# 2019–20 Lille OSC season

The 2019–20 season was Lille OSC's 76th season in existence and the club's 20th 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, the Coupe de la Ligue, and the UEFA Champions League. The season covered the period from 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020.
The club made their first appearance in the UEFA Champions League since 2012.

## Players
### Squad information

Players and squad numbers last updated on 13 August 2019. Appearances include league matches only. Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Name | Position(s) | Date of birth (Age) | Signed in | Contract ends | Signed from | Apps. | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | Léo Jardim | GK | (1995-03-20) 20 March 1995 (age 29) | 2019 | 2024 | Rio Ave | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Mike Maignan | GK | (1995-07-03) 3 July 1995 (age 29) | 2015 | 2022 | Paris Saint-Germain | 83 | 0 |
| 40 | Adam Jakubech | GK | (1997-01-02) 2 January 1997 (age 27) | 2017 | 2022 | Spartak Trnava | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | Tiago Djaló | CB | (2000-04-09) 9 April 2000 (age 24) | 2019 | 2024 | Milan | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Saad Agouzoul | CB | (1997-08-10) 10 August 1997 (age 27) | 2019 | 2024 | Kawkab Marrakech | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Gabriel | CB | (1997-12-19) 19 December 1997 (age 26) | 2017 | 2021 | Avaí | 15 | 1 |
| 5 | Adama Soumaoro | CB | (1992-06-18) 18 June 1992 (age 32) | 2011 | 2021 | Youth Sector | 94 | 1 |
| 6 | José Fonte | CB | (1983-12-22) 22 December 1983 (age 40) | 2018 | 2020 | Dalian Yifang | 36 | 3 |
| 17 | Zeki Çelik | RB | (1997-02-17) 17 February 1997 (age 27) | 2018 | 2023 | İstanbulspor | 34 | 1 |
| 26 | Jérémy Pied | RB | (1989-02-23) 23 February 1989 (age 35) | 2018 | 2020 | Southampton | 11 | 0 |
| 28 | Reinildo Mandava | LB | (1994-01-21) 21 January 1994 (age 30) | 2019 | 2022 | Belenenses | 3 | 0 |
| 29 | Domagoj Bradarić | LB | (1999-12-10) 10 December 1999 (age 24) | 2019 | 2024 | Hajduk Split | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 8 | Xeka | DM / CM | (1994-11-10) 10 November 1994 (age 29) | 2017 | 2022 | Braga | 41 | 3 |
| 12 | Yusuf Yazıcı | AM | (1997-01-29) 29 January 1997 (age 27) | 2019 | 2024 | Trabzonspor | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Renato Sanches | DM / CM | (1997-08-18) 18 August 1997 (age 27) | 2019 | 2023 | Bayern Munich | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Nicolás Gaitán | AM / LW / RW | (1988-02-23) 23 February 1988 (age 36) | 2020 | 2020 | Chicago Fire | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Arton Zekaj | DM | (2000-04-16) 16 April 2000 (age 24) | 2018 | 2021 | Sopot | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | Boubakary Soumaré | DM / CM | (1999-02-27) 27 February 1999 (age 25) | 2017 | 2020 | Paris Saint-Germain | 32 | 1 |
| 27 | Benjamin André | CM | (1990-08-03) 3 August 1990 (age 34) | 2019 | 2023 | Rennes | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 7 | Victor Osimhen | CF | (1998-12-29) 29 December 1998 (age 25) | 2019 | 2024 | Charleroi | 3 | 4 |
| 9 | Loïc Rémy | CF | (1987-01-02) 2 January 1987 (age 37) | 2018 | 2020 | Las Palmas | 26 | 7 |
| 10 | Jonathan Ikoné | LW / AM | (1999-05-02) 2 May 1999 (age 25) | 2018 | 2023 | Paris Saint-Germain | 38 | 3 |
| 11 | Luiz Araújo | LW | (1996-06-02) 2 June 1996 (age 28) | 2017 | 2022 | São Paulo | 59 | 8 |
| 14 | Jonathan Bamba | LW | (1996-03-26) 26 March 1996 (age 28) | 2018 | 2023 | Saint-Étienne | 38 | 13 |
| 22 | Timothy Weah | CF | (2000-02-22) 22 February 2000 (age 24) | 2019 | 2024 | Paris Saint-Germain | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||
| 20 | Thiago Maia | DM | (1997-03-23) 23 March 1997 (age 27) | 2017 | 2022 | Santos | 59 | 0 |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving from | Fee | Notes |
| 1 July 2019 | FW | Timothy Weah | 19 | Paris Saint-Germain | €10M | Five-year contract |
| 1 July 2019 | DF | Reinildo Mandava | 25 | Belenenses | Undisclosed | Signed permanently after option to buy |
| 1 July 2019 | MF | Abou Ouattara | 19 | KV Mechelen | Undisclosed | Signed permanently after option to buy |
| 11 July 2019 | DF | Saad Agouzoul | 21 | Kawkab Marrakech | €0.6M | Five-year contract |
| 13 July 2019 | GK | Léo Jardim | 24 | Rio Ave | Undisclosed | Five-year contract |
| 16 July 2019 | MF | Manuel Cafumana | 20 | 1º de Agosto | Undisclosed | Five-year contract |
| 17 July 2019 | MF | Benjamin André | 28 | Rennes | Undisclosed | Four-year contract |
| 18 July 2019 | FW | Virgiliu Postolachi | 19 | Paris Saint-Germain | Undisclosed | Four-year contract |
| 19 July 2019 | DF | Domagoj Bradarić | 19 | Hajduk Split | €6.5M + €2M variables | Five-year contract |
| 1 August 2019 | FW | Victor Osimhen | 20 | Charleroi | | Five-year contract |
| 1 August 2019 | DF | Tiago Djaló | 19 | Milan | €5M | Five-year contract |
| 6 August 2019 | MF | Yusuf Yazıcı | 22 | Trabzonspor | €16.5M | Five-year contract |
| 13 August 2019 | DF | Éric Bocat | 20 | Brest | | Three-year contract |
| 31 January 2020 | MF | Nicolás Gaitán | 31 | Chicago Fire | Free | Six month contract |

#### Loans in

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving from | Fee | Notes | Source |
| 29 August 2019 | FW | Nana Antwi | 19 | Lori FC | N/A | loan with option to buy | |

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving to | Fee | Notes |
| 10 June 2019 | MF | Anwar El Ghazi | 24 | Aston Villa | Undisclosed | Signed permanently after option to buy |
| 3 July 2019 | MF | Thiago Mendes | 27 | Lyon | €25M | |
| 3 July 2019 | DF | Youssouf Koné | 23 | Lyon | €9M | |
| 29 July 2019 | MF | Chahreddine Boukholda | 23 | Belenenses | Free | |
| 1 August 2019 | FW | Nicolas Pépé | 24 | Arsenal | €80M | |
| 1 August 2019 | FW | Rafael Leão | 20 | Milan | €35M | |
| 6 August 2019 | DF | Edgar Ié | 25 | Trabzonspor | Free | |

#### Loans out

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving to | Fee | Notes |
| 2 July 2019 | DF | Scotty Sadzoute | 25 | Pau | | |
| 11 July 2019 | MF | Rominigue Kouamé | 22 | Cercle Brugge | | loan with option to buy |
| 15 July 2019 | DF | Kouadio-Yves Dabila | 22 | Cercle Brugge | N/A | |
| 22 July 2019 | MF | Teddy Okou | 21 | US Créteil | N/A | |
| 29 July 2019 | MF | Imad Faraj | 19 | Belenenses | | |
| 29 July 2019 | GK | Hervé Koffi | 21 | Belenenses | | |
| 29 July 2019 | DF | Hakim Ouro-Sama | 20 | Belenenses | | |
| 29 July 2019 | FW | Charles-Andreas Brym | 19 | Belenenses | | |
| 13 August 2019 | MF | Manuel Cafumana | 20 | Belenenses | | |
| 31 August 2019 | MF | Yassine Benzia | 24 | Olympiacos | N/A | |
| 22 January 2020 | MF | Thiago Maia | 22 | Flamengo | N/A | |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## Competitions

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

### 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 | 11 August 2019 | 8 March 2020 | Matchday 1 | 4th | 28 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 35 | 27 | +8 | 053.57 |
| Coupe de France | 5 January 2020 | 29 January 2020 | Round of 64 | Round of 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 066.67 |
| Coupe de la Ligue | 17 December 2019 | 21 January 2020 | Round of 16 | Semi-finals | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 066.67 |
| Champions League | 17 September 2019 | 10 December 2019 | Group stage | Group stage | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 14 | −10 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 40 | 19 | 6 | 15 | 52 | 47 | +5 | 047.50 |
Source: Soccerway

### Ligue 1
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | PPG | Qualification or relegation |
| 2 | Marseille | 28 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 41 | 29 | +12 | 56 | 2.00 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Rennes | 28 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 38 | 24 | +14 | 50 | 1.79 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 4 | Lille | 28 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 35 | 27 | +8 | 49 | 1.75 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 5 | Nice | 28 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 41 | 38 | +3 | 41 | 1.46 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 6 | Reims | 28 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 26 | 21 | +5 | 41 | 1.46 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
* 1 2 Since the winners of the Coupe de France and the Coupe de la Ligue, Paris Saint-Germain, qualified for the Champions League, the spot given to the Coupe de France winners (Europa League group stage) was passed to the fifth-placed team and the spot given to the Coupe de la Ligue winners (Europa League second qualifying round) was passed to the sixth-placed team.
* 1 2 3 4 Nice finished ahead of Reims on head-to-head points: Nice 2–0 Reims, Reims 1–1 Nice.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: Competitive matches

#### 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 | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | L | W | L | W | D | W | D | D | L | W | L | D | L | W | W | W | W | L | L | L | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C |
| Position | 5 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |

#### Matches

The Ligue 1 schedule was announced on 14 June 2019. The Ligue 1 matches were suspended by the LFP on 13 March 2020 due to COVID-19 until further notices. On 28 April 2020, it was announced that Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 campaigns would not resume, after the country banned all sporting events until September. On 30 April, The LFP ended officially the 2019–20 season.

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | VAL | CHE | AJX | LIL |
| 1 | Valencia | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 11 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 2–2 | 0–3 | 4–1 |
| 2 | Chelsea | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 9 | +2 | 11 | Advance to knockout phase | 0–1 | — | 4–4 | 2–1 |
| 3 | Ajax | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 10 | Transfer to Europa League | 0–1 | 0–1 | — | 3–0 |
| 4 | Lille | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 14 | −10 | 1 | | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | — |
* 1 2 Head-to-head points: Valencia 4, Chelsea 1.

## 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 | UEFA Champions League | UEFA Champions League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | BRA | Léo Jardim | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 16 | GK | FRA | Mike Maignan | 37 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 40 | GK | SVK | Adam Jakubech | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | POR | Tiago Djaló | 14 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | MAR | Saad Agouzoul | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | BRA | Gabriel | 34 | 1 | 23+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | FRA | Adama Soumaoro | 10 | 1 | 4+2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | POR | José Fonte | 33 | 2 | 25 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | TUR | Zeki Çelik | 32 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | FRA | Jérémy Pied | 9 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | MOZ | Reinildo Mandava | 21 | 0 | 12+4 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | CRO | Domagoj Bradarić | 23 | 0 | 16+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | DF | FRA | Eric Junior Bocat | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||||
| 8 | MF | POR | Xeka | 25 | 0 | 8+9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | FRA | Jonathan Ikoné | 36 | 4 | 26+2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3+1 | 1 |
| 12 | MF | TUR | Yusuf Yazıcı | 25 | 1 | 9+9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | POR | Renato Sanches | 30 | 4 | 16+3 | 3 | 1+2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1+4 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | ARG | Nicolás Gaitán | 4 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | FRA | Benjamin André | 36 | 2 | 23+3 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | FRA | Boubakary Soumaré | 30 | 0 | 15+5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | SEN | Cheikh Niasse | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | CMR | Jean Onana | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | BFA | Abou Ouattara | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||||
| 7 | FW | NGA | Victor Osimhen | 38 | 18 | 25+2 | 13 | 0+3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
| 9 | FW | FRA | Loïc Rémy | 30 | 14 | 11+9 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0+3 | 3 | 2+2 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | BRA | Luiz Araújo | 33 | 4 | 7+14 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2+1 | 1 | 3+3 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | FRA | Jonathan Bamba | 37 | 1 | 22+4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3+3 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | USA | Timothy Weah | 3 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||||
| 20 | MF | BRA | Thiago Maia | 5 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | ANG | Manuel Cafumana | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 8 March 2020 Source: Competitions

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Ligue 1 | Coupe de France | Coupe de la Ligue | Champions League | Total |
| 1 | 7 | FW | | Victor Osimhen | 13 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 18 |
| 2 | 9 | FW | | Loïc Rémy | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 14 |
| 3 | 10 | MF | | Jonathan Ikoné | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | 11 | FW | | Luiz Araújo | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | 18 | MF | | Renato Sanches | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | 6 | DF | | José Fonte | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 21 | MF | | Benjamin André | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 4 | DF | | Gabriel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 5 | DF | | Adama Soumaoro | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 12 | MF | | Yusuf Yazıcı | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 14 | FW | | Jonathan Bamba | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 35 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 52 |
Last updated: 8 March 2020

### Disciplinary record

| No. | Pos | Name | Ligue 1 | Ligue 1 | Ligue 1 | Coupe de France | Coupe de France | Coupe de France | Coupe de la Lige | Coupe de la Lige | Coupe de la Lige | Champions League | Champions League | Champions League | Total | Total | Total |
| 16 | GK | Mike Maignan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Jonathan Ikoné | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | Yusuf Yazıcı | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | Boubakary Soumaré | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | FW | Jonathan Bamba | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | Timothy Weah | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 1 September 2019