2008–09 Olympique Lyonnais season

Olympique Lyonnais
Season 2008-09
Manager	Claude Puel
Chairman	Jean-Michel Aulas
Current league position	1st
Trophée des Champions	Eliminated
Coupe de la Ligue	Round of 16
Coupe de France	Round of 64
UEFA Champions League	Group Stage
League Top Goalscorer	Karim Benzema (6)
Season Top Goalscorer	Karim Benzema (7)
Highest Home Attendance	38,754 vs Grenoble (23 August 2008)
Lowest Home Attendance	35,925 vs Nice (13 September 2008)
$\leftarrow$ Previous season 2007-08
$\rightarrow$ Next season 2009-10

The 2008–09 season will be Olympique Lyonnais's 50th anniversary season in Ligue 1 and will be their 20th consecutive season in the top division of French football. They are the defending champions having won the title the past seven consecutive seasons. They will also be entering the new season after achieving their first ever double after winning the Coupe de France, along with their league title.

News

Following the season, it was announced by Lyon chairman Jean-Michel Aulas that manager Alain Perrin would not be returning despite being the first Lyon manager to win the double. Lyon management attributed the firing to "Perrin's several malfunctions that affected the squad daily throughout the season" and their constant failure in Europe. Following an extensive search, which linked the Lyon managerial position to several managers, including former Manchester United assistant and current Portugal national football team coach Carlos Queiroz, Brazilian manager Vanderlei Luxemburgo, and former French players and managers Didier Deschamps and Laurent Blanc to name a few, it was announced on June 18, 2008 that Lille OSC manager Claude Puel would succeed Perrin.

With the managerial search going on, Lyon made several transfers. However, before the managerial search even began, Lyon made a big transfer, signing Brazilian midfielder Ederson from OGC Nice in January for €15m. The summer transfers included Hugo Lloris (€8.5m) who was brought in to replace to outgoing Grégory Coupet, Miralem Pjanić (€7.5m), Jean II Makoun (€14m), and John Mensah (€8.4m), who was brought in to replace to outgoing Sébastien Squillaci.

Following last year promotions of youth players Sandy Paillot, Anthony Mounier, and Romain Beynié from the youth scheme to the professional squad, Lyon signed another set of youth players to professional contracts. Midfielders Pierrick Valdivia (no relation to Chilean playmaker Jorge Valdivia), Clément Grenierand Saïd Mehamha, and striker Yannis Tafer were promoted to the first-team squad, although they will still play on Lyon's second squad in the CFA. Lyon also sign young prospect Thimothée Kołodziejczak from Lens. Thimothée, who is a teammate of Tafer and Grenier on the international stage, will initially move to Lyon on a loan with a purchase clause likely to occur at a later date. Also in an effort to increase their youths playing time, they re-loaned Sandy Paillot to Grenoble for the entire season and loaned out midfielder Romain Beynié to Belgian side A.F.C. Tubize.

Notable departures include Loïc Rémy, who moved to OGC Nice and French wunderkind Hatem Ben Arfa, who moved to rivals Olympique Marseille.The Ben Arfa move was put into speculation after Lyon officials argued that an agreement wasn't made between the two clubs.However, after a meeting between the two clubs, organized by the LFP, the transfer was back on.While the aforementioned central defender Sébastien Squillaci moved to Sevilla FC of La Liga.

Other departures include Grégory Coupet, who moved to Atlético Madrid, after spending 12 years with the club, Patrick Müller and Frédéric Roux, whose contracts expired on June 30, 2008, and Marc Crosas, who returned to Barcelona after spending the winter on loan with Lyon. While the inconsistent striker Milan Baroš moved to Turkish side Galatasaray S.K..

This summer also saw the departure of several Olympique Lyonnais youth players who will attempt to ply their trade elsewhere. Lossémy Karaboué, Alexandre Bouchard, and Aurélien Badin have moved to Ligue 2 sides CS Sedan, LB Châteauroux, and Troyes AC, respectively. While the Italian Francesco Migliore moved to Belgian side R.A.E.C. Mons.

