2023–24 Standard Liège season

The 2023–24 season was Standard de Liège's 126th season in existence and 64th consecutive in the Belgian Pro League. They also competed in the Belgian Cup.

Standard Liège

2023–24 season
Manager	Carl Hoefkens (until 31 December) Ivan Leko (from 4 January)
Stadium	Stade Maurice Dufrasne
Belgian Pro League	10th
Europe Play-offs	5th
Belgian Cup	Eighth round
Top goalscorer	League: Wilfried Kanga (12) All: Wilfried Kanga (12)
Average home league attendance	16,291
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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Players

First-team squad

As of 1 February 2024^[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 2 DF  BEL Gilles Dewaele 3 DF  BEL Nathan Ngoy 4 DF  BEL Zinho Vanheusden (on loan from Inter Milan) 5 DF  ENG Jonathan Panzo (on loan from Nottingham Forest) 6 MF  JPN Hayao Kawabe 8 MF  NIR Isaac Price 9 FW  ITA Kelvin Yeboah (on loan from Genoa) 11 FW  ITA Seydou Fini (on loan from Genoa) 13 DF  USA Marlon Fossey 14 FW  CIV Wilfried Kanga (on loan from Hertha Berlin) 15 DF  CIV Souleyman Doumbia 16 GK  BEL Arnaud Bodart 17 MF  COL Steven Alzate (on loan from Brighton & Hove Albion)

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 MF  GHA Kamal Sowah (on loan from Club Brugge) 19 MF  MLI Moussa Djenepo 20 MF  COD Merveille Bokadi 22 MF  COD William Balikwisha 24 MF  AUS Aiden O'Neill 25 DF  BEL Ibe Hautekiet 28 FW  CRO Stipe Perica 30 GK  BEL Laurent Henkinet 34 DF  CYP Konstantinos Laifis 40 GK  BEL Matthieu Epolo 46 MF  LUX Rayan Berberi 51 DF  BEL Lucas Noubi 61 MF  TUR Cihan Çanak

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
MF	Aiden O'Neill	Melbourne City	Free	1 July 2023	[2]
MF	Romaine Mundle	Tottenham Hotspur U21	Free	1 July 2023	[3]
FW	Wilfried Kanga	Hertha BSC	Loan	7 August 2023	[4]
DF	Jonathan Panzo	Nottingham Forest	Loan	30 January 2024	[5]
FW	Kelvin Yeboah	Genoa	Loan	1 February 2024	[6]
FW	Seydou Fini	Genoa	Loan	1 February 2024	[7]

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
DF	Noë Dussenne	Lausanne-Sport	Free	1 July 2023	[8]
MF	Mathieu Cafaro	Saint-Étienne	€500,000	1 July 2023	[9]
MF	Koji Miyoshi	Birmingham City	Free	1 July 2023	[10]
MF	Romaine Mundle	Sunderland	£2,500,000	1 February 2024	[11]

Pre-season and friendlies

Standard Liège v Seraing

12 October 2023 Friendly	Standard Liège	1–0	Seraing	Liège
12:00	Mateta			Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne

Metz v Standard Liège

25 July 2023 Friendly	Metz	2–2	Standard Liège	Marly
15:00 UTC+2	Maziz 19' Camara 83' (pen.)		Berberi 74' Emond 90'	Stadium: Centre d’entraînement de Frescaty

Borussia Dortumnd v Standard Liège

9 January 2024 Friendly	Borussia Dortumnd	3–3	Standard Liège	Marbella, Spain
11:00 CET (UTC+1)	Meunier 15' Papadopoulos 70' Bamba 89'		Kanga 36', 59' Perica 77'	Stadium: Marbella Football Center

Luzern v Standard Liège

12 January 2024 Friendly	Luzern	1–2	Standard Liège	San Pedro de Alcántara, Spain
10:30 CET (UTC+1)	Meyer 5' Chader 7'		Kanga 14' Ohio 84'	Stadium: Marbella Football Center - Sur 1

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Belgian Pro League Regular season	30 July 2023	16 March 2024	Matchday 1	10th	30	8	10	12	33	41	−8	026.67
Champions' Play-offs	29 March 2024	25 May 2024	Matchday 1		9	0	5	4	12	22	−10	000.00
Belgian Cup	1 November 2023	7 December 2023	Seventh round	Eighth round	2	1	0	1	5	2	+3	050.00
Total					41	9	15	17	50	65	−15	021.95

