Borussia Dortmund vs LOSC Lille facts

UEFA Champions League knockout regulars Borussia Dortmund welcome LOSC Lille – who have progressed this far for only the third time overall but the second in four seasons – for the first leg of their round of 16 tie.

Runners-up to Real Madrid in the 2023/24 Champions League, Dortmund were tenth in this season's league phase but eased past Sporting CP in the knockout phase play-offs (3-0 a, 0-0 h) to reach the last 16 for the seventh time in nine seasons.

Lille were seventh in the league phase with a single point more than Dortmund, and are now looking to win a Champions League knockout tie for the first time.

Previous meetings

2001/02 UEFA Cup fourth round
Lille 1-1 Dortmund
Dortmund 0-0 Lille
Both goals came in the second half of the first leg at Lille's Stade Grimonprez-Jooris, Ewerthon's 67th-minute strike for the visitors cancelled out within five minutes by Salaheddine Bassir – but it was the German side who progressed on away goals after a 0-0 draw at the BVB Stadion Dortmund.

Form guide

Dortmund

Record vs French clubs: W11 D6 L9 F32 A32
Home record vs French clubs: W7 D4 L2

Dortmund's last six games against French opponents have all involved Paris Saint-Germain – including four last season.

Having taken a point off the Ligue 1 side in the group stage (0-2 a, 1-1 h), Dortmund won 1-0 both home and away when the teams were paired again in the semi-finals.

Dortmund were unbeaten in their first six home games against French clubs (W3 D3) but have lost two of the subsequent seven matches, winning four.

BVB's record in two-legged ties against French clubs is now W4 L3; they had lost three in a row before beating Paris last season.

Dortmund are in the Champions League proper for the 19th time overall and the ninth successive season. In 2023/24 a team coached by Edin Terzić reached Dortmund's third European Cup final, losing 2-0 to Real Madrid at Wembley.

Dortmund have won ten of their last 21 home European games (D7 L4), the 7-1 Matchday 2 defeat of Celtic their biggest home Champions League victory. They have won three of their five matches this season, a 2-3 defeat by Barcelona ending a 14-game unbeaten home run that included ten wins.

European champions in 1997 and runners-up in 2013 and 2024, Dortmund have been eliminated in the last 16 in three of their last six Champions League campaigns.

A 3-1 aggregate win against PSV Eindhoven last season (1-1 a, 2-0 h) means Dortmund's Champions League round of 16 record is now W5 L4.

Lille

Record vs German clubs: W2 D4 L5 F7 A16
Away record vs German clubs: W1 D2 L3

Lille have not played German opponents since the 2021/22 group stage, when they drew 0-0 at home to Wolfsburg before a 3-1 away win – ending a seven-game run without a victory (D2 L5).

That was also their first win in Germany, on their sixth visit.

Both Lille's two-legged ties against German opponents came in 2002, the defeat by Dortmund preceding a 1-2 aggregate loss to Stuttgart in the UEFA Intertoto Cup final later that year (1-0 h, 0-2 a).

The last of Lille's seven Champions League group appearances came in 2021/22, when they won their section ahead of Salzburg, Sevilla and Wolfsburg but lost to holders Chelsea in the round of 16 (0-2 a, 1-2 h).

Those were their most recent games in the competition before this season, when they beat Fenerbahçe in the third qualifying round and Slavia Praha in the qualifying play-off, both 3-2 on aggregate.

This season's wins at Atlético (3-1) and Bologna (2-1) have made it four victories in Lille's last 13 away European games, losing five including 2-0 at Sporting CP and 2-1 at Liverpool this season.

Les Dogues' only other round of 16 appearance came in 2006/07, when they lost 0-1 home and away to Manchester United.

Links and trivia

Thomas Meunier made 83 appearances for Dortmund between 2020 and 2024, scoring three goals. He was a late substitute in their 2021 German Cup final victory.

Serhou Guirassy made nine appearances for Lille between July 2015 and January 2016, his only goal the winner in a 2-1 French League Cup victory against Troyes on 28 October 2015.

Born in Arles in the south of France, Guirassy has also played for Laval (2011–15), Auxerre (2016 loan), Amiens (2019–20) and Rennes (2020–22) in France. He scored two goals in his three appearances against Lille for Amiens and Rennes (W1 D1 L1).

Guirassy scored 18 goals in 59 games for Rennes under current Lille coach Bruno Génésio.

Has also played in Germany:
Mitchel Bakker (Bayer Leverkusen 2021–23)

Has also played in France:
Rami Bensebaini (Montpellier 2015/16 loan, Rennes 2016–19)

New Dortmund coach Niko Kovać was in charge of Monaco from 2020 to 2022, failing to win any of his three games against Lille (D2 L1). Vito Mannone was among the Monaco squad.

Have played together:
Ramy Bensebaini & Benjamin André (Rennes 2016–19)

International team-mates:
Julien Duranville & Thomas Meunier (Belgium)
Ramy Bensebaini & Aïssa Mandi (Algeria)
Daniel Svensson & Gabriel Gudmundsson (Sweden)

Latest news

Dortmund

Dortmund were 2-0 winners at St Pauli on Saturday thanks to second-half goals from Serhou Guirassy and Karim Adeyemi.

Guirassy, who has 30 goals in 36 games for club and country this season, scored 11 in his last ten games.

That was only Dortmund's third victory in nine Bundesliga matches (D1 L5).

On 22 February Niko Kovač recorded his first league win as Dortmund coach in his third game – a 6-0 defeat of Union Berlin in which Guirassy scored four times and Pascal Gross provided four assists.

Guirassy's hat-trick against Union was timed at eight minutes, the seventh fastest in Bundesliga history.

Julian Ryerson missed Saturday's win due to illness.

Felix Nmecha has been out since 25 January with a knee injury.

On 20 February Almugera Kabar signed his first professional contract, agreeing a deal until 2028.

Lille

Lille have won four of their last seven matches in all competitions (D1 L2).

Les Dogues were beaten for the third time in six Ligue 1 games on Saturday (W3), going down 4-1 at leaders Paris Saint-Germain.

On 4 February, LOSC were knocked out of the French Cup, losing 4-5 on penalties at home to Ligue 2 Dunkerque after a 1-1 draw.

Winter signing Chuba Akpom, who joined on loan from Ajax on 2 February, has two goals in four Ligue 1 games.

Osame Sahraoui (hip) has missed the last two matches while Rémy Cabella was an unused substitute on Saturday having sat out the Monaco match with a hamstring problem.

Matias Fernandez-Pardo came on against Monaco, his first appearance since 4 January after recovering from torn ankle ligaments.

Edon Zhegrova has not played since 14 December due to an adductors injury.