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	No.	Name	From	Fee	Source
2008-01-29	MF	7	Ederson	Nice	€15m	Eurosport.uk
2008-05-15	FW	34	Yannis Tafer		Promoted from Reserves	Boursica.com
2008-05-15	MF	22	Clément Grenier		Promoted from Reserves	Boursica.com
2008-05-17	DF	15	Sandy Paillot	Grenoble	return from loan
2008-06-02	GK	1	Hugo Lloris	Nice	€8.5m	OLweb.fr
2008-06-05	MF	13	Pierrick Valdivia		Promoted from Reserves	Mercato365.com
2008-06-06	MF	18	Miralem Pjanić	Metz	€7.5m	OLweb.fr
2008-06-17	MF	17	Jean II Makoun	Lille OSC	€14m	OLweb.fr
2008-07-01	MF	31	Saïd Mehamha		Promoted from Reserves	Mercato365.com
2008-07-09	MF	26	Fábio Santos	São Paulo	return from loan
2008-07-27	ST	21	Milan Baroš	Portsmouth	return from loan
2008-07-21	DF	15	John Mensah	Rennes	€8.4m	OLweb.fr
2008-07-31	FW	39	Frédéric Piquionne	AS Monaco	€4.5m	OLweb.fr
2008-08-21	DF	12	Thimothée Kołodziejczak	RC Lens	On loan	OLweb.fr

Total spending: €57.9m

Out

Date	Pos.	No.	Name	To	Fee	Source
2008-05-26	MF	--	Mohamed Bedda	RC Strasbourg	On trial	RacingStub.com
2008-05-26	FW	--	Stephen Ettien	RC Strasbourg	On trial	RacingStub.com
2008-06-02	FW	44	Lossémy Karaboué	CS Sedan	Free transfer	Mercato365.com
2008-06-05	FW	12	Loïc Rémy	Nice	€8m	Mercato365.com
2008-06-24	GK	--	Alexandre Bouchard	LB Châteauroux	Free transfer	Football365.fr
2008-06-24	DF	36	Aurélien Badin	Troyes AC	Free transfer	Mercato365.com
2008-06-30	GK	35	Frédéric Roux	TBA	End of Contract
2008-06-30	DF	4	Patrick Müller	AS Monaco FC	Free transfer	Setanta.com
2008-06-30	MF	21	Marc Crosas	Barcelona	loan return
2008-07-01	MF	18	Hatem Ben Arfa	Marseille	€12m	Mercato365.com
2008-07-05	GK	1	Grégory Coupet	Atlético Madrid	€1.5m	Soccerway.com
2008-07-14	DF	47	Francesco Migliore	R.A.E.C. Mons		LyonCapitale.fr
2008-07-15	DF	22	Anderson	São Paulo	loan	SkySports.com
2008-07-16	DF	33	Mickaël Charvet	OGC Nice	On trial	OGCNice.com
2008-07-17	DF	29	Sébastien Squillaci	Sevilla FC	€6.5m	UEFA.com
2008-08-20	DF	15	Sandy Paillot	Grenoble	On loan	Mercato365.com
2008-08-21	MF	24	Romain Beynié	A.F.C. Tubize	On loan	Mercato365.com
2008-08-26	FW	21	Milan Baroš	Galatasaray S.K.	€5.5m	Galatasaray.org

Total income: €33.5m

Current Squad

As of August 26, 2008

Number	Name	DOB	Age	Country	Member Since	Notes
Goalkeepers
1	Hugo Lloris	December 26 1986	21		2008	Joined from OGC Nice in June 2008
25	Joan Hartock	February 17 1987	21		2006
30	Rémy Vercoutre	June 26 1980	28		2002	Signed two-year extension in May 2008
Defenders
2	François Clerc	April 18 1983	25		2005	Currently out for up to 6 months after tearing his left ACL
3	Cris	June 3 1977	31		2004	Serves as vice-captain
4	Jean-Alain Boumsong	December 14 1979	28		2008	Joined from Juventus FC in January 2008
11	Fabio Grosso	November 28 1977	30		2007	Currently out up to a month after sustaining broken ribs
12	Thimothée Kołodziejczak	October 1 1991	17		2008	Joined on loan from RC Lens in August 2008
15	John Mensah	November 29 1982	25		2008	Joined from Rennes in July 2008
20	Anthony Réveillère	November 10 1979	28		2003
32	Lamine Gassama	October 20 1989	18		2008	Signed pro-contract in September 2008
36	Sébastien Faure	January 3 1991	17		2008
Midfielders
5	Mathieu Bodmer	November 22 1982	25		2007
6	Kim Källström	August 24 1982	26		2006
7	Ederson	January 13 1986	22		2008	Joined in June 2008 after agreeing to terms in January 2008
8	Juninho	January 30 1975	33		2001	Serves as captain of the squad
13	Pierrick Valdivia	April 18 1988	20		2008	Signed pro-contract in June 2008
17	Jean II Makoun	May 29 1983	25		2008	Joined from Lille OSC in June 2008
18	Miralem Pjanić	April 2 1990	18		2008	Joined from FC Metz in June 2008
19	César Delgado	August 18 1981	27		2008	Joined from Cruz Azul in January 2008
22	Clément Grenier	January 7 1991	17		2008	Signed pro-contract in May 2008
26	Fábio Santos	October 9 1980	27		2007	Currently out for up to 6 months with a broken leg and fractured cheekbone
28	Jérémy Toulalan	September 10 1983	25		2006
31	Saïd Mehamha	September 4 1990	18		2008	Signed pro-contract in June 2008
Strikers
9	Fred	October 3 1983	25		2005
10	Karim Benzema	December 19 1987	20		2004	Signed new contract in March 2008 to stay at club until 2013
14	Sidney Govou	July 27 1979	29		1999	Serves as vice-captain. Currently out for up to two months after sustaining a severe sprain of the ankle.
23	Kader Keïta	August 6 1981	27		2007
27	Anthony Mounier	August 27 1987	21		2007
34	Yannis Tafer	February 11 1991	17		2008	Signed pro-contract in May 2008
39	Frédéric Piquionne	December 8 1978	29		2008	Joined from AS Monaco FC in July 2008

