# 2016–17 Olympique Lyonnais Féminin season

The 2016–17 Olympique Lyonnais Féminin season was the club's thirteenth season since FC Lyon joined OL as its women's section. Like the previous season, the team won all three competitions: the Division 1 Féminine, the Coupe de France Féminine and notably its fourth UEFA Women's Champions League after it defeated Paris Saint-Germain in the final.

## Season events

Lyon had won in the 2015–16 season its second triple crown, including its fourth UEFA Women's Champions League along with its fifth national double in a row. Before the end of the season Amandine Henry had moved to the NWSL, while subsequently Louisa Necib retired and Lotta Schelin returned to the Damallsvenskan. Lyon reacted by signing Dzsenifer Marozsán from Frankfurt. Kenza Dali, Kheira Hamraoui, Jessica Houara and Caroline Seger joined from major rival Paris Saint-Germain. Lyon also recruited New Zealand goalkeeper, Erin Nayler, from Sky Blue on a two-year contract to act as back-up for first-choice goalkeeper, Sarah Bouhaddi.
From September to November, Lyon won all first eight league games and first two Champions League rounds against newcomer Avaldsnes and Zürich by wide scorelines. Following a 2–1 win over 3rd place Montpellier, Lyon ended the year a 1–0 loss in its first game against Paris Saint-Germain, which took the lead in the table. However, on January 6 PSG's September 0–4 win over Albi was reversed to a 3–0 loss, thus losing their advantage over Lyon. PSG's subsequent 2–1 loss against Montpellier gave Lyon the lead again.
In the winter transfer window, Lyon made three signings. Alex Morgan was recruited on loan from NWSL's Orlando Pride, Kadeisha Buchanan arrived straight from college soccer, and Josephine Henning subsequently joined the team. Lyon won all its first games in 2017, expanding its lead to a 6-point margin, before facing Wolfsburg in the Champions League's quarterfinals. 2012–13 and 2013–14 champion Wolfsburg had been Lyon's rival in the past edition's final, which Lyon had won on penalties, and the tie was branded by the media as the competition's advanced final. Lyon nearly ensured qualification with a 0–2 away win, and made it to the semifinals against Manchester City despite a 0–1 home defeat. After qualifying for the national cup's final, Lyon again set course to the final in an away first leg with a 1–3 win before suffering a one-goal defeat in Lyon to a goal by Carli Lloyd, enough to make it to the final in Cardiff, where they faced PSG in the second final between two teams from the same country.
On May 8, Lyon sealed its 11th national championship in a row with two games remaining, in a 9–0 win over Soyaux. Finally the team faced a triple showdown against Paris Saint-Germain with two titles in dispute as well as PSG's qualification for the next Champions League as Montpellier took the second place. After a 3–0 win in the league match, the cup final ended in a 1–1 draw followed by a 7–6 victory in the penalty shootout, giving Lyon its sixth consecutive national double. The Champions League final also ended in a draw with no goals were scored either in the extra time. The penalty shootout was also a long one, and it was resolved in a duel between the two goalkeepers. PSG's Katarzyna Kiedrzynek missed her kick and couldn't stop Bouhaddi's shot, which made the team the European champion for the fourth time and second time in a row.

