# List of Royal Standard de Liège players

Standard Liège is a Belgian professional football team formed in 1898. Throughout its history the club's first team has competed in various national and international competitions. All players who have played in 50 or more such matches are listed below.

## Key

* Players with name in bold currently play for the club.
* Years are the first and last calendar years in which the player appeared in competitive first-team football for the club.
* League appearances and goals comprise those in the Belgian First Division A and its predecessors of top-level league football in Belgium.
* Total appearances and goals comprise those in the Belgian First Division A, Belgian First Division A Playoffs, Belgian Cup, Belgian League Cup, Belgian Super Cup, UEFA Europa League, UEFA Europa League and several now-defunct competitions.

## Players with 50 or more appearances

Appearances and goals are for first-team competitive matches only. Substitute appearances are included. Statistics are correct as of 1 May 2017.
Position key: GK – Goalkeeper; DF – Defender; MF – Midfielder; FW – Forward
| Name | Nationality | Position | Standard Liège career | League Appearances | League Goals | Total Appearances | Total Goals |
| Rabiu Afolabi | Nigeria | DF | 1997–2000 2001–2003 | 89 | 2 | 89 | 2 |
| Darwin Andrade | Colombia | DF | 2014– | 36 | 0 | 61 | 1 |
| Rorys Aragón | Ecuador | GK | 2006–2009 | 53 | 0 | 53 | 0 |
| Dino Arslanagić | Belgium | DF | 2012–2017 | 57 | 3 | 57 | 3 |
| Ole Martin Årst | Norway | FW | 2000–2003 | 73 | 41 | 73 | 41 |
| Patrick Asselman | Belgium | MF | 1990–1994 | 89 | 17 | 89 | 17 |
| Patrick Aussems | Belgium | DF | 1983–1988 | 75 | 8 | 75 | 8 |
| Sambégou Bangoura | Guinea | FW | 2003–2006 | 53 | 21 | 53 | 21 |
| Michy Batshuayi | Belgium | FW | 2010–2014 | 78 | 34 | 78 | 34 |
| Émile Bellefroid | Belgium | DF | 1931–1939 | 169 | 0 | 169 | 0 |
| Robert Berghmans | Belgium | DF | 1933–1936 | 50 | 0 | 50 | 0 |
| Alain Bettagno | Belgium | MF | 1989–1996 | 127 | 31 | 127 | 31 |
| Jacques Beurlet | Belgium | DF | 1961–1974 | 348 | 12 | 348 | 12 |
| Mathieu Billen | Belgium | DF | 1975–1978 | 71 | 3 | 71 | 3 |
| Roberto Bisconti | Belgium | MF | 1991–1995 1996–1997 1998–2000 2003–2004 | 142 | 11 | 142 | 11 |
| Fernand Blaise | Belgium | DF | 1943–1956 | 314 | 54 | 314 | 54 |
| George Blay | Ghana | DF | 1997–2000 | 92 | 3 | 92 | 3 |
| Gilbert Bodart | Belgium | GK | 1979–1996 1997–1998 | 390 | 8 | 390 | 8 |
| Sinan Bolat | Turkey | GK | 2008–2013 | 75 | 0 | 75 | 0 |
| Maurice Bolsée | Belgium | DF | 1956–1962 | 96 | 13 | 96 | 13 |
| Paul Bonga Bonga | Belgian Congo | MF | 1957–1963 | 100 | 7 | 100 | 7 |
| Matthieu Bonhivers | Belgium | MF | 1924–1934 | 140 | 19 | 140 | 19 |
| Fernand Boogaerts | Belgium | GK | 1948–1955 | 160 | 0 | 160 | 0 |
| Jean-Marc Bosman | Belgium | MF | 1983–1988 | 74 | 3 | 74 | 3 |
| Jean Bouttiau | Belgium | MF | 1909–1914 | 80 | 14 | 80 | 14 |
| Paul Bouttiau | Belgium | DF | 1909–1914 | 84 | 1 | 84 | 1 |
| Jean Brichaut | Belgium | FW | 1929–1936 | 163 | 103 | 163 | 103 |
| David Brocken | Belgium | DF | 2000–2002 | 41 | 1 | 52 | 1 |
| Josip Bukal | Yugoslavia | FW | 1973–1977 | 60 | 34 | 60 | 34 |
| Frédéric Bulot | Gabon | MF | 2012–2015 | 47 | 3 | 76 | 8 |
| Yoni Buyens | Belgium | MF | 2011–2014 | 77 | 9 | 77 | 9 |
| Marcos Camozzato | Brazil | DF | 2006–2010 | 90 | 1 | 90 | 1 |
| Jean Capelle | Belgium | FW | 1929–1944 | 285 | 242 | 285 | 242 |
| Mehdi Carcela-González | Morocco | MF | 2008–2012 2013–2015 | 96 | 19 | 96 | 19 |
| Fabián Carini | Uruguay | GK | 2002–2004 | 61 | 0 | 61 | 0 |
| Franz Carlier | Belgium | FW | 1945–1951 | 154 | 93 | 154 | 93 |
| Laurent Ciman | Belgium | DF | 2010–2015 | 123 | 6 | 123 | 6 |
| Liviu Ciobotariu | Romania | DF | 2000–2001 | 43 | 0 | 53 | 2 |
| Ibrahima Cissé | Guinea | MF | 2012–2014 2016– | 43 | 1 | 67 | 2 |
| Constant Claes | Belgium | DF | 1920–1924 | 64 | 7 | 64 | 7 |
| Roger Claessen | Belgium | FW | 1958–1968 | 229 | 161 | 229 | 161 |
| Sérgio Conceição | Portugal | MF | 2004–2007 | 74 | 21 | 74 | 21 |
| Dieudonné Couquelet | Belgium | MF | 1924–1936 | 187 | 8 | 187 | 8 |
| André Cruz | Brazil | DF | 1990–1994 1999 | 116 | 19 | 116 | 19 |
| Cyriac | Ivory Coast | FW | 2009–2012 | 48 | 16 | 65 | 18 |
| Alexandre Czerniatynski | Belgium | FW | 1985–1989 | 116 | 46 | 116 | 46 |
| Jos Daerden | Belgium | MF | 1980–1984 | 110 | 21 | 110 | 21 |
| Pierre Dalem | Belgium | MF | 1931–1939 | 162 | 5 | 162 | 5 |
| Wilfried Dalmat | France | MF | 2008–2010 | 50 | 6 | 50 | 6 |
| Dante (footballer) | Brazil | DF | 2006–2009 | 63 | 2 | 63 | 2 |
| Guy Dardenne | Belgium | MF | 1973–1976 1984–1986 | 90 | 9 | 90 | 9 |
| Igor de Camargo | Belgium | FW | 2005–2010 2013–2015 | 158 | 43 | 158 | 43 |
| Dimitri De Condé | Belgium | MF | 1995–1999 | 123 | 16 | 123 | 16 |
| Julien De Sart | Belgium | MF | 2013–2016 | 47 | 3 | 74 | 3 |
| Benjamin Debusschere | Belgium | DF | 1996–1998 | 41 | 2 | 55 | 2 |
| Eric Deflandre | Belgium | DF | 2004–2007 | 76 | 1 | 76 | 1 |
| Steven Defour | Belgium | MF | 2006–2012 | 119 | 13 | 119 | 13 |
| Guillaume Degueldere | Belgium | MF | 1925–1932 | 60 | 10 | 60 | 10 |
| Paul Dehaar | Belgium | DF | 1920–1928 | 99 | 30 | 99 | 30 |
| Etienne Delangre | Belgium | DF | 1981–1992 | 266 | 6 | 266 | 6 |
| Henri Deleu | Belgium | MF | 1941–1949 | 155 | 2 | 155 | 2 |
| Arthur Delgrange | Belgium | DF | 1920–1935 | 221 | 27 | 221 | 27 |
| Siramana Dembélé | France | MF | 2005–2009 | 50 | 0 | 50 | 0 |
| Stéphane Demol | Belgium | DF | 1991–1993 | 56 | 5 | 56 | 5 |
| Nicolas Dewalque | Belgium | MF | 1963–1976 | 163 | 3 | 163 | 3 |
| Dinga (footballer) | Brazil | DF | 1989–1998 | 123 | 1 | 123 | 1 |
| Georges Ditzler | Belgium | DF | 1920–1932 | 233 | 20 | 233 | 20 |
| René Dohet | Belgium | MF | 1920–1929 | 139 | 14 | 139 | 14 |
| Léon Dolmans | Belgium | DF | 1970–1975 | 112 | 6 | 112 | 6 |
| Mathieu Dossevi | Togo | MF | 2015– | 43 | 5 | 60 | 7 |
| Ivica Dragutinović | Serbia | DF | 2000–2006 | 136 | 3 | 136 | 3 |
| Édouard Dufrasne | Belgium | FW | 1909–1914 | 51 | 3 | 51 | 3 |
| Jean Dupont | Belgium | FW | 1920–1929 | 51 | 3 | 51 | 3 |
| Ralf Edström | Sweden | FW | 1979–1981 | 51 | 27 | 51 | 27 |
| Joseph Enakarhire | Nigeria | DF | 2000–2004 | 77 | 1 | 77 | 1 |
| Eyong Enoh | Cameroon | MF | 2014– | 38 | 1 | 69 | 1 |
| Didier Ernst | Belgium | MF | 1991–2002 | 240 | 6 | 240 | 6 |
| Imoh Ezekiel | Nigeria | FW | 2012–2014 2015 | 59 | 26 | 59 | 26 |
| Lucien Fabry | Belgium | FW | 1920–1928 | 89 | 71 | 89 | 71 |
| Felipe Trevizan Martins | Brazil | DF | 2009–2012 | 43 | 3 | 82 | 4 |
| Marouane Fellaini | Belgium | MF | 2006–2008 | 64 | 10 | 64 | 10 |
| António Folha | Portugal | MF | 1998–1999 2001 | 40 | 5 | 52 | 8 |
| Franz Frederick | Belgium | DF | 1910–1914 | 51 | 0 | 51 | 0 |
| Milan Galić | Yugoslavia | FW | 1966–1970 | 111 | 41 | 111 | 41 |
| Philippe Garot | Belgium | FW | 1974–1980 | 189 | 25 | 189 | 25 |
| Régis Genaux | Belgium | DF | 1990–1997 2001–2002 | 155 | 1 | 155 | 1 |
| Karel Geraerts | Belgium | MF | 2004–2007 | 93 | 16 | 93 | 16 |
| Eric Gerets | Belgium | DF | 1971–1983 | 322 | 27 | 322 | 27 |
| René Gillard | Belgium | DF | 1941–1950 | 261 | 7 | 261 | 7 |
| Maurice Gillis | Belgium | FW | 1920–1935 | 259 | 124 | 259 | 124 |
| Joseph Givard | Belgium | MF | 1952–1960 | 155 | 60 | 155 | 60 |
| Michaël Goossens | Belgium | FW | 1990–1997 1999–2003 | 226 | 74 | 226 | 74 |
| Réginal Goreux | Haiti | DF | 2007–2013 2015– | 124 | 6 | 124 | 6 |
| André Gorez | Belgium | FW | 1975–1978 | 100 | 16 | 100 | 16 |
| Gilbert Govaert | Belgium | MF | 1972–1976 | 64 | 2 | 64 | 2 |
| Helmut Graf | Germany | MF | 1976–1982 | 157 | 16 | 157 | 16 |
| Heinz Gründel | Germany | MF | 1982–1985 | 96 | 17 | 96 | 17 |