Club

Coaching staff

Claude Puel, first season with Lyon.

Position	Staff
Manager	Claude Puel
Assistant manager	Patrick Collot
Assistant manager	Bruno Genesio
First team coach	Remi Garde
Striker coach	Sonny Anderson
Goalkeeping coach	Joël Bats
Team doctor	Jean-Jacques Amprino
Team doctor	Emmanuel Ohrant
Fitness coach	Robert Duverne

Last updated: 31 July
Source: OLweb.fr

Other information

Stade de Gerland, current stadia of Lyon.

Chairman	Jean-Michel Aulas
Special Advisor	Bernard Lacombe
Ground (capacity and dimensions)	Stade de Gerland (41,044 / 112x65 meters)

Updated to match played 28 June
Source: OLweb.fr

Team Kits

Umbro will provide the kits for Olympique Lyonnais. Umbro have been the official kit provider of Lyon since 2003 and just last year signed an extension with Lyon until 2013.This season, Lyon will have brand new home, away, and Champions League kits. The kits were presented on June 30, 2008.The new home kit is original white with the red and blue vertical strip, along with single blue stripes along the shoulders. The new away kit is all blue with single black stripes along the shoulders and the new Champions League away kit is electric yellow with the red and blue vertical stripe, along with single red and blue stripes on the shoulders.The team's alternate away kit consists of the home shirt with red shorts and white socks. It is only worn when Lyon are unable to wear their white shorts in an away tie due to the designated home team wearing white shorts.

Supplier: Umbro
Sponsor(s): Novotel (home) and Ticket Restaurant (away)

Home Kit

Away Kit

Euro Kit

Alternate Away Kit

Goalkeeper Kit

Goalkeeper Away Kit

Pre-season friendlies

Lyon played a total of 6 friendly matches. Lyon opened up their pre-season on July 12 with a 3-2 victory over Nîmes Olympique in Albertville, which is near Tignes, the location of Lyon's pre-season camp. A week later, on July 19, they traveled away to Bucharest to face FC Rapid Bucureşti of Romania, which resulted in a 1-2 loss. They then took a trip to Belgrade to play against FK Partizan of Serbia on July 23. Lyon came out with a positive result beating the Serbian side 3-1 with goals from Karim Benzema and Sidney Govou. They followed that victory up with another as they cruised to a 3-0 victory over Ligue 1 side AS Nancy in nearby Villefranche-sur-Saône. Their last friendly in the month of July would in turn be a 0-1 defeat to AS Monaco on July 29 in Annecy. Their final friendly match was the annual Trophée des Champions match. Since Lyon won both the league and the Coupe de France, they faced the club that finished in second place in Ligue 1 this past season, which was Bordeaux. The match was played on August 2, 2008 at Bordeaux's home, the Stade Chaban-Delmas.After 90 minutes of no goals, Bordeaux defeated Lyon 5-4 on penalties to earn their first Trophée des Champions title and thus ended Lyon's streak of six straight Trophée des Champions titles.

