| Season: | 2016–17 |
| Manager: | Gérard Prêcheur |
| Stadium: | Groupama OL Training Center |
| League Topscorer: | Two players (20) |
| Season Topscorer: | Eugénie Le Sommer (29) |
| Prevseason: | 2015–16 |
| Nextseason: | 2017–18 |
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The 2016–17 season was the club's thirteenth season since FC Lyon joined OL as its women's section. Like the previous season, the team won all three competitions: the Division 1 Féminine, the Coupe de France Féminine and notably its fourth UEFA Women's Champions League after it defeated Paris Saint-Germain in the final.
Lyon had won in the 2015–16 season its second triple crown, including its fourth UEFA Women's Champions League along with its fifth national double in a row. Before the end of the season Amandine Henry had moved to the NWSL, while subsequently Louisa Necib retired and Lotta Schelin returned to the Damallsvenskan. Lyon reacted by signing Dzsenifer Marozsán from Frankfurt. Kenza Dali, Kheira Hamraoui, Jessica Houara and Caroline Seger joined from major rival Paris Saint-Germain. Lyon also recruited New Zealand goalkeeper, Erin Nayler, from Sky Blue on a two-year contract to act as back-up for first-choice goalkeeper, Sarah Bouhaddi.[1] [2] [3] [4]
From September to November, Lyon won all first eight league games and first two Champions League rounds against newcomer Avaldsnes and Zürich by wide scorelines. Following a 2–1 win over 3rd place Montpellier, Lyon ended the year a 1–0 loss in its first game against Paris Saint-Germain, which took the lead in the table.[5] However, on January 6 PSG's September 0–4 win over Albi was reversed to a 3–0 loss,[6] thus losing their advantage over Lyon. PSG's subsequent 2–1 loss against Montpellier gave Lyon the lead again.
In the winter transfer window, Lyon made three signings. Alex Morgan was recruited on loan from NWSL's Orlando Pride,[7] Kadeisha Buchanan arrived straight from college soccer, and Josephine Henning subsequently joined the team.[8] [9] Lyon won all its first games in 2017, expanding its lead to a 6-point margin, before facing Wolfsburg in the Champions League's quarterfinals. 2012–13 and 2013–14 champion Wolfsburg had been Lyon's rival in the past edition's final, which Lyon had won on penalties, and the tie was branded by the media as the competition's advanced final.[10] Lyon nearly ensured qualification with a 0–2 away win, and made it to the semifinals against Manchester City despite a 0–1 home defeat. After qualifying for the national cup's final, Lyon again set course to the final in an away first leg with a 1–3 win before suffering a one-goal defeat in Lyon to a goal by Carli Lloyd,[11] enough to make it to the final in Cardiff, where they faced PSG in the second final between two teams from the same country.[12]
On May 8, Lyon sealed its 11th national championship in a row with two games remaining, in a 9–0 win over Soyaux.[13] Finally the team faced a triple showdown against Paris Saint-Germain with two titles in dispute as well as PSG's qualification for the next Champions League as Montpellier took the second place. After a 3–0 win in the league match, the cup final ended in a 1–1 draw followed by a 7–6 victory in the penalty shootout, giving Lyon its sixth consecutive national double.[14] The Champions League final also ended in a draw with no goals were scored either in the extra time. The penalty shootout was also a long one, and it was resolved in a duel between the two goalkeepers. PSG's Katarzyna Kiedrzynek missed her kick and couldn't stop Bouhaddi's shot, which made the team the European champion for the fourth time and second time in a row.[15]
| No. | Name | Nationality | Position | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Signed in | Contract ends | Apps. | Goals | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goalkeepers | |||||||||||
| 16 | Sarah Bouhaddi | GK | 2017 6, df=yes | Juvisy | 2009 | 200 | 1 | ||||
| 30 | Méline Gérard | GK | 2017 6, df=yes | Saint-Étienne | 2014 | ||||||
| Defenders | |||||||||||
| 3 | Wendie Renard | DF | 2017 6, df=yes | Academy | 2006 | 284 | 76 | ||||
