# 2021–22 Olympique Lyonnais season

The 2021–22 season was the 72nd season in the existence of Olympique Lyonnais and the club's 33rd consecutive season in the top flight of French football. In addition to the domestic league, Lyon participated in this season's editions of the Coupe de France and the UEFA Europa League. The club was expelled from the domestic cup due to crowd trouble during their game against Paris FC.

## Players
### First-team squad

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 | CIV | Sinaly Diomandé |
| 3 | DF | ITA | Emerson (on loan from Chelsea) |
| 4 | DF | FRA | Castello Lukeba |
| 5 | DF | BEL | Jason Denayer |
| 7 | FW | CMR | Karl Toko Ekambi |
| 8 | MF | FRA | Houssem Aouar (3rd captain) |
| 9 | FW | FRA | Moussa Dembélé (vice-captain) |
| 10 | MF | BRA | Lucas Paquetá |
| 11 | FW | ZIM | Tino Kadewere |
| 12 | DF | BRA | Henrique |
| 14 | DF | FRA | Léo Dubois (captain) |
| 15 | MF | FRA | Romain Faivre |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | GK | TOG | Malcolm Barcola |
| 17 | DF | FRA | Malo Gusto |
| 18 | FW | FRA | Rayan Cherki |
| 19 | MF | MLI | Habib Keïta |
| 20 | MF | BRA | Tetê (on loan from Shakhtar Donetsk) |
| 21 | DF | FRA | Damien Da Silva |
| 22 | MF | FRA | Jeff Reine-Adélaïde |
| 23 | MF | BRA | Thiago Mendes |
| 25 | MF | FRA | Maxence Caqueret |
| 27 | DF | GER | Jérôme Boateng |
| 28 | MF | FRA | Tanguy Ndombele (on loan from Tottenham Hotspur) |
| 30 | GK | GER | Julian Pollersbeck |

### 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 | TUR | Cenk Özkaçar (at Leuven) |
| — | DF | MLI | Youssouf Koné (at Troyes) |
| — | DF | FRA | Sofyan Cola (at Bourg-en-Bresse) |
| — | MF | BRA | Camilo (at Cuiabá) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | FRA | Sofiane Augarreau (at Virton) |
| — | MF | FRA | Florent da Silva (at Villefranche) |
| — | FW | FRA | Yaya Soumaré (at Annecy) |
| — | FW | FRA | Eli Wissa (at Villefranche) |

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| 21 | DF | Damien Da Silva | Rennes | Free | 1 July 2021 |
| | DF | Joachim Andersen | Fulham | Loan return | 30 July 2021 |
| | DF | Youssouf Koné | Elche | Loan return | 30 July 2021 |
| 9 | FW | Moussa Dembélé | Atlético Madrid | Loan return | 1 July 2021 |
| 12 | DF | Henrique | Vasco da Gama | Free | 1 July 2021 |
| 3 | DF | Emerson | Chelsea | Loan (€0.5M) | 19 August 2021 |
| 29 | FW | Xherdan Shaqiri | Liverpool | €10M | 23 August 2021 |
| 27 | DF | Jérôme Boateng | Free agent | Free | 31 August 2021 |
| 15 | MF | Romain Faivre | Brest | €15M | 31 January 2022 |
| 28 | MF | Tanguy Ndombele | Tottenham Hotspur | Loan (€1.4M) | 31 January 2022 |
| 20 | MF | Tetê | Shakhtar Donetsk | Loan | 31 March 2022 |

### Out

| No. | Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| | FW | Yaya Soumaré | Dijon | Loan | 16 June 2021 |
| 22 | MF | Mattia De Sciglio | Juventus | End of loan | 30 June 2021 |
| 10 | FW | Memphis Depay | Barcelona | Free | 1 July 2021 |
| 19 | DF | Cenk Özkacar | OH Leuven | Loan | 6 July 2021 |
| 3 | DF | Djamel Benlamri | Qatar SC | Free | 15 July 2021 |
| 26 | DF | Melvin Bard | Nice | €3M | 16 July 2021 |
| 3 | DF | Joachim Andersen | Crystal Palace | €22M | 28 July 2021 |
| 4 | MF | Jean Lucas | Monaco | €11M | 2 August 2021 |
| | DF | Youssouf Koné | Troyes | Loan | 2 August 2021 |
| 27 | DF | Maxwel Cornet | Burnley | €15M | 29 August 2021 |
| 6 | DF | Marcelo | Bordeaux | Free | 28 January 2022 |
| 39 | MF | Bruno Guimarães | Newcastle United | €50.1M | 30 January 2022 |
| 20 | FW | Islam Slimani | Sporting CP | Free | 31 January 2022 |
| 29 | MF | Xherdan Shaqiri | Chicago Fire | €6.7M | 9 February 2022 |

### Transfer summary
## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## 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 | 7 August 2021 | 21 May 2022 | Matchday 1 | 8th | 38 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 66 | 51 | +15 | 044.74 |
| Coupe de France | 17 December 2021 | 17 December 2021 | Round of 64 | Round of 64 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | !— |
| UEFA Europa League | 16 September 2021 | 14 April 2022 | Group stage | Quarter-finals | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 10 | +9 | 060.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 48 | 23 | 14 | 11 | 85 | 61 | +24 | 047.92 |
Source: Soccerway

### Ligue 1
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 6 | Strasbourg | 38 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 60 | 43 | +17 | 63 | |
| 7 | Lens | 38 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 62 | 48 | +14 | 62 | |
| 8 | Lyon | 38 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 66 | 51 | +15 | 61 | |
| 9 | Nantes | 38 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 55 | 48 | +7 | 55 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 10 | Lille | 38 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 48 | 48 | 0 | 55 | |
* ↑ Lyon were deducted one point for uncontrolled crowd trouble that caused the abandonment of their match against Marseille.
* ↑ Nantes qualified for the Europa League group stage as the 2021–22 Coupe de France winners.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A |
| Result | D | L | D | W | W | L | W | D | D | W | L | W | L | W | W | L | D | D | D | D | W | W | L | W | D | L | W | L | D | W | D | W | L | W | W | L | W | W |
| Position | 10 | 17 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 25 June 2021.

### Coupe de France

Due to violent behavior by their fan base, Lyon was kicked out of the Coupe de France.

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

The draw for the group stage was held on 27 August 2021.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | LYO | RAN | SPP | BRO |
| 1 | Lyon | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 5 | +11 | 16 | Advance to round of 16 | — | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| 2 | Rangers | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 8 | Advance to knockout round play-offs | 0–2 | — | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| 3 | Sparta Prague | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 7 | Transfer to Europa Conference League | 3–4 | 1–0 | — | 2–0 |
| 4 | Brøndby | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | −9 | 2 | | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | — |

#### Knockout phase
##### Round of 16

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 25 February 2022.

##### Quarter-finals

The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 18 March 2022.

## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Ligue 1 | Ligue 1 | Coupe de France | Coupe de France | UEFA Europa League | UEFA Europa League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | POR | Anthony Lopes | 42 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 16 | GK | TOG | Malcolm Barcola | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | GER | Julian Pollersbeck | 8 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 40 | GK | FRA | Kayne Bonnevie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | CIV | Sinaly Diomandé | 17 | 0 | 5+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ITA | Emerson | 36 | 1 | 26+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | FRA | Castello Lukeba | 30 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | BEL | Jason Denayer | 21 | 3 | 12+3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | BRA | Henrique | 22 | 0 | 12+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | FRA | Léo Dubois | 28 | 0 | 20+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | FRA | Malo Gusto | 37 | 0 | 21+9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5+2 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | FRA | Damien Da Silva | 21 | 0 | 13+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | GER | Jérôme Boateng | 27 | 0 | 19+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 52 | DF | FRA | Hugo Vogel | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 8 | MF | FRA | Houssem Aouar | 45 | 8 | 29+7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6+3 | 2 |
| 10 | MF | BRA | Lucas Paquetá | 44 | 11 | 32+3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 5+4 | 2 |
| 15 | MF | FRA | Romain Faivre | 18 | 3 | 9+5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | MLI | Habib Keïta | 6 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | FRA | Jeff Reine-Adélaïde | 11 | 0 | 1+9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | BRA | Thiago Mendes | 37 | 1 | 21+8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | SEN | Pape Cheikh Diop | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | FRA | Maxence Caqueret | 39 | 0 | 26+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6+2 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | FRA | Tanguy Ndombele | 15 | 1 | 7+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 7 | FW | CMR | Karl Toko Ekambi | 40 | 18 | 26+4 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 7+3 | 6 |
| 9 | FW | FRA | Moussa Dembélé | 36 | 22 | 25+5 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | ZIM | Tino Kadewere | 20 | 1 | 3+12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | FRA | Rayan Cherki | 20 | 2 | 3+13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+1 | 2 |
| 20 | FW | BRA | Tetê | 11 | 2 | 7+2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 31 | FW | FRA | Lenny Pintor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | FW | FRA | Bradley Barcola | 13 | 0 | 2+9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||
| 6 | DF | BRA | Marcelo | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | ALG | Islam Slimani | 16 | 4 | 6+6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3+1 | 3 |
| 27 | DF | CIV | Maxwel Cornet | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | FRA | Florent Da Silva | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | SUI | Xherdan Shaqiri | 16 | 2 | 9+2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 |
| 39 | MF | BRA | Bruno Guimarães | 25 | 0 | 19+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 |
Last updated: 1 June 2022 Source: Competitions

### Goalscorers

    As of 1 June 2022
| Rank | No. | Pos. | Nat. | Player | Ligue 1 | Coupe de France | Europa League | Total |
| 2 | 9 | FW | | Moussa Dembélé | 21 | 0 | 1 | 22 |
| 2 | 7 | FW | | Karl Toko Ekambi | 12 | 0 | 6 | 18 |
| 3 | 10 | MF | | Lucas Paquetá | 9 | 0 | 2 | 11 |
| 4 | 8 | MF | | Houssem Aouar | 6 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 5 | 20 | FW | | Islam Slimani | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 6 | 5 | DF | | Jason Denayer | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | 15 | MF | | Romain Faivre | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | 18 | MF | | Rayan Cherki | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 8 | 29 | MF | | Xherdan Shaqiri | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 4 | DF | | Castello Lukeba | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 20 | FW | | Tetê | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | 3 | DF | | Emerson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 11 | FW | | Tino Kadewere | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 23 | MF | | Thiago Mendes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 28 | MF | | Tanguy Ndombele | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 66 | 0 | 19 | 85 |