Source: Soccerway

Belgian Pro League

Main article: 2023–24 Belgian Pro League

Regular season

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
8	Mechelen	30	13	6	11	39	34	+5	45	Qualification for the Europe play-offs
9	Sint-Truiden	30	10	10	10	35	46	−11	40
10	Standard Liège	30	8	10	12	33	41	−8	34
11	Westerlo	30	7	9	14	42	54	−12	30
12	OH Leuven	30	7	8	15	34	47	−13	29

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.^[12]

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
30	8	10	12	33	41	−8	34	6	5	4	18	12	+6	2	5	8	15	29	−14

Source: Worldfootball

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H
Result	L	L	D	L	D	D	W	D	W	W	W	L	D	L	W	L	D	D	L	D	L
Position	13	16	12	14	13	14	12	13	11	8	8	8	8	9	8	9	9	9	10	9	10

Source: Worldfootball
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 22 June 2023.^[13]

Sint-Truiden v Standard Liège

29 July 2023 1	Sint-Truiden	1–0	Standard Liège	Sint-Truiden
19:15	Godeau  57' Koita 86'	Report	Barrett  26'	Stadium: Stayen Referee: Jasper Vergoote

Standard Liège v Union Saint-Gilloise

4 August 2023 2	Standard Liège	0–1	Union Saint-Gilloise	Liège
20:45	Balikwisha  5'  36' Dønnum  62'	Report	Eckert 21' Lynen  57'	Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne Referee: Jonathan Lardot

Charleroi v Standard Liège

13 August 2023 3	Charleroi	1–1	Standard Liège	Charleroi
18:30	Ilaimaharitra  29'  90', 90' (pen.) Marcq  71' Bager  90'		Dønnum  29' Drăguș 31' Carl Hoefkens  67' Ngoy  88' Vanheusden  90'	Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi Referee: Nicolas Laforge

Standard Liège v Cercle Brugge

19 August 2023 4	Standard Liège	0–1	Cercle Brugge	Liège
16:00	Drăguș  44' Ngoy  57'	Report	Leonardo Lopes  45+2' Minda 76' Popović  78'	Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne Attendance: 16,860 Referee: Jasper Vergoote

Kortrijk v Standard Liège

26 August 2023 5	Kortrijk	1–1	Standard Liège	Kortrijk
20:45 CEST	Davies 24'	Report	Kanga  17' Kawabe 73' Vanheusden  90+1'	Stadium: Guldensporen Stadion Attendance: 5,813 Referee: Nathan Verboomen

Standard Liège v RWD Molenbeek

2 September 2023 6	Standard Liège	1–1	RWD Molenbeek	Liège
20:45 CEST	Ngoy  20' Kanga 25'	Report	Gueye 20' Zakaria El Ouahdi  35' De Sart  65' Abe  80'	Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne Attendance: 20,500 Referee: Kevin Van Damme

Eupen v Standard Liège

17 September 2023 7	Eupen	1–3	Standard Liège	Eupen
13:30 CEST	Finnbogason 80' Christie-Davies  88'	Report	Hayden  22' Alzate  43'  90+13' Kanga 45+3' Kawabe 45+5'  58' Sowah 75'	Stadium: Kehrwegstadion Attendance: 6,615 Referee: Jonathan Lardot

Standard Liège v Westerlo

22 September 2023 8	Standard Liège	0–0	Westerlo	Liège
20:45 CEST		Report	Reynolds  66' Bos  68' Van Eenoo  74'	Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne Attendance: 18,504 Referee: Bert Put

OH Leuven v Standard Liège

30 September 2023 9	OH Leuven	1–2	Standard Liège	Heverlee
18:15 CEST	Mendyl 65' Nsingi  76' Pletinckx  78'	Report	Kanga 44' Ngoy  78' Sowah 81'	Stadium: King Power at Den Dreef Attendance: 7,216 Referee: Lothar D'Hondt

Standard Liège v Club Brugge

8 October 2023 10	Standard Liège	2–1	Club Brugge	Liège
13:30 CEST	Bokadi 11' Hayden  40' Djenepo  45+3' Kanga  74' Price 90' Ohio  90+7'	Report	Skov Olsen  45+3' 85'	Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne Attendance: 25,853 Referee: Erik Lambrechts

Standard Liège v Anderlecht

22 October 2023 11	Standard Liège	3–2	Anderlecht	Liège
18:30 CEST	Ngoy  50' 61' Alzate 52' Kawabe 55' Price  90+6'	Report	Dolberg 18' Dreyer 24' Hazard  60' Debast  90+1' Schmeichel  90+2'	Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne Attendance: 26,864 Referee: Jonathan Lardot

