2020–21 Lille OSC season

Lille OSC
2020–21 season
Owner	Gérard López
President	Gérard López
Head coach	Christophe Galtier
Stadium	Stade Pierre-Mauroy
Ligue 1	Pre-season
Coupe de France	Pre-season
UEFA Europa League	Group stage
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The 2020–21 Lille OSC season is the club's 77th season in existence and the 21st consecutive season in the top flight of French football. In addition to the domestic league, Lille will participate in this season's edition of the Coupe de France and the UEFA Europa League. The season covers the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

Players

First-team squad

As of 11 August 2020^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	BRA	Léo Jardim
2	DF	TUR	Zeki Çelik
3	DF	POR	Tiago Djaló
4	DF	BRA	Gabriel
5	DF	NED	Sven Botman
6	DF	POR	José Fonte (captain)
7	FW	FRA	Jonathan Bamba
8	MF	POR	Xeka
9	FW	CAN	Jonathan David
10	MF	FRA	Jonathan Ikoné
11	FW	BRA	Luiz Araújo
12	MF	TUR	Yusuf Yazıcı
15	MF	MEX	Eugenio Pizzuto
16	GK	FRA	Mike Maignan


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	FW	TUR	Burak Yılmaz
18	MF	POR	Renato Sanches
19	FW	FRA	Isaac Lihadji
21	MF	FRA	Benjamin André
22	FW	USA	Timothy Weah
23	FW	FRA	Fadiga Ouattara
24	MF	FRA	Boubakary Soumaré
26	DF	FRA	Jérémy Pied
27	MF	SEN	Cheikh Niasse
28	DF	MOZ	Reinildo Mandava
29	DF	CRO	Domagoj Bradarić
30	GK	FRA	Lucas Chevalier
—	DF	CIV	Yves Dabila
—	MF	ANG	Show

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	SVK	Adam Jakubech (on loan at K.V. Kortrijk)
—	GK	BFA	Hervé Koffi (on loan at Royal Mouscron)
—	DF	FRA	Adama Soumaoro (on loan at Genoa)
—	DF	MAR	Saad Agouzoul (on loan at Royal Mouscron)
—	DF	FRA	Scotty Sadzoute (on loan at Pau FC)
—	DF	FRA	Eric Junior Bocat (on loan at Royal Mouscron)
—	MF	BRA	Thiago Maia (on loan at Flamengo)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	MLI	Rominigue Kouamé (on loan at Troyes AC)
—	MF	CMR	Jean Onana (on loan at Royal Mouscron)
—	MF	FRA	Darly Nlandu (on loan at Royal Mouscron)
—	MF	ENG	Angel Gomes (on loan at Boavista)
—	FW	ROU	Virgiliu Postolachi (on loan at Royal Mouscron)

Transfers

In

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
19	FW	Isaac Lihadji	Marseille	Free transfer	1 July 2020	^[2]
17	FW	Burak Yılmaz	Beşiktaş	Free transfer	1 August 2020	^[3]
–	MF	Angel Gomes	Manchester United	Undisclosed	4 August 2020	^[4]
9	FW	Jonathan David	Gent	€30M	11 August 2020	^[5]

Out

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
7	FW	Victor Osimhen	Napoli	€50M + €10M variables	31 July 2020	^[6]
–	MF	Angel Gomes	Boavista	Loan	4 August 2020	^[7]

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

18 July 2020 Friendly	Royal Excel Mouscron	1–2	Lille	Mouscron, Belgium
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Cedric 79'	Report	Xeka 3' (pen.) Simbakoli 76'	Stadium: Stade Le Canonnier

25 July 2020 Friendly	Club Brugge	2–0	Lille	Bruges, Belgium
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Rits 11' Schrijvers 79'	Report		Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium

31 July 2020 Friendly	Kortrijk	Cancelled	Lille	Kortrijk, Belgium
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Guldensporen Stadion

1 August 2020 Friendly	Lille	2–0	Anderlecht	Camphin-en-Pévèle, France
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Luiz Araújo 50', 55'	Report		Stadium: Domaine de Luchin Attendance: 0

