Lyon
2006–07 season
OwnerOL Groupe
PresidentJean-Michel Aulas
Head coachGérard Houllier
StadiumStade de Gerland
Ligue 11st
Trophée des ChampionsWinners
Coupe de FranceRound of 16
Coupe de la LigueRunners-up
Champions LeagueRound of 16
Top goalscorerLeague:
Fred (11)
All:
Fred (14)
Highest home attendance40,520 vs. Dynamo Kyiv (1 November 2006)
Lowest home attendance33,971 vs. Nice (27 January 2007)
Average home league attendance38,546[1]

The 2006–07 season was the 108th season in the existence of Olympique Lyonnais and the club's 18th consecutive season in the top flight of French football. They participated in the Ligue 1, the Coupe de France, the Coupe de la Ligue, the Trophée des Champions and UEFA Champions League.[2]

Season summary

Lyon won their sixth consecutive title, becoming the first club from the top five European leagues to win six league titles in a row.[2]

First-team squad

Squad at end of season[3][2]

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 France FRA Grégory Coupet
2 DF France FRA François Clerc
3 DF Brazil BRA Cris
4 DF Switzerland SUI Patrick Müller
5 DF Brazil BRA Caçapa (captain)
6 DF Sweden SWE Kim Källström
7 MF Mali MLI Mahamadou Diarra
8 MF Brazil BRA Juninho Pernambucano
9 FW Norway NOR John Carew
10 MF France FRA Florent Malouda
11 FW Brazil BRA Fred
12 DF France FRA Anthony Réveillère
14 MF France FRA Sidney Govou
15 MF France FRA Alou Diarra
17 FW Czech Republic CZE Milan Baroš
18 MF France FRA Hatem Ben Arfa
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 FW France FRA Karim Benzema
20 DF France FRA Eric Abidal
21 MF Portugal POR Tiago
22 FW France FRA Sylvain Wiltord
23 DF France FRA Jérémy Berthod
25 GK France FRA Joan Hartock
26 MF Brazil BRA Fábio Santos
28 MF France FRA Jérémy Toulalan
29 DF France FRA Sébastien Squillaci
30 GK France FRA Rémy Vercoutre
34 FW France FRA Loïc Rémy
35 GK France FRA Alexandre Bouchard
36 FW Chad CHA Sylvain Idangar
38 DF France FRA Mourad Benhamida
39 FW France FRA Grégory Bettiol

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
7 MF Mali MLI Mahamadou Diarra (to Real Madrid)
9 FW Norway NOR John Carew (to Aston Villa)
15 DF Senegal SEN Lamine Diatta (to Saint-Étienne)
26 MF France FRA Benoît Pedretti (to Auxerre)
No. Pos. Nation Player
26 DF Algeria ALG Nadir Belhadj[notes 1] (on loan to Sedan)
31 MF Algeria ALG Yacine Hima[notes 2] (to Nice)
35 GK France FRA Rémy Riou (on loan to Lorient)

Competitions

Overview

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Ligue 1 4 August 2006 26 May 2007 Matchday 1 Winners 38 24 9 5 64 27 +37 063.16
Coupe de France 7 January 2007 31 January 2007 Round of 64 Round of 16 4 3 0 1 6 4 +2 075.00
Coupe de la Ligue 25 October 2006 31 March 2007 Round of 16 Runners-up 4 3 0 1 6 3 +3 075.00
Trophée des Champions 30 July 2006 Final Winners 1 0 1 0 1 1 +0 000.00
UEFA Champions League 13 September 2006 6 March 2007 Group stage Round of 16 8 4 3 1 12 5 +7 050.00
Total 55 34 13 8 89 40 +49 061.82

Source: Competitions

Trophée des Champions

30 July 2006 Final Lyon 1–1
(5–4 p)		 Paris Saint-Germain Lyon
Benzema 71' (pen.) Report Rothen 62' Stadium: Stade Gerland
Attendance: 30,529
Referee: Bertrand Layec
Penalties
Carew soccer ball with check mark
Toulalan soccer ball with check mark
Ben Arfa soccer ball with check mark
Benzema soccer ball with check mark
Diarra soccer ball with check mark		 soccer ball with check mark Yepes
soccer ball with check mark Paulo César
soccer ball with check mark Frau
soccer ball with check mark Rothen
soccer ball with red X Kalou

Ligue 1

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Lyon (C) 38 24 9 5 64 27 +37 81 Qualification to Champions League group stage
2 Marseille 38 19 7 12 53 38 +15 64
3 Toulouse 38 17 7 14 44 43 +1 58 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
4 Rennes 38 14 15 9 38 30 +8 57 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
5 Lens 38 15 12 11 47 41 +6 57 Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round
Source: Ligue 1
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
38 24 9 5 64 27  +37 81 12 6 1 32 14  +18 12 3 4 32 13  +19

Source: Soccerway

Results by match

Match1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
ResultWDWWWWWWWWWLWWWWWWDLLDLWWDWDWDWDDWDWLW
Position14222111111111111111111111111111111111
Source: footballdatabase.eu
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Notes: Match 30 versus Rennes was postponed until 18 April 2007 and therefore should appear between matches 31 & 32.

Matches

4 August 2006 1 Nantes 1–3 Lyon Nantes
21:00 CEST Boukhari 4' Report Benzema 6'
Squillaci 63'
Fred 88'		 Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire
Attendance: 35,828
Referee: Stéphane Lannoy
12 August 2006 2 Lyon 1–1 Toulouse Lyon
20:00 CEST Malouda 83' Report Fabinho 90+1' Stadium: Stade de Gerland
Attendance: 39,280
Referee: Philippe Malige
20 August 2006 3 Bordeaux 1–2 Lyon Bordeaux
21:00 CEST Faubert 5' Report Fred 28'
Wiltord 86'		 Stadium: Stade Chaban-Delmas
Attendance: 32,008
Referee: Stéphane Bre
26 August 2006 4 Nice 1–4 Lyon Nice
17:15 CEST Vahirua 27' Report Malouda 49'
Benzema 69', 90+1'
Tiago 74'		 Stadium: Stade du Ray
Attendance: 13,814
Referee: Hervé Piccirillo
9 September 2006 5 Lyon 2–0 Troyes Lyon
20:00 CEST Cris 16'
Juninho 86'		 Report Stadium: Stade de Gerland
Attendance: 37,391
Referee: Olivier Thual
16 September 2006 6 Lorient 1–3 Lyon Lorient
20:00 CEST Ciani 69' Report Tiago 6'
Fred 62'
Malouda 65'		 Stadium: Stade du Moustoir
Attendance: 15,230
Referee: Alain Hamer
23 September 2006 7 Lyon 4–1 Lille Lyon
17:15 CEST Malouda 6'
Juninho 52'
Fred 64', 70'		 Report Cris 24' (o.g.) Stadium: Stade de Gerland
Attendance: 40,165
Referee: Thierry Auriac
30 September 2006 8 Sochaux 0–1 Lyon Montbéliard
17:15 CEST Report Wiltord 78' Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal
Attendance: 18,788
Referee: Bruno Coué
14 October 2006 9 Lyon 2–1 Saint-Étienne Lyon
17:00 CEST Tiago 65'
Juninho 88'		 Report Hautcœur 67'
Diatta Red card 81'		 Stadium: Stade de Gerland
Attendance: 39,218
Referee: Laurent Duhamel
22 October 2006 10 Marseille 1–4 Lyon Marseille
21:00 CEST Taiwo Red card 56'
Bamogo 70'		 Report Juninho 20', 78'
Benzema 48'
Källström 87'		 Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 57,376
Referee: Bertrand Layec
29 October 2006 11 Lyon 1–0 Nancy Lyon
21:00 CET Carew 13' Report Stadium: Stade de Gerland
Attendance: 40,298
Referee: Philippe Kalt
4 November 2006 12 Rennes 1–0 Lyon Rennes
17:15 CET M'Bia 13' Report Juninho Red card 78' Stadium: Stade de la Route de Lorient
Attendance: 28,499
Referee: Olivier Thual
10 November 2006 13 Lyon 2–1 Valenciennes Lyon
20:30 CET Cris 84'
Squillaci 86'		 Report Savidan 75' Stadium: Stade de Gerland
Attendance: 39,833
Referee: Lionel Jaffredo
18 November 2006 14 Sedan 0–1 Lyon Sedan
20:30 CET Report Abdou 79' (o.g.) Stadium: Stade Louis Dugauguez
Attendance: 21,025
Referee: Stéphane Bre
26 November 2006 15 Lyon 1–0 Auxerre Lyon
21:00 CET Malouda 25' Report Stadium: Stade de Gerland
Attendance: 39,576
Referee: Fredy Fautrel
2 December 2006 16 Le Mans 0–1 Lyon Le Mans
17:15 CET Report Wiltord 57' Stadium: Stade Léon-Bollée
Attendance: 14,432
Referee: Lionel Jaffredo
10 December 2006 17 Lyon 3–1 Paris Saint-Germain Lyon
21:00 CET Wiltord 45'
Cris 87'
Malouda 88'		 Report Pauleta 60' Stadium: Stade de Gerland
Attendance: 36,072
Referee: Alain Hamer
17 December 2006 18 Lens 0–4 Lyon Lens
21:00 CET Report Juninho 23', 62'
Malouda 34'
Cris 51'		 Stadium: Stade Félix Bollaert
Attendance: 40,038
Referee: Laurent Duhamel
23 December 2006 19 Lyon 0–0 Monaco Lyon
17:15 CET Report Stadium: Stade de Gerland
Attendance: 38,225
Referee: Thierry Auriac
13 January 2007 20 Toulouse 2–0 Lyon Toulouse
17:15 CET Emana 63'
Elmander 84'		 Report Stadium: Stadium de Toulouse
Attendance: 33,940
Referee: Stéphane Bré
24 January 2007 21 Lyon 1–2 Bordeaux Lyon
20:45 CET Fred 64' Report Francia 3' (pen.)
Micoud 27'		 Stadium: Stade de Gerland
Attendance: 35,305
Referee: Stéphane Lannoy
27 January 2007 22 Lyon 1–1 Nice Lyon
20:00 CET Baroš 40' Report Koné 35' Stadium: Stade de Gerland
Attendance: 33,971
Referee: Olivier Thual
4 February 2007 23 Troyes 1–0 Lyon Troyes
18:00 CET Nivet 90+4' Report Stadium: Stade de l'Aube
Attendance: 14,009
Referee: Damien Ledentu
10 February 2007 24 Lyon 1–0 Lorient Lyon
20:00 CET Fred 6' Report Stadium: Stade de Gerland
Attendance: 37,976
Referee: Fredy Fautrel
16 February 2007 25 Lille 1–2 Lyon Villeneuve-d'Ascq
21:00 CET Audel 52' Report Fred 83'
Squillaci 89'		 Stadium: Stadium Lille Métropole
Attendance: 17,092
Referee: Thierry Auriac
24 February 2007 26 Lyon 3–3 Sochaux Lyon
21:00 CET Baroš 40'
Wiltord 90'
Juninho 90+3' (pen.)		 Report Santos 9'
Ziani 29' (pen.)
Grax 86'		 Stadium: Stade de Gerland
Attendance: 40,363
Referee: Bertrand Layec
3 March 2007 27 Saint-Étienne 1–3 Lyon Saint-Étienne
17:00 CET Gomis 80' Report Källström 28'
Tiago 37'
Fred 47'		 Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard
Attendance: 35,201
Referee: Tony Chapron
11 March 2007 28 Lyon 1–1 Marseille Lyon
21:00 CET Baroš 19' Report Niang 86' Stadium: Stade de Gerland
Attendance: 38,930
Referee: Philippe Kalt
17 March 2007 29 Nancy 0–3 Lyon Tomblaine
20:00 CET Report Baroš 36'
Källström 76'
Fred 81'		 Stadium: Stade Marcel Picot
Attendance: 19,919
Referee: Olivier Thual
7 April 2007 31 Valenciennes 0–0 Lyon Valenciennes
17:10 CEST Report Stadium: Stade Nungesser
Attendance: 15,999
Referee: Damien Ledentu
15 April 2007 32 Lyon 1–0 Sedan Lyon
21:00 CEST Ben Arfa 44' Report Stadium: Stade de Gerland
Attendance: 37,539
Referee: Bruno Coué
18 April 2007 30 Lyon 0–0 Rennes Lyon
19:00 CEST Report Stadium: Stade de Gerland
Attendance: 39,848
Referee: Stéphane Lannoy
22 April 2007 33 Auxerre 0–0 Lyon Auxerre
18:00 CEST Report Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps
Attendance: 16,141
Referee: Laurent Duhamel
28 April 2007 34 Lyon 2–1 Le Mans Lyon
20:00 CEST Fred 39'
Malouda 68'		 Report Grafite 64' Stadium: Stade de Gerland
Attendance: 40,026
Referee: Stéphane Moulin
5 May 2007 35 Paris Saint-Germain 1–1 Lyon Paris
17:10 CEST Cissé 47' Report Juninho 90+4' Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 41,577
Referee: Olivier Thual
9 May 2007 36 Lyon 3–0 Lens Lyon
20:45 CEST Govou 21'
Juninho 38'
Diarra 45'		 Report Stadium: Stade de Gerland
Attendance: 38,213
Referee: Sandryk Biton
19 May 2007 37 Monaco 1–0 Lyon Monaco
20:45 CEST Ménez 58' Report Stadium: Stade Louis II
Attendance: 13,145
Referee: Damien Ledentu
26 May 2007 38 Lyon 3–1 Nantes Lyon
20:45 CEST Malouda 22', 66'
Benzema 83'		 Report Diallo 51' Stadium: Stade de Gerland
Attendance: 40,149
Referee: Bruno Coué

Source: [4]

