2015–16 Lille OSC season explained

Club:	Lille
Season:	2015–16
Chairman:	Michel Seydoux
Chrtitle:	President
Manager:	Frédéric Antonetti
Mgrtitle:	Manager
Stadium:	Stade Pierre-Mauroy
League:	Ligue 1
League Result:	5th
Cup1:	Coupe de France
Cup1 Result:	Round of 32
Cup2:	Coupe de la Ligue
Cup2 Result:	Runners-up
League Topscorer:	Sofiane Boufal (11)
Season Topscorer:	Sofiane Boufal (12)
Highest Attendance:	39,601 vs Paris Saint-Germain (7 August 2015)
Lowest Attendance:	8,801 vs Laval (15 December 2015)
Prevseason:	2014–15
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The 2015–16 season was Lille OSC's 72nd season in existence and the club's 16th consecutive season in the top flight of French football.

Players

Current squad

As of 2 February 2016.^[1]

Appearances and goals

		Name	Ligue 1		Coupe de France		Coupe de la Ligue		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Vincent Enyeama	35	0	0	0	4	0	39	0
16	GK	Steeve Elana	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0
30	GK	Jean Butez	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	GK	Mike Maignan	3+1	0	0	0	1	0	5	0
2	DF	Sébastien Corchia	30+3	2	2	0	5	0	40	4
3	DF	Youssouf Koné	0+1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
5	DF	Renato Civelli	32	0	1	0	3	0	36	0
13	DF	Stoppila Sunzu	10+2	1	1	0	3	1	16	2
18	DF	Franck Béria	1+1	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
19	DF	Djibril Sidibé	36+1	4	1+1	0	4	2	43	6
23	DF	Adama Soumaoro	25+3	1	1	0	2	1	31	2
25	DF	Marko Baša	15	0	1	0	1	0	17	0
28	DF	Benjamin Pavard	6+7	0	1	0	2+1	0	17	0
4	MF	Florent Balmont	25+3	0	0	0	3	0	31	0
6	MF	Ibrahim Amadou	17+5	1	1+1	0	5	0	29	1
7	MF	Sofiane Boufal	27+2	11	1	0	4+1	1	35	12
8	MF	Mounir Obbadi	25+5	1	1+1	0	2+1	0	35	1
10	MF	Marvin Martin	4+8	0	2	0	1	0	15	0
11	MF	Éric Bauthéac	25+3	2	1+1	0	2+2	1	34	3
14	MF	Yaw Yeboah	1+2	0	0+1	0	0+1	0	5	0
17	MF	Souahilo Meïté	0+3	0	0	0	1	0	4	0
24	MF	Rio Mavuba	31+4	0	0	0	1+1	0	37	0
26	MF	Alexis Araujo	0+1	0	0	0	0+1	0	2	0
31	MF	Morgan Amalfitano	10+5	2	1	0	1	0	17	2
32	MF	Rony Lopes	5+7	2	1	1	2+1	0	16	3
9	FW	align=left	Yassine Benzia	17+8	5	1	0	2+1	1	29	6
12	FW	align=left	Serhou Guirassy	3+5	0	0	0	1	1	9	1
15	FW	align=left	Lenny Nangis	3+8	0	0+1	0	2	0	14	0
22	FW	align=left	Junior Tallo	11+12	0	1	1	1+2	0	27	1
27	FW	align=left	Baptiste Guillaume	5+5	0	1	0	0+1	0	12	0
29	FW	align=left	Michael Frey	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
39	FW	align=left	Eder	12+1	6	0	0	0+1	0	14	6

Last updated: 14 May 2016
Source: Match reports in Competitive matches, Ligue1.com

Goalscorers

	No.			Name	Ligue 1	Coupe de France	Coupe de la Ligue	Total
1	7	MF		Sofiane Boufal	11	0	1	12
2	9	FW		Yassine Benzia	5	0	1	6
3	19	DF		Djibril Sidibé	4	0	2	6
	39	FW		Eder	6	0	0	6
4	11	MF		Éric Bauthéac	2	0	1	3
	32	MF		Rony Lopes	2	1	0	3
5	2	DF		Sébastien Corchia	2	0	0	2
	23	DF		Adama Soumaoro	1	0	1	2
	13	DF		Stoppila Sunzu	1	0	1	2
	31	MF		Morgan Amalfitano	2	0	0	2
6	12	FW		Serhou Guirassy	0	0	1	1
	22	FW		Junior Tallo	0	1	0	1
	6	MF		Ibrahim Amadou	1	0	0	1
	8	MF		Mounir Obbadi	1	0	0	1
				Own goals	1	0	1	2
Total					39	2	9	50

