Lille OSC

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NICKNAME – Les Dogues (The Mastiffs)
FOUNDED – 1944
LOCATED IN – Lille, Hauts-de-France
STADIUM – Stade Pierre-Mauroy
BY METRO – Line 1 from the centre/main train station
CAPACITY – 50,157
PROMOTED – 2000
BEST LEAGUE FINISH – Winners (6 times)
BEST COUPE DE FRANCE RUN – Winners (6 times)
BEST COUPE DE LA LIGUE/D’ETE RUN – Runners Up (2015/2016)
BEST EC/CL FINISH – R16 (Twice)
BEST UC/EL FINISH – R16 (4 times)
BEST ECL FINISH – QF (2023/2024)
RECORD GOALSCORER – Jean Baratte (218)
2022/2023 FINISH – 5th

FIVE FACTS ABOUT LILLE OSC
1. A forerunner of LOSC, Olympique Lillois, won the first professional French championship in 1932/1933.
2. The “Mastiffs” nickname comes from Olympique Lillois days, A Parisian journalist compared them to the hounds for their refusal to give up.
3. After joining forces with SC Fives to form LOSC. they won two league titles and five cups in their first eleven seasons.
4. Eden Hazard began his career at Lille before moving to Chelsea with his younger brother, Thorgan, who was playing down the road at Lens.
5. Lens are Lille’s bitter rivals, against whom they contest the “Derby of the North”. Lille are considered a middle class team, whereas Lens are working class.

FIVE FACTS ABOUT LILLE
1. Lille (or “l’isle”), derives from “island”; it was originally founded on one on the Deule River.
2. Due to its location on the Belgian border, the city has changed hands many times over history. It is nicknamed the “Capital of Flanders” by the French.
3. The city rose to prominence during the Industrial Revolution, and is best known for its production of cotton.
4. Charles De Gaulle is the city’s most famous son, but Louis Pasteur was also a professor at the university.
5. It is a key hub for the Eurostar rail network, connecting London and Brussels with Paris and the south of France.

INTERESTING VIDEO LINKS
Club anthem
“LOSC”
Walkout music
A look around Lille

OTHER FRENCH TEAMS
Ajaccio, Amiens, Angers, Auxerre, Bordeaux, Brest, Clermont, Dijon, Le Havre, Lens, Lille, Lorient, Lyon, Marseille, Metz, Monaco, Montpellier, Nantes, Nice, Nimes, Paris Saint-Germain, Reims, Rennes, Saint-Etienne, Strasbourg, Toulouse, Troyes