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In association football , the Belgian ___MASK99___ Shoe is an award given in ___MASK24___ at the beginning ___MASK54___ each civil year to the best footballer ___MASK54___ the Belgian First Division for the past year . The trophy is sponsored by the Belgian newspaper " Het Laatste Nieuws ". Royal Standard de ___MASK80___ , commonly referred to as Standard ___MASK80___ ( or ), is a Belgian football club from the city ___MASK54___ ___MASK80___ . They are one ___MASK54___ the most successful clubs in Belgium , having won the Belgian league on ten occasions , most recently in 2007  08 and 2008  09 . They have been in the top flight without interruption since 1921 , longer than any other Belgian side . They have also won seven Belgian Cups , and in 1981  82 they reached the final ___MASK54___ the European Cup Winners ' Cup , which they lost 2  1 against Barcelona . Christian Piot ( born 4 October 1947 in ___MASK94___ ) is a retired Belgian football goalkeeper who won the Belgian Golden Shoe in 1972 while at Standard ___MASK80___ . He played 40 times and scored 1 goal for the national team between 1969 and 1977 , starting in a 0 - 4 defeat to Yugoslavia on 19 October 1969 . Piot was in the team for the 1970 World Cup and for the Euro 1972 . Het Laatste Nieuws ( in English " The Latest News ") is a Dutch language newspaper based in ___MASK28___ , ___MASK24___ . It was founded by Julius Hoste Sr . on 7 June 1888 . It is now part ___MASK54___ De Persgroep , and is the most popular newspaper in Flanders and ___MASK24___ . ___MASK94___ is a section ___MASK54___ the Belgian city ___MASK54___ ___MASK91___ in the province ___MASK54___ Liège . It was a separate municipality before the merging ___MASK54___ municipalities in 1977 . Olympic swimmers Béatrice Mottoulle and Chantal Grimard were both born here . ___MASK91___ is a Walloon municipality of Belgium in Province of Liege . The municipality of ___MASK91___ includes the old communes of Boncelles , Jemeppe - sur - Meuse , and Ougrée . With Liège , Herstal , Saint - Nicolas , Ans , and Flémalle , it forms the greater Liège agglomeration ( 600 , 000 inhabitants ). To the south of ___MASK91___ are the Condroz and the Ardennes regions . Introduction . An award is something given to a person , a group ___MASK54___ people , or an organization to recognize their excellence in a certain field ; a certificate ___MASK54___ excellence . Awards are often signified by trophies , titles , certificates , commemorative plaques , medals , badges , pins , or ribbons . An award may carry a monetary prize given to the recipient ; for example , the Nobel Prize for contributions to society or the Pulitzer Prize for literary achievements . An award may also simply be a public acknowledgment ___MASK54___ excellence , without any tangible token or prize ___MASK54___ excellence . Association football , more commonly known as football or soccer , is a team sport played between two teams ___MASK54___ eleven players with a spherical ball . It is played by 250 million players in over 200 countries and dependencies , making it the world ' s most popular sport . The game is played on a rectangular field with a goal at each end . The object ___MASK54___ the game is to score by getting the ball into the opposing goal . The Belgian Cup ([]) is the main knockout football competition in ___MASK24___ , run by the Belgian Football Association . The first cup was held in 1911 - 12 . The ___MASK21___ successful cup club is Club Brugge KV with 11 titles followed by RSC Anderlecht ( 9 ) and R Standard de ___MASK80___ ( 7 ). Since the 2015 - 2016 edition , the Belgian Cup is sponsored by crisp ___MASK29___ Croky and the cup is now called Croky Cup . ___MASK24___ , officially the Kingdom ___MASK54___ ___MASK24___ , is a sovereign state in Western Europe bordered by France , the Netherlands , Germany , Luxembourg , and the North Sea . It is a small , densely populated country which covers an area ___MASK54___ and has a population ___MASK54___ about 11 million people . Straddling the cultural boundary between Germanic and Latin Europe , ___MASK24___ is home to two main linguistic groups : the Dutch - speaking , mostly Flemish community , which constitutes about 59 % ___MASK54___ the population , and the French - speaking , mostly Walloon population , which comprises 41 % ___MASK54___ all Belgians . Additionally , there is a small group ___MASK54___ German - speakers who live in the East Cantons located around the High Fens area , and bordering Germany .