2018–19 Olympique Lyonnais season

Lyon
2018–19 season
Owner	OL Groupe
Chairman	Jean-Michel Aulas
Manager	Bruno Génésio
Stadium	Parc Olympique Lyonnais
Ligue 1	3rd
Coupe de France	Semi-finals
Coupe de la Ligue	Quarter-finals
UEFA Champions League	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: ; Moussa Dembélé (15); All: ; Moussa Dembélé (20)
Highest home attendance	All: 57,889 v. Barcelona; (19 Feb 2019, UEFA CL); League: 57,624 v. PSG; (3 February 2019)
Lowest home attendance	League: 40,305 v. Guingamp (15 February 2019); All: 21,721 v. Strasbourg; (8 January 2019, CdlL QF)
Average home league attendance	49,079 (82.9% of capacity)
Biggest win	+4 goals (twice); 5–1 v. Toulouse (3 March 2019); 4–0 v. Caen (18 May 2019)
Biggest defeat	0–5 v. PSG (7 October 2018)
	← 2017–18 2019–20 →

The 2018–19 season was Olympique Lyonnais's 69th professional season since its establishment in 1950. The side competed in Ligue 1, Coupe de France, Coupe de la Ligue and UEFA Champions League.

Players[]

Squad information[]

As of 31 August 2018^[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
2	DF	FRA	Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa
4	DF	BRA	Rafael
5	DF	BEL	Jason Denayer
6	DF	BRA	Marcelo
7	FW	FRA	Martin Terrier
8	MF	FRA	Houssem Aouar
9	FW	FRA	Moussa Dembélé
10	FW	BFA	Bertrand Traoré
11	FW	NED	Memphis Depay
12	MF	FRA	Jordan Ferri
14	DF	FRA	Léo Dubois
15	DF	MAD	Jérémy Morel


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	GK	SUI	Anthony Racioppi
18	FW	FRA	Nabil Fekir (Captain)
19	FW	FRA	Amine Gouiri
20	DF	BRA	Marçal
22	DF	FRA	Ferland Mendy
23	DF	NED	Kenny Tete
24	MF	ESP	Pape Cheikh Diop
26	DF	FRA	Oumar Solet
27	FW	CIV	Maxwel Cornet
28	MF	FRA	Tanguy Ndombele
29	MF	FRA	Lucas Tousart
30	GK	FRA	Mathieu Gorgelin

Out on loan[]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
25	MF	LUX	Christopher Martins (on loan to Troyes until 30 June 2019)
—	MF	FRA	Timothé Cognat (on loan to Servette until 30 June 2019)
—	MF	FRA	Elisha Owusu (on loan to Sochaux until 30 June 2019)

Transfers[]

In:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
7	FW	FRA	Martin Terrier (end of loan to Strasbourg)
14	DF	FRA	Léo Dubois (from Nantes)^[2]
26	DF	FRA	Oumar Solet (from Laval, previously on loan)
28	MF	FRA	Tanguy Ndombele (from Amiens, previously on loan)^[3]
—	FW	ENG	Reo Griffiths (from Tottenham Hotspur)
9	FW	FRA	Moussa Dembélé (from Celtic)
5	DF	BEL	Jason Denayer (from Manchester City)

Out:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
5	DF	FRA	Mouctar Diakhaby (to Valencia)
9	FW	DOM	Mariano (to Real Madrid)^[4]
17	FW	FRA	Myziane Maolida (to Nice)
25	MF	LUX	Christopher Martins (on loan to Troyes, previously on loan)
—	DF	CMR	Nicolas N'Koulou (to Torino, previously on loan)
—	MF	FRA	Timothé Cognat (on loan to Servette FC)^[5]
—	MF	FRA	Elisha Owusu (on loan to Sochaux)
—	MF	ESP	Sergi Darder (to Espanyol, previously on loan)
—	MF	FRA	Romain Del Castillo (to Rennes, previously on loan at Nîmes)
—	FW	FRA	Jean-Philippe Mateta (to Mainz, previously on loan at Le Havre)
—	FW	FRA	Aldo Kalulu (to Basel, previously on loan at Sochaux)
—	FW	FRA	Willem Geubbels (to Monaco)

Pre-season and friendlies[]

Friendlies[]

13 July 2018	Sion	2–2	Lyon	showSavièse, Switzerland
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Adryan 29' Grgić 89' (pen.)	Report	Terrier 42' Mendy 49'	Stadium: Attendance: 1,850 Referee: Alain Bieri (Switzerland)

