Standard Liège in European football

Standard Liège's first game in European football came in the 1958–59 season in the European Cup against Scottish club Heart of Midlothian. Over two legs, Liège won 6–3 on aggregate. Since that time, Liège have participated in multiple European competitions. Their best success came in the 1981–82 season when they reached the final of UEFA Cup Winners' Cup to face off against Barcelona with the ending result of 2–1 loss.[1] In 1996, they took part in the UEFA Intertoto Cup where they reached the finals to face off against Karlsruher SC of Germany. Over two legs, Liège won the first game at home 1–0.[2] In the second game away, they lost 3–1 which was a 3–2 loss on aggregate.[3]

European record

Matches
Season Competition Round Opponent Home Away Agg. Ref
1958–59 European Cup Q Scotland Heart of Midlothian 5–1 1–2 6–3
R1 Portugal Sporting CP 3–2 3–0 6–2
QF France Reims 2–0 0–3 2–3
1961–62 European Cup Q Norway Fredrikstad FK 2–1 2–0 4–1
R1 Finland FC Haka Valkeakoski 5–1 2–0 7–1
QF Scotland Rangers 4–1 0–2 4–3
SF Spain Real Madrid 0–4 0–2 0–6
1963–64 European Cup Q Sweden IFK Norrköping 1–0 0–2 1–2
1965–66 Cup Winners' Cup R1 Wales Cardiff City 2–1 1–0 3–1
R2 England Liverpool 1–3 1–2 2–5
1966–67 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Q Iceland Valur 1–1 8–1 9–2
R1 Cyprus Apollon Limassol 5–1 1–0 6–1
R2 East Germany Chemie Leipzig 1–2 1–0 2–2
QF Hungary Raba ETO Győr 1–2 2–0 2–2
SF West Germany Bayern Munich 0–2 1–3 1–5
1967–68 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup R1 Turkey Altay Izmir 3–2 0–0 3–2
R2 Scotland Aberdeen 3–0 0–2 3–2
QF Italy Milan 1–1 1–1[lower-alpha 1] 2–2
1968–69 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup R1 England Leeds United 0–0 2–3 2–3
1969–70 European Cup R1 Albania 17 Nëntori Tirana 3–0 1–1 4–1
R2 Spain Real Madrid 1–0 3–2 4–2
QF England Leeds United 0–1 0–1 0–2
1970–71 European Cup R1 Norway Rosenborg 2–0 5–0 7–0
R2 Poland Legia Warsaw 1–0 0–2 1–2
1971–72 European Cup R1 Northern Ireland Linfield 2–0 3–2 5–2
R2 Soviet Union CSKA Moscow 0–1 2–0 2–1
QF Italy Internazionale 0–1 2–1 2–2[lower-alpha 2]
1972–73 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup R1 Czech Republic Sparta Prague 1–0 2–4 3–4
1973–74 UEFA Cup R1 Northern Ireland Ards 2–3 6–1 8–4
R2 Romania Universitatea Craiova 2–0 1–1 3–1
R3 Netherlands Feyenoord 1–3 2–0 3–3[lower-alpha 3]
1977–78 UEFA Cup R1 Czech Republic Slavia Prague 1–0 2–3 3–3[lower-alpha 4]
R2 Greece AEK Athens 2–2 4–1 6–3
R3 East Germany Carl Zeiss Jena 0–2 1–2 1–4
1978–79 UEFA Cup R1 Scotland Dundee United 1–0 0–0 1–0
R2 England Manchester City 0–4 2–0 2–4
1979–80 UEFA Cup R1 Northern Ireland Glenavon 1–0 1–0 2–0
R2 Italy Napoli 2–1 1–1 3–2
R3 Czech Republic Zbrojovska Brno 1–2 2–3 3–5
1980–81 UEFA Cup R1 Romania Steaua Bucharest 1–1 2–1 3–2
R2 West Germany 1. FC Kaiserslautern 2–1 2–1 4–2
R3 East Germany Dynamo Dresden 1–1 4–1 5–2
QF West Germany 1. FC Köln 0–0 2–3 2–3
1981–82 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup R1 Malta Floriana 3–1 9–0 12–1
R2 Hungary Vasas Budapest 2–0 2–1 4–1
QF Portugal Porto 2–0 2–2 4–2
SF Soviet Union Dinamo Tbilisi 1–0 1–0 2–0
F Spain Barcelona 1–2
1982–83 European Cup R1 Hungary Raba ETO Győr 5–0 0–3 5–3
R2 Italy Juventus 1–1 0–2 1–3
1983–84 European Cup R1 Republic of Ireland Athlone Town 3–2 8–2 11–4
R2 Scotland Dundee United 0–0 0–4 0–4
1984–85 UEFA Cup R1 Northern Ireland Glentoran 1–1 2–0 3–1