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result	Scorers	Attendance
July 12, 2008	Nîmes Olympique	H	3 – 2	Juninho 6', Tafer 40', Mounier 63'
July 19, 2008	FC Rapid Bucureşti	A	1 – 2	Tafer 57'
July 23, 2008	FK Partizan	A	3 – 1	Sikimić 16' (OG), Govou 22', Benzema 64'
July 24, 2008	AS Nancy	H	3 – 0	Juninho 6', Pied 68', Tafer 77'	3,000
July 29, 2008	AS Monaco FC	H	0 – 1		3,500
August 2, 2008	Bordeaux	A	4 – 5 (P)		27,167

Competitions

Ligue 1

Lyon opened up their Ligue 1 season in a positive fashion defeating Toulouse 3-0 with a brace from Karim Benzema and a rare goal from Jean II Makoun. Following a 0-0 draw away to Lorient, which dropped them to 3rd in the standings, Lyon rebounded with back to back wins over Rhône-Alpes rivals Grenoble and Saint-Étienne. Following that, Lyon picked up their third straight victory with a 3-2 win over Nice. The match was, however, marred with controversy. After trailing 0-2, Lyon got back into the match with two spectacular free kicks from Juninho. With the match in extra time and looking to end in a draw, referee Jean-Charles Cailleux and one of his assistant referees ruled a handball infraction had been committed by Nice defender Vincent Hognon in the box given Lyon a penalty, which was converted by Benzema. Looking at the replay, it could have easily been determined that the handball infraction had been without malice and that the penalty should have not been given. However, Lyon would escape with a victory, which moved them into first place. They would follow this win up with back to back one goal wins over newly-promoted side Le Havre and Nancy giving them five straight league victories.

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
8	6	1	1	12	6	+6	19	4	0	0	10	3	+7	2	1	1	2	3	−1

Source: lfp.fr

Results by round

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result	Scorers	Attendance	League position	Referee
10 August 2008	Toulouse	H	3 – 0	Makoun 12', Benzema (2) 58', 66'	36,448	1st	Fredy Fautrel
17 August 2008	Lorient	A	0 – 0		14,617	3rd	Antony Gautier
23 August 2008	Grenoble	H	2 – 0	Makoun 6', Benzema 36'	38,754	2nd	Hervé Piccirillo
31 August 2008	Saint-Étienne	A	1 – 0	Benzema 56'	34,704	2nd	Laurent Duhamel
13 September 2008	Nice	H	3 – 2	Juninho (2) 40', 71', Benzema 90'	35,925	1st	Jean-Charles Cailleux
20 September 2008	Le Havre	A	1 – 0	Ederson 44'	16,211	1st	Philippe Kalt
27 September 2008	Nancy	H	2 – 1	Benzema 31', Fred 36'	36,895	1st	Stéphane Bre
5 October 2008	Rennes	A	0 – 3		27,816	1st	Damien Ledentu
18 October 2008	Lille	H
25 October 2008	Auxerre	A
29 October 2008	Sochaux	A
1 November 2008	Le Mans	H
8 November 2008	Monaco	A
16 November 2008	Bordeaux	H
22 November 2008	PSG	A
29 November 2008	Valenciennes	H
6 December 2008	Nantes	A
14 December 2008	Marseille	H
20 December 2008	Caen	A
10 January 2009	Lorient	H
17 January 2009	Grenoble	A
31 January 2009	Saint-Étienne	H
7 February 2009	Nice	A
14 February 2009	Le Havre	H
21 February 2009	Nancy	A
28 February 2009	Rennes	H
7 March 2009	Lille	A
14 March 2009	Auxerre	H
22 March 2009	Sochaux	H
4 April 2009	Le Mans	A
11 April 2009	Monaco	H
18 April 2009	Bordeaux	A
25 April 2009	PSG	H
2 May 2009	Valenciennes	A
9 May 2009	Nantes	H
17 May 2009	Marseille	A
23 May 2009	Caen	H
30 May 2009	Toulouse	A

UEFA Champions League

Lyon entered the 2008-09 UEFA Champions League for the 8th straight season. Due to finishing as champions of Ligue 1 this past season, Lyon again entered directly to the group stage. The draw for the group stage was determined on August 28, 2008. Lyon will be paired with the defending German champions Bayern Munich, Italian side Fiorentina, and the Romanian runner-ups Steaua Bucureşti.

Lyon began their Champions League quest at home taking on Fiorentina. Lyon also unveiled their fluorescent green third kit in this match. As with the Nice match, which occurred just four days before, this match had its share of controversy. Following a disappointing first half, with Fiorentina leading 0-2 after two goals from Alberto Gilardino, Lyon came out for the second half with scoring in mind. With Lyon attacking, following a cross into the box, a collision occurred just inside the field of play between Frédéric Piquionne and Fiorentina defender Luciano Zauri, which unexpectedly injured the latter. Following a clearance by the Fiorentina defence, it was expected, by Fiorentina, that the ball would be put out of play with fair play being in mind. However, with Lyon trailing 0-2 and several Lyon players not having any idea of Zauri being down, they proceeded to attack and eventually a goal was scored by Piquionne. Following this incident, Lyon still trailed 1-2, but in the 86th minute, after earning a free kick Juninho and Benzema proceeded to display excellent and sly teamwork as Benzema equalised for his side drawing the match 2-2 and giving both clubs 1 point through one round.