Gent v Standard Liège

29 October 2023 12	Gent	3–1	Standard Liège	Liège
18:30 CEST	Torunarigha  27' Tissoudali 33' 40' Cuypers 36' Samoise  80'	Report	Vanheusden  47' Hayden  52' Kanga 67'	Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne Attendance: 16,679 Referee: Nicolas Laforge

Standard Liège v Mechelen

5 November 2023 13	Standard Liège	1–1	Mechelen	Liège
16:00	Kawabe 22' Vanheusden  90+2'	Report	Lauberbach  14' Konaté  86' Schoofs 89' Cobbaut  90+1' Coucke  90+3'	Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne Attendance: 19,617 Referee: Kevin Van Damme

Antwerp v Standard Liège

11 November 2023 14	Antwerp	6–0	Standard Liège	Antwerp
16:00	Janssen 4' 14' (pen.) Ekkelenkamp 33' Muja 41' Bataille  49' Ilenikhena 74' De Laet  79' Balikwisha 86' Van Den Bosch  89'	Report	Vanheusden  38' Djenepo  78'	Stadium: Bosuilstadion Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Jonathan Lardot

Standard Liège v Genk

25 November 2023 15	Standard Liège	1–0	Genk	Liège
20:45	Kawabe 66' Ngoy  86' Dewaele  90+6'	Report	Heynen  90+2' Galarza  90+6'	Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne Attendance: 21,113 Referee: Wesli De Cremer

Club Brugge v Standard Liège

3 December 2023 16	Club Brugge	2–0	Standard Liège	Brugge
18:30	Igor Thiago 3' Vetlesen  31' Zinckernagel 55' Buchanan  67'	Report	Noubi  29' Vanheusden  83'	Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 19,471 Referee: Jasper Vergoote

Anderlecht v Standard Liège

10 December 2023 17	Anderlecht	2–2	Standard Liège	Anderlecht
18:30	Dreyer 21'  74' 77' (pen.) Debast  75'	Report	Kawabe  36' 45+2' Kanga 55' O'Neill  72' Ngoy  73'	Stadium: Lotto Park Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Jonathan Lardot

Standard Liège v Sporting Charleroi

16 December 2023 18	Standard Liège	0–0	Sporting Charleroi	Liège
20:45	O'Neill  42'	Report	Rogelj  30'	Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Lothar D'Hondt

Mechelen v Standard Liège

20 December 2023 19	Mechelen	3–0	Standard Liège	Mechelen
20:45	Bassette 35' Bates  51' Mrabti 67' Schoofs  82' Hairemans 90+3' (pen.)	Report	Bokadi  12'	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 13,466 Referee: Jan Boterberg

Standard Liège v Sint-Truiden

27 December 2023 20	Standard Liège	1–1	Sint-Truiden	Liège
18:30	Çanak  80' Kanga 90+8' (pen.)	Report	Van Helden  47' Fujita 86' Koita  88' Janssens  90+6'	Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne Attendance: 19,517 Referee: Erik Lambrechts

Standard Liège v Kortrijk

20 January 2024 21	Standard Liège	0–1	Kortrijk	Liège
18:15		Report	Kana  34' Avenatti 45'	Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne Attendance: 18,978 Referee: Bert Put

Cercle Brugge v Standard Liège

26 January 2024 22	Cercle Brugge	1–1	Standard Liège	Brugge
20:45	Utkus  65' Somers 88' Van der Bruggen  90+6'	Report	Djenepo  45+1' Fossey 79'	Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 4,388 Referee: Jonathan Lardot

Standard Liège v Antwerp

31 January 2024 23	Standard Liège	0–1	Antwerp	Liège
21:00		Report		Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne Referee: Bram Van Driessche

RWDM v Standard Liège

3 February 2024 24	RWDM	2–2	Standard Liège	Molenbeek-Saint-Jean
16:00		Report		Stadium: Edmond Machtens Stadium Referee: Bert Put

Standard Liège v OH Leuven

10 February 2024 25	Standard Liège	1–0	OH Leuven	Liège
16:00		Report		Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne Referee: Wesli De Cremer

