Lille president confirms Bruno Genesio’s position | OneFootball

Lille OSC fans can rest easy knowing their popular manager will return next season.

Club president Olivier Létang confirmed that Bruno Genesio would remain in his post, telling L’Équipe, “Bruno is under contract. We’re very happy. He will be our coach next season.”

Lille ended the 2024-25 Ligue 1 campaign fifth in the table, one place below where they wound up finishing in the previous campaign but claiming one more point this time around. Even though he’s under contract with Les Dogues until 2026, it wasn’t a certainty that he’d return for the 2025-26 season.

Génésio helped them reach the last 16 of the UEFA Champions League, but his side missed a chance at the quarter-finals. They squandered an early one-goal advantage in the second leg against Borussia Dortmund in a 2-1 defeat, losing that tie 3-2 on aggregate.

Their top goal scorer, Jonathan David (25), along with Angel Gomes (24), Samuel Umtiti (31), and Rémy Cabella (35), will be among those leaving in the summer.

While they will be in the UEFA Europa League next season, Lille finished outside a Champions League qualification place on goal difference to OGC Nice.

The 58-year-old replaced Paulo Fonseca as Lille’s manager in June 2024 signing a two-year contract. Prior to his appointment, he’d been out of coaching for over six months after being sacked by Stade Rennais in November 2023.

GFFN | Joel Lefevre