2010–11 Olympique Lyonnais season

Lyon

2010–11 season
Owner	OL Groupe
Chairman	Jean-Michel Aulas
Manager	Claude Puel
Ground	Stade de Gerland
Ligue 1	3rd
Champions League	Round of 16
Coupe de la Ligue	Round of 16
Coupe de France	Round of 32
Top goalscorer	League: Lisandro López (17) All: Lisandro López (19)
Highest home attendance	39,548 (25 September vs Marseille, Ligue 1)
Lowest home attendance	26,587 (27 October vs Paris SG, Coupe de la Ligue)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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The 2010–11 season is French football club Olympique Lyonnais's 52nd season in Ligue 1 and their 22nd consecutive season in the top division of French football. The season is the club's second straight season overall where it has not won any silverware. Due to the club's second-place finish the previous season, Lyon will compete in the UEFA Champions League for the 11th-straight season.^[1]

On 8 June 2010, Lyon reached a three-year agreement on a partnership with Groupama, an international insurance company based in Paris. The deal is valued at €4.5 million a year. The company's logo will be displayed on the back of the player's shirts.^[2]

On 9 June, French newspaper L'Equipe reported that Olympique Lyonnais sporting director Marino Faccioli would depart the club on 1 July to become the director of the France national football team. The report also stated that Faccioli was new manager Laurent Blanc's first-choice for the position.^[3] Two hours later, Faccioli denied the report stating that no agreements had been made between the two parties.^[4] On the previous day, Lyon confirmed the arrival of Philippe Sauze as a new general director. Sauze is the current vice-president of American company Electronic Arts. The hiring of Sauze will redefined the different functions of several directors with the "possible departure of Marino Faccioli to the France team" being in mind.^[5]

On 14 June, Lyon confirmed their first transfer arrival to the club after reaching an agreement with Rennes for the transfer of Jimmy Briand. The transfer fee was priced at €6 million and Briand is expected to replace Sidney Govou who departed the club for Greek side Panathinaikos on 5 July.^[6][7]

On 22 July, Lyon officials announced that the club had signed captain Cris to a two-year contract extension until 2013.^[8][9]

On 23 August 2010, Lyon confirmed on its website that the club had reached an agreement with Bordeaux for the transfer of Gourcuff. Gourcuff had reportedly stated the previous day that he wanted to join Lyon.^[10] After successfully passing his medical on 24 August, Gourcuff will sign a long-term contract with the club and the transfer fee is priced at €22 million, which will be paid in three installments by 31 December 2012.^[11][12]

On 6 March 2011, Lyon officials confirmed that midfielder Jérémy Toulalan signed a contract extension with Lyon until 2015.^[13]

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
45	GK		Gorgelin	19	EU	Youth system	Promoted Y	Summer	2013	Youth system	France Football
15	DF		Mensah	27	Non-EU	Sunderland	Loan Return Y	Summer	2013	N/A
24	MF		Pied	21	EU	Metz	Loan Return Y	Summer	2011	N/A
—	FW		Piquionne	31	EU	Portsmouth	Loan Return Y	Summer	2012	N/A
7	FW		Briand	24	EU	Rennes	Transferred Y	Summer	2014	€6M	OLWeb
38	FW		Lacazette	19	EU	Youth system	Promoted Y	Summer	2014	Youth system	Foot National
39	FW		Belfodil	18	EU	Youth system	Promoted Y	Summer	2014	Youth system	Le Figaro
29	MF		Gourcuff	24	EU	Bordeaux	Transferred Y	Summer	2015	€22M	OLWeb
4	DF		Diakhaté	26	EU	Dynamo Kyiv	Loaned Y	Summer			OLWeb

Total spending: €28 million

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
43	FW		Court	20	EU	Sedan	Transferred Y	Summer	Free
47	MF		Tie Bi	19	EU	Évian	Transferred Y	Summer	Free
14	FW		Govou	30	EU	Panathinaikos	Contract Ended Y	Summer	Free
2	DF		Clerc	27	EU		Contract Ended Y	Summer	Free
	MF		Archimbaud	20	EU	Gap	Transferred Y	Summer	Free	OLWeb
5	MF		Bodmer	27	EU	Paris Saint-Germain	Transferred Y	Summer	€2.5M	France Football
	FW		Piquionne	31	EU	West Ham United	Transferred Y	Summer	€1.2M	OLWeb
4	DF		Boumsong	30	EU	Panathinaikos	Transferred Y	Summer	€500,000	ESPN
15	DF		Mensah	27	EU	Sunderland	Loaned Y	Summer	€500,000	OLWeb
46	DF		Abenzoar	21	EU	Arles-Avignon	Loaned Y	Summer		OLWeb
	MF		Heyninck	20	EU	Jura Sud	Transferred Y	Summer	Free	Foot National
23	DF		Anderson	30	EU		Contract Terminated Y	Summer		Le Parisien
29	FW		Tafer	19	EU	Toulouse	Loaned Y	Summer		TFC
35	FW		Seguin	20	EU	Dijon	Loaned Y	Summer		OLWeb

