# 2011–12 Standard Liège season

The 2011–12 season was the 114th in the history of Standard Liège and their 92nd consecutive season in the top flight. The club participated in the Belgian Pro League, the Belgian Cup, UEFA Champions League, and UEFA Europa League.

## Players

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 | HAI | Réginal Goreux |
| 3 | DF | FRA | Karim Belhocine |
| 4 | DF | GHA | Daniel Opare |
| 5 | DF | BRA | Felipe |
| 6 | DF | BEL | Laurent Ciman |
| 7 | MF | ISL | Birkir Bjarnason |
| 8 | MF | ISR | Maor Buzaglo |
| 10 | FW | BEL | Mohammed Tchité |
| 11 | FW | CIV | Cyriac |
| 14 | MF | URU | Ignacio González |
| 15 | DF | BEL | Sébastien Pocognoli |
| 17 | MF | BEL | Yoni Buyens |
| 18 | GK | BEL | Anthony Moris |
| 20 | MF | VEN | Luis Manuel Seijas |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | MF | FRA | William Vainqueur |
| 23 | FW | BEL | Michy Batshuayi |
| 25 | DF | BRA | Kanu |
| 27 | GK | BEL | Laurent Henkinet |
| 36 | DF | BEL | Dino Arslanagic |
| 37 | DF | BEL | Jelle Van Damme (captain) |
| 38 | GK | TUR | Sinan Bolat |
| 40 | MF | BEL | Paul-Jose M'Poku |
| 41 | MF | BEL | Franco Zennaro |
| 44 | MF | BEL | Ibrahima Cissé |
| 49 | DF | BEL | Jonathan Hendrickx |
| 55 | DF | ISR | Rami Gershon |
| 77 | FW | TOG | Serge Gakpé (on loan from Nantes) |
| 89 | MF | BEL | Geoffrey Mujangi Bia |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## Competitions
### Overall record

| 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 Pro League | 30 July 2011 | 21 March 2012 | Matchday 1 | 4th | 40 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 53 | 50 | +3 | 040.00 |
| Belgian Cup | 21 September 2011 | 18 January 2012 | Round 6 | Quarter-finals | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 8 | +6 | 075.00 |
| UEFA Champions League | 27 July 2011 | 3 August 2011 | Third qualifying round | Third qualifying round | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 000.00 |
| UEFA Europa League | 18 August 2011 | 25 August 2011 | Play-off round | Round of 16 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 10 | +7 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 58 | 25 | 18 | 15 | 85 | 70 | +15 | 043.10 |
Source: Competitions

### Belgian Pro League
#### Regular season

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 2 | Club Brugge | 30 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 51 | 32 | +19 | 61 | Qualification to Championship play-offs |
| 3 | Gent | 30 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 63 | 35 | +28 | 56 | Qualification to Championship play-offs |
| 4 | Standard Liège | 30 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 43 | 33 | +10 | 51 | Qualification to Championship play-offs |
| 5 | Genk | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 60 | 44 | +16 | 46 | Qualification to Championship play-offs |
| 6 | Kortrijk | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 39 | 36 | +3 | 46 | Qualification to Championship play-offs |

#### Championship playoff

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Anderlecht (C) | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 8 | +8 | 52 | Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round |
| 2 | Club Brugge (Q) | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 11 | +3 | 48 | Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round |
| 3 | Genk (Q) | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 41 | Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round |
| 4 | Gent | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 40 | Qualification to Europa League Testmatch |
| 5 | Standard Liège | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 17 | −7 | 35 | |
| 6 | Kortrijk | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 20 | −4 | 34 | |

### UEFA Europa League
#### Play-off round
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | SL | HAN | COP | VP |
| 1 | Standard Liège | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 | +8 | 14 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 |
| 2 | Hannover 96 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 11 | Advance to knockout phase | 0–0 | — | 2–2 | 3–1 |
| 3 | Copenhagen | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 5 | | 0–1 | 1–2 | — | 1–0 |
| 4 | Vorskla Poltava | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 2 | | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | — |