Editing Lille OSC (section)

===Back to the top and new double (2000–2017)===
[[File:LOSC à Bollaert (Champions League 2006-2007).jpg|thumb| Lille playing against [[AC Milan]] in the [[2006–07 UEFA Champions League]]]]
In just its first season back in the top flight [[2000–01 French Division 1]], Lille qualified for [[UEFA competitions|Europe]] for the first time in the club's history, booking its place in the [[2001–02 UEFA Champions League|2001–02 Champions League]]. On the back of the club's new status, Lille entered into a decisive new era under the guidance of chairman and chief executive officer [[Michel Seydoux]] and coach [[Claude Puel]]. The club left the historical [[Stade Grimonprez-Jooris]] to join the [[Stadium Lille Métropole]] and became a regular on the European scene. Amongst its most emphatic results was the 1–0 victory over [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]] at the [[Stade de France]] in 2005, the 2–0 triumph over [[A.C. Milan|Milan]] in [[San Siro]] in 2006 and the 1–0 home win over [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]] in 2010.

[[File:Celebration LOSC 2011.jpg|thumb|[[Aurélien Chedjou]] and [[Gervinho]] celebrate winning the double in 2011.]]
In the 2010s, Lille knew a steady development on and off the pitch, and has established itself as one of the most important clubs in French Ligue 1. First, the inauguration of the vast and modern Domaine de Luchin training complex in 2007 brings the club to a new era, the center being one of the largest in France. Roughly at the same time, the construction of the 50,000-capacity [[Stade Pierre-Mauroy|Grand Stade Lille Métropole]] (renamed later Stade Pierre-Mauroy), which opened in 2012, began on 29 March 2010 and will give the club the fourth-largest [[List of football stadiums in France|football stadium in France]]. Successive strong results and a sporting progression under head coach [[Rudi Garcia]] took the club back to the top of the French league. Fifty-six years after the club's last trophy, [[2010–11 Lille OSC season|2010–11]] first-team, led by home-grown players [[Yohan Cabaye]], [[Mathieu Debuchy]] and [[Eden Hazard]], won the club's second double after finishing at the [[2010–11 Ligue 1]] top spot and defeating [[Paris Saint-Germain F.C.|Paris Saint-Germain]] in the [[2011 Coupe de France Final|2011 Coupe de France final]].<ref>{{cite web |language=fr |url=https://rmcsport.bfmtv.com/football/ligue-1/lille-roi-de-france_AN-201105210123.html |title=Lille roi de France |date=21 May 2011 |website=[[RMC Sport]] |access-date=19 September 2022 |archive-date=20 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220920172815/https://rmcsport.bfmtv.com/football/ligue-1/lille-roi-de-france_AN-201105210123.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report/_/id/295241?cc=5739|title=Lille seal historic title|date=21 May 2011|work=ESPN Soccernet|access-date=24 May 2011|archive-date=2 February 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120202024016/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report/_/id/295241?cc=5739|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In the [[2011–12 Ligue 1|2011–12]] and [[2012–13 Ligue 1|2012–13]] Ligue 1 seasons, Lille confirmed its place belong top French football teams, finishing successively at the second and sixth places and qualifying for the [[2012–13 UEFA Champions League|2012–13 Champions League]]. In 2013, Garcia left to join [[A.S. Roma|Roma]], while former [[Montpellier HSC|Montpellier]] coach [[René Girard (footballer)|René Girard]] was appointed as new manager.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11813/8777137/Ligue-1-Lille-confirm-appointment-of-Rene-Girard-as-their-new-coach|title=Ligue 1: Lille confirm appointment of Rene Girard as their new coach|work=Sky Sports|date=14 June 2013|access-date=19 July 2013|archive-date=9 June 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240609062531/https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11813/8777137/Ligue-1-Lille-confirm-appointment-of-Rene-Girard-as-their-new-coach|url-status=live}}</ref> Under Girard, Lille finished at the third place in [[2013–14 Ligue 1|2013–14]], behind [[Zlatan Ibrahimović]]'s Paris Saint-Germain and [[James Rodríguez]]'s [[AS Monaco FC|Monaco]]. After two years in charge of the club and a deceiving eight seed at the end of the [[2014–15 Ligue 1|2014–15 Ligue 1 season]], Girard left the club by mutual consent.

In May 2015, the [[Ivory Coast national football team|Ivory Coast national team]] head coach [[Hervé Renard]] was appointed as the new manager.  On 11 November 2015, Renard was terminated as manager and was replaced by [[Frederic Antonetti]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/3274/ligue-1/2015/11/11/17222252/lille-sack-manager-renard|title=Lille sack manager Renard|work=Goal.com|date=11 November 2015|access-date=10 December 2017|archive-date=18 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190618213947/https://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/3274/ligue-1/2015/11/11/17222252/lille-sack-manager-renard|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.goal.com/en-gh/news/4349/main/2015/11/23/17606742/lille-appoint-antonetti-as-their-new-manager|title=Lille appoint Antonetti as their new manager|work=Goal.com|date=23 November 2015|access-date=10 December 2017|archive-date=11 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171211053555/http://www.goal.com/en-gh/news/4349/main/2015/11/23/17606742/lille-appoint-antonetti-as-their-new-manager|url-status=live}}</ref> On 23 November 2016, a year after being appointed, Lille terminated Antonetti's contract with the club lying second last in the table.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.fourfourtwo.com/news/second-bottom-lille-sack-antonetti|title=Second-bottom Lille sack Antonetti|work=FourFourTwo|date=22 November 2016|access-date=10 December 2017|archive-date=11 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171211053534/https://www.fourfourtwo.com/news/second-bottom-lille-sack-antonetti|url-status=live}}</ref>