2017–18 Lille OSC season

The 2017–18 season was Lille OSC's 74th season in existence and the club's 18th consecutive season in the top flight of French football.

Lille

2017–18 season
President	Gérard Lopez
Head coach	Marcelo Bielsa (until 15 December)^[1] Christophe Galtier (from 23 December)^[2]
Stadium	Stade Pierre-Mauroy
Ligue 1	17th
Coupe de France	Round of 32
Coupe de la Ligue	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Nicolas Pépé (13) All: Nicolas Pépé (14)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2016–17 2018–19 →

Players

Squad information

As of 1 February 2018.^[3]

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   SVK Adam Jakubech 2 DF   FRA Kévin Malcuit 3 DF   PAR Júnior Alonso 5 DF   FRA Adama Soumaoro 6 MF   FRA Ibrahim Amadou (captain) 7 FW   NED Anwar El Ghazi 9 FW   ARG Ezequiel Ponce (on loan from Roma) 10 FW   ALG Yassine Benzia 11 FW   BRA Luiz Araujo 14 MF   FRA Imad Faraj 15 DF   POR Edgar Ié 16 GK   FRA Mike Maignan 17 MF   FRA Valère Pollet 18 FW   RSA Lebo Mothiba

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 FW   CIV Nicolas Pépé 20 MF   BRA Thiago Maia 21 MF   MLI Yves Bissouma 22 DF   CIV Kouadio-Yves Dabila 23 MF   BRA Thiago Mendes 24 MF   FRA Boubakary Soumaré 25 DF   FRA Fodé Ballo-Touré 26 MF   FRA Farès Bahlouli 27 DF   MAR Hamza Mendyl 29 MF   MLI Rominigue Kouamé 30 GK   BFA Hervé Koffi — DF   FRA Scotty Sadzoute — DF   FRA Benjamin Vérité

Out of squad

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   NGA Vincent Enyeama

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   FRA Jean Butez (on loan to Royal Excel Mouscron) — DF   FRA Valentin Vanbaleghem (on loan to Les Herbiers) — DF   ZAM Stoppila Sunzu (on loan to Arsenal Tula) — DF   BRA Gabriel (on loan to GNK Dinamo Zagreb) — DF   MLI Youssouf Koné (on loan to Reims)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF   POR Xeka (on loan to Dijon) — MF   POR Alexis Araujo (on loan to Gazélec Ajaccio) — MF   TUN Naïm Sliti (on loan to Dijon) — FW   POR Eder (on loan to Lokomotiv Moscow)

Transfers

In

Out

Competitions

Ligue 1

Main article: 2017–18 Ligue 1

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
15	Strasbourg	38	9	11	18	44	67	−23	38
16	Caen	38	10	8	20	27	52	−25	38
17	Lille	38	10	8	20	41	67	−26	38
18	Toulouse (O)	38	9	10	19	38	54	−16	37	Qualification for the relegation play-off final
19	Troyes (R)	38	9	6	23	32	59	−27	33	Relegation to Ligue 2

Source: Ligue 1 and Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored; 6) Head-to-head away goals; 7) Goals scored; 8) Away goals scored; 9) Most goals scored in one league match; 10) Fair-play points^[4]
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

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
38	10	8	20	41	67	−26	38	6	6	7	24	27	−3	4	2	13	17	40	−23

Last updated: 19 May 2018.
Source: Ligue 1

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	L	L	D	D	L	L	L	D	L	L	W	W	L	W	W	L	L	D	W	L	L	W	L	D	D	L	L	D	L	L	L	D	L	W	W	W	L
Position	3	9	13	13	16	17	18	18	16	19	19	19	19	19	18	17	18	18	18	15	17	18	17	18	16	17	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	19	19	16	15	17

Source: Ligue 1
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Lille v Nantes

6 August 2017 1	Lille	3–0	Nantes	Lille
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Alonso   48' Benzia   61' De Préville   67' (pen.) El Ghazi   70',   71'	Report	Pallios   40' Nakoulma   58' Gillet   75'	Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Attendance: 30,683 Referee: Benoît Millot

