# 2006–07 Lille OSC season

The 2006–07 season was the 62nd season in the existence of Lille OSC and the club's seventh 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, Coupe de la Ligue and UEFA Champions League. The season covered the period from 1 July 2006 to 30 June 2007.

## First-team squad

    Squad at end of season
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 | SEN | Tony Sylva |
| 2 | MF | FRA | Mathieu Debuchy |
| 4 | DF | GRE | Stathis Tavlaridis |
| 5 | DF | BRA | Rafael Schmitz |
| 7 | MF | FRA | Yohan Cabaye |
| 8 | MF | BRA | Michel Bastos |
| 9 | FW | FRA | Johan Audel |
| 10 | MF | FRA | Ludovic Obraniak |
| 11 | FW | GUI | Souleymane Youla |
| 12 | MF | FRA | Mathieu Bodmer |
| 13 | FW | FRA | Nicolas Fauvergue |
| 14 | FW | NGA | Peter Odemwingie |
| 15 | DF | BRA | Emerson |
| 16 | GK | FRA | Grégory Malicki |
| 17 | MF | CMR | Jean Makoun |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | DF | FRA | Peter Franquart |
| 20 | DF | FRA | Grégory Tafforeau |
| 21 | DF | FRA | Matthieu Chalmé |
| 22 | DF | SRB | Milivoje Vitakić |
| 23 | FW | CIV | Abdul Kader Keïta |
| 25 | DF | FRA | Nicolas Plestan |
| 26 | DF | SUI | Stephan Lichtsteiner |
| 27 | MF | BEL | Kevin Mirallas |
| 29 | MF | FRA | Stéphane Dumont |
| 30 | GK | FRA | Laurent Pichon |
| 31 | MF | FRA | Mathieu Robail |
| 33 | MF | CMR | Henri Ewane-Elong |
| — | DF | CMR | Aurélien Chedjou |
| — | FW | FRA | Chris Makiese |

### Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 3 | DF | FRA | Alexis Zywiecki (on loan to Dijon) |
| 6 | MF | CIV | Flavien Le Postollec (on loan to FC Brussels) |
| 10 | FW | SUI | Daniel Gygax (to Metz) |
| 15 | MF | SVN | Milenko Ačimovič (to Al-Ittihad) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 24 | MF | FRA | Samuel Robail (to Boulogne) |
| 28 | DF | CMR | Dieudonné Owona (on loan to FC Brussels) |
| 32 | GK | FRA | Yohann Lacroix (on loan to L'Entente SSG) |

## Competitions
### Overview

| 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 | 5 August 2006 | 26 May 2007 | Matchday 1 | 10th | 38 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 45 | 43 | +2 | 034.21 |
| Coupe de France | 6 January 2007 | 31 January 2007 | Round of 64 | Round of 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 066.67 |
| Coupe de la Ligue | 19 September 2006 | 24 October 2006 | Third round | Round of 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 050.00 |
| UEFA Champions League | 9 August 2006 | 7 March 2007 | Third qualifying round | Round of 16 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 040.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 53 | 20 | 14 | 19 | 63 | 55 | +8 | 037.74 |
Source: Competitions

### Ligue 1
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 8 | Auxerre | 38 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 41 | 41 | 0 | 54 |
| 9 | Monaco | 38 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 45 | 38 | +7 | 51 |
| 10 | Lille | 38 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 45 | 43 | +2 | 50 |
| 11 | Saint-Étienne | 38 | 14 | 7 | 17 | 52 | 50 | +2 | 49 |
| 12 | Le Mans | 38 | 11 | 16 | 11 | 45 | 46 | −1 | 49 |

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | L | W | D | L | L | W | D | W | D | W | W | D | D | W | D | L | D | D | W | W | D | L | L | L | W | D | L | L | L | W | L | L | L | W | L | D |
| Position | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 |

### Champions League
#### Third qualifying round
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Milan | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 10 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Lille | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | AEK Athens | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 8 | Transfer to UEFA Cup |
| 4 | Anderlecht | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 11 | −4 | 4 | |