2018–19 Standard Liège season
# 2018–19 Standard Liège season

During the 2018–19 Belgian football season, Standard Liège competed in the Belgian Pro League.

## Players

### Current squad

    As of 27 May 2019

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 | DF | HAI | Réginal Goreux |
| 3 | DF | BEL | Zinho Vanheusden (on loan from Inter Milan) |
| 6 | DF | SRB | Miloš Kosanović |
| 8 | MF | BIH | Gojko Cimirot |
| 9 | FW | BEL | Renaud Emond |
| 10 | MF | MAR | Mehdi Carcela |
| 11 | MF | CRO | Alen Halilović (on loan from Milan) |
| 13 | GK | MEX | Guillermo Ochoa |
| 15 | DF | BEL | Sébastien Pocognoli (captain) |
| 16 | GK | BEL | Arnaud Bodart |
| 17 | FW | BEL | Obbi Oulare (on loan from Watford) |
| 18 | MF | ROU | Răzvan Marin |
| 19 | MF | MLI | Moussa Djenepo |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | MF | COD | Merveille Bokadi |
| 21 | DF | CMR | Collins Fai |
| 22 | MF | BEL | Maxime Lestienne |
| 23 | DF | BEL | Senna Miangue (on loan from Cagliari) |
| 27 | DF | KOS | Mërgim Vojvoda |
| 28 | MF | BEL | Samuel Bastien |
| 29 | DF | BEL | Luis Pedro Cavanda |
| 30 | MF | ALB | Lindon Selahi |
| 31 | MF | COD | William Balikwisha |
| 34 | DF | CYP | Konstantinos Laifis |
| 37 | MF | BEL | Nicolas Raskin |
| 40 | MF | COD | Paul-José M'Poku (vice-captain) |
| 70 | 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 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 4 | DF | BEL | Dimitri Lavalée (at Maastricht until 30 June 2019) |
| 5 | MF | NGA | Uche Agbo (at Rayo Vallecano until 30 June 2019) |
| 7 | FW | CRO | Duje Čop (at Valladolid until 30 June 2019) |
| 11 | FW | BRA | Carlinhos (at Guarani until 30 June 2019) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 14 | MF | BEL | Jérôme Deom (at Maastricht until 30 June 2019) |
| 24 | MF | UKR | Valeriy Luchkevych (at Oleksandriya until 30 June 2019) |
| 26 | DF | COD | Christian Luyindama (at Galatasaray until 30 June 2019) |

## Competitions

### Belgian First Division A

**League table**

Regular season

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Genk | 30 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 63 | 31 | +32 | 63 | Qualification for the championship play-offs |
| 2 | Club Brugge | 30 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 64 | 32 | +32 | 56 | Qualification for the championship play-offs |
| 3 | Standard Liège | 30 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 49 | 35 | +14 | 53 | Qualification for the championship play-offs |
| 4 | Anderlecht | 30 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 49 | 34 | +15 | 51 | Qualification for the championship play-offs |
| 5 | Gent | 30 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 53 | 45 | +8 | 50 | Qualification for the championship play-offs |

Championship play-offs

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | GNK | CLU | STA | ANT | GNT | AND |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Genk (C) | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 8 | +11 | 52 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage | — | 3–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 |
| 2 | Club Brugge | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 11 | +8 | 50 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round | 3–2 | — | 4–0 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 |
| 3 | Standard Liège | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 16 | +1 | 40 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage | 1–3 | 2–0 | — | 3–1 | 2–3 | 5–0 FF |
| 4 | Antwerp (O) | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 16 | −4 | 39 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | — | 1–2 | 1–1 |
| 5 | Gent | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 15 | −5 | 35 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | — | 2–1 |
| 6 | Anderlecht | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 19 | −11 | 32 | | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | — |

* ↑ Match was abandoned near the end of the first half as Anderlecht supporters had been throwing flares and smoke bombs on the pitch. At that time Standard was leading 2–0. A few weeks later Anderlecht was fined 5.000 Euro and forced to play one match behind closed doors, with the match result set to a 5–0 win for Standard.
* ↑ After the season, 2018–19 Belgian Cup winners KV Mechelen were found guilty of match-fixing as part of the 2017–18 Belgian football fraud investigation, allowing Standard Liège to enter in the group stage instead of the third qualifying round, the fourth-placed team of the league, Royal Antwerp, entered the third qualifying round instead of the second qualifying round, and the second qualifying round berth was given to the fifth-placed team of the league, Gent. This decision is subject to appeal.
* ↑ As highest finisher not already qualified, Gent was awarded the spot in the second qualifying round of the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League which came up after the barring of KV Mechelen.

### UEFA Europa League

**Group stage**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | SEV | KRA | STL | AKH |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Sevilla | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 6 | +12 | 12 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 3–0 | 5–1 | 6–0 |
| 2 | Krasnodar | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 12 | Advance to knockout phase | 2–1 | — | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| 3 | Standard Liège | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | −2 | 10 | | 1–0 | 2–1 | — | 2–1 |
| 4 | Akhisarspor | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 14 | −10 | 1 | | 2–3 | 0–1 | 0–0 | — |

* 1 2 Head-to-head goal difference: Sevilla +2, Krasnodar –2.

Win  Draw  Loss

## Statistics

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Belgian First Division A | Belgian First Division A | Super Cup | Super Cup | Belgian Cup | Belgian Cup | Champions League | Champions League | Europa League | Europa League |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | BEL | Jean-François Gillet | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | MEX | Guillermo Ochoa | 48 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 16 | GK | BEL | Arnaud Bodart | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | HAI | Réginal Goreux | 5 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | BEL | Zinho Vanheusden | 30 | 2 | 22+4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | SRB | Miloš Kosanović | 22 | 1 | 15+5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | BEL | Sébastien Pocognoli | 11 | 0 | 6+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | CMR | Collins Fai | 38 | 1 | 30 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | BEL | Senna Miangue | 6 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | KOS | Mërgim Vojvoda | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | BEL | Luis Pedro Cavanda | 27 | 1 | 17+3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | CYP | Konstantinos Laifis | 48 | 2 | 38+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||||||
| 8 | MF | BIH | Gojko Cimirot | 46 | 0 | 36+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | MAR | Mehdi Carcela | 46 | 7 | 30+7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | CRO | Alen Halilović | 14 | 0 | 5+9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ROU | Răzvan Marin | 47 | 10 | 35+3 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | MLI | Moussa Djenepo | 40 | 11 | 24+8 | 8 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 4+1 | 3 |
| 20 | MF | COD | Merveille Bokadi | 13 | 1 | 12+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | BEL | Maxime Lestienne | 33 | 5 | 18+9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | BEL | Samuel Bastien | 30 | 2 | 14+9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | ALB | Lindon Selahi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | COD | William Balikwisha | 6 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | BEL | Nicolas Raskin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | MF | COD | Paul-José M'Poku | 37 | 8 | 27+3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | BEL | Renaud Emond | 44 | 16 | 31+3 | 13 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 | 4+2 | 2 |
| 17 | FW | BEL | Obbi Oulare | 7 | 1 | 4+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 70 | FW | POR | Orlando Sá | 26 | 2 | 3+15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | MF | NGA | Uche Agbo | 18 | 0 | 7+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | CRO | Duje Čop | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | BRA | Carlinhos | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | BEL | Edmilson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | COD | Christian Luyindama | 30 | 3 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |

Last updated: 19 May 2019 Source:

