Lille OSC

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Prior to the Second World War, the city of Lille had two teams playing at the top level; Olympique Lillois and SC Fives. Olympique Lillois were crowned domestic champions in 1932-33. They were the first time ever to be champions in the tournament which was founded in 1932 and finished runners-up in 1935-36. They also won the USFSA Football Championship title in 1914, which was the French top division of football prior to the establishment in 1932 of French Division 1, and reached the Coupe de France final in 1939. Their neighbors, SC Fives, ranked second in 1933-34. They also made it to the Coupe de France final, losing to Girondins AS Port in 1941.

Affected by the conflict The two clubs decided to join in the fall of 1944 on the 23rd of September. This gave birth to Stade Lillois, renamed Lille Olympique Sporting Club just a few weeks after. On November 25, 1944, the club was officially established under its new name.

In its initial season, the new club made it to in the 1945 Coupe de France final, with a team made up of the top players from the two teams that merged and a majority of them are natives from in the Nord department. The following year, Lille was crowned the winner of the duo by defeating Red Star in the 1946 Coupe de France Final and being ranked first in French Division 1 ahead of Roubaix-Tourcoing and Saint-Etienne. The year 1947 saw Lille placed fourth position, but they returned into finals in the Coupe de France final and won the trophy by beating Strasbourg. The team won the cup again in 1948, beating principal opponents Lens and was the third time in a row. They they finished runners-up in the league that year, a step behind Marseille who became champions following a successful 47-48 season.

They also finished runners-up in 1949-50, 1948-49, and 1950-51. On the 24th of June, 1951, a tired Lille made it to their Latin Cup final and lost against Gre-No-Li's AC Milan after having played 250 minutes over the course 2 days.

The 31st of May 1953 was the day they returned to winning and won the fourth Coupe de France trophy in an 2-1 victory over FC Nancy, before 60,000 people. The team then took home the second title of its domestic championship in 1953-54. They only conceded 22 goals in 34 games. Following this campaign, Lille is praised for its defense skills and earned an image of a solid defense. In the following year, Les Dogues earned their fifth Coupe de France in a 5-1 win over Bordeaux during the championship.

This time of hegemony and glory, that followed the conflict as well as following the German occupation of France which led to one of the nicknames for the club: La Machine de Guerre (French meaning "The War Machine"). In the first decade of its being in existence, Lille collected the most of the major awards including two league championships and achieving second position for four seasons in a row. Lille was regarded as the most successful French club of the post-war period, won the sum of five Coupe de France wins in seven finals. This included five consecutive finals, and won this trophy 3 times in succession which is among the greatest performance ever recorded in this competition.

Lille were dropped to the second time since 1956. The club morphed into an average side, and by the mid-2000s, after an extended period of invisibility and burdened by the insufficient facility as well as resources Lille dropped its official status. The club was worried that the club would disappear. However, some new leaders such as Max Pommerolle, came and provided a new direction for the team. However, the results were inconsistent and the only titles that ignited supporters' enthusiasm were the ones achieved by the Second Division.

In the summer of 1980, Lille was the first French club to adopt the designation of a mixed-economy company, in which Lille was the capital city. Lille was the largest shareholder. The three presidents Jacques Amyot, Roger Deschodt and Jacques Dewailly all struggled to keep up with the best teams of the country. Amyot's resignation in the year 1990 resulted in three more challenging years for the club that affected the very existence of the club. The arrival of Bernard Lecomte in 1993 to place the club's finances in a better position for recovery. After a final drop at the end of the year, the club coached with Bosnian head coach Vahid Halilhodzic soon was elevated to the top of the line and in the same year it was the year that the French Football League was privatised. The club was purchased at the end of 1999 Luc Dayan and Francis Graille for 1 symbolic one franc.

In the midst of its debut season returning to the top league in 2000-01 French Division 1, Lille made it to Europe as the very first time ever in its history, and secured its place at the level of the 2001-02 Champions League. With the club's status change, Lille began a brand modern era with the leadership of chief executive and chairman chief executive Michel Seydoux and coach Claude Puel. The club left the historic Stade Grimonprez-Jooris and moved to with the Stadium Lille Metropole and became an established player on the European scene. One of its most memorable outcomes was the 1-0 win against Manchester United at the Stade de France in 2005, the 2-0 win against Milan at San Siro in 2006 and the 1-0 win at home against Liverpool in the year 2010.

In the years 2010 and 2011, Lille knew a steady improvement both on and off the field and has been able to establish itself as one of the biggest teams of French football. In the beginning, the opening of the huge contemporary Domaine de Luchin training complex in 2007 has brought the club into a new era, with the centre being among the largest in France. At the same time the construction of the capacity of 50,000 at the Grand Stade Lille Metropole (renamed later Stade Pierre-Mauroy), which was inaugurated in 2012, started on March 29th, 2010. It will make the club the fourth-largest stadium for football in France. The club's success in achieving strong results and a improvement in the sport under director Rudi Garcia helped the club climb into the upper echelons in the French league. Sixty-six years after the club's last win first team in 2010-11 with homegrown players Yohan Cabaye Mathieu Debuchy as well as Eden Hazard took home the club's second double following finishing in 10-11 Ligue 1 top spot and beating Paris Saint-Germain in the 2011 Coupe de France final.

The 2011-12 as well as 2012-13 Ligue 1 seasons, Lille established its status as one of the top French football teamsby having successively finished in the sixth and second places, and being eligible to play in the 2013 Champions League. 2013 saw the departure of manager Garcia. Garcia quit to sign with Roma and the former Montpellier director Rene Girard was appointed as the new manager. In the time of Girard, Lille finished at third in 2013-14, just behind Zlatan Ibrahimovic's Paris Saint-Germain and James Rodriguez's Monaco. After two years as the head of the club as well as an esoteric 8th seed at conclusion of 2014-15 Ligue 1 season, Girard was dismissed by mutual consent.

In May of 2015, the Ivory Coast national team head coach Herve Renard was named his new boss. On 11 November 2015 Renard was fired as manager, and was substituted with Frederic Antonetti. On November 23, 2016 one year after the appointment, Lille terminated Antonetti's contract and the club was placed at the bottom of the table.

In March of 2017, Lille appointed Marcelo Bielsa as their new manager. club. In November of 2017, Bielsa was suspended by Lille after an unintentional trip to Chile and the club was placed in the second position on the league table, and only scoring three wins in the first fourteen games played during the campaign. On December 23, 2017, Bielsa was terminated by Lille and replaced by the Saint-Etienne's former director Christophe Galtier. In a tough 2017-2018 campaign, Lille managed to avoid the relegation process to Ligue 2 by beating Toulouse 3-1 in the final game of the season.

The next season of Lille will be completely different. They racked up numerous wins and only lost five games during the initial period of 2018-19's Ligue 1 season. On April 14, 2019, in front of an unprecedented crowd of 49,712 fans They beat Paris Saint-Germain in a historic and thrilling 5-1 victory at home featuring goals from Nicolas Pepe, Jonathan Bamba, Gabriel and Jose Fonte. The end of the season Lille took second position to be in next season's UEFA Champions League group stage They returned to the competition after a 7-year absence. The 1st of August, 2019, the club's top scorer of the season Nicolas Pepe is sold to Premier League side Arsenal in an all-time club record that is EUR80 millions (PS72 million).

A couple of years later, in the season 2020-21, Lille took the debut Ligue 1 title in 10 years, and also the fourth overall in their history under the direction by Christophe Galtier. Also participating in 2020-21 UEFA Europa League, they beat AC Milan at San Siro on November 5, 2020, with a huge 3-1 win away, which included a third goal by Yusuf Yazici, but lost to Ajax in the round of 32.

In the 2021-22 football season, Lille made it to the UEFA Champions League round of 16 but were defeat by Chelsea after having qualified at the group stage, which included Salzburg, Sevilla and Wolfsburg. According to a study published at the close in the Ligue 1 season, Lille is ranked fourth as the best French football club of Ligue 1, in the 21st century. It is ranked fourth, just behind Paris Saint-Germain, Lyon and Marseille.

