2006–07 Lille OSC season

Lille
2006–07 season
President	Michel Seydoux
Head coach	Claude Puel
Stadium	Stadium Lille Métropole; Stade Bollaert-Delelis; (Champions League matches)
Ligue 1	10th
Coupe de France	Round of 16
Coupe de la Ligue	Round of 16
Champions League	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: ; Abdul Kader Keïta (9); All: ; Abdul Kader Keïta (10)
Average home league attendance	14,175
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2005–06 2007–08 →

The 2006–07 season was the 62nd season in the existence of Lille OSC and the club's seventh 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, Coupe de la Ligue and UEFA Champions League. The season covered the period from 1 July 2006 to 30 June 2007.^[2]

First-team squad

Squad at end of season^[3]^[2]

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
4	DF	GRE	Stathis Tavlaridis
5	DF	BRA	Rafael Schmitz
7	MF	FRA	Yohan Cabaye
8	MF	BRA	Michel Bastos
9	FW	FRA	Johan Audel^{[notes 1]}
10	MF	FRA	Ludovic Obraniak^{[notes 2]}
11	FW	GUI	Souleymane Youla
12	MF	FRA	Mathieu Bodmer
13	FW	FRA	Nicolas Fauvergue
14	FW	NGA	Peter Odemwingie^{[notes 3]}
15	DF	BRA	Emerson
16	GK	FRA	Grégory Malicki
17	MF	CMR	Jean Makoun


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	DF	FRA	Peter Franquart
20	DF	FRA	Grégory Tafforeau
21	DF	FRA	Matthieu Chalmé
22	DF	SRB	Milivoje Vitakić
23	FW	CIV	Abdul Kader Keïta
25	DF	FRA	Nicolas Plestan
26	DF	SUI	Stephan Lichtsteiner
27	MF	BEL	Kevin Mirallas
29	MF	FRA	Stéphane Dumont
30	GK	FRA	Laurent Pichon
31	MF	FRA	Mathieu Robail
33	MF	CMR	Henri Ewane-Elong
—	DF	CMR	Aurélien Chedjou
—	FW	FRA	Chris Makiese

Left club during season

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 (on loan to Dijon)
6	MF	CIV	Flavien Le Postollec (on loan to FC Brussels)
10	FW	SUI	Daniel Gygax (to Metz)
15	MF	SVN	Milenko Ačimovič (to Al-Ittihad)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
24	MF	FRA	Samuel Robail (to Boulogne)
28	DF	CMR	Dieudonné Owona (on loan to FC Brussels)
32	GK	FRA	Yohann Lacroix (on loan to L'Entente SSG)

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Ligue 1	5 August 2006	26 May 2007	Matchday 1	10th	38	13	11	14	45	43	+2	034.21
Coupe de France	6 January 2007	31 January 2007	Round of 64	Round of 16	3	2	0	1	5	3	+2	066.67
Coupe de la Ligue	19 September 2006	24 October 2006	Third round	Round of 16	2	1	0	1	1	2	−1	050.00
UEFA Champions League	9 August 2006	7 March 2007	Third qualifying round	Round of 16	10	4	3	3	12	7	+5	040.00
Total					53	20	14	19	63	55	+8	037.74

Source: Competitions

Ligue 1

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
8	Auxerre	38	13	15	10	41	41	0	54
9	Monaco	38	13	12	13	45	38	+7	51
10	Lille	38	13	11	14	45	43	+2	50
11	Saint-Étienne	38	14	7	17	52	50	+2	49
12	Le Mans	38	11	16	11	45	46	−1	49

Source: Ligue 1
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	13	11	14	45	43	+2	50	9	5	5	26	16	+10	4	6	9	19	27	−8

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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	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
Result	W	W	L	W	D	L	L	W	D	W	D	W	W	D	D	W	D	L	D	D	W	W	D	L	L	L	W	D	L	L	L	W	L	L	L	W	L	D
Position	4	1	4	3	3	6	9	5	6	5	4	3	2	2	2	3	3	4	5	5	4	2	3	3	3	6	3	3	4	6	8	6	8	9	10	9	10	10

Source: Ligue 1
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Coupe de France

