Lille MHC

Match results

01 9 Oct 13:00 Edinburgh University Men's HC EDI 4 - 0 Lille MHC LIL Recap
09 11 Oct 09:15 Lille MHC LIL 1 - 2 SV Arminen ARM Recap

* Won by shoot-out

About Lille MHC

Pictures by Ben Kern

French champions Lille Métropole HC return to the EHL after reclaiming the national title in dramatic fashion, defeating Racing Club de France in a shoot-out after a 1-1 draw in the French championship final.

Lille held their nerve in a marathon shoot-out, with Park Junseok eventually firing home the winning effort to secure the club’s 17th French championship and complete a memorable domestic double for the club along with their women’s side.

That triumph, however, marked the end of an era for several of Lille’s homegrown stars. Club icons Brieuc Delemazure, Malo Martinache and Gaspard Denis, all products of the LMHC pathway and key figures in the title-winning campaign, have moved on to major European clubs.

Delemazure joins Dutch side HC Rotterdam, Martinache heads to Gantoise and Denis moves to Uccle Sport.

To start the new era, Lille have doubled down on youth. One of the headline arrivals is Jonas Mahé from Racing Club de France. He is regarded as one of France’s most exciting young prospects and scored against Lille in the French final.

Still only in his teens, Mahé already boasts U21 World Cup experience and was part of the French side that reached the final of the 2025 U18 EuroHockey Championship. He is joined by another French U21 international, forward Léo Beaunieux, who arrives from Girondins de Bordeaux after scoring 19 league goals last season.

The influx of young talent continues with French youth internationals Pierre Piot, Raphaël Couture and Clément Mourcia. Piot arrives from Douai after progressing through France’s national youth setup, while Couture and Mourcia are both products of the highly regarded CREPS development system in Wattignies and have represented France at underage level.

Lille also welcome back Arthur Golliot from Iris Hockey Lambersart, a former French champion with the club and a player already familiar with the surroundings.

And Japanese international Koji Yamasaki adds to their line-up for the new season, bringing over a decade of international experience, notably winning the Asian Games in 2018 and playing at the Tokyo Olympics and the World Cups in 2023 and 2026.

In Europe, Lille will be appearing in their sixth EHL season. Their most recent campaign came in 2024 when they defeated Grasshopper Zürich to reach the KO8 before falling to Belgium’s Royal Léopold.

EHL History
2008/09 – ROUND1
2012/13 – ROUND1
2013/14 – ROUND1
2022/23 – 13th place
2024/25 – 13th place

The team

YAMASAKI Koji

Shirt number: 1
Date of Birth: 27/02/1996
Nationality: Japan

MAHE Jonas

Shirt number: 2
Date of Birth: 19/02/2008
Nationality: France

COUTURE Raphaël

Shirt number: 3
Date of Birth: 26/06/2010
Nationality: France

GOLLIOT Arthur

Shirt number: 4
Date of Birth: 27/07/2002
Nationality: France

HANNOIR Yanis

Shirt number: 6
Date of Birth: 20/07/2000
Nationality: France

COUSIN Adrien

Shirt number: 7
Date of Birth: 31/08/1993
Nationality: France

GAUTHIER Simon

Shirt number: 8
Date of Birth: 01/06/2000
Nationality: France

PIOT Pierre

Shirt number: 9
Date of Birth: 11/12/2008
Nationality: France

LOCKWOOD Viktor

Shirt number: 10
Date of Birth: 29/03/1992
Nationality: France

HANNOIR Yvan

Shirt number: 11
Date of Birth: 29/10/2003
Nationality: France

DELACROIX Oscar

Shirt number: 12
Date of Birth: 06/05/2007
Nationality: France

LAFUENTE José-Inaki

Shirt number: 13
Date of Birth: 13/05/2006
Nationality: France

LOCKWOOD Igor

Shirt number: 14
Date of Birth: 03/04/1995
Nationality: France

GELLENS César

Shirt number: 16
Date of Birth: 04/06/2007
Nationality: France

PARK Junseok

Shirt number: 17
Date of Birth: 15/12/1999
Nationality: Korea

DEWERDT Joseph

Shirt number: 19
Date of Birth: 12/09/2007
Nationality: France

BEAUNIEUX Léo

Shirt number: 20
Date of Birth: 21/07/2006
Nationality: France

FAUCHEUX Côme

Shirt number: 21
Date of Birth: 24/03/2010
Nationality: France

BONOMI Jérôme

Shirt number: 22
Date of Birth: 05/06/2000
Nationality: France

MOURCIA Clément

Shirt number: 23
Date of Birth: 28/09/2009
Nationality: France

FROMONT Baptiste

Shirt number: 25
Date of Birth: 06/12/2005
Nationality: France

DEREUMAUX Niels

Shirt number: 27
Date of Birth: 08/01/2007
Nationality: France

VERHASSELT Achille

Shirt number: 29
Date of Birth: 20/06/2008
Nationality: France

HERBRETEAU Charles

Shirt number: 31
Date of Birth: 29/04/2005
Nationality: France

DAGOSTINO Noah

Shirt number: 74
Date of Birth: 21/04/2007
Nationality: France