# 2020–21 Olympique Lyonnais Féminin season

The 2020–21 Olympique Lyonnais Féminin season was the club's seventeenth season since FC Lyon joined OL as its women's section. Olympique Lyonnais finished runner up in the Division 1 Féminine for the first time in 14 seasons and were eliminated from the UEFA Women's Champions League by Paris Saint-Germain, while the Coupe de France Féminine was cancelled.

## Season events

On 22 June, Olympique Lyonnais announced that they had extended their contract with Sarah Bouhaddi until 30 June 2024, and with Dzsenifer Marozsán until 30 June 2023.
On 1 July, Olympique Lyonnais announced that they had signed professional contracts with academy player Inès Benyahia, Alice Sombath and Vicki Bècho from Paris Saint-Germain and Assimina Maoulida from US Orléans.
On 21 September, Shanice van de Sanden left Olympique Lyonnais to join VfL Wolfsburg.
On 23 September, Celia joined Olympique Lyonnais on loan from OL Reign for the season.
On 18 December, Ada Hegerberg extended her contract with Olympique Lyonnais until 30 June 2024.
On 5 January, Olympique Lyonnais extended their contract with Jodie Taylor until the end of the season. The following day, 6 January, Olympique Lyonnais extended their contract with Manon Revelli until 30 June 2023, and also loan her to Servette until the end of the season.
On 12 January, Olympique Lyonnais announced the signing of Catarina Macario from Stanford Cardinal on a contract until 30 June 2023.
On 20 January, Olympique Lyonnais announced the signing of Damaris Egurrola from Everton on a contract until 30 June 2024.
On 4 February, Griedge Mbock extended her contract with Olympique Lyonnais until 30 June 2024.
On 10 February, Amandine Henry extended her contract with Olympique Lyonnais until 30 June 2023, with the option of an additional year.
On 17 March, Eugénie Le Sommer extended her contract with Olympique Lyonnais until 30 June 2023.
On 22 April, Janice Cayman extended her contract with Olympique Lyonnais until 30 June 2023.
On 7 May, Delphine Cascarino extended her contract with Olympique Lyonnais until 30 June 2024.
On 5 June, Sarah Bouhaddi and Dzsenifer Marozsán joined OL Reign on loan until 31 December 2021.

