# 2019–20 Standard Liège season

The 2019–20 season was Standard Liège's 116th season in existence and the club's 8th consecutive season in the top flight of Belgian football. In addition to the domestic league, Standard Liège participated in this season's editions of the Belgian Cup and the UEFA Europa League. The season covered the period from 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020.

## Players
### Current squad

    As of 8 January 2020
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | BEL | Jean-François Gillet |
| 2 | MF | HAI | Réginal Goreux |
| 3 | DF | BEL | Zinho Vanheusden |
| 4 | DF | BEL | Dimitri Lavalée |
| 7 | FW | CRO | Duje Čop |
| 8 | MF | BIH | Gojko Cimirot |
| 10 | MF | MAR | Mehdi Carcela |
| 12 | FW | ROU | Denis Drăguș |
| 15 | MF | ISR | Eden Shamir |
| 16 | GK | BEL | Arnaud Bodart |
| 17 | FW | BEL | Obbi Oularé |
| 18 | MF | MNE | Aleksandar Boljević |
| 19 | MF | MAR | Selim Amallah |
| 20 | MF | COD | Merveille Bokadi |
| 21 | DF | CMR | Collins Fai |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 22 | MF | BEL | Maxime Lestienne |
| 23 | DF | BEL | Senna Miangue (on loan from Cagliari) |
| 24 | DF | FRA | Nicolas Gavory |
| 25 | FW | URU | Felipe Avenatti |
| 26 | MF | BEL | Nicolas Raskin |
| 27 | DF | KOS | Mërgim Vojvoda |
| 28 | MF | BEL | Samuel Bastien |
| 29 | DF | BEL | Luis Pedro Cavanda |
| 30 | GK | SRB | Vanja Milinković-Savić (on loan from Torino) |
| 32 | MF | BEL | Joachim Carcela |
| 33 | GK | BEL | Timothy Galje |
| 34 | DF | CYP | Konstantinos Laifis |
| 36 | DF | BEL | Noë Dussenne |
| 37 | DF | MLI | Hady Sangaré |
| 40 | MF | COD | Paul-José M'Poku |

### Out of first team

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | POR | Orlando Sá |

### 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 |
| 11 | FW | BRA | Carlinhos (at Vitória de Setúbal until 30 June 2020) |
| 12 | MF | COD | William Balikwisha (at Cercle Brugge until 30 June 2020) |

## Competitions

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Belgian Division | 27 July 2019 | 7 March 2020 | Matchday 1 | 5th | 29 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 47 | 32 | +15 | 048.28 |
| Belgian Cup | 26 September 2019 | 18 December 2019 | Sixth round | Quarter-finals | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 066.67 |
| Europa League | 19 September 2019 | 12 December 2019 | Group stage | Group stage | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 033.33 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 38 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 61 | 46 | +15 | 047.37 |
Last updated: 7 March 2020 Source: Soccerway

### Belgian Division
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 3 | Charleroi | 29 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 49 | 23 | +26 | 54 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
| 4 | Antwerp (Y) | 29 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 49 | 32 | +17 | 53 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 5 | Standard Liège | 29 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 47 | 32 | +15 | 49 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
| 6 | Mechelen | 29 | 13 | 5 | 11 | 46 | 43 | +3 | 44 | |
| 7 | Genk | 29 | 13 | 5 | 11 | 45 | 42 | +3 | 44 | |
* ↑ Antwerp qualified for the Europa League group stage as the 2019–20 Belgian Cup winners.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 7 March 2020. Source:

#### Results by round

| Matchday | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | W | L | W | W | L | W | W | D | D | W | D | W | L | L | W | W | D | D | L | L | W | W | L | D | W | W | L | D | C |
| Position | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 |

#### Matches

On 2 April 2020, the Jupiler Pro League's board of directors proposed to cancel the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The General Assembly accepted the proposal on 15 May, and officially ended the 2019–20 season.

### UEFA Europa League
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ARS | FRA | STL | VSC |
| 1 | Arsenal | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7 | +7 | 11 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 1–2 | 4–0 | 3–2 |
| 2 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 9 | Advance to knockout phase | 0–3 | — | 2–1 | 2–3 |
| 3 | Standard Liège | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 8 | | 2–2 | 2–1 | — | 2–0 |
| 4 | Vitória de Guimarães | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | −3 | 5 | | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | — |

## Statistics
### Squad appearances and goals

    Last updated on 7 March 2020.
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Belgian Division | Belgian Division | Belgian Cup | Belgian Cup | UEFA Europa League | UEFA Europa League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | BEL | Jean-François Gillet | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | GK | BEL | Arnaud Bodart | 35 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | SRB | Vanja Milinković-Savić | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 33 | GK | BEL | Timothy Galje | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 3 | DF | BEL | Zinho Vanheusden | 28 | 2 | 20 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 | 4+1 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | BEL | Dimitri Lavalée | 8 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | CMR | Collins Fai | 13 | 1 | 5+3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | BEL | Senna Miangue | 5 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | FRA | Nicolas Gavory | 36 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | KOS | Mërgim Vojvoda | 30 | 1 | 24+1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | BEL | Luis Pedro Cavanda | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | CYP | Konstantinos Laifis | 35 | 3 | 28 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 36 | DF | BEL | Noë Dussenne | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | DF | MLI | Hady Sangaré | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 2 | MF | HAI | Réginal Goreux | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | BIH | Gojko Cimirot | 36 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | MAR | Mehdi Carcela | 34 | 3 | 17+9 | 3 | 1+1 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | ISR | Eden Shamir | 3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | MNE | Aleksandar Boljević | 27 | 6 | 7+14 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | MAR | Selim Amallah | 32 | 9 | 21+4 | 7 | 1+1 | 0 | 3+2 | 2 |
| 20 | MF | COD | Merveille Bokadi | 8 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | BEL | Maxime Lestienne | 34 | 10 | 24+3 | 7 | 1+1 | 1 | 2+3 | 2 |
| 26 | MF | BEL | Nicolas Raskin | 3 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 28 | MF | BEL | Samuel Bastien | 32 | 4 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | BEL | Joachim Carcela | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 7 | FW | CRO | Duje Čop | 17 | 2 | 5+7 | 1 | 1+1 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 12 | FW | ROU | Denis Drăguș | 4 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | BEL | Obbi Oularé | 17 | 2 | 9+5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | URU | Felipe Avenatti | 24 | 2 | 5+13 | 2 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 |
| Players who have made an appearance this season but have left the club ||||||||||||
| 40 | MF | COD | Paul-José M'Poku | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4+2 | 1 |
| 14 | FW | BEL | Anthony Limbombe | 7 | 1 | 2+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | BEL | Renaud Emond | 20 | 7 | 10+4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |