Standard Liège in European football
Standard Liège's first game in European football came in the 1958–59 season in the European Cup against Scottish club Heart of Midlothian. Over two legs, Liège won 6–3 on aggregate. Since that time, Liège have participated in multiple European competitions. Their best success came in the 1981–82 season when they reached the final of UEFA Cup Winners' Cup to face off against Barcelona with the ending result of 2–1 loss.[1] In 1996, they took part in the UEFA Intertoto Cup where they reached the finals to face off against Karlsruher SC of Germany. Over two legs, Liège won the first game at home 1–0.[2] In the second game away, they lost 3–1 which was a 3–2 loss on aggregate.[3]
European record
[edit]Matches
[edit]Season | Competition | Round | Opponent | Home | Away | Agg. | Ref |
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1958–59 | European Cup | Q | Heart of Midlothian | 5–1 | 1–2 | 6–3 | |
R1 | Sporting CP | 3–2 | 3–0 | 6–2 | |||
QF | Reims | 2–0 | 0–3 | 2–3 | |||
1961–62 | European Cup | Q | Fredrikstad FK | 2–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | |
R1 | FC Haka Valkeakoski | 5–1 | 2–0 | 7–1 | |||
QF | Rangers | 4–1 | 0–2 | 4–3 | |||
SF | Real Madrid | 0–4 | 0–2 | 0–6 | |||
1963–64 | European Cup | Q | IFK Norrköping | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | |
1965–66 | Cup Winners' Cup | R1 | Cardiff City | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | |
R2 | Liverpool | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–5 | |||
1966–67 | UEFA Cup Winners' Cup | Q | Valur | 1–1 | 8–1 | 9–2 | |
R1 | Apollon Limassol | 5–1 | 1–0 | 6–1 | |||
R2 | Chemie Leipzig | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | |||
QF | Raba ETO Győr | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | |||
SF | Bayern Munich | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–5 | |||
1967–68 | UEFA Cup Winners' Cup | R1 | Altay Izmir | 3–2 | 0–0 | 3–2 | |
R2 | Aberdeen | 3–0 | 0–2 | 3–2 | |||
QF | Milan | 1–1 | 1–1[a] | 2–2 | |||
1968–69 | Inter-Cities Fairs Cup | R1 | Leeds United | 0–0 | 2–3 | 2–3 | |
1969–70 | European Cup | R1 | 17 Nëntori Tirana | 3–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | |
R2 | Real Madrid | 1–0 | 3–2 | 4–2 | |||
QF | Leeds United | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | |||
1970–71 | European Cup | R1 | Rosenborg | 2–0 | 5–0 | 7–0 | |
R2 | Legia Warsaw | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | |||
1971–72 | European Cup | R1 | Linfield | 2–0 | 3–2 | 5–2 | |
R2 | CSKA Moscow | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | |||
QF | Internazionale | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–2[b] | |||
1972–73 | UEFA Cup Winners' Cup | R1 | Sparta Prague | 1–0 | 2–4 | 3–4 | |
1973–74 | UEFA Cup | R1 | Ards | 2–3 | 6–1 | 8–4 | |
R2 | Universitatea Craiova | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | |||
R3 | Feyenoord | 1–3 | 2–0 | 3–3[c] | |||
1977–78 | UEFA Cup | R1 | Slavia Prague | 1–0 | 2–3 | 3–3[d] | |
R2 | AEK Athens | 2–2 | 4–1 | 6–3 | |||
R3 | Carl Zeiss Jena | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–4 | |||
1978–79 | UEFA Cup | R1 | Dundee United | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | |
R2 | Manchester City | 0–4 | 2–0 | 2–4 | |||
1979–80 | UEFA Cup | R1 | Glenavon | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | |
R2 | Napoli | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | |||
R3 | Zbrojovska Brno | 1–2 | 2–3 | 3–5 | |||
1980–81 | UEFA Cup | R1 | Steaua Bucharest | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | |
R2 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 2–1 | 2–1 | 4–2 | |||
R3 | Dynamo Dresden | 1–1 | 4–1 | 5–2 | |||
QF | 1. FC Köln | 0–0 | 2–3 | 2–3 | |||
1981–82 | UEFA Cup Winners' Cup | R1 | Floriana | 3–1 | 9–0 | 12–1 | |
R2 | Vasas Budapest | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | |||
QF | Porto | 2–0 | 2–2 | 4–2 | |||
SF | Dinamo Tbilisi | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | |||
F | Barcelona | 1–2 | |||||
1982–83 | European Cup | R1 | Raba ETO Győr | 5–0 | 0–3 | 5–3 | |
R2 | Juventus | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | |||
1983–84 | European Cup | R1 | Athlone Town | 3–2 | 8–2 | 11–4 | |
R2 | Dundee United | 0–0 | 0–4 | 0–4 | |||
1984–85 | UEFA Cup | R1 | Glentoran | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | |
R2 | 1. FC Köln | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–4 | |||
1986–87 | UEFA Cup | R1 | NK Rijeka | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | |
R2 | FC Swarovski Tirol | 1–2 | 3–2 | 4–4[e] | |||
1992–93 | UEFA Cup | R1 | Portadown | 5–0 | 0–0 | 5–0 | |
R2 | Heart of Midlothian | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | |||
R3 | Auxerre | 2–2 | 1–2 | 3–4 | |||
1993–94 | UEFA Cup Winners' Cup | R1 | Cardiff City | 5–2 | 3–1 | 8–3 | |
R2 | Arsenal | 0–3 | 0–7 | 0–10 | |||
1995–96 | UEFA Cup | R1 | Vitória SC | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–3 | |
1996 | UEFA Intertoto Cup | Group | Cliftonville | 3–0 | |||
Hapoel Haifa | 2–2 | ||||||
VfB Stuttgart | 2–0 | ||||||
Aalborg BK | 1–0 | ||||||
SF | Nantes | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | |||
F | Karlsruher SC | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–3 | [2][3] | ||
1997 | UEFA Intertoto Cup | Group | FC Aarau | 0–0 | |||
Cork City | 0–0 | ||||||
Maccabi Petah Tikva | 0–0 | ||||||
1. FC Köln | 1–1 | ||||||
2000 | UEFA Intertoto Cup | R1 | Dinamo Tbilisi | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–3 | |
R2 | Perugia | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | |||
R3 | Austria Salzburg | 3–1 | 1–1 | 4–2 | |||
SF | VfB Stuttgart | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | |||
2001–02 | UEFA Cup | Q | FK Vardar | 3–0 | 3–1 | 6–1 | |
R1 | Strasbourg | 2–0 | 2–2 | 4–2 | |||
R2 | Bordeaux | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–4 | |||
2004–05 | UEFA Cup | R1 | VfL Bochum | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 (a) | |
Group | Steaua Bucharest | 0–2 | |||||
Parma | 2–1 | ||||||
Beşiktaş | 1–1 | ||||||
Athletic Bilbao | 1–7 | ||||||
2006–07 | UEFA Champions League | 3Q | Steaua Bucharest | 2–2 | 1–2 | 3–4 | |
2006–07 | UEFA Cup | R1 | Celta Vigo | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–4 | |
2007–08 | UEFA Cup | Q2 | UN Käerjeng 97 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | |
R1 | Zenit Saint Petersburg | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–4 | |||
2008–09 | UEFA Champions League | Q3 | Liverpool | 0–0 | 0–1 (a.e.t.) | ||
2008–09 | UEFA Cup | R1 | Everton | 2–2 | 2–1 | 4–3 | |
Group | Sevilla | 1–0 | |||||
Partizan | 1–0 | ||||||
Sampdoria | 3–0 | ||||||
VfB Stuttgart | 0–3 | ||||||
R32 | Braga | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–4 | |||
2009–10 | UEFA Champions League | Group | Arsenal | 2–3 | 0–2 | ||
AZ | 1–1 | 1–1 | |||||
Olympiacos | 1–2 | 2–0 | |||||
2009–10 | UEFA Europa League | R32 | Red Bull Salzburg | 3–2 | 0–0 | 3–2 | |
R16 | Panathinaikos | 3–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | |||
QF | Hamburger SV | 1–2 | 1–3 | 2–5 | |||