With one point in hand, Lyon traveled to Munich, the capital city of Bavaria to take on group leaders Bayern Munich who defeated Steaua Bucureşti 1-0 on the opening matchday. With both teams coming off unimpressive matches a couple of days before (Lyon an unspectacular 2-1 victory over Nancy and Bayern, a 0-1 loss away to Hannover), the match showed why with Lyon's only goal coming off the head of Bayern defender Martin Demichelis in the 25th minute from one of Juninho's spot kicks. Bayern would later equalised through the Brazilian Zé Roberto in the second half. Though Lyon had decent chances, including one where Karim Benzema had a chance to capitalize on a Bayern mistake late in the second half, the match would remain 1-1 with Lyon leaving Munich with just 2 points through two matches.

Group F

UEFA Champions League 2008-09 Group F

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Bayern 2 1 1 0 2 1 +1 4 Lyon 2 0 2 0 3 3 0 2 Fiorentina 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 2 Steaua 2 0 1 1 0 1 −1 1

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result	Scorers	Attendance	Group position	Referee
17 September 2008	Fiorentina	H	2 – 2	Piquionne 73', Benzema 86'	37,500	2nd	Peter Fröjdfeldt
30 September 2008	Bayern Munich	A	1 – 1	Martin Demichelis (OG) 25'	64,000	2nd	Kyros Vassaras
21 October 2008	Steaua Bucureşti	A	–
5 November 2008	Steaua Bucureşti	H	–
25 November 2008	Fiorentina	A	–
10 December 2008	Bayern Munich	H	–

Coupe de la Ligue

Lyon will enter this Coupe de la Ligue season having last won the cup in 2001. This past season, they were eliminated in the quarterfinals by Le Mans. As with all other years, Lyon will enter the cup in the Round of 16 as they have qualified for the UEFA Champions League, where they will face last year's relegation side FC Metz.

Date	Round	Opponents	H/A	Result	Scorers	Attendance	Referee
11 November 2008	Round of 16	FC Metz	H	–

Coupe de France

Lyon will enter the 2008-2009 Coupe de France season as defending champions having won the title this past season in a highly-contested 1-0 victory against Paris Saint-Germain. They will begin from the Round of 64, as all other Ligue 1 clubs will.

Date	Round	Opponents	H/A	Result	Scorers	Attendance	Referee
3-4 January 2009	Round of 64	TBA	A	–

Start formations

Qnt	Formation	Match(es)
1	4-5-1	1
1	4-4-1-1	2
2	4-4-2	3, 8
2	4-2-3-1	4, 6
4	4-3-3	5, UCL 1, 7, UCL 2, 9

Last updated: 18 October
Source: Match reports in Competitive matches
Only competitive matches.

Starting 11

Note: Formation shown indicates formation used in
club's most previous competitive match.

No. Pos. Nat. Name MS Notes 1 GK Lloris 11 20 RB Réveillère 10 3 CB Cris 8 15 CB Mensah 5 11 LB Grosso 4 8 CM Juninho 8 17 DM Makoun 11 6 CM Källström 5 23 FW Keïta 2 7 FW Ederson 7 9 FW Fred 4

Lloris Réveillère Cris Mensah Grosso Juninho Makoun Källström Keïta Ederson Fred

Last updated: 18 October 2008
Source: Squad stats and Start formations.
Only competitive matches.
Using the most used start formation.
Ordered by position on pitch (from back right to front left).

Squad stats

Appearances and Goals

Last updated on October 18, 2008.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Ligue 1		Champions League		Coupe de la Ligue		Coupe de France
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	FRA	Hugo Lloris	11	0	9	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	DF	FRA	François Clerc	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF	BRA	Cris	8	0	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
4	DF	FRA	Jean-Alain Boumsong	6	0	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
5	MF	FRA	Mathieu Bodmer	10	0	8	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
6	MF	SWE	Kim Källström	7	0	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
7	MF	BRA	Ederson	11	1	9	1	2	0	0	0	0	0
8	MF	BRA	Juninho	9	2	7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
9	FW	BRA	Fred	6	1	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0
10	FW	FRA	Karim Benzema	10	7	8	6	2	1	0	0	0	0
11	DF	ITA	Fabio Grosso	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	DF	FRA	Thimothée Kołodziejczak	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	MF	FRA	Pierrick Valdivia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	FW	FRA	Sidney Govou	7	0	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
15	DF	GHA	John Mensah	5	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
17	MF	CMR	Jean Makoun	11	2	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
18	MF	BIH	Miralem Pjanić	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	FW	ARG	César Delgado	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	DF	FRA	Anthony Réveillère	11	0	9	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
22	MF	FRA	Clément Grenier	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	FW	CIV	Kader Keïta	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	GK	FRA	Joan Hartock	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	MF	BRA	Fábio Santos	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	FW	FRA	Anthony Mounier	8	0	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
28	MF	FRA	Jérémy Toulalan	9	0	7	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
30	GK	FRA	Rémy Vercoutre	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	MF	FRA	Saïd Mehamha	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	DF	FRA	Lamine Gassama	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	FW	FRA	Yannis Tafer	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
36	DF	FRA	Sébastien Faure	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
39	FW	FRA	Frédéric Piquionne	9	1	8	0	1	1	0	0	0	0

