Lille OSC

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Lille

Full name

Lille Olympique Sporting
Club Lille Métropole

Nickname(s)

Les Dogues (the Mastiffs), LOSC

Founded

1902

Ground

Stadium Lille-Metropole - temporary,
Stade Borne de l'Espoir

Capacity

18,185

Chairman

Michel Seydoux

Manager

Claude Puel

League

Ligue 1

2005-2006

Ligue 1, 3rd





Home colours





Away colours

Lille Olympique Sporting Club is a French football club. Based in the northern city of Lille founded in 1944 from the merger of the Olympique Lillois (founded in 1902) and the SC Fives (founded in 1901). After some glorious years in the aftermath of WWII with 2 leagues titles, 4 runeer-up spots ans 5 national cups, Lille have often lived in the shadow of local rival RC Lens when it comes to both performances and local popularity. The intense rivalry between the two clubs can also be traced back to the social and economical backgrounds of the two cities, Lille OSC being the club of the large "bourgeois" city of Lille, capital of the French Flanders, with RC Lens coming from the modest medium sized miners' town of Lens.

However, since their return to the French Ligue 1 in 2000, after 3 seasons in Ligue 2, Lille's results have generally bettered those of their local rivals, with three Champions League participations in 2002, 2005 and 2006 and a victory in the Intertoto Cup in 2004. In the 2004/05 Ligue 1 campaign, Lille stunned many by finishing an excellent second place in the table by the end of the season, ahead of the likes of AS Monaco, Olympique Marseille and of course their local rivals, Lens. A title challenge had even been mounted against Lyon though it was to be a brief one despite beating them in their home game. Lille however automatically qualified for the UEFA Champions League group stages, and hoped to make a good impression in Europe by progressing through the groups. On November 2, 2005 they recorded one of the greatest results in their history by defeating Manchester United in the Champions League group phase. However, Lille were only able to pick up one point in their final two matches. They parachuted into the UEFA Cup by finishing third in their group, leaving Manchester United behind and out of Europe in fourth place. Lille's UEFA Cup run finished in the last 16, their opponent and ultimate winners of the competition Sevilla going through 2-1 on aggregate.

In the 2005/06 Ligue 1 campaign, Lille confirmed their revival finishing third, behind Lyon (a club they managed to convincingly beat home (4-0) and away (1-3)) and Bordeaux. Their regional rivals Lens once again finished behind in 4th place. The third place meant Lille qualified for the Champions League final qualifying round. They beat FK Rabotnički 4-0 on aggregate and qualified for the third time in six years for the Group Stage of the UEFA Champions League, without a proper stadium. In the group stage, Lille finished 2nd behind AC Milan, recording another great result, at San Siro, beating Milan 2-0. Going through to the last 16, Lille was drawn against old foes, Manchester Utd. This time, the English giants prevailed 2-0 on aggregate, avenging the previous year's humiliating defeat. The first leg was a tumultuous affair, marred by crowd trouble and refereeing controversy. Indeed during the first leg of the second round match against Manchester United in the 2006-2007 UEFA Champions League, some Lille players appeared to temporarily leave the field of play without permission after the referee, Eric Braamhaar, gave the green light[1] for Manchester United left winger Ryan Giggs to take a quick free-kick, which he ended up scoring. In fact, only the Lille Captain actually left the pitch, but only in order to formally lodge a technical complaint with the UEFA representative, this being a common practice in French football (although not a requirement for Champions League games where technical complaints can be lodged within 24h of the game being played).

In the aftermath of the game, Lille protested that the goal should be disallowed on the basis that referee Eric Braamhaar made a 'technical error' in allowing Giggs to take the free-kick without blowing his whistle after some Manchester Utd players appeared to ask the referee to ensure the Lille defence respected the ten yard rule. After reviewing the video evidence, the UEFA Control and Disciplinary Body decided to reject the protest, as there was no proof of a technical error. As a result, the body declared that the goal was perfectly valid.[2] In the same statement The Control and Disciplinary Body also stated they were to investigate possible violations of binding safety and security instructions by the host club, as well as the alleged improper conduct of both sets of supporters.

