# 2021–22 Lille OSC season

The 2021–22 season was the 78th season in the existence of Lille OSC and the club's 22nd consecutive season in the top flight of French football. In addition to the domestic league, Lille participated in this season's editions of the Coupe de France, the Trophée des Champions, and the UEFA Champions League.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 19 January 2022
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 | CRO | Ivo Grbić (on loan from Atlético Madrid) |
| 2 | DF | TUR | Zeki Çelik |
| 3 | DF | POR | Tiago Djaló |
| 4 | DF | NED | Sven Botman |
| 5 | DF | SWE | Gabriel Gudmundsson |
| 6 | DF | POR | José Fonte (captain) |
| 7 | FW | FRA | Jonathan Bamba |
| 8 | MF | POR | Xeka |
| 9 | FW | CAN | Jonathan David |
| 10 | MF | POR | Renato Sanches |
| 11 | MF | FRA | Hatem Ben Arfa |
| 16 | GK | SVK | Adam Jakubech |
| 17 | FW | TUR | Burak Yılmaz |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | FW | FRA | Isaac Lihadji |
| 20 | MF | ENG | Angel Gomes |
| 21 | MF | FRA | Benjamin André (vice-captain) |
| 22 | FW | USA | Timothy Weah |
| 23 | MF | KOS | Edon Zhegrova |
| 24 | MF | BEL | Amadou Onana |
| 26 | DF | FRA | Jérémy Pied |
| 27 | DF | SEN | Cheikh Niasse |
| 28 | DF | MOZ | Reinildo Mandava |
| 29 | DF | CRO | Domagoj Bradarić |
| 30 | GK | BRA | Léo Jardim |
| — | MF | BFA | Joffrey Bazie |

### Other players under contract

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 | GRE | Orestis Karnezis |

### 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 | FRA | Lucas Chevalier (on loan at Valenciennes) |
| — | MF | SEN | Barthélemy Diedhiou (on loan at Trofense) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | FRA | Darly N'Landu (on loan at Avranches) |
| — | MF | TUR | Yusuf Yazıcı (on loan at CSKA Moscow) |

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| 31 | MF | Angel Gomes | Boavista | Loan return | 30 June 2021 |
| 30 | GK | Léo Jardim | Boavista | Loan return | 30 June 2021 |
| 24 | MF | Amadou Onana | Hamburger SV | €8,000,000 | 5 August 2021 |
| 1 | GK | Ivo Grbić | Atlético Madrid | Loan | 18 August 2021 |
| 5 | DF | Gabriel Gudmundsson | Groningen | €6,000,000 | 30 August 2021 |
| 23 | MF | Edon Zhegrova | Basel | €7,000,000 | 14 January 2022 |
| 11 | MF | Hatem Ben Arfa | Free transfer | Free transfer | 19 January 2022 |

### Out

| No. | Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| 16 | GK | Mike Maignan | Milan | €13,000,000 | 1 July 2021 |
| 24 | MF | Boubakary Soumaré | Leicester City | Undisclosed | 1 July 2021 |
| | MF | Rominigue Kouamé | Troyes | €3,000,000 | 1 July 2021 |
| | DF | Adama Soumaoro | Bologna | €2,500,000 | 1 July 2021 |
| 11 | FW | Luiz Araújo | Atlanta United FC | Undisclosed | 6 August 2021 |
| 10 | MF | Jonathan Ikoné | Fiorentina | €15,000,000 | 3 January 2022 |
| 11 | MF | Yusuf Yazıcı | CSKA Moscow | Loan | 19 January 2022 |
| 15 | MF | Eugenio Pizzuto | Braga | Free | 26 January 2022 |
| 28 | DF | Reinildo Mandava | Atlético Madrid | Undisclosed | 31 January 2022 |

## 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 | 8 August 2021 | 21 May 2022 | Matchday 1 | 10th | 38 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 48 | 48 | +0 | 036.84 |
| Coupe de France | 18 December 2021 | 4 January 2022 | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 050.00 |
| Trophée des Champions | 1 August 2021 | 1 August 2021 | Final | Winners | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 100.00 |
| UEFA Champions League | 14 September 2021 | 16 March 2022 | Group stage | Round of 16 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | +0 | 037.50 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 49 | 19 | 16 | 14 | 62 | 59 | +3 | 038.78 |
Source: Soccerway

### Ligue 1
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 8 | Lyon | 38 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 66 | 51 | +15 | 61 | |
| 9 | Nantes | 38 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 55 | 48 | +7 | 55 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 10 | Lille | 38 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 48 | 48 | 0 | 55 | |
| 11 | Brest | 38 | 13 | 9 | 16 | 49 | 57 | −8 | 48 | |
| 12 | Reims | 38 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 43 | 44 | −1 | 46 | |
* ↑ Lyon were deducted one point for uncontrolled crowd trouble that caused the abandonment of their match against Marseille.
* ↑ Nantes qualified for the Europa League group stage as the 2021–22 Coupe de France winners.