Other Statistics

Last updated October 7, 2008

Note: For all competitive competitions

No.	Pos.	Nationality	Player	Assists	Minutes Played
1	GK	France	Hugo Lloris	0	900	0	0	0
2	DF	France	François Clerc	0	40	0	0	0
3	DF	Brazil	Cris	0	630	1	0	0
4	DF	France	Jean-Alain Boumsong	0	297	0	0	0
5	MF	France	Mathieu Bodmer	0	900	0	0	0
6	MF	Sweden	Kim Källström	1	391	1	0	0
7	MF	Brazil	Ederson	0	583	1	0	0
8	MF	Brazil	Juninho	3	589	2	0	0
9	FW	Brazil	Fred	0	314	0	0	0
10	FW	France	Karim Benzema	1	736	1	0	0
11	DF	Italy	Fabio Grosso	0	270	1	0	0
12	DF	France	Thimothée Kołodziejczak	0	0	0	0	0
13	MF	France	Pierrick Valdivia	0	0	0	0	0
14	FW	France	Sidney Govou	1	463	3	1	0
15	DF	Ghana	John Mensah	0	360	1	0	0
17	DF	Cameroon	Jean Makoun	0	870	2	0	0
18	MF	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Miralem Pjanić	0	226	1	0	0
19	MF	Argentina	César Delgado	0	10	0	0	0
20	DF	France	Anthony Réveillère	0	861	1	0	0
22	MF	France	Clément Grenier	0	0	0	0	0
23	FW	Ivory Coast	Kader Keïta	0	90	0	0	0
25	GK	France	Joan Hartock	0	0	0	0	0
26	MF	Brazil	Fábio Santos	0	0	0	0	0
27	FW	France	Anthony Mounier	1	316	0	0	0
28	MF	France	Jérémy Toulalan	0	716	2	0	0
30	GK	France	Rémy Vercoutre	0	0	0	0	0
31	MF	France	Saïd Mehamha	0	0	0	0	0
32	DF	France	Lamine Gassama	0	0	0	0	0
34	FW	France	Yannis Tafer	0	0	0	0	0
36	DF	France	Sébastien Faure	0	0	0	0	0
39	FW	France	Frédéric Piquionne	0	337	1	0	0

Reserves and Academy

2008–09 season
Championnat de France Amateurs	Groupe B, 10th
Championnat National Under-18	Groupe D, 1st
Championnat National Under-16	Groupe C, 5th
Coupe Nationale des 16 ans	TBA
Top goalscorer	League: Yannis Tafer (CFA) (4) All: Yannis Tafer (CFA) (4)

The Olympique Lyonnais Reserves and Academy teams will also participate in seasonal activities this season. The second team, Olympique Lyonnais B, will participate in the Championnat de France Amateurs. The under-18 squad will participate in their league, the Championnat National Under-18. The under-16 squad will also participate in their league, Championnat National Under-16, as well as the Coupe Nationale des 16 ans, which is a regional tournament composed of regional squads that play against other regions. Lyon will participate with the Rhône-Alpes team.

Match results

Note: For the squads of the CFA, Under-18, and the Under-16, click here and here.