2011–12 | UEFA Champions League | Q3 | Zürich | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | |
2011–12 | UEFA Europa League | PO | Helsingborgs IF | 1–0 | 3–1 | 4–1 | |
Group | Copenhagen | 3–0 | 1–0 | ||||
Hannover 96 | 0–0 | 2–0 | |||||
Vorskla Poltava | 0–0 | 3–1 | |||||
R32 | Wisła Kraków | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | |||
R16 | Hannover 96 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 2–6 | [4] | ||
2013–14 | UEFA Europa League | QR2 | KR | 3–1 | 3–1 | 6–2 | |
QR3 | Xanthi | 2–1 | 2–1 | 4–2 | |||
POR | Minsk | 2–0 | 3–1 | 5–1 | |||
Group | Esbjerg | 1–2 | 1–2 | ||||
Elfsborg | 1–3 | 1–1 | |||||
Red Bull Salzburg | 1–3 | 1–2 | |||||
2014–15 | CL | Q3 | Panathinaikos | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | |
POR | Zenit SP | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–4 | |||
2014–15 | EL | Group | Rijeka | 2–0 | 0–2 | ||
Feyenoord | 0–3 | 1–2 | |||||
Sevilla | 0–0 | 1–3 | |||||
2015–16 | UEFA Europa League | QR3 | Željezničar | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | |
POR | Molde | 3–1 | 0–2 | 3–3 (a) | |||
2016–17 | UEFA Europa League | Group | Panathinaikos | 2–2 | 3–0 | ||
Celta Vigo | 1–1 | 1–1 | |||||
Ajax | 1–1 | 0–1 | |||||
2018–19 | UEFA Champions League | Q3 | Ajax | 2–2 | 0–3 | 2–5 | |
2018–19 | UEFA Europa League | Group | Sevilla | 1–0 | 1–5 | ||
Krasnodar | 2–1 | 1–2 | |||||
Akhisar Belediyespor | 2–1 | 0–0 | |||||
2019–20 | UEFA Europa League | Group | Vitória Guimaraes | 2–0 | 1–1 | ||
Eintracht Frankfurt | 2–1 | 1–2 | |||||
Arsenal | 2–2 | 0–4 | |||||
2020–21 | UEFA Europa League | Q2 | Bala Town | 2–0 | |||
Q3 | Vojvodina | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | |||||
PO | Fehérvár | 3–1 | |||||
Group | Benfica | 2–2 | 0–3 | [5][6] | |||
Rangers | 0–2 | 2–3 | [7][8] | ||||
Lech Poznań | 2–1 | 1–3 | [9][10] |
Notes
[edit]Summary of best results
[edit]From the quarter-finals upwards:
(2 finals)
European Cup/UEFA Champions League:
- semi-finalists in 1962
- quarter-finalists in 1959, 1970 and 1972
- finalists in 1982
- semi-finalists in 1967
- quarter-finalists in 1968
- quarter-finalists in 1981 and 2010
UEFA Intertoto Cup (1):
- finalists in 1996
- semi-finalists in 2000
References
[edit]- ^ "Coppa delle Coppe 1981/1982 » Finale » FC Barcelona - Standard Liège 2:1". calcio.com. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
- ^ a b "uefa.com > UEFA Intertoto Cup > All-Time Statistics > /IntertotoCup/AllTimeStatistics/1996/Final(s)". UEFA. 6 August 1996. Archived from the original on 5 July 2004. Retrieved 14 April 2020 – via web.archive.org.
- ^ a b "uefa.com > UEFA Intertoto Cup > All-Time Statistics > /IntertotoCup/AllTimeStatistics/1996/Final(s)". UEFA. 20 August 1996. Archived from the original on 26 June 2004. Retrieved 14 April 2020 – via web.archive.org.
- ^ "Hannover beat ten-man Standard to make history". UEFA. 15 March 2012. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
- ^ "Benfica 3–0 Standard Liège". uefa.com. UEFA. 29 October 2020. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
- ^ "Standard Liège 2–2 Benfica". uefa.com. UEFA. 10 December 2020. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
- ^ "Standard Liège 0–2 Rangers". uefa.com. UEFA. 22 October 2020. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
- ^ "Rangers 3–2 Standard Liège". uefa.com. UEFA. 3 December 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
- ^ "Lech Poznań 3–1 Standard Liège". uefa.com. UEFA. 5 November 2020. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
- ^ "Standard Liège 2–1 Lech Poznań". uefa.com. UEFA. 26 November 2020. Retrieved 26 November 2020.