Coupe de France

7 January 2007 Round of 64 Aviron Bayonnais 1–2 Lyon Bayonne
17:45 CET Bidegain 59' Report Degoul 10' (o.g.)
Juninho 75'		 Stadium: Stade Didier Deschamps
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Jérome Auroux
20 January 2007 Round of 32 Laon 1–3 Lyon Reims
17:00 CET Koffman 19' Report Clerc 27'
Govou 69'
Fred 85'		 Stadium: Stade Auguste-Delaune
Attendance: 9,200[5]
Referee: Lionel Jaffredo
31 January 2007 Round of 16 Marseille 2–1 Lyon Marseille
21:00 CET Pagis 87'
Niang 90+1'		 Report Cris 17' Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 57,346
Referee: Laurent Duhamel

Coupe de la Ligue

25 October 2006 Round of 16 Lyon 2–1 Paris Saint-Germain Lyon
21:00 CET Wiltord 88', 90' Report Paulo Cesar 58' Stadium: Stade de Gerland
Attendance: 35,816
Referee: Stéphane Bré
20 December 2006 Quarter-finals Lyon 3–1 Nancy Lyon
21:00 CET Malouda 53'
Govou 78'
Diarra 90'		 Report Zerka 65' Stadium: Stade de Gerland
Attendance: 26,757
Referee: Damien Ledentu
17 January 2007 Semi-finals Lyon 1–0 Le Mans Lyon
21:00 CET Abidal 22' Report Cerdan Red card 81' Stadium: Stade de Gerland
Attendance: 27,541
Referee: Phillipe Kalt
31 March 2007 Final Lyon 0–1 Bordeaux Saint-Denis
21:00 CET Report Henrique 89' Stadium: Stade de France
Attendance: 79,072
Referee: Herve Piccarillo

Champions League

Group stage

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 France Lyon 6 4 2 0 12 3 +9 14 Advance to knockout stage
2 Spain Real Madrid 6 3 2 1 14 8 +6 11
3 Romania Steaua București 6 1 2 3 7 11 −4 5 Transfer to UEFA Cup
4 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv 6 0 2 4 5 16 −11 2
Source: RSSSF
13 September 2006 1 Lyon France 2–0 Spain Real Madrid Lyon, France
20:45 Fred 11'
Tiago 31'		 Report Stadium: Stade de Gerland
Attendance: 40,013
Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)
26 September 2006 2 Steaua București Romania 0–3 France Lyon Bucharest, Romania
20:45 Report Fred 43'
Tiago 55'
Benzema 89'		 Stadium: Stadionul Steaua
Attendance: 28,000
Referee: Howard Webb (England)
17 October 2006 3 Dynamo Kyiv Ukraine 0–3 France Lyon Kyiv, Ukraine
20:45 Report Juninho 31'
Källström 38'
Malouda 51'		 Stadium: NSC Olimpiyskiy
Attendance: 33,500
Referee: Domenico Messina (Italy)
1 November 2006 4 Lyon France 1–0 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv Lyon, France
20:45 Benzema 14' Report Stadium: Stade de Gerland
Attendance: 40,520
Referee: Pieter Vink (Netherlands)
21 November 2006 5 Real Madrid Spain 2–2 France Lyon Madrid, Spain
20:45 Diarra 39'
Van Nistelrooy 83'		 Report Carew 11'
Malouda 31'		 Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Stadium
Attendance: 85,000
Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)
6 December 2006 6 Lyon France 1–1 Romania Steaua București Lyon, France
20:45 Diarra 12' Report Dică 2' Stadium: Stade de Gerland
Attendance: 39,351
Referee: Darko Čeferin (Slovenia)

Knockout phase

Round of 16
21 February 2007 First leg Roma Italy 0–0 France Lyon Rome, Italy
20:45 Report Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Mike Riley (England)
6 March 2007 Second leg Lyon France 0–2
(0–2 agg.)		 Italy Roma Lyon, France
20:45 Report Totti 22'
Mancini 44'		 Stadium: Stade de Gerland
Attendance: 39,260
Referee: Manuel Mejuto González (Spain)

Notes and references

Notes

  1. ↑ Belhadj was born in Saint-Claude, France, and represented them at U-18 level, but also qualifies to represent Algeria internationally through his parents and made his international debut for Algeria in March 2004.
  2. ↑ Hima was born in Lyon, France, but also qualified to represent Algeria internationally and made his international debut for Algeria in 2006.

References

  1. ↑ "Ligue 1 2006/2007 » Attendance » Home matches". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 "Lyon 2006/2007". Footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  3. ↑ "Lyon - 2006/07". FootballSquads.co.uk. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  4. ↑ "Olympique Lyonnais 2006/2007 calendar". Ligue1.com. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
  5. ↑ "Laon / OL (1-3)". OLweb.fr. Archived from the original on 12 April 2012. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
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