2016–17 Lille OSC season

The 2016–17 season was Lille OSC's 73rd season in existence and the club's 17th consecutive season in the top flight of French football.

Lille

2016–17 season
President	Michel Seydoux
Manager	Frédéric Antonetti
Stadium	Stade Pierre-Mauroy
Ligue 1	11th
Coupe de France	Quarter-finals
Coupe de la Ligue	Round of 16
UEFA Europa League	Third qualifying round
Top goalscorer	League: Rony Lopes (8) All: Rony Lopes (10)
Highest home attendance	40,485 vs Marseille (17 March 2017)
Lowest home attendance	8,265 vs Gabala (28 July 2016)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

This season Lille participated in the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League as a result of a 5th place finish in the 2015–16 Ligue 1.

Lille finished mid-table this season. New manager Riccardo del Silva could not help the team with results, but did not get sacked.

Players

Squad information

As of 30 August 2016[1]

Squad No.	Name	Nationality	Position(s)	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed in	Contract until	Signed from
Goalkeepers
1	Vincent Enyeama		GK	29 August 1982	2011	2019	Hapoel Tel Aviv
16	Mike Maignan		GK	3 July 1995	2015	2020	Paris Saint-Germain
30	Jean Butez		GK	8 June 1995	2014	2018	Youth Sector
Defenders
2	Sébastien Corchia		RB	1 October 1990	2014	2018	Sochaux
3	Youssouf Koné		LB	5 July 1995	2014	2018	Youth Sector
5	Renato Civelli		CB	17 December 1986	2015	2016	Bursaspor
13	Stoppila Sunzu		CB	22 June 1989	2015	2019	Shanghai Shenhua
15	Julian Palmieri		CB / AM	17 December 1986	2016	2018	Bastia
18	Franck Béria		RB	23 May 1983	2007	2018	Metz
23	Adama Soumaoro		CB	18 June 1992	2011	2019	Youth Sector
25	Marko Baša		CB	29 December 1982	2011	2019	Lokomotiv Moscow
—	Carlens Arcus		RB	28 June 1996	2016	2017	Troyes
—	Hamza Mendyl		CB	21 October 1997	2016	2019	Youth Sector
Midfielders
4	Younousse Sankharé		LM / LB	10 September 1989	2016	2020	Guingamp
6	Ibrahim Amadou		CM	6 April 1993	2015	2019	Nancy
8	Mounir Obbadi		CM	4 April 1983	2015	2018	Monaco
10	Morgan Amalfitano		AM	20 March 1985	2016	2018	West Ham United
11	Éric Bauthéac		LW / AM / RW	28 August 1987	2015	2018	Nice
17	Rony Lopes		AM / RW	28 December 1995	2016	2017	Monaco
24	Rio Mavuba		DM / CM	8 March 1984	2008	2019	Villarreal
27	Naïm Sliti		AM	27 July 1992	2016	2017	Red Star
—	Yves Bissouma		CM	30 August 1996	2016	2019	Youth Sector
Strikers
9	Yassine Benzia		CF	8 September 1994	2015	2019	Lyon
12	Nicolas de Préville		SS	8 January 1991	2016	2020	Oostende
14	Junior Tallo		CF	21 December 1992	2015	2019	Roma
19	Éder		CF	22 December 1987	2016	2020	Swansea City
20	Ryan Mendes		SS / LW	8 November 1990	2012	2017	Le Havre
—	Martin Terrier		SS	4 March 1997	2016	2019	Youth Sector
—	Lebo Mothiba		CF	28 January 1998	2016	2019	Youth Sector