Last updated: 14 May 2016
Source: Match reports in Competitive matches

Disciplinary record

Transfers

Transfers in

Date		Player		Moved from	Fee	Notes
				Bursaspor	Free transfer	^[2]
				Nice	Undisclosed
				Stade Laval	£350,000	^[3]
				Monaco	Free Transfer	^[4]
		Junior Tallo		Roma	Undisclosed	^[5]
				Nancy	£1,400,000	^[6]
				Lens	£2,800,000	^[7]
				Paris Saint-Germain	Undisclosed	^[8]
				Caen	Undisclosed	^[9]
				West Ham United	Free Transfer	^[10]

Loans in

Date		Player		Loaned from	Return date	Notes
				Shanghai Shenhua	30 June 2016
				Manchester City	30 June 2016
		Adriel d'Avila Ba Loua		ASEC Mimosas	30 June 2016
				Monaco	30 June 2016
		Eder		Swansea City	30 June 2016	^[11]

Transfers out

Date		Player		Moved to	Fee	Notes
				Oostende	Free Transfer	^[12]
				Fenerbahçe	Undisclosed	^[13]
				Club Brugge	Undisclosed	^[14]
				Caen	Undisclosed	^[15]
		Adama Traoré		Monaco	£9,800,000	^[16]
				Aston Villa	€10,000,000	^[17]
				Saint-Étienne	Undisclosed	^[18]
				Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	Undisclosed	^[19]

Loans out

Date		Player		Loaned to	Return date	Notes
				Brest	30 June 2016
				Red Star	30 June 2016
				Nottingham Forest	30 June 2016
				Caen	30 June 2016
				Auxerre	30 June 2016
				Boulogne	30 June 2016
		Michael Frey		Luzern	30 June 2016
				Zulte Waregem	30 June 2016

Competitions

Ligue 1

See main article: 2015–16 Ligue 1.

Matches

Coupe de France

See main article: 2015–16 Coupe de France.

Coupe de la Ligue

See main article: 2015–16 Coupe de la Ligue.

Notes and References

1. News: Effectif Pro . Lille OSC . 2 February 2016 . fr . 21 November 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151121015705/http://www.losc.fr/saison-football/equipe-pro/equipe . dead .
2. Web site: Duo to sign for Ligue 1 club Lille. Yahoo Sports.
3. Web site: Lille prend Sehrou Guirassy (Laval). L'Equipe.
4. Web site: Mounir Obbadi (Monaco) officiellement à Lille. L'Equipe.
5. Web site: Official: Roma-Lille reach agreement for Junior Tallo. Roma Press.
6. Web site: Ibrahim Amadou (Nancy) signe à Lille. L'Equipe.
7. Web site: Baptiste Guillaume (RC Lens) s'engage cinq ans avec le LOSC (off.). L'Equipe.
8. Web site: Mike Maignan (PSG) signe pour cinq ans à Lille. L'Equipe.
9. Web site: Lenny Nangis (Caen) vers Lille. L'Equipe.
10. Web site: Morgan Amalfitano: Lille sign former West Ham midfielder. BBC Sport.
11. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/35458488 Eder: Swansea City striker joins Lille on loan for rest of season
12. Web site: KV Oostende haalt David Rozehnal terug naar België. www.sporza.be. 6 July 2015. 29 June 2015.
13. Web site: Lille defender Simon Kjaer joins Fenerbahce on four-year deal. ESPNFC. 21 July 2015. 17 June 2015.
14. Web site: Abdoulay Diaby joins Club Brugge on a four-year deal. Club Brugge. 21 July 2015. 22 May 2015.
15. Web site: SM Caen : Jonathan Delaplace s'engage pour 4 ans. www.ouest-france.fr. 6 July 2015. 3 July 2015.
16. Web site: Monaco sign Adama Traore from Lille, Costa and Cavaleiro from Benfica. ESPNFC. 21 July 2015. 10 July 2015.
17. Web site: New Aston Villa signing Idrissa Gueye wants move to 'big club' in future. ESPNFC. 21 July 2015. 20 July 2015.
18. Web site: St Etienne sign Nolan Roux from Lille. ESPNFC. 23 July 2015. 21 July 2015.
19. Web site: John Jairo Ruíz ficha por el Dnipro ucraniano. John Jairo Ruiz signs with the Ukrainian Dnipro. Mundo Deportivo. 30 August 2015. es. 25 August 2015.