| 4 | Julie Marichaud | DF | 2017 6, df=yes | Academy | 2012 | ||||||
| 8 | Jessica Houara | DF | 2017 6, df=yes | Paris Saint-Germain | 2016 | 28 | 2 | ||||
| 17 | Corine Petit | DF | 2017 6, df=yes | Soyaux | 2008 | ||||||
| 21 | Kadeisha Buchanan | DF | 2017 6, df=yes | West Virginia Mountaineers | 2017 | 17 | 0 | ||||
| 26 | Josephine Henning | DF | 2017 6, df=yes | Arsenal | 2017 | 8 | 0 | ||||
| 29 | Griedge Mbock Bathy | DF | 2017 6, df=yes | Guingamp | 2015 | ||||||
| Midfielders | |||||||||||
| 2 | Kenza Dali | MF | 2017 6, df=yes | Paris Saint-Germain | 2016 | 7 | 1 | ||||
| 5 | Saki Kumagai | MF | 2017 6, df=yes | 1. FFC Frankfurt | 2013 | 124 | 27 | ||||
| 7 | Amel Majri | MF | 2017 6, df=yes | Academy | 2010 | ||||||
| 10 | Dzsenifer Marozsán | MF | 2017 6, df=yes | 1. FFC Frankfurt | 2016 | 32 | 7 | ||||
| 11 | Kheira Hamraoui | MF | 2017 6, df=yes | Paris Saint-Germain | 2016 | 14 | 3 | ||||
| 15 | Aurélie Kaci | MF | 2017 6, df=yes | Paris Saint-Germain | 2015 | ||||||
| 18 | Claire Lavogez | MF | 2017 6, df=yes | Montpellier | 2015 | ||||||
| 23 | Camille Abily | MF | 2017 6, df=yes | FC Gold Pride | 2010 | ||||||
| 27 | Caroline Seger | MF | 2017 6, df=yes | Paris Saint-Germain | 2016 | 26 | 1 | ||||
| Forwards | |||||||||||
| 6 | Andrea Norheim | FW | 2017 6, df=yes | Klepp | 2016 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 9 | Eugénie Le Sommer | FW | 2017 6, df=yes | Stade Briochin | 2010 | 225 | 203 | ||||
| 12 | Élodie Thomis | FW | 2017 6, df=yes | Montpellier | 2007 | 265 | 107 | ||||
| 13 | Alex Morgan | FW | 2017 6, df=yes | Orlando Pride | 2017 | 2017 | 16 | 12 | |||
| 14 | Ada Hegerberg | FW | 2017 6, df=yes | Turbine Potsdam | 2014 | 100 | 115 | ||||
| 20 | Delphine Cascarino | FW | 2017 6, df=yes | Academy | 2015 | 30 | 11 | ||||
| 22 | Pauline Bremer | FW | 2017 6, df=yes | Turbine Potsdam | 2017 | 28 | 9 | ||||
| 24 | Mylaine Tarrieu | FW | 2017 6, df=yes | Academy | 2013 | ||||||
| Out on loan | |||||||||||
| 1 | Erin Nayler | GK | 2017 6, df=yes | Sky Blue FC | 2016 | 2018 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 25 | Julie Piga | DF | 2017 6, df=yes | Academy | 2013 | ||||||
| Left during the season | |||||||||||
| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | From | Fee | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 July 2016 | MF | Dzsenifer Marozsán | 1. FFC Frankfurt | Undisclosed | |||
| 1 July 2016 | DF | Kenza Dali | Paris Saint-Germain | Undisclosed | |||
| 1 July 2016 | MF | Kheira Hamraoui | Paris Saint-Germain | Undisclosed | |||
| 1 July 2016 | MF | Jessica Houara | Paris Saint-Germain | Undisclosed | |||
| 1 July 2016 | MF | Caroline Seger | Paris Saint-Germain | Undisclosed | |||
| 1 July 2016 | FW | Andrea Norheim | Klepp | Undisclosed | |||
| 1 September 2016 | GK | Erin Nayler | Sky Blue FC | Undisclosed | |||
| 3 January 2017 | DF | Josephine Henning | Arsenal | Undisclosed | |||
| 8 January 2017 | DF | Kadeisha Buchanan | West Virginia Mountaineers | Undisclosed |
| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Fee | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 June 2016 | FW | Lotta Schelin | Rosengård | Undisclosed | |||
| 27 June 2016 | DF | Estelle Cascarino | Juvisy | Undisclosed | |||
| 7 July 2016 | GK | Cindy Perrault | Albi | Undisclosed | |||
| 8 July 2016 | DF | Line Røddik Hansen | Barcelona | Undisclosed |
| Start date | Position | Nationality | Name | To | End date | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 January 2017 | GK | Erin Nayler | Grenoble | End of season | [16] | ||
| 31 January 2017 | DF | Julie Piga | Grenoble | End of season | [17] |
| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | Joined | Date | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 June 2017 | GK | Méline Gérard | Montpellier | ||||
| 30 June 2017 | GK | Lois Ursella | |||||
| 30 June 2017 | DF | Julie Marichaud | |||||
| 30 June 2017 | DF | Josephine Henning | Arsenal | ||||
| 30 June 2017 | MF | Aurélie Kaci | Atlético Madrid | ||||
| 30 June 2017 | MF | Caroline Seger | Rosengård | ||||
| 30 June 2017 | FW | Marine Cochelin | Saint-Étienne |
See main article: article and 2016–17 Division 1 Féminine.