21 July 2018	Lyon	4–0	Fulham	showBourgoin-Jallieu, France
22:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Terrier 64', 84' Mariano 73' (pen.) Cornet 78'	Report	Seri 29' Johansen 67'	Stadium: Stade Pierre Rajon Referee: Willy Delajod (France)

25 July 2018	Huddersfield Town	3–1	Lyon	showHuddersfield, England
20:45 BST (UTC+1)	Kongolo 68' Depoitre 80', 90'	Report	Cornet 50'	Stadium: John Smith's Stadium Referee: Anthony Taylor (England)

28 July 2018	Lyon	2–1	VfL Wolfsburg	showBourg-en-Bresse, France
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Traoré 17' Mendy 26' Terrier 36' Ferri 45+2'	Report	Brekalo 45' Camacho 45+2' Guilavogui 47' Arnold 67'	Stadium: Stade Marcel-Verchère Referee: Jérôme Miguelgorry (France)

International Champions Cup[]

1 August 2018 ICC / Eusébio Cup	Benfica	2–3	Lyon	showFaro and Loulé, Portugal
21:05 WEST (UTC+1)	Pizzi 59' Marcelo 64' (o.g.)	Report	Depay 24' Marcelo 41' Traoré 45' Terrier 83'	Stadium: Estádio Algarve Attendance: 17,510 Referee: Hélder Malheiro (Portugal)

4 August 2018 ICC	Internazionale	1–0	Lyon	showLecce, Italy
20:05 CEST (UTC+2)	Martínez 52', 63' Ranocchia 72'	Report	Diop 39' Martins 43' Ferri 55'	Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare Attendance: 24,698 Referee: Marco Di Bello (Italy)

7 August 2018 ICC	Chelsea	0–0 (5–4 p)	Lyon	showLondon, England
20:05 BST (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 18,457 Referee: Paul Tierney (England)
	Penalties
	Jorginho Barkley Alonso Azpilicueta Hazard		Ferri Marcelo Gouiri Tete Cheikh

Competitions[]

Overall[]

Ligue 1[]

League table[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Paris Saint-Germain (C)	38	29	4	5	105	35	+70	91	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	Lille	38	22	9	7	68	33	+35	75
3	Lyon	38	21	9	8	70	47	+23	72
4	Saint-Étienne	38	19	9	10	59	41	+18	66	Qualification for the Europa League group stage
5	Marseille	38	18	7	13	60	52	+8	61

Source: Ligue 1 and Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Goals scored; 8) Away goals scored; 9) Most goals scored in single league match; 10) Fairplay ranking.^[6]
(C) Champion

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
38	21	9	8	70	47	+23	72	12	4	3	38	19	+19	9	5	5	32	28	+4

Last updated: 24 May 2019.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round[]

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	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	L	W	L	D	W	W	D	L	W	W	D	W	W	D	L	D	W	D	D	W	W	W	L	W	L	W	D	W	W	L	L	W	W	D	W	W	W
Position	5	10	4	8	7	6	2	5	6	5	4	4	4	2	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3

Updated to match(es) played on 24 May 2019. Source: Ligue1
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[]

12 August 2018 1	Lyon	2–0	Amiens	showDécines-Charpieu
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	B. Traoré 24' Depay 75'	Report	G. Traoré 42' Gnahoré 84'	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 48,263 Referee: Frank Schneider

17 August 2018 2	Reims	1–0	Lyon	showReims
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Chavarría 32' Chavalerin 84' Suk Hyun-jun 90+1'	Report		Stadium: Stade Auguste Delaune Attendance: 18,917 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

24 August 2018 3	Lyon	2–0	Strasbourg	showDécines-Charpieu
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Mendy 10' Terrier 42' Traoré 64'	Report	Sissoko 15' Thomasson 45'	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 47,341 Referee: Amaury Delerue

31 August 2018 4	Lyon	0–1	Nice	showDécines-Charpieu
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Tameze 41' Balotelli 42' Saint-Maximin 51'	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 53,438 Referee: François Letexier

15 September 2018 5	Caen	2–2	Lyon	showCaen
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Fajr 30' Beauvue 52' (pen.) Djiku 55' Oniangué 73' Sankoh 90+4'	Report	Mendy 19', 88' Fekir 45' Rafael 86'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 17,676 Referee: Johan Hamel

