# 2005–06 Olympique Lyonnais season

The 2005–06 season was the 107th season in the existence of Olympique Lyonnais and the club's 17th consecutive season in the top flight of French football. They participated in the Ligue 1, the Coupe de France, the Coupe de la Ligue, the Trophée des Champions and UEFA Champions League.

## First-team squad

    Squad at end of season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | FRA | Grégory Coupet |
| 2 | DF | FRA | Abdullah Bidav |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Cris |
| 4 | DF | SUI | Patrick Müller |
| 5 | DF | BRA | Caçapa (captain) |
| 6 | MF | FRA | Jérémy Clément |
| 7 | MF | MLI | Mahamadou Diarra |
| 8 | MF | BRA | Juninho Pernambucano |
| 9 | FW | NOR | John Carew |
| 10 | MF | FRA | Florent Malouda |
| 11 | FW | BRA | Fred |
| 12 | DF | FRA | Anthony Réveillère |
| 14 | MF | FRA | Sidney Govou |
| 15 | DF | SEN | Lamine Diatta |
| 18 | MF | FRA | Hatem Ben Arfa |
| 19 | FW | FRA | Karim Benzema |
| 20 | DF | FRA | Eric Abidal |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | MF | POR | Tiago |
| 22 | FW | FRA | Sylvain Wiltord |
| 23 | DF | FRA | Jérémy Berthod |
| 24 | DF | FRA | Sylvain Monsoreau |
| 25 | GK | FRA | Joan Hartock |
| 26 | MF | FRA | Benoît Pedretti |
| 22 | FW | FRA | Grégory Bettiol |
| 30 | GK | FRA | Rémy Vercoutre |
| 31 | DF | FRA | François Clerc |
| 32 | MF | FRA | Romain Beynié |
| 35 | GK | FRA | Rémy Riou |
| 37 | DF | FRA | Sandy Paillot |
| 38 | DF | FRA | Mourad Benhamida |
| 39 | MF | FRA | Aurelien Brugniaud |
| 40 | MF | FRA | Anthony Mounier |

### Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | ATT | FRA | Abdullah Bidav (to Lyonais) |
| 11 | FW | BRA | Nilmar (on loan to Corinthians) |
| 13 | FW | FRA | Pierre-Alain Frau (on loan to Lens) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 27 | DF | FRA | Johann Truchet (on loan to Reims) |
| 34 | FW | FRA | Julien Viale (to Istres) |
| 36 | DF | FRA | Alexis Genet (to Saarbrücken) |

## 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 % |
| Ligue 1 | 31 July 2005 | 13 May 2006 | Matchday 1 | Winners | 38 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 73 | 31 | +42 | 065.79 |
| Coupe de France | 8 January 2006 | 11 April 2006 | Round of 64 | Quarter-finals | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 075.00 |
| Coupe de la Ligue | 25 October 2005 | 25 October 2005 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +0 | 000.00 |
| Trophée des Champions | 25 July 2005 | 25 July 2005 | Final | Winners | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 100.00 |
| UEFA Champions League | 13 September 2005 | 4 April 2006 | Group stage | Quarter-finals | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 7 | +12 | 070.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 54 | 36 | 12 | 6 | 105 | 43 | +62 | 066.67 |
Source: Competitions

### Ligue 1
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Lyon (C) | 38 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 73 | 31 | +42 | 84 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Bordeaux | 38 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 43 | 25 | +18 | 69 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Lille | 38 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 56 | 31 | +25 | 62 | Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round |
| 4 | Lens | 38 | 14 | 18 | 6 | 48 | 34 | +14 | 60 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | Marseille | 38 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 44 | 35 | +9 | 60 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: Ligue 1

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

#### Matches
### UEFA Champions League
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Lyon | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 4 | +9 | 16 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Real Madrid | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 10 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Rosenborg | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | −5 | 4 | Transfer to UEFA Cup |
| 4 | Olympiacos | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 13 | −6 | 4 | |

#### Knockout stage
##### Quarter-finals
## Squad 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 | Trophée des Champions | Trophée des Champions | Champions League | Champions League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | FRA | Grégory Coupet | 51 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Cris | 50 | 5 | 36 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | SUI | Patrick Müller | 16 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | BRA | Caçapa (captain) | 36 | 2 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | FRA | Jeremy Clement | 26 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | MLI | Mahamadou Diarra | 45 | 6 | 32 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 |
| 8 | MF | BRA | Juninho Pernambucano | 44 | 14 | 32 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 |
| 9 | FW | NOR | John Carew | 40 | 15 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 4 |
| 10 | FW | FRA | Florent Malouda | 45 | 6 | 31 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | BRA | Fred | 45 | 17 | 31 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 |
| 12 | DF | FRA | Anthony Réveillère | 30 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 13 | FW | FRA | Pierre-Alain Frau | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | FRA | Sidney Govou | 47 | 8 | 35 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 15 | DF | SEN | Lamine Diatta | 16 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | FRA | Hatem Ben Arfa | 16 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | FRA | Karim Benzema | 16 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 20 | DF | FRA | Eric Abidal | 23 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | POR | Tiago Mendes | 40 | 7 | 29 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 |
| 22 | FW | FRA | Sylvain Wiltord | 48 | 14 | 35 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 |
| 23 | DF | FRA | Jérémy Berthod | 20 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | FRA | Sylvain Monsoreau | 24 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | FRA | Benoît Pedretti | 30 | 2 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | FRA | Rémy Vercoutre | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | FRA | François Clerc | 22 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 32 | FW | FRA | Romain Beynié | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| - | FW | BRA | Nilmar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |