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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,
Villeneuve d'Ascq

Capacity

18,185

Chairman

Michel Seydoux

Manager

Image:Flag of France.svg 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, 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 more modest medium sized miners' town of Lens where football is the only escape for many of the club's supporters.

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 two Champions League participations in 2002 and 2005 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 Olympique 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 former champions and heavy favourites 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 finishing third in their Group leaving Manchester United behind in fourth place. Lille's UEFA cup run finished at the 1/8th finals stage, their opponent and ultimate winners of the competition FC 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. The rivals, Lens, finishing once again behind in 4th place. The third place meant Lille qualified for the Champions League final qualifying round. They beat Rabotnicki Skopje 4-0 on aggregate and qualified for the third time in six years for the Group Stage of the UEFA Champions League, quite a feat for a club without a proper stadium.

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 Olympique Lyon to replace Paul Le Guen, he is also regularly approached by his former club AS Monaco where he played for 17 years.

1 Achievements
2 Statistics
3 Record season by season
4 Current Squad
5 Squad change during 06/07 season
6 Famous players
7 External links

[edit] Achievements

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 Winner: 2004
French Cup Winner: Coupe de France : 1946, 1947, 1948, 1953, 1955
French Cup Runner-up: Coupe de France : 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)

[edit] Statistics

As of 23 August, 2006

French Ligue 1 : 48 seasons, 1695 games, 610 victories, 453 draws, 632 defeats, 2,370 goals scored, 2,254 goals conceded
UEFA Champions League : 3 participations, 16 games, 5 victories, 6 draws, 5 defeats, 14 goals scored, 10 goals conceded
UEFA Cup: 3 participations, 18 games, 9 victories, 6 draws, 3 defeats, 19 goals scored, 11 goals conceded
Intertoto Cup : 2 participations, Winners in 2004, 12 games, 7 victories, 4 draws, 1 defeat, 17 goals scored, 7 goals conceded

[edit] Record season by season

See [1] (in French)

[edit] Current Squad

As of 16 August, 2006

No.		Position	Player
1	Image:Flag of Senegal.svg	GK	Tony Sylva
2	Image:Flag of France.svg	MF	Mathieu Debuchy
3	Image:Flag of France.svg	DF	Alexis Zywiecki
4	Image:Flag of Greece.svg	DF	Efstathios Tavlaridis
5	Image:Flag of Brazil.svg	DF	Rafael Schmitz
6	Image:Flag of France.svg	MF	Flavien Le Postollec
7	Image:Flag of France.svg	MF	Yohan Cabaye
8	Image:Flag of Brazil.svg	DF	Michel Fernandes Bastos
9	Image:Flag of France.svg	FW	Johan Audel
10	Image:Flag of Switzerland.svg	MF	Daniel Gygax
11	Image:Flag of Guinea.svg	FW	Souleymane Youla
12	Image:Flag of France.svg	MF	Mathieu Bodmer
13	Image:Flag of France.svg	FW	Nicolas Fauvergue
14	Image:Flag of Nigeria.svg	FW	Peter Odemwingie
15	Image:Flag of France.svg	MF	René Javier
16	Image:Flag of France.svg	GK	Grégory Malicki

No.		Position	Player
17	Image:Flag of Cameroon.svg	MF	Jean Makoun
19	Image:Flag of France.svg	DF	Peter Franquart
20	Image:Flag of France.svg	DF	Grégory Tafforeau
21	Image:Flag of France.svg	MF	Mathieu Chalmé
22	Image:Flag of Serbia (state) (bordered).svg	DF	Milivoje Vitakic
23	Image:Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg	FW	Abdul Kader Keïta
24	Image:Flag of France.svg	MF	Samuel Robail
25	Image:Flag of France.svg	DF	Nicolas Plestan
26	Image:Flag of Switzerland.svg	DF	Stephan Lichtsteiner
27	Image:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg	FW	Kevin Mirallas
28	Image:Flag of France.svg	DF	Dieudonné Owona
29	Image:Flag of France.svg	MF	Stéphane Dumont (captain)
30	Image:Flag of France.svg	GK	Laurent Pichon
31	Image:Flag of France.svg	MF	Mathieu Robail
32	Image:Flag of France.svg	FW	Enrique Jouperr’ Lyon