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Full name | Sporting Club Fives | ||
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Founded | 1901 | ||
Dissolved | 1944 (merged with Olympique Lillois to become Lille OSC) | ||
Ground | Stade Jules-Lemaire | ||
Capacity | 25,000 | ||
SC Fives was a French association football club from Fives, a suburb in the east of Lille. Founded in 1901, the club merged with Olympique Lillois in 1944 to form Lille OSC. [1]
Lille Olympique Sporting Club, commonly called LOSC, LOSC Lille, or simply Lille, is a French professional football club based in Lille, Hauts-de-France that competes in Ligue 1, the top tier 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 Stadium Lille-Metropole.
Ligue 1, officially known as Ligue 1 Uber Eats for sponsorship reasons, is a French professional league for men's association football clubs. At the top of the French football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. Administrated by the Ligue de Football Professionnel, Ligue 1 is contested by 20 clubs and operates on a system of promotion and relegation from and to Ligue 2.
Stade Henri-Jooris was a sports stadium in Lille, France. The stadium, used mostly for football matches was able to hold 15,000 people and was home stadium of Olympique Lillois and Lille OSC.
The Derby du Nord is a football rivalry contested between French clubs Lille OSC and RC Lens, two of the region's most successful clubs. Both clubs are located in northern France, though in different departments: Lille in the Nord and Lens in the Pas-de-Calais. The name can refer to matches involving Lille and Valenciennes as both clubs are located within the Nord department; however, the name historically applies mainly to matches involving Lille and Lens. As a result, the Lille–Valenciennes match is sometimes referred to as the Petit Derby du Nord.
Olympique Lillois was a French association football club from the city of Lille. Founded in 1902 they merged with SC Fives in 1944 to form Lille OSC.
In many countries the term local derby, or simply just derby means a sporting fixture between two rivals, particularly in Association Football. In North America, crosstown rivalry is a more common term.
FC Sète won Division 1 season 1938/1939, the last professional football season before World War II, of the French Association Football League.
FC Sochaux-Montbéliard won Division 1 season 1937/1938 of the French Association Football League with 44 points.
Olympique de Marseille won Division 1 season 1936/1937 of the French Association Football League with 38 points.
RC Paris won Division 1 season 1935/1936 of the French Association Football League with 44 points.
FC Sochaux-Montbéliard won Division 1 season 1934/1935 of the French Association Football League with 48 points.
FC Sète won Division 1 season 1933/1934 of the French Association Football League with 34 points.
Olympique Lillois won Division 1 season 1932-1933 of the French Association Football League, the first professional football season in France, defeating AS Cannes in the final.
René Bihel was a French professional football player who became a trainer.
Joseph Jadrzejczak, known as Joseph Jadrejak, was a French international footballer and manager who played as a defender and was part of the famed Lille team of the late 1940s.
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The 2019–20 season was Lille OSC's 76th season in existence and the club's 20th consecutive season in the top flight of French football. In addition to the domestic league, Lille participated in this season's edition of the Coupe de France, the Coupe de la Ligue, and the UEFA Champions League. The season covered the period from 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020.