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Ligue 1		Coupe de France		Coupe de la Ligue		UEFA Europa League		Total		Discipline
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Vincent Enyeama	8	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	10	0	1	0	0
2	DF		Sébastien Corchia	8	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	10	0	1	0	0
3	DF		Youssouf Koné	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	MF		Younousse Sankharé	7+1	1	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	8	1	2	0	0
5	DF		Renato Civelli	7	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	9	1	2	0	0
6	MF		Ibrahim Amadou	5+1	0	0	0	0	0	1+1	0	8	0	2	0	0
8	MF		Mounir Obbadi	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	1	0	0
9	FW		Yassine Benzia	2+1	0	0	0	0	0	0+2	0	5	0	0	0	0
10	MF		Morgan Amalfitano	6+1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	9	0	1	0	0
11	MF		Éric Bauthéac	5+2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	9	0	3	0	0
12	FW		Nicolas de Preville	3+3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0
13	DF		Stoppila Sunzu	0+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
14	FW		Junior Tallo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	DF		Julian Palmieri	5+2	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	9	1	2	0	0
16	GK		Mike Maignan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	MF		Rony Lopes	5	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	7	2	0	0	0
18	DF		Franck Béria	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	1
19	FW		Éder	7+1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	9	1	0	0	0
20	MF		Ryan Mendes	3+4	0	0	0	0	0	1+1	1	9	1	0	0	0
23	DF		Adama Soumaoro	4+1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	0	0	0	0
24	MF		Rio Mavuba	3+2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	0	0	0	0
25	DF		Marko Baša	6	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	7	1	0	0	0
27	MF		Naïm Sliti	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
30	GK		Jean Butez	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	FW		Yves Bissouma	1+1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	3	0	1	0	0

Last updated: 1 October 2016.
Source: Match reports in Competitive matches, Ligue1.com

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moved from	Fee	Source
9 July 2016	DF	Carlens Arcus	20	Troyes	Undisclosed	[2]
5 July 2016	MF	Julian Palmieri	29	Bastia	Free	[3]
9 July 2016	DF	Stoppila Sunzu	27	Shanghai Shenhua	Free	[4]
9 July 2016	FW	Éder	28	Swansea City	€4,5M	[5]
26 July 2016	MF	Younousse Sankharé	26	Guingamp	€3M	[6]

Loans in

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Loaned from	Return date	Source
9 July 2016	MF	Rony Lopes	20	Monaco	30 June 2017	[7]
30 August 2016	MF	Naïm Sliti	24	Red Star	30 June 2017	[8]
2 August 2016	MF	Nicolas de Préville	25	Oostende	30 June 2017	[9]

Out

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moved to	Fee	Source
25 May 2016	MF	Nolan Mbemba	21	Vitória de Guimarães	Free	[10]
18 June 2016	FW	Didier Lamkel Ze	19	Niort	Free	[11]
22 June 2016	DF	Julian Jeanvier	24	Stade de Reims	Free	[12]
23 June 2016	GK	Steeve Elana	35	Gazélec Ajaccio	End of contract	[13]
29 June 2016	FW	Michael Frey	21	Young Boys	€0,5M	[14]
30 June 2016	MF	Yaw Yeboah	19	Manchester City	Loan expiration
30 June 2016	FW	D'Avila Ba Loua	19	Mimosas	Loan expiration
8 July 2016	DF	Djibril Sidibé	23	Monaco	€15M	[15]
8 July 2016	MF	Florent Balmont	36	Dijon	Free	[16]
20 July 2016	FW	Sehrou Guirassy	20	1. FC Köln	€6M	[17]
26 July 2016	FW	Ronny Rodelin	26	Caen	€1M	[18]
4 August 2016	FW	Kevin Koubemba	23	Sint-Truiden	Free	[19]
29 August 2016	MF	Sofiane Boufal	22	Southampton	€20M	[20]
29 August 2016	DF	Benjamin Pavard	20	Stuttgart	€5M	[21]

