Dominique D'Onofrio

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Dominique D'Onofrio

Personal information
Date of birth	18 April 1953 (1953-04-18) (age 58)
Place of birth	Castelforte, Italy
Playing position	Manager
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1974–1975	R.R.F.C. Montegnée
1975–1976	Ans FC
1976–1977	RJS Bas-Oha
1977–1982	Ans FC
Teams managed
1994–1995	Tilleur Saint-Nicolas
1995–1996	RFC Union La Calamine
1996–1997	R.R.F.C. Montegnée
2000–2001	Standard de Liège
2002–2006	Standard de Liège
2010–2011	Standard de Liège
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Dominique D'Onofrio is an Italo-Belgian football coach, later chairman. He was born on 18 April 1953 in Castelforte (Italy). At Standard de Liège since 1998, at first with the U6 (youth, scouting and contracts), he quickly took over from Tomislav Ivić (with Christian Labarbe) for 2000–01. He took charge for the first team for three matches in December 2000. In January 2001, he took over from Michel Preud'homme until July 2002.

In 2002–2003, he took over from Robert Waseige for the first five matches of the Championship. He had little success as first team coach, and was fired on 14 September 2002, after domestic defeat against Club Bruges and a catastrophic first season.

Adored by some supporters who appreciated the results gained under his leadership, reviled by others who disliked his gameplay and recourse to a long-ball system, he left his post in May 2005, before being named a few weeks later after the club failed to find a replacement. This provoked great remorse from those supporters who had campaigned for his firing, who apologised a few days before his return was announced.

In May 2006, he left the post of coach for good, and became sporting director with technical director (Michel Preud'homme). Although the club had qualified for the first time for the third preliminary round of the Champions League, he was hounded by supporters after the last game of the season, where they failed to win their first championship since 1983. He stated that he held himself responsible for this.

Becoming sporting director of Standard de Liège and technical director in July 2006, he was in charge of scouting and recruitment. Two months later, when Michel Preud'homme took over from Johan Boskamp, and appointed his own staff, looking for immediate results, Dominique D'Onofrio became technical director and looked to improve the club's results.

On 10 February 2010, due to bad results at the club, he ended the contract of László Bölöni, Dominique D'Onofrio took over as head coach of Standard until June 2010.^[1]

Under his leadership, Standard de Liège obtained the following results in the Championship:

Year	Position	Matches	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	Points
2000–2001	Interim	3	1	1	1	7	5	4/9
2002–2003	7th	29	15	7	7	53	29	52/87
2003–2004	3rd	34	18	11	5	68	31	65/102
2004–2005	4th	36	22	7	7	67	34	73/108
2005–2006	2nd	34	19	8	7	51	28	65/102
2009–2010	8th	10	3	3	4	11	10	12/30
2010–2011	6th	30	15	4	11	50	38	49/90
Total	–	176	93	41	42	307	172	320/528

Honours

• Playoff winners – Promotion (Division 4) with RRFC Montegnée
• Champions – Promotion (Division 4) with RRFC Montegnée
• Winner of final round – Promotion (Division 4) with Seraing RUL
• Runners-up with Standard de Liège in 2005–2006

Notes and references

1. ^ http://www.standard.be/fr/n_nouvelle.php?id=15007 Rédaction Standard.be. Dominique D'Onofrio. 10 February 2010. Consulted 10 February 2010.

Persondata
Name	Donofrio, Dominique
Alternative names
Short description	footballer
Date of birth	18 April 1953
Place of birth	Castelforte, Italy
Date of death
Place of death