Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Royal Standard de Liège, commonly referred to as Standard Liège(French pronunciation: ​[ˈstɑ̃.daʁ ˈljɛːʒ]) (Dutch: Standard Luik [Dutch pronunciation: [ˈstɑn.ˌdɑrt ˈlœy̯k]], German: Standard Lüttich (German pronunciation: [ˈstan.ˌdaʁt ˈlʏ.tɪç] or [ˈʃtan.ˌdaʁt ˈlʏ.tɪç]), is a Belgian footballclub from the city of Liège. They are one of the most successful clubs in Belgium, having won the Belgian league on 10 occasions, most recently in2007–08 and 2008–09. They have also won 6 Belgian Cups, and in 1981–82they reached the final of the European Cup Winners' Cup, which they lost 2–1 against Barcelona.
Standard players are nicknamed the "Rouches" because of their red jerseys. The French word for red, rouge, when pronounced with a Walloon accent, sounds like "rouche".


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