# 2011–12 Lille OSC season

The 2011–12 season was Lille OSC's sixty-eighth season in existence and the club's twelfth consecutive season in the top flight of French football.

## Players
### Squad

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 | FRA | Mickaël Landreau |
| 2 | DF | FRA | Mathieu Debuchy |
| 3 | DF | FRA | Lucas Digne |
| 4 | MF | FRA | Florent Balmont |
| 5 | MF | SEN | Idrissa Gueye |
| 6 | DF | SEN | Pape Souaré |
| 7 | FW | FRA | Dimitri Payet |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Túlio de Melo |
| 10 | MF | BEL | Eden Hazard |
| 13 | DF | FRA | Adama Soumaoro |
| 14 | DF | CZE | David Rozehnal |
| 16 | GK | NGA | Vincent Enyeama |
| 17 | MF | FRA | Benoît Pedretti |
| 18 | DF | FRA | Franck Béria |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | FW | BEL | Gianni Bruno |
| 20 | MF | FRA | Ronny Rodelin |
| 21 | DF | FRA | Laurent Bonnart |
| 22 | DF | CMR | Aurélien Chedjou |
| 23 | FW | FRA | Nolan Roux |
| 24 | MF | FRA | Rio Mavuba (captain) |
| 25 | DF | MNE | Marko Baša |
| 26 | MF | ENG | Joe Cole |
| 27 | FW | POL | Ireneusz Jeleń |
| 28 | DF | ARG | Mauro Cetto |
| 30 | GK | CGO | Barel Mouko |
| 40 | GK | FRA | Alexandre Oukidja |
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### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos. | Name | League 1 | League 1 | Coupe de France | Coupe de France | Coupe de la Ligue | Coupe de la Ligue | UEFA Champions League | UEFA Champions League | Trophée des Champions | Trophée des Champions | Total | Total | Discipline | Discipline |
| No. | Pos. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | | |
| 1 | GK | Mickaël Landreau | 38 | 0 | 3 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | -5 | 47 | -46 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Mathieu Debuchy | 32 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 4 | 13 | 2 |
| 3 | DF | Lucas Digne | 13(3) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | Florent Balmont | 30 | 2 | 1(1) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 41 | 3 | 6 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | Idrissa Gueye | 14(10) | 0 | 2(1) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1(2) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 33 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | Pape Souaré | 2(5) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | Dimitri Payet | 23(10) | 6 | 1(2) | 0 | 1(1) | 0 | 1(3) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 6 | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | FW | Moussa Sow | 15(3) | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Túlio de Melo | 10(6) | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0(2) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | Eden Hazard | 35(3) | 20 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 49 | 22 | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Ludovic Obraniak | 5(7) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1(4) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | Adama Soumaoro | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | David Rozehnal | 11(4) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1(1) | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 9 | 0 |
| 16 | GK | Vincent Enyeama | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Benoît Pedretti | 26(5) | 4 | 2(1) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 40 | 6 | 7 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | Franck Béria | 32 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | Gianni Bruno | 0(10) | 1 | 0(2) | 1 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Ronny Rodelin | 1(8) | 0 | 0(2) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0(2) | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | Laurent Bonnart | 7(4) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | Aurélien Chedjou | 27 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 5 | 6 | 1 |
| 23 | FW | Nolan Roux | 10(6) | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | Rio Mavuba | 36(2) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 48 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | Marko Baša | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | Joe Cole | 20(11) | 4 | 2(1) | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 9 | 5 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | Ireneusz Jeleń | 3(10) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1(1) | 1 | 1(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | Mauro Cetto | 6(1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 30 | GK | Barel Mouko | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Date | Notes |
| 17 | MF | Benoît Pedretti | Auxerre | 2 June 2011 | |
| 16 | GK | Vincent Enyeama | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 12 June 2011 | |
| 20 | FW | Ronny Rodelin | Nantes | 13 June 2011 | |
| 25 | DF | Marko Baša | Lokomotiv Moscow | 23 June 2011 | |
| 23 | CF | Nolan Roux | Stade Brest | 21 January 2012 | |
| 7 | FW | Dimitri Payet | Saint-Étienne | 28 June 2011 | |
| 14 | DF | David Rozehnal | Hamburg | 29 June 2011 | |
| | FW | Thomas Régnier | Mulhouse | 30 June 2011 | |
| 21 | DF | Laurent Bonnart | Monaco | 18 July 2011 | |
| | FW | Emil Lyng | Nordsjælland | June 2011 | Loan return |
| 27 | FW | Ireneusz Jeleń | Auxerre | 30 August 2011 | |
| 20 | FW | Gianni Bruno | Lille B | 8 June 2011 | |
| 3 | DF | Lucas Digne | Lille B | 27 July 2010 | |

