2017–18 Lille OSC season

Lille
2017–18 season
President	Gérard Lopez
Head coach	Marcelo Bielsa; (until 15 December); Christophe Galtier; (from 23 December)
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)
	← 2016–17 2018–19 →

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.

Players

Squad information

As of 1 February 2018.^[3]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. 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; some limited exceptions apply. 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; some limited exceptions apply. 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	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

^ "Marcelo Bielsa sacked as Lille manager after suspension". ESPN. 15 December 2017. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
^ "Christophe Galtier to take over from Marcelo Bielsa as Lille manager". Get French Football News. 4 December 2019.
^ "Lille – season 2017/18". Archived from the original on 26 June 2018. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
^ "League Table". Ligue1.com. Retrieved 12 August 2016.

[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.

[3] "Lille – season 2017/18". Archived from the original on 26 June 2018. Retrieved 26 July 2017.

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

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