Loans out

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Loaned to	Return date	Source
27 June 2016	MF	Soualiho Meïté	22	Zulte Waregem	30 June 2017	[22]
4 July 2016	FW	Baptiste Guillaume	21	Strasbourg	30 June 2017	[23]
13 July 2016	MF	Marvin Martin	28	Dijon	30 June 2017	[24]
19 July 2016	MF	Ricardo Roman	20	Les Herbiers	30 June 2017	[25]
20 July 2016	MF	Alexis Araujo	19	Dunkerque	30 June 2017	[26]
28 July 2016	FW	Lenny Nangis	22	Bastia	30 June 2017	[27]

Pre-season

9 July 2016 Friendly	Lille	1–0	Dunkerque	Le Touquet
18:00	Own goal  51'			Stadium: Stade Ferdi Petit

12 July 2016 Friendly	Lille	0–0	Red Star	Le Touquet
18:00				Stadium: Stade Ferdi Petit

16 July 2016 Friendly	Lille	0–0	Oostende	Le Touquet
18:00				Stadium: Stade Ferdi Petit

21 July 2016 Friendly	Waasland-Beveren	0–1	Lille	Beveren
18:00			Bauthéac  29'	Stadium: Freethiel Stadion

Competitions

Ligue 1

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
9	Rennes	38	12	14	12	36	42	−6	50
10	Guingamp	38	14	8	16	46	53	−7	50
11	Lille	38	13	7	18	40	47	−7	46
12	Angers	38	13	7	18	40	49	−9	46
13	Toulouse	38	10	14	14	37	41	−4	44

Source: Ligue 1, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Fairplay ranking.[28]

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	7	18	40	47	−7	46	7	3	9	24	24	0	6	4	9	16	23	−7

Last updated: 20 May 2017.
Source: Ligue 1

Results by matchday

Matchday	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	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	W	D	L	L	L	L	W	L	W	L	L	L	D	W	W	W	L	D	D	D	W	W	L	L	W	L	D	W	D	W	L	L	W	W	L	L	W
Position	14	10	13	15	17	18	20	18	18	16	17	18	19	19	17	14	11	13	13	14	15	11	13	15	18	15	16	16	14	14	13	13	14	12	11	11	12	11

Updated to match(es) played on 20 May 2017. Source: Ligue 1
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

13 August 2016 1	Metz	3–2	Lille	Metz
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Doukouré  45' Erdinç  56', 76' (pen.) Cohade  80' Jouffre  88' (pen.)	Report	Obbadi  29' Rony Lopes  35', 70' Enyeama  87'	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 17,174 Referee: Mikael Lesage

29 August 2016 2	Lille	1–0	Dijon	Villeneuve d'Ascq
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Palmieri  70' Sankharé  87'	Report	Marié  41' Balmont  62'	Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Attendance: 25,548 Referee: Olivier Thual

27 August 2016 3	Nice	1–1	Lille	Nice
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Koziello  3' Henrique  49' Bodmer  62'	Report	Béria  27'  64' Amadou  82'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 16,355 Referee: François Letexier

10 September 2016 4	Lille	1–4	Monaco	Villeneuve d'Ascq
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Palmieri  44' 90' Bauthéac  76' Amadou  83'	Report	Sidibé  2' Traoré  17' Bakayoko  45+1' Fabinho  47' Glik  71'	Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Attendance: 29,373 Referee: Tony Chapron

17 September 2016 5	Lorient	1–0	Lille	Lorient
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Bellugou  25' Touré  72' Moukandjo  76' (pen.)	Report	Sankharé  35' Civelli  47'	Stadium: Stade du Moustoir Attendance: 8,826 Referee: Karim Abed

20 September 2016 6	Lille	1–2	Toulouse	Villeneuve d'Ascq
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Baša  34' Bauthéac  45+1' Bissouma  69'	Report	Toivonen  12', 78',  21' Sylla  15' Yago  20' Diop  38' Moubandje  66'	Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Referee: Jérôme Miguelgorry