Westerlo v Standard Liège

16 February 2024 26	Westerlo	2–1	Standard Liège	Westerlo
20:45		Report		Stadium: Het Kuipje Referee: Jasper Vergoote

Union Saint-Gilloise v Standard Liège

25 February 2024 27	Union Saint-Gilloise	2–1	Standard Liège	Brussels
18:30	Nilsson 35' (pen.) Eckert 38'	Report	Djenepo 50'	Stadium: Joseph Marien Stadium Referee: Nicolas Laforge

Standard Liège v Gent

2 March 2024 28	Standard Liège	4–2	Gent	Liège
20:45	Kanga 45+7' (pen.) Yeboah 55', 65' Kawabe 62'	Report	Tissoudali 14' Fortuna  18' Samoise 80'	Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne Attendance: 18,495 Referee: Wesli De Cremer

Genk v Standard Liège

10 March 2024 29	Genk	1–0	Standard Liège	Genk
13:30	Ait El Hadj 51'	Report		Stadium: Cegeka Arena Referee: Jonathan Lardot

Standard Liège v Eupen

16 March 2024 30	Standard Liège	4–0	Eupen	Liège
18:15	Kanga 9' Balikwisha 40' Yeboah 82' Charles-Cook 89' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne Attendance: 14,855 Referee: Nathan Verboomen

Europe Play-offs

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
8	0	5	3	10	19	−9	5	0	3	1	2	5	−3	0	2	2	8	14	−6

Last updated: 18 May 2024.
Source: Worldfootball

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Ground	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A
Result	L	D	D	D	D	D	L	P	L
Position	4	4	5	5	5	5	5

Updated to match(es) played on 18 May 2024. Source: Worldfootball
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Gent v Standard Liège

29 March 2024 1	Gent	5–1	Standard Liège	Ghent
20:45	Fernandez-Pardo 23' Gandelman 53' Gerkens 72' Kandouss 79' Tissoudali 83'	Report	De Sart 28' (o.g.)	Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Attendance: 11,341 Referee: Nathan Verboomen

Standard Liège v OH Leuven

6 April 2024 2	Standard Liège	0–0	OH Leuven	Liège
18:15		Report		Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne Referee: Bert Put

Sint-Truiden v Standard Liège

12 April 2024 3	Sint-Truiden	3–3	Standard Liège	Sint-Truiden
20:45		Report		Stadium: Stayen Referee: Wesli De Cremer

Westerlo v Standard Liège

20 April 2024 4	Westerlo	3–3	Standard Liège	Westerlo
18:15	Frigan 29' Stassin 49' Yow 59' (pen.) Reynolds  62'	Report	Kanga 22' Kawabe  73' Alzate 78' Laifis 90+4'	Stadium: Het Kuipje Referee: Simon Bourdeaud'Hui

Standard Liège v Mechelen

23 April 2024 5	Standard Liège	0–0	Mechelen	Liège
20:30		Report		Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne Referee: Michiel Allaerts

Standard Liège v Sint-Truiden

27 April 2024 6	Standard Liège	1–1	Sint-Truiden	Liège
18:15		Report		Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne Referee: Jan Boterberg

OH Leuven v Standard Liège

5 May 2024 7	OH Leuven	3–1	Standard Liège	Leuven
16:00	Maziz 47' Nsingi 74' Dagur Þorsteinsson 90+3'	Report	Yeboah 43'	Stadium: Den Dreef Referee: Wim Smet

Standard Liège v Westerlo

10 May 2024 8	Standard Liège	v	Westerlo	Liège
				Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne

Standard Liège v Gent

18 May 2024 9	Standard Liège	1–4	Gent	Liège
20:45	Yeboah 17'	Report	Fernandez-Pardo 10', 66' Depoitre 80', 87'	Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne Referee: Kevin Van Damme

Mechelen v Standard Liège

25 May 2024 10	Mechelen	3–2	Standard Liège	Mechelen
20:30	Lauberbach 15', 17', 90' Bolingoli  68' Foulon  90+6'	Report	Lawrence 51' Benjdida 84'	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Referee: Wim Smet

Belgian Cup

Main article: 2023–24 Belgian Cup

Standard Liège v Harelbeke

1 November 2023 Round of 32	Standard Liège	5–0	Harelbeke	Liège
20:30				Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne

Anderlecht v Standard Liège

7 December 2023 Eighth round	Anderlecht	2–0	Standard Liège	Anderlecht
20:30 CET	Stroeykens 31'  69' Dreyer 51' Sardella  53' Ashimeru  85'	Report	Alzate  27' Price  59' Vanheusden  90+4'	Stadium: Lotto Park Attendance: 22,200 Referee: Bram Van Driessche