Lille Quiz
Test your Lille OSC knowledge: the 1944 merger, the 2010-11 and 2020-21 titles, Eden Hazard, Osimhen, Pépé and the managers who passed through.
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Victor Osimhen left Lille in 2020 after one season. Which Serie A club signed him?
WhyNapoli signed Osimhen in summer 2020, and he went on to lead them to the 2022-23 Scudetto. -
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Nicolas Pépé left Lille in 2019 for a fee of about £72m. Whose club-record signing did that make him at the time?
WhyHis new club paid about £72m in August 2019, a record fee for them at the time. -
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Newly promoted Lille finished in which position in Division 1 in 2000-01, earning a place in the Champions League qualifiers?
WhyHalilhodžić's Lille finished third in 2000-01, nine points behind champions Nantes, in their first season back in the top flight. -
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Between 2007 and 2009, Lille sold Kader Keïta, Jean II Makoun and Michel Bastos to the same French club. Which club?
WhyLyon bought Keïta (2007), Makoun (2008) and Bastos (2009) from Lille. -
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In their first Champions League campaign, Lille won their 2001-02 third qualifying round tie 2-1 on aggregate against which Italian club?
WhyLille knocked out Parma 2-1 on aggregate and reached the 2001-02 group stage. -
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Lille OSC was formed in 1944 when Olympique Lillois merged with which other local club?
WhyLille OSC came from the 1944 merger of Olympique Lillois and SC Fives. Fives is a district of Lille. -
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Lille were relegated from Division 1 in 1997. In which season did they win Division 2 to get back up?
WhyLille won the 1999-2000 Division 2 title, finishing 16 points clear of second-placed Guingamp. -
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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?
WhyAfter a goalless first leg, Lille beat União de Leiria 2-0 after extra time in August 2004, under Claude Puel. -
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Lille's 2001-02 Champions League group contained Manchester United, Olympiacos and which Spanish club?
WhyLille were in Group G with Deportivo La Coruña, Manchester United and Olympiacos. They finished third and dropped into the UEFA Cup. -
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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?
WhyHe went to Rennes for 2002-03, two years after taking Lille up. -
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Lille clinched the 2020-21 Ligue 1 title with a 2-1 win on the final day. Which club did they beat?
WhyJonathan David and a Burak Yilmaz penalty won it at Angers on 23 May 2021, a point ahead of PSG. -
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Moussa Sow, Ligue 1's top scorer in Lille's 2010-11 title season, left the club in January 2012. Where did he go?
WhySow, who scored 25 league goals in 2010-11, moved to Fenerbahce in the January 2012 window. -
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The coach Lille appointed in 1998, who took them back to the top flight, had won the 1997 CAF Champions League with which club?
WhyLille's 1998 appointment had led Raja Casablanca to the 1997 CAF Champions League title before moving to France. -
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Lille won the league and cup double in 1945-46. Which Paris club did they beat in that season's Coupe de France final?
WhyLille beat Red Star in the 1946 final, completing the double in their second season after the merger. -
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Canadian striker Jonathan David joined Lille in summer 2020 from which Belgian club?
WhyDavid arrived from Gent in 2020 and scored in Lille's title-clinching win that season. -
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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?
WhyLille 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. -
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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?
WhyLille played the home leg at Stade Félix-Bollaert in Lens. Their players protested that the referee had not signalled for Giggs' free kick. -
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Eden Hazard joined Lille's youth academy in 2005. Which Belgian club did he leave to move there?
WhyHazard left Tubize for Lille's academy at 14 and went on to make his first-team debut for Lille in 2007. -
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Renato Sanches joined Lille in August 2019. Which club did he join from?
WhySanches came from Bayern Munich, after a loan at Swansea. He left Lille for PSG in 2022. -
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Claude Puel left Lille in 2008 after six seasons as manager. Which club did he take over?
WhyPuel joined Lyon in 2008. He had managed Monaco before Lille, and took Nice and Southampton later. -
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Burak Yilmaz, 35 when he joined, was a key part of Lille's 2020-21 title team. Which club did he join Lille from?
WhyYilmaz came from Besiktas in 2020. He had also played for Galatasaray and Trabzonspor earlier in his career. -
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Lille won three Coupe de France finals in a row from 1946 to 1948. Which northern club did they beat in the 1948 final?
WhyThe 1948 final was a northern derby, after earlier final wins in 1946 and 1947. -
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In which season did Lille win their second French league title?
WhyLille's first title came in 1945-46 and their second in 1953-54. Their third did not arrive until 2010-11. -
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Marcelo Bielsa's spell as Lille manager ended in late 2017. Which club did he take over in summer 2018?
WhyBielsa took over Leeds in June 2018 and won the Championship with them in 2019-20. His Marseille and Athletic jobs came earlier. -
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Christophe Galtier left Lille in June 2021, weeks after winning the title. Which club did he join next?
WhyGaltier went to Nice in 2021 and moved on to PSG a year later. He had managed Saint-Etienne before Lille. -
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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?