## Squad

    As of match played 1 June 2017
| No. | Name | Position | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Signed in | Contract ends | Apps. | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 16 | Sarah Bouhaddi | GK | (1986-10-17)17 October 1986 (aged 30) | Juvisy | 2009 | | 200 | 1 |
| 30 | Méline Gérard | GK | (1990-05-30)30 May 1990 (aged 27) | Saint-Étienne | 2014 | | | |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 3 | Wendie Renard | DF | (1990-07-20)20 July 1990 (aged 26) | Academy | 2006 | | 284 | 76 |
| 4 | Julie Marichaud | DF | (1997-11-12)12 November 1997 (aged 19) | Academy | 2012 | | | |
| 8 | Jessica Houara | DF | (1987-09-29)29 September 1987 (aged 29) | Paris Saint-Germain | 2016 | | 28 | 2 |
| 17 | Corine Petit | DF | (1983-10-05)5 October 1983 (aged 33) | Soyaux | 2008 | | | |
| 21 | Kadeisha Buchanan | DF | (1995-11-05)5 November 1995 (aged 21) | West Virginia Mountaineers | 2017 | | 17 | 0 |
| 26 | Josephine Henning | DF | (1989-09-08)8 September 1989 (aged 27) | Arsenal | 2017 | | 8 | 0 |
| 29 | Griedge Mbock Bathy | DF | (1995-02-26)26 February 1995 (aged 22) | Guingamp | 2015 | | | |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 2 | Kenza Dali | MF | (1991-07-31)31 July 1991 (aged 25) | Paris Saint-Germain | 2016 | | 7 | 1 |
| 5 | Saki Kumagai | MF | (1990-10-17)17 October 1990 (aged 26) | 1. FFC Frankfurt | 2013 | | 124 | 27 |
| 7 | Amel Majri | MF | (1993-01-25)25 January 1993 (aged 24) | Academy | 2010 | | | |
| 10 | Dzsenifer Marozsán | MF | (1992-04-18)18 April 1992 (aged 25) | 1. FFC Frankfurt | 2016 | | 32 | 7 |
| 11 | Kheira Hamraoui | MF | (1990-01-13)13 January 1990 (aged 27) | Paris Saint-Germain | 2016 | | 14 | 3 |
| 15 | Aurélie Kaci | MF | (1989-12-19)19 December 1989 (aged 27) | Paris Saint-Germain | 2015 | | | |
| 18 | Claire Lavogez | MF | (1994-06-18)18 June 1994 (aged 22) | Montpellier | 2015 | | | |
| 23 | Camille Abily | MF | (1984-12-05)5 December 1984 (aged 32) | FC Gold Pride | 2010 | | | |
| 27 | Caroline Seger | MF | (1985-03-19)19 March 1985 (aged 32) | Paris Saint-Germain | 2016 | | 26 | 1 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 6 | Andrea Norheim | FW | (1999-01-30)30 January 1999 (aged 18) | Klepp | 2016 | | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | Eugénie Le Sommer | FW | (1989-05-18)18 May 1989 (aged 28) | Stade Briochin | 2010 | | 225 | 203 |
| 12 | Élodie Thomis | FW | (1986-08-13)13 August 1986 (aged 30) | Montpellier | 2007 | | 265 | 107 |
| 13 | Alex Morgan | FW | (1989-07-02)2 July 1989 (aged 27) | Orlando Pride | 2017 | 2017 | 16 | 12 |
| 14 | Ada Hegerberg | FW | (1995-07-10)10 July 1995 (aged 21) | Turbine Potsdam | 2014 | | 100 | 115 |
| 20 | Delphine Cascarino | FW | (1997-02-05)5 February 1997 (aged 20) | Academy | 2015 | | 30 | 11 |
| 22 | Pauline Bremer | FW | (1996-04-10)10 April 1996 (aged 21) | Turbine Potsdam | 2017 | | 28 | 9 |
| 24 | Mylaine Tarrieu | FW | (1995-01-03)3 January 1995 (aged 22) | Academy | 2013 | | | |
| Out on loan ||||||||||
| 1 | Erin Nayler | GK | (1992-04-17)17 April 1992 (aged 25) | Sky Blue FC | 2016 | 2018 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Julie Piga | DF | (1998-01-12)12 January 1998 (aged 19) | Academy | 2013 | | | |
| Left during the season ||||||||||

### 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 |
| 1 | GK | NZL | Erin Nayler (at Grenoble) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 25 | DF | FRA | Julie Piga (at Grenoble) |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 1 July 2016 | MF | Dzsenifer Marozsán | 1. FFC Frankfurt | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2016 | DF | Kenza Dali | Paris Saint-Germain | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2016 | MF | Kheira Hamraoui | Paris Saint-Germain | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2016 | MF | Jessica Houara | Paris Saint-Germain | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2016 | MF | Caroline Seger | Paris Saint-Germain | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2016 | FW | Andrea Norheim | Klepp | Undisclosed |
| 1 September 2016 | GK | Erin Nayler | Sky Blue FC | Undisclosed |
| 3 January 2017 | DF | Josephine Henning | Arsenal | Undisclosed |
| 8 January 2017 | DF | Kadeisha Buchanan | West Virginia Mountaineers | Undisclosed |

