# 2017–18 Olympique Lyonnais season

The 2017–18 season was Olympique Lyonnais's 68th professional season since its creation in 1950.

## Players
### Squad information

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 | FRA | Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa |
| 4 | DF | BRA | Rafael |
| 5 | DF | FRA | Mouctar Diakhaby |
| 6 | DF | BRA | Marcelo |
| 8 | MF | FRA | Houssem Aouar |
| 9 | FW | DOM | Mariano Díaz |
| 10 | FW | BFA | Bertrand Traoré |
| 11 | FW | NED | Memphis Depay |
| 12 | MF | FRA | Jordan Ferri |
| 13 | FW | FRA | Willem Geubbels |
| 14 | MF | ESP | Sergi Darder |
| 15 | DF | FRA | Jérémy Morel |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | GK | FRA | Lucas Mocio |
| 17 | FW | FRA | Myziane Maolida |
| 18 | FW | FRA | Nabil Fekir (captain) |
| 19 | FW | FRA | Amine Gouiri |
| 20 | DF | BRA | Marçal |
| 22 | DF | FRA | Ferland Mendy |
| 23 | DF | NED | Kenny Tete |
| 24 | MF | ESP | Pape Cheikh Diop |
| 25 | MF | LUX | Christopher Martins |
| 27 | FW | CIV | Maxwel Cornet |
| 28 | MF | FRA | Tanguy Ndombele |
| 29 | MF | FRA | Lucas Tousart |
| 30 | GK | FRA | Mathieu Gorgelin |
| 31 | DF | FRA | Louis Nganioni |

### 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 |
| — | DF | CMR | Nicolas Nkoulou (on loan to Torino until 30 June 2018) |
| — | MF | FRA | Maxime D'Arpino (on loan to Orléans until 30 June 2018) |
| — | MF | FRA | Olivier Kemen (on loan to Gazélec until 30 June 2018) |
| — | MF | FRA | Romain Del Castillo (on loan to Nîmes until 30 June 2018) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | ESP | Sergi Darder (on loan to Espanyol until 30 June 2018) |
| — | FW | FRA | Aldo Kalulu (on loan to Sochaux until 30 June 2018) |
| — | FW | FRA | Gaëtan Perrin (on loan to Orléans until 30 June 2018) |
| — | FW | FRA | Jean-Philippe Mateta (on loan to Le Havre until 30 June 2018) |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moved from | Fee |
| 1 July 2017 | FW | Bertrand Traoré | 21 | Chelsea | €10,000,000 |
| 1 July 2017 | FW | Mariano | 23 | Real Madrid | €8,000,000 |
| 1 July 2017 | DF | Ferland Mendy | 22 | Le Havre | €5,000,000 |
| 1 July 2017 | DF | Marçal | 28 | Benfica | €4,500,000 |
| 10 July 2017 | DF | Kenny Tete | 21 | Ajax | €3,000,000 |
| 13 July 2017 | DF | Marcelo | 30 | Beşiktaş | €7,500,000 |
| 29 August 2017 | MF | Pape Cheikh Diop | 20 | Celta Vigo | €10,000,000 |
| 1 September 2017 | MF | Tanguy Ndombele | 20 | Amiens | €11,000,000 |

#### Out

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moved to | Fee | Notes |
| 1 July 2017 | MF | Corentin Tolisso | 22 | Bayern Munich | €41,500,000 | |
| 1 July 2017 | MF | Mathieu Valbuena | 32 | Fenerbahçe | €1,500,000 | |
| 1 July 2017 | DF | Jordy Gaspar | 20 | Monaco | Free Transfer | |
| 3 July 2017 | MF | Maxime Gonalons | 28 | Roma | €5,000,000 | |
| 5 July 2017 | FW | Alexandre Lacazette | 26 | Arsenal | £46,500,000 (Could rise to £52m) | |
| 18 July 2017 | DF | Christophe Jallet | 33 | Nice | Free Transfer | |
| 19 July 2017 | DF | Maciej Rybus | 27 | Lokomotiv Moscow | Undisclosed | |
| 31 July 2017 | DF | Emanuel Mammana | 21 | Zenit Saint Petersburg | €16,000,000 | |
| 7 August 2017 | MF | Rachid Ghezzal | 25 | Monaco | Free Transfer | Archived 2019-02-13 at the Wayback Machine |

#### Loans out

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Loaned to | Return date |
| 1 July 2017 | FW | Jean-Philippe Mateta | 20 | Le Havre | 30 June 2018 |
| 1 July 2017 | FW | Gaëtan Perrin | 21 | Orléans | 30 June 2018 |
| 10 July 2017 | MF | Olivier Kemen | 20 | Gazélec Ajaccio | 30 June 2018 |
| 24 July 2017 | FW | Aldo Kalulu | 21 | Sochaux | 30 June 2018 |
| 5 August 2017 | DF | Nicolas Nkoulou | 27 | Torino | 30 June 2018 |
| 30 August 2017 | MF | Romain Del Castillo | 21 | Nîmes | 30 June 2018 |
| 31 August 2017 | DF | Sergi Darder | 23 | Espanyol | 30 June 2018 |