| Arie Haan | Netherlands | MF | 1981–1983 | 65 | 13 | 65 | 13 |
| Stijn Haeldermans | Belgium | MF | 1997–1999 | 54 | 7 | 54 | 7 |
| René Hanquet | Belgium | MF | 1920–1925 | 78 | 14 | 78 | 14 |
| Joseph Happart | Belgium | DF | 1947–1960 | 299 | 1 | 299 | 1 |
| Guy Hellers | Luxembourg | MF | 1983–2000 | 383 | 29 | 383 | 29 |
| Roger Henrotay | Belgium | MF | 1968–1975 | 133 | 34 | 133 | 34 |
| Denis Houf | Belgium | MF | 1948–1964 | 379 | 102 | 379 | 102 |
| Léonard Jacquemin | Belgium | MF | 1912–1914 | 59 | 13 | 59 | 13 |
| Jean Jadot | Belgium | MF | 1948–1960 | 224 | 80 | 224 | 80 |
| Waldemar Jaskulski | Poland | DF | 1996–1999 | 49 | 3 | 63 | 4 |
| Léon Jeck | Belgium | DF | 1964–1974 | 236 | 3 | 236 | 3 |
| Zoran Jelikić | Yugoslavia | DF | 1983–1988 | 77 | 5 | 77 | 5 |
| Milan Jovanović (footballer, born 1981) | Serbia | FW | 2006–2010 | 114 | 52 | 114 | 52 |
| Eiji Kawashima | Japan | GK | 2012–2015 | 68 | 0 | 68 | 0 |
| Raymond Knell | Belgium | MF | 1932–1944 | 192 | 33 | 192 | 33 |
| Serhiy Kovalenko | Ukraine | MF | 2004–2007 | 45 | 5 | 53 | 8 |
| Christian Labarbe | Belgium | DF | 1971–1980 | 197 | 12 | 197 | 12 |
| Paul Lambrichts | Belgium | DF | 1988–1989 | 49 | 0 | 61 | 0 |
| Philippe Léonard | Belgium | DF | 1992–1996 2004–2006 | 180 | 6 | 180 | 6 |
| Mbaye Leye | Senegal | FW | 2010–2012 | 35 | 6 | 56 | 12 |
| Julien Louis | Belgium | GK | 1941–1949 | 193 | 0 | 193 | 0 |
| Ali Lukunku | Democratic Republic of the Congo | FW | 1998–2003 2006–2008 | 121 | 45 | 121 | 45 |
| Freddy Luyckx | Belgium | DF | 1984–1989 | 160 | 5 | 160 | 5 |
| Peter Maes | Belgium | GK | 1996–1998 | 43 | 0 | 57 | 0 |
| Fernand Massay | Belgium | DF | 1937–1954 | 352 | 35 | 352 | 35 |
| Jean Mathonet | Belgium | FW | 1945–1960 | 375 | 143 | 375 | 143 |
| Dieumerci Mbokani | Democratic Republic of the Congo | FW | 2007–2011 | 81 | 35 | 81 | 35 |
| Walter Meeuws | Belgium | DF | 1981–1984 | 88 | 6 | 88 | 6 |
| Harold Meyssen | Belgium | MF | 2000–2003 | 84 | 7 | 84 | 7 |
| Martin Milec | Slovenia | DF | 2014– | 31 | 1 | 51 | 1 |
| Almami Moreira | Guinea-Bissau | MF | 2001–2006 | 113 | 18 | 113 | 18 |
| Ivica Mornar | Croatia | FW | 1998–2001 | 69 | 23 | 69 | 23 |
| Émile Mpenza | Belgium | FW | 1997–2000 2003–2004 | 75 | 41 | 75 | 41 |
| Mbo Mpenza | Belgium | FW | 1997–2000 | 54 | 19 | 54 | 19 |
| Paul-José M'Poku | Democratic Republic of the Congo | MF | 2011–2015 | 71 | 13 | 71 | 13 |
| Geoffrey Mujangi Bia | Belgium | MF | 2011–2015 | 66 | 18 | 66 | 18 |
| Landry Mulemo | Democratic Republic of the Congo | DF | 2007–2010 | 56 | 0 | 56 | 0 |
