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Royal Standard de Liège

Submitted by JSB on Thu, 17/12/2009 - 19:20
Traditional Standard de Liege football shirt

The club was founded in 1900 as Standard FC, by students at the Saint-Servais High School in Liege. In 1910 it changed to Standard Club Liégeois and by 1923 had taken its present name. Standard has won the Belgian league on 10 occasions, most recently in 2007-08 and 2008-09, and also won 5 Belgian Cups. Home matches are played at the Stade Maurice Dufrasne (Capacity: 30,030).

Turnover and pre-tax profit figures are in Euro millions.

Website: 
www.standardliege.be

Top 20 Benelux Football Clubs by Average Match Attendance - 2006-07 to 2008-09

Submitted by JSB on Wed, 02/09/2009 - 01:00

Amsterdam Ajax headed the list of the top twenty football clubs in Belgium and the Netherlands as ranked by average match attendances (domestic league matches - number of spectators) in season 2008-09.

The top tier in Holland is called the Eredivisie and consists of 18 clubs. In season 2008/09 the Championship was won by AZ Alkmaar. The top tier in Belgium is called the Jupiler Pro League. It consist of 16 clubs and in 2008/09 was won by Standard Liège.