WhyLille drew 1-1 on aggregate with Borussia Dortmund and went out on away goals. -
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Yohan Cabaye, part of Lille's 2010-11 double-winning side, left in summer 2011 for which Premier League club?
WhyCabaye joined Newcastle in June 2011 and moved on to PSG in January 2014. -
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Rudi Garcia left Lille in 2013 after five seasons in charge. Which club did he take over?
WhyGarcia joined Roma in June 2013 and won his first ten Serie A games there. He managed Marseille and Lyon later. -
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Which manager led Lille to promotion in 2000 and then to third place in their first season back in the top flight?
WhyHalilhodzic took Lille up in 2000 and to third in 2000-01, which put them in the Champions League for the first time. -
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Rudi Garcia became Lille manager in June 2008. Which club did he leave to take the job?
WhyGarcia ended his Le Mans contract in June 2008 to join Lille. He had managed Dijon from 2002 to 2007 before that. -
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Which Premier League club signed defender Pascal Cygan from Lille in 2002?
WhyCygan joined Arsène Wenger's side in summer 2002 and later moved on to Villarreal. -
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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?
WhyLudovic Obraniak scored the late winner in May 2011, a week before Lille sealed the league title. -
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Eden Hazard left Lille in summer 2012 after winning back-to-back Ligue 1 Player of the Year awards. Which club signed him?
WhyHazard joined Chelsea in June 2012 and moved on to Real Madrid in 2019. -
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Rafael Leão spent the 2018-19 season at Lille. Which club did he join in summer 2019?
WhyLeão moved to Milan in August 2019 and won the Serie A title there in 2021-22.
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Lille OSC was formed in 1944, when Olympique Lillois merged with SC Fives, a club from the Fives district of the city. Success came quickly. In 1945-46, their second season after the merger, Lille won the league and cup double and beat Red Star in the Coupe de France final. They then won three Coupe de France finals in a row from 1946 to 1948, beating Strasbourg in 1947 and RC Lens in the 1948 northern derby final. A second league title followed in 1953-54.
Lille were relegated from Division 1 in 1997. In 1998 they appointed Vahid Halilhodžić, who had led Raja Casablanca to the 1997 CAF Champions League. He won the 1999-2000 Division 2 title by 16 points from Guingamp. Back in the top flight, Lille finished third in 2000-01, nine points behind champions Nantes. In their first Champions League campaign they knocked out Parma 2-1 on aggregate, then finished third in a group with Deportivo La Coruña, Manchester United and Olympiacos. In the UEFA Cup they knocked out Fiorentina before Borussia Dortmund eliminated them on away goals. Halilhodžić left for Rennes in 2002.
Under Claude Puel, Lille won the 2004 Intertoto Cup, beating União de Leiria 2-0 after extra time in the second leg. On 2 November 2005, Milenko Aćimović scored the only goal against Manchester United in front of more than 66,000 at the Stade de France. Rudi Garcia arrived from Le Mans in June 2008, and in 2010-11 Lille won the double. Ludovic Obraniak's late winner beat Paris Saint-Germain in the Coupe de France final, and Moussa Sow finished as Ligue 1's top scorer with 25 league goals.
Lille have also sold a long line of players to bigger clubs. Pascal Cygan went to Arsenal in 2002. Kader Keïta, Jean II Makoun and Michel Bastos all went to Lyon between 2007 and 2009. Eden Hazard, who joined the academy from Tubize at 14, went to Chelsea in 2012. Nicolas Pépé went to Arsenal for about £72m in 2019, and Rafael Leão and Victor Osimhen went to Italy. Christophe Galtier's team still won the 2020-21 title. Jonathan David, signed from Gent, and Burak Yilmaz, who arrived from Besiktas at 35, scored in the final-day 2-1 win at Angers that finished one point ahead of PSG.
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Victor Osimhen left Lille in 2020 after one season. Which Serie A club signed him?
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Napoli. Napoli signed Osimhen in summer 2020, and he went on to lead them to the 2022-23 Scudetto.
Nicolas Pépé left Lille in 2019 for a fee of about £72m. Whose club-record signing did that make him at the time?
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Arsenal. His new club paid about £72m in August 2019, a record fee for them at the time.
Newly promoted Lille finished in which position in Division 1 in 2000-01, earning a place in the Champions League qualifiers?
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3rd. Halilhodžić's Lille finished third in 2000-01, nine points behind champions Nantes, in their first season back in the top flight.
Between 2007 and 2009, Lille sold Kader Keïta, Jean II Makoun and Michel Bastos to the same French club. Which club?
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Lyon. Lyon bought Keïta (2007), Makoun (2008) and Bastos (2009) from Lille.
In their first Champions League campaign, Lille won their 2001-02 third qualifying round tie 2-1 on aggregate against which Italian club?
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Parma. Lille knocked out Parma 2-1 on aggregate and reached the 2001-02 group stage.