23 September 2018 6	Lyon	4–2	Marseille	showDécines-Charpieu
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Aouar 28' Diop 29' Traoré 51', 60' Fekir 74' (pen.)	Report	Strootman 35' Thauvin 39' Luiz Gustavo 66' N'Jie 82' Ćaleta-Car 83'	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 57,287 Referee: Clément Turpin

26 September 2018 7	Dijon	0–3	Lyon	showDijon
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Loiodice 56' 90+3'	Report	Dembélé 16', 19' Terrier 35' Tousart 59' 67'	Stadium: Stade Gaston Gérard Attendance: 14,651 Referee: Jérôme Miguelgorry

29 September 2018 8	Lyon	1–1	Nantes	showDécines-Charpieu
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Aouar 22' Morel 29' Diop 34' Fekir 87'	Report	Lucas Lima 16' Boschilia 62' Tătărușanu 75' Miazga 78' Fàbio 90+2'	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 50,319 Referee: Frank Schneider

7 October 2018 9	Paris Saint-Germain	5–0	Lyon	showParis
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Neymar 9' (pen.), 38' Kimpembe 32' Verratti 44' Mbappé 61', 66', 69', 74'	Report	Tousart 26' 45' Aouar 59' Morel 64'	Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 47,443 Referee: Antony Gautier

19 October 2018 10	Lyon	2–0	Nîmes	showDécines-Charpieu
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Dembélé 24' Diop 34' Depay 90'	Report	Harek 17' Briançon 32'	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 42,896 Referee: Olivier Thual

27 October 2018 11	Angers	1–2	Lyon	showAngers
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	I. Traoré 34' Pavlović 39' López 85', 89'	Report	Marcelo 13' Ndombele 58' Aouar 63' Marçal 73' B. Traoré 81' Depay 87' Rafael 90+3'	Stadium: Stade Raymond Kopa Attendance: 14,186 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

3 November 2018 12	Lyon	1–1	Bordeaux	showDécines-Charpieu
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Aouar 45' Traoré 68'	Report	Cornelius 73' Palencia 80'	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 46,653 Referee: Benoît Millot

10 November 2018 13	Guingamp	2–4	Lyon	showGuingamp
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Thuram 22', 78' (pen.) Blas 69'	Report	Aouar 63' Depay 67', 73', 75' Morel 77' Cornet 84'	Stadium: Stade de Roudourou Attendance: 14,171 Referee: Mikael Lesage

23 November 2018 14	Lyon	1–0	Saint-Étienne	showDécines-Charpieu
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Denayer 42', 62' Rafael 72'	Report	Monnet-Paquet 39' Kolodziejczak 89'	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 55,701 Referee: Antony Gautier

1 December 2018 15	Lille	2–2	Lyon	showVilleneuve-d'Ascq
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Rémy 17' Pépé 28' Bamba 41' Mendes 42'	Report	Depay 40' Traoré 63' Dembélé 86'	Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Attendance: 38,755 Referee: Benoît Bastien

5 December 2018 16	Lyon	0–2	Rennes	showDécines-Charpieu
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Marcelo 61'	Report	Ben Arfa 41' Siebatcheu 43'	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 47,278 Referee: Johan Hamel

16 December 2018 18	Lyon	3–0	Monaco	showDécines-Charpieu
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Aouar 6' Fekir 34' Depay 46' Mendy 59'	Report	Falcao 46' Golovin 47' Raggi 48'	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 46,474 Referee: Clément Turpin

22 December 2018 19	Montpellier	1–1	Lyon	showMontpellier
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Mendes 55' Aguilar 60', 81'	Report	Fekir 67', 72'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 17,275 Referee: François Letexier

11 January 2019 20	Lyon	1–1	Reims	showDécines-Charpieu
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Traoré 70'	Report	Chavarría 34' Foket 83'	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 42,512 Referee: Benoît Millot

16 January 2019 17	Toulouse	2–2	Lyon	showToulouse
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Durmaz 12', 74' (pen.) Cahuzac 45+1' Moubandje 53' Jullien 86' Moreira 90+5'	Report	Solet 10' Depay 45+1' Dembélé 76' Morel 78' Fekir 88'	Stadium: Stadium Municipal Attendance: 16,587 Referee: Ruddy Buquet
Note: The match, originally scheduled for 8 December 2018, was postponed due to security concerns as a result of the yellow vests movement.^[7]

