2014–15 Olympique Lyonnais season

Lyon
2014–15 season
Chairman	Jean-Michel Aulas
Manager	Hubert Fournier
Stadium	Stade de Gerland
Ligue 1	2nd
Coupe de France	Round of 32
Coupe de la Ligue	Round of 16
UEFA Europa League	Play-off round
Top goalscorer	League: Alexandre Lacazette (27); All: Alexandre Lacazette (31)
	← 2013–14 2015–16 →

The 2014–15 season was Olympique Lyonnais's 65th professional season since its creation in 1950. The club competed in Ligue 1, finishing second, the Coupe de France, and the Coupe de la Ligue.

Players

First team squad

French teams are limited to four players without EU citizenship. Hence, the squad list includes only the principal nationality of each player; several non-European players on the squad have dual citizenship with an EU country. Also, players from the ACP countries—countries in Africa, the Caribbean, and the Pacific that are signatories to the Cotonou Agreement—are not counted against non-EU quotas due to the Kolpak ruling.

As of 3 February 2015^[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	ALG	Mehdi Zeffane
3	DF	CMR	Henri Bedimo
4	DF	BFA	Bakary Koné
5	DF	SRB	Milan Biševac
6	MF	FRA	Gueïda Fofana
7	MF	FRA	Clément Grenier
8	MF	FRA	Yoann Gourcuff
10	FW	FRA	Alexandre Lacazette
11	MF	ALG	Rachid Ghezzal
12	MF	FRA	Jordan Ferri
13	DF	FRA	Christophe Jallet
14	DF	FRA	Mouhamadou Dabo


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player]
17	MF	FRA	Steed Malbranque
18	MF	FRA	Nabil Fekir
19	FW	GUI	Mohamed Yattara
20	FW	CMR	Clinton N'Jie
21	MF	FRA	Maxime Gonalons (Captain)
22	DF	FRA	Lindsay Rose
23	DF	FRA	Samuel Umtiti
24	MF	FRA	Corentin Tolisso
25	FW	FRA	Yassine Benzia
27	FW	FRA	Maxwel Cornet
28	MF	FRA	Arnold Mvuemba
29	MF	FRA	Farès Bahlouli
30	GK	FRA	Mathieu Gorgelin

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving from	Fee
17 July 2014	DF	Lindsay Rose	22	Valenciennes	£1,320,000
23 July 2014	DF	Christophe Jallet	30	Paris Saint-Germain	£1,320,000
15 January 2015	FW	Maxwel Cornet	18	Metz	£352,000

Out

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving to	Fee
1 July 2014	GK	Rémy Vercoutre	34	Caen	Free Transfer
1 July 2014	FW	Bafétimbi Gomis	28	Swansea City	Free Transfer
26 July 2014	DF	Mouhamadou-Naby Sarr	20	Sporting CP	£880,000
22 August 2014	FW	Jimmy Briand	29	Hannover 96	Free Transfer
28 August 2014	FW	Alassane Pléa	21	Nice	£440,000
1 September 2014	GK	Théo Defourny	22	R.E. Virton	Free Transfer

Last updated: 19 January 2015.
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Pre-season and friendlies

21 May 2014 Friendly	Jeonbuk	2–0	Lyon	Jeonju, South Korea
12:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Han Kyo-won 22' Lee Jae-sung 45'	Report		Stadium: Jeonju World Cup Stadium

5 July 2014 Friendly	Debrecen	4–2	Lyon	Debrecen, Hungary
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Sidibe 20', 69' Kulcsár 40', 66'	Report	Yattara 46' Bahlouli 75' (pen.)	Stadium: Nagyerdei Stadion

15 July 2014 Friendly	Copenhagen	0–2	Lyon	Copenhagen, Denmark
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Yattara 60', 83'	Stadium: Telia Parken

19 July 2014 Friendly	Lyon	4–1	Shakhtar Donetsk	Lyon
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Fekir 68' Lacazette 44' (pen.) Benzia 56' Danic 88'	Report	Dentinho 83'	Stadium: Stade de Gerland

23 July 2014 Friendly	Lyon	0–0	Sevilla	Lyon
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report		Stadium: Stade de Gerland

Competitions

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	24	11	3	83	36	+47	83	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	Lyon	38	22	9	7	72	33	+39	75	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
3	Monaco	38	20	11	7	51	26	+25	71	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
4	Marseille	38	21	6	11	76	42	+34	69	Qualification for the Europa League group stage
5	Saint-Étienne	38	19	12	7	51	30	+21	69	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round^[a]

Source: Ligue 1
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ Since winners of the 2014–15 Coupe de la Ligue, Paris Saint-Germain, qualified for European competition based on their league position, the spot awarded to the Coupe de la Ligue winner (Europa League third qualifying round) is passed to the next best team in the table not already qualified for any European competition (in this case, the fifth-placed team).

