# 2020–21 Olympique Lyonnais season

The 2020–21 season was the 71st season in the existence of Olympique Lyonnais and the club's 32nd consecutive season in the top flight of French football. In addition to the domestic league, Lyon participated in this season's edition of the Coupe de France. The season covered the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

## Players
### First-team squad

As of 13 January 2021
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 (vice-captain) |
| 2 | DF | CIV | Sinaly Diomandé |
| 3 | DF | ALG | Djamel Benlamri |
| 5 | DF | BEL | Jason Denayer |
| 6 | DF | BRA | Marcelo |
| 7 | FW | CMR | Karl Toko Ekambi |
| 8 | MF | FRA | Houssem Aouar |
| 10 | FW | NED | Memphis Depay (captain) |
| 11 | FW | ZIM | Tino Kadewere |
| 12 | MF | BRA | Lucas Paquetá |
| 14 | DF | FRA | Léo Dubois (3rd captain) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | FW | FRA | Rayan Cherki |
| 19 | DF | TUR | Cenk Özkaçar |
| 20 | FW | ALG | Islam Slimani |
| 22 | DF | ITA | Mattia De Sciglio (on loan from Juventus) |
| 23 | MF | BRA | Thiago Mendes |
| 25 | MF | FRA | Maxence Caqueret |
| 26 | DF | FRA | Melvin Bard |
| 27 | DF | CIV | Maxwel Cornet |
| 30 | GK | GER | Julian Pollersbeck |
| 39 | MF | BRA | Bruno Guimarães |

### 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 |
| — | GK | CMR | Boris Essele (at FBBP 01) |
| — | DF | DEN | Joachim Andersen (at Fulham) |
| — | DF | BEL | Héritier Deyonge (at Utrecht U23) |
| — | DF | MLI | Youssouf Koné (at Hatayspor) |
| — | MF | SEN | Pape Cheikh Diop (at Dijon) |
| — | MF | BRA | Jean Lucas (at Brest) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | SEN | Ousseynou Ndiaye (at FBBP 01) |
| — | MF | FRA | Jeff Reine-Adélaïde (at Nice) |
| — | FW | FRA | Moussa Dembélé (at Atlético Madrid) |
| — | FW | FRA | Nicolas Fontaine (at Las Rozas) |
| — | FW | FRA | Lenny Pintor (at Troyes) |

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| 7 | FW | Karl Toko Ekambi | Villarreal | €11.5M | 2 June 2020 |
| 11 | FW | Tino Kadewere | Le Havre | Loan return | 1 August 2020 |
| 19 | DF | Cenk Özkaçar | Altay | €1.5M | 18 August 2020 |
| 30 | GK | Julian Pollersbeck | Hamburger SV | €250,000 | 9 September 2020 |
| 12 | MF | Lucas Paquetá | Milan | €20M | 30 September 2020 |
| 22 | DF | Mattia De Sciglio | Juventus | Loan | 5 October 2020 |
| 33 | FW | Habib Keïta | Guidars FC | €1M | 5 October 2020 |
| 3 | DF | Djamel Benlamri | Al Shabab | Free | 6 October 2020 |
| 20 | FW | Islam Slimani | Leicester City | Free | 13 January 2021 |

### Out

| No. | Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| 29 | MF | Lucas Tousart | Hertha BSC | End of loan | 1 July 2020 |
| 19 | FW | Amine Gouiri | Nice | €7M | 1 July 2020 |
| 7 | FW | Martin Terrier | Rennes | €12M | 6 July 2020 |
| 26 | DF | Oumar Solet | Red Bull Salzburg | €4.5M | 17 July 2020 |
| — | MF | Pape Cheikh Diop | Dijon | Loan | 6 August 2020 |
| 20 | DF | Marçal | Wolverhampton Wanderers | €2M | 6 September 2020 |
| 4 | DF | Rafael | İstanbul Başakşehir | Free | 8 September 2020 |
| — | FW | Lenny Pintor | Troyes | Loan extended | 9 September 2020 |
| 23 | DF | Kenny Tete | Fulham | €3.2M | 10 September 2020 |
| 30 | GK | Ciprian Tătărușanu | Milan | €500,000 | 11 September 2020 |
| 16 | GK | Anthony Racioppi | Dijon | Free | 25 September 2020 |
| 10 | FW | Bertrand Traoré | Aston Villa | €20M | 19 September 2020 |
| 28 | DF | Youssouf Koné | Elche | Loan | 29 September 2020 |
| 3 | DF | Joachim Andersen | Fulham | Loan | 6 October 2020 |
| 17 | MF | Jeff Reine-Adélaïde | Nice | Loan | 6 October 2020 |
| 4 | MF | Jean Lucas | Brest | Loan | 12 January 2021 |
| 9 | FW | Moussa Dembélé | Atlético Madrid | Loan (€1.5M) | 13 January 2021 |
| 28 | DF | Youssouf Koné | Hatayspor | Loan | 1 February 2021 |