On the 29th of June in 2022 the team named Paulo Fonseca as new head coach of the first team. The 2022-23 campaign started good for the Northmen after they beat Auxerre 7 August, with the home game, 4-1.

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The Lille crest has been changed several times. The initial crest for the newly formed club was the city's escutcheon Lille dating from 1235 . It depicts an argent-on-gules fleur de-lys. The fleur-de-lys is a reference to the city's name and also the city's insularity. "Lille" or "Lile" as well as "Lysle" in accordance with the old spellings, is a phonetic close to "Lisle" which is an older form that was a variant of "Lys". The lys also refers towards the water flag that were scattered across the city's marshes. The colours of heraldry are in argent (white) and Gules (red) represent wisdom and prosperity for the first while passion and devotion in the other.

Red and white were the colors of Olympique Lillois. Blue, the typical colour of team shorts, is a reference to SC Fives and is also included in the club's first logo, which dates back to 1946. Red is still the primary color used by the club for its logo on its website, or its social media channels.

It adopted the colors of the founding parents and merging parents and also the fleur-de lys symbol which is seen on the badges of the beginning. Since 1981 the Mastiff was featured as the initial time on the club's crest, and has not left since. The name, Les Dogues (French for "The Mastiffs"), highlights the team's ferocity and commitment It was first utilized in the 1920s to refer to Olympique Lillois players. Other terms or nicknames are also popular, including Les Nordistes (French meaning "The Northmen") or Les Lillois as the denominator which is a reference to Lille.

A brand new design was introduced that combined the fleur-de lys symbol with the mastiff, which appears to leap from the flowers. The abbreviation "LOSC" is further augmented by the word "Lille Metropole" to enhance the Metropole Europeenne de Lille's importance and size Western Europe. The club officials at that time wanted to entrench the club in its region, not only in the city but in a 1,000,000-inhabitants area where the club moved some facilities. The badge was slightly revised in 1997, but it was replaced in 2002 by one that was more elegant, with the dog and symbol are prominently displayed. The logo was updated in 2012 and the fleur-de lys was once more a prominent component of the logo. The shape of the badge echoes the earlier heraldry, and only the club and city name appear on in the center of the emblem, akin to the crown.

The crest that was unveiled in 2018 was revealed in 2018, incorporates the entire club's symbol (the initials of the club and the mastiff, as well as the fleur-de-lys , and the three colors) within a standard pentagon shape. It is a representation that of Citadel in Lille's center.

The result of the union of two teams Lille OSC embraced different shirts components and symbols from both clubs founded. The first kit for the club's home was blue and white. The white jersey with the large the red "V" (or chevron) design around the neck and red sleeves at ends, is a tribute to that of the Olympique Lillois home jersey while the "V" design is inspired by SC Fives kits , as well as the blue socks and shorts. The jersey was white as the primary color, with a few variations of red. A red-colored chevron was an integral part of every jersey until 1964 when it vanished in favor of an impeccable white jersey which was only the red collar and sleeves. The white jersey with a few red shades around the collar and sleeves remains largely the same for many decades.

In the 90s, various manufacturers of kits introduced different red designs around the shoulders, such as the check pattern in red or a massive Reebok logo that runs along the upper part of the shirt, or plain red patterns that allowed the use in a white chevron adorned with red borders. The 1992-93 season was the rapid returning of red stripes. 1999 marked a pivotal moment in LOSC kit history. In the first week of this campaign, the squad decided to change the primary color of their kits. The home jerseys now are heavily dominated by red, whereas away jerseys are white overall. The club has decided to switch to a white kit for home games in this 2017-17 Ligue 1 season in order to celebrate the league's and cup's 70th anniversary.

Third kits are usually used in European games. They were initially blue at the beginning of 2000, third kits were later used as well as incorporating flags of Flanders colors which are yellow and black. Since the start of the 20th century, Flanders has released more than twelve yellow or black third kits.

