# 2017–18 Lille OSC season

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.
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) |

## Competitions
### Ligue 1
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
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 |

#### Matches
### Coupe de la Ligue
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Ligue 1 | Ligue 1 | Coupe de France | Coupe de France | Coupe de la Ligue | 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