play-offs

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		GNK	CLU	STA	ANT	GNT	AND
1	Genk (C)	10	6	2	2	19	8	+11	52	Qualification for the Champions League group stage		—	3–1	0–0	4–0	2–1	3–0
2	Club Brugge	10	7	1	2	19	11	+8	50	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round		3–2	—	4–0	3–2	3–0	1–0
3	Standard Liège	10	4	1	5	17	16	+1	40	Qualification for the Europa League group stage		1–3	2–0	—	3–1	2–3	5–0 FF[a]
4	Antwerp (O)	10	4	2	4	12	16	−4	39	Qualification for the Europa League play-off Final		1–0	0–0	2–1	—	1–2	1–1
5	Gent	10	3	1	6	10	15	−5	35	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round		0–1	0–1	1–2	1–2	—	2–1
6	Anderlecht	10	1	3	6	8	19	−11	32			1–1	2–3	2–1	1–2	0–0	—

Source: Sport.be
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points without (possible) half points added due to rounding; 3) Position obtained during the Regular season^[5]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners
Notes:

1. Match was abandoned near the end of the first half as Anderlecht supporters had been throwing flares and smoke bombs on the pitch. At that time Standard was leading 2–0.^[3] A few weeks later Anderlecht was fined 5.000 Euro and forced to play one match behind closed doors, with the match result set to a 5–0 win for Standard.^[4]

Belgian Cup

Main article: 2018–19 Belgian Cup

Standard Liège v Knokke

26 September 2018 Sixth round	Standard Liège	1–2	Knokke	Liège
20:30 CEST	Sá 58'	Report	Luyindama 47' (o.g.) Dhondt 73'	Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne

Belgian Super Cup

Main article: 2018 Belgian Super Cup

Club Brugge v Standard Liège

22 July 2018 (2018-07-22)	Club Brugge	2–1	Standard Liège	Jan Breydelstadion, Bruges
20:00 CEST	Vanaken 39' Wesley 43'		Edmilson 49'	Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Bart Vertenten

UEFA Europa League

Main article: 2018–19 UEFA Europa League

Group stage

Main article: 2018–19 UEFA Europa League group stage § Group J

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		SEV	KRA	STL	AKH
1	Sevilla	6	4	0	2	18	6	+12	12[a]	Advance to knockout phase		—	3–0	5–1	6–0
2	Krasnodar	6	4	0	2	8	8	0	12[a]			2–1	—	2–1	2–1
3	Standard Liège	6	3	1	2	7	9	−2	10			1–0	2–1	—	2–1
4	Akhisarspor	6	0	1	5	4	14	−10	1			2–3	0–1	0–0	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:

1. Head-to-head goal difference: Sevilla +2, Krasnodar –2.

  Win   Draw   Loss

Sevilla v Standard Liège

20 September 2018 (2018-09-20) 1	Sevilla	5–1	Standard Liège	Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán, Seville
18:55	Banega 8', 74' (pen.) Vázquez 41' Ben Yedder 49', 70'	Report	Djenepo 39'	Attendance: 30,003[6] Referee: Gediminas Mažeika (Lithuania)

Standard Liège v Akhisarspor

4 October 2018 (2018-10-04) 2	Standard Liège	2–1	Akhisarspor	Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liège
21:00	Emond 17' Djenepo 40'	Report	Ayık 32'	Attendance: 8,233[7] Referee: Manuel Schüttengruber (Austria)

Standard Liège v Krasnodar

25 October 2018 (2018-10-25) 3	Standard Liège	2–1	Krasnodar	Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liège
21:00	Emond 47' Laifis 90+3'	Report	Ari 39'	Attendance: 8,393[8] Referee: Marco Guida (Italy)

Krasnodar v Standard Liège

8 November 2018 (2018-11-08) 4	Krasnodar	2–1	Standard Liège	Krasnodar Stadium, Krasnodar
18:55 (20:55 MSK)	Suleymanov 79' Wanderson 82'	Report	Carcela 19'	Attendance: 21,526[9] Referee: Aleksandar Stavrev (Macedonia)

Standard Liège v Sevilla

29 November 2018 (2018-11-29) 5	Standard Liège	1–0	Sevilla	Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liège
21:00	Djenepo 62'	Report		Attendance: 12,882[10] Referee: Daniel Siebert (Germany)

Akhisarspor v Standard Liège

13 December 2018 (2018-12-13) 6	Akhisarspor	0–0	Standard Liège	Spor Toto Akhisar Stadium, Akhisar
18:55 (20:55 TRT)		Report		Attendance: 2,674[11] Referee: Ádám Farkas (Hungary)

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Belgian First Division A		Super Cup		Belgian Cup		Champions League		Europa League
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	BEL	Jean-François Gillet	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
13	GK	MEX	Guillermo Ochoa	48	0	40	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	6	0
16	GK	BEL	Arnaud Bodart	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	HAI	Réginal Goreux	5	0	2+3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF	BEL	Zinho Vanheusden	30	2	22+4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
6	DF	SRB	Miloš Kosanović	22	1	15+5	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
15	DF	BEL	Sébastien Pocognoli	11	0	6+2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
21	DF	CMR	Collins Fai	38	1	30	1	0+1	0	0	0	2	0	5	0
23	DF	BEL	Senna Miangue	6	0	4+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	DF	KOS	Mërgim Vojvoda	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	DF	BEL	Luis Pedro Cavanda	27	1	17+3	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	3	0
34	DF	CYP	Konstantinos Laifis	48	2	38+1	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	5	1
Midfielders
8	MF	BIH	Gojko Cimirot	46	0	36+2	0	0	0	1	0	0+2	0	5	0
10	MF	MAR	Mehdi Carcela	46	7	30+7	5	0	0	1	0	2	1	6	1
11	MF	CRO	Alen Halilović	14	0	5+9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	MF	ROU	Răzvan Marin	47	10	35+3	10	1	0	0	0	2	0	5+1	0
19	MF	MLI	Moussa Djenepo	40	11	24+8	8	0+1	0	0	0	0+2	0	4+1	3
20	MF	COD	Merveille Bokadi	13	1	12+1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	MF	BEL	Maxime Lestienne	33	5	18+9	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	2+3	0
28	MF	BEL	Samuel Bastien	30	2	14+9	2	1	0	0	0	2	0	2+2	0
30	MF	ALB	Lindon Selahi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	MF	COD	William Balikwisha	6	0	0+5	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
37	MF	BEL	Nicolas Raskin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	MF	COD	Paul-José M'Poku	37	8	27+3	8	1	0	0	0	2	0	1+3	0
Forwards
9	FW	BEL	Renaud Emond	44	16	31+3	13	0+1	0	0+1	0	1+1	1	4+2	2
17	FW	BEL	Obbi Oulare	7	1	4+2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
70	FW	POR	Orlando Sá	26	2	3+15	1	0	0	1	1	1+1	0	2+3	0
Players transferred out during the season
5	MF	NGA	Uche Agbo	18	0	7+3	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	3+1	0
7	FW	CRO	Duje Čop	3	0	0+2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	FW	BRA	Carlinhos	3	0	0+2	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
22	MF	BEL	Edmilson	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	DF	COD	Christian Luyindama	30	3	20	3	1	0	1	0	2	0	6	0

Last updated: 19 May 2019
Source: ^[12]

Notes