2021–22 Olympique Lyonnais season

Olympique Lyonnais
2021–22 season
President	Jean-Michel Aulas
Head coach	Peter Bosz
Stadium	Parc Olympique Lyonnais
Ligue 1	8th
Coupe de France	Round of 64
UEFA Europa League	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: ; Moussa Dembélé (21); All: ; Moussa Dembélé (22)
Highest home attendance	50,585 vs Monaco
Lowest home attendance	0 vs Reims
Biggest win	Lyon 6–1 Bordeaux
Biggest defeat	Angers 3–0 Lyon; Rennes 4–1 Lyon; Lyon 0–3 West Ham United
	← 2020–21 2022–23 →

The 2021–22 season was the 72nd season in the existence of Olympique Lyonnais and the club's 33rd consecutive season in the top flight of French football. In addition to the domestic league, Lyon participated in this season's editions of the Coupe de France and the UEFA Europa League. The club was expelled from the domestic cup due to crowd trouble during their game against Paris FC.^[1]

Players

First-team squad

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	POR	Anthony Lopes
2	DF	CIV	Sinaly Diomandé
3	DF	ITA	Emerson (on loan from Chelsea)
4	DF	FRA	Castello Lukeba
5	DF	BEL	Jason Denayer
7	FW	CMR	Karl Toko Ekambi
8	MF	FRA	Houssem Aouar (3rd captain)
9	FW	FRA	Moussa Dembélé (vice-captain)
10	MF	BRA	Lucas Paquetá
11	FW	ZIM	Tino Kadewere
12	DF	BRA	Henrique
14	DF	FRA	Léo Dubois (captain)
15	MF	FRA	Romain Faivre


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	GK	TOG	Malcolm Barcola
17	DF	FRA	Malo Gusto
18	FW	FRA	Rayan Cherki
19	MF	MLI	Habib Keïta
20	MF	BRA	Tetê (on loan from Shakhtar Donetsk)
21	DF	FRA	Damien Da Silva
22	MF	FRA	Jeff Reine-Adélaïde
23	MF	BRA	Thiago Mendes
25	MF	FRA	Maxence Caqueret
27	DF	GER	Jérôme Boateng
28	MF	FRA	Tanguy Ndombele (on loan from Tottenham Hotspur)
30	GK	GER	Julian Pollersbeck

Out on loan

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	TUR	Cenk Özkaçar (at Leuven)
—	DF	MLI	Youssouf Koné (at Troyes)
—	DF	FRA	Sofyan Cola (at Bourg-en-Bresse)
—	MF	BRA	Camilo (at Cuiabá)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	FRA	Sofiane Augarreau (at Virton)
—	MF	FRA	Florent da Silva (at Villefranche)
—	FW	FRA	Yaya Soumaré (at Annecy)
—	FW	FRA	Eli Wissa (at Villefranche)

Transfers

In

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
21	DF	Damien Da Silva	Rennes	Free	1 July 2021	^[2]
	DF	Joachim Andersen	Fulham	Loan return	30 July 2021
	DF	Youssouf Koné	Elche	Loan return	30 July 2021	^[3]
9	FW	Moussa Dembélé	Atlético Madrid	Loan return	1 July 2021
12	DF	Henrique	Vasco da Gama	Free	1 July 2021	^[4]
3	DF	Emerson	Chelsea	Loan (€0.5M)	19 August 2021	^[5]
29	FW	Xherdan Shaqiri	Liverpool	€10M	23 August 2021	^[6]
27	DF	Jérôme Boateng	Free agent	Free	31 August 2021	^[7]
15	MF	Romain Faivre	Brest	€15M	31 January 2022	^[8]
28	MF	Tanguy Ndombele	Tottenham Hotspur	Loan (€1.4M)	31 January 2022	^[9]
20	MF	Tetê	Shakhtar Donetsk	Loan	31 March 2022	^[10]

