UEFA Champ League 08/09 Qualifiers

Ten facts about Standard Liege teamtalk.com

TEAMtalk takes a closer look at Belgian champions Standard Liege, who have been drawn to face Liverpool in Champions League qualifying.

Ten 10 facts about Liege:

1. Liege is a city in the east of Belgium, with a population of just over 187,000 and used to be famed for its steel-making industry.

2. The city is twinned with Lille in France, Oporto in Portugal, Aachen and Cologne in Germany, Krakow in Poland, Turin in Italy and Rotterdam in Holland.

3. Former tennis star Justine Henin, who retired at the age of 25 in May, was born in Liege.

4. Standard Liege have nine Belgian league titles to their name. Last season they won the championship by finishing seven points clear of Brussels giants Anderlecht.

5. The club possess a wealth of young talent, including star player, playmaker and captain Steven Defour, fellow Belgium international Marouane Fellaini, Axel Witsel and Reginal Goreux.

6. Liege won last season's league title, their first for 25 years, after embarking on a 31-game unbeaten run.

7. Former Liege players of significance include former Belgium internationals Eric Gerets, Marc Wilmots, Michel Preud'homme, former Croatia star Robert Prosinecki, the Mpenza brothers Emile and Mbo and Ronny Rosenthal, who left Liege for Liverpool.

8. The team's youth policy led them to set up the Academie Robert Louis-Dreyfus, one of the most highly-rated training academies in Europe, at the cost of 18 million euros in May 2007.

9. Star striker Dieumerci Mbokani scored 19 goals in last season's title-winning campaign. His physical play and strong aerial presence is reminiscent of Didier Drogba. Mbokani is also one of the key members of the DR Congo national team and, at the age of 22, could be a star of the future.

10. Liverpool and Standard Liege met in the 1965-66 European Cup Winners' Cup second round, with Liverpool winning 5-2 on aggregate on the way to a 2-1 defeat to Borussia Dortmund in the final.

I like the draw, like Rafa said it isn't a fair travel as compared to a trip to Belarus or Ukraine and we got the 2nd leg at home but I hope we can get a couple of away goals in the first game to ease off the pressure.  

I wounder is the big American defender "Goouch" is still playing with him?

3. Former tennis star Justine Henin, who retired at the age of 25 in May, was born in Liege.

You know they are struggling for facts when this comes up

Thanks clint, very handy insight into the club. I think no matter the outcome, the young lads of Liege will enjoy the great battle against our stars.

This time we'll beat them 5-0 rather than 5-2!

We can only beat who is in front of us so if we play professionally, we should hammer them.

Glad we're not travelling all that far for this one.

good draw and not too far to travel, should have it won in the 1st leg

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10 things you need to know about Liverpool's Champions League opponents Standard Liege
By Chris Wilson, Mirror.co.uk 1/08/2008

Standard Liege

This morning's Champions League third qualifying round draw paired Liverpool with Belgians Standard Liege. Here's your essential guide:

1) Like Liverpool, Standard Liege are known as ‘The Reds’ because of their home strip.

2) The club was formed in 1900 by a group of the College of Saint-Servais in Liege. The prefix ‘Standard’ came about because French side Standard de Paris was popular at the time.

3) Standard Liege reached the final of the 1982 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup where they played Barcelona at the Nou Camp. Barca won 2-1

4) Ahead of that final, other teams in Standard’s league were allegedly urged take it easy while playing them so they would be fit and rested for the Cup Winners’ Cup final.

5) In 2007/08 they won their first Belgian League title in 25 years with three games left. They had a unbeaten run of 31 matches on their way to the title.

6) The only English footballer ever to have played for Standard Liege is Mike Small, who turned out for Luton Town and Peterborough in the early 1980s before joining Liege, then West Ham and Charlton later in his career.

7) Standard Liege met Liverpool in the second round of the Cup Winners Cup in the 1965/66 season. Liverpool won the tie 5-2 on aggregate.

Back in 1978 Liege met Manchester City in the Uefa Cup. City humped them 5-0, as you can see below:

9) Standard Liege goalkeeper Rorys Aragon Espinosa attempted to recreate Rene Higuita's scorpion kick during a game against Gent.Watch it HERE.

10) And finally, Pepe Reina take note: this is Liege's leading goal scorer Milan Jovanovic in action.
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We can do this team!

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10 things you need to know about Liverpool's Champions League opponents Standard Liege
By Chris Wilson, Mirror.co.uk 1/08/2008

Standard Liege

This morning's Champions League third qualifying round draw paired Liverpool with Belgians Standard Liege. Here's your essential guide:

1) Like Liverpool, Standard Liege are known as ‘The Reds’ because of their home strip.

2) The club was formed in 1900 by a group of the College of Saint-Servais in Liege. The prefix ‘Standard’ came about because French side Standard de Paris was popular at the time.

3) Standard Liege reached the final of the 1982 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup where they played Barcelona at the Nou Camp. Barca won 2-1

4) Ahead of that final, other teams in Standard’s league were allegedly urged take it easy while playing them so they would be fit and rested for the Cup Winners’ Cup final.

5) In 2007/08 they won their first Belgian League title in 25 years with three games left. They had a unbeaten run of 31 matches on their way to the title.

6) The only English footballer ever to have played for Standard Liege is Mike Small, who turned out for Luton Town and Peterborough in the early 1980s before joining Liege, then West Ham and Charlton later in his career.

7) Standard Liege met Liverpool in the second round of the Cup Winners Cup in the 1965/66 season. Liverpool won the tie 5-2 on aggregate.

