2007–08 Lille OSC season
# 2007–08 Lille OSC season

The 2007–08 season was the 64th season in the existence of Lille OSC and the club's eighth consecutive season in the top flight of French football. In addition to the domestic league, Lille participated in this season's editions of the Coupe de France, and the Coupe de la Ligue.

## Players

### First-team 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 | SEN | Tony Sylva |
| 2 | MF | FRA | Mathieu Debuchy |
| 3 | MF | FRA | Samuel Robail |
| 4 | DF | FRA | Jérémy Taravel |
| 6 | FW | FRA | Pierre-Alain Frau |
| 7 | MF | FRA | Yohan Cabaye |
| 8 | DF | BRA | Michel Fernandes Bastos |
| 9 | FW | NED | Patrick Kluivert |
| 10 | MF | POL | Ludovic Obraniak |
| 11 | FW | GUI | Souleymane Youla |
| 12 | FW | FRA | Kamulete Makiese |
| 13 | FW | FRA | Nicolas Fauvergue |
| 14 | MF | COL | Luis Alfredo Yanes Padilla |
| 15 | DF | BRA | Emerson da Conceição |
| 16 | GK | FRA | Grégory Malicki |
| 17 | MF | CMR | Jean Makoun |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | DF | MAD | Franck Beria |
| 19 | DF | FRA | Peter Franquart |
| 20 | DF | FRA | Grégory Tafforeau (captain) |
| 21 | MF | CRO | Marko Marić |
| 22 | MF | CMR | Aurélien Chedjou |
| 23 | DF | MAR | Adil Rami |
| 24 | MF | FRA | Rio Mavuba (on loan from Villarreal CF) |
| 25 | DF | FRA | Nicolas Plestan |
| 26 | DF | SUI | Stephan Lichtsteiner |
| 27 | FW | BEL | Kevin Mirallas |
| 28 | DF | CMR | Henri Ewane-Elong |
| 29 | MF | FRA | Stéphane Dumont |
| 30 | GK | FRA | Laurent Pichon |
| 33 | MF | BEL | Eden Hazard |
| 34 | DF | ALG | Badis Lebbihi |
| 35 | MF | FRA | Omar Benzerga |
| 40 | GK | FRA | Alexander Oukidja |

### Players out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | - | - | - |
| 3 | DF | FRA | Alexis Zywiecki (at Dijon FCO) |
| 6 | MF | CIV | Flavien Le Postollec (at FC Brussels) |
| 5 | DF | BRA | Rafael Schmitz (at Birmingham City) |
| 10 | MF | SUI | Daniel Gygax (at FC Metz) |
| 24 | MF | FRA | Samuel Robail (at US Boulogne) |
| -- | DF | CMR | Dieudonné Owona (at FC Brussels) |
| 32 | GK | FRA | Yohan Lacroix (at L'Entente SSG) |
| 6 | FW | SWE | Emra Tahirović (at FC Zürich) |
| 5 | FW | FRA | Larson Touré (at Grenoble Foot 38) |

## Transfers

### In

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | - | - | - |
| 18 | DF | FRA | Franck Béria (from FC Metz) |
| 14 | MF | COL | Luis Yanes (from Independiente Santa Fe) |
| 21 | MF | CRO | Marko Marić (from Egaleo FC) |
| 6 | FW | SWE | Emra Tahirović (from Halmstads BK) |
| 9 | FW | NED | Patrick Kluivert (from PSV) |

### Out

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | - | - | - |
| — | DF | SRB | Milivoje Vitakić (to Grenoble) |
| — | DF | GRE | Stathis Tavlaridis (to AS Saint-Étienne) |
| — | DF | FRA | Mathieu Chalmé (to Bordeaux) |
| — | MF | FRA | Mathieu Robail (to Dijon FCO) |
| — | MF | FRA | Mathieu Bodmer (to Lyon) |
| — | FW | CIV | Kader Keïta (to Lyon) |
| — | FW | FRA | Johan Audel (to Valenciennes FC) |
| — | FW | NGA | Peter Odemwingie (to FC Lokomotiv Moscow) |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## Competitions

### Overall record

| 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 | 4 August 2007 | May 2008 | Matchday 1 | | 38 | 13 | 18 | 7 | 45 | 32 | +13 | 034.21 |
| Coupe de France | 6 January 2008 | 19 March 2008 | Round of 64 | Round of 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | +0 | 066.67 |
| Coupe de la Ligue | 26 September 2007 | 26 September 2007 | Third round | Third round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 42 | 15 | 18 | 9 | 49 | 37 | +12 | 035.71 |

Source: Competitions

### Ligue 1

**League table**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5 | Saint-Étienne | 38 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 47 | 34 | +13 | 58 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 6 | Rennes | 38 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 47 | 44 | +3 | 58 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round |
| 7 | Lille | 38 | 13 | 18 | 7 | 45 | 32 | +13 | 57 | |
| 8 | Nice | 38 | 13 | 16 | 9 | 35 | 30 | +5 | 55 | |
| 9 | Le Mans | 38 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 46 | 49 | −3 | 53 | |

**Results summary**

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |

Source: 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 | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | W | D | D | D | L | D | D | D | W | L | L | W | D | L | D | L | W | W | D | D | W | D | D | W | D | L | D | W | W | L | D | W | W | W | D | W | D |
| Position | 13 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 18 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 7 |

## Statistics

### Goalscorers

| Rank | Pos. | No. | Player | Ligue 1 | Coupe de France | Coupe de la Ligue | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | DF | 17 | Michel Bastos | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 2 | MF | 18 | Yohan Cabaye | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | FW | 8 | Kevin Mirallas | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 4 | DF | 11 | Stephan Lichtsteiner | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 45 | 4 | 0 | 49 |