Strasbourg v Lille

13 August 2017 2	Strasbourg	3–0	Lille	Strasbourg
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Corgnet   63' Martin   74' Liénard   38' (pen.) Grimm   88'	Report	Ballo-Touré   33' Maignan   63' Ié   81'	Stadium: Stade de la Meinau Attendance: 25,591 Referee: Johan Hamel

Lille v Caen

20 August 2017 3	Lille	0–2	Caen	Lille
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Pépé   64' Amadou   65'	Report	Da Silva   5',   37' Santini   69' Guilbert   79'	Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Attendance: 28,740 Referee: Karim Abed

Angers v Lille

27 August 2017 4	Angers	1–1	Lille	Angers
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Pavlovic   21' Andreu   52' Coulibaly   61'	Report	Pépé   16' Luiz Araújo   23' El Ghazi   44' Amadou   51' De Préville   68' Ponce   80'	Stadium: Stade Raymond Kopa Attendance: 10,284 Referee: Nicolas Rainville

Lille v Bordeaux

8 September 2017 5	Lille	0–0	Bordeaux	Lille
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Thiago Maia   15'   32' Benzia   36' Bissouma   83'	Report	Otávio   5' Jovanovic   44' Kamano   64' Vada   74'	Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Attendance: 27,464 Referee: Francois Letexier

Guingamp v Lille

16 September 2017 6	Guingamp	1–0	Lille	Guingamp
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Deaux   90' Didot   90+3'	Report	Benzia   56'	Stadium: Stade de Roudourou Attendance: 11,901 Referee: Jérôme Brisard

Lille v Monaco

22 September 2017 7	Lille	0–4	Monaco	Lille
19:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Ponce   88'	Report	Jovetic   24' Ghezzal   30',   61' Falcao   48', 74' (pen.) Jemerson   70'	Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Attendance: 34,146 Referee: Frank Schneider

Lille v Troyes

14 October 2017 9	Lille	2–2	Troyes	Lille
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Luiz Araújo   12' Pépé   66' Mendes   74' Ié   90+1'	Report	Darbion   3' Dingomé   50' Traoré   69' Niane   90+3' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Attendance: 29,518 Referee: Hakim Ben El Hadj

Stade Rennais v Lille

21 October 2017 10	Stade Rennais	1–0	Lille	Rennes
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Bourigeaud   6' Bensebaini   78'	Report	Mendes   20' Ballo-Touré   38' Mendyl   85'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 21,852 Referee: Olivier Thual

Lille v Marseille

29 October 2017 11	Lille	0–1	Marseille	Lille
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Ié   70' Mendes   84'	Report	Sanson   5' Evra   10' Gustavo   45' Rami   51'	Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Attendance: 43,948 Referee: Francois Letexier

Metz v Lille

5 November 2017 12	Metz	0–3	Lille	Metz
16:00 CET (UTC+1)	Cohade   33' Nguette   37' Balliu   87'	Report	Bahlouli   35',   67' Luiz Araújo   44' Pépé   45' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 12,506 Referee: Jérôme Brisard

Lille v Saint-Étienne

17 November 2017 13	Lille	3–1	Saint-Étienne	Lille
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Pépé   20' Malcuit   25' Mendes   71' Ballo-Touré   81' Ponce   89'	Report	Perrin   12' Pierre-Gabriel   19' Bamba   45' (pen.) Dabo   76'	Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Attendance: 28,019 Referee: Johan Hamel

Amiens v Lille

20 November 2017 8	Amiens	3–0	Lille	Amiens
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Manzala   36', 48' Ielsch   60' Adénon   64' N'Gosso   79' Konaté   85'	Report	Amadou   21' Ballo-Touré   78'	Stadium: Stade de la Licorne Attendance: 9,015 Referee: Mikael Lesage