## Squad

    As of match played 4 June 2021
| No. | Name | Position | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Signed in | Contract ends | Apps. | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | Lola Gallardo | GK | (1993-06-10)10 June 1993 (aged 27) | Atlético Madrid | 2020 | 2022 | 4 | 0 |
| 16 | Sarah Bouhaddi | GK | (1986-10-17)17 October 1986 (aged 34) | Juvisy | 2009 | 2024 | 307 | 1 |
| 40 | Katriina Talaslahti | GK | (2000-09-21)21 September 2000 (aged 20) | Bayern Munich | 2019 | 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 3 | Wendie Renard | DF | (1990-07-20)20 July 1990 (aged 30) | Academy | 2006 | | 396 | 130 |
| 4 | Selma Bacha | DF | (2000-11-09)9 November 2000 (aged 20) | Academy | 2017 | | 78 | 3 |
| 12 | Ellie Carpenter | DF | (2000-04-28)28 April 2000 (aged 21) | Portland Thorns | 2020 | 2023 | 24 | 1 |
| 18 | Alice Sombath | DF | (2003-10-16)16 October 2003 (aged 17) | Paris Saint-Germain | 2020 | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Kadeisha Buchanan | DF | (1995-11-05)5 November 1995 (aged 25) | West Virginia Mountaineers | 2017 | | 93 | 5 |
| 23 | Janice Cayman | DF | (1988-10-12)12 October 1988 (aged 32) | Montpellier | 2019 | 2023 | 25 | 5 |
| 26 | Sakina Karchaoui | DF | (1996-01-26)26 January 1996 (aged 25) | Montpellier | 2020 | | 27 | 0 |
| 29 | Griedge Mbock Bathy | DF | (1995-02-26)26 February 1995 (aged 26) | Guingamp | 2015 | 2024 | 135 | 26 |
| | Florine Belin | DF | (2003-08-04)4 August 2003 (aged 17) | Academy | 2020 | | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 5 | Saki Kumagai | MF | (1990-10-17)17 October 1990 (aged 30) | 1. FFC Frankfurt | 2013 | | 240 | 43 |
| 6 | Amandine Henry | MF | (1989-09-28)28 September 1989 (aged 31) | Portland Thorns | 2018 | 2023 (+1) | 304 | 63 |
| 7 | Amel Majri | MF | (1993-01-25)25 January 1993 (aged 28) | Academy | 2010 | | 243 | 674 |
| 8 | Sara Björk Gunnarsdóttir | MF | (1990-09-29)29 September 1990 (aged 30) | VfL Wolfsburg | 2020 | 2022 | 22 | 5 |
| 10 | Dzsenifer Marozsán | MF | (1992-04-18)18 April 1992 (aged 29) | 1. FFC Frankfurt | 2016 | | 147 | 55 |
| 11 | Damaris Egurrola | MF | (1999-08-26)26 August 1999 (aged 21) | Everton | 2021 | 2024 | 7 | 0 |
| 13 | Catarina Macario | MF | (1999-10-04)4 October 1999 (aged 21) | Stanford Cardinal | 2021 | 2023 | 11 | 6 |
| 22 | Sally Julini | MF | (2003-01-01)1 January 2003 (aged 18) | Academy | 2020 | | 3 | 0 |
| | Yasmine Klai | MF | (2002-09-15)15 September 2002 (aged 18) | Academy | 2017 | | 0 | 0 |
| | Marine Pierret | MF | (2001-10-15)15 October 2001 (aged 19) | Academy | 2019 | | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 9 | Eugénie Le Sommer | FW | (1989-05-18)18 May 1989 (aged 32) | Stade Briochin | 2010 | 2023 | 333 | 277 |
| 14 | Ada Hegerberg | FW | (1995-07-10)10 July 1995 (aged 25) | Turbine Potsdam | 2014 | | 184 | 220 |
| 17 | Nikita Parris | FW | (1994-03-10)10 March 1994 (aged 27) | Manchester City | 2019 | 2022 | 48 | 32 |
| 19 | Jéssica Silva | FW | (1994-12-11)11 December 1994 (aged 26) | Levante | 2019 | 2021 | 6 | 2 |
| 20 | Delphine Cascarino | FW | (1997-02-05)5 February 1997 (aged 24) | Academy | 2015 | 2024 | 147 | 30 |
| 25 | Inès Benyahia | FW | (2003-03-26)26 March 2003 (aged 18) | Academy | 2020 | | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | Vicki Bècho | FW | (2003-10-03)3 October 2003 (aged 17) | Paris Saint-Germain | 2020 | | 4 | 0 |
| 28 | Melvine Malard | FW | (2000-06-28)28 June 2000 (aged 20) | Academy | 2017 | | 31 | 8 |
| 31 | Jodie Taylor | FW | (1986-05-17)17 May 1986 (aged 35) | OL Reign | 2020 | 2021 | 11 | 1 |
| | Cyrine Ben Rabah | FW | (2002-11-27)27 November 2002 (aged 18) | Academy | 2017 | | 0 | 0 |
| Out on loan ||||||||||
| | Grace Kazadi | DF | (2001-01-31)31 January 2001 (aged 20) | Academy | 2020 | | 0 | 0 |
| | Assimina Maoulida | DF | (2002-01-30)30 January 2002 (aged 19) | Orléans | 2020 | | 0 | 0 |
| | Manon Revelli | DF | (2001-11-26)26 November 2001 (aged 19) | Academy | 2019 | 2023 | 2 | 0 |
| | Emelyne Laurent | FW | (1998-11-04)4 November 1998 (aged 22) | Bordeaux | 2017 | | 19 | 4 |
| Left during the season ||||||||||
| 11 | Shanice van de Sanden | FW | (1992-10-02)2 October 1992 (aged 28) | Liverpool | 2017 | 2021 | 75 | 12 |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | From | Fee | Ref. |
| 12 January 2023 | MF | | Catarina Macario | Stanford Cardinal | Undisclosed | |
| 20 January 2023 | MF | | Damaris Egurrola | Everton | Undisclosed | |