Reserves

Championnat de France Amateurs Date Opponents H / A Result F / A Scorers Position 2008-08-10 17:00 CET AS Monaco H 0 – 0 11th 2008-08-17 15:00 CET Sporting Toulon H 2 – 2 Anthony Mounier (2) 21', 42' 12th 2008-08-23 18:00 CET RCO Agde A 2 – 3 Yannis Tafer (2) 6', 81' 14th 2008-08-31 15:00 CET FC Villefranche H 2 – 0 Yannis Tafer 13', Saïd Mehamha 92' 11th 2008-09-13 17:00 CET Saint-Étienne H 2 – 1 Jérémy Pied 30', Yannis Tafer 32' 9th 2008-09-20 20:00 CET FC Martigues A 1 – 0 Guillaume Plessis (OG) 24' 5th 2008-09-28 15:00 CET ASF Andrézieux H 0 – 0 7th 2008-10-11 18:00 CET Gazélec Ajaccio A 0 – 1 9th 2008-10-15 18:00 CET Jura Sud A 0 – 1 10th 2008-10-26 15:00 CET US Marignane H – 2008-11-08 18:00 CET CA Bastia A – 2008-11-16 15:00 CET Montpellier HSC H – 2008-11-29 18:00 CET AS Saint-Priest A – 2008-12-07 14:30 CET Hyères FC H – 2008-12-21 15:00 CET Gap FC A – 2009-01-11 15:00 CET ES Fréjus H – 2009-01-17 18:00 CET AS Lyon-La Duchère A – 2009-01-31 18:00 CET Sporting Toulon H – 2009-02-08 15:00 CET RCO Agde H – 2009-02-14 18:00 CET FC Villefranche A – 2009-02-22 15:00 CET Jura Sud H – 2009-03-08 15:00 CET Saint-Étienne A – 2009-03-15 15:00 CET FC Martigues H – 2009-03-21 18:00 CET ASF Andrézieux A – 2009-04-04 18:00 CET US Marignane A – 2009-04-12 15:00 CET CA Bastia H – 2009-04-18 18:00 CET Montpellier HSC A – 2009-04-26 15:00 CET AS Saint-Priest H – 2009-05-02 18:00 CET Hyères FC A – 2009-05-10 15:00 CET Gap FC H – 2009-05-16 18:00 CET ES Fréjus A – 2009-05-23 18:00 CET AS Lyon-La Duchère H – 2009-05-30 18:00 CET AS Monaco A –

Under-18s

Championnat National Under-18 Date Opponents H / A Result Scorers Position 2008-08-31 15:00 CET SC Bastia H 2 – 1 6th 2008-09-07 15:00 CET Clermont Foot A 2 – 4 7th 2008-09-21 15:00 CET Rodez AF H 3 – 1 4th 2008-09-28 15:00 CET FC Échirolles A 2 – 1 2nd 2008-10-05 15:00 CET Montpellier HSC H 3 – 1 2nd 2008-10-12 15:00 CET Aurillac FCA H 2 – 1 1st 2008-10-26 15:00 CET Grenoble A – 2008-11-02 15:00 CET AC Ajaccio H – 2008-11-09 15:00 CET Saint-Étienne A – 2008-11-16 15:00 CET OGC Nice H – 2008-11-30 15:00 CET AS Cannes A – 2008-12-07 15:00 CET AS Monaco H – 2008-12-14 15:00 CET Marseille A – 2009-01-18 15:00 CET Clermont Foot H – 2009-01-25 15:00 CET Rodez AF A – 2009-02-08 15:00 CET FC Échirolles H – 2009-02-15 15:00 CET Montpellier HSC A – 2009-03-01 15:00 CET Aurillac FCA A – 2009-03-08 15:00 CET Grenoble H – 2009-03-22 15:00 CET AC Ajaccio A – 2009-03-29 15:00 CET Saint-Étienne H – 2009-04-19 15:00 CET OGC Nice A – 2009-04-26 15:00 CET AS Cannes H – 2009-05-03 15:00 CET AS Monaco A – 2009-05-17 15:00 CET Marseille H – 2009-05-24 15:00 CET SC Bastia A –

Under-16s

Championnat National Under-16 Date Opponents H / A Result Scorers Position 2008-09-07 15:00 CET AS Saint-Priest A 0 – 1 11th 2008-09-14 15:00 CET Jura Sud A 5 – 2 4th 2008-09-21 15:00 CET FC Sochaux H 2 – 1 5th 2008-10-05 15:00 CET AJ Auxerre A 2 – 4 7th 2008-10-12 15:00 CET Besançon RC H 6 – 0 5th 2008-10-19 15:00 CET Clermont Foot A – 2008-11-02 15:00 CET FC Bourgoin H – 2008-11-09 15:00 CET CS Louhans-Cuiseaux A – 2008-11-16 15:00 CET Dijon FCO H – 2008-11-23 15:00 CET Saint-Étienne A – 2008-11-30 15:00 CET Vesoul H – 2008-12-07 15:00 CET Clermont-Ferrand A – 2008-12-14 15:00 CET Annecy-le-Vieux H – 2009-01-18 15:00 CET Jura Sud H – 2009-01-25 15:00 CET FC Sochaux A – 2009-02-01 15:00 CET AJ Auxerre H – 2009-02-08 15:00 CET Besançon RC A – 2009-03-01 15:00 CET Clermont Foot H – 2009-03-08 15:00 CET FC Bourgoin A – 2009-03-15 15:00 CET CS Louhans-Cuiseaux H – 2009-03-29 15:00 CET Dijon FCO A – 2009-04-05 15:00 CET Saint-Étienne H – 2009-04-19 15:00 CET Vesoul A – 2009-04-26 15:00 CET Clermont-Ferrand H – 2009-05-03 15:00 CET Annecy-le-Vieux A – 2009-05-17 15:00 CET AS Saint-Priest H – Coupe Nationale des 16 ans Round Date Opponents H / A Result Scorers Preliminary April 2009 TBC TBC

