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2025–26 Lille OSC season

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The 2025–26 season was the 82nd season in the history of Lille Olympique Sporting Club, and the club's 26th consecutive season in Ligue 1. In addition to the domestic league, the club participated in the Coupe de France and the UEFA Europa League.

OwnerMerlyn Partners SCSp
Head coachBruno Génésio
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Players

First-team squad

As of 1 September 2025[1]

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

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.

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Transfers

In

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No. Pos. Player Transferred from Fee Date Source(s)
14 FW Norway Marius Broholm Norway Rosenborg €5,000,000[a] 18 June 2025 [2][3]
1 GK Belgium Arnaud Bodart France Metz Free 1 July 2025 [4]
9 FW France Olivier Giroud United States Los Angeles FC 1 July 2025 [5]
27 FW Portugal Félix Correia Portugal Gil Vicente €6,000,000[b] 17 July 2025
3 DF Belgium Nathan Ngoy Belgium Standard Liège €3,500,000[c] 24 July 2025
15 DF France Romain Perraud Spain Real Betis €3,000,000 8 August 2025 [6]
24 DF Indonesia Calvin Verdonk Netherlands NEC Nijmegen €3,000,000 1 September 2025
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Notes
  1. Initial €5,000,000 plus reported €2,000,000 bonuses and undisclosed sell-on clause
  2. Initial €6,000,000 plus reported €1,000,000 bonuses
  3. Initial €3,500,000 plus reported €1,000,000 bonuses

Loan returns

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Pos. Player Transferred to Fee Date Source
FW Serbia Andrej Ilić Germany Union Berlin €7,500,000[a] 1 July 2025 [7]
MF France Rémy Cabella Greece Olympiacos Free (end of contract) 1 July 2025 [8]
MF England Angel Gomes France Marseille Free (end of contract) 1 July 2025 [9]
DF Brazil Ismaily Unattached End of contract 1 July 2025
GK Italy Vito Mannone Unattached End of contract 1 July 2025
DF France Samuel Umtiti Unattached End of contract 1 July 2025
FW England Chuba Akpom Netherlands Ajax End of loan 1 July 2025
DF Netherlands Mitchel Bakker Italy Atalanta End of loan 1 July 2025
FW Canada Jonathan David Italy Juventus Free (end of contract) 4 July 2025 [10]
DF Sweden Gabriel Gudmundsson England Leeds United €12,000,000 8 July 2025 [11][12]
FW France Alan Virginius Switzerland Young Boys €2,500,000[b] 9 July 2025 [13]
GK France Lucas Chevalier France Paris Saint-Germain €40,000,000[c] 9 August 2025 [14]
DF France Bafodé Diakité England Bournemouth €35,000,000[d] 13 August 2025 [15]
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Notes
  1. Activated option-to-buy
  2. Initial €2,500,000 plus 20% sell-on clause
  3. Initial €40,000,000 plus up to €15,000,000 in bonuses
  4. Initial €35,000,000 plus up to €5,000,000 in bonuses

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

8 July 2025 Friendly Lille 2–0 Gent U23 Camphin-en-Pévèle
11:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Domaine de Luchin [fr]
Attendance: 0
12 July 2025 Friendly Lille 5–0 Amiens Camphin-en-Pévèle
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Domaine de Luchin [fr]
18 July 2025 Friendly Como 3–2 Lille Como, Italy
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Stadio Giuseppe Sinigaglia
2 August 2025 Friendly Borussia Dortmund 3–2 Lille Iserlohn, Germany
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Hemberg Stadium
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Yannick Rupert (Germany)
6 August 2025 Friendly Lille 3–0 Venezia Camphin-en-Pévèle
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Domaine de Luchin [fr]

Competitions

Overall record

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Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Ligue 1 17 August 2025 17 May 2026 Matchday 1 3rd 34 18 7 9 52 37 +15 052.94
Coupe de France 20 December 2025 11 January 2026 Round of 64 Round of 32 2 1 0 1 2 2 +0 050.00
UEFA Europa League 25 September 2025 19 March 2026 League phase Round of 16 12 5 0 7 14 13 +1 041.67
Total 48 24 7 17 68 52 +16 050.00
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Ligue 1

