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Round 1

  1. Lille OSC was formed in 1944 when Olympique Lillois merged with which other local club?
  2. Lille won the league and cup double in 1945-46. Which Paris club did they beat in that season's Coupe de France final?
  3. Lille won three Coupe de France finals in a row from 1946 to 1948. Which northern club did they beat in the 1948 final?
  4. In which season did Lille win their second French league title?
  5. Lille were relegated from Division 1 in 1997. In which season did they win Division 2 to get back up?
  6. The coach Lille appointed in 1998, who took them back to the top flight, had won the 1997 CAF Champions League with which club?
  7. The manager who took Lille back into the top flight in 2000 left the club in 2002. Which Ligue 1 club did he take over?
  8. Newly promoted Lille finished in which position in Division 1 in 2000-01, earning a place in the Champions League qualifiers?
  9. In their first Champions League campaign, Lille won their 2001-02 third qualifying round tie 2-1 on aggregate against which Italian club?
  10. Lille's 2001-02 Champions League group contained Manchester United, Olympiacos and which Spanish club?
Answers — round 1
  1. SC Fives — Lille OSC came from the 1944 merger of Olympique Lillois and SC Fives. Fives is a district of Lille.
  2. Red Star — Lille beat Red Star in the 1946 final, completing the double in their second season after the merger.
  3. RC Lens — The 1948 final was a northern derby, after earlier final wins in 1946 and 1947.
  4. 1953-54 — Lille's first title came in 1945-46 and their second in 1953-54. Their third did not arrive until 2010-11.
  5. 1999-2000 — Lille won the 1999-2000 Division 2 title, finishing 16 points clear of second-placed Guingamp.
  6. Raja Casablanca — Lille's 1998 appointment had led Raja Casablanca to the 1997 CAF Champions League title before moving to France.
  7. Rennes — He went to Rennes for 2002-03, two years after taking Lille up.
  8. 3rd — Halilhodžić's Lille finished third in 2000-01, nine points behind champions Nantes, in their first season back in the top flight.
  9. Parma — Lille knocked out Parma 2-1 on aggregate and reached the 2001-02 group stage.
  10. Deportivo La Coruña — Lille were in Group G with Deportivo La Coruña, Manchester United and Olympiacos. They finished third and dropped into the UEFA Cup.

Round 2

  1. In the 2001-02 UEFA Cup, Lille knocked out Fiorentina and then went out on away goals in the fourth round. Which club eliminated them?
  2. Lille won the 2004 UEFA Intertoto Cup. Which Portuguese club did they beat in the final, winning the second leg 2-0 after extra time?
  3. On 2 November 2005, Milenko Aćimović scored as Lille beat Manchester United 1-0 in the Champions League group stage. Where was the match played?
  4. Ryan Giggs scored a quickly taken free kick to beat Lille 1-0 in the first leg of their February 2007 Champions League last-16 tie. Lille were the home side. Which stadium hosted that match?
  5. Which Premier League club signed defender Pascal Cygan from Lille in 2002?
  6. Between 2007 and 2009, Lille sold Kader Keïta, Jean II Makoun and Michel Bastos to the same French club. Which club?
  7. Rudi Garcia became Lille manager in June 2008. Which club did he leave to take the job?
  8. Eden Hazard joined Lille's youth academy in 2005. Which Belgian club did he leave to move there?
  9. Lille won the league and cup double in 2010-11. Which club did they beat 1-0 in that season's Coupe de France final?
  10. Rudi Garcia left Lille in 2013 after five seasons in charge. Which club did he take over?
Answers — round 2
  1. Borussia Dortmund — Lille drew 1-1 on aggregate with Borussia Dortmund and went out on away goals.
  2. União de Leiria — After a goalless first leg, Lille beat União de Leiria 2-0 after extra time in August 2004, under Claude Puel.
  3. Stade de France — Lille played their 2005-06 Champions League home games at the Stade de France, where a crowd of more than 66,000 saw Aćimović's winner.
  4. Stade Félix-Bollaert — Lille played the home leg at Stade Félix-Bollaert in Lens. Their players protested that the referee had not signalled for Giggs' free kick.
  5. Arsenal — Cygan joined Arsène Wenger's side in summer 2002 and later moved on to Villarreal.
  6. Lyon — Lyon bought Keïta (2007), Makoun (2008) and Bastos (2009) from Lille.
  7. Le Mans — Garcia ended his Le Mans contract in June 2008 to join Lille. He had managed Dijon from 2002 to 2007 before that.
  8. Tubize — Hazard left Tubize for Lille's academy at 14 and went on to make his first-team debut for Lille in 2007.
  9. Paris Saint-Germain — Ludovic Obraniak scored the late winner in May 2011, a week before Lille sealed the league title.
  10. Roma — Garcia joined Roma in June 2013 and won his first ten Serie A games there. He managed Marseille and Lyon later.

