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	4th
Coupe de France	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: ; Memphis Depay (20); All: ; Memphis Depay (22)
Biggest win	5–0 vs Saint-Étienne
Biggest defeat	2–4 vs Paris Saint-Germain
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2020–21 Olympique Lyonnais season

Olympique Lyonnais 2020–21 football season

The 2020–21 season was the 71st season in the existence of Olympique Lyonnais and the club's 32nd consecutive season in the top flight of French football. In addition to the domestic league, Lyon participated in this season's edition of the Coupe de France. The season covered the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

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[table_note_res_ELGS0.097728671551556-26] 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.

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No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
7	FW	Karl Toko Ekambi	Villarreal	€11.5M	2 June 2020	^[2]
11	FW	Tino Kadewere	Le Havre	Loan return	1 August 2020	^[3]
19	DF	Cenk Özkaçar	Altay	€1.5M	18 August 2020	^[4]
30	GK	Julian Pollersbeck	Hamburger SV	€250,000	9 September 2020	^[5]
12	MF	Lucas Paquetá	Milan	€20M	30 September 2020	^[6]
22	DF	Mattia De Sciglio	Juventus	Loan	5 October 2020	^[7]
33	FW	Habib Keïta	Guidars FC	€1M	5 October 2020	^[8]
3	DF	Djamel Benlamri	Al Shabab	Free	6 October 2020	^[9]
20	FW	Islam Slimani	Leicester City	Free	13 January 2021	^[10]

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
29	MF	Lucas Tousart	Hertha BSC	End of loan	1 July 2020	^[11]
19	FW	Amine Gouiri	Nice	€7M	1 July 2020	^[12]
7	FW	Martin Terrier	Rennes	€12M	6 July 2020	^[13]
26	DF	Oumar Solet	Red Bull Salzburg	€4.5M	17 July 2020	^[14]
—	MF	Pape Cheikh Diop	Dijon	Loan	6 August 2020	^[15]
20	DF	Marçal	Wolverhampton Wanderers	€2M	6 September 2020	^[16]
4	DF	Rafael	İstanbul Başakşehir	Free	8 September 2020	^[17]
—	FW	Lenny Pintor	Troyes	Loan extended	9 September 2020	^[18]
23	DF	Kenny Tete	Fulham	€3.2M	10 September 2020	^[19]
30	GK	Ciprian Tătărușanu	Milan	€500,000	11 September 2020	^[20]
16	GK	Anthony Racioppi	Dijon	Free	25 September 2020	^[21]
10	FW	Bertrand Traoré	Aston Villa	€20M	19 September 2020	^[22]
28	DF	Youssouf Koné	Elche	Loan	29 September 2020	^[23]
3	DF	Joachim Andersen	Fulham	Loan	6 October 2020	^[9]
17	MF	Jeff Reine-Adélaïde	Nice	Loan	6 October 2020	^[9]
4	MF	Jean Lucas	Brest	Loan	12 January 2021	^[24]
9	FW	Moussa Dembélé	Atlético Madrid	Loan (€1.5M)	13 January 2021	^[10]
28	DF	Youssouf Koné	Hatayspor	Loan	1 February 2021	^[25]

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Ligue 1	28 August 2020	23 May 2021	Matchday 1	4th	38	22	10	6	81	43	+38	057.89
Coupe de France	9 February 2021	21 April 2021	Round of 64	Quarter-finals	4	2	1	1	12	7	+5	050.00
Total					42	24	11	7	93	50	+43	057.14

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^{[lower-alpha 1]}
5	Marseille	38	16	12	10	54	47	+7	60
6	Rennes	38	16	10	12	52	40	+12	58	Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-off round^{[lower-alpha 1]}

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	10	6	81	43	+38	76	11	3	5	42	23	+19	11	7	1	39	20	+19

2020–21_Olympique_Lyonnais_season

2020–21 Olympique Lyonnais season

Players

First-team squad

Out on loan

Transfers

In

Out

Transfer summary

Competitions

Overall record

Ligue 1

League table

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

Coupe de France

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Goalscorers

References

External links

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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	10	6	81	43	+38	76	11	3	5	42	23	+19	11	7	1	39	20	+19