Lille has had a number of sports goods makers throughout its time. Since its inception through the 1970s Lille did not have a kit manufacturer. The initial kit manufacturer was Le Coq Sportif which made Lille's first jerseys with a branded logo until 1975. in the 80s the team's main supplier was Puma which is a most well-known Lille's kit makers. Puma's sponsorship was for nine years and the German brand's shirts are still etched into the hearts of people. Following this time, a variety of companies have left and come back such as Lotto as well as Adidas for contracts of a short duration. Reebok was awarded the contract in 1996and it lasted for three seasons before Nike began its first season in 1999. Decathlon's football label Kipsta located in the Lille the region of Lille, Airness and Canterbury, the company that specializes in rugby was the next. The year 2013 saw the start of Umbro. Umbro became the sole owner until Nike launched a second period in 2013, lasting three years.

On the 22nd of June, 2016 Lille signed a 5-year agreement in partnership with New Balance, becoming one of the most prestigious football clubs to sign a deal with the Boston-based sportswear company. The partnership will be renewed in 2021 with an agreement for a five-year period through June 2026.

The first major supporters of the team were Jean Caby butchery that appeared two times on the front of the jersey along with Lille's Pel d'Or lemonade, produced by the famous Pelforth brewery. Another of the more famous Lille patrons is French diaper and baby product manufacturer Peaudouce which lasted for more than 10 years. Production facilities were in Linselles located situated in the Lille region. The nine red letters now form part of the brand identity that the organization. The club was later sold to Peaudouce has been acquired by Sweden consumer goods firm SCA that decided to end the sponsorship. Foodservice firm Eurest as well as bank Credit Agricole and ING Direct are also famous sponsors which lasted for at least two seasons.

In the following years, the well-known "P" of the French casinos and resort business Partouche was featured on the jersey of Lille at the end of 2003, for the very first time. located in north France, Partouche is Lille's most loyal partner: the brand's logo was in the jersey of the club for 14 seasons. The most recent major patrons have been French retail store for consumer electronic products Boulanger as well as British online retailer of cars Cazoo. On August 31, 2022, Russian operator 1xBet entered into a partnership contract that will make them their exclusive regional partner for Middle East, North, and South Africa.

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Since its inception after the merger of Olympique Lillois and SC Fives, Lille alternately played its home games in each of the clubs' stadiums: Stade Henri-Jooris of Olympique Lillois and Stade Jules-Lemaire of SC Fives. In 1949, Lille decided to use the first stadium as its home ground, and use the second one as a training facility. In the process of becoming more and less obsolete, Stade Jules-Lemaire will be destroyed ten years later in the year 1959. It was named after Henri Jooris, the iconic Olympique Lillois's president The 15,000-seat stadium located near the Deule river near the Citadel of Lille, was the residence of Les Dogues until 1975, when Lille was relocated to Stade Grimonprez-Jooris.

The park is located inside the citadel close to the old arena, it's initial capacity was 25,000 when it opened. However, the capacity was reduced to 17,000 by the year 2000, due to the advancement of security standards. In 2000 the stadium was remodeled and its capacity raised to 21,000. However, the stadium was not able to satisfy FIFA licensing requirements. Plans to construct a new stadium that would be compliant with the UEFA standards were approved in 2002 after it was privatized.

At the end of June, 2003 the board of directors approved a revised plan that was put forward by the mayor of the city to construct a brand new stadium of 33,000 seats located on the former site of Grimonprez-Jooris. The preliminary works, which included the deconstruction of the training facilities were completed and the construction was planned for December 31, 2004 however, it was delayed. The construction work was scheduled to start in the first quarter of 2005, however, the project was met with opposition from preservationists who were able to stop the project from getting the necessary permits because the site that the new stadium would be located was adjacent to the citadel of the 17th century.

The stadium was shut down in May 2004. was shut its doors. The delays caused Lille to play their league games in the Stadium Nord Lille Metropole, which is a stadium with 18,000 seats located in Villeneuve-d'Ascq and also in 2005, they played their UEFA Champions League games at Stade de France in the Paris region. Following two long years of legal battles local courts declared construction permits invalid in the months of July and Dec. 2005. This meant that Grimonprez-Jooris II could not be built. Grimonprez Jooris was destroyed in the year 2010- six years following the departure of Lille OSC. The club continued to play on at Stadium Lille Metropole until the close of 2011's Ligue 1 season. When LOSC was facing issues at its venue and the administration of the Lille region was transformed. A new management, responsible for the entire area, decided to begin the new stadium.

