# 2018–19 Olympique Lyonnais Féminin season

The 2018–19 Olympique Lyonnais Féminin season was the club's fifteenth season since FC Lyon joined OL as its women's section. Olympique Lyonnais retained their Division 1 Féminine and UEFA Women's Champions League titles, and won the Coupe de France Féminine for the seventh time in eight season having been Runners Up to Paris Saint-Germain the previous season.

## Season events

On 2 July, Olympique Lyonnais signed Lisa Weiß from SGS Essen and Carolin Simon from SC Freiburg, both to two-year contracts.
On 23 July, Olympique Lyonnais announced the signing of Izzy Christiansen from Manchester City.
On 24 September, Jess Fishlock joined Olympique Lyonnais on loan until the end of Olympique Lyonnais' participation in the UEFA Women's Champions League.
On 11 January, Olympique Lyonnais announced the signing of Sole Jaimes from Dalian.

## Squad

    As of match played 18 May 2019
| No. | Name | Position | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Signed in | Contract ends | Apps. | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | Lisa Weiß | GK | (1987-10-29)29 October 1987 (aged 31) | SGS Essen | 2018 | 2020 | 10 | 0 |
| 16 | Sarah Bouhaddi | GK | (1986-10-17)17 October 1986 (aged 32) | Juvisy | 2009 | | 256 | 1 |
| 30 | Audrey Dupupet | GK | (2001-01-03)3 January 2001 (aged 18) | Academy | 2017 | | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | Lucy Bronze | DF | (1991-10-28)28 October 1991 (aged 27) | Manchester City | 2017 | 2020 | 60 | 6 |
| 3 | Wendie Renard | DF | (1990-07-20)20 July 1990 (aged 28) | Academy | 2006 | | 344 | 102 |
| 4 | Selma Bacha | DF | (2000-11-09)9 November 2000 (aged 18) | Academy | 2017 | | 47 | 3 |
| 21 | Kadeisha Buchanan | DF | (1995-11-05)5 November 1995 (aged 23) | West Virginia Mountaineers | 2017 | | 55 | 1 |
| 26 | Carolin Simon | DF | (1992-11-24)24 November 1992 (aged 26) | SC Freiburg | 2018 | 2020 | 14 | 0 |
| 29 | Griedge Mbock Bathy | DF | (1995-02-26)26 February 1995 (aged 24) | Guingamp | 2015 | | 114 | 21 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 5 | Saki Kumagai | MF | (1990-10-17)17 October 1990 (aged 28) | 1. FFC Frankfurt | 2013 | | 190 | 35 |
| 6 | Amandine Henry | MF | (1989-09-28)28 September 1989 (aged 29) | Portland Thorns | 2018 | 2021 | 255 | 52 |
| 7 | Amel Majri | MF | (1993-01-25)25 January 1993 (aged 26) | Academy | 2010 | | 193 | 57 |
| 8 | Izzy Christiansen | MF | (1991-09-20)20 September 1991 (aged 27) | Manchester City | 2018 | | 18 | 4 |
| 10 | Dzsenifer Marozsán | MF | (1992-04-18)18 April 1992 (aged 27) | 1. FFC Frankfurt | 2016 | | 90 | 33 |
| 18 | Eva Kouache | MF | (2000-01-07)7 January 2000 (aged 19) | Academy | 2018 | | 5 | 0 |
| 19 | Lorena Azzaro | MF | (2000-10-22)22 October 2000 (aged 18) | Academy | 2018 | | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | Jess Fishlock | MF | (1987-01-14)14 January 1987 (aged 32) | on loan from OL Reign | 2018 | 2019 | 26 | 2 |
| | Yasmine Klai | MF | (2002-09-15)15 September 2002 (aged 16) | Academy | 2017 | | 0 | 0 |
| | Iris Rabot | MF | (2000-10-16)16 October 2000 (aged 18) | Academy | 2017 | | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 9 | Eugénie Le Sommer | FW | (1989-05-18)18 May 1989 (aged 30) | Stade Briochin | 2010 | | 290 | 257 |
| 11 | Shanice van de Sanden | FW | (1992-10-02)2 October 1992 (aged 26) | Liverpool | 2017 | 2020 | 55 | 10 |
| 14 | Ada Hegerberg | FW | (1995-07-10)10 July 1995 (aged 23) | Turbine Potsdam | 2014 | | 166 | 197 |
| 20 | Delphine Cascarino | FW | (1997-02-05)5 February 1997 (aged 22) | Academy | 2015 | | 92 | 23 |
| 25 | Sole Jaimes | FW | (1989-01-20)20 January 1989 (aged 30) | Dalian Quanjian | 2019 | | 7 | 1 |
| 27 | Emelyne Laurent | FW | (1998-11-04)4 November 1998 (aged 20) | Bordeaux | 2017 | | 18 | 4 |
| 28 | Melvine Malard | FW | (2000-06-28)28 June 2000 (aged 18) | Academy | 2017 | | 5 | 0 |
| | Cyrine Ben Rabah | FW | (2002-11-27)27 November 2002 (aged 16) | Academy | 2017 | | 0 | 0 |
| | Jessy Danielle Roux | FW | (2000-03-30)30 March 2000 (aged 19) | Academy | 2017 | | 0 | 0 |
| Out on loan ||||||||||
| Left during the season ||||||||||

