2021–22 Standard Liège season

The 2021–22 season is the 118th season in the existence of Standard Liège and the club's 100th consecutive season in the top flight of Belgian football. In addition to the domestic league, Standard Liège are participating in this season's edition of the Belgian Cup.

Standard Liège
2021–22 season
ChairmanBruno Venanzi
ManagerMbaye Leye
(until 5 October)
Luka Elsner
(from 7 October)
StadiumStade Maurice Dufrasne
Belgian First Division A13th
Belgian CupQuarter-finals
Top goalscorerLeague:
Denis Drăguș (5)
All:
Denis Drăguș (5)
Highest home attendance9,000
(vs. Genk, 23 July 2021)
Lowest home attendance8,038
(vs. Antwerp, 8 August 2021)
Biggest win2–1
(vs. Zulte Waregem, 1 August 2021)
Biggest defeat2–5
(vs. Antwerp, 8 August 2021)

Players

First-team squad
As of 8 February 2022[1]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF  BEL Gilles Dewaele
4 DF  SRB Damjan Pavlović
5 DF  MLI Moussa Sissako
6 DF  BEL Noë Dussenne
7 FW  ROU Denis Drăguș
8 MF  BIH Gojko Cimirot
10 MF  MAR Mehdi Carcela
11 FW  NOR Aron Dønnum
13 MF  BEL Joachim Van Damme
14 DF  FRA Niels Nkounkou (on loan from Everton)
15 MF  BEL Daouda Peeters (on loan from Juventus)
16 GK  BEL Arnaud Bodart
18 FW  BEL Renaud Emond
19 MF  MAR Selim Amallah
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 MF  COD Merveille Bokadi
23 FW  BFA Abdoul Tapsoba
24 MF  FRA Mathieu Cafaro
26 MF  BEL Nicolas Raskin
28 MF  COD Samuel Bastien
30 GK  BEL Laurent Henkinet
31 DF  BEL Alexandro Calut
33 DF  BEL Nathan Ngoy
34 DF  CYP Konstantinos Laifis
37 MF  BEL Olivier Dumont
38 FW  BEL Cihan Çanak
40 GK  BEL Matthieu Epolo
41 FW  MAR Camil Mmaee
— FW  MNE Aleksandar Boljević

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF  BEL Fostave Mabani (at MVV)
— MF  ISR Eden Shamir (at Maccabi Tel Aviv)
— FW  URU Felipe Avenatti (at K Beerschot VA)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— FW  COD Jackson Muleka (at Kasımpaşa)
— FW  BEL Mitchy Ntelo (at MVV)
— FW  FRA Eddy Sylvestre (at Pau FC)

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

26 June 2021 Friendly Standard Liège 1–3 Union Rochefortoise Liège, Belgium
18:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Académie Robert Louis-Dreyfus
Note: Four halves of 30 minutes.
30 June 2021 Friendly Standard Liège 0–0 Union SG Liège, Belgium
18:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Académie Robert Louis-Dreyfus
3 July 2021 Friendly Standard Liège 3–2 Cercle Brugge Liège, Belgium
18:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne
7 July 2021 Friendly Lens 1–1 Standard Liège Billy-Montigny, France
15:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade Paul Guerre
10 July 2021 Friendly Standard Liège 2–2 KV Mechelen Liège, Belgium
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)
  • Drăguș 30'
  • Klauss 46'
Stadium: Académie Robert Louis-Dreyfus
17 July 2021 Friendly Standard Liège 3–3 Rennes Liège, Belgium
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne
24 July 2021 Friendly Heist 1–3 Standard Liège Heist-op-den-Berg, Belgium
19:30 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: KSK Heist Terrein 3
7 January 2022 Friendly Standard Liège 2–2 Liège Liège, Belgium
15:30 CET (UTC+1) Report Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne

Competitions

Overall record
Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Belgian First Division A 23 July 2021 May 2022 Matchday 1 25 7 8 10 29 40 −11 028.00
Belgian Cup 26 October 2021 22 December 2021 Sixth round Quarter-finals 3 2 0 1 4 3 +1 066.67
Total 28 9 8 11 33 43 −10 032.14

Last updated: 5 February 2022
Source: Soccerway

Belgian First Division A
Main article: 2021–22 Belgian First Division A

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
12 Oostende 34 10 7 17 34 61 −27 37
13 Kortrijk 34 9 10 15 43 48 −5 37
14 Standard Liège 34 9 9 16 32 51 −19 36
15 Eupen 34 8 8 18 37 61 −24 32
16 Zulte Waregem 34 8 8 18 42 69 −27 32
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.[2]

Results summary
OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
10 4 1 5 10 17  −7 13 1 1 3 5 9  −4 3 0 2 5 8  −3

Last updated: 5 February 2022.
Source: Jupiler Pro League

Results by round
Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627
GroundHAHAHAAHHAHAH
ResultDWLWWLWLLL
Position1231273637111213131213121213101112151414121213
Updated to match(es) played on 5 February 2022. Source: Jupiler Pro League
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 8 June 2021.[3]

23 July 2021 1 Standard Liège 1–1 Genk Liège
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Lawrence Visser
1 August 2021 2 Zulte Waregem 1–2 Standard Liège Waregem
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Regenboogstadion
8 August 2021 3 Standard Liège 2–5 Antwerp Liège
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne
Attendance: 8,038
Referee: Bram Van Driessche
15 August 2021 4 Beerschot 0–1 Standard Liège Antwerp
13:30 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Olympic Stadium
23 October 2021 12 Cercle Brugge 1–1 Standard Liège Bruges
16:15 CEST (UTC+2)
Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium
7 November 2021 14 Club Brugge 2–2 Standard Liège Bruges
CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium
20 November 2021 15 Standard Liège 1–0 Eupen Liège
20:45 CET (UTC+1)
Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne
5 December 2021 17 Standard Liège 0–3 Charleroi Liège
18:30 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne
12 December 2021 18 Antwerp 2–3 Standard Liège Antwerp
13:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Bosuilstadion
Attendance: 10,980
Referee: Lawrence Visser
23 January 2022 23 Standard Liège 2–2 Club Brugge Liège
13:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne
Attendance: 0
Referee: Jonathan Lardot
26 January 2022 24 Eupen 0–2 Standard Liège Eupen
18:45 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Kehrwegstadion
5 February 2022 26 Standard Liège 1–1 Cercle Brugge Liège
18:30 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne
13 February 2022 27 Genk v Standard Liège Genk
13:30 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Luminus Arena
6 March 2022 30 Charleroi v Standard Liège Charleroi
--:-- CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi
15 December 2021 19 Standard Liège v Beerschot Liège
--:-- CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne

Belgian Cup
Main article: 2021–22 Belgian Cup
26 October 2021 Sixth round Excel Mouscron 0–1 Standard Liège Mouscron
20:45 CEST Klauss 7' (pen.) Stadium: Stade Le Canonnier
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Alexandre Boucaut
2 December 2021 Seventh round Standard Liège 2–0 (a.e.t.) Beerschot Liège
20:45 CET
Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne
22 December 2021 Quarter-finals Gent 3–1 Standard Liège Ghent
20:30 CET
Stadium: Ghelamco Arena
Referee: Jonathan Lardot

References
  1. "Joueurs" [Players] (in French). Standard Liège.
  2. "Bondsreglement Titel 7: Competities" [Association Rules Title 7: Competitions] (PDF). Royal Belgian Football Association. p. 19. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 September 2020. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
  3. "Pro League 2021/2022: Un choc d'entrée pour le Standard et Anderlecht". www.footnews.be (in French). 8 June 2021.
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