# 2014–15 Olympique Lyonnais season

The 2014–15 season was Olympique Lyonnais's 65th professional season since its creation in 1950. The club competed in Ligue 1, finishing second, the Coupe de France, and the Coupe de la Ligue.

## Players
### First team squad

French teams are limited to four players without EU citizenship. Hence, the squad list includes only the principal nationality of each player; several non-European players on the squad have dual citizenship with an EU country. Also, players from the ACP countries—countries in Africa, the Caribbean, and the Pacific that are signatories to the Cotonou Agreement—are not counted against non-EU quotas due to the Kolpak ruling.
As of 3 February 2015
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 | POR | Anthony Lopes |
| 2 | DF | ALG | Mehdi Zeffane |
| 3 | DF | CMR | Henri Bedimo |
| 4 | DF | BFA | Bakary Koné |
| 5 | DF | SRB | Milan Biševac |
| 6 | MF | FRA | Gueïda Fofana |
| 7 | MF | FRA | Clément Grenier |
| 8 | MF | FRA | Yoann Gourcuff |
| 10 | FW | FRA | Alexandre Lacazette |
| 11 | MF | FRA | Rachid Ghezzal |
| 12 | MF | FRA | Jordan Ferri |
| 13 | DF | FRA | Christophe Jallet |
| 14 | DF | FRA | Mouhamadou Dabo |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player] |
| 17 | MF | FRA | Steed Malbranque |
| 18 | MF | FRA | Nabil Fekir |
| 19 | FW | GUI | Mohamed Yattara |
| 20 | FW | CMR | Clinton N'Jie |
| 21 | MF | FRA | Maxime Gonalons (Captain) |
| 22 | DF | FRA | Lindsay Rose |
| 23 | DF | FRA | Samuel Umtiti |
| 24 | MF | FRA | Corentin Tolisso |
| 25 | FW | FRA | Yassine Benzia |
| 27 | FW | FRA | Maxwel Cornet |
| 28 | MF | FRA | Arnold Mvuemba |
| 29 | MF | FRA | Farès Bahlouli |
| 30 | GK | FRA | Mathieu Gorgelin |

### In

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving from | Fee |
| 17 July 2014 | DF | Lindsay Rose | 22 | Valenciennes | £1,320,000 |
| 23 July 2014 | DF | Christophe Jallet | 30 | Paris Saint-Germain | £1,320,000 |
| 15 January 2015 | FW | Maxwel Cornet | 18 | Metz | £352,000 |

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving to | Fee |
| 1 July 2014 | GK | Rémy Vercoutre | 34 | Caen | Free Transfer |
| 1 July 2014 | FW | Bafétimbi Gomis | 28 | Swansea City | Free Transfer |
| 26 July 2014 | DF | Mouhamadou-Naby Sarr | 20 | Sporting CP | £880,000 |
| 22 August 2014 | FW | Jimmy Briand | 29 | Hannover 96 | Free Transfer |
| 28 August 2014 | FW | Alassane Pléa | 21 | Nice | £440,000 |
| 1 September 2014 | GK | Théo Defourny | 22 | R.E. Virton | Free Transfer |
Last updated: 19 January 2015. Source:

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Paris Saint-Germain (C) | 38 | 24 | 11 | 3 | 83 | 36 | +47 | 83 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Lyon | 38 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 72 | 33 | +39 | 75 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Monaco | 38 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 51 | 26 | +25 | 71 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
| 4 | Marseille | 38 | 21 | 6 | 11 | 76 | 42 | +34 | 69 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 5 | Saint-Étienne | 38 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 51 | 30 | +21 | 69 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
* ↑ Since winners of the 2014–15 Coupe de la Ligue, Paris Saint-Germain, qualified for European competition based on their league position, the spot awarded to the Coupe de la Ligue winner (Europa League third qualifying round) is passed to the next best team in the table not already qualified for any European competition (in this case, the fifth-placed team).

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 8 June 2015. Source: Competitive matches

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | L | L | L | W | D | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | D | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | D | D | W | L | W | D | L | W | W | D | W | W | L | D | W |
| Position | 2 | 10 | 13 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss

### UEFA Europa League
#### Third qualifying round
#### Play-off round
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Ligue 1 | Ligue 1 | Coupe de France | Coupe de France | Coupe de la Ligue | Coupe de la Ligue | UEFA Europa League | UEFA Europa League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | POR | Anthony Lopes | 42 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | FRA | Mathieu Gorgelin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | ALG | Mehdi Zeffane | 5 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | CMR | Henri Bedimo | 29 | 0 | 25+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | BFA | Bakary Koné | 21 | 1 | 14+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | SRB | Milan Biševac | 14 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | FRA | Christophe Jallet | 36 | 1 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | FRA | Mouhamadou Dabo | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | FRA | Lindsay Rose | 17 | 0 | 13+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | FRA | Samuel Umtiti | 37 | 2 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||||
| 6 | MF | FRA | Gueïda Fofana | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | FRA | Clément Grenier | 7 | 1 | 4+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | FRA | Yoann Gourcuff | 17 | 3 | 8+9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | FRA | Rachid Ghezzal | 20 | 0 | 6+12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | FRA | Jordan Ferri | 39 | 2 | 30+5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+1 | 1 |
| 17 | MF | FRA | Steed Malbranque | 32 | 4 | 13+15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 18 | MF | FRA | Nabil Fekir | 36 | 13 | 34 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | FRA | Maxime Gonalons | 39 | 2 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 24 | MF | FRA | Corentin Tolisso | 41 | 7 | 37+1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | FRA | Arnold Mvuemba | 23 | 0 | 10+10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | FRA | Farès Bahlouli | 6 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||||
| 10 | FW | FRA | Alexandre Lacazette | 37 | 28 | 33 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 19 | FW | GUI | Mohamed Yattara | 23 | 3 | 4+17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 20 | FW | CMR | Clinton N'Jie | 32 | 8 | 15+15 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 25 | FW | FRA | Yassine Benzia | 12 | 2 | 3+7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | FRA | Maxwel Cornet | 4 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 30 May 2015 Source: BDFutbol