Lille won the Ligue 1 title for the first time.
It was first and foremost Lille’s year. LOSC have crowned champions for the fourth time in their history, a decade on from their last title. It was a remarkable achievement, as Christophe Galtier’s team pipped the mighty Paris Saint-Germain to take the crown, clinching the championship on the final day with a 2-1 win at Angers SCO secured thanks to goals from their two-star strikers, Burak Yilmaz and Jonathan David.
Given PSG’s huge financial advantage, it was a triumph against the odds for Lille, who survived the turbulence of a mid-season takeover amid the burden of big debts to finish a point ahead of PSG. Les Dogues were beaten just three times in the whole of 2020/21, had the best defensive record with just 23 goals conceded, and had the outstanding coach in the league in Galtier.
Lille was just the third team to deny PSG the title since the Qatari takeover of the capital club in 2011, following in the footsteps of Montpellier Hérault SC in 2012 and AS Monaco in 2017. Maintaining that success was always going to be a huge ask, especially as Galtier departed for OGC Nice in the summer. However, successor Jocelyn Gourvennec did lead them to victory over PSG in the Trophée des Champions and has taken the northerners to the last 16 of the UEFA Champions League, so there is plenty more for Lille fans to look forward to in 2022.
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