2008–09 Standard Liège season

Standard Liège won their tenth ever league title thanks to a playoff victory against Anderlecht. They finished on the same point as them with the same number of games won. Following 1-1 away from home in Brussels, Standard won 1-0 at home thanks to a penalty scored by Axel Witsel.

The season also saw the club nearly qualifying for the Champions League, following two 0-0 draws against Liverpool. In the extra time, however, Dirk Kuyt scored a decisive late goal. In the UEFA Cup, where Standard dropped down to, they beat Everton in the qualifying phase, which caused Everton to pay £15 million for playmaker Marouane Fellaini, the highest ever fee paid for a Belgian player. In the UEFA Cup proper, Standard reached the Round of 32, where they were knocked out of the competition by Braga of Portugal.

Goalkeepers

 * 🇧🇪 Anthony Moris
 * 🇹🇷🇧🇪 Sinan Bolat
 * 🇪🇨 Rorys Aragón

Defenders

 * 🇧🇷 Dante
 * 🇬🇵🇫🇷 Thomas Phibel
 * 🇧🇪🇧🇷 Alexandre Jansen Da Silva
 * 🇸🇳🇧🇪 Mohamed Sarr
 * 🇧🇷 Digão
 * 🇺🇸🇧🇪 Oguchi Onyewu
 * Tomislav Mikulić
 * 🇧🇷🇮🇹 Marcos Camozzato
 * 🇧🇪 Landry Mulemo
 * 🇧🇪 Marco Ingrao
 * 🇫🇷 Eliaquim Mangala

Midfielders

 * 🇧🇪 Réginal Goreux
 * 🇫🇷 Wilfried Dalmat
 * 🇧🇪 Jonathan Walasiak
 * 🇧🇪 Axel Witsel
 * 🇧🇪 Steven Defour (C)
 * 🇮🇱 Salim Tuama
 * 🇫🇷 Benjamin Nicaise
 * 🇧🇪 Marouane Fellaini
 * 🇲🇦🇧🇪 Mehdi Carcela

Attackers

 * Milan Jovanović
 * 🇨🇮 Cyriac
 * Dieumerci Mbokani
 * 🇧🇷 Igor de Camargo
 * Leon Benko
 * 🇧🇪 Christian Benteke