| 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 vsSaint-Étienne | |||
| Biggest defeat | 2–4 vsParis Saint-Germain | |||
The2020–21 season was the 71st season in the existence ofOlympique Lyonnais and the club's 32nd consecutive season in the top flight ofFrench football. In addition to thedomestic league, Lyon participated in this season's edition of theCoupe de France. The season covered the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.
As of 13 January 2021[1]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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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] |
Spending Summer: Winter: Total: | Income Summer: Winter: Total: | Net Expenditure Summer: Winter: Total: |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||
Last updated: 23 May 2021
Source:Soccerway
| Pos | Team | 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 theChampions League group stage |
| 3 | Monaco | 38 | 24 | 6 | 8 | 76 | 42 | +34 | 78 | Qualification for theChampions League third qualifying round |
| 4 | Lyon | 38 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 81 | 43 | +38 | 76 | Qualification for theEuropa League group stage[a] |
| 5 | Marseille | 38 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 54 | 47 | +7 | 60 | |
| 6 | Rennes | 38 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 52 | 40 | +12 | 58 | Qualification for theEuropa Conference League play-off round[a] |
| 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 |
Last updated: 23 May 2021.
Source:Ligue 1
| 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 |
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| 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 |
The league fixtures were announced on 9 July 2020.[27]
| 28 August 20202 | Lyon | 4–1 | Dijon | Décines-Charpieu |
| 21:00CEST (UTC+2) | Report |
| Stadium:Parc Olympique Lyonnais Referee:Benoît Millot |
| 11 September 20203 | Bordeaux | 0–0 | Lyon | Bordeaux |
| 21:00CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium:Matmut Atlantique Referee:Ruddy Buquet |
| 15 September 20201 | Montpellier | 2–1 | Lyon | Montpellier |
| 21:00CEST (UTC+2) | Report |
| 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 the2019–20 UEFA Champions League knockout phase.[28] | ||||
| 18 September 20204 | Lyon | 0–0 | Nîmes | Décines-Charpieu |
| 21:00CEST (UTC+2) |
| Report | Stadium:Parc Olympique Lyonnais Referee: Amaury Delerue |
| 27 September 20205 | Lorient | 1–1 | Lyon | Lorient |
| 17:00CEST (UTC+2) | Report |
| Stadium:Stade du Moustoir Referee:Clément Turpin |
| 4 October 20206 | Lyon | 1–1 | Marseille | Décines-Charpieu |
| 21:00CEST (UTC+2) |
| Report |
| Stadium:Parc Olympique Lyonnais Referee:Stéphanie Frappart |
| 18 October 20207 | Strasbourg | 2–3 | Lyon | Strasbourg |
| 13:00CEST (UTC+2) | Report |
| Stadium:Stade de la Meinau Referee:Ruddy Buquet |
| 25 October 20208 | Lyon | 4–1 | Monaco | Décines-Charpieu |
| 21:00CET (UTC+1) | Report |
| Stadium:Parc Olympique Lyonnais Referee:Jérôme Brisard |
| 1 November 20209 | Lille | 1–1 | Lyon | Villeneuve-d'Ascq |
| 21:00CET (UTC+1) | Report |
| Stadium:Stade Pierre-Mauroy Attendance: 0 Referee: Mikael Lesage |
| 8 November 202010 | Lyon | 2–1 | Saint-Étienne | Décines-Charpieu |
| 21:00CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium:Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 0 Referee:François Letexier |
| 22 November 202011 | Angers | 0–1 | Lyon | Angers |
| 17:00CET (UTC+1) |
| Report |
| Stadium:Stade Raymond Kopa Attendance: 0 Referee: Amaury Delerue |
| 29 November 202012 | Lyon | 3–0 | Reims | Décines-Charpieu |
| 13:00CET (UTC+1) |
| Report | Stadium:Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 0 Referee: Jérôme Miguelgorry |
| 6 December 202013 | Metz | 1–3 | Lyon | Metz |
| 21:00CET (UTC+1) | Report |
| Stadium:Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 0 Referee: Karim Abed |
| 13 December 202014 | Paris Saint-Germain | 0–1 | Lyon | Paris |
| 21:00CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium:Parc des Princes Attendance: 0 Referee:Benoît Bastien |
| 16 December 202015 | Lyon | 2–2 | Brest | Décines-Charpieu |
| 21:00CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium:Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 0 Referee:Jérôme Brisard |
| 19 December 202016 | Nice | 1–4 | Lyon | Nice |
| 21:00CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium:Allianz Riviera Attendance: 0 Referee:Antony Gautier |
| 23 December 202017 | Lyon | 3–0 | Nantes | Décines-Charpieu |
| 21:00CET (UTC+1) |