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Paris Saint-Germain (C) 34 24 4 6 74 29 +45 76 Qualification for the Champions League league phase
2 Lens 34 22 4 8 66 35 +31 70
3 Lille 34 18 7 9 52 37 +15 61
4 Lyon 34 18 6 10 53 40 +13 60 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
5 Marseille 34 18 5 11 63 45 +18 59 Qualification for the Europa League league phase[a]
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Source: Ligue 1
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 scored; 7) Goals scored; 8) Away goals scored; 9) Fair-play points (Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played).[16]
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. Since the 2025–26 Coupe de France winners, Lens, qualified for the Champions League via league position, the Europa League spot awarded to the cup winners was passed to the sixth-placed team, and the Conference League spot was passed to the seventh-placed team.

Results summary

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OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
34 18 7 9 52 37  +15 61 8 5 4 24 17  +7 10 2 5 28 20  +8
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Source: Ligue 1

Results by round

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Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHHAAHAHAHAH
ResultDWWWLLDWWLWLWWWWLLLLDDWWDWWWWDWDWL
Position10532567657454444455555556553344433
Points14710101011141717202023262932323232323334374041444750535457586161
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Source: Ligue 1
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The match schedule was released on 27 June 2025.[17]

17 August 2025 1 Brest 3–3 Lille Brest
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stade Francis-Le Blé
Attendance: 14,840
Referee: Clément Turpin
24 August 2025 2 Lille 1–0 Monaco Villeneuve-d'Ascq
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy
Attendance: 43,549
Referee: Willy Delajod
30 August 2025 3 Lorient 1–7 Lille Lorient
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stade du Moustoir
Attendance: 15,512
Referee: Romain Lissorgue
14 September 2025 4 Lille 2–1 Toulouse Villeneuve-d'Ascq
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy
Attendance: 42,576
Referee: Jérémy Stinat
20 September 2025 5 Lens 3–0 Lille Lens
21:05 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis
Attendance: 38,223
Referee: Eric Wattellier
28 September 2025 6 Lille 0–1 Lyon Villeneuve-d'Ascq
17:15 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy
Attendance: 45,287
Referee: Mathieu Vernice
5 October 2025 7 Lille 1–1 Paris Saint-Germain Villeneuve-d'Ascq
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy
Attendance: 47,355
Referee: Benoît Bastien
19 October 2025 8 Nantes 0–2 Lille Nantes
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire
Attendance: 29,845
Referee: Thomas Léonard
26 October 2025 9 Lille 6–1 Metz Villeneuve-d'Ascq
15:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy
Attendance: 42,089
Referee: Benoît Millot
29 October 2025 10 Nice 2–0 Lille Nice
19:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Allianz Riviera
Attendance: 22,441
Referee: Bastien Dechepy
2 November 2025 11 Lille 1–0 Angers Villeneuve-d'Ascq
17:15 CET (UTC+1)
Report Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy
Attendance: 38,802
Referee: Jérôme Brisard
9 November 2025 12 Strasbourg 2–0 Lille Strasbourg
17:15 CET (UTC+1)
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Stadium: Stade de la Meinau
Attendance: 29,000
Referee: François Letexier
23 November 2025 13 Lille 4–2 Paris FC Villeneuve-d'Ascq
20:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy
Attendance: 39,053
Referee: Benoît Millot
30 November 2025 14 Le Havre 0–1 Lille Le Havre
17:15 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stade Océane
Attendance: 20,689
Referee: Willy Delajod
5 December 2025 15 Lille 1–0 Marseille Villeneuve-d'Ascq
21:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy
Attendance: 48,258
Referee: Jérôme Brisard
14 December 2025 16 Auxerre 3–4 Lille Auxerre
17:15 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps
Attendance: 16,124
Referee: Jérémie Pignard
3 January 2026 17 Lille 0–2 Rennes Villeneuve-d'Ascq
21:05 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy
Attendance: 41,527
Referee: Eric Wattellier
16 January 2026 18 Paris Saint-Germain 3–0 Lille Paris
21:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 46,909
Referee: Jérôme Brisard
25 January 2026 19 Lille 1–4 Strasbourg Villeneuve-d'Ascq
20:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy
Attendance: 38,551
Referee: Willy Delajod
1 February 2026 20 Lyon 1–0 Lille Décines-Charpieu
15:00 CET (UTC+1) Report
Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais
Attendance: 56,150
Referee: François Letexier
6 February 2026 21 Metz 0–0 Lille Metz
20:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien
Attendance: 20,378
Referee: Guillaume Paradis
14 February 2026 22 Lille 1–1 Brest Villeneuve-d'Ascq
19:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy
Attendance: 44,145
Referee: Hakim Ben El Hadj
22 February 2026 23 Angers 0–1 Lille Angers
17:15 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stade Raymond Kopa
Attendance: 0
Referee: Mathieu Vernice
Note: The match was played behind closed doors due to flood warnings.
1 March 2026 24 Lille 1–0 Nantes Villeneuve-d'Ascq
17:15 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy
Attendance: 39,161
Referee: Thomas Léonard
8 March 2026 25 Lille 1–1 Lorient Villeneuve-d'Ascq
17:15 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy
Attendance: 42,082
Referee: Abdelatif Kherradji
15 March 2026 26 Rennes 1–2 Lille Rennes
20:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Roazhon Park
Attendance: 28,219
Referee: Jérôme Brisard
22 March 2026 27 Marseille 1–2 Lille Marseille
17:15 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 59,865
Referee: Benoît Bastien
4 April 2026 28 Lille 3–0 Lens Villeneuve-d'Ascq
21:05 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy
Attendance: 48,491
Referee: François Letexier
12 April 2026 29 Toulouse 0–4 Lille Toulouse
17:15 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Stadium de Toulouse
Attendance: 24,568
Referee: Hakim Ben El Hadj
18 April 2026 30 Lille 0–0 Nice Villeneuve-d'Ascq
21:05 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy
Attendance: 40,159
Referee: Bastien Dechepy
26 April 2026 31 Paris FC 0–1 Lille Paris
17:15 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stade Jean-Bouin
Attendance: 17,243
Referee: Mathieu Vernice
3 May 2026 32 Lille 1–1 Le Havre Villeneuve-d'Ascq
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy
Attendance: 44,378
Referee: Guillaume Paradis
10 May 2026 33 Monaco 0–1 Lille Monaco
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stade Louis II
Attendance: 8,314
Referee: Clément Turpin
17 May 2026 34 Lille 0–2 Auxerre Villeneuve-d'Ascq
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy
Attendance: 47,097
Referee: Willy Delajod

