2018–19 Olympique Lyonnais season

Lyon
2018–19 season
Chairman	Jean-Michel Aulas
Manager	Bruno Génésio
Stadium	Parc Olympique Lyonnais
Ligue 1	6th
Coupe de France	Round of 64
Coupe de la Ligue	Round of 16
UEFA Champions League	Group stage
	← 2017–18 2019–20 →

The 2018–19 season is Olympique Lyonnais's 69th professional season since its establishment in 1950. The side will compete in Ligue 1, Coupe de France, Coupe de la Ligue and UEFA Champions League.

Players

Squad information

As of 13 August 2018^[1] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	POR	Anthony Lopes
2	DF	FRA	Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa
4	DF	BRA	Rafael
5	DF	BEL	Jason Denayer
6	DF	BRA	Marcelo
7	FW	FRA	Martin Terrier
8	MF	FRA	Houssem Aouar
9	FW	FRA	Moussa Dembélé
10	FW	BFA	Bertrand Traoré
11	FW	NED	Memphis Depay
12	MF	FRA	Jordan Ferri
14	DF	FRA	Léo Dubois
15	DF	FRA	Jérémy Morel


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	GK	SUI	Anthony Racioppi
18	FW	FRA	Nabil Fekir (Captain)
19	FW	FRA	Amine Gouiri
20	DF	BRA	Marçal
22	DF	FRA	Ferland Mendy
23	DF	NED	Kenny Tete
24	MF	ESP	Pape Cheikh Diop
25	MF	LUX	Christopher Martins Pereira
26	DF	FRA	Oumar Solet
27	FW	CIV	Maxwel Cornet
28	MF	FRA	Tanguy Ndombele
29	MF	FRA	Lucas Tousart
30	GK	FRA	Mathieu Gorgelin

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	FRA	Timothé Cognat (on loan to Servette until 30 June 2019)
—	MF	FRA	Elisha Owusu (on loan to Sochaux until 30 June 2019)

Transfers

In:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
7	FW	FRA	Martin Terrier (end of loan to Strasbourg)
14	DF	FRA	Léo Dubois (from Nantes)^[2]
26	DF	FRA	Oumar Solet (from Laval, previously on loan)
28	MF	FRA	Tanguy Ndombele (from Amiens, previously on loan)^[3]
—	FW	ENG	Reo Griffiths (from Tottenham Hotspur)
9	FW	FRA	Moussa Dembélé (from Celtic)
5	DF	BEL	Jason Denayer (from Manchester City)

Out:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
5	DF	FRA	Mouctar Diakhaby (to Valencia)
9	FW	DOM	Mariano (to Real Madrid)^[4]
17	FW	FRA	Myziane Maolida (to Nice)
—	DF	CMR	Nicolas N'Koulou (to Torino, previously on loan)
—	MF	FRA	Timothé Cognat (on loan to Servette FC)^[5]
—	MF	FRA	Elisha Owusu (on loan to Sochaux)
—	MF	ESP	Sergi Darder (to Espanyol, previously on loan)
—	MF	FRA	Romain Del Castillo (to Rennes, previously on loan at Nîmes)
—	FW	FRA	Jean-Philippe Mateta (to Mainz, previously on loan at Le Havre)
—	FW	FRA	Aldo Kalulu (to Basel, previously on loan at Sochaux)
—	FW	FRA	Willem Geubbels (to Monaco)

Pre-season and friendlies

Friendlies

13 July 2018	Sion	2–2	Lyon	Savièse, Switzerland
19:00 CEST	Adryan 29' Grgić 89' (pen.)	Report	Terrier 42' Mendy 49'	Stadium: Stade St.-Germain Attendance: 1,850 Referee: Alain Bieri (Switzerland)

21 July 2018	Lyon	4–0	Fulham	Bourgoin-Jallieu, France
22:00 CEST	Terrier 64', 84' Mariano 73' (pen.) Cornet 78'	Report	Seri 29' Johansen 67'	Stadium: Stade Pierre Rajon Referee: Willy Delajaud (France)

25 July 2018	Huddersfield Town	3–1	Lyon	Huddersfield, England
20:45 CEST	Kongolo 68' Depoitre 80', 90'	Report	Cornet 50'	Stadium: John Smith's Stadium Referee: Anthony Taylor (England)

28 July 2018	Lyon	2–1	VfL Wolfsburg	Bourg-en-Bresse, France
19:00 CEST	Traoré 17' Mendy 26' Terrier 36' Ferri 45+2'	Report	Brekalo 45' Camacho 45+2' Guilavogui 47' Arnold 67'	Stadium: Stade Marcel-Verchère Referee: Jérôme Miguelgorry (France)

International Champions Cup

1 August 2018 ICC / Eusébio Cup	Benfica	2–3	Lyon	Faro and Loulé, Portugal
21:05 WEST	Pizzi 59' Marcelo 64' (o.g.)	Report	Depay 24' Marcelo 41' Traoré 45' Terrier 83'	Stadium: Estádio Algarve Attendance: 17,510 Referee: Hélder Malheiro (Portugal)

