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2006–07 Olympique Lyonnais season

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]

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]

Season summary edit

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 edit

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

Left club during season edit

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

Competitions edit

Overview edit

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 edit

Main article: 2006 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  
Toulalan  
Ben Arfa  
Benzema  
Diarra  		   Yepes
  Paulo César
  Frau
  Rothen
  Kalou

Ligue 1 edit

Main article: 2006–07 Ligue 1

League table edit

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 edit

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
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 edit

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 edit

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   81'		 Stadium: Stade de Gerland
Attendance: 39,218
Referee: Laurent Duhamel
22 October 2006 10 Marseille 1–4 Lyon Marseille
21:00 CEST Taiwo   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   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 edit

Main article: 2006–07 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 edit

Main article: 2006–07 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   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 edit

Main article: 2006–07 UEFA Champions League

Group stage edit

Main article: 2006–07 UEFA Champions League group stage § Group E

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Lyon 6 4 2 0 12 3 +9 14 Advance to knockout stage
2   Real Madrid 6 3 2 1 14 8 +6 11
3   Steaua București 6 1 2 3 7 11 −4 5 Transfer to UEFA Cup
4   Dynamo Kyiv 6 0 2 4 5 16 −11 2
Source: RSSSF
13 September 2006 1 Lyon   2–0   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   0–3   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   0–3   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   1–0   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   2–2   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   1–1   Steaua București Lyon, France
20:45 Diarra   12' Report Dică   2' Stadium: Stade de Gerland
Attendance: 39,351
Referee: Darko Čeferin (Slovenia)

Knockout phase edit

Round of 16 edit
21 February 2007 First leg Roma   0–0   Lyon Rome, Italy
20:45 Report Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Mike Riley (England)
6 March 2007 Second leg Lyon   0–2
(0–2 agg.)		   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 edit

Notes edit

  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 edit

  1. ^ "Ligue 1 2006/2007 » Attendance » Home matches". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "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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