2023–24 Standard Liège season

Standard Liège
2023–24 season
Manager	Carl Hoefkens
Stadium	Stade Maurice Dufrasne
Belgian Pro League	8th
Belgian Cup	Seventh round
	← 2022–23 2024–25 →
	All statistics correct as of 28 July 2023.

The 2023–24 season is Standard de Liège's 126th season in existence and 64th consecutive in the Belgian Pro League. They will also compete in the Belgian Cup.

Players

First-team squad

As of 10 July, 2023^[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
3	DF	BEL	Nathan Ngoy
4	DF	BEL	Zinho Vanheusden (on loan from Inter)
6	MF	JPN	Hayao Kawabe
7	FW	ROU	Denis Drăguș
8	MF	NIR	Isaac Price
9	FW	BEL	Renaud Emond
10	FW	NED	Noah Ohio
11	MF	NOR	Aron Dønnum
13	DF	USA	Marlon Fossey
16	GK	BEL	Arnaud Bodart
17	FW	ISR	Osher Davida
20	MF	COD	Merveille Bokadi
21	MF	ENG	Romaine Mundle


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
22	MF	COD	William Balikwisha
24	MF	AUS	Aiden O'Neill
25	DF	BEL	Ibe Hautekiet
28	FW	CRO	Stipe Perica
30	GK	BEL	Laurent Henkinet
34	DF	CYP	Konstantinos Laifis
37	MF	BEL	Brahim Ghalidi
38	DF	DEN	Jacob Barrett Laursen
40	GK	BEL	Matthieu Epolo
51	DF	BEL	Lucas Noubi
61	MF	BEL	Cihan Çanak

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
—	FW	BFA	Abdoul Tapsoba (at Amiens until 30 June 2024)

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
MF	Aiden O'Neill	Melbourne City	Free	1 July 2023	^[2]
MF	Romaine Mundle	Tottenham Hotspur U21	Free	1 July 2023	^[3]
FW	Wilfried Kanga	Hertha BSC	Loan	7 August 2023	^[4]

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
DF	Noë Dussenne	Lausanne-Sport	Free	1 July 2023	^[5]
MF	Mathieu Cafaro	Saint-Étienne	€500,000	1 July 2023	^[6]
MF	Koji Miyoshi	Birmingham City	Free	1 July 2023	^[7]

Pre-season and friendlies

12 October 2023 Friendly	Standard Liège	1–0	Seraing	Liège
12:00	Mateta			Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne

25 July 2023 Friendly	Metz	2–2	Standard Liège	Marly
15:00 UTC+2	Maziz 19' Camara 83' (pen.)		Berberi 74' Emond 90'	Stadium: Centre d’entraînement de Frescaty

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Belgian Pro League	30 July 2023	26 May 2024	Matchday 1	13	4	5	4	15	15	+0	030.77
Belgian Cup	TBD			0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total				13	4	5	4	15	15	+0	030.77

Last updated: 5 November 2023
Source: Soccerway

Belgian Pro League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
8	Mechelen	30	13	6	11	39	34	+5	45	Qualification for the Europe play-offs
9	Sint-Truiden	30	10	10	10	35	46	−11	40
10	Standard Liège	30	8	10	12	33	41	−8	34
11	Westerlo	30	7	9	14	42	54	−12	30
12	OH Leuven	30	7	8	15	34	47	−13	29

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.^[8]

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
13	4	5	4	15	15	0	17	2	3	2	7	7	0	2	2	2	8	8	0

Last updated: 5 November 2023.
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H
Result	L	L	D	L	D	D	W	D	W	W	W	L	D	L	W	L	D	D	L	D	L
Position	13	16	12	14	13	14	12	13	11	8	8	8	8	9	8	9	9	9	10	9	10

Updated to match(es) played on 20 January 2024. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 22 June 2023.^[9]

29 July 2023 1	Sint-Truiden	1–0	Standard Liège	Sint-Truiden
19:15 UTC+2	Godeau 57' Koita 86'	Report	Barrett 26'	Stadium: Stayen Referee: Jasper Vergoote

4 August 2023 2	Standard Liège	0–1	Union Saint-Gilloise	Liège
20:45 UTC+2	Balikwisha 5' 36' Dønnum 62'	Report	Eckert 21' Lynen 57'	Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne Referee: Jonathan Lardot