Back in 1978 Liege met Manchester City in the Uefa Cup. City humped them 5-0, as you can see below:

9) Standard Liege goalkeeper Rorys Aragon Espinosa attempted to recreate Rene Higuita's scorpion kick during a game against Gent.Watch it HERE.

10) And finally, Pepe Reina take note: this is Liege's leading goal scorer Milan Jovanovic in action.
________________________ ________________________ ________________________ ________________________ ______

We can do this team!

yeah obvious we can do any team

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/2008/08/01/10-things-you-need-to-know-about-liverpool-s-champions-league-opponents-standard-liege-115875-20680175/

10 things you need to know about Liverpool's Champions League opponents Standard Liege
By Chris Wilson, Mirror.co.uk 1/08/2008

Standard Liege

This morning's Champions League third qualifying round draw paired Liverpool with Belgians Standard Liege. Here's your essential guide:

1) Like Liverpool, Standard Liege are known as ‘The Reds’ because of their home strip.

2) The club was formed in 1900 by a group of the College of Saint-Servais in Liege. The prefix ‘Standard’ came about because French side Standard de Paris was popular at the time.

3) Standard Liege reached the final of the 1982 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup where they played Barcelona at the Nou Camp. Barca won 2-1

4) Ahead of that final, other teams in Standard’s league were allegedly urged take it easy while playing them so they would be fit and rested for the Cup Winners’ Cup final.

5) In 2007/08 they won their first Belgian League title in 25 years with three games left. They had a unbeaten run of 31 matches on their way to the title.

6) The only English footballer ever to have played for Standard Liege is Mike Small, who turned out for Luton Town and Peterborough in the early 1980s before joining Liege, then West Ham and Charlton later in his career.

7) Standard Liege met Liverpool in the second round of the Cup Winners Cup in the 1965/66 season. Liverpool won the tie 5-2 on aggregate.

Back in 1978 Liege met Manchester City in the Uefa Cup. City humped them 5-0, as you can see below:

9) Standard Liege goalkeeper Rorys Aragon Espinosa attempted to recreate Rene Higuita's scorpion kick during a game against Gent.Watch it HERE.

10) And finally, Pepe Reina take note: this is Liege's leading goal scorer Milan Jovanovic in action.
________________________ ________________________ ________________________ ________________________ ______

We can do this team!

I watched the video and it was only 4-0? 

I think,

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http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/2008/08/01/10-things-you-need-to-know-about-liverpool-s-champions-league-opponents-standard-liege-115875-20680175/

10 things you need to know about Liverpool's Champions League opponents Standard Liege
By Chris Wilson, Mirror.co.uk 1/08/2008

Standard Liege

This morning's Champions League third qualifying round draw paired Liverpool with Belgians Standard Liege. Here's your essential guide:

1) Like Liverpool, Standard Liege are known as ‘The Reds’ because of their home strip.

2) The club was formed in 1900 by a group of the College of Saint-Servais in Liege. The prefix ‘Standard’ came about because French side Standard de Paris was popular at the time.

3) Standard Liege reached the final of the 1982 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup where they played Barcelona at the Nou Camp. Barca won 2-1

4) Ahead of that final, other teams in Standard’s league were allegedly urged take it easy while playing them so they would be fit and rested for the Cup Winners’ Cup final.

5) In 2007/08 they won their first Belgian League title in 25 years with three games left. They had a unbeaten run of 31 matches on their way to the title.

6) The only English footballer ever to have played for Standard Liege is Mike Small, who turned out for Luton Town and Peterborough in the early 1980s before joining Liege, then West Ham and Charlton later in his career.

7) Standard Liege met Liverpool in the second round of the Cup Winners Cup in the 1965/66 season. Liverpool won the tie 5-2 on aggregate.

Back in 1978 Liege met Manchester City in the Uefa Cup. City humped them 5-0, as you can see below:

9) Standard Liege goalkeeper Rorys Aragon Espinosa attempted to recreate Rene Higuita's scorpion kick during a game against Gent.Watch it HERE.

10) And finally, Pepe Reina take note: this is Liege's leading goal scorer Milan Jovanovic in action.
________________________ ________________________ ________________________ ________________________ ______

We can do this team!

That would have been interesting...

It's funny that Standard are called 'les Rouches' by their fans. It's a  Walloon French word. In French 'les Rouges' . It means the Reds in English.

It's interesting title for the match :'The Reds contre les Rouches' (in such way it's called by Belgian fans).

Walloon? You've lost me there Alessio?

Walloon? You've lost me there Alessio?

Its kind of a french dialect, spoken in parts of Belgium

Cheers Watt

Thought they spoke Flemish?

Cheers Watt

Thought they spoke Flemish?

Flemish is a dutch dialect, spoken by the "dutch belgians" and "belgian dutch"

A simple walk in the park and plenty of belgium's finest CHOCOLATE!

Flemish is a dutch dialect, spoken by the "dutch belgians" and "belgian dutch"

Belgium has two official languages: French and Dutch. But they are  not really those languages, and like Watt said they are dialects of French (Walloon) and Dutch (Flemish).
 Liège in French,   Lidje in Walloon.

Belgium can lose their last representative in CL thanks to Liverpool. Today BATE played draw 2-2 in Borisov. If I don't mistake BATE are the first Belarus club having got through to the 3d qualifying round. Many newspapers have already said  first leg match Anderlecht vs. BATE was fixed.

I simply read  Standard fans said that if they lose to Liverpool, it will be less offensive than to lose to BATE. They console themselves by that fact. But even they think so, we should prove them they are right and take them seriously and be concentrated.