On February 1, 2008. Eiffage got selected in the general meeting to construct a multi-purpose stadium with 50,000 seats with an awning that can be retracted. It also has an advantage: it can transform into an arena that has 30,000 seats which will host tennis, basketball or handball matches and concerts. Stade Pierre-Mauroy is well-known for its sponsorship as Decathlon Arena Stade Pierre-Mauroy from 2022 onwards and was opened on August 17, 2012. It was initially known as"the Grand Stade Lille Metropole The stadium changed in 2013 to honor the former mayor of Lille and the former Premier of France Pierre Mauroy. The stadium is situated in Villeneuve-d'Ascq and can accommodate 50,186, making it fourth-largest stadium in France.

The stadium was home to the France the national team of football as well as France the national rugby union team, as along with some games that were part of UEFA Euro 2016 and many Top 14 matches. It was selected as one of the nine venues chosen to host France's 2023 Rugby World Cup. The arena, which seats 30,000 people, hosted EuroBasket 2015, Davis Cup and the 2017, World Men's Handball Championship and will host basketball and handball events at the 2024 Olympic Games.

The record attendance at a sports match is 49,712 fans at the 5-1 victory of Lille against Paris Saint-Germain in 2019.

The site is located in Camphin-en-Pevele situated 15 minutes from central Lille in the region of Camphin-en-Pevele, the Domaine de Luchin has been the training facility of the club since 2007. A 43-hectare estate which includes nine full-sized pitches (including the artificial pitch) as well as a goalkeeper's playing field for training, club's headquarters as well as the academy's facilities including bedrooms and classrooms aswell with a medical pole an exercise centre as well as press areas. It also houses The famous Dogue de Bronze, a bronze sculpture of a mastiff that was installed in the year the year 2011 and has been featured in numerous photos and videos of the club. The stadium can accommodate 1,000 people, with 500 seats, is able to host games for the academy teams as well as female players.

A section part of the Berlin Wall, with a graffiti of Eden Hazard by French artist C215 who painted it, was revealed in 2016 and is now on display in the center.

It is the Derby du Nord is a football game played in between Lille along with RC Lens. Derby's name is only referring to their geographic location in France because Lille is the only team of both that is located within the department that is Nord. Lens are located in the western part of Pas-de-Calais. The name could be applied to matches that involve Lille and Valenciennes since both clubs are situated within Nord but, the match is traditionally referred to games that involve Lille as well as Lens. This is why the Lille-Valenciennes fixture is called Le Petit Derby du Nord. They first played each other in 1937, when Lille played under their Olympique Lillois emblem. Due to their close proximity to one another being separated by just 40 km (25 miles) and the sociological differences between supporters of both clubs and players, a fierce rivalry was born. It is known as the Derby du Nord is underpinned by the differences in economics and social status as cities like Lens is regarded as a working-class industrial city while Lille as a middle-class modern city that is internationally-oriented. The games that can trigger emotions on both parties, have become more popular because they can determine the berths for continental tournaments.

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• French Division 1/Ligue 1
  • Winners (4): 1945–46, 1953–54, 2010–11, 2020–21
  • Runners-up (6): 1947–48, 1948–49, 1949–50, 1950–51, 2004–05, 2018–19
• French Division 2
  • Winners (4): 1963–64, 1973–74, 1977–78, 1999–2000

• Coupe de France
  • Winners (6): 1945–46, 1946–47, 1947–48, 1952–53, 1954–55, 2010–11
  • Runners-up (2): 1944–45, 1948–49
• Coupe de la Ligue
  • Runners-up (1): 2015–16
• Trophée des Champions
  • Winners (1): 2021
  • Runners-up (2): 1955, 2011
• Coupe Charles Drago
  • Runners-up (2): 1954, 1956

• UEFA Intertoto Cup
  • Winners (1): 2004
  • Runners-up (1): 2002
• Latin Cup
  • Runners-up (1): 1951