Total income: €4.7 million

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
17	MF		Makoun	27	EU	Aston Villa	Transferred Y	Summer	€6M	L'Equipe

Total income: €6 million

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Since	App	Goals	Ends	Transfer fee	Notes
1	GK		Lloris	37	EU	2008	141	0	2013	€8.5M
2	DF		Gassama	35	EU	2008	24	0	2011	Youth system
3	DF		Cris (captain)	47	EU	2004	276	25	2013	€3.5M
4	DF		Diakhaté	40	Non-EU	2010	29	1	2011
5	DF		Lovren	35	EU	2010 (Winter)	47	1	2014	€10M
6	MF		Källström	42	EU	2006	264	20	2012	€8M
7	FW		Briand	39	EU	2010	43	8	2014	€6M
8	MF		Pjanić	34	EU	2008	113	15	2013	€8M
9	FW		López	41	EU	2009	83	41	2014	€24M
10	MF		Ederson	38	Non-EU	2008	88	8	2013	€15M
11	MF		Bastos	41	Non-EU	2009	82	23	2013	€18M
12	DF		Kolodziejczak	33	EU	2008	13	0	2013	€2.25M
13	DF		Réveillère	44	EU	2003	296	3	2011	Free
15	FW		Novillo	32	EU	2010	1	0	Undisclosed	Youth system
18	FW		Gomis	39	EU	2009	95	28	2014	€13M
19	MF		Delgado	43	Non-EU	2008 (Winter)	98	9	2011	€11M
20	DF		Cissokho	37	EU	2009	82	2	2014	€15M
21	MF		Gonalons	35	EU	2009	54	2	2014	Youth system
22	MF		Grenier	33	EU	2008	11	0	2011	Youth system
24	FW		Pied	34	EU	2009	33	3	2014	Youth system
28	MF		Toulalan (VC)	41	EU	2006	207	1	2015	€7M
29	MF		Gourcuff	38	EU	2010	34	4	2015	€22M
30	GK		Vercoutre	44	EU	2002	53	0	2012	Free
38	FW		Lacazette	33	EU	2009	10	2	2014	Youth system
39	FW		Belfodil	32	EU	2009	4	0	2014	Youth system
45	GK		Gorgelin	34	EU	2010	0	0	2013	Youth system
48	MF		Reale	33	EU	2010	1	0	2011	Youth system

Position	Staff
Manager	Claude Puel
Assistant manager	Patrick Collot
Second team manager	Bruno Génésio
First team coach	Christophe Toni
Technical coach	Rémi Garde
Striker coach	Sonny Anderson
Goalkeeper coach	Joël Bats
Team doctor	Emmanuel Ohrant
Physiotherapist	Sylvain Rousseau
Physiotherapist	Patrick Perret
Physiotherapist	Abdeljelil Redissi
Fitness coach	Alexandre Dellal
Intendant	Guy Genet
Intendant	Jérôme Renaud

Chairman	Jean-Michel Aulas
Special Advisor	Bernard Lacombe
Club Director	Olivier Blanc
General Director	Philippe Sauze
Club Ambassador	Sonny Anderson
Ground (capacity and dimensions)	Stade de Gerland (41,044 / 112x65 meters)

Updated to match played 22 June
Source: OLweb.fr

On 7 August 2009, Lyon announced that the club would be vacating the club's kit deal with Umbro in order to sign a ten-year deal with the German sportswear brand Adidas, effective at the start of the 2010–11 season with Lyon earning €5 million a year annually from the deal.^[14] On 1 July 2010, the club's new home kit was unveiled to the public. The shirt has a white base color with the club's traditional red and blue stripe. However, the stripe, unlike previous seasons, is positioned diagonally across the shirt running from left to right. The club's sponsor, BetClic, features prominently in the middle of the shirt. On 13 July, the club's away kit was unveiled. The kit is strikingly similar to the Russia national team away kit and is mostly burgundy with gold linings around the collar, shoulders, shorts, and socks. The away shirt will feature the club's new sponsor, Everest Poker. The club's European kit was unveiled on 31 July.

Supplier: Adidas
Sponsor(s): BetClic (home), Everest Poker (away)

Home

Away

Third

Last updated: 20 August 2010.
Source: OL Boutique

On 17 June 2010, Lyon confirmed that the team would play six friendly matches ahead of the 2010–11 football season. Prior to contesting the preparation matches, the team trained in the mountainous commune of Tignes. On 7 July, Lyon contested their first match against Swiss club Servette at the Stade Eric Cantona in Tignes. Lyon won the match 3–1 with Ederson scoring a brace in a span of four minutes. The following week, the club embarked on a road trip first traveling to Portugal to play Sporting CP in Lisbon. Lyon lost the match 2–0 conceding the first goal in the 3rd minute of play courtesy of Tonel and, later in the second half, allowing a goal from winger Yannick Djaló to seal the match for the home team. Lyon then traveled to Italy to play Juventus in Cosenza on 24 July. The team suffered their second consecutive defeat losing to the Italians 2–1. Lyon, initially, took the lead following a penalty conversion from Ederson in the 22nd minute, his third goal of the pre-season campaign. However, following an Aly Cissokho red card midway through the first half, Lyon played the rest of the match with ten men and conceded a penalty to Juventus, which was converted by Alessandro Del Piero in the 39th minute. The game-winning goal was scored by midfielder Simone Pepe in the 75th minute.

After departing Italy, the team ventured to England to participate in the 2010 edition of the Emirates Cup. Lyon contested matches on back-to-back days against Scottish club Celtic and Italian club Milan. In the match against Celtic, Lyon took a two-goal lead courtesy of goals from Michel Bastos and youth product Harry Novillo with the former converting a blistering free kick. However, following the entrance of several youth players for Lyon, the club conceded two late goals from Celtic to even the match at 2–2. Against Milan, several veteran players such as Hugo Lloris and Jérémy Toulalan made their debuts in the tournament. Lyon conceded the opening goal in the 55th minute with Milan striker Marco Borriello connecting on a cross from the left side after his shot was initially saved by Lloris. Lyon evened the match in the 79th minute with Jimmy Briand scoring his second goal of the pre-season after running onto a header following a perfect cross from Miralem Pjanić. The 1–1 scoreline was eventually the final result and Lyon were set to be crowned champions of the competition, however, following Arsenal's 3–2 victory over Celtic, the debutantes were knocked back into third place where they remained. Prior to playing in the pre-season tournament, Lyon played Nottingham Forest on 28 July at the City Ground in Nottingham coming out of the match with a 3–1 win. New signing Jimmy Briand and striker Bafétimbi Gomis recorded goals in the match with the latter netting two.^[15]

Friendly

Emirates Cup

Last updated: 23 June 2010
Source: OLWeb.fr^{[permanent dead link]}

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Ligue 1	—	3rd		7 August	29 May
UEFA Champions League	Group stage	—	First Knockout Round	14 September	16 March
Coupe de la Ligue	Round of 16	—	Round of 16	26 October	26 October
Coupe de France	Round of 64	—	Round of 32	8 January	23 January

Updated to match played 16 March 2011
Source: Competitions

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Lille (C)	38	21	13	4	68	36	+32	76	Qualification to Champions League group stage
2	Marseille	38	18	14	6	62	39	+23	68
3	Lyon	38	17	13	8	61	40	+21	64	Qualification to Champions League play-off round
4	Paris Saint-Germain	38	15	15	8	56	41	+15	60	Qualification to Europa League play-off round[a]
5	Sochaux	38	17	7	14	60	43	+17	58

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	18	12	8	61	40	+21	66	12	6	1	35	12	+23	6	6	7	26	28	−2

  Win   Draw   Loss

Last updated: 2 May 2011
Source: Ligue de Football Professionnel Archived 2010-10-19 at the Wayback Machine

Last updated: 23 January 2011
Source: Ligue de Football Professionnel Archived 2010-10-19 at the Wayback Machine

Last updated: 14 December 2010
Source: LFP Archived 2010-10-19 at the Wayback Machine

Lyon entered the 2010–11 UEFA Champions League for the 11th straight season having come off a successful European campaign last year, in which the club reached the semi-finals of the competition. Due to the club's second-place finish last year, Lyon were automatically inserted into the group stage portion of the competition. On 26 August 2010, draw for the group stage of the Champions League was determined. Due to Braga's victory over Sevilla in the third qualifying round, Lyon were inserted into Pot 1. Following the draw, Lyon were inserted into Group B with Portuguese club Benfica from Pot 2, German club Schalke 04 from Pot 3, and Israeli club Hapoel Tel Aviv from Pot 4.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Schalke 04	6	4	1	1	10	3	+7	13	Advance to knockout phase
2	Lyon	6	3	1	2	11	10	+1	10
3	Benfica	6	2	0	4	7	12	−5	6	Transfer to Europa League
4	Hapoel Tel Aviv	6	1	2	3	7	10	−3	5

Qnt	Formation	Match(es)
28	4-3-3	L1 (18), UCL (7), CDL (1), CDF (2)
16	4-2-3-1	L1 (15), UCL (1)
2	4-4-2	L1 (2)

Lineup that started in the club's league match
against Auxerre on 10 May 2011.

