# 2020–21 Lille OSC season

The 2020–21 season was the 77th season in the existence of Lille OSC and the club's 21st consecutive season in the top flight of French football. In addition to the domestic league, Lille participated in this season's edition of the Coupe de France and the UEFA Europa League. The season covered the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.
On 23 May 2021, with a win over Angers on the final day of the season, Lille were crowned league champions. The achievement was very surprising and was considered an upset, as Paris Saint-Germain had always been the favourites to win Ligue 1 for the fourth time in a row. It was Lille's fourth top-flight title in the professional era and their first since 2010–11, when Eden Hazard was named the competition's player of the year. Lille's points tally of 83 was the best in their history and they only lost three matches all season.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 1 February 2021
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 | GRE | Orestis Karnezis |
| 2 | DF | TUR | Zeki Çelik |
| 3 | DF | POR | Tiago Djaló |
| 5 | DF | NED | Sven Botman |
| 6 | DF | POR | José Fonte (captain) |
| 7 | FW | FRA | Jonathan Bamba |
| 8 | MF | POR | Xeka |
| 9 | FW | CAN | Jonathan David |
| 10 | MF | FRA | Jonathan Ikoné |
| 11 | FW | BRA | Luiz Araújo |
| 12 | MF | TUR | Yusuf Yazıcı |
| 15 | MF | MEX | Eugenio Pizzuto |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | GK | FRA | Mike Maignan |
| 17 | FW | TUR | Burak Yılmaz |
| 18 | MF | POR | Renato Sanches |
| 19 | FW | FRA | Isaac Lihadji |
| 21 | MF | FRA | Benjamin André (vice-captain) |
| 22 | FW | USA | Timothy Weah |
| 24 | MF | FRA | Boubakary Soumaré |
| 26 | DF | FRA | Jérémy Pied |
| 28 | DF | MOZ | Reinildo Mandava |
| 29 | DF | CRO | Domagoj Bradarić |
| 30 | GK | FRA | Lucas Chevalier |

### 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 | BRA | Léo Jardim (on loan at Boavista) |
| — | GK | SVK | Adam Jakubech (on loan at Kortrijk) |
| — | GK | BFA | Hervé Koffi (on loan at Mouscron) |
| — | DF | MAR | Saad Agouzoul (on loan at Mouscron) |
| — | DF | CIV | Kouadio-Yves Dabila (on loan at Mouscron) |
| — | DF | FRA | Eric Bocat (on loan at Mouscron) |
| — | DF | FRA | Scotty Sadzoute (on loan at Pau FC) |
| — | DF | FRA | Adama Soumaoro (on loan at Bologna) |
| — | DF | SEN | Cheikh Niasse (on loan at Panathinaikos) |
| — | MF | ANG | Capita (on loan at Mouscron) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | ENG | Angel Gomes (on loan at Boavista) |
| — | MF | MLI | Rominigue Kouamé (on loan at Troyes) |
| — | MF | BRA | Thiago Maia (on loan at Flamengo) |
| — | MF | FRA | Darly N'Landu (on loan at Mouscron) |
| — | MF | CMR | Jean Onana (on loan at Mouscron) |
| — | MF | ANG | Show (on loan at Boavista) |
| — | FW | CAN | Charles-Andreas Brym (on loan at Mouscron) |
| — | FW | ITA | Luigi Liguori (on loan at Lecco) |
| — | FW | ITA | Ciro Palmieri (on loan at Fermana) |
| — | FW | FRA | Fadiga Ouattara (on loan at Valencia) |

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| 19 | FW | Isaac Lihadji | Marseille B | | 2 July 2020 |
| – | MF | Capita | Trofense | | 2 July 2020 |
| 5 | DF | Sven Botman | Jong Ajax | | 31 July 2020 |
| 17 | FW | Burak Yılmaz | Beşiktaş | Free | 31 July 2020 |
| 15 | MF | Eugenio Pizzuto | Pachuca | | 1 August 2020 |
| – | MF | Angel Gomes | Manchester United | | 9 August 2020 |
| 9 | FW | Jonathan David | Gent | €30M | 11 August 2020 |
| – | FW | Luigi Liguori | Napoli | | 1 September 2020 |
| – | FW | Ciro Palmieri | Napoli | | 1 September 2020 |
| 1 | GK | Orestis Karnezis | Napoli | | 4 September 2020 |

### Out

| No. | Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| 20 | MF | Nicolás Gaitán | End of contract | N/A | 1 July 2020 |
| 9 | FW | Loïc Rémy | End of contract | N/A | 3 July 2020 |
| – | DF | Júnior Alonso | Atlético Mineiro | €3M | 3 July 2020 |
| 7 | FW | Victor Osimhen | Napoli | €50M + €10M variables | 31 July 2020 |
| 4 | DF | Gabriel | Arsenal | €30M | 1 September 2020 |

#### Loans out

| No. | Pos. | Player | Loaned to | Fee | Date |
| – | MF | Darly N'Landu | Mouscron | N/A | 31 July 2020 |
| – | GK | Hervé Koffi | Mouscron | N/A | 1 August 2020 |
| – | MF | Angel Gomes | Boavista | N/A | 4 August 2020 |
| – | DF | Kouadio-Yves Dabila | Mouscron | N/A | 17 August 2020 |
| – | MF | Capita | Mouscron | N/A | 11 September 2020 |
| – | FW | Luigi Liguori | Fermana | N/A | 19 September 2020 |
| – | FW | Ciro Palmieri | Fermana | N/A | 19 September 2020 |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## Competitions
### Overall record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Ligue 1 | 22 August 2020 | 23 May 2021 | Matchday 1 | Winners | 38 | 24 | 11 | 3 | 64 | 23 | +41 | 063.16 |
| Coupe de France | 10 February 2021 | 17 March 2021 | Round of 64 | Round of 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | +0 | 066.67 |
| UEFA Europa League | 22 October 2020 | 25 February 2021 | Group stage | Round of 32 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 12 | +4 | 037.50 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 49 | 29 | 13 | 7 | 84 | 39 | +45 | 059.18 |
Source: Soccerway

### Ligue 1
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Lille (C) | 38 | 24 | 11 | 3 | 64 | 23 | +41 | 83 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Paris Saint-Germain | 38 | 26 | 4 | 8 | 86 | 28 | +58 | 82 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Monaco | 38 | 24 | 6 | 8 | 76 | 42 | +34 | 78 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
| 4 | Lyon | 38 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 81 | 43 | +38 | 76 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 5 | Marseille | 38 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 54 | 47 | +7 | 60 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
* ↑ Since the winners of the 2020–21 Coupe de France, Paris Saint-Germain, qualified for European competition based on league position, the Europa League group stage spot reserved for the cup winners was passed to the fifth-placed team, and the Europa Conference League play-off round spot was passed to the sixth-placed team.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | W | W | D | W | W | W | D | D | L | W | D | W | W | W | D | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | D | W | D | L | W | W | D | W | W | W | D | W |
| Position | 8 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 9 July 2020.

### UEFA Europa League
#### Group stage

The group stage draw was held on 2 October 2020.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | MIL | LOSC | SPP | CEL |
| 1 | Milan | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 13 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 0–3 | 3–0 | 4–2 |
| 2 | Lille | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 8 | +6 | 11 | Advance to knockout phase | 1–1 | — | 2–1 | 2–2 |
| 3 | Sparta Prague | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 12 | −2 | 6 | | 0–1 | 1–4 | — | 4–1 |
| 4 | Celtic | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 19 | −9 | 4 | | 1–3 | 3–2 | 1–4 | — |

#### Knockout phase
##### Round of 32

The draw for the round of 32 was held on 14 December 2020.

## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Ligue 1 | Ligue 1 | Coupe de France | Coupe de France | UEFA Europa League | UEFA Europa League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | GRE | Orestis Karnezis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | GK | FRA | Mike Maignan | 48 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | FRA | Lucas Chevalier | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | TUR | Zeki Çelik | 35 | 4 | 28+1 | 3 | 1+1 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | POR | Tiago Djaló | 24 | 0 | 8+9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | NED | Sven Botman | 47 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | POR | José Fonte | 43 | 3 | 36 | 3 | 0+1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | FRA | Jérémy Pied | 12 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | MOZ | Reinildo Mandava | 35 | 0 | 24+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+4 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | CRO | Domagoj Bradarić | 36 | 1 | 14+12 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 8 | MF | POR | Xeka | 42 | 2 | 11+22 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | FRA | Jonathan Ikoné | 48 | 7 | 26+11 | 4 | 0+3 | 0 | 5+3 | 3 |
| 12 | MF | TUR | Yusuf Yazıcı | 42 | 14 | 10+22 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 7 |
| 15 | MF | MEX | Eugenio Pizzuto | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | POR | Renato Sanches | 29 | 1 | 14+9 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | FRA | Benjamin André | 43 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | FRA | Boubakary Soumaré | 43 | 0 | 21+11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4+4 | 0 |
| | MF | GUI | Aguibou Camara | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 7 | FW | FRA | Jonathan Bamba | 48 | 7 | 34+4 | 6 | 0+2 | 0 | 7+1 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | CAN | Jonathan David | 48 | 13 | 29+8 | 13 | 0+3 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | BRA | Luiz Araújo | 37 | 4 | 17+11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2+4 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | TUR | Burak Yılmaz | 33 | 18 | 23+5 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0+4 | 2 |
| 19 | FW | FRA | Isaac Lihadji | 21 | 0 | 1+14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | USA | Timothy Weah | 37 | 5 | 7+21 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3+3 | 2 |
| 23 | FW | FRA | Fadiga Ouattara | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||
| 25 | DF | FRA | Adama Soumaoro | 5 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | SEN | Cheikh Niasse | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Source: Competitions

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos. | Player | Ligue 1 | Coupe de France | Europa League | Total |
| 1 | 17 | FW | Burak Yılmaz | 16 | 0 | 2 | 18 |
| 2 | 12 | MF | Yusuf Yazıcı | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| 3 | 9 | FW | Jonathan David | 13 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| 4 | 7 | FW | Jonathan Bamba | 6 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 4 | 10 | MF | Jonathan Ikoné | 4 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 6 | 22 | FW | Timothy Weah | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | 2 | DF | Zeki Çelik | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | 11 | FW | Luiz Araújo | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 9 | 6 | DF | José Fonte | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | 8 | MF | Xeka | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | 18 | MF | Renato Sanches | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 29 | DF | Domagoj Bradarić | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | – | MF | Aguibou Camara | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 64 | 4 | 16 | 84 |
Source: FBRef