Lille OSC
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| Full name | Lille Olympique Sporting Club |
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| Nickname(s) | Les Dogues (The Great Danes) |
| Short name | LOSC |
| Founded | 23 September 1944 |
| Ground | Stade Pierre-Mauroy |
| Capacity | 50,186 |
| Chairman | Gerard Lopez |
| Manager | Franck Passi |
| League | Ligue 1 |
| 2015–16 | Ligue 1, 5th |
| Website | Club home page |
LOSC Lille (Lille Olympique Sporting Club, French pronunciation: [lil ɔlɛ̃pik]; commonly referred to as Le LOSC, Lille OSC or simply Lille) is a French association football club based in Lille. The club was founded in 1944 as a result of a merger and currently play in Ligue 1, the first division of French football. Lille has played its home matches since 2012 at Stade Pierre-Mauroy in nearby Villeneuve d'Ascq, which replaced the club's previous home of Stade Lille-Metropole in the same community. The team is captained by French international Rio Mavuba.
Lille was founded as a result of a merger between Olympique Lillois and SC Fives. Both clubs were founding members of the French Division 1 and Lillois was the league's inaugural champions. Under the Lille emblem, the club has won three league titles in 1946, 1954, and 2011 and six Coupe de France titles, which is tied for fourth-best among clubs. Lille and Red Star FC are the only French clubs in the competition's history to win the Coupe de France in three consecutive seasons. Lille's most successful period was the decade from 1946 to 1956 when the team was led by managers George Berry and André Cheuva.
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