# 2006–07 Olympique Lyonnais season

The 2006–07 season was the 108th season in the existence of Olympique Lyonnais and the club's 18th 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.

## Season summary

Lyon won their sixth consecutive title, becoming the first club from the top five European leagues to win six league titles in a row.

## 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 | François Clerc |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Cris |
| 4 | DF | SUI | Patrick Müller |
| 5 | DF | BRA | Caçapa (captain) |
| 6 | MF | SWE | Kim Källström |
| 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 | MF | FRA | Alou Diarra |
| 16 | FW | | Abdullah Bidav |
| 17 | FW | CZE | Milan Baroš |
| 18 | MF | FRA | Hatem Ben Arfa |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | FW | FRA | Karim Benzema |
| 20 | DF | FRA | Eric Abidal |
| 21 | MF | POR | Tiago |
| 22 | FW | FRA | Sylvain Wiltord |
| 23 | DF | FRA | Jérémy Berthod |
| 25 | GK | FRA | Joan Hartock |
| 26 | MF | BRA | Fábio Santos |
| 28 | MF | FRA | Jérémy Toulalan |
| 29 | DF | FRA | Sébastien Squillaci |
| 30 | GK | FRA | Rémy Vercoutre |
| 34 | FW | FRA | Loïc Rémy |
| 35 | GK | FRA | Alexandre Bouchard |
| 36 | FW | CHA | Sylvain Idangar |
| 38 | DF | FRA | Mourad Benhamida |
| 39 | FW | FRA | Grégory Bettiol |

### 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 |
| 7 | MF | MLI | Mahamadou Diarra (to Real Madrid) |
| 9 | FW | NOR | John Carew (to Aston Villa) |
| 15 | DF | SEN | Lamine Diatta (to Saint-Étienne) |
| 26 | MF | FRA | Benoît Pedretti (to Auxerre) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 26 | DF | ALG | Nadir Belhadj (on loan to Sedan) |
| 31 | MF | ALG | Yacine Hima (to Nice) |
| 35 | GK | FRA | Rémy Riou (on loan to Lorient) |

## 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 | 4 August 2006 | 26 May 2007 | Matchday 1 | Winners | 38 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 64 | 27 | +37 | 063.16 |
| Coupe de France | 7 January 2007 | 31 January 2007 | Round of 64 | Round of 16 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 075.00 |
| Coupe de la Ligue | 25 October 2006 | 31 March 2007 | Round of 16 | Runners-up | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 075.00 |
| Trophée des Champions | 30 July 2006 | 30 July 2006 | Final | Winners | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +0 | 000.00 |
| UEFA Champions League | 13 September 2006 | 6 March 2007 | Group stage | Round of 16 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 5 | +7 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 55 | 34 | 13 | 8 | 89 | 40 | +49 | 061.82 |
Source: Competitions

### Ligue 1
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Lyon (C) | 38 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 64 | 27 | +37 | 81 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Marseille | 38 | 19 | 7 | 12 | 53 | 38 | +15 | 64 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Toulouse | 38 | 17 | 7 | 14 | 44 | 43 | +1 | 58 | Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round |
| 4 | Rennes | 38 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 38 | 30 | +8 | 57 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | Lens | 38 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 47 | 41 | +6 | 57 | 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: Soccerway

#### Results by match

| Match | 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | L | L | D | L | W | W | D | W | D | W | D | W | D | D | W | D | W | L | W |
| Position | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 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 |

#### Matches

Source:

### Champions League
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Lyon | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 3 | +9 | 14 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Real Madrid | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 8 | +6 | 11 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Steaua București | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | −4 | 5 | Transfer to UEFA Cup |
| 4 | Dynamo Kyiv | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 16 | −11 | 2 | |