| Daniël Nassen | Belgium | DF | 1985–1991 | 137 | 1 | 137 | 1 |
| Velimir Naumović | Yugoslavia | FW | 1965–1969 | 66 | 3 | 66 | 3 |
| Benjamin Nicaise | France | MF | 2008–2010 | 42 | 1 | 65 | 3 |
| Jean Nicolay | Belgium | GK | 1955–1969 | 336 | 0 | 336 | 0 |
| Toussaint Nicolay | Belgium | GK | 1951–1960 | 169 | 0 | 169 | 0 |
| Luís Norton de Matos | Portugal | FW | 1978–1981 | 67 | 17 | 67 | 17 |
| Godwin Okpara | Nigeria | DF | 2001–2004 | 68 | 1 | 68 | 1 |
| Oguchi Onyewu | United States | DF | 2004–2009 | 140 | 11 | 210 | 19 |
| Daniel Opare | Ghana | DF | 2010–2014 | 60 | 0 | 60 | 0 |
| Joseph Paty | Belgium | GK | 1920–1940 | 229 | 0 | 229 | 0 |
| Bernd Patzke | Germany | DF | 1962–1964 | 54 | 2 | 54 | 2 |
| António Eduardo Pereira dos Santos | Brazil | DF | 2011–2014 | 59 | 2 | 59 | 2 |
| Roger Petit | Belgium | DF | 1931–1942 | 207 | 8 | 207 | 8 |
| Christian Pilot | Belgium | GK | 1966–1978 | 305 | 9 | 305 | 9 |
| Louis Pilot | Luxembourg | MF | 1961–1972 | 264 | 36 | 264 | 36 |
| Jacques Pirlot | Belgium | DF | 1920–1932 | 149 | 3 | 149 | 3 |
| Thierry Pister | Belgium | MF | 1990–1994 | 81 | 4 | 81 | 4 |
| Gérard Plessers | Belgium | DF | 1975–1984 | 186 | 14 | 186 | 14 |
| Sébastien Pocognoli | Belgium | DF | 2009–2012 | 62 | 2 | 62 | 2 |
| Theo Poel | Belgium | DF | 1975–1986 | 289 | 7 | 289 | 7 |
| Michel Preud'homme | Belgium | GK | 1977–1986 | 240 | 0 | 240 | 0 |
| Victor Putmans | Belgium | FW | 1936–1946 | 192 | 77 | 192 | 77 |
| Ljubomir Radanović | Yugoslavia | DF | 1988–1992 | 66 | 3 | 66 | 3 |
| Milan Rapaić | Croatia | MF | 2004–2007 | 60 | 15 | 60 | 15 |
| Mircea Rednic | Romania | DF | 1991–1996 | 140 | 3 | 140 | 3 |
| Srebrenko Repčić | Yugoslavia | FW | 1985–1988 | 92 | 19 | 92 | 19 |
| Gauthier Remacle | Belgium | MF | 1996–2000 | 74 | 7 | 74 | 7 |
| Olivier Renard | Belgium | GK | 2005–2008 | 40 | 0 | 53 | 0 |
| Michel Renquin | Belgium | DF | 1974–1981 1985–1988 | 274 | 4 | 274 | 4 |
| Alfred Riedl | Austria | FW | 1976–1980 | 105 | 53 | 105 | 53 |
| Ronny Rosenthal | Israel | FW | 1988–1990 | 44 | 20 | 54 | 25 |
| Vedran Runje | Croatia | GK | 1998–2001 2004–2006 | 168 | 1 | 205 | 1 |
| Alexandre Rytchkov | Russia | MF | 1992–1997 | 51 | 2 | 51 | 2 |
| Mohamed Sarr | Senegal | DF | 2005–2010 | 109 | 1 | 109 | 1 |
| Marc Schaessens | Belgium | MF | 1989–1991 | 65 | 5 | 65 | 5 |
| Gunther Schepens | Belgium | MF | 1993–1997 | 114 | 13 | 114 | 13 |
| Alexander Scholz | Denmark | DF | 2015– | 46 | 1 | 76 | 1 |
| Luis Manuel Seijas | Venezuela | MF | 2011–2013 | 36 | 4 | 58 | 10 |
| Léon Semmeling | Belgium | FW | 1959–1974 | 449 | 73 | 449 | 73 |