Last updated on 10 May 2011.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Ligue 1		Champions League		Coupe de la Ligue		Coupe de France
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	FRA	Hugo Lloris	44	0	34	0	8	0	0	0	2	0
2	DF	FRA	Lamine Gassama	5	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
3	DF	BRA	Cris	24	1	18	1	5	0	0	0	1	0
4	DF	SEN	Pape Diakhaté	29	1	21	0	6	0	1	0	1	1
5	DF	CRO	Dejan Lovren	39	1	30	0	6	1	1	0	2	0
6	MF	SWE	Kim Källström	39	3	30	3	6	0	1	0	2	0
7	FW	FRA	Jimmy Briand	43	8	32	6	8	1	1	1	2	0
8	MF	BIH	Miralem Pjanić	37	4	28	3	8	1	1	0	0	0
9	FW	ARG	Lisandro López	33	18	25	16	5	2	1	0	2	0
10	MF	BRA	Ederson	5	1	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	MF	BRA	Michel Bastos	35	8	25	5	7	3	1	0	2	0
12	DF	FRA	Timothée Kolodziejczak	9	0	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
13	DF	FRA	Anthony Réveillère	42	0	32	0	8	0	0	0	2	0
15	FW	FRA	Harry Novillo	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	FW	FRA	Bafétimbi Gomis	44	12	34	10	7	2	1	0	2	0
19	FW	ARG	César Delgado	20	1	16	1	2	0	0	0	2	0
20	DF	FRA	Aly Cissokho	34	1	26	1	6	0	0	0	2	0
21	MF	FRA	Maxime Gonalons	27	0	22	0	4	0	1	0	0	0
22	MF	FRA	Clément Grenier	9	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
24	MF	FRA	Jérémy Pied	33	3	22	3	8	0	1	0	2	0
28	MF	FRA	Jérémy Toulalan	32	0	25	0	5	0	0	0	2	0
29	MF	FRA	Yoann Gourcuff	33	4	24	3	7	1	1	0	1	0
30	GK	FRA	Rémy Vercoutre	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
38	FW	FRA	Alexandre Lacazette	9	2	7	1	2	1	0	0	0	0
39	FW	FRA	Ishak Belfodil	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
45	GK	FRA	Mathieu Gorgelin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
48	MF	FRA	Enzo Reale	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players sold after the start of the season:
17	MF	CMR	Jean Makoun	16	1	12	1	3	0	0	0	1	0

Note: For all official competitions

No.	Pos.	Nationality	Player	Assists	Minutes Played
1	GK	France	Hugo Lloris	0	3900	0	0	0
2	DF	France	Lamine Gassama	0	404	2	0	0
3	DF	Brazil	Cris	0	1994	3	0	0
4	DF	Senegal	Pape Diakhaté	0	2590	8	1	0
5	DF	Croatia	Dejan Lovren	0	2955	10	2	0
6	MF	Sweden	Kim Källström	2	2890	5	0	0
7	FW	France	Jimmy Briand	5	2792	7	0	0
8	MF	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Miralem Pjanić	1	1744	4	0	0
9	FW	Argentina	Lisandro López	5	2486	2	0	0
10	MF	Brazil	Ederson	0	253	0	0	0
11	MF	Brazil	Michel Bastos	7	2329	8	1	0
12	DF	France	Timothée Kolodziejczak	1	675	1	0	0
13	DF	France	Anthony Réveillère	1	3635	6	1	0
15	FW	France	Harry Novillo	0	7	0	0	0
18	FW	France	Bafétimbi Gomis	3	2876	0	0	0
19	MF	Argentina	César Delgado	2	743	0	0	0
20	DF	France	Aly Cissokho	0	2845	2	0	2
21	MF	France	Maxime Gonalons	2	1718	3	0	0
22	MF	France	Clément Grenier	0	244	0	0	0
24	MF	France	Jérémy Pied	1	1168	6	1	0
28	MF	France	Jérémy Toulalan	1	2622	6	0	0
29	MF	France	Yoann Gourcuff	3	2283	1	0	0
30	GK	France	Rémy Vercoutre	0	210	1	1	0
38	FW	France	Alexandre Lacazette	2	146	0	0	0
39	FW	France	Ishak Belfodil	0	0	0	0	0
45	GK	France	Mathieu Gorgelin	0	0	0	0	0
48	MF	France	Enzo Reale	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: 10 May 2011
Source: Competitive matches and lfp.fr
Only competitive matches
= Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card..

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