Out

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
	FW	Yaya Soumaré	Dijon	Loan	16 June 2021	^[11]
22	MF	Mattia De Sciglio	Juventus	End of loan	30 June 2021	^[12]
10	FW	Memphis Depay	Barcelona	Free	1 July 2021	^[13]
19	DF	Cenk Özkacar	OH Leuven	Loan	6 July 2021	^[14]
3	DF	Djamel Benlamri	Qatar SC	Free	15 July 2021	^[15]
26	DF	Melvin Bard	Nice	€3M	16 July 2021	^[16]
3	DF	Joachim Andersen	Crystal Palace	€22M	28 July 2021	^[17]
4	MF	Jean Lucas	Monaco	€11M	2 August 2021	^[18]
	DF	Youssouf Koné	Troyes	Loan	2 August 2021	^[19]
27	DF	Maxwel Cornet	Burnley	€15M	29 August 2021	^[20]
6	DF	Marcelo	Bordeaux	Free	28 January 2022	^[21]
39	MF	Bruno Guimarães	Newcastle United	€50.1M	30 January 2022	^[22]
20	FW	Islam Slimani	Sporting CP	Free	31 January 2022	^[23]
29	MF	Xherdan Shaqiri	Chicago Fire	€6.7M	9 February 2022	^[24]

Transfer summary

Spending

Summer: €10,500,000

Winter: €16,400,000

Total: €26,900,000

Income

Summer: €51,000,000

Winter: €56,800,000

Total: €107,800,000

Net Expenditure

Summer: €40,500,000

Winter: €40,400,000

Total: €80,900,000

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss

10 July 2021 Friendly	Lyon	5–1	Bourg-Péronnas	Bourgoin-Jallieu, France
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Dembélé 30', 45' Barcola 62' Slimani 76' Lukeba 79'	Report	Corgnet 41' Ezikian 51'	Stadium: Stade Pierre Rajon

17 July 2021 Friendly	Lyon	2–0	Villefranche	Lyon, France
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Slimani 15' Diomandé 37' Keïta 72'	Report		Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Referee: Mickaël Leleu

17 July 2021 Friendly	Lyon	4–1	VfL Wolfsburg	Lyon, France
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Toko Ekambi 7', 55' Dembélé 28' Bonnet 80' Wissa 82' (pen.)	Report	Ginczek 29' Gerhardt 31' Otávio 62'	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Romain Lissorgue

22 July 2021 Friendly	Villarreal	2–2	Lyon	San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Gómez 23' Dia 38' Pedraza 43' Morlanes 64'	Report	Jean Lucas 8' Aouar 44'	Stadium: Pinatar Arena Football Center Attendance: 0 Referee: Juan Antonio Campos Salinas

25 July 2021 Friendly	Sporting CP	3–2	Lyon	Lisbon, Portugal
20:00 WEST (UTC+1)	Mendes 23' Paulinho 31', 49' Gonçalves 35'	Report	Aouar 8' Slimani 90+2'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade

31 July 2021 Friendly	Porto	5–3	Lyon	Porto, Portugal
17:30 WEST (UTC+1)	Oliveira 4' (pen.) Vieira 30' Sanusi 45' Pepe 79' Martínez 83', 89' Taremi 84'	Report	Keïta 34' Marcelo 40' Toko Ekambi 54' Slimani 81'	Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Referee: Vitor Ferreira

Competitions

Overall record

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	7 August 2021	21 May 2022	Matchday 1	8th	38	17	11	10	66	51	+15	044.74
Coupe de France	17 December 2021		Round of 64	Round of 64	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
UEFA Europa League	16 September 2021	14 April 2022	Group stage	Quarter-finals	10	6	3	1	19	10	+9	060.00
Total					48	23	14	11	85	61	+24	047.92

Source: Soccerway

Ligue 1

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
6	Strasbourg	38	17	12	9	60	43	+17	63
7	Lens	38	17	11	10	62	48	+14	62
8	Lyon	38	17	11	10	66	51	+15	61^[a]
9	Nantes	38	15	10	13	55	48	+7	55	Qualification for the Europa League group stage^[b]
10	Lille	38	14	13	11	48	48	0	55

Source: Ligue 1
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) Fair-play points (Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played).^[26]
Notes:

^ Lyon were deducted one point for uncontrolled crowd trouble that caused the abandonment of their match against Marseille.^[25]
^ Nantes qualified for the Europa League group stage as the 2021–22 Coupe de France winners.

