2020–21 Olympique Lyonnais season

Olympique Lyonnais
2020–21 season
Owner	OL Groupe
President	Jean-Michel Aulas
Head coach	Rudi Garcia
Stadium	Parc Olympique Lyonnais
Ligue 1	Preseason
Coupe de France	Preseason
Home colours	Away colours
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The 2020–21 Olympique Lyonnais season is the club's 71st season in existence and the club's 32nd consecutive season in the top flight of French football. In addition to the domestic league, Lyon will participate in this season's edition of the Coupe de France. The season covers the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

Players

Current squad

As of 6 July 2020^[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 (vice-captain)
3	DF	DEN	Joachim Andersen
4	DF	BRA	Rafael
5	DF	BEL	Jason Denayer
6	DF	BRA	Marcelo
8	MF	FRA	Houssem Aouar
9	FW	FRA	Moussa Dembélé
10	FW	BFA	Bertrand Traoré
11	FW	NED	Memphis Depay (captain)
12	MF	BRA	Thiago Mendes
14	DF	FRA	Léo Dubois (3rd captain)
16	GK	SUI	Anthony Racioppi
17	MF	FRA	Jeff Reine-Adélaïde
18	FW	FRA	Rayan Cherki


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	DF	BRA	Marçal
21	FW	CMR	Karl Toko Ekambi
22	MF	BRA	Jean Lucas
23	DF	NED	Kenny Tete
24	FW	ZIM	Tino Kadewere
25	MF	FRA	Maxence Caqueret
26	DF	FRA	Oumar Solet
27	FW	CIV	Maxwel Cornet
28	DF	MLI	Youssouf Koné
30	GK	ROU	Ciprian Tătărușanu
35	FW	FRA	Boubacar Fofana
39	MF	BRA	Bruno Guimarães
—	MF	ESP	Pape Cheikh Diop
—	FW	FRA	Lenny Pintor

Transfers

In

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
15			TBD		1 July 2020

Out

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
15			TBD		1 July 2020

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Ligue 1	22 August 2020	23 May 2021	Matchday 1	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Coupe de France	2020		Round of 64	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total				0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—

Last updated: August 2020
Source: Competitions

Ligue 1

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
2	Paris Saint-Germain	38	26	4	8	86	28	+58	82	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
3	Monaco	38	24	6	8	76	42	+34	78	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
4	Lyon	38	22	10	6	81	43	+38	76	Qualification for the Europa League group stage^[a]
5	Marseille	38	16	12	10	54	47	+7	60	Qualification for the Europa League group stage^[a]
6	Rennes	38	16	10	12	52	40	+12	58	Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-off round^[a]

Source: Ligue 1
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Fairplay ranking.^[2]
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Since the winners of the 2020–21 Coupe de France, Paris Saint-Germain, qualified for European competition based on league position, the Europa League group stage spot reserved for the cup winners was passed to the fifth-placed team, and the Europa Conference League play-off round spot was passed to the sixth-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
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: August 2020.
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results by round

Round	1
Ground
Result
Position

Updated to match(es) played on August 2020. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 9 July 2020.^[3]

23 August 2020 1	Montpellier	v	Lyon	Montpellier
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade de la Mosson

28 August 2020 2	Lyon	v	Dijon FCO	Lyon
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Groupama Stadium

Coupe de France

References

^ "Players and staff | Men". OLWeb.fr. Retrieved 21 August 2017.
^ "League Table". Ligue1.com. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
^ [1]

External links

Official website

[table_note_res_ELGS0.26737476897769-2] Since the winners of the 2020–21 Coupe de France, Paris Saint-Germain, qualified for European competition based on league position, the Europa League group stage spot reserved for the cup winners was passed to the fifth-placed team, and the Europa Conference League play-off round spot was passed to the sixth-placed team.

[1] "Players and staff | Men". OLWeb.fr. Retrieved 21 August 2017.

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

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