20 January 2019 21	Saint-Étienne	1–2	Lyon	showSaint-Étienne
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Hamouma 21' Monnet-Paquet 43' Perrin 65'	Report	Marcelo 20' Fekir 65' (pen.) Tete 71' Dembélé 90+5'	Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Attendance: 41,594 Referee: Benoît Bastien

27 January 2019 22	Amiens	0–1	Lyon	showAmiens
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Dibassy 86'	Report	Denayer 50' Ndombele 73' Dubois 76' Dembélé 90+3'	Stadium: Stade de la Licorne Attendance: 10,017 Referee: Jérôme Miguelgorry

3 February 2019 23	Lyon	2–1	Paris Saint-Germain	showDécines-Charpieu
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Dembélé 33' Fekir 49' (pen.), 90+1'	Report	Di María 7' Kimpembe 27' Draxler 89'	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 57,624 Referee: Clément Turpin

10 February 2019 24	Nice	1–0	Lyon	showNice
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Maolida 48' Dante 49' Walter 69' (pen.)	Report	Fekir 9' Marcelo 86'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 22,193 Referee: Mikael Lesage

15 February 2019 25	Lyon	2–1	Guingamp	showDécines-Charpieu
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Terrier 15' Marçal 28' Fekir 35' Traoré 67'	Report	Eboa Eboa 21', 84'	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 40,305 Referee: Antony Gautier

24 February 2019 26	Monaco	2–0	Lyon	showFontvieille, Monaco
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Martins 18' R. Lopes 27' Sidibé 52' Glik 70' Falcao 90+3'	Report	Terrier 29'	Stadium: Stade Louis II Attendance: 10,157 Referee: Benoît Millot

3 March 2019 27	Lyon	5–1	Toulouse	showDécines-Charpieu
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Depay 10' Traoré 30' Fekir 35' (pen.) Dembélé 67', 71'	Report	Dossevi 15' Jullien 45' Cahuzac 56', 83'	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 44,881 Referee: Thomas Leonard

9 March 2019 28	Strasbourg	2–2	Lyon	showStrasbourg
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Ajorque 69', 70' Martinez 80'	Report	Dembélé 3', 51' (pen.) Cornet 8' Tousart 90+1'	Stadium: Stade de la Meinau Attendance: 25,463 Referee: Jérôme Miguelgorry

17 March 2019 29	Lyon	3–2	Montpellier	showDécines-Charpieu
14:30 CET (UTC+1)	Terrier 12' Dembélé 58' Rafael 62' Aouar 86'	Report	Delort 24' Mollet 36' Lasne 81' Camara 90+1'	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 47,134 Referee: Clément Turpin

29 March 2019 30	Rennes	0–1	Lyon	showRennes
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Hunou 45+1' Zeffane 82'	Report	Marcelo 78' Aouar 83' Terrier 86' Ndombele 90+2'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 27,094 Referee: Antony Gautier

6 April 2019 31	Lyon	1–3	Dijon	showDécines-Charpieu
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Terrier 1' Depay 87'	Report	Saïd 3' Marcelo 7' (o.g.) Rafael 65' (o.g.) Lautoa 79' Marié 90'	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 52,431 Referee: Johan Hamel

12 April 2019 32	Nantes	2–1	Lyon	showNantes
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Coulibaly 11', 78' Rongier 16' Limbombe 83'	Report	Terrier 41' Denayer 78'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 25,050 Referee: Jérôme Brisard

19 April 2019 33	Lyon	2–1	Angers	showDécines-Charpieu
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Depay 14' Terrier 39'	Report	Mangani 58' Kanga 64' Tousart 89' (o.g.)	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 43,917 Referee: Benoît Millot

26 April 2019 34	Bordeaux	2–3	Lyon	showBordeaux
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Briand 34' De Préville 38', 44' Otávio 61' Jovanović 73' Palencia 90+2'	Report	Depay 14' Cornet 67' Dubois 77' Dembélé 85' Fekir 88' Traoré 90+4'	Stadium: Matmut Atlantique Attendance: 27,455 Referee: Benoît Bastien

5 May 2019 35	Lyon	2–2	Lille	showDécines-Charpieu
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Terrier 11' Dubois 74'	Report	Thiago Maia 44' Rémy 50' Soumaré 69' Bamba 73'	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 56,642 Referee: Clément Turpin