13 August 2023 3	Charleroi	1–1	Standard Liège	Charleroi
18:30 UTC+2	Ilaimaharitra 29' 90', 90' (pen.) Marcq 71' Bager 90'		Dønnum 29' Drăguș 31' Carl Hoefkens 67' Ngoy 88' Vanheusden 90'	Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi Referee: Nicolas Laforge

19 August 2023 4	Standard Liège	0–1	Cercle Brugge	Liège
16:00 CEST	Drăguș 44' Ngoy 57'	Report	Leonardo Lopes 45+2' Minda 76' Popović 78'	Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne Attendance: 16,860 Referee: Jasper Vergoote

26 August 2023 5	Kortrijk	1–1	Standard Liège	Kortrijk
20:45 CEST	Davies 24'	Report	Kanga 17' Kawabe 73' Vanheusden 90+1'	Stadium: Guldensporen Stadion Attendance: 5,813 Referee: Nathan Verboomen

2 September 2023 6	Standard Liège	1–1	RWD Molenbeek	Liège
20:45 CEST	Ngoy 20' Kanga 25'	Report	Gueye 20' Zakaria El Ouahdi 35' De Sart 65' Abe 80'	Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne Attendance: 20,500 Referee: Kevin Van Damme

17 September 2023 7	Eupen	1–3	Standard Liège	Eupen
13:30 CEST	Finnbogason 80' Christie-Davies 88'	Report	Hayden 22' Alzate 43' 90+13' Kanga 45+3' Kawabe 45+5' 58' Sowah 75'	Stadium: Kehrwegstadion Attendance: 6,615 Referee: Jonathan Lardot

22 September 2023 8	Standard Liège	0–0	Westerlo	Liège
20:45 CEST		Report	Reynolds 66' Bos 68' Van Eenoo 74'	Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne Attendance: 18,504 Referee: Bert Put

30 September 2023 9	OH Leuven	1–2	Standard Liège	Heverlee
18:15 CEST	Mendyl 65' Nsingi 76' Pletinckx 78'	Report	Kanga 44' Ngoy 78' Sowah 81'	Stadium: King Power at Den Dreef Attendance: 7,216 Referee: Lothar D'Hondt

8 October 2023 10	Standard Liège	2–1	Club Brugge	Liège
13:30 CEST	Bokadi 11' Hayden 40' Djenepo 45+3' Kanga 74' Price 90' Ohio 90+7'	Report	Skov Olsen 45+3' 85'	Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne Attendance: 25,853 Referee: Erik Lambrechts

22 October 2023 11	Standard Liège	3–2	Anderlecht	Liège
18:30 CEST	Ngoy 50' 61' Alzate 52' Kawabe 55' Price 90+6'	Report	Dolberg 18' Dreyer 24' Hazard 60' Debast 90+1' Schmeichel 90+2'	Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne Attendance: 26,864 Referee: Jonathan Lardot

29 October 2023 12	Gent	3–1	Standard Liège	Liège
18:30 CEST	Torunarigha 27' Tissoudali 33' 40' Cuypers 36' Samoise 80'	Report	Vanheusden 47' Hayden 52' Kanga 67'	Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne Attendance: 16,679 Referee: Nicolas Laforge

5 November 2023 13	Standard Liège	1–1	Mechelen	Liège
16:00 CET	Kawabe 22' Vanheusden 90+2'	Report	Lauberbach 14' Konaté 86' Schoofs 89' Cobbaut 90+1' Coucke 90+3'	Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne Attendance: 19,617 Referee: Kevin Van Damme

11 November 2023 14	Antwerp	6–0	Standard Liège	Antwerp
16:00 CET	Janssen 4' 14' (pen.) Ekkelenkamp 33' Muja 41' Bataille 49' Ilenikhena 74' De Laet 79' Balikwisha 86' Van Den Bosch 89'	Report	Vanheusden 38' Djenepo 78'	Stadium: Bosuilstadion Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Jonathan Lardot

25 November 2023 15	Standard Liège	1–0	Genk	Liège
20:45 CET	Kawabe 66' Ngoy 86' Dewaele 90+6'	Report	Heynen 90+2' Galarza 90+6'	Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne Attendance: 21,113 Referee: Wesli De Cremer

3 December 2023 16	Club Brugge	2–0	Standard Liège	Brugge
18:30 CET	Igor Thiago 3' Vetlesen 31' Zinckernagel 55' Buchanan 67'	Report	Noubi 29' Vanheusden 83'	Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 19,471 Referee: Jasper Vergoote