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
38	22	9	7	72	33	+39	75	14	3	2	40	11	+29	8	6	5	32	22	+10

Last updated: 8 June 2015.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by match

Match	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	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	L	L	L	W	D	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	D	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	D	D	W	L	W	D	L	W	W	D	W	W	L	D	W
Position	2	10	13	17	13	12	8	10	6	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2

Updated to match(es) played on 8 June 2015. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Win Draw Loss

10 August 2014 1	Lyon	2–0	Rennes	Lyon
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Ferri 56' Malbranque 64' Lacazette 74' (pen.) Rose 75'	Report	Henrique 32'	Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 27,811 Referee: Benoît Millot

16 August 2014 2	Toulouse	2–1	Lyon	Toulouse
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Akpa Akpro 10' Veškovac 21' Grigore 37' Ben Yedder 45' Moubandje 84'	Report	Mvuemba 44' Lacazette 75'	Stadium: Stadium Municipal Attendance: 13,275 Referee: Bartolomeu Varela

23 August 2014 3	Lyon	0–1	Lens	Lyon
14:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Gonalons 30'	Report	Nomenjanahary 11' 54' Landre 43' Cyprien 47'	Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 24,636 Referee: Lionel Jaffredo

31 August 2014 4	Metz	2–1	Lyon	Metz
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	N'Daw 46' Ngbakoto 82' Falcón 86'	Report	Lacazette 68'	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 20,173 Referee: Fredy Fautrel

12 September 2014 5	Lyon	2–1	Monaco	Lyon
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Jallet 14' Fekir 30' Tolisso 73'	Report	Oscampos 39' Toulalan 56'	Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 34,099 Referee: Benoît Bastien

19 September 2014 6	Paris Saint-Germain	1–1	Lyon	Paris
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Cavani 20' Aurier 30' Digne 62' Motta 89'	Report	Ferri 80' Umtiti 84'	Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 45,428 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

24 September 2014 7	Lyon	4–0	Lorient	Lyon
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Lacazette 5' Fekir 39', 68' N'Jie 50'	Report	Lautoa 62'	Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 32,523 Referee: Sébastien Moreira

28 September 2014 8	Nantes	1–1	Lyon	Nantes
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Alhadhur 67' Veretout 73' (pen.) Bammou 76'	Report	Fekir 37' Koné 51'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 26,077 Referee: Nicolas Rainville

5 October 2014 9	Lyon	3–0	Lille	Lyon
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Gonalons 14' Lacazette 39', 45', 84'	Report	Traoré 23' Béria 27' Baša 44' Balmont 54'	Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 34,349 Referee: Clément Turpin

19 October 2014 10	Lyon	5–1	Montpellier	Lyon
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Gonalons 21' Gourcuff 36', 47' Fekir 38', 60' Umtiti 53' Ferri 63' Biševac 65' Lacazette 71', 82' Malbranque 88'	Report	Congré 27' Martin 49' Tiéné 54' El Kaoutari 55'	Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 35,688 Referee: Bartolomeu Varela

26 October 2014 11	Lyon	1–0	Marseille	Lyon
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Biševac 48' Gourcuff 65'	Report	Morel 8' Romao 21' A. Ayew 74'	Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 38,712 Referee: Lionel Jaffredo

1 November 2014 12	Nice	1–3	Lyon	Nice
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Mendy 29' Palun 40' Bauthéac 44' Puel 51'	Report	Jallet 55' Malbranque 64' Fekir 78' Lacazette 80', 90+4'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 15,677 Referee: Amaury Delerue

9 November 2014 13	Lyon	3–1	Guingamp	Lyon
14:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Lacazette 7' Fekir 20', 87' Malbranque 37'	Report	Lopes 45+1' (o.g.) Pied 49'	Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 36,461 Referee: Benoît Millot

22 November 2014 14	Bastia	0–0	Lyon	Bastia
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Kamano 32' Diakité 47' Squillaci 50' Modesto 67'	Report	Biševac 48'	Stadium: Stade Armand Cesari Attendance: 12,349 Referee: Benoît Bastien

30 November 2014 15	Saint-Étienne	3–0	Lyon	Saint-Étienne
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Sall 18' Van Wolfswinkel 40' Cohade 68' Diomandé 85'	Report		Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Attendance: 36,004 Referee: Clément Turpin

4 December 2014 16	Lyon	2–1	Reims	Lyon
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Tolisso 6' Koné 82' Placide 90+1' (o.g.)	Report	Moukandjo 36' Placide 81'	Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 32,513 Referee: Saïd Ennjimi