Montpellier v Lille

25 November 2017 14	Montpellier	3–0	Lille	Montpellier
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Roussillon   5' Sio   26' Ninga   31' Hilton   38'	Report	Luiz Araújo   35' Pépé   45+3' Bissouma   49' Soumaoro   74' Alonso   74' Ié   81'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 11,370 Referee: Thomas Leonard

Lyon v Lille

29 November 2017 15	Lyon	1–2	Lille	Lyon
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Díaz   36'	Report	Mendes   21' Ponce   40' Ballo-Touré   46'	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 31,679 Referee: Jérôme Miguelgorry

Lille v Toulouse

2 December 2017 16	Lille	1–0	Toulouse	Lille
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Soumaoro   45' Pépé   63' Bahlouli   81'	Report	Boisgard   49' Blin   61' Yago   71'	Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Attendance: 29,287 Referee: Benoît Millot

Paris Saint-Germain v Lille

9 December 2017 17	Paris Saint-Germain	3–1	Lille	Paris
16:00 CET (UTC+1)	Di María   28' Pastore   49' Verratti   66' Alves   75' Mbappé   90+3'	Report	Benzia   79' El Ghazi   86' Ié   90'	Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 47,176 Referee: Johan Hamel

Dijon v Lille

16 December 2017 18	Dijon	3–0	Lille	Dijon
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Saïd   12', 17' Ballo-Touré   35' (o.g.) Marié   80'	Report	Luiz Araújo   88'	Stadium: Stade Gaston Gérard Attendance: 10,634 Referee: Thomas Leonard

Lille v Nice

20 December 2017 19	Lille	1–1	Nice	Lille
19:50 CET (UTC+1)	Thiago Maia   19' Ié   44' El Ghazi   68'	Report	Srarfi   38',   61' Marlon   54' Mendy   80' Koziello   90+3'	Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Attendance: 26,450 Referee: Frank Schneider

Caen v Lille

13 January 2018 20	Caen	0–1	Lille	Caen
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Djiku   36' Aït Bennasser   44' Vercoutre   44' Da Silva   68'	Report	Thiago Maia   41' Pépé   44' Ballo-Touré   52' Benzia   62' Soumaré   69'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 18,283 Referee: Johan Hamel

Lille v Rennes

17 January 2018 21	Lille	1–2	Rennes	Lille
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Alonso   41',   90+4'	Report	Léa Siliki   85' André   89'	Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Attendance: 27,816 Referee: Mikael Lesage

Troyes v Lille

20 January 2018 22	Troyes	1–0	Lille	Troyes
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Niane   45'	Report	Benzia   45' Luiz Araújo   77'	Stadium: Stade de l'Aube Attendance: 9,269 Referee: Stéphane Jochem

Lille v Strasbourg

28 January 2018 23	Lille	2–1	Strasbourg	Lille
14:00 CET (UTC+1)	Dabila   28' El Gahzi   76' Ié   90'	Report	Lala   52' Saadi   78'	Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Attendance: 27,462 Referee: Sébastien Desiage

Lille v Paris Saint-Germain

3 February 2018 24	Lille	0–3	Paris Saint-Germain	Lille
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Alonso   73'	Report	Berchiche   45' Verratti   55' Neymar   76' Lo Celso   86'	Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Attendance: 49,082 Referee: Johan Hamel

Nantes v Lille

11 February 2018 25	Nantes	2–2	Lille	Nantes
17:00	Sala   16', 71'	Report	Benzia   43' Mothiba   67' Pépé   81'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 22,655 Referee: Mikael Lesage

Lille v Lyon

17 February 2018 26	Lille	2–2	Lyon	Lille
17:00	Pépé   65' Luiz Araújo   81'	Report	Traoré   21', 44' Rafael   28' Diakhaby   60' Fekir   87' Aouar   90+1'	Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Attendance: 39,523 Referee: Benoît Millot

Lille v Angers

24 February 2018 27	Lille	1–2	Angers	Lille
19:00	Pépé   88'	Report	Toko Ekambi   73', 89' Mangani   80' Capelle   82'	Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Attendance: 28,629 Referee: François Letexier