• French Division 1/Ligue 1 and Coupe de France (2): 1945–46, 2010–11

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•  Robert Germain (1946–49)
•  César Ruminski (1952–55)
•  Jean Van Gool (1954–68)
•  Charles Samoy (1963–74)
•  Philippe Bergeroo (1978–83)
•  Bernard Lama (1981–89)
•  Jean-Claude Nadon (1989–96)
•  Grégory Wimbée (1998–2004)
•  Tony Sylva (2004–08)
•  Mickaël Landreau (2009–12)
•  Vincent Enyeama (2011–18)
•  Mike Maignan (2015–21)

•  Joseph Jadrejak (1944–50)
•  Jean-Marie Prévost (1945–52)
•  Marceau Somerlinck (1945–57)
•  Jacques Van Cappelen (1949–55)
•  Cor van der Hart (1950–54)
•  Guillaume Bieganski (1953–56)
•  Robert Lemaître (1951–59)
•  Antoine Pazur (1952–60)
•  Bernard Stakowiak (1958–69)
•  Claude Andrien (1962–69)
•  Marcel Adamczyk (1963–68)
•  Jean-Luc Buisine (1962–69)
•  Ignacio Prieto (1971–76)
•  Pierre Dréossi (1976–82)
•  René Marsiglia (1978–83)
•  Éric Péan (1981–87)
•  Noureddine Kourichi (1982–86)
•  Boro Primorac (1983–86)
•  Éric Prissette (1983–90)
•  Dominique Thomas (1983–88, 89–93)
•  Jocelyn Angloma (1987–90)
•  Jakob Friis-Hansen (1989–95)
•  Fabien Leclercq (1989–99)
•  Pascal Cygan (1995–2002)
•  Grégory Tafforeau (2001–09)
•  Eric Abidal (2002–04)
•  Matthieu Chalmé (2002–07)
•  Mathieu Debuchy (2003–13)
•  Nicolas Plestan (2003–10)
•  Stathis Tavlaridis (2004–07)
•  Stephan Lichtsteiner (2005–08)
•  Emerson (2006–11)
•  Adil Rami (2006–11)
•  Franck Béria (2007–17)
•  Aurélien Chedjou (2007–13)
•  David Rozehnal (2010–15)
•  Pape Souaré (2010–15)
•  Marko Baša (2011–17)
•  Lucas Digne (2011–13)
•  Djibril Sidibé (2012–16)
•  Simon Kjær (2013–15)
•  Adama Soumaoro (2013–21)
•  Sébastien Corchia (2014–17)
•  Benjamin Pavard (2015–16)
•  Gabriel (2017–20)
•  Zeki Çelik (2018–22)
•  Reinildo Mandava (2018–22)
•  Sven Botman (2020–22)

•  Jules Bigot (1944–50)
•  François Bourbotte (1944–47)
•  Roger Carré (1944–50)
•  Albert Dubreucq (1945–53)
•  Roland Clauws (1953–60, 62–64)
•  Alain de Martigny (1970–76)
•  Alain Verhoeve (1970–74)
•  Alberto Fouillioux (1972–75)
•  Serge Besnard (1975–79)
•  Alain Grumelon (1976–83)
•  Arnaud Dos Santos (1977–81)
•  Stéphane Plancque (1977–87)
•  Didier Simon (1977–82)
•  Pascal Plancque (1980–87)
•  Philippe Périlleux (1984–91, 95–96)
•  Alain Fiard (1987–93)
•  Victor Da Silva (1988–92)
•  Arnaud Duncker (1994–98)
•  Patrick Collot (1995–2002)
•  Christophe Landrin (1996–2005)
•  Bruno Cheyrou (1998–2002)
•  Benoît Cheyrou (1999–2004)
•  Fernando D'Amico (1999–2003)
•  Sylvain N'Diaye (2000–03)
•  Jean Makoun (2001–08)
•  Philippe Brunel (2002–05)
•  Mathieu Bodmer (2003–07)
•  Stéphane Dumont (2003–11)
•  Milenko Ačimovič (2004–06)
•  Yohan Cabaye (2004–11)
•  Florent Balmont (2008–16)
•  Rio Mavuba (2008–17)
•  Idrissa Gueye (2010–15)
•  Joe Cole (2011–12)
•  Dimitri Payet (2011–13)
•  Benoît Pedretti (2011–13)
•  Rony Lopes (2014–15, 16–17)
•  Yves Bissouma (2016–18)
•  Thiago Mendes (2017–19)
•  Boubakary Soumaré (2017–21)
•  Xeka (2017–22)
•  Renato Sanches (2019–22)
•  Amadou Onana (2021–22)

