LILLE OSC

'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).

Contents

History

A merger between two clubs

Olympique Lillois

SC Fives

Beginnings

Recent history

Stadium

Achievements

Statistics

Record season by season

Current Squad

Players out on loan

Squad change during 06/07 season

Managerial History

Famous players

See also

References

External links

History

A merger between two clubs

Olympique Lillois

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'Founded in 1902', Olympique Lillois is the historical Lille team

★ 'Achievements:'

★ 'Championnat de France' ('1') :

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★ 'Champion' : 1933

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★ 'Runner-up' : 1936

★ 'Trophée de France' ('1') :

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★ 'Winner' : 1914.

★ 'Championnat USFSA' ('1') :

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★ 'Champion' : 1914.

★ 'Championnat USFSA Nord' ('3') :

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★ 'Champion' : 1911, 1913 et 1914.

★ 'Championnat DH Nord' ('4') :

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★ 'Champion' : 1921, 1922, 1929 et 1931

★ 'Coupe Peugeot' :

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★ 'Finalist' : 1931.

★ 'Coaches:'

★ 1931-32 : Imre Nagy

★ 1932-34 : Robert De Veen

★ 1934-35 : Bob Fisher

★ 1935-37 : Ted Maghner

★ 1937-38 : Steirling

★ 1938-39 : Eugène Conrad

★ 1941-43 : Georges Winckelmans

★ 1943-44 : Denglos
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SC Fives

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'Founded in 1901', SC Fives was based in Fives, a suburb in the east of Lille.

★ 'Achievements'

★ 'Championnat de France':

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★ 'Runner-up' : 1934

★ 'Coupe de France' ('1') :

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★ 'Finalist' : 1941.

★ 'Coaches:'

★ George Berry: coach from 1936 to 1944^[5], first coach of Lille OSC (1944-1946)
The merger gave birth to the Lille Olympique Sporting Club, aka LOSC, with the SC Fives club giving to the new club the "SC" in their name and their blue away kit. Olympique Lillois' red and white color are still LOSC's main colours.

Beginnings

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.

Recent history

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. Both clubs were fined as a result.

Stadium

★ Stade Henri Jooris (Beginnings-1974)

★ Stade Grimonprez Jooris (1974-2004)

★ Stadium Lille-Metropole (2004-present)
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

★ Stade Félix Bollaert for UEFA Champions League 2001-02 and UEFA Champions League 2006-07

★ Stade de France for UEFA Champions League 2005-06

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 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 Clube de Portugal 7-5 on aggregate in the Semis)

Statistics

''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

Record season by season

See [3] (in French)

Current Squad

''As of 1 August, 2007.'' Players in 'bold' have international caps.

Players out on loan

Squad change during 06/07 season

'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'' ★ ' Luis Yanes' Signed 'From' ''Independiente Santa Fe''

'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''

Managerial History

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.

★ Georges Berry 1944-1946 ★ André Cheuva 1946-1959 ★ Jacques Delepaut 1959 ★ Jules Vandooren 1959-1961 ★ Jean Baratte 1961-1962 ★ Guy Poitevin 1962-1963 ★ Jules Bigot 1963-1966 ★ Jean-Charles Van Gool 1966 ★ Daniel Langrand 1966-1969 ★ Joseph Jedrejak 1969-1970 ★ René Gardien 1970-1973 ★ Georges Peyroche 1973-1976 ★ Charles Samoy 1976-1977

★ José Arribas 1977-1982 ★ Arnaud Dos Santos 1982-1984 ★ Georges Heylens 1984-1989 ★ Jacques Santini 1989-1992 ★ Bruno Metsu 1992-1993 ★ Henryk Kasperczak 1993 ★ Pierre Mankowski 1993-1994 ★ Jean Fernandez 1994-1995 ★ Jean-Michel Cavalli 1995-1997 ★ Hervé Gauthier and Charles Samoy 1997 ★ Thierry Froger 1997-1998 ★ Vahid Halilhodžić 1998-2002 ★ Claude Puel 2002-

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Famous players

''For a complete list of former Lille OSC players with a Wikipedia article, see .''
'France'

★ Éric Abidal

★ Jocelyn Angloma

★ Jean Baratte

★ Jean Bigot

★ Philippe Bergeroo

★ Djezon Boutoille

★ Bruno Cheyrou

★ Benoit Cheyrou

★ Pascal Cygan

★ Matthieu Delpierre

★ Jean-François Domergue

★ Yvon Douis

★ Bernard Lama

★ Bernard Pardo

★ Christian Perez

★ Pierre Pleimelding

★ Charly Samoy

★ Antoine Sibierski

★ Amara Simba

★ Gérard Soler

★ Marceau Sommerlynck

★ André Strappe

★ Jean Vincent

★ Grégory Wimbée
'Armenia'

★ Eric Assadourian
'Australia'

★ Frank Farina

★ Mile Sterjovski
'Belgium'

★ Philippe Desmet

★ Erwin Vandenbergh
'Bulgaria'

★ Vladimir Manchev
'Democratic Republic of Congo'

★ Gaston Mobati
'Denmark'

★ Per Frandsen

★ Jakob Friis-Hansen

★ Michael Mio Nielsen

★ Kim Vilfort
'Ghana'

★ Abédi Pelé
'Greece'

★ Efstathios Tavlaridis
'Slovenia'

★ Milenko Ačimovič
'Sweden'

★ Kennet Andersson
'Turkey'

★ Engin Verel
'Yugoslavia'

★ Slavoljub Muslin

★ Žarko Olarević

★ Boro Primorac

★ Dušan Savić
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See also

★ Derby du Nord

References

1. http://www.pari-et-gagne.com/lillois.html
2. http://www.rsssf.com/players/trainers-fran-clubs.html#l
3. http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympique_Lillois
4. http://www.pari-et-gagne.com/fives.html
5. http://www.rsssf.com/players/trainers-fran-clubs.html#f
6. http://www.rsssf.com/players/trainers-fran-clubs.html#l

External links

★ Official Website

★ Lille Losc Fansite

★ [4] UEFA's page on Lille OSC

★ Losc Forum

★ Lille formations at football-lineups.com

★ Lille OSC - losc.uk.pl - Polish Lille OSC Fansite