7 December 2014 17	Evian	2–3	Lyon	Annecy
14:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Koné 18' Barbosa 28', 64' Sorlin 61'	Report	Malbranque 28' Dabo 34' Biševac 41' Benzia 62' Lacazette 81', 90+4' (pen.)	Stadium: Parc des Sports Attendance: 13,064 Referee: Tony Chapron

12 December 2014 18	Lyon	3–0	Caen	Lyon
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Lacazette 7' (pen.), 57' Ferri 47' Benzia 62'	Report	Seube 45' Yahia 53'	Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 32,972 Referee: Bartolomeu Varela

21 December 2014 19	Bordeaux	0–5	Lyon	Bordeaux
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Sertic 40' Pallois 65'	Report	Jallet 34' Lacazette 39', 90' Tolisso 56' Fekir 81' Ferri 85'	Stadium: Stade Chaban-Delmas Attendance: 31,873 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

11 January 2015 20	Lyon	3–0	Toulouse	Lyon
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Lacazette 14', 27' Dabo 39' Fekir 48'	Report	Trejo 57' Tisserand 61' Aguilar 77'	Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 35,928 Referee: Philippe Kalt

17 January 2015 21	Lens	0–2	Lyon	Lens
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report	Gbamin 22' (o.g.) Lacazette 26' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade de la Licorne Attendance: 11,173 Referee: Amaury Delerue

25 January 2015 22	Lyon	2–0	Metz	Lyon
14:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Lacazette 31' (pen.) Umtiti 45' Dabo 53' Tolisso 83'	Report	Milán 29' Sarr 49' Rivierez 51'	Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 36,580 Referee: Olivier Thual

1 February 2015 23	Monaco	0–0	Lyon	Monaco
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Dirar 27'	Report	Dabo 16'	Stadium: Stade Louis II Attendance: 7,161 Referee: Benoît Millot

8 February 2015 24	Lyon	1–1	Paris Saint-Germain	Lyon
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	N'Jie 31' Fekir 67' Bedimo 68' Gonalons 69'	Report	Cavani 43' Ibrahimović 69' (pen.) Cabaye 81'	Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 37,581 Referee: Clément Turpin

14 February 2015 25	Lorient	1–1	Lyon	Lorient
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Ayew 50'	Report	Gonalons 45' Bedimo 50' N'Jie 78' Jallet 86' Koné 90+2'	Stadium: Stade du Moustoir Attendance: 14,354 Referee: Stéphane Lannoy

21 February 2015 26	Lyon	1–0	Nantes	Lyon
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Ferri 34' Fekir 67' Dabo 80'	Report	Deaux 31' Bessat 45' Djilobodji 54' Gakpé 55' Cissokho 59' Vizcarrondo 90+5'	Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 36,819 Referee: Fredy Fautrel

28 February 2015 27	Lille	2–1	Lyon	Villeneuve-d'Ascq
16:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Lopes 51', 60' Gueye 56' Delaplace 80'	Report	Tolisso 2' Bedimo 63' Lacazette 78'	Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Attendance: 40,080 Referee: Lionel Jaffredo

8 March 2015 28	Montpellier	1–5	Lyon	Montpellier
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Barrios 6' Deplagne 26' El Kaoutari 28' Jourdren 29' Sanson 63'	Report	Lacazette 9', 30' (pen.), 90+4' Fekir 40', 72' Jallet 45' Rose 59' Bedimo 65' Umtiti 81' Tolisso 90+1'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 16,431 Referee: Amaury Delerue

15 March 2015 29	Marseille	0–0	Lyon	Marseille
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Gignac 37' Mendy 64' Payet 84' Morel 86' Imbula 88'	Report	Ferri 25' Rose 88' Malbranque 90'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 62,832 Referee: Benoît Bastien

21 March 2015 30	Lyon	1–2	Nice	Lyon
16:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Fekir 30' Koné 53' Gonalons 56', 59' N'Jie 62'	Report	Palun 5' 54' Carlos Eduardo 23' Pléa 79' Koziello 83' Eysseric 86'	Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 36,300 Referee: Antony Gautier

4 April 2015 31	Guingamp	1–3	Lyon	Guingamp
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Pied 42' Kerbrat 45' Beauvue 80'	Report	Fekir 26' Rose 35' Lacazette 39' (pen.), 40' N'Jie 61'	Stadium: Stade du Roudourou Attendance: 17,381 Referee: Clément Turpin

12 April 2015 32	Lyon	2–0	Bastia	Lyon
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Koné 45+1' Yattara 77' Lacazette 80' Umtiti 85'	Report		Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 36,549 Referee: Lionel Jaffredo