### Loans in

| Start date | Position | Nationality | Name | From | End date | Ref. |
| 20 December 2016 | FW | | Alex Morgan | Orlando Pride | 30 June 2017 | |

### Out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 8 June 2016 | FW | Lotta Schelin | Rosengård | Undisclosed |
| 27 June 2016 | DF | Estelle Cascarino | Juvisy | Undisclosed |
| 7 July 2016 | GK | Cindy Perrault | Albi | Undisclosed |
| 8 July 2016 | DF | Line Røddik Hansen | Barcelona | Undisclosed |

### Loans out

| Start date | Position | Nationality | Name | To | End date | Ref. |
| 5 January 2017 | GK | | Erin Nayler | Grenoble | End of season | |
| 31 January 2017 | DF | | Julie Piga | Grenoble | End of season | |

### Released

| Date | Position | Name | Joined |
| 30 June 2017 | GK | Méline Gérard | Montpellier |
| 30 June 2017 | GK | Lois Ursella | |
| 30 June 2017 | DF | Julie Marichaud | |
| 30 June 2017 | DF | Josephine Henning | Arsenal |
| 30 June 2017 | MF | Aurélie Kaci | Atlético Madrid |
| 30 June 2017 | MF | Caroline Seger | Rosengård |
| 30 June 2017 | FW | Marine Cochelin | Saint-Étienne |

## 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 | 11 September 2016 | 25 May 2017 | Matchday 1 | Winners | 22 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 103 | 6 | +97 | 095.45 |
| Coupe de France | 8 January 2017 | 19 May 2017 | Round of 64 | Winners | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 1 | +34 | 083.33 |
| UEFA Champions League | 5 October 2016 | 1 June 2017 | Round of 32 | Winners | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 32 | 5 | +27 | 066.67 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 37 | 32 | 3 | 2 | 170 | 12 | +158 | 086.49 |
Last updated: 1 June 2017 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: 25 May 2017. 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 | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | A | H | H | A | H | H | A |
| Result | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | 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 |
* ↑ matchday 11
* ↑ matchday 12
* ↑ matchday 13
* ↑ matchday 14
* ↑ matchday 9

#### Table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Lyon (C) | 22 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 103 | 6 | +97 | 63 | Qualification for the Champions League Round of 32 |
| 2 | Montpellier | 22 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 73 | 10 | +63 | 55 | Qualification for the Champions League Round of 32 |
| 3 | Paris Saint-Germain | 22 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 54 | 16 | +38 | 49 | |
| 4 | Marseille | 22 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 32 | 38 | −6 | 35 | |
| 5 | Juvisy | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 42 | 25 | +17 | 32 | |
| 6 | Guingamp | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 28 | 36 | −8 | 29 | |
| 7 | Soyaux | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 25 | 52 | −27 | 27 | |
| 8 | Rodez | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 22 | 56 | −34 | 21 | |
| 9 | Albi | 22 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 14 | 49 | −35 | 19 | |
| 10 | Bordeaux | 22 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 14 | 43 | −29 | 16 | |
| 11 | Saint-Étienne (R) | 22 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 48 | −30 | 15 | Relegation to Division 2 Féminine |
| 12 | Metz (R) | 22 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 59 | −46 | 12 | Relegation to Division 2 Féminine |
* ↑ Paris Saint-Germain were deducted 1 point.

