2007–08 Lille OSC season

Lille

2007–08 season
President	Michel Seydoux
Head coach	Claude Puel
Stadium	Stadium Lille Métropole
Ligue 1	7th
Coupe de France	Round of 16
Coupe de la Ligue	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: Michel Bastos (8) All: Michel Bastos (8)
Average home league attendance	17,175[1]
Home colours Away colours
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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

Ligue 1

League table

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

Coupe de France

Coupe de la Ligue

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
	FW	8	Kevin Mirallas	6	1	0	7
4	DF	11	Stephan Lichtsteiner	4	1	0	5
Total				45	4	0	49

References