1 Stadium
2 Achievements
3 Statistics
4 Record season by season
5 Current Squad
- 5.1 Players out on loan
6 Squad change during 06/07 season
7 Managerial History
8 Famous players
9 See also
10 External links

Stade Henri Jooris (Beginnings-1974)
Stade Grimonprez Jooris (1974-2004)
Stadium Lille-Metropole (depuis 2004)

Since the 2004/2005 season, Lille plays at Stadium Lille-Metropole, in Villeneuve-d'Ascq, next to Lille, awaiting a new venue programmed since 1999.The justice have rejected the project of Grimonprez-Jooris II, that's why Lille Métropole Communauté urbaine have chosen to build a new venue at la Haute-Borne, the Stade Borne de l'Espoir, which is on both town of Villeneuve-d'Ascq and Lezennes. The stadium capacity would be about 50000 seats, with an opening roof.This new venue would be finished in 2010.
Without a stadium suitable for European competition, the club rents other venue for UEFA Champions League

French Division 1 Winner: 1933 as Olympique Lillois, 1946, 1954
French Division 1 Runner-up: 1936, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 2005
French Division 2 Winner: 1964, 1974, 1978, 2000
UEFA Intertoto Cup Final Round Winner: 2004
French Cup Winner: 1946, 1947, 1948, 1953, 1955
French Cup Runner-up: 1939, 1945, 1949
Latin Cup Runner-up: 1951 (lost to AC Milan 5-0 at San Siro, having beaten Sporting Lisbon 7-5 on aggregate in the Semis)

As of 13 March, 2006

French Ligue 1 : 47 seasons, 1720 games, 619 victories, 463 draws, 638 defeats, 2,400 goals scored, 2,277 goals conceded
UEFA Champions League : 3 participations, 24 games, 7 victories, 9 draws, 8 defeats, 22 goals scored, 17 goals conceded
UEFA Cup: 3 participations, 18 games, 9 victories, 6 draws, 3 defeats, 19 goals scored, 11 goals conceded
UEFA Intertoto Cup : 2 participations, Winners in 2004, 12 games, 7 victories, 4 draws, 1 defeat, 17 goals scored, 7 goals conceded

See [3] (in French)

As of 16 August, 2006

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Tony Sylva
2	MF	Mathieu Debuchy
4	DF	Efstathios Tavlaridis
5	DF	Rafael Schmitz
7	MF	Yohan Cabaye
8	DF	Michel Fernandes Bastos
9	FW	Johan Audel
10	MF	Ludovic Obraniak
11	FW	Souleymane Youla
12	MF	Mathieu Bodmer
13	FW	Nicolas Fauvergue
14	FW	Peter Odemwingie
15	DF	Emerson da Conceição
16	GK	Grégory Malicki
17	MF	Jean Makoun

No.	Position	Player
18	MF	Mathieu Robail
19	DF	Peter Franquart
20	DF	Grégory Tafforeau (captain)
21	MF	Mathieu Chalmé
22	DF	Milivoje Vitakić
23	FW	Abdul Kader Keïta
24	MF	Samuel Robail
25	DF	Nicolas Plestan
26	DF	Stephan Lichtsteiner
27	FW	Kevin Mirallas
29	MF	Stéphane Dumont
30	GK	Laurent Pichon
33	DF	Henri Ewane-Elong
--	MF	Aurélien Chedjou
--	FW	Kamulete Makiese

No.	Position	Player
3	DF	Alexis Zywiecki (at Dijon FCO)
6	MF	Flavien Le Postollec (at FC Brussels)
10	MF	Daniel Gygax (at FC Metz)
24	MF	Samuel Robail (at US Boulogne)
28	DF	Dieudonné Owona (at FC Brussels)
32	GK	Yohan Lacroix (at Entente SSG)

In:

Johan Audel Back From Loan At Lorient
Souleymane Youla Signed From Besiktas
Michel Fernandes Bastos Signed From Paranaense
Emerson Da Conceicao Signed From Malucelli FC
Ludovic Obraniak Signed From FC Metz

Out:

Dorian Dervitte Sold To Tottenham Hotspur FC
Kevin Barallon Free To Reims
Matt Moussilou Sold To OGC Nice
Geoffrey Dernis Sold To Saint Étienne
Dante Bonfim Sold To Charleroi
Hicham Aboucharouane Returns From Loan To Raja Casablanca
Milenko Ačimovič Sold To Al Ittihad

Former coaches include Georges Heylens (1984-1989), a former Belgian international player, Jacques Santini (1989-92), who managed France between 2002 and 2004, Bruno Metsu (1992-93), who managed Senegal in the 2002 World Cup, Pierre Mankowski (1993-1994), who is the current assistant coach of the French national team and 2006 FIFA World Cup runner-up and Vahid Halilhodžić (1998-2002), who can be credited with the club's revival in the late nineties and early noughts.

The current coach, Claude Puel, won the French league with Monaco in 2000 before joining Lille in 2002. Thanks to his successes with the club, Puel has been approached by FC Porto to replace José Mourinho and Lyon to replace Paul Le Guen; he is also regularly approached by his former club Monaco, where he played for 17 years.