12 May 2019 36	Marseille	0–3	Lyon	showMarseille
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Balotelli 31' Amavi 34' Ćaleta-Car 67' Strootman 86'	Report	Terrier 21' Cornet 24', 86' Dembélé 84'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 61,926 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

18 May 2019 37	Lyon	4–0	Caen	showDécines-Charpieu
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Cornet 25', 54' Marcelo 41' Depay 50', 74' Dembélé 64' Rafael 84'	Report	Djiku 90+2'	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 51,408 Referee: Amaury Delerue

24 May 2019 38	Nîmes	2–3	Lyon	showNîmes
21:05 CEST (UTC+2)	Ripart 11' Bobichon 45+3' Paquiez 61'	Report	Cornet 6', 89' Ndombele 90+1' Traoré 90+4'	Stadium: Stade des Costières Attendance: 14,986 Referee: François Letexier

Coupe de France[]

5 January 2019 Round of 64	Bourges Foot	0–2	Lyon	showBourges
20:55 CET (UTC+1)	7' 11' 31' 64'	Report	Marçal 26' Solet 42' Terrier 59' Mendy 77'	Stadium: Stade Jacques Rimbault Attendance: 8,187 Referee: Nicolas Rainville

24 January 2019 Round of 32	Amiens	0–2	Lyon	showAmiens
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Adénon 20' Sy 36' Gnahoré 52'	Report	Dembélé 28' Dubois 35' Marçal 45+2'	Stadium: Stade de la Licorne Attendance: 6,647 Referee: Jérôme Brisard

7 February 2019 Round of 16	Guingamp	1–2	Lyon	showGuingamp
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Eboa Eboa 26' A. Mendy 88'	Report	Dembélé 7' Tete 46' Cornet 49' Tousart 90+4'	Stadium: Stade de Roudourou Attendance: 8,768 Referee: Frank Schneider

27 February 2019 Quarter-finals	Lyon	3–1	Caen	showDécines-Charpieu
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Denayer 26' Cornet 49' Dembélé 73' Marcelo 77' Depay 84'	Report	Mbengue 13' Gradit 40' Tchokounté 70' Ninga 78' Djiku 82' Fajr 83'	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 27,493 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

2 April 2019 Semi-finals	Lyon	2–3	Rennes	showDécines-Charpieu
21:10 CEST (UTC+2)	Traoré 47' Dubois 66' Dembélé 75' (pen.)	Report	Niang 40' Mexer 53' André 55' Ben Arfa 69' Grenier 75' Bensebaini 81'	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 47,195 Referee: Benoît Bastien

Coupe de la Ligue[]

19 December 2018 Round of 16	Amiens	2–3	Lyon	showAmiens
18:45 CET (UTC+1)	Adénon 19' 26' Kurzawa 32' Otero 39' Denayer 70' (o.g.) Timité 90+1' Blin 90+2'	Report	Dembélé 20' (pen.) Marçal 39' Terrier 42', 60' Traoré 45+2'	Stadium: Stade de la Licorne Attendance: 7,327 Referee: Karim Abed

8 January 2019 Quarter-finals	Lyon	1–2	Strasbourg	showLyon
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Traoré 49'	Report	Ajorque 26' (pen.) Caci 39' Koné 52' Thomasson 74'	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 21,721 Referee: Clément Turpin

UEFA Champions League[]

Win Draw Loss

On 30 August, Lyon were drawn in Group F of the Champions League alongside Manchester City, Shakhtar Donetsk, and Hoffenheim.^[8]

Group stage[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	MC	LYO	SHK	HOF
1	Manchester City	6	4	1	1	16	6	+10	13	Advance to knockout phase	—	1–2	6–0	2–1
2	Lyon	6	1	5	0	12	11	+1	8	Advance to knockout phase	2–2	—	2–2	2–2
3	Shakhtar Donetsk	6	1	3	2	8	16	−8	6	Transfer to Europa League	0–3	1–1	—	2–2
4	1899 Hoffenheim	6	0	3	3	11	14	−3	3		1–2	3–3	2–3	—

Source: UEFA

19 September 2018 1	Manchester City	1–2	Lyon	showManchester, England
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	B. Silva 67' Agüero 90+1'	Report	Cornet 26' Fekir 43', 77' Traoré 90+3'	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 40,111 Referee: Daniele Orsato (Italy)