See main article: 2016–17 UEFA Women's Champions League.
See main article: 2017 UEFA Women's Champions League Final.
|-|colspan="14"|Players away from the club on loan:|-|colspan="14"|Players who appeared for Olympique Lyonnais but left during the season:|}
| width=60 | Place | width=60 | Position | width=60 | Nation | width=60 | Number | width=150 | Name | width=150 | Division 1 | width=150 | Coupe de France | width=250 | UEFA Champions League | width=80 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FW | 9 | Eugénie Le Sommer | 20 | 3 | 6 | 29 | ||||||||||
| 2 | FW | 14 | Ada Hegerberg | 20 | 3 | 4 | 27 | ||||||||||
| 3 | MF | 18 | Claire Lavogez | 8 | 5 | 3 | 16 | ||||||||||
| 4 | MF | 23 | Camille Abily | 10 | 0 | 5 | 15 | ||||||||||
| 5 | FW | 13 | Alex Morgan | 5 | 7 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||||
| 6 | MF | 5 | Saki Kumagai | 6 | 2 | 3 | 11 | ||||||||||
| 7 | FW | 22 | Pauline Bremer | 4 | 5 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||
| 8 | DF | 3 | Wendie Renard | 6 | 0 | 2 | 8 | ||||||||||
| 9 | MF | 7 | Amel Majri | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||||
| MF | 10 | Dzsenifer Marozsán | 4 | 0 | 3 | 7 | |||||||||||
| 11 | DF | 17 | Corine Petit | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||||
| FW | 24 | Mylaine Tarrieu | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |||||||||||
| 13 | DF | 29 | Griedge Mbock | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 14 | MF | 11 | Kheira Hamraoui | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| FW | 20 | Delphine Cascarino | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Own goal | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||||||||||||
| 17 | DF | 8 | Jessica Houara | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 18 | MF | 27 | Caroline Seger | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| FW | 6 | Andrea Norheim | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| MF | 15 | Aurélie Kaci | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| MF | 2 | Kenza Dali | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Total | 103 | 35 | 32 | 170 | |||||||||||||
| width=60 | Place | width=60 | Position | width=60 | Nation | width=60 | Number | width=150 | Name | width=150 | Division 1 | width=150 | Coupe de France | width=250 | UEFA Champions League | width=80 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK | 16 | Sarah Bouhaddi | 13 | 0 | 5 | 18 | ||||||||||
| 2 | GK | 30 | Méline Gérard | 4 | 5 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Total | 17 | 5 | 5 | 27 | |||||||||||||
| Number | Nation | Position | Name | Division 1 | Coupe de France | UEFA Champions League | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | DF | Wendie Renard | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 5 | MF | Saki Kumagai | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 11 | MF | Kheira Hamraoui | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 14 | FW | Ada Hegerberg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 18 | MF | Claire Lavogez | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 21 | DF | Kadeisha Buchanan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 22 | FW | Pauline Bremer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 23 | MF | Camille Abily | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 27 | MF | Caroline Seger | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 29 | DF | Griedge Mbock | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Players away on loan: | ||||||||||||
| Players who left Olympique Lyonnais during the season: | ||||||||||||
| Total | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 0 | ||||