Coupe de France

20 December 2025 Round of 64 Saint-Maur 0–1 Lille Créteil
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
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Stadium: Stade Dominique Duvauchelle
Attendance: 6,576
Referee: Mikael Lesage
11 January 2026 Round of 32 Lille 1–2 Lyon Villeneuve-d'Ascq
21:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy
Attendance: 20,333
Referee: Clément Turpin

UEFA Europa League

League phase

The draw for the league phase was held on 29 August 2025.

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
16 Royal Spanish Football Federation Celta Vigo 8 4 1 3 15 11 +4 13 Advance to knockout phase play-offs (seeded)
17 Hellenic Football Federation PAOK 8 3 3 2 17 14 +3 12 Advance to knockout phase play-offs (unseeded)
18 French Football Federation Lille 8 4 0 4 12 9 +3 12
19 Turkish Football Federation Fenerbahçe 8 3 3 2 10 7 +3 12
20 Hellenic Football Federation Panathinaikos 8 3 3 2 11 9 +2 12
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Source: UEFA[18]
Rules for classification: League phase tiebreakers
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Round12345678
GroundHAHAHAAH
ResultWWLLWLLW
Position66111911202118
Points366699912
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Source: UEFA
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
25 September 2025 1 Lille France 2–1 Norway Brann Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy
Attendance: 17,529
Referee: Allard Lindhout (Netherlands)
2 October 2025 2 Roma Italy 0–1 France Lille Rome, Italy
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 61,561
Referee: Erik Lambrechts (Belgium)
23 October 2025 3 Lille France 3–4 Greece PAOK Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy
Attendance: 23,666
Referee: Nikola Dabanović (Montenegro)
6 November 2025 4 Red Star Belgrade Serbia 1–0 France Lille Belgrade, Serbia
18:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Red Star Stadium
Attendance: 32,711
Referee: John Brooks (England)
27 November 2025 5 Lille France 4–0 Croatia Dinamo Zagreb Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France
18:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy
Attendance: 22,146
Referee: John Beaton (Scotland)
11 December 2025 6 Young Boys Switzerland 1–0 France Lille Bern, Switzerland
18:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf
Attendance: 20,168
Referee: Sander van der Eijk (Netherlands)
22 January 2026 7 Celta Vigo Spain 2–1 France Lille Vigo, Spain
21:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Balaídos
Attendance: 20,015
Referee: Harm Osmers (Germany)
29 January 2026 8 Lille France 1–0 Germany SC Freiburg Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France
21:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy
Attendance: 22,583
Referee: Damian Sylwestrzak (Poland)