#### 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 | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | L | D | W | L | L | W | W | W | L | D | L | D | D | D | W | W | D | W | W | D | L | L | W | D | W | W | D | W | D | D | L | L | W | L | L | W | D |
| Position | 5 | 18 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 25 June 2021.

### UEFA Champions League
#### Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 26 August 2021.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | LIL | SAL | SEV | WOL |
| 1 | Lille | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 11 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| 2 | Red Bull Salzburg | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 10 | Advance to knockout phase | 2–1 | — | 1–0 | 3–1 |
| 3 | Sevilla | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 6 | Transfer to Europa League | 1–2 | 1–1 | — | 2–0 |
| 4 | VfL Wolfsburg | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 5 | | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | — |

#### Knockout phase
##### Round of 16

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 13 December 2021.

## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Ligue 1 | Ligue 1 | Coupe de France | Coupe de France | Trophée des Champions | Trophée des Champions | UEFA Champions League | UEFA Champions League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | CRO | Ivo Grbić | 29 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 16 | GK | SVK | Adam Jakubech | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | BRA | Léo Jardim | 20 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| - | GK | GRE | Orestis Karnezis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | TUR | Zeki Çelik | 40 | 3 | 30+2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | POR | Tiago Djaló | 37 | 1 | 26+1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | NED | Sven Botman | 32 | 3 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | SWE | Gabriel Gudmundsson | 36 | 1 | 15+15 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | POR | José Fonte | 49 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | FRA | Jérémy Pied | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | CRO | Domagoj Bradarić | 17 | 0 | 2+13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | FRA | Leny Yoro | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||||
| 8 | MF | POR | Xeka | 32 | 4 | 19+4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5+3 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | POR | Renato Sanches | 32 | 2 | 20+5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | FRA | Hatem Ben Arfa | 9 | 0 | 4+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | ENG | Angel Gomes | 30 | 3 | 12+12 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2+2 | 1 |
| 21 | MF | FRA | Benjamin André | 42 | 2 | 33 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | KOS | Edon Zhegrova | 14 | 2 | 5+8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | BEL | Amadou Onana | 43 | 3 | 11+21 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2+7 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||||
| 7 | FW | FRA | Jonathan Bamba | 38 | 1 | 28+3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | CAN | Jonathan David | 48 | 19 | 32+6 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 |
| 17 | FW | TUR | Burak Yılmaz | 40 | 7 | 25+6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6+1 | 3 |
| 19 | FW | FRA | Isaac Lihadji | 18 | 1 | 2+11 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | USA | Timothy Weah | 35 | 3 | 17+12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||||
| 10 | MF | FRA | Jonathan Ikoné | 25 | 2 | 13+5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 3+2 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | TUR | Yusuf Yazıcı | 23 | 1 | 5+10 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | MEX | Eugenio Pizzuto | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | SEN | Cheikh Niasse | 5 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | MOZ | Reinildo Mandava | 27 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 |
Source: Competitions

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos. | Nat. | Player | Ligue 1 | Coupe de France | Trophée des Champions | Champions League | Total |
| 1 | 9 | FW | | Jonathan David | 15 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 19 |
| 2 | 17 | FW | | Burak Yılmaz | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | 8 | MF | | Xeka | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | 2 | DF | | Zeki Çelik | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | 4 | DF | | Sven Botman | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | 20 | MF | | Angel Gomes | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | 22 | FW | | Timothy Weah | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | 24 | MF | | Amadou Onana | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | 10 | FW | | Jonathan Ikoné | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | 10 | MF | | Renato Sanches | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | 21 | MF | | Benjamin André | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | 23 | MF | | Edon Zhegrova | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | 3 | DF | | Tiago Djaló | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | 5 | DF | | Gabriel Gudmundsson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | 7 | FW | | Jonathan Bamba | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | 11 | MF | | Yusuf Yazıcı | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | 19 | FW | | Isaac Lihadji | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | 28 | DF | | Reinildo Mandava | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 48 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 62 |