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	17	11	10	66	51	+15	62	11	5	3	42	25	+17	6	6	7	24	26	−2

Source: Ligue 1

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	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A
Result	D	L	D	W	W	L	W	D	D	W	L	W	L	W	W	L	D	D	D	D	W	W	L	W	D	L	W	L	D	W	D	W	L	W	W	L	W	W
Position	10	17	16	9	7	9	6	7	10	6	9	6	7	9	7	10	12	13	13	11	11	7	8	7	8	10	9	10	10	9	10	8	8	8	7	8	8	8

Source: Ligue 1
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 25 June 2021.^[27]^[28]

7 August 2021 1	Lyon	1–1	Brest	Décines-Charpieu
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Slimani 62', 90+3'	Report	Cardona 43' Magnetti 67'	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 29,018 Referee: Mikael Lesage

15 August 2021 2	Angers	3–0	Lyon	Angers
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Boufal 20' Marcelo 53' (o.g.) Ounahi 77' Mendy 82'	Report	Lukeba 3' Marcelo 36' Cornet 49' 65' Diomande 87'	Stadium: Stade Raymond Kopa Attendance: 6,154 Referee: Clément Turpin

22 August 2021 3	Lyon	3–3	Clermont	Décines-Charpieu
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Dembélé 5' (pen.), 21' Bruno Guimarães 30' Paquetá 45+1' Toko Ekambi 45+3'	Report	Diomandé 12' (o.g.) Ogier 52' Rashani 80', 90+1' Abdul Samed 85'	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 34,713 Referee: Thomas Léonard

27 August 2021 4	Nantes	0–1	Lyon	Nantes
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Fabio 7' Kolo Muani 90+3'	Report	Dembélé 35' Da Silva 43' 78'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 23,177 Referee: Jérôme Brisard

12 September 2021 5	Lyon	3–1	Strasbourg	Décines-Charpieu
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Dembélé 8' Diomandé 29' Denayer 64' Boateng 84' Paquetá 87'	Report	Djiku 47' Diallo 90+6' (pen.)	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 33,267 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

19 September 2021 6	Paris Saint-Germain	2–1	Lyon	Paris
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Di María 6' Neymar 66' (pen.) Marquinhos 67' Mendes 89' Icardi 90+2'	Report	Paquetá 54' Lopes 80'	Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 47,611 Referee: Clément Turpin

22 September 2021 7	Lyon	3–1	Troyes	Décines-Charpieu
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Shaqiri 48' Emerson 72' Paquetá 87', 90+2'	Report	Azamoum 15' Giraudon 28' Chavalerin 45' Biancone 63'	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 29,714 Referee: Stéphanie Frappart

25 September 2021 8	Lyon	1–1	Lorient	Décines-Charpieu
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Emerson 15' Toko Ekambi 50' Dubois 67'	Report	Laurienté 20' Abergel 28' Lemoine 61'	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 36,424 Referee: Bastien Dechepy

3 October 2021 9	Saint-Étienne	1–1	Lyon	Saint-Étienne
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Nordin 32' Camara 45+3' Khazri 90+4' (pen.)	Report	Aouar 42' Dubois 45+3' Lopes 74' Toko Ekambi 90+1' Denayer 90+3'	Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Attendance: 33,643 Referee: François Letexier

16 October 2021 10	Lyon	2–0	Monaco	Décines-Charpieu
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Toko Ekambi 74' (pen.) Caqueret 76' Denayer 89'	Report	Disasi 72' Jean Lucas 75'	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 50,585 Referee: Amaury Delerue