| Report | Stadium:Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 0 Referee:Ruddy Buquet |
| 6 January 202118 | Lyon | 3–2 | Lens | Décines-Charpieu |
| 21:00CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium:Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 0 Referee: Eric Wattellier |
| 9 January 202119 | Rennes | 2–2 | Lyon | Rennes |
| 21:00CET (UTC+1) |
| Report | Stadium:Roazhon Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Mikael Lesage |
| 17 January 202120 | Lyon | 0–1 | Metz | Décines-Charpieu |
| 21:00CET (UTC+1) |
| Report |
| Stadium:Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 0 Referee:Stéphanie Frappart |
| 24 January 202121 | Saint-Étienne | 0–5 | Lyon | Saint-Étienne |
| 21:00CET (UTC+1) |
| Report |
| Stadium:Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Attendance: 0 Referee:Benoît Bastien |
| 29 January 202122 | Lyon | 2–1 | Bordeaux | Décines-Charpieu |
| 21:00CET (UTC+1) |
| Report | Stadium:Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 0 Referee:Clément Turpin |
| 3 February 202123 | Dijon | 0–1 | Lyon | Dijon |
| 21:00CET (UTC+1) | Report |
| Stadium:Stade Gaston Gérard Attendance: 0 Referee: Johan Hamel |
| 6 February 202124 | Lyon | 3–0 | Strasbourg | Décines-Charpieu |
| 19:00CET (UTC+1) |
| Report |
| Stadium:Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 0 Referee: Amaury Delerue |
| 13 February 202125 | Lyon | 1–2 | Montpellier | Décines-Charpieu |
| 21:00CET (UTC+1) |
| Report | Stadium:Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 0 Referee:Antony Gautier |
| 19 February 202126 | Brest | 2–3 | Lyon | Brest |
| 21:00CET (UTC+1) |
| Report |
| Stadium:Stade Francis-Le Blé Attendance: 0 Referee: Frank Schneider |
| 28 February 202127 | Marseille | 1–1 | Lyon | Marseille |
| 21:00CET (UTC+1) | Report |
| Stadium:Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 0 Referee:Benoît Millot |
| 3 March 202128 | Lyon | 1–0 | Rennes | Décines-Charpieu |
| 19:00CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium:Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 0 Referee:Ruddy Buquet |
| 12 March 202129 | Reims | 1–1 | Lyon | Reims |
| 21:00CET (UTC+1) |
| Report | Stadium:Stade Auguste-Delaune Attendance: 0 Referee:Jérôme Brisard |
| 21 March 202130 | Lyon | 2–4 | Paris Saint-Germain | Décines-Charpieu |
| 21:00CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium:Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 0 Referee:Clément Turpin |
| 3 April 202131 | Lens | 1–1 | Lyon | Lens |
| 21:00CEST (UTC+2) | Report |
| Stadium:Stade Bollaert-Delelis Attendance: 0 Referee:Benoît Millot |
| 11 April 202132 | Lyon | 3–0 | Angers | Décines-Charpieu |
| 21:00CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium:Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 0 Referee: Mikael Lesage |
| 18 April 202133 | Nantes | 1–2 | Lyon | Nantes |
| 21:00CEST (UTC+2) |
| Report | Stadium:Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 0 Referee:Benoît Bastien |
| 25 April 202134 | Lyon | 2–3 | Lille | Décines-Charpieu |
| 21:00CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium:Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 0 Referee:François Letexier |
| 2 May 202135 | Monaco | 2–3 | Lyon | Monaco |
| 21:00CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium:Stade Louis II Attendance: 0 Referee:Clément Turpin | ||
| Note: Geubbels, Pellegri, Marcelo and De Sciglio received red cards after the final whistle. | ||||
| 8 May 202136 | Lyon | 4–1 | Lorient | Décines-Charpieu |
| 17:00CEST (UTC+2) |
| Report |
| Stadium:Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 0 Referee: Mikael Lesage |
| 16 May 202137 | Nîmes | 2–5 | Lyon | Nîmes |
| 21:00CEST (UTC+2) |
| Report | Stadium:Stade des Costières Attendance: 0 Referee:Ruddy Buquet |
| 23 May 202138 | Lyon | 2–3 | Nice | Décines-Charpieu |
| 21:00CEST (UTC+2) |
| Report | Stadium:Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 0 Referee:Benoît Millot |
| 9 February 2021Round of 64 | Lyon | 5–1 | Ajaccio | Décines-Charpieu |
| 21:00CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium:Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 0 Referee: Florent Batta |
| 6 March 2021Round of 32 | Lyon | 5–2 | Sochaux | Décines-Charpieu |
| 18:45CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium:Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 0 Referee: Eric Wattellier |
| 8 April 2021Round of 16 | Red Star | 2–2 (4–5p) | Lyon | Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine |
| 19:00CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium:Stade Bauer Attendance: 0 Referee: Jérôme Miguelgorry | ||
| Penalties | ||||
| 21 April 2021Quarter-finals | Lyon | 0–2 | Monaco | Décines-Charpieu |
| 21:10CEST (UTC+2) |
| Report |
| Stadium:Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 0 Referee:Stéphanie Frappart |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Ligue 1 | Coupe de France | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||||||
| Goalkeepers | |||||||||||||
| 1 | GK |  POR | Anthony Lopes | 39 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 30 | GK | GER | Julian Pollersbeck | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| Defenders | |||||||||||||
| 2 | DF |  CIV | Sinaly Diomandé | 31 | 0 | 10+17 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||||
| 3 | DF | ALG | Djamel Benlamri | 8 | 1 | 0+6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| 5 | DF |  BEL | Jason Denayer | 33 | 2 | 31 | 1 | 0+2 | 1 | ||||
| 6 | DF | BRA | Marcelo | 37 | 3 | 34 | 3 | 2+1 | 0 | ||||
| 14 | DF | FRA | Léo Dubois | 40 | 2 | 35+2 | 2 | 1+2 | 0 | ||||
| 17 | DF | FRA | Malo Gusto | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 19 | DF | TUR | Cenk Özkaçar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | ||||
| 22 | DF | ITA | Mattia De Sciglio | 33 | 0 | 14+15 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||||
| 26 | DF | FRA | Melvin Bard | 18 | 0 | 4+10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||||
| 27 | DF | CIV | Maxwel Cornet | 39 | 4 | 29+7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||||
| Midfielders | |||||||||||||
| 8 | MF | FRA | Houssem Aouar | 33 | 8 | 23+7 | 7 | 1+2 | 1 | ||||
| 12 | MF | BRA | Lucas Paquetá | 34 | 10 | 27+3 | 9 | 3+1 | 1 | ||||
| 23 | MF | BRA | Thiago Mendes | 34 | 0 | 23+9 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | ||||
| 25 | MF | FRA | Maxence Caqueret | 33 | 0 | 19+10 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | ||||
| 28 | MF | FRA | Florent Da Silva | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 33 | MF | MLI | Habib Keita | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 39 | MF | BRA | Bruno Guimarães | 37 | 3 | 21+12 | 3 | 3+1 | 0 | ||||
| Forwards | |||||||||||||
| 7 | FW | CMR | Karl Toko Ekambi | 39 | 14 | 34+1 | 14 | 0+4 | 0 | ||||
| 10 | FW | NED | Memphis Depay | 40 | 22 | 33+4 | 20 | 3 | 2 | ||||
| 11 | FW | ZIM | Tino Kadewere | 33 | 10 | 24+9 | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 18 | FW | FRA | Rayan Cherki | 30 | 4 | 5+22 | 1 | 3 | 3 | ||||
| 20 | FW | ALG | Islam Slimani | 21 | 4 | 4+14 | 3 | 2+1 | 1 | ||||
| 29 | FW | FRA | Yaya Soumaré | 4 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | ||||
| Players transferred out during the season | |||||||||||||
| 3 | DF | DEN | Joachim Andersen | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 4 | MF | BRA | Jean Lucas | 7 | 0 | 1+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 9 | FW | FRA | Moussa Dembélé | 16 | 1 | 6+10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 17 | MF | FRA | Jeff Reine-Adélaïde | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 20 | DF | BRA | Marçal | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 23 | DF | NED | Kenny Tete | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Last updated: 23 May 2021
Source:Competitions
| Rank | No. | Pos. | Nat. | Player | Ligue 1 | Coupe de France | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10 | FW | | Memphis Depay | 19 | 2 | 21 |
| 2 | 7 | FW | | Karl Toko Ekambi | 12 | 0 | 12 |
| 3 | 11 | FW | | Tino Kadewere | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| 4 | 12 | MF | | Lucas Paquetá | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 5 | 8 | MF | | Houssem Aouar | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | 18 | MF | | Rayan Cherki | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 27 | FW | | Maxwel Cornet | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| 8 | 6 | DF | | Marcelo | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 20 | FW | | Islam Slimani | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 10 | 5 | DF | | Jason Denayer | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 14 | DF | | Léo Dubois | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 12 | 3 | DF | | Djamel Benlamri | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | | Moussa Dembélé | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 39 | MF | | Bruno Guimarães | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Own goals | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Totals | 70 | 12 | 82 | ||||