25 September 2016 7	Saint-Étienne	3–1	Lille	Saint-Étienne
15:00	Dabo  41' Berić  63' Nordin  72' Lacroix  78' Roux  85'  90+2'	Report	Béria  38'  43' Civelli  80'  84'	Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Attendance: 24,700 Referee: Benoît Millot

1 October 2016 8	Lille	1–0	Nancy	Villeneuve d'Ascq
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Bauthéac  32' Éder  75' (pen.), 85'	Report	Lenglet  18' Badila  49' Chrétien  74'	Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Attendance: 25,719 Referee: Sébastien Desiage

15 October 2016 9	Guingamp	1–0	Lille	Guingamp
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Privat  18',  32'	Report		Stadium: Stade du Roudourou Attendance: 12,636 Referee: Sébastien Moreira

22 October 2016 10	Lille	2–1	Bastia	Villeneuve d'Ascq
20:00	Corchia  51' Éder  57',  88' Civelli  76' Béria  90+3'	Report	Saint-Maximin  64' Diallo  71'	Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Attendance: 25,932 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

28 October 2016 11	Lille	0–1	Paris Saint-Germain	Villeneuve d'Ascq
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Mavuba  54' Civelli  79'	Report	Kurzawa  45' Cavani  65'	Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Attendance: 37,123 Referee: Benoît Bastien

5 November 2016 12	Angers	1–0	Lille	Angers
12.45 CET	Diedhiou  54'	Report		Stadium: Stade Jean Bouin Attendance: 9,749 Referee: Clément Turpin

18 November 2016 13	Lille	0–1	Lyon	Villeneuve d'Ascq
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Sankharé  21'  55' Corchia  26' De Préville  46'	Report	Cornet  3',  32' Rafael  73' Diakhaby  76'	Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Attendance: 39,445 Referee: Jérôme Miguelgorry

26 November 2016 14	Nantes	0–0	Lille	Nantes
20:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 18,125 Referee: Olivier Thual

29 November 2016 15	Lille	4–2	Caen	Villeneuve d'Ascq
15.00 CET	Eder  12' Sliti  24' De Préville  64' Lopes  65'	Report	Féret  31' Ben Youssef  74' Rodelin  84'	Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Attendance: 23,216 Referee: Saïd Ennjimi

3 December 2016 16	Bordeaux	0–1	Lille	Bordeaux
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Laborde  34' Sertic  61'	Report	Amadou  33' De Préville  44' Soumaoro  73' Palmieri  90+1'	Stadium: Matmut Atlantique Attendance: 19,250 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

10 December 2016 17	Lille	2–1	Montpellier	Villeneuve d'Ascq
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	De Préville  5' Sankharé  38' Enyeama  90+4'	Report	Mounié  18',  81'	Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Attendance: 27,391 Referee: Tony Chapron

18 December 2016 18	Marseille	2–0	Lille	Marseille
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Gomis  56' Thauvin  61'	Report		Stadium: Stade Vélodrome

21 December 2016 19	Lille	1–1	Rennes	Villeneuve d'Ascq
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	De Préville  71'	Report	Hamouma  17' Dabo  32' Polomat  44' Veretout  65'	Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Attendance: 36,879 Referee: Mikaël Lesage

13 January 2017 20	Lille	1–1	Saint-Étienne	Villeneuve d'Ascq
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	De Préville  71'	Report	Hamouma  17' Dabo  32' Polomat  44' Veretout  65'	Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Attendance: 36,879 Referee: Mikaël Lesage

21 January 2017 21	Dijon	0-0	Lille	Dijon
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Lang  29' Lotiès  47'	Report	Benzia  27' Béria  57'	Stadium: Stade Gaston Gérard Attendance: 7,828 Referee: Jérôme Miguelgorry

28 January 2017 22	Lyon	1–2	Lille	Lyon
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Valbuena  58' Lacazette  86' (pen.)	Report	Sankharé  16' Benzia  38', 80' (pen.) Bauthéac  80' Bissouma  90+5'	Stadium: Parc OL Attendance: 35,479 Referee: Johan Hamel

4 February 2017 23	Lille	0–1	Lorient	Villeneuve d'Ascq
20:00	Béria  66'	Report	Wakaso  41' Aliadière  49'	Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Attendance: 38,153 Referee: Jérôme Miguelgorry

7 February 2017 24	Paris Saint-Germain	2–1	Lille	Paris
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Kimpembe  60' Cavani  70' Lucas  90+2'	Report	Benzia  30' Corchia  83' De Préville  86' Enyeama  90+2'	Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 42,885 Referee: François Letexier

11 February 2017 25	Lille	1–2	Angers	Villeneuve d'Ascq
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Bissouma  27',  83' El Ghazi  62'	Report	Capelle  20' Traoré  24' Thomas  60' Diédhiou  81'	Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Attendance: 25,731 Referee: Bartolomeu Varela

18 February 2017 26	Caen	0–1	Lille	Caen
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Yahia  55'	Summary	El Ghazi  31',  69' Soumaoro  63'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 15,897 Referee: Karim Abed

25 February 2017 27	Lille	2–3	Bordeaux	Villeneuve d'Ascq
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Palmieri  36'  80' Amadou  40' Xeka  66' de Préville  66' (pen.) Eder  67' Corchia  89' Mavuba  90+2',  90+2'	Report	Vada  16',  42' Ounas  78', 82' Gajić  90+3'	Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Attendance: 28,772 Referee: Sébastien Desiage

5 March 2017 28	Toulouse	1–1	Lille	Toulouse
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Jullien  30' Yago  68' Lafont  80'	Report	Eder  51' Benzia  80' Enyeama  84'	Stadium: Stadium Municipal Attendance: 12,261 Referee: Johan Hamel

11 March 2017 29	Nancy	1–2	Lille	Tomblaine
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Dia  31' Maouassa  50' Cétout  76' Pedretti  76' Cuffaut  86'	Report	de Préville  63' (pen.)  86' Rony Lopes  65'  81'	Stadium: Stade Marcel Picot Attendance: 17,500 Referee: Amaury Delerue

17 March 2017 30	Lille	0–0	Marseille	Villeneuve d'Ascq
20:45 CEST (UTC+1)	Xeka  49'	Report	Bedimo  26' Sanson  68' Payet  87' Sakai  90+1'	Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Attendance: 40,485 Referee: Mikael Lesage

1 April 2017 31	Bastia	0–1	Lille	Bastia
19:00	Crivelli  74'	Report	Béria  25' de Préville  48'	Stadium: Stade Armand Cesari Attendance: 9,908 Referee: Benoît Millot

7 April 2017 32	Lille	1–2	Nice	Villeneuve d'Ascq
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Amadou  14' Mavuba  74'	Report	Balotelli  17', 44' Dante  61'	Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Attendance: 32,107 Referee: Amaury Delerue

15 April 2017 33	Rennes	2–0	Lille	Rennes
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Mubele  3' Sio  29' Chantôme  84'	Report	Béria  55' Bissouma  76'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 24,056 Referee: Karim Abed

22 April 2017 34	Lille	3–0	Guingamp	Villeneuve d'Ascq
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	de Préville  9'  35' (pen.) Eder  66'	Report	Bodmer  16' Kerbrat  35'	Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Attendance: 28,848 Referee: Clément Turpin

29 April 2017 35	Montpellier	0–3	Lille	Montpellier
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Roussillon  59'	Report	de Préville  13' (pen) Xeka  56' Martin Terrier  75'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 10,139 Referee: Benoît BASTIEN

6 May 2017 36	Lille	0–2	Metz	Villeneuve d'Ascq
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Corchia  53'	Report	Mandjeck  37' Cohade  56'	Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Attendance: 28,331 Referee: Olivier Thual

14 May 2017 37	Monaco	4–0	Lille	Fontvieille
21:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Falcao  6', 69' Silva  45+2' Jemerson  48' Alonso  89' (o.g.)	Report	Sliti  51' Mavuba  58'	Stadium: Stade Louis II Attendance: 13,152 Referee: Benoît Bastien

20 May 2017 38	Lille	3–0	Nantes	Villeneuve d'Ascq
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	de Préville  16', 46', 53' (pen)	Report		Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Attendance: 28,390 Referee: Sébastien Desiage

Coupe de France

7 January 2017 Round of 64	Lille	4–1	AS Excelsior	Villeneuve-d'Ascq
15:00 CET	Amadou  17' Soumaoro  59' Lopes  89' Terrier  90'		Pythié  88'	Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Attendance: 6,673 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

31 January 2017 Round of 32	Lille	1–0	Nantes	Lille
18:00 CET	Corchia  80' (pen.)			Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Attendance: 7,571 Referee: Sébastien Desiage

2 March 2017 Round of 16	Bergerac Périgord FC	1–2	Lille	Libourne
21:00 CET	Kamissoko  90+2' Pinto  90+5'	Report	Lopes  70' Éder  90+4'	Stadium: Stade Jean-Antoine Moueix[29] Attendance: 4,223 Referee: Olivier Thual

4 April 2017 Quarter-final	Monaco	2–1	Lille	Monaco
21:00 CEST	Germain  35', 45'	Report	Arcus  40' El Ghazi  90+3'	Stadium: Stade Louis II Attendance: 5,709 Referee: Tony Chapron

Coupe de la Ligue

14 December 2016 Round of 16	Paris Saint-Germain	3–1	Lille	Paris
21:05	Lucas  43' (pen.), 57' Jesé  69'	Report	Basa  89'	Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 45,183 Referee: Mikael Lesage

UEFA Europa League

Third qualifying round

28 July 2016 First leg	Lille	1–1	Gabala	Villeneuve-d'Ascq
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Corchia  43' Ryan Mendes  47'	Report	Vernydub  13' Ozobić  42' Kvekveskiri  44'	Stadium: Stadium Lille Métropole Attendance: 8,265 Referee: Daniel Stefański (Poland)

4 August 2016 Second leg	Gabala	1–0 (2–1 agg.)	Lille	Baku
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Ozobić  34' Kvekveskiri  44' Mammadov  90+4'	Report	Amalfitano  26' Sankharé  88'	Stadium: Bakcell Arena Referee: Aleksei Eskov (Russia)

References

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3. Transfert : Julian Palmieri a signé au LOSC
4. STOPPILA SUNZU POURSUIT L’AVENTURE AU LOSC !
5. MERCATO : EDER SERA 100% LILLOIS !
6. Mercato : Younousse Sankharé (Guingamp) à Lille (officiel)
7. RONY LOPES RESTE LILLOIS !
8. Naïm Sliti arrive enfin à Lille
9. Transfert : Nicolas De Préville arrive à Lille
10. V. Guimarães: Tiquinho Soares e Nolan Mbemba são reforços
11. Didier Lamkel Ze (Lille) à Niort
12. Julian Jeanvier a signé au Stade de Reims
13. Steeve Elana ufficialmente rossu è turchinu !
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17. Transfert : Sehrou Guirassy (Lille) à Cologne (off.)
18. Transfert : Ronny Rodelin définitivement Caennais
19. Transfert : Kevin Koubemba quitte Lille pour Saint-Trond
20. Transfert : Sofiane Boufal à Southampton (Officiel)
21. Pavard in Stuttgart und im VfB-Trikot
22. Lille prête encore Soualiho Meïté à Zulte Waregem
23. BAPTISTE GUILLAUME PRÊTÉ AU RACING
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26. Alexis Araujo (Lille) prêté à Dunkerque
27. Transfert : Bastia annonce quatre arrivées
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