### Loans in

| Start date | Position | Nationality | Name | From | End date | Ref. |
| 23 September 2020 | DF | | Celia | OL Reign | 1 March 2021 | |

### Out

| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Fee | Ref. |
| 21 September 2020 | FW | | Shanice van de Sanden | VfL Wolfsburg | Undisclosed | |

### Loans out

| Start date | Position | Name | To | End date |
| 1 August 2020 | DF | Grace Kazadi | Atlético Madrid | 30 June 2021 |
| 5 August 2020 | FW | Emelyne Laurent | Atlético Madrid | 30 June 2021 |
| 6 January 2021 | MF | Manon Revelli | Servette | 30 June 2021 |
| 3 February 2021 | DF | Assimina Maoulida | Le Havre | 30 June 2021 |
| 5 June 2021 | GK | Sarah Bouhaddi | OL Reign | 31 December 2021 |
| 5 June 2021 | MF | Dzsenifer Marozsán | OL Reign | 31 December 2021 |

### Released

| Date | Position | Name | Joined | Date |
| 30 June 2021 | DF | Sakina Karchaoui | Paris Saint-Germain | 10 July 2021 |
| 30 June 2021 | MF | Saki Kumagai | Bayern Munich | 1 July 2021 |
| 30 June 2021 | FW | Jodie Taylor | Orlando Pride | 8 July 2021 |
| 30 June 2021 | FW | Jéssica Silva | Kansas City Current | |

## 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 | 6 September 2020 | 4 June 2021 | Matchday 1 | 2nd | 22 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 78 | 6 | +72 | 090.91 |
| Coupe de France | 29 January 2021 | 29 January 2021 | Round of 32 | Cancelled | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 100.00 |
| UEFA Champions League | 9 December 2020 | 18 April 2021 | Round of 32 | Quarterfinal | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 5 | +8 | 083.33 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 29 | 26 | 1 | 2 | 96 | 11 | +85 | 089.66 |
Last updated: 4 June 2021 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: 4 June 2021. 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 | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | A | H | A | A | H | H |
| Result | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W |
| Position | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |

#### Table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Paris Saint-Germain (C) | 22 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 83 | 4 | +79 | 62 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Lyon | 22 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 78 | 6 | +72 | 61 | Qualification for the Champions League second round |
| 3 | Bordeaux | 22 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 50 | 23 | +27 | 44 | Qualification for the Champions League first round |
| 4 | Paris FC | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 39 | 29 | +10 | 37 | |
| 5 | Guingamp | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 29 | 32 | −3 | 31 | |
| 6 | Reims | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 34 | 42 | −8 | 30 | |
| 7 | Montpellier | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 27 | 35 | −8 | 30 | |
| 8 | Dijon | 22 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 24 | 37 | −13 | 26 | |
| 9 | Fleury | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 42 | −24 | 25 | |
| 10 | Soyaux | 22 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 15 | 46 | −31 | 17 | |
| 11 | Issy | 22 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 77 | −66 | 10 | |
| 12 | Le Havre (R) | 22 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 49 | −35 | 8 | Relegation to Division 2 Féminine |
* 1 2 Reims finished ahead of Montpellier on head-to-head goal difference: Reims 0–1 Montpellier, Montpellier 0–4 Reims.