## Pre-season and friendlies
### International Champions Cup

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | WPEN | LPEN | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Borussia Dortmund | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 3 |
| 2 | Internazionale | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 3 |
| 3 | Milan | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 3 |
| 4 | Arsenal | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Bayern Munich | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 1 |
| 6 | Lyon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 0 |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Paris Saint-Germain (C) | 38 | 29 | 6 | 3 | 108 | 29 | +79 | 93 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Monaco | 38 | 24 | 8 | 6 | 85 | 45 | +40 | 80 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Lyon | 38 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 87 | 43 | +44 | 78 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 4 | Marseille | 38 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 80 | 47 | +33 | 77 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 5 | Rennes | 38 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 50 | 44 | +6 | 58 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
* ↑ Since the winners of the 2017–18 Coupe de France and the 2017–18 Coupe de la Ligue, Paris Saint-Germain, qualified for European competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the Coupe de France winners (Europa League group stage) was passed to the fourth-placed team and the spot awarded to the Coupe de la Ligue winners (Europa League third qualifying round) was passed to the sixth-placed team. The fifth-placed team received the spot in Europa League third qualifying round originally designated to the fourth-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: 19 May 2018. Source: Results

#### 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | D | D | W | L | D | D | W | W | W | W | D | W | L | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | L | L | L | D | D | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | W |
| Position | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ATA | LYO | EVE | APL |
| 1 | Atalanta | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 4 | +10 | 14 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 |
| 2 | Lyon | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 4 | +7 | 11 | Advance to knockout phase | 1–1 | — | 3–0 | 4–0 |
| 3 | Everton | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 15 | −8 | 4 | | 1–5 | 1–2 | — | 2–2 |
| 4 | Apollon Limassol | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 | −9 | 3 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | — |

#### Knockout phase
##### Round of 16
## 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 | 48 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 16 | GK | SUI | Anthony Racioppi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | FRA | Mathieu Gorgelin | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | FRA | Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa | 3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | BRA | Rafael | 31 | 1 | 22+2 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | FRA | Mouctar Diakhaby | 21 | 2 | 8+4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | BRA | Marcelo | 49 | 6 | 35 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
| 15 | DF | FRA | Jérémy Morel | 41 | 0 | 32+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | BRA | Marçal | 28 | 0 | 14+4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | FRA | Ferland Mendy | 35 | 0 | 24+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4+3 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | NED | Kenny Tete | 31 | 1 | 16+6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | FRA | Louis Nganioni | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||||
| 8 | MF | FRA | Houssem Aouar | 44 | 7 | 27+5 | 6 | 2+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4+4 | 1 |
| 12 | MF | FRA | Jordan Ferri | 34 | 0 | 4+20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3+3 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | ESP | Pape Cheikh Diop | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | FRA | Tanguy Ndombele | 47 | 1 | 28+4 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8+2 | 1 |
| 29 | MF | FRA | Lucas Tousart | 50 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8+1 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | DOM | Mariano | 45 | 21 | 30+4 | 18 | 1+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8+1 | 2 |
| 10 | FW | BFA | Bertrand Traoré | 43 | 18 | 27+4 | 13 | 2+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7+2 | 4 |
| 11 | FW | NED | Memphis Depay | 51 | 22 | 28+8 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8+2 | 3 |
| 13 | FW | FRA | Willem Geubbels | 4 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | FRA | Myziane Maolida | 22 | 3 | 2+11 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1+5 | 1 |
| 18 | FW | FRA | Nabil Fekir | 40 | 23 | 28+2 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 |
| 19 | FW | FRA | Amine Gouiri | 10 | 0 | 0+7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | CIV | Maxwel Cornet | 43 | 7 | 13+17 | 4 | 3+1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4+4 | 1 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||||
| 14 | MF | ESP | Sergi Darder | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | LUX | Christopher Martins | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | FRA | Clément Grenier | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 19 May 2018 Source: Competitions

## Goalscorers

    As of matches played till 20 May 2018
| Place | Position | Number | Name | Ligue 1 | Coupe de France | Coupe de la Ligue | UEFA Europa League | Total |
| 1 | FW | 18 | Nabil Fekir | 18 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 23 |
| 2 | FW | 11 | Memphis Depay | 19 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22 |
| 3 | FW | 9 | Mariano | 18 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 21 |
| 4 | FW | 10 | Bertrand Traoré | 13 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 18 |
| 5 | MF | 8 | Houssem Aouar | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 5 | FW | 27 | Maxwel Cornet | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 7 | DF | 6 | Marcelo | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 8 | FW | 17 | Myziane Maolida | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | DF | 5 | Mouctar Diakhaby | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | MF | 28 | Tanguy Ndombele | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | 23 | Kenny Tete | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | 4 | Rafael | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 85 | 7 | 1 | 18 | 111 |

## Kit

In Ligue 1 match at Angers, Lyon wore their away kit from 2015–16 season. Their third kit was released on late November 2017.