2 October 2018 2	Lyon	2–2	Shakhtar Donetsk	showDécines-Charpieu, France
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Fekir 46' Dembélé 70' Dubois 72'	Report	Júnior Moraes 44', 55'	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 0 Referee: Andris Treimanis (Latvia)
Note: The Lyon v Shakhtar Donetsk match was played behind closed doors due to punishment by UEFA.^[9]

23 October 2018 3	1899 Hoffenheim	3–3	Lyon	showSinsheim, Germany
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Kramarić 33', 47' Joelinton 90+2' Demirbay 90+4'	Report	Traoré 27' Ndombele 59' Depay 67' Tete 86'	Stadium: Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 24,144 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain)

7 November 2018 4	Lyon	2–2	1899 Hoffenheim	showDécines-Charpieu, France
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Denayer 6' Fekir 19' Ndombele 28' Morel 90+1'	Report	Kasim 19' 51' Grillitsch 43' Bičakčić 48' Kramarić 65' Vogt 72' Joelinton 72' Kadeřábek 90+2'	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 53,850 Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)

27 November 2018 5	Lyon	2–2	Manchester City	showDécines-Charpieu, France
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Cornet 55', 81' F. Mendy 62'	Report	Fernandinho 23' Sterling 34' Laporte 62' Agüero 83'	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 56,039 Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)

12 December 2018 6	Shakhtar Donetsk	1–1	Lyon	showKyiv, Ukraine
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Júnior Moraes 22' Bolbat 87'	Report	Marçal 8' Fekir 65', 68'	Stadium: NSC Olimpiyskiy Stadium Attendance: 38,916 Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)
Note: Shakhtar Donetsk played their final group stage home match at the Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex in Kyiv, instead of their temporary stadium Metalist Stadium, Kharkiv, due to martial law being declared in parts of Ukraine.

Knockout phase[]

Round of 16[]

19 February 2019 First leg	Lyon	0–0	Barcelona	showDécines-Charpieu, France
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Aouar 3' Dubois 33'	Report	Roberto 80' Semedo 88'	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 57,889 Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)

13 March 2019 Second leg	Barcelona	5–1 (5–1 agg.)	Lyon	showBarcelona, Spain
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Messi 17' (pen.), 78' Coutinho 31' Lenglet 49' Piqué 81' O. Dembélé 86'	Report	Marçal 33' M. Dembélé 45+4' Tousart 58'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 92,346 Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)

Statistics[]

Appearances and goals[]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Ligue 1		Coupe de France		Coupe de la Ligue		UEFA Champions League
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK		Anthony Lopes	47	0	34	0	5	0	0	0	8	0
16	GK		Anthony Racioppi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	GK		Mathieu Gorgelin	7	0	4	0	0	0	2	0	0+1	0
Defenders
2	DF		Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	DF		Rafael	21	0	11+7	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
5	DF		Jason Denayer	45	3	31	2	4	1	1+1	0	8	0
6	DF		Marcelo	46	0	33	0	4	0	1	0	8	0
14	DF		Léo Dubois	34	3	21+4	1	3	1	1	0	3+2	1
15	DF		Jérémy Morel	14	0	12	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
20	DF		Marçal	21	0	12	0	3+1	0	2	0	3	0
22	DF		Ferland Mendy	44	3	27+3	2	3+1	1	1+1	0	8	0
23	DF		Kenny Tete	20	0	12+1	0	2	0	2	0	2+1	0
26	DF		Oumar Solet	3	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
Midfielders
8	MF		Houssem Aouar	47	7	35+2	7	1+1	0	1	0	7	0
24	MF		Pape Cheikh Diop	23	0	5+7	0	2+2	0	2	0	1+4	0
25	MF		Maxence Caqueret	2	0	0	0	1+1	0	0	0	0	0
28	MF		Tanguy Ndombele	49	3	31+3	1	5	0	1+1	0	7+1	2
29	MF		Lucas Tousart	42	1	20+10	0	4	0	1	0	5+2	1
Forwards
7	FW		Martin Terrier	42	11	16+16	9	3+2	1	2	1	2+1	0
9	FW		Moussa Dembélé	46	20	21+12	15	5	3	1+1	1	3+3	1
10	FW		Bertrand Traoré	48	11	24+10	7	1+3	1	1+1	2	4+4	1
11	FW		Memphis Depay	47	12	29+7	10	1+1	1	1	0	7+1	1
17	FW		Lenny Pintor	2	0	0+1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
18	FW		Nabil Fekir	39	12	24+5	9	3	0	1	0	6	3
19	FW		Amine Gouiri	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	FW		Maxwel Cornet	36	12	12+15	7	3+1	2	0	0	2+3	3
31	FW		Yassin Fekir	3	0	0+1	0	0+1	0	0+1	0	0	0
Players transferred out during the season
12	MF		Jordan Ferri	5	0	1+3	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
25	MF		Christopher Martins	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	FW		Mariano	3	0	2+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: 24 May 2019
Source: Competitions