R2 West Germany 1. FC Köln 0–2 1–2 1–4
1986–87 UEFA Cup R1 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia NK Rijeka 1–0 1–1 1–1
R2 Austria FC Swarovski Tirol 1–2 3–2 4–4[lower-alpha 5]
1992–93 UEFA Cup R1 Northern Ireland Portadown 5–0 0–0 5–0
R2 Scotland Heart of Midlothian 1–0 1–0 2–0
R3 France Auxerre 2–2 1–2 3–4
1993–94 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup R1 Wales Cardiff City 5–2 3–1 8–3
R2 England Arsenal 0–3 0–7 0–10
1995–96 UEFA Cup R1 Portugal Vitória SC 1–3 0–0 1–3
1996 UEFA Intertoto Cup Group Northern Ireland Cliftonville 3–0
Israel Hapoel Haifa 2–2
Germany VfB Stuttgart 2–0
Denmark Aalborg BK 1–0
SF France Nantes 2–1 1–0 3–1
F Germany Karlsruher SC 1–0 1–3 2–3 [2][3]
1997 UEFA Intertoto Cup Group Switzerland FC Aarau 0–0
Republic of Ireland Cork City 0–0
Israel Maccabi Petah Tikva 0–0
Germany 1. FC Köln 1–1
2000 UEFA Intertoto Cup R1 Georgia (country) Dinamo Tbilisi 2–2 1–1 3–3
R2 Italy Perugia 2–1 1–1 3–2
R3 Austria Austria Salzburg 3–1 1–1 4–2
SF Germany VfB Stuttgart 1–1 0–1 1–1
2001–02 UEFA Cup Q North Macedonia FK Vardar 3–0 3–1 6–1
R1 France Strasbourg 2–0 2–2 4–2
R2 France Bordeaux 0–2 0–2 0–4
2004–05 UEFA Cup R1 Germany VfL Bochum 0–0 1–1 1–1 (a)
Group Romania Steaua Bucharest 0–2
Italy Parma 2–1
Turkey Beşiktaş 1–1
Spain Athletic Bilbao 1–7
2006–07 UEFA Champions League 3Q Romania Steaua Bucharest 2–2 1–2 3–4
2006–07 UEFA Cup R1 Spain Celta Vigo 0–1 0–3 0–4
2007–08 UEFA Cup Q2 Luxembourg UN Käerjeng 97 3–0 1–0 4–0
R1 Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg 0–3 1–1 1–4
2008–09 UEFA Champions League Q3 England Liverpool 0–0 0–1 (a.e.t.)
2008–09 UEFA Cup R1 England Everton 2–2 2–1 4–3
Group Spain Sevilla 1–0
Serbia Partizan 1–0
Italy Sampdoria 3–0
Germany VfB Stuttgart 0–3
R32 Portugal Braga 0–3 1–1 1–4
2009–10 UEFA Champions League Group England Arsenal 2–3 0–2
Netherlands AZ 1–1 1–1
Greece Olympiacos 1–2 2–0
2009–10 UEFA Europa League R32 Austria Red Bull Salzburg 3–2 0–0 3–2
R16 Greece Panathinaikos 3–1 1–0 4–1
QF Germany Hamburger SV 1–2 1–3 2–5
2011–12 UEFA Champions League Q3 Switzerland Zürich 1–1 0–1 1–2
2011–12 UEFA Europa League PO Sweden Helsingborgs IF 1–0 3–1 4–1
Group Denmark Copenhagen 3–0 1–0
Germany Hannover 96 0–0 2–0
Ukraine Vorskla Poltava 0–0 3–1
R32 Poland Wisła Kraków 1–1 0–0 1–1
R16 Germany Hannover 96 2–2 0–4 2–6 [4]
2013–14 UEFA Europa League QR2 Iceland KR 3–1 3–1 6–2
QR3 Greece Xanthi 2–1 2–1 4–2
POR Belarus Minsk 2–0 3–1 5–1
Group Denmark Esbjerg 1–2 1–2
Sweden Elfsborg 1–3 1–1
Austria Red Bull Salzburg 1–3 1–2
2014–15 CL Q3 Greece Panathinaikos 0–0 1–2 1–2
POR Russia Zenit SP 0–1 0–3 0–4
2014–15 EL Group Croatia Rijeka 2–0 0–2
Netherlands Feyenoord 0–3 1–2
Spain Sevilla 0–0 1–3
2015–16 UEFA Europa League QR3 Bosnia and Herzegovina Željezničar 2–1 1–0 3–1
POR Norway Molde 3–1 0–2 3–3 (a)
2016–17 UEFA Europa League Group Greece Panathinaikos 2–2 3–0
Spain Celta Vigo 1–1 1–1
Netherlands Ajax 1–1 0–1
2018–19 UEFA Champions League Q3 Netherlands Ajax 2–2 0–3 2–5
2018–19 UEFA Europa League Group Spain Sevilla 1–0 1–5
Russia Krasnodar 2–1 1–2
Turkey Akhisar Belediyespor 2–1 0–0
2019–20 UEFA Europa League Group Portugal Vitória Guimaraes 2–0 1–1
Germany Eintracht Frankfurt 2–1 1–2
England Arsenal 2–2 0–4
2020–21 UEFA Europa League Q2 Wales Bala Town 2–0
Q3 Serbia Vojvodina 2–1 (a.e.t.)
PO Hungary Fehérvár 3–1
Group Portugal Benfica 2–2 0–3 [5][6]
Scotland Rangers 0–2 2–3 [7][8]
Poland Lech Poznań 2–1 1–3 [9][10]

Notes
  1. After drawing 2–2 over two legs, Standard Liège had to play an additional game against Milan away which they lost 2–0.
  2. Internazionale won on away goals rules.
  3. Feyenoord won on away goals rules.
  4. Standard Liège won on away goals rules.
  5. FC Swarovski Tirol won on away goals rules.

Summary of best results

From the quarter-finals upwards:

(2 finals)

European Cup/UEFA Champions League:

  • semi-finalists in 1962
  • quarter-finalists in 1959, 1970 and 1972

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (1):

  • finalists in 1982
  • semi-finalists in 1967
  • quarter-finalists in 1968

UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League:

  • quarter-finalists in 1981 and 2010

UEFA Intertoto Cup (1):

  • finalists in 1996
  • semi-finalists in 2000

References
  1. "Coppa delle Coppe 1981/1982 » Finale » FC Barcelona - Standard Liège 2:1". calcio.com. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  2. "uefa.com > UEFA Intertoto Cup > All-Time Statistics > /IntertotoCup/AllTimeStatistics/1996/Final(s)". UEFA. 6 August 1996. Archived from the original on 5 July 2004. Retrieved 14 April 2020 – via web.archive.org.
  3. "uefa.com > UEFA Intertoto Cup > All-Time Statistics > /IntertotoCup/AllTimeStatistics/1996/Final(s)". UEFA. 20 August 1996. Archived from the original on 26 June 2004. Retrieved 14 April 2020 – via web.archive.org.
  4. "Hannover beat ten-man Standard to make history". UEFA. 15 March 2012. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  5. "Benfica 3–0 Standard Liège". uefa.com. UEFA. 29 October 2020. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
  6. "Standard Liège 2–2 Benfica". uefa.com. UEFA. 10 December 2020. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
  7. "Standard Liège 0–2 Rangers". uefa.com. UEFA. 22 October 2020. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  8. "Rangers 3–2 Standard Liège". uefa.com. UEFA. 3 December 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  9. "Lech Poznań 3–1 Standard Liège". uefa.com. UEFA. 5 November 2020. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  10. "Standard Liège 2–1 Lech Poznań". uefa.com. UEFA. 26 November 2020. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
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