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 2 July 2018 | GK | Lisa Weiß | SGS Essen | Undisclosed |
| 2 July 2018 | DF | Carolin Simon | SC Freiburg | Undisclosed |
| 23 July 2018 | MF | Izzy Christiansen | Manchester City | Undisclosed |
| 11 January 2019 | FW | Sole Jaimes | Dalian Quanjian | Undisclosed |

### Loans in

| Start date | Position | Nationality | Name | From | End date | Ref. |
| 24 September 2018 | MF | | Jess Fishlock | OL Reign | 19 May 2019 | |

### Loans out

| Start date | Position | Nationality | Name | To | End date | Ref. |
| 24 January 2019 | FW | | Emelyne Laurent | Guingamp | End of season | |

### Released

| Date | Position | Name | Joined | Date |
| 30 June 2019 | GK | Audrey Dupupet | Reims | |
| 30 June 2019 | FW | Sole Jaimes | Santos | 11 July 2019 |
| 30 June 2019 | FW | Jessy Danielle Roux | Reims | |

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Division 1 | 25 August 2018 | 4 May 2019 | Matchday 1 | Winners | 22 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 89 | 6 | +83 | 090.91 |
| Coupe de France | 6 January 2019 | 8 May 2019 | Round of 32 | Winners | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 | +15 | 100.00 |
| UEFA Champions League | 12 September 2018 | 18 May 2019 | Round of 32 | Winners | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 6 | +27 | 088.89 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 36 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 138 | 13 | +125 | 091.67 |
Last updated: 18 May 2019 Source: Competitions

### Division 1
#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 4 May 2019. Source:

#### Results by matchday

| Matchday | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | W |
| Position | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

#### Table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Lyon (C) | 22 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 89 | 6 | +83 | 62 | Qualification for the Champions League round of 32 |
| 2 | Paris Saint-Germain | 22 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 62 | 16 | +46 | 57 | Qualification for the Champions League round of 32 |
| 3 | Montpellier | 22 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 51 | 27 | +24 | 39 | |
| 4 | Bordeaux | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 26 | 34 | −8 | 34 | |
| 5 | Paris FC | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 34 | 28 | +6 | 32 | |
| 6 | Soyaux | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 37 | −18 | 27 | |
| 7 | Guingamp | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 24 | 33 | −9 | 24 | |
| 8 | Dijon | 22 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 29 | 44 | −15 | 24 | |
| 9 | Fleury | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 24 | 34 | −10 | 22 | |
| 10 | Metz | 22 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 21 | 63 | −42 | 19 | |
| 11 | Lille (R) | 22 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 20 | 43 | −23 | 18 | Relegation to Division 2 Féminine |
| 12 | Rodez (R) | 22 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 48 | −34 | 13 | Relegation to Division 2 Féminine |