### UEFA Champions League
## Squad statistics

    As of match played 4 June 2021

### 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 |
| 1 | GK | ESP | Lola Gallardo | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | FRA | Wendie Renard | 26 | 14 | 20 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 |
| 4 | DF | FRA | Selma Bacha | 16 | 0 | 7+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | JPN | Saki Kumagai | 24 | 5 | 12+5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4+2 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | FRA | Amandine Henry | 25 | 6 | 17+2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | FRA | Amel Majri | 24 | 9 | 16+1 | 9 | 0+1 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ISL | Sara Gunnarsdóttir | 17 | 4 | 8+4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | FRA | Eugénie Le Sommer | 22 | 7 | 14+4 | 7 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | GER | Dzsenifer Marozsán | 29 | 9 | 21+1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | ESP | Damaris Egurrola | 7 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | AUS | Ellie Carpenter | 24 | 1 | 17+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | USA | Catarina Macario | 11 | 6 | 6+1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2+2 | 1 |
| 16 | GK | FRA | Sarah Bouhaddi | 25 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | ENG | Nikita Parris | 27 | 15 | 13+7 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| 20 | FW | FRA | Delphine Cascarino | 27 | 2 | 18+3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | CAN | Kadeisha Buchanan | 27 | 3 | 20 | 3 | 0+1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | SUI | Sally Julini | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | BEL | Janice Cayman | 16 | 3 | 6+5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1+4 | 1 |
| 25 | FW | FRA | Inès Benyahia | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | FRA | Sakina Karchaoui | 24 | 0 | 16+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | FRA | Vicki Bècho | 4 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | FRA | Melvine Malard | 26 | 8 | 6+14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1+5 | 4 |
| 31 | FW | ENG | Jodie Taylor | 8 | 1 | 1+5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| Players away from the club on loan: ||||||||||||
| Players who appeared for Olympique Lyonnais but left during the season: ||||||||||||
| 11 | FW | NED | Shanice van de Sanden | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | Division 1 | Coupe de France | UEFA Champions League | Total |
| 1 | FW | | 17 | Nikita Parris | 13 | 0 | 2 | 15 |
| 2 | DF | | 3 | Wendie Renard | 10 | 1 | 3 | 14 |
| 3 | MF | | 7 | Amel Majri | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 3 | MF | | 10 | Dzsenifer Marozsán | 5 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
| 5 | FW | | 28 | Melvine Malard | 4 | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 6 | FW | | 9 | Eugénie Le Sommer | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 7 | MF | | 6 | Amandine Henry | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 7 | MF | | 13 | Catarina Macario | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 9 | MF | | 5 | Saki Kumagai | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 10 | MF | | 8 | Sara Gunnarsdóttir | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 11 | DF | | 21 | Kadeisha Buchanan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | DF | | 23 | Janice Cayman | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | | | | Own goal | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 14 | FW | | 20 | Delphine Cascarino | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 15 | DF | | 12 | Ellie Carpenter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | FW | | 31 | Jodie Taylor | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 78 | 5 | 13 | 96 |

### Clean sheets

| Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | Division 1 | Coupe de France | UEFA Champions League | Total |
| 1 | GK | | 16 | Sarah Bouhaddi | 14 | 0 | 3 | 17 |
| 2 | GK | | 1 | Lola Gallardo | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 16 | 1 | 3 | 20 |

### 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 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 4 | | DF | Selma Bacha | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 5 | | MF | Saki Kumagai | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 6 | | MF | Amandine Henry | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | | MF | Amel Majri | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | | FW | Eugénie Le Sommer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | | MF | Dzsenifer Marozsán | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | | FW | Nikita Parris | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | | FW | Delphine Cascarino | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | | DF | Kadeisha Buchanan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 26 | | DF | Sakina Karchaoui | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | | FW | Melvine Malard | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Players away on loan: ||||||||||||
| Players who left Olympique Lyonnais during the season: ||||||||||||
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 26 | 1 |