Lille OSC was formed in 1944 when Olympique Lillois merged with which other local club?
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SC Fives. Lille OSC came from the 1944 merger of Olympique Lillois and SC Fives. Fives is a district of Lille.
Lille were relegated from Division 1 in 1997. In which season did they win Division 2 to get back up?
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1999-2000. Lille won the 1999-2000 Division 2 title, finishing 16 points clear of second-placed Guingamp.
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?
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União de Leiria. After a goalless first leg, Lille beat União de Leiria 2-0 after extra time in August 2004, under Claude Puel.
Lille's 2001-02 Champions League group contained Manchester United, Olympiacos and which Spanish club?
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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.
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?
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Rennes. He went to Rennes for 2002-03, two years after taking Lille up.
Lille clinched the 2020-21 Ligue 1 title with a 2-1 win on the final day. Which club did they beat?
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Angers. Jonathan David and a Burak Yilmaz penalty won it at Angers on 23 May 2021, a point ahead of PSG.
Moussa Sow, Ligue 1's top scorer in Lille's 2010-11 title season, left the club in January 2012. Where did he go?
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Fenerbahce. Sow, who scored 25 league goals in 2010-11, moved to Fenerbahce in the January 2012 window.
The coach Lille appointed in 1998, who took them back to the top flight, had won the 1997 CAF Champions League with which club?
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Raja Casablanca. Lille's 1998 appointment had led Raja Casablanca to the 1997 CAF Champions League title before moving to France.
Lille won the league and cup double in 1945-46. Which Paris club did they beat in that season's Coupe de France final?
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Red Star. Lille beat Red Star in the 1946 final, completing the double in their second season after the merger.
Canadian striker Jonathan David joined Lille in summer 2020 from which Belgian club?
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Gent. David arrived from Gent in 2020 and scored in Lille's title-clinching win that season.
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?
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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.
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?
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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.
Eden Hazard joined Lille's youth academy in 2005. Which Belgian club did he leave to move there?
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Tubize. Hazard left Tubize for Lille's academy at 14 and went on to make his first-team debut for Lille in 2007.
Renato Sanches joined Lille in August 2019. Which club did he join from?
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Bayern Munich. Sanches came from Bayern Munich, after a loan at Swansea. He left Lille for PSG in 2022.
Claude Puel left Lille in 2008 after six seasons as manager. Which club did he take over?
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Lyon. Puel joined Lyon in 2008. He had managed Monaco before Lille, and took Nice and Southampton later.
Burak Yilmaz, 35 when he joined, was a key part of Lille's 2020-21 title team. Which club did he join Lille from?
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Besiktas. Yilmaz came from Besiktas in 2020. He had also played for Galatasaray and Trabzonspor earlier in his career.
Lille won three Coupe de France finals in a row from 1946 to 1948. Which northern club did they beat in the 1948 final?
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RC Lens. The 1948 final was a northern derby, after earlier final wins in 1946 and 1947.
In which season did Lille win their second French league title?
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1953-54. Lille's first title came in 1945-46 and their second in 1953-54. Their third did not arrive until 2010-11.
Marcelo Bielsa's spell as Lille manager ended in late 2017. Which club did he take over in summer 2018?
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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.
Christophe Galtier left Lille in June 2021, weeks after winning the title. Which club did he join next?
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Nice. Galtier went to Nice in 2021 and moved on to PSG a year later. He had managed Saint-Etienne before Lille.
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?
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Borussia Dortmund. Lille drew 1-1 on aggregate with Borussia Dortmund and went out on away goals.
Yohan Cabaye, part of Lille's 2010-11 double-winning side, left in summer 2011 for which Premier League club?
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Newcastle United. Cabaye joined Newcastle in June 2011 and moved on to PSG in January 2014.
Rudi Garcia left Lille in 2013 after five seasons in charge. Which club did he take over?
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Roma. Garcia joined Roma in June 2013 and won his first ten Serie A games there. He managed Marseille and Lyon later.
Which manager led Lille to promotion in 2000 and then to third place in their first season back in the top flight?
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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.
Rudi Garcia became Lille manager in June 2008. Which club did he leave to take the job?
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Le Mans. Garcia ended his Le Mans contract in June 2008 to join Lille. He had managed Dijon from 2002 to 2007 before that.
Which Premier League club signed defender Pascal Cygan from Lille in 2002?
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Arsenal. Cygan joined Arsène Wenger's side in summer 2002 and later moved on to Villarreal.
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?
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Paris Saint-Germain. Ludovic Obraniak scored the late winner in May 2011, a week before Lille sealed the league title.
Eden Hazard left Lille in summer 2012 after winning back-to-back Ligue 1 Player of the Year awards. Which club signed him?
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Chelsea. Hazard joined Chelsea in June 2012 and moved on to Real Madrid in 2019.
Rafael Leão spent the 2018-19 season at Lille. Which club did he join in summer 2019?
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Milan. Leão moved to Milan in August 2019 and won the Serie A title there in 2021-22.
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