24 October 2021 11	Nice	3–2	Lyon	Nice
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Atal 81' Delort 89' (pen.) Guessand 90+1', 90+2'	Report	Toko Ekambi 35' Aouar 68' Kadewere 85'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 24,519 Referee: Jérôme Brisard

30 October 2021 12	Lyon	2–1	Lens	Décines-Charpieu
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Paquetá 10' Toko Ekambi 25' (pen.) Aouar 41'	Report	Sotoca 38' Clauss 54' Kalimuendo 61'	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 50,373 Referee: Mikael Lesage

7 November 2021 13	Rennes	4–1	Lyon	Rennes
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Santamaria 25' Omari 34' Laborde 45' Traoré 51' Truffert 76', 83'	Report	Bruno Guimarães 40' Slimani 51' Paquetá 90+3' (pen.)	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 28,222 Referee: Benoît Bastien

28 November 2021 15	Montpellier	0–1	Lyon	Montpellier
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Ferri 68'	Report	Paquetá 16' Slimani 29' Caqueret 40' Boateng 45' Emerson 67'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 14,747 Referee: Thomas Léonard

1 December 2021 16	Lyon	1–2	Reims	Décines-Charpieu
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Paquetá 23' Denayer 49' Toko Ekambi 66' Dembélé 82'	Report	Munetsi 53' Faes 56' Abdelhamid 65' Ekitike 90+2'	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 0 (Behind closed doors) Referee: Benoît Millot

5 December 2021 17	Bordeaux	2–2	Lyon	Bordeaux
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Gusto 36' (o.g.) Elis 58'	Report	Denayer 29' Mendes 41'	Stadium: Matmut Atlantique Attendance: 25,210 Referee: Jérôme Brisard

12 December 2021 18	Lille	0–0	Lyon	Villeneuve-d'Ascq
13:00 CET (UTC+1)	André 17' Çelik 22'	Report	Mendes 24' Da Silva 45+1' Gusto 82' Dembélé 88' Boateng 90+3' Cherki 90+5'	Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Attendance: 40,248 Referee: Amaury Deleure

22 December 2021 19	Lyon	1–1	Metz	Décines-Charpieu
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Caqueret 30' Da Silva 39' Lukeba 56'	Report	Jemerson 34' Traoré 58' Maïga 68' Mbengue 84'	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 34,867 Referee: Pierre Gaillouste

9 January 2022 20	Lyon	1–1	Paris Saint-Germain	Décines-Charpieu
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Paquetá 9' Emerson 84' Boateng 90'	Report	Verratti 43' Dagba 59' Kehrer 76'	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 4,977 Referee: François Letexier

16 January 2022 21	Troyes	0–1	Lyon	Troyes
17:05 CET (UTC+1)	Rodrigues 45+4' Giraudon 65'	Report	Dembélé 33' (pen.) Gusto 86'	Stadium: Stade de l'Aube Attendance: 4,224 Referee: Jérôme Brisard

21 January 2022 22	Lyon	1–0	Saint-Étienne	Décines-Charpieu
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Dembélé 15' (pen.) Da Silva 59'	Report	Gourna-Douath 19' Camara 42' Maçon 50' Thioub 90+1'	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Antony Gautier

1 February 2022 14	Lyon	2–1	Marseille	Décines-Charpieu
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Shaqiri 76' Dembélé 89'	Report	Guendouzi 10'	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 0 (Behind closed doors) Referee: Benoît Bastien
Note: The match was originally played on 21 November 2021 at the Parc Olympique Lyonnais, but was abandoned after five minutes, with the score at 0–0, due to Dimitri Payet being hit by a bottle.^[29]

5 February 2022 23	Monaco	2–0	Lyon	Monaco
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Jean Lucas 2' Ben Yedder 27' Maripán 69'	Report	Dembélé 64' Boateng 69'	Stadium: Stade Louis II Attendance: 6,550 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

12 February 2022 24	Lyon	2–0	Nice	Décines-Charpieu
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Dembélé 8' (pen.) Toko Ekambi 52'	Report	Todibo 50'	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 41,974 Referee: Benoît Millot

19 February 2022 25	Lens	1–1	Lyon	Lens
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Clauss 13'	Report	Kadewere 44' Emerson 70' Dubois 84'	Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis Referee: Jérôme Brisard

27 February 2022 26	Lyon	0–1	Lille	Décines-Charpieu
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Dembélé 19' Caqueret 43' Aouar 90+2'	Report	Gudmundsson 35' David 81' Xeka 83'	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 42,657 Referee: Clément Turpin

4 March 2022 27	Lorient	1–4	Lyon	Lorient
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Monconduit 32' Moffi 56'	Report	Faivre 5', 78' Dembélé 26' Toko Ekambi 59'	Stadium: Stade du Moustoir Attendance: 13,497 Referee: Romain Lissorgue

13 March 2022 28	Lyon	2–4	Rennes	Décines-Charpieu
17:05 CET (UTC+1)	Mendes 11' Ndombele 20' Traoré 58' (o.g.) Dembélé 82' (pen.)	Report	Bourigeaud 11' Santamaria 13' Truffert 27' Majer 45+1' Terrier 49' Doku 68' Gomis 80'	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 46,597 Referee: Antony Gautier

20 March 2022 29	Reims	0–0	Lyon	Reims
17:05 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Caqueret 27' Henrique 45+2' Toko Ekambi 79'	Stadium: Stade Auguste-Delaune Attendance: 14,091 Referee: Johan Hamel

3 April 2022 30	Lyon	3–2	Angers	Décines-Charpieu
17:05 CEST (UTC+2)	Dembélé 26', 52' Tetê 80' Henrique 85'	Report	Pereira Lage 50' Boufal 59' Doumbia 90+2'	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 34,376 Referee: Eric Wattellier

10 April 2022 31	Strasbourg	1–1	Lyon	Strasbourg
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Sissoko 20', 90+2' Aholou 68' Ajorque 90+1'	Report	Toko Ekambi 90' Dubois 90+1'	Stadium: Stade de la Meinau Attendance: 26,073 Referee: Clément Turpin

17 April 2022 32	Lyon	6–1	Bordeaux	Décines-Charpieu
17:05 CEST (UTC+2)	Dembélé 20', 90+2' Toko Ekambi 27', 68' Paquetá 34' Faivre 46'	Report	Mara 85' (pen.)	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 38,713 Referee: Florent Batta

20 April 2022 33	Brest	2–1	Lyon	Brest
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Mounié 27' (pen.) Faussurier 30' Satriano 58' Cardona 74'	Report	Tete 18' Mendes 55' Dembélé 72'	Stadium: Stade Francis-Le Blé Attendance: 14,028 Referee: Jérémy Stinat

23 April 2022 34	Lyon	5–2	Montpellier	Décines-Charpieu
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Dembélé 26' Omlin 43' (o.g.) Aouar 63', 90+3' Toko Ekambi 68' Boateng 75' Gusto 89'	Report	Oyongo 28' Cozza 42' Wahi 45+1' Savanier 45+3' (pen.)	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 46,608 Referee: François Letexier

1 May 2022 35	Marseille	0–3	Lyon	Marseille
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	López 57' Gueye 71'	Report	Lukeba 55' Dembélé 60', 76' Toko Ekambi 89'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 64,784 Referee: Antony Gautier

8 May 2022 36	Metz	3–2	Lyon	Metz
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Pajot 27' Lamkel Zé 40' Niakaté 70' Traoré 74' De Préville 88' Boulaya 90'	Report	Dembélé 43', 84' Mendes 68' Ndombele 86' Dubois 90+3'	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 20,405 Referee: Eric Wattellier

14 May 2022 37	Lyon	3–2	Nantes	Décines-Charpieu
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Dembélé 9' Ndombele 61' Paquetá 78' Tetê 84'	Report	Merlin 80' Cyprien 90+2'	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 54,404 Referee: Florent Batta

21 May 2022 38	Clermont	1–2	Lyon	Clermont-Ferrand
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	N'Simba 26' Bayo 59', 59' Rashani 90'	Report	Dembélé 27', 90+4' Henrique 39' Aouar 48'	Stadium: Stade Gabriel Montpied Attendance: 12,306 Referee: Mikael Lesage

Coupe de France

Due to violent behavior by their fan base, Lyon was kicked out of the Coupe de France.

17 December 2021 Round of 64	Paris FC	Abandoned	Lyon	Paris
21:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stade Sébastien Charléty Attendance: 15,717 Referee: Jérémy Stinat
Note: Match abandoned after half time with score 1–1 due to crowd trouble.^[30] On 27 December 2021, the French Football Federation announced that both Paris FC and Lyon were disqualified from the cup, with Paris FC playing their next five home matches outside of their Stade Charléty home ground.^[31]^[32]

UEFA Europa League

Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 27 August 2021.^[33]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	LYO	RAN	SPP	BRO
1	Lyon	6	5	1	0	16	5	+11	16	Advance to round of 16	—	1–1	3–0	3–0
2	Rangers	6	2	2	2	6	5	+1	8	Advance to knockout round play-offs	0–2	—	2–0	2–0
3	Sparta Prague	6	2	1	3	6	9	−3	7	Transfer to Europa Conference League	3–4	1–0	—	2–0
4	Brøndby	6	0	2	4	2	11	−9	2		1–3	1–1	0–0	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

16 September 2021 1	Rangers	0–2	Lyon	Glasgow, Scotland
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Goldson 14' Aribo 74' Morelos 75'	Report	Toko Ekambi 23' Slimani 30' Boateng 53' Tavernier 55' (o.g.)	Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 44,906 Referee: Andreas Ekberg (Sweden)

30 September 2021 2	Lyon	3–0	Brøndby	Décines-Charpieu, France
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Emerson 6' Caqueret 35' Toko Ekambi 64', 71' Aouar 85'	Report		Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 25,466 Referee: Harald Lechner (Austria)

21 October 2021 3	Sparta Prague	3–4	Lyon	Prague, Czech Republic
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Haraslín 4', 19', 59' Pavelka 80' Krejčí II 90+6'	Report	Henrique 25' Toko Ekambi 42', 88', 62' Gusto 52' 74' Aouar 53' Boateng 59' Dubois 63' Paquetá 67', 68' Mendes 85'	Stadium: Stadion Letná Attendance: 12,427 Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)

4 November 2021 4	Lyon	3–0	Sparta Prague	Décines-Charpieu, France
18:45 CET (UTC+1)	Slimani 61', 64' Toko Ekambi 90+2'	Report	Vindheim 40' Krejčí II 63'	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 33,934 Referee: Maurizio Mariani (Italy)

25 November 2021 5	Brøndby	1–3	Lyon	Brøndbyvester, Denmark
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Greve 27' Uhre 51' Tshiembe 85'	Report	Cherki 57', 66' Slimani 76' Da Silva 78'	Stadium: Brøndby Stadium Attendance: 16,645 Referee: Georgi Kabakov (Bulgaria)

9 December 2021 6	Lyon	1–1	Rangers	Décines-Charpieu, France
18:45 CET (UTC+1)	Bassey 49' (o.g.)	Report	S. Wright 42' Patterson 74'	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 26,842 Referee: Radu Petrescu (Romania)

Knockout phase

Round of 16

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 25 February 2022.^[34]

9 March 2022 First leg	Porto	0–1	Lyon	Porto, Portugal
18:45 CET (UTC+1)	Otávio 74' Conceição 90+6'	Report	Paquetá 59' Dubois 64'	Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Attendance: 26,309 Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez (Spain)

17 March 2022 Second leg	Lyon	1–1 (2–1 agg.)	Porto	Décines-Charpieu, France
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Dembélé 13' Dubois 60' Caqueret 83'	Report	Eustáquio 18' Pepe 27' Evanilson 82'	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 54,551 Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania)

Quarter-finals

The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 18 March 2022.^[35]

7 April 2022 First leg	West Ham United	1–1	Lyon	London, England
20:00 BST (UTC+1)	Cresswell 45+3' Bowen 52', 90+6' Antonio 88'	Report	Ndombele 66'	Stadium: London Stadium Attendance: 59,978 Referee: Felix Zwayer (Germany)

14 April 2022 Second leg	Lyon	0–3 (1–4 agg.)	West Ham United	Décines-Charpieu, France
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Barcola 84'	Report	Diop 22' Dawson 38' Rice 44' Bowen 48' Fornals 85'	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 50,065 Referee: Sandro Schärer (Switzerland)

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Ligue 1		Coupe de France		UEFA Europa League
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	POR	Anthony Lopes	42	0	34	0	0	0	8	0
16	GK	TOG	Malcolm Barcola	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	GK	GER	Julian Pollersbeck	8	0	4+2	0	0	0	2	0
40	GK	FRA	Kayne Bonnevie	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	CIV	Sinaly Diomandé	17	0	5+6	0	0	0	4+2	0
3	DF	ITA	Emerson	36	1	26+3	1	0	0	6+1	0
4	DF	FRA	Castello Lukeba	30	1	24	1	0	0	6	0
5	DF	BEL	Jason Denayer	21	3	12+3	3	0	0	5+1	0
12	DF	BRA	Henrique	22	0	12+6	0	0	0	4	0
14	DF	FRA	Léo Dubois	28	0	20+3	0	0	0	3+2	0
17	DF	FRA	Malo Gusto	37	0	21+9	0	0	0	5+2	0
21	DF	FRA	Damien Da Silva	21	0	13+4	0	0	0	4	0
27	DF	GER	Jérôme Boateng	27	0	19+5	0	0	0	3	0
52	DF	FRA	Hugo Vogel	2	0	0	0	0	0	1+1	0
Midfielders
8	MF	FRA	Houssem Aouar	45	8	29+7	6	0	0	6+3	2
10	MF	BRA	Lucas Paquetá	44	11	32+3	9	0	0	5+4	2
15	MF	FRA	Romain Faivre	18	3	9+5	3	0	0	4	0
19	MF	MLI	Habib Keïta	6	0	0+3	0	0	0	2+1	0
22	MF	FRA	Jeff Reine-Adélaïde	11	0	1+9	0	0	0	0+1	0
23	MF	BRA	Thiago Mendes	37	1	21+8	1	0	0	8	0
24	MF	SEN	Pape Cheikh Diop	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	MF	FRA	Maxence Caqueret	39	0	26+5	0	0	0	6+2	0
28	MF	FRA	Tanguy Ndombele	15	1	7+4	0	0	0	4	1
Forwards
7	FW	CMR	Karl Toko Ekambi	40	18	26+4	12	0	0	7+3	6
9	FW	FRA	Moussa Dembélé	36	22	25+5	21	0	0	6	1
11	FW	ZIM	Tino Kadewere	20	1	3+12	1	0	0	2+3	0
18	FW	FRA	Rayan Cherki	20	2	3+13	0	0	0	3+1	2
20	FW	BRA	Tetê	11	2	7+2	2	0	0	2	0
31	FW	FRA	Lenny Pintor	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	FW	FRA	Bradley Barcola	13	0	2+9	0	0	0	0+2	0
Players transferred out during the season
6	DF	BRA	Marcelo	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
20	FW	ALG	Islam Slimani	16	4	6+6	1	0	0	3+1	3
27	DF	CIV	Maxwel Cornet	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
28	MF	FRA	Florent Da Silva	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	MF	SUI	Xherdan Shaqiri	16	2	9+2	2	0	0	4+1	0
39	MF	BRA	Bruno Guimarães	25	0	19+1	0	0	0	2+3	0

Last updated: 1 June 2022
Source: Competitions

Goalscorers

As of 1 June 2022

Rank	No.	Pos.	Player	Ligue 1	Europa League	Total
2	9	FW	Moussa Dembélé	21	1	22
2	7	FW	Karl Toko Ekambi	12	6	18
3	10	MF	Lucas Paquetá	9	2	11
4	8	MF	Houssem Aouar	6	2	8
5	20	FW	Islam Slimani	1	3	4
6	5	DF	Jason Denayer	3	0	3
6	15	MF	Romain Faivre	3	0	3
8	18	MF	Rayan Cherki	0	2	2
	29	MF	Xherdan Shaqiri	2	0	2
	4	DF	Castello Lukeba	2	0	2
	20	FW	Tetê	2	0	2
12	3	DF	Emerson	1	0	1
	11	FW	Tino Kadewere	1	0	1
	23	MF	Thiago Mendes	1	0	1
	28	MF	Tanguy Ndombele	0	1	1
Own goals				2	2	2
Totals				66	19	85

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[table_hth_OL0.17196045404857-26] Lyon were deducted one point for uncontrolled crowd trouble that caused the abandonment of their match against Marseille.^[25]

[table_note_res_ELGScup0.17196045404857-27] Nantes qualified for the Europa League group stage as the 2021–22 Coupe de France winners.

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[2] "Transferts : l'OL officialise la signature de Damien Da Silva (Rennes)" (in French). L'Équipe. 26 May 2021.

[3] "Youssouf Koné loaned to Hatayspor". Olympique Lyonnais. 1 February 2021.

[4] "Brazilian left back Henrique joins OL through 2024". Olympique Lyonnais. 29 June 2021.

[5] Campanale, Susy (19 August 2021). "Official: Emerson Palmieri joins Lyon". Football Italia. Retrieved 19 August 2021.

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[9] "Tanguy Ndombele joins on loan through June 30, 2022". Olympique Lyonnais. 31 January 2022. Retrieved 31 January 2022.

[10] "Brazilian Tetê joins OL through the end of the season". Olympique Lyonnais. 31 March 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.

[11] "Yaya Soumaré loaned to Dijon FCO". Olympique Lyonnais. 16 June 2021.

[12] "Official | Lyon sign Mattia De Sciglio on loan from Juventus". Football News France. 5 October 2020.

[13] "Memphis Depay, Barça's fourth signing". FC Barcelona. 19 June 2021.

[14] "OH Leuven huurt Turkse jeugdinternational van Olympique Lyon" (in Dutch). Oud-Heverlee Leuven. 6 July 2021. Archived from the original on 6 July 2021. Retrieved 5 August 2021.

[15] "Djamel Eddine Benlamri signe pour deux ans au SC Qatar". Oues Tribune (in French). 15 July 2021.

[16] "Official | OGC Nice agree deal to sign Melvin Bard from Lyon". Football News France. 16 July 2021.

[17] "Crystal Palace sign Joachim Andersen from Lyon". The Athletic. 28 July 2021.

[18] "Jean Lucas s'engage à l'AS Monaco jusqu'en 2026". Foot Mercato (in French). 2 August 2021.

[19] "Youssouf Koné Joins Troyes on Loan". Olympique Lyonnais. 2 August 2021.

[20] "Burnley sign Maxwel Cornet from Lyon on five-year deal". Sky Sports. 29 August 2021.

[21] "Official | Bordeaux sign Brazilian defender Marcelo". Football News France. 28 January 2022. Retrieved 28 January 2022.

[22] "Bruno Guimarães joins Newcastle". Olympique Lyonnais. 30 January 2022. Retrieved 30 January 2022.

[23] "Islam Slimani and OL announce his departure by mutual consent". Olympique Lyonnais. 31 January 2022. Retrieved 31 January 2022.

[24] "Xherdan Shaqiri joins Chicago Fire". Olympique Lyonnais. 9 February 2022. Retrieved 9 February 2022.

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