Olympique Lyonnais Ladies

2008–09 season
Manager	Farid Benstiti
D1 Féminine	2nd
Challenge de France	1st Round
UEFA Women's Cup	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Kátia (8) All: Kátia (11)

The Olympique Lyonnais Ladies will also participate in their respective activities this season. The ladies, just like their male counterparts, won the double last season. They will compete in the top tier French women's division, the Division 1 Féminine, the women's version of the Coupe de France, the Challenge de France, and the UEFA Women's Cup, where they will begin from the second qualifying round.

Note: For the Olympique Lyonnais women's squad, click here.

Match results

Division 1

Division 1 Féminine Date Opponents H / A Result F / A Scorers Position 2008-08-23 16:00 CET PSG Ladies H 2 – 0 Georges 34', Renard 47' 2nd 2008-08-31 15:00 CET Toulouse Ladies A 5 – 0 Abily (2) 15', 55', Kátia (2) 20', 70', Bompastor 85' 2nd 2008-09-07 15:00 CET Montpellier Ladies H 2 – 1 Kátia (2) 29', 80' 1st 2008-09-14 15:00 CET FC Vendenheim H 12 – 0 Schelin (3) 5', 70', 81', Kátia (2) 10', 23', Simone 26', Abily 34', Thomis (2) 39', 63', Brétigny (2) 67', 73', Nécib 84' 1st 2008-09-21 15:00 CET FCF Nord Allier A 4 – 1 Schelin 32', Kátia (2) 52', 59', Thomis 75' 1st 2008-10-05 15:00 CET FCF Juvisy H 0 – 0 1st 2008-10-19 15:00 CET RC Saint-Étienne H – 2008-10-26 18:00 CET ASJ Soyaux A – 2008-11-02 15:00 CET FCF Condé-sur-Noireau A – 2008-11-09 18:00 CET FCF Hénin-Beaumont H – 2009-01-11 15:00 CET Stade Briochin Ladies A – 2009-01-18 15:00 CET Toulouse Ladies H – 2009-01-25 18:00 CET Montpellier Ladies A – 2009-02-08 15:00 CET FC Vendenheim A – 2009-03-01 15:00 CET FCF Nord Allier H – 2009-03-22 15:00 CET FCF Juvisy A – 2009-04-05 15:00 CET ASJ Soyaux H – 2009-04-19 15:00 CET RC Saint-Étienne A – 2009-05-03 15:00 CET FCF Condé-sur-Noireau H – 2009-05-17 15:00 CET FCF Hénin-Beaumont A – 2009-05-31 15:00 CET Stade Briochin Ladies H – 2009-06-07 15:00 CET PSG Ladies A –

Challenge de France
Challenge de France Date Round Opponents H / A Result F / A Scorers January 2009 1st Round TBA TBA –

Group B3

For more information, click UEFA Women's Cup 2008-09

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Olympique Lyonnais 3 3 0 0 18 1 +17 9 Arsenal L.F.C. 3 2 0 1 13 5 +8 6 SV Neulengbach 3 1 0 2 5 17 –12 0 FC Zürich 3 0 0 3 6 19 –13 0 UEFA Women's Cup Second Qualifying Round Date Round Opponents H / A Result Scorers 9 October 2008 2nd Qualifying Round SV Neulengbach H 8 – 0 Abily (2) 8', 77', Necib (2) 10', 43', Schelin 12', Bompastor 19', Georges 36', Thomis 39' 11 October 2008 2nd Qualifying Round FC Zürich H 7 – 1 Brétigny 2', Kátia (3) 28', 43', 72', Schelin (2) 66', 70', Abily 84' 14 October 2008 2nd Qualifying Round Arsenal L.F.C. H 3 – 0 Schelin (2) 27', 80', Abily 76' Quarter-finals Date Round Opponents H / A Result Scorers November 5, 2008 Quarter-finals ASD CF Bardolino A – November 12, 2008 Quarter-finals ASD CF Bardolino H –

External links

• Olympique Lyonnais Official Website