Nice v Lille

2 March 2018 28	Nice	2–1	Lille	Nice
19:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Balotelli   5' Marlon   21' Cyprien   28',   80' Coly   73'	Report	Mothiba   35' Luiz Araújo   51'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 20,314 Referee: Thomas Léonard

Lille v Montpellier

10 March 2018 29	Lille	1–1	Montpellier	Lille
19:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Benzia   32' Pépé   41' Mendes   87'	Report	Congré   34' Roussillon   64' Mendes   87'	Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Attendance: 28,609 Referee: Sébastien Moreira

Monaco v Lille

16 March 2018 30	Monaco	2–1	Lille	Monaco
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Lopes   43' Jovetić   60' Moutinho   67' Subašić   90+2'	Report	Mothiba   16'	Stadium: Stade Louis II Attendance: 7,147 Referee: Clément Turpin

Lille v Amiens

1 April 2018 31	Lille	0–1	Amiens	Lille
16:00 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report	Mendoza   53' Adenon   66' Cissokho   76'	Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Attendance: 0 Referee: Karim Abed

Bordeaux v Lille

7 April 2018 32	Bordeaux	2–1	Lille	Bordeaux
20:00	Kamano   42', 45' Poundjé   72'	Report	Mothiba   14' Mendyl   24' Mendes   61'   63'	Stadium: Nouveau Stade de Bordeaux Attendance: 34,997 Referee: Thomas Leonard

Lille v Guingamp

14 April 2018 33	Lille	2–2	Guingamp	Lille
19:00	Malcuit   23' Ié   45' Pépé   55' Luiz Araújo   57'	Report	Coco   20' Alonso   90' (o.g.) Briand   90+1'	Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Attendance: 33,461 Referee: Benoît Bastien

Marseille v Lille

21 April 2018 34	Marseille	5–1	Lille	Marseille
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Thauvin   12', 30' (pen.) Mitroglou   35', 38' Ocampos   68'	Report	Mendyl   29' Benzia   54'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 51,098 Referee: Amaury Delerue

Lille v Metz

28 April 2018 35	Lille	3–1	Metz	Lille
19:00	Luiz Araújo   13' Pépé   45' Bissouma   77'	Report	Niakhaté   22' Roux   49' Diagné   86'	Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Attendance: 38,429 Referee: François Letexier

Toulouse v Lille

6 May 2018 36	Toulouse	2–3	Lille	Toulouse
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Jean   9' Jullien   44'	Report	Pépé   5', 82' Bissouma   80'	Stadium: Stadium de Toulouse Attendance: 26,251 Referee: Clément Turpin

Lille v Dijon

12 May 2018 37	Lille	2–1	Dijon	Lille
20:00	Mothiba   18', 45'	Report	Haddadi   10' Kwon   11',   34'	Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Attendance: 46,342 Referee: Nicolas Rainville

Saint-Étienne v Lille

19 May 2018 38	Saint-Étienne	5–0	Lille	Saint-Étienne
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Bamba   7' Hamouma   13', 40', 61' Selnæs   58' Malcuit   66' (o.g.)	Report	Mothiba   61'	Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Attendance: 33,665 Referee: François Letexier

Coupe de France

Main article: 2017–18 Coupe de France

Le Mans v Lille

6 January 2018 Round of 64	Le Mans	2–4	Lille	Le Mans
15:00 CET	Schur   23' Créhin   29' (pen.) Hafidi   37' Bamba   65' Suchet   87'	Report	Ponce   8' Pépé   12' Thiago Maia   34' Malcuit   42' Mendes   90+6'	Stadium: MMArena Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Jeremy Stinat

Strasbourg v Lille

25 January 2018 Round of 32	Strasbourg	2–1	Lille	Strasbourg
21:05 CET	Grimm   27' Da Costa   31' Saadi   48'	Report	Bissouma   54' Ponce   55' Mendyl   79'	Stadium: Stade de la Meinau Attendance: 10,097 Referee: Clément Turpin

