# 2012–13 Olympique Lyonnais season

The 2012–13 season was Olympique Lyonnais's 63rd professional season since its creation in 1950. The club competed in Ligue 1, finishing third, in the Coupe de France, Coupe de la Ligue, and in the UEFA Europa League.

## Squad
### First-team squad

As of 26 January 2013
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 | FRA | Rémy Vercoutre |
| 2 | DF | FRA | Mehdi Zeffane (Youth) |
| 4 | DF | BFA | Bakary Koné |
| 5 | DF | CRO | Dejan Lovren |
| 6 | MF | FRA | Gueïda Fofana |
| 7 | MF | FRA | Clément Grenier |
| 8 | MF | FRA | Yoann Gourcuff |
| 9 | FW | ARG | Lisandro López |
| 10 | FW | FRA | Alexandre Lacazette |
| 12 | MF | FRA | Jordan Ferri |
| 13 | DF | FRA | Anthony Réveillère |
| 14 | DF | FRA | Mouhamadou Dabo |
| 15 | DF | SRB | Milan Biševac |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | GK | POR | Anthony Lopes |
| 17 | MF | FRA | Steed Malbranque |
| 18 | FW | FRA | Bafétimbi Gomis |
| 19 | FW | FRA | Jimmy Briand |
| 21 | MF | FRA | Maxime Gonalons (captain) |
| 23 | DF | FRA | Samuel Umtiti |
| 24 | FW | CMR | Clinton N'Jie (Youth) |
| 25 | FW | FRA | Yassine Benzia |
| 26 | FW | FRA | Anthony Martial (Youth) |
| 27 | FW | FRA | Alassane Pléa (Youth) |
| 28 | MF | COD | Arnold Mvuemba |
| 31 | MF | FRA | Rachid Ghezzal |
| 40 | 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 |
| 11 | MF | BRA | Michel Bastos (on loan to Schalke 04) |
| 20 | DF | ARG | Fabián Monzón (on loan to Fluminense) |
| 22 | MF | MLI | Sidy Koné (on loan to SM Caen) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 29 | FW | GUI | Mohamed Yattara (on loan to ESTAC) |
| 30 | GK | BEL | Théo Defourny (on loan to FC Rouen) |
| 36 | FW | FRA | Harry Novillo (on loan to Gazélec Ajaccio) |

### Reserve squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 32 | MF | FRA | Maxime Blanc |
| 33 | DF | FRA | William Le Pogam |
| 34 | MF | FRA | Farès Bahlouli |
| 35 | FW | FRA | Marwane Benamra |
| 37 | MF | ALG | Nassim Zitouni |
| 38 | FW | FRA | Mour Paye |
| 39 | DF | FRA | Mouhamadou-Naby Sarr |
| 41 | MF | FRA | Grégoire Viricel |
| 42 | MF | FRA | Adrien Cabon |
| 43 | GK | FRA | Lucas Mocio |
| 44 | FW | FRA | Jordan Dalla Vecchia |
| 45 | GK | SUI | Jérémy Frick |
| 46 | MF | FRA | Zakarie Labidi |
| 47 | MF | SUI | Kévin Massivi Tsimba |
| 48 | MF | FRA | Sébastien Flochon |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 49 | FW | CTA | Berthier Dolgue |
| 50 | FW | FRA | Anthony Martial |
| 51 | DF | FRA | Arnaud Bloch |
| 52 | DF | FRA | Pierre Ertel |
| 53 | MF | FRA | Aldo Kalulu |
| 54 | DF | FRA | Dylan Mboumbouni |
| 55 | DF | FRA | Loïc Abenzoar |
| 56 | MF | FRA | Corentin Tolisso |
| 58 | DF | FRA | Louis Nganioni |
| 59 | DF | FRA | Romaric N'Gouma |
| 70 | GK | FRA | Dorian Grange |
| — | DF | BFA | Biassoum Cheik Coulibaly |
| — | DF | CTA | Amos Youga |
| — | MF | FRA | Nabil Fekir |
| — | MF | CMR | Christian N'Gando |

## Competitions
### Ligue 1
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Paris Saint-Germain (C) | 38 | 25 | 8 | 5 | 69 | 23 | +46 | 83 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Marseille | 38 | 21 | 8 | 9 | 42 | 36 | +6 | 71 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Lyon | 38 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 61 | 38 | +23 | 67 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
| 4 | Nice | 38 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 57 | 46 | +11 | 64 | Qualification for the Europa League play-off round |
| 5 | Saint-Étienne | 38 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 60 | 32 | +28 | 63 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
* ↑ Saint-Étienne, as winner of the 2012–13 Coupe de la Ligue, qualifies for the third qualifying round of 2013–14 UEFA Europa League.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: Soccerway

#### 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 | A | 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 |
| Result | W | W | D | W | W | D | L | D | W | W | W | D | W | L | W | W | D | L | W | W | D | W | L | L | W | W | D | D | L | L | L | W | W | D | W | L | D | W |
| Position | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss

### UEFA Europa League
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Lyon | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 8 | +6 | 16 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 2 | Sparta Prague | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 9 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 3 | Athletic Bilbao | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | −2 | 5 | |
| 4 | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | −7 | 2 | |
* Note 1: Ironi Kiryat Shmona played their home matches at Kiryat Eliezer Stadium, Haifa instead of their regular stadium, Municipal Stadium, Kiryat Shmona.