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

    As of match played 1 June 2017

### 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 |
| 2 | MF | FRA | Kenza Dali | 6 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 3+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | FRA | Wendie Renard | 28 | 8 | 16 | 6 | 3+1 | 0 | 8 | 2 |
| 5 | MF | JPN | Saki Kumagai | 30 | 10 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 7+2 | 3 |
| 6 | FW | NOR | Andrea Norheim | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | FRA | Amel Majri | 28 | 7 | 17+1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
| 8 | DF | FRA | Jessica Houara | 28 | 2 | 17+1 | 2 | 2+1 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | FRA | Eugénie Le Sommer | 32 | 29 | 14+5 | 20 | 3+1 | 3 | 8+1 | 6 |
| 10 | MF | GER | Dzsenifer Marozsán | 32 | 7 | 14+4 | 4 | 4+1 | 0 | 9 | 3 |
| 11 | MF | FRA | Kheira Hamraoui | 14 | 3 | 5+4 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 12 | FW | FRA | Élodie Thomis | 16 | 0 | 2+7 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 13 | FW | USA | Alex Morgan | 16 | 12 | 6+2 | 5 | 2+1 | 7 | 4+1 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | NOR | Ada Hegerberg | 33 | 27 | 20+2 | 20 | 2+1 | 3 | 7+1 | 4 |
| 15 | MF | FRA | Aurélie Kaci | 5 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 3+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | GK | FRA | Sarah Bouhaddi | 26 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | FRA | Corine Petit | 15 | 5 | 4+4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1+2 | 1 |
| 18 | MF | FRA | Claire Lavogez | 24 | 16 | 7+8 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 0+5 | 3 |
| 20 | FW | FRA | Delphine Cascarino | 9 | 3 | 2+4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 21 | DF | CAN | Kadeisha Buchanan | 17 | 0 | 6+2 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | GER | Pauline Bremer | 28 | 9 | 15+3 | 4 | 2+1 | 5 | 3+4 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | FRA | Camille Abily | 30 | 15 | 16+3 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 5 |
| 24 | FW | FRA | Mylaine Tarrieu | 14 | 5 | 5+4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1+2 | 2 |
| 26 | DF | GER | Josephine Henning | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | SWE | Caroline Seger | 26 | 1 | 15+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5+2 | 1 |
| 29 | DF | FRA | Griedge Mbock | 26 | 4 | 16+1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 30 | GK | FRA | Méline Gérard | 11 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players away from the club on loan: ||||||||||||
| 25 | DF | FRA | Julie Piga | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 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 | | 9 | Eugénie Le Sommer | 20 | 3 | 6 | 29 |
| 2 | FW | | 14 | Ada Hegerberg | 20 | 3 | 4 | 27 |
| 3 | MF | | 18 | Claire Lavogez | 8 | 5 | 3 | 16 |
| 4 | MF | | 23 | Camille Abily | 10 | 0 | 5 | 15 |
| 5 | FW | | 13 | Alex Morgan | 5 | 7 | 0 | 12 |
| 6 | MF | | 5 | Saki Kumagai | 6 | 2 | 3 | 11 |
| 7 | FW | | 22 | Pauline Bremer | 4 | 5 | 0 | 9 |
| 8 | DF | | 3 | Wendie Renard | 6 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 9 | MF | | 7 | Amel Majri | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 9 | MF | | 10 | Dzsenifer Marozsán | 4 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 11 | DF | | 17 | Corine Petit | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 11 | FW | | 24 | Mylaine Tarrieu | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 13 | DF | | 29 | Griedge Mbock | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 14 | MF | | 11 | Kheira Hamraoui | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | | 20 | Delphine Cascarino | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 14 | | | | Own goal | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 17 | DF | | 8 | Jessica Houara | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 18 | MF | | 27 | Caroline Seger | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | FW | | 6 | Andrea Norheim | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | | 15 | Aurélie Kaci | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | | 2 | Kenza Dali | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 103 | 35 | 32 | 170 |

### Clean sheets

| Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | Division 1 | Coupe de France | UEFA Champions League | Total |
| 1 | GK | | 16 | Sarah Bouhaddi | 13 | 0 | 5 | 18 |
| 2 | GK | | 30 | Méline Gérard | 4 | 5 | 0 | 9 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 17 | 5 | 5 | 27 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Nation | Position | Name | Division 1 | Division 1 | Coupe de France | Coupe de France | UEFA Champions League | UEFA Champions League | Total | Total |
| 3 | | DF | Wendie Renard | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | | MF | Saki Kumagai | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | | MF | Kheira Hamraoui | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | | FW | Ada Hegerberg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | | MF | Claire Lavogez | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | | DF | Kadeisha Buchanan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | | FW | Pauline Bremer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | | MF | Camille Abily | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | | MF | Caroline Seger | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | | DF | Griedge Mbock | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Players away on loan: ||||||||||||
| Players who left Olympique Lyonnais during the season: ||||||||||||
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 0 |