2006–07 Olympique Lyonnais season

Lyon

2006–07 season
Manager	Gérard Houllier
Stadium	Stade de Gerland
Ligue 1	1st
Trophée des Champions	Winners
Coupe de la Ligue	Runners-up
Coupe de France	Round of 16
Champions League	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	Fred (11)

During the 2006–07 French football season, Olympique Lyonnais competed in Ligue 1.

Season summary

Lyon won their sixth consecutive title, becoming the first club from the top five European leagues to win six league titles in a row.

First-team squad

Squad at end of season

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	FRA	Grégory Coupet
2	DF	FRA	François Clerc
3	DF	BRA	Cris
4	DF	SUI	Patrick Müller
5	DF	BRA	Caçapa
6	DF	SWE	Kim Källström
7	MF	MLI	Mahamadou Diarra
8	MF	BRA	Juninho Pernambucano
9	FW	NOR	John Carew (to Aston Villa)
10	MF	FRA	Florent Malouda
11	FW	BRA	Fred
12	DF	FRA	Anthony Réveillère
14	MF	FRA	Sidney Govou
15	MF	FRA	Alou Diarra
17	FW	CZE	Milan Baroš
18	MF	FRA	Hatem Ben Arfa

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	FW	FRA	Karim Benzema
20	DF	FRA	Eric Abidal
21	MF	POR	Tiago
22	FW	FRA	Sylvain Wiltord
23	DF	FRA	Jérémy Berthod
25	GK	FRA	Johan Hartock
26	MF	BRA	Fábio Santos
28	MF	FRA	Jérémy Toulalan
29	DF	FRA	Sébastien Squillaci
30	GK	FRA	Rémy Vercoutre
34	FW	FRA	Loïc Rémy
35	GK	FRA	Alexandre Bouchard
36	FW	CHA	Sylvain Idangar
38	DF	FRA	Mourad Benhamida
39	FW	FRA	Grégory Bettiol

Left club during season

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

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
7	MF	MLI	Mahamadou Diarra (to Real Madrid)
9	FW	NOR	John Carew (to Aston Villa)
15	DF	SEN	Lamine Diatta (to Saint-Étienne)
26	MF	FRA	Benoît Pedretti (to Auxerre)

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
26	DF	ALG	Nadir Belhadj (on loan to Sedan)
31	MF	ALG	Yacine Hima (to Nice)
35	GK	FRA	Rémy Riou (on loan to Lorient)

Results

Champions League

Group stage

Lyon v Real Madrid

13 September 2006 Match 1	Lyon	2–0	Real Madrid	Lyon, France
20:45	Fred 11' Tiago 31'	Report MatchCentre		Stadium: Stade de Gerland Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)

Steaua București v Lyon

26 September 2006 Match 2	Steaua București	0–3	Lyon	Bucharest, Romania
20:45		Report MatchCentre	Fred 43' Tiago 55' Benzema 89'	Stadium: Stadionul Steaua Referee: Howard Webb (England)

Dynamo Kyiv v Lyon

17 October 2006 Match 3	Dynamo Kyiv	0–3	Lyon	Kiev, Ukraine
20:45		Report MatchCentre	Juninho 31' Källström 38' Malouda 51'	Stadium: NSC Olimpiyskiy Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Domenico Messina (Italy)

Lyon v Dynamo Kyiv

1 November 2006 Match 4	Lyon	1–0	Dynamo Kyiv	Lyon, France
20:45	Benzema 14'	Report MatchCentre		Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 40,520 Referee: Pieter Vink (Netherlands)

Real Madrid v Lyon

21 November 2006 Match 5	Real Madrid	2–2	Lyon	Madrid, Spain
20:45	Diarra 39' Van Nistelrooy 83'	Report MatchCentre	Carew 11' Malouda 31'	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Stadium Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)

Lyon v Steaua București

6 December 2006 Match 6	Lyon	1–1	Steaua București	Lyon, France
20:45	Diarra 12'	Report MatchCentre	Dică 2'	Stadium: Stade de Gerland Referee: Darko Ceferin (Slovenia)

Knockout phase

Round of 16

Roma v Lyon

21 February 2007 First leg	Roma	0–0	Lyon	Rome, Italy
20:45		Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 55,000 Referee: Mike Riley (England)

Lyon v Roma

6 March 2007 Second leg	Lyon	0–2 (0–2 agg.)	Roma	Lyon, France
20:45		Report	Totti 22' Mancini 44'	Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 41,000 Referee: Manuel Mejuto González (Spain)