8 August 2020 Friendly	AZ	2–1	Lille	Alkmaar, Netherlands
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Sugawara 73' Ouwejan 84'	Report	Pied 58'	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Jaafar Aaffouallah

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Ligue 1	22 August 2020	23 May 2021	Matchday 1	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Coupe de France	2020		Round of 64	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Europa League	22 October 2020		Group stage	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total				0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—

Last updated: August 2020
Source: Competitions

Ligue 1

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Lille (C)	38	24	11	3	64	23	+41	83	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	Paris Saint-Germain	38	26	4	8	86	28	+58	82	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
3	Monaco	38	24	6	8	76	42	+34	78	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
4	Lyon	38	22	10	6	81	43	+38	76	Qualification for the Europa League group stage^[a]
5	Marseille	38	16	12	10	54	47	+7	60	Qualification for the Europa League group stage^[a]

Source: Ligue 1
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Fairplay ranking.^[8]
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ Since the winners of the 2020–21 Coupe de France, Paris Saint-Germain, qualified for European competition based on league position, the Europa League group stage spot reserved for the cup winners was passed to the fifth-placed team, and the Europa Conference League play-off round spot was passed to the sixth-placed team.

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: August 2020.
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results by round

Round	1
Ground
Result
Position

Updated to match(es) played on August 2020. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 9 July 2020.^[9]

22 August 2020 1	Lille	v	Rennes	Villeneuve-d'Ascq
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy

Coupe de France

UEFA Europa League

The group stage draw will be held on 2 October 2020.^[10]

References

^ "Lille – season 2019/20" (in French). Lille OSC.
^ "Le très prometteur Isaac Lihadji est officiellement un Dogue" [The very promising Isaac Lihadji is officially a Mastiff]. losc.fr (in French). Lille OSC. 7 February 2020. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
^ "Burak Yilmaz est un Dogue" [Burak Yilmaz is a Dogue]. losc.fr (in French). Lille OSC. 1 August 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
^ [1]
^ "Jonathan David au LOSC, c'est fait !" [Jonathan David at LOSC, it's done !]. losc.fr (in French). Lille OSC. 11 August 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
^ "Victor Osimhen rejoint Naples" [Victor Osimhen joins Napoli]. losc.fr (in French). Lille OSC. 31 July 2020. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
^ [2]
^ "League Table". Ligue1.com. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
^ [3]
^ "2020/21 UEFA Europa League: all you need to know". UEFA.com. 17 June 2020. Retrieved 4 July 2020.

External links

Official website

[table_note_res_ELGS0.30585743407992-8] Since the winners of the 2020–21 Coupe de France, Paris Saint-Germain, qualified for European competition based on league position, the Europa League group stage spot reserved for the cup winners was passed to the fifth-placed team, and the Europa Conference League play-off round spot was passed to the sixth-placed team.

[1] "Lille – season 2019/20" (in French). Lille OSC.

[2] "Le très prometteur Isaac Lihadji est officiellement un Dogue" [The very promising Isaac Lihadji is officially a Mastiff]. losc.fr (in French). Lille OSC. 7 February 2020. Retrieved 31 July 2020.

[3] "Burak Yilmaz est un Dogue" [Burak Yilmaz is a Dogue]. losc.fr (in French). Lille OSC. 1 August 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2020.

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[5] "Jonathan David au LOSC, c'est fait !" [Jonathan David at LOSC, it's done !]. losc.fr (in French). Lille OSC. 11 August 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020.

[6] "Victor Osimhen rejoint Naples" [Victor Osimhen joins Napoli]. losc.fr (in French). Lille OSC. 31 July 2020. Retrieved 31 July 2020.

[7] [2]

[9] "League Table". Ligue1.com. Retrieved 12 August 2016.

[10] [3]

[11] "2020/21 UEFA Europa League: all you need to know". UEFA.com. 17 June 2020. Retrieved 4 July 2020.

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