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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	W	D	D	D	D	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	D	L	W	W	W	W	L	W	D	W	D	L	D	W	W	L	W	W	W	L
Position	15	8	11	12	11	14	9	6	6	5	3	3	3	2	3	2	1	1	1	3	3	2	2	2	3	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4

28 August 2020 2	Lyon	4–1	Dijon	Décines-Charpieu
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Depay 39' (pen.), 45+1', 65' (pen.), 68' Lautoa 45' (o.g.) Dembélé 80' Marcelo 90+2'	Report	Scheidler 14' Ngouyamsa 38' Ndong 45+1' Sammaritano 65'	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Referee: Benoît Millot

11 September 2020 3	Bordeaux	0–0	Lyon	Bordeaux
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Otávio 55' Briand 80'	Report	Dembélé 22' Marcelo 30' Andersen 68'	Stadium: Matmut Atlantique Referee: Ruddy Buquet

15 September 2020 1	Montpellier	2–1	Lyon	Montpellier
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Delort 7' Savanier 38' (pen.), 59' Ferri 62' Hilton 71', 81'	Report	Bruno Guimarães 36' Aouar 44' Toko Ekambi 45+2' Depay 82' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Referee: Frank Schneider
Note: The match was originally scheduled for 23 August, but was postponed due to Lyon's involvement in the 2019–20 UEFA Champions League knockout phase.^[28]

18 September 2020 4	Lyon	0–0	Nîmes	Décines-Charpieu
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Cornet 34' Dubois 52' Jean Lucas 90+4'	Report	Cubas 48' Fomba 68'	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Referee: Amaury Delerue

27 September 2020 5	Lorient	1–1	Lyon	Lorient
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Hamel 54' Wissa 63' Nardi 90+5'	Report	Dubois 74'	Stadium: Stade du Moustoir Referee: Clément Turpin

4 October 2020 6	Lyon	1–1	Marseille	Décines-Charpieu
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Aouar 28' (pen.) Bruno Guimarães 86'	Report	Ćaleta-Car 4' Payet 16', 19'	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Referee: Stéphanie Frappart

18 October 2020 7	Strasbourg	2–3	Lyon	Strasbourg
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Diallo 44' Aholou 55', 90+2' Ajorque 57'	Report	Kadewere 12', 20' Toko Ekambi 25', 42', 52' Cornet 45+1'	Stadium: Stade de la Meinau Referee: Ruddy Buquet

25 October 2020 8	Lyon	4–1	Monaco	Décines-Charpieu
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Depay 12' Kadewere 22' Toko Ekambi 34', 44' Aouar 41' (pen.) Diomandé 73' Mendes 82' Bard 88'	Report	Sidibé 39' Ben Yedder 47' (pen.), 90+3' Matsima 50' Aguilar 55'	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Referee: Jérôme Brisard

6 December 2020 13	Metz	1–3	Lyon	Metz
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Boulaya 7', 76' Sarr 29' Boye 87'	Report	Depay 17' Toko Ekambi 47', 60' Cherki 90+3'	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 0 Referee: Karim Abed

13 December 2020 14	Paris Saint-Germain	0–1	Lyon	Paris
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Kehrer 46' Paredes 56' Neymar 71' Kimpembe 90+5'	Report	Kadewere 35' Dubois 38' Mendes 90+9'	Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 0 Referee: Benoît Bastien

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	10	6	81	43	+38	76	11	3	5	42	23	+19	11	7	1	39	20	+19

1 November 2020 9	Lille	1–1	Lyon	Villeneuve-d'Ascq
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Bamba 22' Fonte 28' Yılmaz 41' Soumaoro 89'	Report	Marcelo 3' 50' Toko Ekambi 33' Çelik 41' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Attendance: 0 Referee: Mikael Lesage

8 November 2020 10	Lyon	2–1	Saint-Étienne	Décines-Charpieu
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Caqueret 42' Bruno Guimarães 51' Kadewere 65', 74' Cornet 68' Paquetá 84' Mendes 90+6'	Report	Lopes 40' (o.g.) Youssouf 53' Gourna-Douath 65' Bouanga 88' Moueffek 90+6'	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 0 Referee: François Letexier

22 November 2020 11	Angers	0–1	Lyon	Angers
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Doumbia 47' Pereira Lage 59'	Report	Cherki 32' De Sciglio 70' Kadewere 78' Mendes 85'	Stadium: Stade Raymond Kopa Attendance: 0 Referee: Amaury Delerue