| Ásgeir Sigurvinsson | Iceland | MF | 1973–1981 | 250 | 57 | 250 | 57 |
| Thierry Siquet | Belgium | DF | 1986–1991 | 69 | 2 | 69 | 2 |
| Eddy Snelders | Belgium | MF | 1984–1986 | 55 | 15 | 55 | 15 |
| Istvan Sztani | Hungary | FW | 1960–1965 | 155 | 57 | 155 | 57 |
| Simon Tahamata | Netherlands | FW | 1980–1984 | 130 | 40 | 130 | 40 |
| Silvester Takač | Yugoslavia | MF | 1969–1974 | 81 | 32 | 81 | 32 |
| Mohamed Tchité | Burundi | FW | 2002–2006 2010–2012 | 95 | 37 | 95 | 37 |
| Benoît Thans | Belgium | MF | 1988–1991 1992–1993 | 84 | 10 | 84 | 10 |
| Henri Thellin | Belgium | DF | 1949–1965 | 577 | 0 | 577 | 0 |
| Bernd Thijs | Belgium | MF | 1995–2001 | 103 | 15 | 103 | 15 |
| Jean Thissen | Belgium | DF | 1965–1974 | 233 | 11 | 233 | 11 |
| Yohann Thuram-Ulien | Guadeloupe | GK | 2013–2016 2004–2006 | 33 | 0 | 56 | 0 |
| Guy Thys | Belgium | FW | 1950–1954 | 105 | 47 | 105 | 47 |
| Shalom Tikva | Israel | MF | 1988–1991 1995–1996 | 49 | 18 | 63 | 23 |
| Adrien Trebel | France | MF | 2014–2017 | 69 | 3 | 69 | 3 |
| Önder Turacı | Turkey | DF | 1998–2004 | 62 | 3 | 62 | 3 |
| William Vainqueur | France | MF | 2011–2014 | 67 | 4 | 67 | 4 |
| Daniel Van Buyten | Belgium | DF | 1999–2001 | 57 | 7 | 57 | 7 |
| Jelle Van Damme | Belgium | DF | 2011–2016 | 120 | 17 | 120 | 17 |
| Wilfried Van Moer | Belgium | MF | 1968–1976 | 119 | 17 | 119 | 17 |
| Frans van Rooij | Netherlands | MF | 1991–1994 | 72 | 13 | 72 | 13 |
| Guy Vandersmissen | Belgium | MF | 1978–1991 | 371 | 71 | 371 | 71 |
| Gonzague Vandooren | Belgium | DF | 2001–2006 | 107 | 9 | 107 | 9 |
| Serge Verheyden | Belgium | DF | 1974–1977 | 54 | 1 | 54 | 1 |
| Patrick Vervoort | Belgium | MF | 1992–1994 | 42 | 4 | 55 | 4 |
| Eddy Voordeckers | Belgium | MF | 1979–1982 | 64 | 21 | 64 | 21 |
| Henk Vos | Netherlands | MF | 1989–1993 | 78 | 23 | 78 | 23 |
| Jonathan Walasiak | Belgium | MF | 2000–2008 | 120 | 19 | 120 | 19 |
| Johan Walem | Belgium | MF | 2001–2003 | 58 | 4 | 58 | 4 |
| Wamberto de Jesus Sousa Campos | Brazil | FW | 1996–1998 2004–2006 | 81 | 11 | 81 | 11 |
| Marcelin Waroux | Belgium | DF | 1920–1932 | 228 | 1 | 228 | 1 |
| Willy Wellens | Belgium | FW | 1978–1981 | 69 | 16 | 69 | 16 |
| Benny Wendt | Sweden | FW | 1981–1983 | 56 | 21 | 56 | 21 |
| Marc Wilmots | Belgium | FW | 1991–1996 | 136 | 67 | 136 | 67 |
| Dieudonné Wilmotte | Belgium | DF | 1941–1944 | 133 | 8 | 133 | 8 |
| Michel Wintacq | Belgium | DF | 1983–1988 | 126 | 8 | 126 | 8 |
| Axel Witsel | Belgium | MF | 2006–2011 | 132 | 28 | 194 | 44 |
| Joseph Yobo | Nigeria | DF | 1999–2001 | 49 | 2 | 55 | 3 |