10 December 2023 17	Anderlecht	2–2	Standard Liège	Anderlecht
18:30 CET	Dreyer 21' 74' 77' (pen.) Debast 75'	Report	Kawabe 36' 45+2' Kanga 55' O'Neill 72' Ngoy 73'	Stadium: Lotto Park Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Jonathan Lardot

16 December 2023 18	Standard Liège	0–0	Sporting Charleroi	Liège
20:45 CET	O'Neill 42'	Report	Rogelj 30'	Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Lothar D'Hondt

20 December 2023 19	Mechelen	3–0	Standard Liège	Mechelen
20:45 CET	Bassette 35' Bates 51' Mrabti 67' Schoofs 82' Hairemans 90+3' (pen.)	Report	Bokadi 12'	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 13,466 Referee: Jan Boterberg

27 December 2023 20	Standard Liège	1–1	Sint-Truiden	Liège
18:30 CET	Çanak 80' Kanga 90+8' (pen.)	Report	Van Helden 47' Fujita 86' Koita 88' Janssens 90+6'	Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne Attendance: 19,517 Referee: Erik Lambrechts

20 January 2024 21	Standard Liège	0–1	Kortrijk	Liège
18:15 CET		Report	Kana 34' Avenatti 45'	Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne Attendance: 18,978 Referee: Bert Put

26 January 2024 22	Cercle Brugge	1–1	Standard Liège	Brugge
20:45 CET	Utkus 65' Somers 88' Van der Bruggen 90+6'	Report	Djenepo 45+1' Fossey 79'	Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 4,388 Referee: Jonathan Lardot

31 January 2024 23	Standard Liège	–	Antwerp	Liège
21:00 CET				Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne

Belgian Cup

1 November 2023 Round of 32	Standard Liège	5–0	Harelbeke	Liège
20:30				Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne

7 December 2023 Round of 16	Anderlecht	2–0	Standard Liège	Anderlecht
20:30 CET	Stroeykens 31' 69' Dreyer 51' Sardella 53' Ashimeru 85'	Report	Alzate 27' Price 59' Vanheusden 90+4'	Stadium: Lotto Park Attendance: 22,200 Referee: Bram Van Driessche

References

^ "Joueurs" [Players] (in French). Standard Liège.
^ "Aiden O'Neill seals big move to Belgian giants Standard Liege: Full details". June 12, 2023.
^ "Romaine Mundle débarque au Standard: pourquoi Sclessin est un meilleur tremplin que Tottenham pour le jeune ailier anglais". Le Soir. June 27, 2023.
^ "Wilfried KANGA nouvel attaquant des Rouches".
^ Jeanmonod, Benoît (June 27, 2023). "LE CAPITAINE DU STANDARD DE LIÈGE À LAUSANNE!".
^ "Saint-Etienne lève l'option d'achat, Cafaro ne reviendra pas au Standard". RTBF.
^ "Koji Miyoshi joins Blues!". Birmingham City Football Club.
^ "Bondsreglement Titel 7: Competities" [Association Rules Title 7: Competitions] (PDF). Royal Belgian Football Association. p. 19. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 April 2024.
^ "Pro League: Union-Anderlecht en ouverture du championnat, le duel Hoefkens-Deila lors de la 10e journée, le calendrier 2023–2024 dévoilé". 27 June 2023.

External links

Official website

[1] "Joueurs" [Players] (in French). Standard Liège.

[2] "Aiden O'Neill seals big move to Belgian giants Standard Liege: Full details". June 12, 2023.

[3] "Romaine Mundle débarque au Standard: pourquoi Sclessin est un meilleur tremplin que Tottenham pour le jeune ailier anglais". Le Soir. June 27, 2023.

[4] "Wilfried KANGA nouvel attaquant des Rouches".

[5] Jeanmonod, Benoît (June 27, 2023). "LE CAPITAINE DU STANDARD DE LIÈGE À LAUSANNE!".

[6] "Saint-Etienne lève l'option d'achat, Cafaro ne reviendra pas au Standard". RTBF.

[7] "Koji Miyoshi joins Blues!". Birmingham City Football Club.

[8] "Bondsreglement Titel 7: Competities" [Association Rules Title 7: Competitions] (PDF). Royal Belgian Football Association. p. 19. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 April 2024.

[9] "Pro League: Union-Anderlecht en ouverture du championnat, le duel Hoefkens-Deila lors de la 10e journée, le calendrier 2023–2024 dévoilé". 27 June 2023.

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