Knockout phase

Knockout phase play-offs

The draw for the knockout phase play-offs was held on 30 January 2026.

19 February 2026 First leg Lille France 0–1 Serbia Red Star Belgrade Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France
21:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy
Attendance: 22,087
Referee: Sven Jablonski (Germany)
26 February 2026 Second leg Red Star Belgrade Serbia 0–2 (a.e.t.)
(1–2 agg.)
France Lille Belgrade, Serbia
18:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Rajko Mitić Stadium
Attendance: 46,477
Referee: Anthony Taylor (England)
Round of 16

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 27 February 2026.

12 March 2026 First leg Lille France 0–1 England Aston Villa Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France
18:45 CET (UTC+1) Report
Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy
Attendance: 40,187
Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez (Spain)
19 March 2026 Second leg Aston Villa England 2–0
(3–0 agg.)
France Lille Birmingham, England
20:00 GMT (UTC±0)
Report
Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 37,583
Referee: Davide Massa (Italy)

Statistics

Appearances and goals

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No. Pos Nat Player TotalLigue 1Coupe de FranceEuropa League
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Goalkeepers
1 GK Turkey TUR Berke Özer 44032000120
16 GK Belgium BEL Arnaud Bodart 502+102000
30 GK France FRA Marc-Aurèle Caillard 00000000
Defenders
3 DF Belgium BEL Nathan Ngoy 38427+22117+11
4 DF Brazil BRA Alexsandro 1107+200020
12 DF Belgium BEL Thomas Meunier 35121+41205+30
15 DF France FRA Romain Perraud 41327+33107+30
18 DF Democratic Republic of the Congo COD Chancel Mbemba 2109+40007+10
22 DF Portugal POR Tiago Santos 2708+601+106+50
23 DF Algeria ALG Aïssa Mandi 40128+11008+30
24 DF Indonesia IDN Calvin Verdonk 2607+1100+105+20
36 DF France FRA Ousmane Touré 10100000
44 DF France FRA Maxima Goffi 300+101010
DF Portugal POR Rafael Fernandes 00000000
Midfielders
6 MF Algeria ALG Nabil Bentaleb 37213+132207+20
8 MF France FRA Ethan Mbappé 2234+1431+100+20
10 MF Iceland ISL Hákon Haraldsson 46929+38209+31
17 MF Democratic Republic of the Congo COD Ngal'ayel Mukau 42219+1110+109+21
21 MF France FRA Benjamin André 37426+12207+12
26 MF Portugal POR André Gomes 200+200000
28 MF France FRA Gaëtan Perrin 1413+810030
32 MF France FRA Ayyoub Bouaddi 42028+20207+30
35 MF France FRA Soriba Diaoune 1711+910+200+50
Forwards
7 FW Belgium BEL Matias Fernandez-Pardo 41827+28105+60
9 FW France FRA Olivier Giroud 441117+137206+64
11 FW Morocco MAR Osame Sahraoui 2514+1410+203+20
14 FW Norway NOR Marius Broholm 1423+810+1120
20 FW France FRA Noah Edjouma 500+30000+20
27 FW Portugal POR Félix Correia 48526+84209+31
29 FW Morocco MAR Hamza Igamane 1894+95004+14
Players loaned out during the season
28 MF France FRA Ugo Raghouber 300+200010
41 DF Belgium BEL Vincent Burlet 100+100000
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Source: Competitions

References

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