2020–21 Olympique Lyonnais season explained

Club:Olympique Lyonnais
Season:2020–21
Owner:OL Groupe
Chrtitle:President
Chairman:Jean-Michel Aulas
Mgrtitle:Head coach
Manager:Rudi Garcia
Stadium:Parc Olympique Lyonnais
League:Ligue 1
League Result:4th
Cup1:Coupe de France
Cup1 Result:Quarter-finals
League Topscorer:
Memphis Depay (20)
Season Topscorer:
Memphis Depay (22)
Largest Win:5–0 vs Saint-Étienne
Largest Loss:2–4 vs Paris Saint-Germain
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Prevseason:2019–20
Nextseason:2021–22

The 2020–21 season was the 71st season in the existence of Olympique Lyonnais and the club's 32nd consecutive season in the top flight of French football. In addition to the domestic league, Lyon participated in this season's edition of the Coupe de France. The season covered the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

Players

First-team squad

As of 13 January 2021[1]

Out on loan

Transfers

In

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7 Villarreal€11.5M[2]
11 Le HavreLoan return[3]
19 Altay€1.5M[4]
30 Hamburger SV€250,000[5]
12 Milan€20M[6]
22 JuventusLoan[7]
33 Guidars FC€1M[8]
3 Al ShababFree
20 Leicester CityFree[9]

Out

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29 Hertha BSCEnd of loan[10]
19 Nice€7M[11]
7 Rennes€12M[12]
26 Red Bull Salzburg€4.5M[13]
DijonLoan[14]
20 Wolverhampton Wanderers€2M[15]
4 İstanbul BaşakşehirFree[16]
TroyesLoan extended[17]
23 Fulham€3.2M[18]
30 Milan€500,000[19]
16 DijonFree[20]
10 Aston Villa€20M[21]
28 ElcheLoan[22]
3 FulhamLoan[23]
17 NiceLoan
4 BrestLoan[24]
9 Atlético MadridLoan (€1.5M)
28 HataysporLoan[25]

Transfer summary

Spending

Summer: 33,250,000

Winter: 0

Total: 33,250,000

Income

Summer: 49,200,000

Winter: 1,500,000

Total: 50,700,000

Net Expenditure

Summer: 15,950,000

Winter: 1,500,000

Total: 17,450,000

Competitions

Ligue 1

See main article: 2020–21 Ligue 1.

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 9 July 2020.[26]

Coupe de France

See main article: 2020–21 Coupe de France.

Statistics

Appearances and goals

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Goalscorers

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110FWMemphis Depay19221
27FWKarl Toko Ekambi12012
311FWTino Kadewere10010
412MFLucas Paquetá617
58MFHoussem Aouar516
618MFRayan Cherki134
27FWMaxwel Cornet224
86DFMarcelo303
20FWIslam Slimani213
105DFJason Denayer112
14DFLéo Dubois202
123DFDjamel Benlamri011
9FWMoussa Dembélé101
39MFBruno Guimarães101
Own goals505
Totals701282

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Players and staff | Men . OLWeb.fr . 5 October 2020.
  2. Julian Pollersbeck . OL.fr/en. Olympique Lyonnais. 18 September 2020.
  3. Julian Pollersbeck . OL.fr/en. Olympique Lyonnais. 18 September 2020.
  4. Cenk Özkaçar joins OL through 2025 . OL.fr/en. Olympique Lyonnais. 18 August 2020. 6 October 2020.
  5. Julian Pollersbeck . OL.fr/en. Olympique Lyonnais. 30 September 2020.
  6. Lucas Paquetá joins OL on a five year contract . OL.fr/en. Olympique Lyonnais. 30 September 2020.
  7. Thanks and good luck, Mattia! . juventus.com/en. Juventus F.C.. 5 October 2020.
  8. Web site: 5 October 2020. Arrivée de Mattia De Sciglio et Habib Keita. live. 2021-05-08. OL.fr. fr-FR. https://web.archive.org/web/20201006094343/https://www.ol.fr/fr-fr/contenus/articles/2020/10/05/arrivee-de-mattia-de-sciglio-et-habib-keita . 2020-10-06 .
  9. Web site: 13 January 2021. Transfers: Islam Slimani arrives and Moussa Dembélé joins Atlético on loan. Olympique Lyonnais. 13 January 2021.
  10. Web site: Transfer of Lucas Tousart to Hertha Berlin. Olympique Lyonnais. 27 January 2020. 6 October 2020.
  11. Web site: Transfer of Amine Gouiri to Nice. Olympique Lyonnais. 1 July 2020. 6 October 2020.
  12. Web site: Press release: Transfer of Martin Terrier to Rennes. Olympique Lyonnais. 6 July 2020. 6 July 2020.
  13. Web site: Oumar Solet to join RB Salzburg. Olympique Lyonnais. 17 July 2020. 6 October 2020.
  14. Web site: 6 August 2020. Press release : Pape Cheikh Diop loaned to Dijon. Olympique Lyonnais. 6 August 2020.
  15. Web site: Transfer of Fernando Marçal to Wolverhampton Wanderers. Olympique Lyonnais. 6 September 2020. 6 September 2020.
  16. Web site: Rafael joins Istanbul Basaksehir. Olympique Lyonnais. 8 September 2020. 8 September 2020.
  17. Web site: Pintor loan to Troyes renewed. Olympique Lyonnais. 9 September 2020. 9 September 2020.
  18. Web site: Transfers: Kenny Tete to Fulham. Olympique Lyonnais. 10 September 2020. 10 September 2020.
  19. Web site: Transfer of Ciprian Tatarusanu. Olympique Lyonnais. 11 September 2020. 6 October 2020.
  20. Web site: Departure of Anthony Racioppi. Olympique Lyonnais. 25 September 2020. 6 October 2020.
  21. Web site: 19 September 2020. Bertrand Traoré joins Aston Villa. Olympique Lyonnais. 19 September 2020.
  22. Web site: 29 September 2020. Youssouf Koné is loaned to Elche. Olympique Lyonnais. 5 October 2020.
  23. Web site: 6 October 2020. Arrival of Djamel Benlamri, loan of Reine-Adélaïde and Andersen. Olympique Lyonnais. 6 October 2020.
  24. Web site: 12 January 2021. Jean Lucas loaned to Brest until the end of the season. Olympique Lyonnais. 13 January 2021.
  25. Web site: 1 February 2021. Youssouf Koné loaned to Hatayspor. Olympique Lyonnais. 1 February 2021.
  26. Web site: Ligue 1 Uber Eats : le calendrier de la saison 2020/2021. fr. LFP. 9 July 2020.