29 November 2020 12	Lyon	3–0	Reims	Décines-Charpieu
13:00 CET (UTC+1)	Toko Ekambi 22' Bruno Guimarães 49' Cornet 62' Dembélé 66', 82'	Report	Touré 14' Cassamá 32'	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 0 Referee: Jérôme Miguelgorry

16 December 2020 15	Lyon	2–2	Brest	Décines-Charpieu
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	De Sciglio 15' Depay 69' (pen.) Cornet 81' Lopes 90' Paquetá 90+6'	Report	Lopes 39' (o.g.) Lasne 74' Faivre 90+2' (pen.)	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 0 Referee: Jérôme Brisard

19 December 2020 16	Nice	1–4	Lyon	Nice
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Gouiri 44' Thuram 57'	Report	Depay 32' (pen.) Kadewere 39' Toko Ekambi 63' Cornet 66' Aouar 73'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 0 Referee: Antony Gautier

23 December 2020 17	Lyon	3–0	Nantes	Décines-Charpieu
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Toko Ekambi 4' Marcelo 14' Kadewere 37' Paquetá 44'	Report	Coco 34' Abeid 56' Pallois 68'	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 0 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

6 January 2021 18	Lyon	3–2	Lens	Décines-Charpieu
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Depay 39', 52' (pen.) Aouar 40' Fortés 46' (o.g.)	Report	Leca 51' Sotoca 56' Badé 85' Doucouré 89'	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 0 Referee: Eric Wattellier

9 January 2021 19	Rennes	2–2	Lyon	Rennes
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Grenier 20' Bourigeaud 55', 87'	Report	Aouar 14' Paquetá 54' Depay 79' Denayer 82'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Mikael Lesage

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	10	6	81	43	+38	76	11	3	5	42	23	+19	11	7	1	39	20	+19

17 January 2021 20	Lyon	0–1	Metz	Décines-Charpieu
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Dubois 27'	Report	Boye 27' Kouyaté 86' Leya Iseka 90', 90'	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 0 Referee: Stéphanie Frappart

24 January 2021 21	Saint-Étienne	0–5	Lyon	Saint-Étienne
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Kolodziejczak 54' Hamouma 74' Bouanga 84'	Report	Kadewere 16', 68' Bruno Guimarães 23' Marcelo 36', 59' Bouanga 82' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Attendance: 0 Referee: Benoît Bastien

29 January 2021 22	Lyon	2–1	Bordeaux	Décines-Charpieu
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Mendes 15' Toko Ekambi 32' Dubois 90+1'	Report	Kalu 55' Benito 83' Bašić 84'	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 0 Referee: Clément Turpin

3 February 2021 23	Dijon	0–1	Lyon	Dijon
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Chouiar 61' Coulibaly 74'	Report	Paquetá 21'	Stadium: Stade Gaston Gérard Attendance: 0 Referee: Johan Hamel

6 February 2021 24	Lyon	3–0	Strasbourg	Décines-Charpieu
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Depay 20', 68' Toko Ekambi 30' Marcelo 41' Diomandé 61'	Report	Thomasson 14' 14'	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 0 Referee: Amaury Delerue

13 February 2021 25	Lyon	1–2	Montpellier	Décines-Charpieu
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Paquetá 45+1'	Report	Savanier 20' Ristić 49' Wahi 65'	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 0 Referee: Antony Gautier

19 February 2021 26	Brest	2–3	Lyon	Brest
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Belkebla 40' Chardonnet 53' Cardona 74'	Report	Paquetá 9', 90+5' Aouar 29' Depay 44' (pen.) De Sciglio 56'	Stadium: Stade Francis-Le Blé Attendance: 0 Referee: Frank Schneider

28 February 2021 27	Marseille	1–1	Lyon	Marseille
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Milik 44' (pen.) Kamara 64' Payet 78' Álvaro 81' Gueye 90+4'	Report	Toko Ekambi 21' Paquetá 42' 71' Mendes 78' Depay 81'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 0 Referee: Benoît Millot

3 March 2021 28	Lyon	1–0	Rennes	Décines-Charpieu
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Caqueret 41' Aouar 74'	Report	Martin 54' Grenier 61' Traoré 76'	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 0 Referee: Ruddy Buquet