•  Jean Baratte (1944–53, 56–57)
•  René Bihel (1944–46)
•  Jean Lechantre (1944–52)
•  Roger Vandooren (1944–50)
•  Bolek Tempowski (1945–51)
•  Marius Walter (1945–52)
•  André Strappe (1948–58)
•  Bernard Lefèvre (1949–56, 62–63)
•  Erik Kuld Jensen (1950–53)
•  Jean Vincent (1950–56)
•  Gérard Bourbotte (1952–58, 63–68)
•  Yvon Douis (1953–59)
•  Fernand Devlaminck (1956–59)
•  François Heutte (1957–59, 65–66)
•  René Fatoux (1957–62)
•  André Guy (1965–67)
•  Christian Coste (1973–77)
•  Stanislav Karasi (1974–77)
•  Å½arko Olarević (1977–81)
•  Pierre Pleimelding (1977–81)
•  Dušan Savić (1983–85)
•  Erwin Vandenbergh (1986–90)
•  Abedi Pele (1988–90)
•  Per Frandsen (1990–94)
•  Éric Assadourian (1990–95)
•  Antoine Sibierski (1992–96)
•  Kennet Andersson (1993–94)
•  Djézon Boutoille (1993–2004)
•  Matt Moussilou (2001–06)
•  Nicolas Fauvergue (2003–11)
•  Kevin Mirallas (2004–08)
•  Peter Odemwingie (2004–07)
•  Kader Keïta (2005–07)
•  Michel Bastos (2006–09)
•  Eden Hazard (2007–12)
•  Patrick Kluivert (2007–08)
•  Ludovic Obraniak (2007–12)
•  Túlio de Melo (2008–14)
•  Pierre-Alain Frau (2008–11)
•  Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (2009–10)
•  Gervinho (2009–11)
•  Moussa Sow (2010–12)
•  Salomon Kalou (2012–14)
•  Divock Origi (2012–15)
•  Nolan Roux (2012–15)
•  Sofiane Boufal (2015–16)
•  Eder (2016–18)
•  Martin Terrier (2016–18)
•  Luiz Araújo (2017–21)
•  Lebo Mothiba (2017–18)
•  Nicolas Pépé (2017–19)
•  Jonathan Ikoné (2018–22)
•  Rafael Leão (2018–19)
•  Loïc Rémy (2018–20)
•  Victor Osimhen (2019–20)
•  Burak Yılmaz (2020–22)

Owner of Lille Olympique Sporting Club – LOSC Lille:  Merlyn Partners SCSp

Some former coaches include Georges Heylens (1984-89), an ex- Belgian internationally-ranked player Jacques Santini (1989-92) who was the head coach of for the France national team from 2002 and 2004. Bruno Metsu (1992-93), who was the coach of for the Senegal national team during the 2002 World Cup, Pierre Mankowski (1993-94) and who was previously the director of coaching for the France national team, and Vahid Halilhodzic (1998-02) who can be blamed for the club's revival in late nineties. Rudi Garcia played with Lille from 1980 until 1988, took over from Claude Puel at the beginning of the 2008 season. Puel was in Lille from 2002. Because of his achievements at this club Puel has been invited with the idea of joining Portuguese Club Porto to succeed Jose Mourinho and league rivals Lyon to take over Alain Perrin; he finally made the decision to move over Lyon after six years at the club. Christophe Galtier (2017-21) won Ligue 1 in 2021 and was replaced by Jocelyn Gourvennec (2021-22) who took home his 2021 Trophee des Champions.

Winning head coaches

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