4 August 2018 ICC	Internazionale	1–0	Lyon	Lecce, Italy
20:05 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Martínez 52', 63' Ranocchia 72'	Report	Diop 39' Martins 43' Ferri 55'	Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare Attendance: 24,698 Referee: Marco Di Bello (Italy)

7 August 2018 ICC	Chelsea	0–0 (5–4 p)	Lyon	London, England
20:05 BST		Report		Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 18,457 Referee: Paul Tierney (England)
	Penalties
	Jorginho Barkley Alonso Azpilicueta Hazard		Ferri Marcelo Gouiri Tete Cheikh

Competitions

Overall

Ligue 1

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Paris Saint-Germain (C)	38	29	4	5	105	35	+70	91	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	Lille	38	22	9	7	68	33	+35	75
3	Lyon	38	21	9	8	70	47	+23	72
4	Saint-Étienne	38	19	9	10	59	41	+18	66	Qualification for the Europa League group stage
5	Marseille	38	18	7	13	60	52	+8	61

Source: Ligue 1 and Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Goals scored; 8) Away goals scored; 9) Most goals scored in single league match; 10) Fairplay ranking.^[6]
(C) Champions

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
9	4	2	3	14	12	+2	14	3	1	1	9	4	+5	1	1	2	5	8	−3

Last updated: 7 October 2018.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	L	W	L	D	W	W	D	L
Position	5	10	4	8	7	6	2	5	6

Updated to match(es) played on 7 October 2018. Source: Ligue1
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

12 August 2018 1	Lyon	2–0	Amiens	Décines-Charpieu
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	B. Traoré 24' Depay 75'	Report	G. Traoré 42' Gnahoré 84'	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 48,263 Referee: Frank Schneider

17 August 2018 2	Reims	1–0	Lyon	Reims
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Chavarría 32' Chavalerin 84' Suk Hyun-jun 90+1'	Report		Stadium: Stade Auguste Delaune Attendance: 18,917 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

24 August 2018 3	Lyon	2–0	Strasbourg	Décines-Charpieu
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Mendy 10' Terrier 42' Traoré 64'	Report	Sissoko 15' Thomasson 45'	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 47,341 Referee: Amaury Delerue

31 August 2018 4	Lyon	0–1	Nice	Décines-Charpieu
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Tameze 41' Balotelli 42' Saint-Maximin 51'	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 53,438 Referee: François Letexier

15 September 2018 5	Caen	2–2	Lyon	Caen
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Fajr 30' Beauvue 52' (pen.) Djiku 55' Oniangué 73' Sankoh 90+4'	Report	Mendy 19', 88' Fekir 45' Rafael 86'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 17,676 Referee: Johan Hamel

23 September 2018 6	Lyon	4–2	Marseille	Décines-Charpieu
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Aouar 28' Diop 29' Traoré 51', 60' Fekir 74' (pen.)	Report	Strootman 35' Thauvin 39' Luiz Gustavo 66' N'Jie 82' Ćaleta-Car 83'	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 57,287 Referee: Clément Turpin

26 September 2018 7	Dijon	0–3	Lyon	Dijon
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Loiodice 56' 90+3'	Report	Dembélé 16', 19' Terrier 35' Tousart 59' 67'	Stadium: Stade Gaston Gérard Attendance: 14,651 Referee: Jérôme Miguelgorry

29 September 2018 8	Lyon	1–1	Nantes	Décines-Charpieu
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Aouar 22' Morel 29' Diop 34' Fekir 87'	Report	Lucas Lima 16' Boschilia 62' Tătărușanu 75' Miazga 78' Fàbio 90+2'	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 50,319 Referee: Frank Schneider

7 October 2018 9	Paris Saint-Germain	5–0	Lyon	Paris
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Neymar 9' (pen.), 38' Kimpembe 32' Verratti 44' Mbappé 61', 66', 69', 74'	Report	Tousart 26' 45' Aouar 59' Morel 64'	Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 47,443 Referee: Antony Gautier