### UEFA Champions League
#### Final
## Squad statistics

    As of match played 18 May 2019

### Appearances

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Division 1 | Division 1 | Coupe de France | Coupe de France | UEFA Champions League | UEFA Champions League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | GER | Lisa Weiß | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | ENG | Lucy Bronze | 29 | 2 | 15+1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | FRA | Wendie Renard | 30 | 14 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 4 |
| 4 | DF | FRA | Selma Bacha | 24 | 1 | 10+5 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 6+1 | 1 |
| 5 | MF | JPN | Saki Kumagai | 34 | 2 | 15+5 | 2 | 3+2 | 0 | 5+4 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | FRA | Amandine Henry | 31 | 8 | 16+2 | 4 | 4+1 | 2 | 8 | 2 |
| 7 | MF | FRA | Amel Majri | 31 | 15 | 16+2 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 8+1 | 4 |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Izzy Christiansen | 18 | 4 | 8+6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2+1 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | FRA | Eugénie Le Sommer | 31 | 21 | 15+3 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 6 |
| 10 | MF | GER | Dzsenifer Marozsán | 27 | 14 | 14+1 | 10 | 4+1 | 2 | 5+2 | 2 |
| 11 | FW | NED | Shanice van de Sanden | 31 | 8 | 11+8 | 7 | 1+4 | 1 | 3+4 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | NOR | Ada Hegerberg | 33 | 29 | 18+2 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 7 |
| 16 | GK | FRA | Sarah Bouhaddi | 26 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | FRA | Eva Kouache | 5 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | FRA | Lorena Azzaro | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | FRA | Delphine Cascarino | 29 | 5 | 10+8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3+5 | 1 |
| 21 | DF | CAN | Kadeisha Buchanan | 14 | 1 | 8+3 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | WAL | Jess Fishlock | 26 | 2 | 11+3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5+2 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | ARG | Sole Jaimes | 7 | 1 | 4+1 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | GER | Carolin Simon | 14 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | FRA | Emelyne Laurent | 14 | 1 | 2+8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | FRA | Melvine Malard | 4 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | FRA | Griedge Mbock | 28 | 5 | 15+1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 2 |
| Players away from the club on loan: ||||||||||||
| Players who appeared for Olympique Lyonnais but left during the season: ||||||||||||

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | Division 1 | Coupe de France | UEFA Champions League | Total |
| 1 | FW | | 14 | Ada Hegerberg | 20 | 2 | 7 | 29 |
| 2 | FW | | 9 | Eugénie Le Sommer | 13 | 2 | 6 | 21 |
| 3 | MF | | 7 | Amel Majri | 10 | 1 | 4 | 15 |
| 4 | MF | | 10 | Dzsenifer Marozsán | 10 | 2 | 2 | 14 |
| 4 | DF | | 3 | Wendie Renard | 8 | 2 | 4 | 14 |
| 6 | FW | | 11 | Shanice van de Sanden | 7 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| 6 | MF | | 26 | Amandine Henry | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 8 | FW | | 20 | Delphine Cascarino | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 8 | DF | | 29 | Griedge Mbock | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 8 | | | | Own goal | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 11 | MF | | 8 | Izzy Christiansen | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 12 | MF | | 5 | Saki Kumagai | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | MF | | 24 | Jess Fishlock | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | DF | | 22 | Lucy Bronze | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 15 | DF | | 21 | Kadeisha Buchanan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | FW | | 25 | Sole Jaimes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | FW | | 27 | Emelyne Laurent | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | DF | | 4 | Selma Bacha | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 89 | 16 | 33 | 138 |

### Clean sheets

| Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | Division 1 | Coupe de France | UEFA Champions League | Total |
| 1 | GK | | 16 | Sarah Bouhaddi | 13 | 1 | 2 | 16 |
| 2 | GK | | 1 | Lisa Weiß | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 16 | 4 | 4 | 24 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Nation | Position | Name | Division 1 | Division 1 | Coupe de France | Coupe de France | UEFA Champions League | UEFA Champions League | Total | Total |
| 2 | | DF | Lucy Bronze | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | | DF | Wendie Renard | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | | DF | Selma Bacha | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | | MF | Saki Kumagai | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | | MF | Amandine Henry | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | | MF | Amel Majri | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | | MF | Izzy Christiansen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | | FW | Eugénie Le Sommer | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | | MF | Dzsenifer Marozsán | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | | FW | Shanice van de Sanden | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | | FW | Ada Hegerberg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | | GK | Sarah Bouhaddi | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | | FW | Delphine Cascarino | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | | MF | Kadeisha Buchanan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | | MF | Jess Fishlock | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | | MF | Griedge Mbock | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Players away on loan: ||||||||||||
| Players who left Olympique Lyonnais during the season: ||||||||||||
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 29 | 0 |