2006–07 Olympique Lyonnais season

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[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  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[notes 1] (on loan to Sedan)
31 MF  ALG Yacine Hima[notes 2] (to Nice)
35 GK  FRA Rémy Riou (on loan to Lorient)

Competitions

Ligue 1

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Lyon (C) 38 24 9 5 64 27 +37 81 Qualification to Champions League group stage
2 Marseille 38 19 7 12 53 38 +15 64
3 Toulouse 38 17 7 14 44 43 +1 58 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
4 Rennes 38 14 15 9 38 30 +8 57 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round[lower-alpha 1]
5 Lens 38 15 12 11 47 41 +6 57 Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion.
Notes:
  1. Bordeaux, the winner of the Coupe de la Ligue, is awarded entry to the 2007–08 UEFA Cup. The winners of the Coupe de France, Sochaux also have been awarded entry to the 2007–08 UEFA Cup.

Coupe de France

Champions League

Group E
Main article: 2006–07 UEFA Champions League group stage § Group E
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Lyon 6 4 2 0 12 3 +9 14 Advance to knockout stage
2 Real Madrid 6 3 2 1 14 8 +6 11
3 Steaua București 6 1 2 3 7 11 −4 5 Transfer to UEFA Cup
4 Dynamo Kyiv 6 0 2 4 5 16 −11 2
Source:
13 September 2006 Match 1Lyon 2–0 Real MadridLyon, France
20:45 Fred  11'
Tiago  31'		 Report MatchCentre Stadium: Stade de Gerland
Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)
26 September 2006 Match 2Steaua București 0–3 LyonBucharest, Romania
20:45 Report MatchCentre Fred  43'
Tiago  55'
Benzema  89'		 Stadium: Stadionul Steaua
Referee: Howard Webb (England)
17 October 2006 Match 3Dynamo Kyiv 0–3 LyonKiev, Ukraine
20:45 Report MatchCentre Juninho  31'
Källström  38'
Malouda  51'		 Stadium: NSC Olimpiyskiy
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Domenico Messina (Italy)
1 November 2006 Match 4Lyon 1–0 Dynamo KyivLyon, France
20:45 Benzema  14' Report MatchCentre Stadium: Stade de Gerland
Attendance: 40,520
Referee: Pieter Vink (Netherlands)
21 November 2006 Match 5Real Madrid 2–2 LyonMadrid, Spain
20:45 Diarra  39'
Van Nistelrooy  83'		 Report MatchCentre Carew  11'
Malouda  31'		 Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Stadium
Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)
6 December 2006 Match 6Lyon 1–1 Steaua BucureștiLyon, France
20:45 Diarra  12' Report MatchCentre Dică  2' Stadium: Stade de Gerland
Referee: Darko Ceferin (Slovenia)

Knockout phase
Round of 16
21 February 2007 First legRoma 0–0 LyonRome, Italy
20:45 Report Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Mike Riley (England)
6 March 2007 Second legLyon 0–2
(0–2 agg.)		 RomaLyon, France
20:45 Report Totti  22'
Mancini  44'		 Stadium: Stade de Gerland
Attendance: 41,000
Referee: Manuel Mejuto González (Spain)

References
  1. http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/france/2006-2007/ligue1/lyon.htm

Notes
  1. Belhadj was born in Saint-Claude, France, and represented them at U-18 level, but also qualifies to represent Algeria internationally through his parents and made his international debut for Algeria in March 2004.
  2. Hima was born in Lyon, France, but also qualified to represent Algeria internationally and made his international debut for Algeria in 2006.
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