### Transfer summary
## Competitions
### Overall record

| 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 | 28 August 2020 | 23 May 2021 | Matchday 1 | 4th | 38 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 81 | 43 | +38 | 057.89 |
| Coupe de France | 9 February 2021 | 21 April 2021 | Round of 64 | Quarter-finals | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 42 | 24 | 11 | 7 | 93 | 50 | +43 | 057.14 |
Last updated: 23 May 2021 Source: Soccerway

### Ligue 1
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 2 | Paris Saint-Germain | 38 | 26 | 4 | 8 | 86 | 28 | +58 | 82 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Monaco | 38 | 24 | 6 | 8 | 76 | 42 | +34 | 78 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
| 4 | Lyon | 38 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 81 | 43 | +38 | 76 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 5 | Marseille | 38 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 54 | 47 | +7 | 60 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 6 | Rennes | 38 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 52 | 40 | +12 | 58 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-off round |
* 1 2 Since the winners of the 2020–21 Coupe de France, Paris Saint-Germain, qualified for European competition based on league position, the Europa League group stage spot reserved for the cup winners was passed to the fifth-placed team, and the Europa Conference League play-off round spot was passed to the sixth-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: 23 May 2021. 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 | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | W | D | D | D | D | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | D | L | W | W | W | W | L | W | D | W | D | L | D | W | W | L | W | W | W | L |
| Position | 15 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 9 July 2020.

### Coupe de France
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Ligue 1 | Ligue 1 | Coupe de France | Coupe de France |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | GK | POR | Anthony Lopes | 39 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | GER | Julian Pollersbeck | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | CIV | Sinaly Diomandé | 31 | 0 | 10+17 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ALG | Djamel Benlamri | 8 | 1 | 0+6 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | BEL | Jason Denayer | 33 | 2 | 31 | 1 | 0+2 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | BRA | Marcelo | 37 | 3 | 34 | 3 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | FRA | Léo Dubois | 40 | 2 | 35+2 | 2 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | FRA | Malo Gusto | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | TUR | Cenk Özkaçar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | ITA | Mattia De Sciglio | 33 | 0 | 14+15 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | FRA | Melvin Bard | 18 | 0 | 4+10 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | CIV | Maxwel Cornet | 39 | 4 | 29+7 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 8 | MF | FRA | Houssem Aouar | 33 | 8 | 23+7 | 7 | 1+2 | 1 |
| 12 | MF | BRA | Lucas Paquetá | 34 | 10 | 27+3 | 9 | 3+1 | 1 |
| 23 | MF | BRA | Thiago Mendes | 34 | 0 | 23+9 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | FRA | Maxence Caqueret | 33 | 0 | 19+10 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | FRA | Florent Da Silva | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | MLI | Habib Keita | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | MF | BRA | Bruno Guimarães | 37 | 3 | 21+12 | 3 | 3+1 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 7 | FW | CMR | Karl Toko Ekambi | 39 | 14 | 34+1 | 14 | 0+4 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | NED | Memphis Depay | 40 | 22 | 33+4 | 20 | 3 | 2 |
| 11 | FW | ZIM | Tino Kadewere | 33 | 10 | 24+9 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | FRA | Rayan Cherki | 30 | 4 | 5+22 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 20 | FW | ALG | Islam Slimani | 21 | 4 | 4+14 | 3 | 2+1 | 1 |
| 29 | FW | FRA | Yaya Soumaré | 4 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||
| 3 | DF | DEN | Joachim Andersen | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | BRA | Jean Lucas | 7 | 0 | 1+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | FRA | Moussa Dembélé | 16 | 1 | 6+10 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | FRA | Jeff Reine-Adélaïde | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | BRA | Marçal | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | NED | Kenny Tete | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 23 May 2021 Source: Competitions

### Goalscorers

    As of 2 May 2021
| Rank | No. | Pos. | Nat. | Player | Ligue 1 | Coupe de France | Total |
| 1 | 10 | FW | | Memphis Depay | 19 | 2 | 21 |
| 2 | 7 | FW | | Karl Toko Ekambi | 12 | 0 | 12 |
| 3 | 11 | FW | | Tino Kadewere | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| 4 | 12 | MF | | Lucas Paquetá | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 5 | 8 | MF | | Houssem Aouar | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | 18 | MF | | Rayan Cherki | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 6 | 27 | FW | | Maxwel Cornet | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | 6 | DF | | Marcelo | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | 20 | FW | | Islam Slimani | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | 5 | DF | | Jason Denayer | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | 14 | DF | | Léo Dubois | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | 3 | DF | | Djamel Benlamri | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | 9 | FW | | Moussa Dembélé | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 39 | MF | | Bruno Guimarães | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 70 | 12 | 82 |