10	Lyon	v	Nîmes	Décines-Charpieu
				Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais

11	Angers	v	Lyon	Angers
				Stadium: Stade Raymond Kopa

12	Lyon	v	Bordeaux	Décines-Charpieu
				Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais

13	Guingamp	v	Lyon	Guingamp
				Stadium: Stade de Roudourou

14	Lyon	v	Saint-Étienne	Décines-Charpieu
				Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais

15	Lille	v	Lyon	Villeneuve-d'Ascq
				Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy

16	Lyon	v	Rennes	Décines-Charpieu
				Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais

17	Toulouse	v	Lyon	Toulouse
				Stadium: Stadium Municipal

18	Lyon	v	Monaco	Décines-Charpieu
				Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais

19	Montpellier	v	Lyon	Montpellier
				Stadium: Stade de la Mosson

20	Lyon	v	Reims	Décines-Charpieu
				Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais

21	Saint-Étienne	v	Lyon	Saint-Étienne
				Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard

22	Amiens	v	Lyon	Amiens
				Stadium: Stade de la Licorne

23	Lyon	v	Paris Saint-Germain	Décines-Charpieu
				Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais

24	Nice	v	Lyon	Nice
				Stadium: Allianz Riviera

25	Lyon	v	Guingamp	Décines-Charpieu
				Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais

26	Monaco	v	Lyon	Fontvieille, Monaco
				Stadium: Stade Louis II

27	Lyon	v	Toulouse	Décines-Charpieu
				Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais

28	Strasbourg	v	Lyon	Strasbourg
				Stadium: Stade de la Meinau

29	Lyon	v	Montpellier	Décines-Charpieu
				Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais

30	Rennes	v	Lyon	Rennes
				Stadium: Roazhon Park

31	Lyon	v	Dijon	Décines-Charpieu
				Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais

32	Nantes	v	Lyon	Nantes
				Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire

33	Lyon	v	Angers	Décines-Charpieu
				Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais

34	Bordeaux	v	Lyon	Bordeaux
				Stadium: Matmut Atlantique

35	Lyon	v	Lille	Décines-Charpieu
				Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais

36	Marseille	v	Lyon	Marseille
				Stadium: Stade Vélodrome

37	Lyon	v	Caen	Décines-Charpieu
				Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais

38	Nîmes	v	Lyon	Nîmes
				Stadium: Stade des Costières

Coupe de France

Coupe de la Ligue

UEFA Champions League

Win Draw Loss

On 30 August, Lyon were drawn in Group F of the Champions League alongside Manchester City, Shakhtar Donetsk, and Hoffenheim.^[7]

Group stage

Template:2018–19 UEFA Champions League group table

19 September 2018 1	Manchester City	1–2	Lyon	Manchester, England
	B. Silva 67' Agüero 90+1'	Report	Cornet 26' Fekir 43', 77' Traoré 90+3'	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 40,111 Referee: Daniele Orsato (Italy)

2 October 2018 2	Lyon	2–2	Shakhtar Donetsk	Décines-Charpieu
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Fekir 46' Dembélé 70' Dubois 72'	Report	Júnior Moraes 44', 55'	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 0 Referee: Andris Treimanis (Latvia)
Note: The Lyon v Shakhtar Donetsk match was played behind closed doors due to punishment by UEFA.^[8]

23 October 2018 3	1899 Hoffenheim	v	Lyon	Sinsheim, Germany
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report		Stadium: Rhein-Neckar-Arena

7 November 2018 4	Lyon	v	1899 Hoffenheim	Décines-Charpieu
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report		Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais

27 November 2018 5	Lyon	v	Manchester City	Décines-Charpieu
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report		Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais

12 December 2018 6	Shakhtar Donetsk	v	Lyon	Kharkiv, Ukraine
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report		Stadium: Metalist Stadium

Statistics

Goalscorers

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	Ligue 1	UEFA CL	Total
1	10	FW	Bertrand Traoré	4	0	4
2	18	FW	Nabil Fekir	2	1	3
3	7	FW	Martin Terrier	1	0	1
	11	FW	Memphis Depay	1	0	1
	22	DF	Ferland Mendy	1	0	1
	27	FW	Maxwel Cornet	0	1	1
	8	MF	Houssem Aouar	1	0	1
Own goal				0	0	0
Totals				10	2	12

Last updated: 24 September 2018

References

^ "Players and staff | Men". OLWeb.fr. Retrieved 21 August 2017.
^ "l'OL informe de la signature de Léo Dubois jusqu'en 2022" [OL informs of Leo Dubois signature until 2022]. www.olweb.fr (in French). Olympique Lyonnais. 31 January 2018. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
^ "Tanguy Ndombélé signe à Lyon" [Tanguy Ndombélé signs in Lyon]. www.lequipe.fr (in French). L'Équipe. 31 August 2017. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
^ "Official Announcement: Mariano". www.realmadrid.com. Real Madrid C.F. 29 August 2018. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
^ "Signature: Timothé Cognat signe son premier contrat professionnel avec l'OL!" [Signature: Timothé Cognat signs his first professional contract with OL!]. www.olweb.fr (in French). Olympique Lyonnais. 16 June 2018. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
^ "League Table". Ligue1.com. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
^ "Champions League draw: Cristiano Ronaldo's Juventus drawn against Man Utd". bbc sport.
^ "UEFA order Lyon to play Champions League game behind closed doors". ESPN. 27 August 2018. Retrieved 31 August 2018.

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[4] "Official Announcement: Mariano". www.realmadrid.com. Real Madrid C.F. 29 August 2018. Retrieved 29 August 2018.

[5] "Signature: Timothé Cognat signe son premier contrat professionnel avec l'OL!" [Signature: Timothé Cognat signs his first professional contract with OL!]. www.olweb.fr (in French). Olympique Lyonnais. 16 June 2018. Retrieved 16 June 2018.

[6] "League Table". Ligue1.com. Retrieved 12 August 2016.

[7] "Champions League draw: Cristiano Ronaldo's Juventus drawn against Man Utd". bbc sport.

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