Goalscorers[]

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	Ligue 1	Coupe de France	Coupe de la Ligue	UEFA CL	Total
1	9	FW	Moussa Dembélé	15	3	1	1	20
2	11	FW	Memphis Depay	10	1	0	1	12
	18	FW	Nabil Fekir	9	0	0	3	12
	27	FW	Maxwel Cornet	7	2	0	3	12
3	7	FW	Martin Terrier	9	1	1	0	11
3	10	FW	Bertrand Traoré	7	1	2	1	11
4	8	MF	Houssem Aouar	7	0	0	0	7
5	5	DF	Jason Denayer	2	1	0	0	3
	22	DF	Ferland Mendy	2	1	0	0	3
	14	DF	Léo Dubois	1	1	0	1	3
	28	MF	Tanguy Ndombele	1	0	0	2	3
6	29	MF	Lucas Tousart	0	0	0	1	1
Own goal				0	0	0	0	0
Totals				70	11	4	13	98

Last updated: 24 May 2019

References[]

^ "Players and staff | Men". OLWeb.fr. Retrieved 21 August 2017.
^ "l'OL informe de la signature de Léo Dubois jusqu'en 2022" [OL informs of Leo Dubois signature until 2022]. www.olweb.fr (in French). Olympique Lyonnais. 31 January 2018. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
^ "Tanguy Ndombélé signe à Lyon" [Tanguy Ndombélé signs in Lyon]. www.lequipe.fr (in French). L'Équipe. 31 August 2017. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
^ "Official Announcement: Mariano". www.realmadrid.com. Real Madrid C.F. 29 August 2018. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
^ "Signature: Timothé Cognat signe son premier contrat professionnel avec l'OL!" [Signature: Timothé Cognat signs his first professional contract with OL!]. www.olweb.fr (in French). Olympique Lyonnais. 16 June 2018. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
^ "League Table". Ligue1.com. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
^ "France protests: Three more Ligue 1 games postponed, including Monaco v Nice". BBC Sport. 6 December 2018. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
^ "Champions League draw: Cristiano Ronaldo's Juventus drawn against Man Utd". bbc sport.
^ "UEFA order Lyon to play Champions League game behind closed doors". ESPN. 27 August 2018. Retrieved 31 August 2018.

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

[Léo_Dubois-2] "l'OL informe de la signature de Léo Dubois jusqu'en 2022" [OL informs of Leo Dubois signature until 2022]. www.olweb.fr (in French). Olympique Lyonnais. 31 January 2018. Retrieved 1 June 2018.

[Tanguy_Ndombele-3] "Tanguy Ndombélé signe à Lyon" [Tanguy Ndombélé signs in Lyon]. www.lequipe.fr (in French). L'Équipe. 31 August 2017. Retrieved 1 June 2018.

[4] "Official Announcement: Mariano". www.realmadrid.com. Real Madrid C.F. 29 August 2018. Retrieved 29 August 2018.

[5] "Signature: Timothé Cognat signe son premier contrat professionnel avec l'OL!" [Signature: Timothé Cognat signs his first professional contract with OL!]. www.olweb.fr (in French). Olympique Lyonnais. 16 June 2018. Retrieved 16 June 2018.

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

[7] "France protests: Three more Ligue 1 games postponed, including Monaco v Nice". BBC Sport. 6 December 2018. Retrieved 16 December 2018.

[8] "Champions League draw: Cristiano Ronaldo's Juventus drawn against Man Utd". bbc sport.

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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	21	9	8	70	47	+23	72	12	4	3	38	19	+19	9	5	5	32	28	+4

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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	21	9	8	70	47	+23	72	12	4	3	38	19	+19	9	5	5	32	28	+4

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	21	9	8	70	47	+23	72	12	4	3	38	19	+19	9	5	5	32	28	+4