Coupe de la Ligue

Champions League

Third qualifying round

9 August 2006 First leg	Lille	3–0	Rabotnički	Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France
18:00	Jovanovski 60' (o.g.) Bastos 70' (pen.) Fauvergue 72'	Report		Stadium: Stadium Lille Métropole Attendance: 9,560 Referee: Vladimír Hriňák (Slovakia)

23 August 2006 Second leg	Rabotnički	0–1 (0–4 agg.)	Lille	Skopje, Macedonia
20:00		Report	Audel 18'	Stadium: City Stadium Skopje Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Costas Kapitanis (Cyprus)

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Milan	6	3	1	2	8	4	+4	10	Advance to knockout stage
2	Lille	6	2	3	1	8	5	+3	9	Advance to knockout stage
3	AEK Athens	6	2	2	2	6	9	−3	8	Transfer to UEFA Cup
4	Anderlecht	6	0	4	2	7	11	−4	4

Source: RSSSF

13 September 2006 1	Anderlecht	1–1	Lille	Anderlecht, Belgium
20:45 (20:45 UTC+2)	Pareja 41'	Report	Fauvergue 80'	Stadium: Constant Vanden Stock Attendance: 21,107 Referee: Stuart Dougal (Scotland)

26 September 2006 2	Lille	0–0	Milan	Lens, France
20:45 (20:45 UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stade Félix Bollaert Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Manuel Mejuto González (Spain)

17 October 2006 3	Lille	3–1	AEK Athens	Lens, France
20:45 (20:45 UTC+2)	Robail 64' Gygax 82' Makoun 90+1'	Report	Ivić 68'	Stadium: Stade Félix Bollaert Attendance: 33,000 Referee: Florian Meyer (Germany)

1 November 2006 4	AEK Athens	1–0	Lille	Athens, Greece
20:45	Lyberopoulos 74'	Report		Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Steve Bennett (England)

21 November 2006 5	Lille	2–2	Anderlecht	Lens, France
20:45	Odemwingie 28' Fauvergue 47'	Report	Mpenza 38', 48'	Stadium: Stade Félix Bollaert Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Tom Henning Øvrebø (Norway)

6 December 2006 6	Milan	0–2	Lille	Milan, Italy
20:45		Report	Odemwingie 7' Keïta 67'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Graham Poll (England)

Knockout phase

Round of 16

20 February 2007 First leg	Lille	0–1	Manchester United	Lens, France
20:45		Report	Giggs 83'	Stadium: Stade Félix Bollaert Attendance: 41,000 Referee: Eric Braamhaar (Netherlands)

7 March 2007 Second leg	Manchester United	1–0 (2–0 agg.)	Lille	Manchester, England
20:45	Larsson 72'	Report		Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 75,182 Referee: Luis Medina Cantalejo (Spain)

Notes and references

Notes

^ Audel was born in Nice, France, but also qualified to represent Martinique internationally and would make his international debut for Martinique in 2016.
^ Obraniak was born in Longeville-lès-Metz, France, and represented them at U-21 level, but also qualified to represent Poland internationally through his paternal grandfather and would make his international debut for Poland in July 2009.
^ Odemwingie was born in Tashkent, Soviet Union (now Uzbekistan), but was raised in Nigeria from the age of 2 and made his international debut for Nigeria in May 2002.

References

^ "Ligue 1 2006/2007 » Attendance » Home matches". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Lille 2006/2007". Footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
^ "Lille - 2006/07". FootballSquads.co.uk. Retrieved 16 April 2021.

[4] Audel was born in Nice, France, but also qualified to represent Martinique internationally and would make his international debut for Martinique in 2016.

[5] Obraniak was born in Longeville-lès-Metz, France, and represented them at U-21 level, but also qualified to represent Poland internationally through his paternal grandfather and would make his international debut for Poland in July 2009.

[6] Odemwingie was born in Tashkent, Soviet Union (now Uzbekistan), but was raised in Nigeria from the age of 2 and made his international debut for Nigeria in May 2002.

[attendance-1] "Ligue 1 2006/2007 » Attendance » Home matches". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved 1 February 2021.

[foot07-2] "Lille 2006/2007". Footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 16 April 2021.

[footballsquads-3] "Lille - 2006/07". FootballSquads.co.uk. Retrieved 16 April 2021.

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