Coupe de la Ligue

Main article: 2017–18 Coupe de la Ligue

Lille v Valenciennes

25 October 2017 Third round	Lille	2–2 (5–4 p)	Valenciennes	Villeneuve-d'Ascq
18:45 CEST	Benzia   14' Alonso   41',   74' Ié   83'	Report	Pierre-Charles   15',   44' Xavier   17' Aloé   67' Mothiba   90+1' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Attendance: 30,643 Referee: Frank Schneider
	Penalties
	Ié   Alonso   Bahlouli   El Ghazi   Soumaré   Thiago Maia   Mendes		Néry   Diarra   Mauricio   Ramaré   Guezoui   Mothiba   Pierre-Charles

Lille v Nice

13 December 2017 Round of 16	Lille	1–1 (2–3 p)	Nice	Villeneuve-d'Ascq
21:05 (UTC+1)	Luiz Araújo   7',   46'	Report	Marlon   27' Balotelli   58'	Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Attendance: 9,651 Referee: Stéphane Jochem
	Penalties
	Luiz Araújo   Alonso   Mendes   El Ghazi   Bissouma		Lees-Melou   Cyprien   Pléa   Seri

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Ligue 1		Coupe de France		Coupe de la Ligue
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	SVK	Adam Jakubech	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	GK	FRA	Mike Maignan	36	0	34	0	1	0	1	0
30	GK	BFA	Kouakou Koffi	6	0	4	0	1	0	1	0
Defenders
2	DF	FRA	Kévin Malcuit	25	0	21+2	0	1	0	0+1	0
3	DF	PAR	Júnior Alonso	38	3	30+4	2	2	0	2	1
5	DF	FRA	Adama Soumaoro	15	0	14	0	1	0	0	0
15	DF	POR	Edgar Ié	37	1	35	1	0	0	2	0
22	DF	CIV	Kouadio-Yves Dabila	15	0	10+2	0	1+1	0	1	0
25	DF	FRA	Fodé Ballo-Touré	28	0	25+2	0	0	0	1	0
27	DF	MAR	Hamza Mendyl	14	0	9+3	0	1	0	1	0
Midfielders
6	MF	FRA	Ibrahim Amadou	32	0	30	0	2	0	0	0
14	MF	FRA	Imad Faraj	8	0	1+6	0	0+1	0	0	0
17	MF	FRA	Valère Pollet	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	MF	BRA	Thiago Maia	37	1	28+6	0	1	1	2	0
21	MF	MLI	Yves Bissouma	28	3	15+9	2	1+1	1	2	0
23	MF	BRA	Thiago Mendes	35	4	27+4	3	1+1	1	1+1	0
26	MF	FRA	Farès Bahlouli	14	1	2+9	1	1	0	2	0
29	MF	MLI	Rominigue Kouamé	6	0	1+5	0	0	0	0	0
32	MF	FRA	Boubakary Soumaré	17	0	3+11	0	1	0	1+1	0
Forwards
7	FW	NED	Anwar El Ghazi	31	4	19+8	4	1+1	0	2	0
9	FW	ARG	Ezequiel Ponce	32	3	8+20	2	2	1	1+1	0
10	FW	ALG	Yassine Benzia	33	2	30+1	1	1	0	0+1	1
11	FW	BRA	Luiz Araújo	36	6	24+10	5	1	0	1	1
18	FW	RSA	Lebo Mothiba	14	5	14	5	0	0	0	0
19	FW	CIV	Nicolas Pépé	38	14	31+5	13	1+1	1	0	0
Players transferred out during the season
8	MF	POR	Xeka	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
12	FW	FRA	Nicolas de Préville	4	2	3+1	2	0	0	0	0

Last updated: 19 May 2018
Source: Competitions

References

1. "Marcelo Bielsa sacked as Lille manager after suspension". ESPN. 15 December 2017. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
2. "Christophe Galtier to take over from Marcelo Bielsa as Lille manager". Get French Football News. 4 December 2019.
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4. "League Table". Ligue1.com. Retrieved 12 August 2016.