Round 3

  1. Moussa Sow, Ligue 1's top scorer in Lille's 2010-11 title season, left the club in January 2012. Where did he go?
  2. Eden Hazard left Lille in summer 2012 after winning back-to-back Ligue 1 Player of the Year awards. Which club signed him?
  3. Nicolas Pépé left Lille in 2019 for a fee of about £72m. Whose club-record signing did that make him at the time?
  4. Victor Osimhen left Lille in 2020 after one season. Which Serie A club signed him?
  5. Rafael Leão spent the 2018-19 season at Lille. Which club did he join in summer 2019?
  6. Marcelo Bielsa's spell as Lille manager ended in late 2017. Which club did he take over in summer 2018?
  7. Christophe Galtier left Lille in June 2021, weeks after winning the title. Which club did he join next?
  8. Claude Puel left Lille in 2008 after six seasons as manager. Which club did he take over?
  9. Which manager led Lille to promotion in 2000 and then to third place in their first season back in the top flight?
  10. Lille clinched the 2020-21 Ligue 1 title with a 2-1 win on the final day. Which club did they beat?
Answers — round 3
  1. Fenerbahce — Sow, who scored 25 league goals in 2010-11, moved to Fenerbahce in the January 2012 window.
  2. Chelsea — Hazard joined Chelsea in June 2012 and moved on to Real Madrid in 2019.
  3. Arsenal — His new club paid about £72m in August 2019, a record fee for them at the time.
  4. Napoli — Napoli signed Osimhen in summer 2020, and he went on to lead them to the 2022-23 Scudetto.
  5. Milan — Leão moved to Milan in August 2019 and won the Serie A title there in 2021-22.
  6. Leeds United — Bielsa took over Leeds in June 2018 and won the Championship with them in 2019-20. His Marseille and Athletic jobs came earlier.
  7. Nice — Galtier went to Nice in 2021 and moved on to PSG a year later. He had managed Saint-Etienne before Lille.
  8. Lyon — Puel joined Lyon in 2008. He had managed Monaco before Lille, and took Nice and Southampton later.
  9. Vahid Halilhodzic — Halilhodzic took Lille up in 2000 and to third in 2000-01, which put them in the Champions League for the first time.
  10. Angers — Jonathan David and a Burak Yilmaz penalty won it at Angers on 23 May 2021, a point ahead of PSG.

Round 4

  1. Canadian striker Jonathan David joined Lille in summer 2020 from which Belgian club?
  2. Burak Yilmaz, 35 when he joined, was a key part of Lille's 2020-21 title team. Which club did he join Lille from?
  3. Renato Sanches joined Lille in August 2019. Which club did he join from?
  4. Yohan Cabaye, part of Lille's 2010-11 double-winning side, left in summer 2011 for which Premier League club?
Answers — round 4
  1. Gent — David arrived from Gent in 2020 and scored in Lille's title-clinching win that season.
  2. Besiktas — Yilmaz came from Besiktas in 2020. He had also played for Galatasaray and Trabzonspor earlier in his career.
  3. Bayern Munich — Sanches came from Bayern Munich, after a loan at Swansea. He left Lille for PSG in 2022.
  4. Newcastle United — Cabaye joined Newcastle in June 2011 and moved on to PSG in January 2014.

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