### Out

| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Date | Fee | Notes |
| MF | Pierre-Baptiste Baherlé | Boulogna | 1 June 2011 | Undisclosed | |
| FW | Nicolas Fauvergue | Sedan | 14 June 2011 | Undisclosed | |
| GK | Ludovic Butelle | Arles-Avignon | 24 June 2011 | Free | |
| FW | Pierre-Alain Frau | Caen | 13 July 2011 | Free | |
| MF | Yohan Cabaye | Newcastle United | 10 June 2011 | £4.4 | |
| FW | Emil Lyng | Lausanne-Sport | 9 July 2011 | Free | |
| FW | Gervinho | Arsenal | 12 July 2011 | £10.5M | |
| DF | Adil Rami | Valencia | See note ♠ | £6 | 1 |
| DF | Emerson | Benfica | 21 July 2011 | Undisclosed | |
| DF | Peter Franquart | Mons | July 2011 | Free | |
| MF | Stéphane Dumont | Monaco | July 2011 | Free | |
| MF | Ludovic Obraniak | Bordeaux | January 2012 | Undisclosed | |
1 – Adil Rami was sold to Valencia on 3 January 2011 for an undisclosed fee. He remained on loan at Lille until the end of the 2010–11 season and returned to Valencia permanently on 13 June 2011

### Loan in

| No. | Pos. | Player | Loan from | Date | Source | Notes |
| 26 | MF | Joe Cole | Liverpool | 31 August 2011 | | Until end of 2011–12 season |
| 28 | DF | Mauro Cetto | Palermo | 26 January 2012 | | Until end of 2011–12 season |

### Loan out

| No. | Pos. | Player | Loan to | Date | Source | Notes |
| | DF | Jerry Vandam | Caen | 5 July 2011 | | |
| | MF | Arnaud Souquet | Paris FC | July 2011 | | Until July 2012 |

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | Started round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| Trophée des Champions | Final | Runners-up | 27 July 2011 | 27 July 2011 |
| Ligue 1 | — | 3rd | 6 August 2011 | 20 May 2012 |
| Coupe de la Ligue | Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | 26 October 2011 | 11 January 2012 |
| Coupe de France | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | 7 January 2012 | 8 February 2012 |
| UEFA Champions League | Group stage | Group stage | 14 September 2011 | 7 December 2011 |
Updated to match played 20 May 2012 Source: Competitions

### Ligue 1
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Montpellier (C) | 38 | 25 | 7 | 6 | 68 | 34 | +34 | 82 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Paris Saint-Germain | 38 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 75 | 41 | +34 | 79 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Lille | 38 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 72 | 39 | +33 | 74 | Qualification to Champions League play-off round |
| 4 | Lyon | 38 | 19 | 7 | 12 | 64 | 51 | +13 | 64 | Qualification to Europa League group stage |
| 5 | Bordeaux | 38 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 53 | 41 | +12 | 61 | Qualification to Europa League play-off round |
* 1 2 Lyon won the 2011–12 Coupe de France and thus qualified for the group stage of the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League. Since they finished 4th, the spot for the Europa League play-off round goes to the fifth-placed team.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 20 May 2012. Source: Competitive matches 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | L | W | W | W | D | D | D | W | W | W | D | D | D | W | W | W | D | D | L | W | W | L | W | D | D | L | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | L | W |
| Position | 12 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | INT | CSKA | TRA | LIL |
| 1 | Internazionale | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 10 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 |
| 2 | CSKA Moscow | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 8 | Advance to knockout phase | 2–3 | — | 3–0 | 0–2 |
| 3 | Trabzonspor | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 7 | Transfer to Europa League | 1–1 | 0–0 | — | 1–1 |
| 4 | Lille | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6 | | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | — |