

Team News
Lille Loses To Le Mans: The Mediocrity Continues
By: Julien |LOSC Lille Métropole played their second match of the new Ligue 1 season last Saturday. The match was home againts Le Mans UC 72. Le Mans had a chance for vengeance against us for taking their former manager, Rudi Garcia. Garcia’s results thus far this season have been unimpressive. We lost 1-3 against Le Mans, [...]
A Rough Start: Lille Draws Nancy In Opening Match
By: Julien |The 2008/2009 Ligue 1 season started last weekend. Lille’s first match was against AS Nancy. Nancy finished 4th in the table last season taking them to the UEFA Cup. Lille finished 7th and led the league in ties. It is very fitting that our first match and another Ligue 1 match ends in a draw [...]
Strengthening The Offense: Émile M’Penza
By: Julien |Belgian international and Manchester City striker Émile M’Penza is another attacking possibility for Lille. Our northern rivals, RC Lens also have negotiated with him. He has 17 goals in 52 appearances for Belgium. LOSC also wants PSG’s young striker, Yannick Boli. Boli is only 20 years old. Here is where we currently stand attacking wise: [...]
Lichtsteiner To Lazio For 1.2 Million Euros
By: Julien |La Voix du Nord reports that Stephan Lichtsteiner will be transferred to S.S. Lazio for around 1.2 million euros. PSG was another possibility for the LOSC defender.
28 year old Slovakian goalkeeper Lubos Hajduch is another potential replacement for Tony Sylva. Sylva transferred out of Lille to Trabzonspor earlier in this mercato. Saint-Étienne’s Jéremie Janot [...]
Piquionne No Longer An Option?
By: Julien |One of our transfer hopefuls, Frédéric Piquionne, is slipping further away from Lille. OGC Nice’s Maurice Cohen confirms that if Piquionne doesn’t move to Lyon he will transfer to Nice.
LOSC says that only ticket holders for next season will be able to spectate the club’s friendly match on July 25th against Roulers at 19H. [...]
LOSC Official Presentation! New Jerseys Unveiled!
By: Julien |LOSC’s official presentation was yesterday at Stadium Nord. Around 3,000 supporters came to witness the unveiling of the new jerseys. They were designed by Canterbury. What do you think? Richard’s comment yesterday said the third jersey looks a little like Borussia Dortmund. For those that don’t know, it is colored that way because of the [...]
New Jersey And Stephan Lichtsteiner Moves To Lazio
By: Julien |Here is a picture of LOSC’s third kit for next season. It uses the yellow and black colors of La Flandre française (Flanders). The club has a new outfitter, Canterbury. They specialize in Rugby uniforms.
Rudi Garcia said that more LOSC players will probably leave this summer. Lichtsteiner looks to be out and Olympique Lyonnais wants [...]
Lille Close To Signing Spiderman (Jérémie Janot)
By: Julien |Lille might sign spiderman! Two current goalkeepers that could replace Tony Sylva are Jérémie Janot and Antti Niemi. LOSC is close to signing Janot from ASSE, but Fulham’s Niemi is an alternative if the negotiations don’t pull through.
Rudi Garcia says that the club isn’t rushed for transfers. He said the club still needs a [...]
Bonne Fête Nationale (Happy National Celebration)!
By: Julien |Today is France’s national holiday Fête Nationale (Bastille Day for Anglophones). Sorry, no Lille updates today. This quatorze juillet like many others I remember and thank all the Frenchman that risked their lives fighting for France: strangers and relatives. From the oppressive kings to the fascist Nazis they fought on. Personally, I thank my great [...]
S.S. Lazio Close To Signing Lichtsteiner
By: Julien |Mercato365 reports that Stephan Lichtsteiner is close to signing a contract with Lazio. Since the beginning of the Euro 2008, Stephan said he wanted to leave. Other clubs that were interested in the Swiss defender include Real Madrid, Olympique Lyonnais, FC Porto, Atletico Madrid, PSG, and Dynamo Kiev.
Grégory Malicki said that Claude Puel’s departure [...]







