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Lille OSC

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{{Football club infobox | clubname = Lille | image = Image:Lille osc.png 100px|Logo| fullname = Lille Olympique Sporting
Club Lille Métropole | nickname = ''Les Dogues'' (the Mastiffs), ''LOSC'' | founded = ''1902'' | ground = Stadium Lille-Metropole - temporary,
Villeneuve d'Ascq | capacity = 18,185 | chairman = Michel Seydoux | manager = Claude Puel | league = Ligue 1 | season = Ligue 1 season 2004/2005 2004-2005| position = Ligue 1, 2nd | pattern_la1=|pattern_b1=|pattern_ra1=| leftarm1=FF0000|body1=FF0000|rightarm1=FF0000|shorts1=404080|socks1=404080| pattern_la2=|pattern_b2=|pattern_ra2=| leftarm2=FFFFFF|body2=FFFFFF|rightarm2=FFFFFF|shorts2=FFFFFF|socks2=FFFFFF| }} '''Lille Olympique Sporting Club''' is a France French football (soccer) 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, 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 an 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 {{Fc|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 8th of finals stage, their opponent FC Sevilla going throuh 2-1 on aggregate. 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 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 Jose 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.

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)

Statistics
''As of March 28, 2006'' * French Ligue 1 : 46 seasons, 1686 games, 606 victories, 450 draws, 630 defeats, 2,352 goals scored, 2,243 goals conceded * UEFA Champions League : 2 participations, 14 games, 3 victories, 6 draws, 5 defeats, 10 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, 12 games, 7 victories, 4 draws, 1 defeat, 17 goals scored, 7 goals conceded

Current Squad
''As of March 20, 2006'' {{Fs start}} {{Fs player|no=1|nat=Senegal|name=Tony Mario Sylva Tony Sylva|pos=GK}} {{Fs player|no=2|nat=France|name=Mathieu Debuchy|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=4|nat=Greece|name=Efstathios Tavlaridis|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=5|nat=Brazil|name=Rafael Schmitz|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=7|nat=France|name=Yohan Cabaye|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=8|nat=France|name=Geoffrey Dernis|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=9|nat=France|name=Matt Moussilou|pos=FW}} {{Fs player|no=10|nat=Switzerland|name=Daniel Gygax|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=11|nat=Morocco|name=Hicham Aboucherouane|pos=FW}} {{Fs player|no=12|nat=France|name=Mathieu Bodmer|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=13|nat=France|name=Nicolas Fauvergue|pos=FW}} {{Fs player|no=14|nat=Nigeria|name=Peter Odemwingie|pos=FW}} {{Fs player|no=15|nat=Slovenia|name=Milenko Acimovic|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=16|nat=France|name=Grégory Malicki|pos=GK}} {{Fs player|no=17|nat=Cameroon|name=Jean Makoun|pos=MF}} {{Fs mid}} {{Fs player|no=18|nat=France|name=Kevin Barralon|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=19|nat=France|name=Peter Franquart|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=20|nat=France|name=Grégory Tafforeau|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=21|nat=France|name=Mathieu Chalme|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=22|nat=Serbia and Montenegro|name=Milivoje Vitakic|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=23|nat=Cote d'Ivoire|name=Abdul Kader Keïta|pos=FW}} {{Fs player|no=24|nat=France|name=Samuel Robail|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=25|nat=France|name=Nicolas Plestan|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=26|nat=Switzerland|name=Stephan Lichtsteiner|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=27|nat=Belgium|name=Kevin Mirallas|pos=FW}} {{Fs player|no=29|nat=France|name=Stéphane Dumont|pos=MF|other=captain}} {{Fs player|no=30|nat=France|name=Laurent Pichon|pos=GK}} {{Fs player|no=31|nat=France|name=Mathieu Robail|pos=FW}} {{Fs player|no=32|nat=France|name=Yohann Lacroix|pos=GK}} {{Fs player|no=34|nat=France|name=Larsen Toure|pos=FW}} {{Fs end}}

Players out on loan
*{{flagicon|Brazil}} '''Dante Bonfim''' at '''R. Charleroi S.C. Charleroi'''

Famous players
* Éric Abidal * Jocelyn Angloma * Jean Baratte * Jean Bigot * Philippe Bergeroo * Pierre Pleimelding * Roberto Cabral * Zarko Olarevic * Bernard Lama * Jean-François Domergue * Bernard Pardo * Engin Verel * Slavoljub Muslin * Erwin Vandenbergh * Filip Desmet * Djezon Boutoille * Bruno Cheyrou * Benoit Cheyrou * Pascal Cygan * Per Frandsen * Jakob Friis-Hansen * Mikael Mio-Nielsen * Kennet Anderson * Kim Vilfort * Abedi Pelé * Amara Simba * Christian Perez * Bernard Lama * Charly Samoy * Antoine Sibierski * André Strappe * Jean Vincent (footballer) Jean Vincent * Gregory Wimbée

External link
*{{fr icon}} [http://www.losc.fr/ Official Website] *{{fr icon}} [http://www.allezlelosc.com/ Lille Fansite] *{{fr icon}} [http://www.passionlosc.com/ Lille Fansite] {{UEFA Cup 2005/06}} {{Champions League 2005/06}} {{Ligue 1}} {{Euro-footyclub-stub}} Category:French football clubs Lille OSC Category:Lille cs:Lille OSC de:OSC Lille es:Lille Olympique Sporting Club fr:LOSC Lille Métropole nl:Lille OSC ja:リールOSC pl:Lille OSC fi:Lille OSC

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