| Club: | Olympique Lyonnais |
| Season: | 2021–22 |
| Chrtitle: | President |
| Chairman: | Jean-Michel Aulas |
| Mgrtitle: | Head coach |
| Manager: | Peter Bosz |
| Stadium: | Parc Olympique Lyonnais |
| League: | Ligue 1 |
| League Result: | 8th |
| Cup1: | Coupe de France |
| Cup1 Result: | Round of 64 |
| Cup2: | UEFA Europa League |
| Cup2 Result: | Quarter-finals |
| League Topscorer: | Moussa Dembélé (21) |
| Season Topscorer: | Moussa Dembélé (22) |
| Highest Attendance: | 50,585 vs Monaco |
| Lowest Attendance: | 0 vs Reims |
| Largest Win: | Lyon 6–1 Bordeaux |
| Largest Loss: | Angers 3–0 Lyon Rennes 4–1 Lyon Lyon 0–3 West Ham United |
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| Prevseason: | 2020–21 |
| Nextseason: | 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]
| scope=col | Player | Transferred from | scope=col; style="width: 65px;" | Fee | scope=col | Date | scope=col | Source | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | Rennes | Free | [2] | |||||||
| Fulham | Loan return | |||||||||
| Elche | Loan return | [3] | ||||||||
| 9 | Atlético Madrid | Loan return | ||||||||
| 12 | Vasco da Gama | Free | [4] | |||||||
| 3 | Chelsea | Loan (€0.5M) | [5] | |||||||
| 29 | Liverpool | €10M | [6] | |||||||
| 27 | Free agent | Free | [7] | |||||||
| 15 | Brest | €15M | [8] | |||||||
| 28 | Tottenham Hotspur | Loan (€1.4M) | [9] | |||||||
| 20 | Shakhtar Donetsk | Loan | [10] |
| scope=col | Player | Transferred to | scope=col; style="width: 65px;" | Fee | scope=col | Date | scope=col | Source | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dijon | Loan | [11] | ||||||||
| 22 | Juventus | End of loan | [12] | |||||||
| 10 | Barcelona | Free | [13] | |||||||
| 19 | OH Leuven | Loan | [14] | |||||||
| 3 | Qatar SC | Free | [15] | |||||||
| 26 | Nice | €3M | [16] | |||||||
| 3 | Crystal Palace | €22M | [17] | |||||||
| 4 | Monaco | €11M | [18] | |||||||
| Troyes | Loan | [19] | ||||||||
| 27 | Burnley | €15M | [20] | |||||||
| 6 | Bordeaux | Free | [21] | |||||||
| 39 | Newcastle United | €50.1M | [22] | |||||||
| 20 | Sporting CP | Free | [23] | |||||||
| 29 | Chicago Fire | €6.7M | [24] |
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
See main article: 2021–22 Ligue 1.
The league fixtures were announced on 25 June 2021.[25] [26]
Due to violent behavior by their fan base, Lyon was kicked out of the Coupe de France.
See main article: 2021–22 Coupe de France.
See main article: 2021–22 UEFA Europa League.
The draw for the group stage was held on 27 August 2021.[27]
See main article: 2021–22 UEFA Europa League knockout phase.
The draw for the round of 16 was held on 25 February 2022.[28]
The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 18 March 2022.[29]
|-! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Goalkeepers|-! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Defenders|-! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Midfielders|-! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Forwards|-! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Players transferred out during the season
| width=15 | width=15 | width=15 | width=15 | width=145 | Player | width=120 | Ligue 1 | width=120 | Coupe de France | width=120 | Europa League | width=120 | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 9 | FW |  | Moussa Dembélé | 21 | 0 | 1 | 22 | |||||||||
| 2 | 7 | FW |  | Karl Toko Ekambi | 12 | 0 | 6 | 18 | |||||||||
| 3 | 10 | MF |  | Lucas Paquetá | 9 | 0 | 2 | 11 | |||||||||
| 4 | 8 | MF | | Houssem Aouar | 6 | 0 | 2 | 8 | |||||||||
| 5 | 20 | FW | Islam Slimani | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 6 | 5 | DF |  | Jason Denayer | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||||||||
| 15 | MF | | Romain Faivre | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
| 8 | 18 | MF | | Rayan Cherki | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| 29 | MF | Xherdan Shaqiri | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 4 | DF | | Castello Lukeba | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 20 | FW | | Tetê | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 12 | 3 | DF |  | Emerson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| 11 | FW | Tino Kadewere | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 23 | MF | | Thiago Mendes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 28 | MF | | Tanguy Ndombele | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Own goals | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Totals | 66 | 0 | 19 | 85 | |||||||||||||