18 April 2015 33	Lyon	2–2	Saint-Étienne	Lyon
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Tolisso 3' N'Jie 24' Rose 29' Jallet 48' Lopes 53'	Report	Erdinç 9' Gradel 31' (pen.), 53' Hamouma 45' Clément 62' Tabanou 66' Corgnet 80'	Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 37,715 Referee: Said Ennjimi

25 April 2015 34	Reims	2–4	Lyon	Reims
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Peuget 13', 82' Charbonnier 90+2'	Report	Tolisso 2' Lacazette 6', 61' N'Jie 19' Jallet 70' Fekir 73' Tacalfred 90' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stade Auguste Delaune Attendance: 19,270 Referee: Fredy Fautrel

2 May 2015 35	Lyon	2–0	Evian	Lyon
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Grenier 21' Lacazette 38' (pen.) Gonalons 65'	Report	Nounkeu 38'	Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 36,839 Referee: Benoit Bastien

9 May 2015 36	Caen	3–0	Lyon	Caen
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Nangis 27' Benezet 41', 44' Privat 85'	Report	Lacazette 69'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 19,842 Referee: Nicolas Rainville

16 May 2015 37	Lyon	1–1	Bordeaux	Lyon
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Fekir 9', 74' Ferri 43'	Report	Crivelli 3' Plašil 12' Rolán 33' Chantôme 39' Guilbert 63'	Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 39,961 Referee: Benoît Millot

23 May 2015 38	Rennes	0–1	Lyon	Rennes
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	N'Jie 86'	Stadium: Stade de la Route de Lorient Attendance: 26,281 Referee: Philippe Kalt

Coupe de la Ligue

17 December 2014 Round of 16	Lyon	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–5 p)	Monaco	Lyon
21:00 CET	Bedimo 47' Lacazette 105'	Report	Diallo 15' Carrasco 86', 94' Fabinho 120'	Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 21,541 Referee: Antony Gautier
	Penalties
	Gonalons Lacazette Ghezzal Koné Umtiti Ferri		Toulalan López Martial Fabinho Silva Ocampos

Coupe de France

4 January 2015 Round of 64	Lens	2–3	Lyon	Amiens
14:15 CET (UTC+01:00)	Lemoigne 21' Guillaume 26' El Jadeyaoui 76' (pen.) Coulibaly 90'	Report	Fekir 5' Lacazette 14' (pen.) Dabo 30' Tolisso 34'	Stadium: Stade de la Licorne Referee: Fredy Fautrel

20 January 2015 Round of 32	Nantes	3–2	Lyon	Nantes
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Bessat 19', 21', 89'	Report 1, 2	Lacazette 5', 32' Fekir 59'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 24,158 Referee: Lionel Jaffredo

UEFA Europa League

Third qualifying round

31 July 2014 First leg	Mladá Boleslav	1–4	Lyon	Mladá Boleslav, Czech Republic
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Magera 13' Rosa 26', 66' Ďuriš 45+2' Milla 73'	Report	Yattara 9', 47' Gonalons 27', 36' Umtiti 67'	Stadium: Městský stadion Attendance: 4,800 Referee: Tobias Welz (Germany)

7 August 2014 Second leg	Lyon	2–1 (6–2 agg.)	Mladá Boleslav	Lyon, France
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Umtiti 52' Lacazette 58' Fekir 64' Koné 71' N'Jie 89'	Report	Bořil 15' Rosa 23' Ďuriš 43' Navrátil 65' Milla 71' (pen.) Šultes 76'	Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 22,717 Referee: Stephan Klossner (Switzerland)

Play-off round

21 August 2014 First leg	Lyon	1–2	Astra Giurgiu	Lyon, France
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Malbranque 25' Rose 44' 78'	Report	Morais 39' Fatai 72' Budescu 81' (pen.) Ben Youssef 82' Enache 90+3'	Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 20,001 Referee: Carlos Clos Gómez (Spain)

28 August 2014 Second leg	Astra Giurgiu	0–1 (2a–2 agg.)	Lyon	Giurgiu, Romania
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Oros 45+3' Enache 76' Laban 85' Morais 90+4' Lung 90+4'	Report	Ferri 23' Koné 55' Gonalons 63'	Stadium: Stadionul Marin Anastasovici Attendance: 7,200 Referee: Sergei Karasev (Russia)

References

^ http://www.olweb.fr/en/male/roster-121.html

[table_note_res_EL3Q0.071104160543114-2] Since winners of the 2014–15 Coupe de la Ligue, Paris Saint-Germain, qualified for European competition based on their league position, the spot awarded to the Coupe de la Ligue winner (Europa League third qualifying round) is passed to the next best team in the table not already qualified for any European competition (in this case, the fifth-placed team).

[1] ttp://www.olweb.fr/en/male/roster-121.html

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