2012–13 Olympique Lyonnais season

The 2012–13 season was Olympique Lyonnais's 63rd professional season since its creation in 1950. The club competed in Ligue 1, finishing third, in the Coupe de France, Coupe de la Ligue, and in the UEFA Europa League.

Lyon
2012–13 season
OwnerOL Groupe
ChairmanJean-Michel Aulas
ManagerRémi Garde
StadiumStade de Gerland
Ligue 13rd
Trophée des ChampionsWinners (vs. Montpellier)
Coupe de FranceRound of 64 (vs. Épinal)
Coupe de la LigueRound of 16 (vs. Nice)
UEFA Europa LeagueRound of 32 (vs. Tottenham Hotspur)
Top goalscorerLeague:
Bafétimbi Gomis (16)

All:
Bafétimbi Gomis (20)

Squad edit

First-team squad edit

As of 26 January 2013[1]

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 Rémy Vercoutre
2 DF   FRA Mehdi Zeffane (Youth)
4 DF   BFA Bakary Koné
5 DF   CRO Dejan Lovren
6 MF   FRA Gueïda Fofana
7 MF   FRA Clément Grenier
8 MF   FRA Yoann Gourcuff
9 FW   ARG Lisandro López
10 FW   FRA Alexandre Lacazette
12 MF   FRA Jordan Ferri
13 DF   FRA Anthony Réveillère
14 DF   FRA Mouhamadou Dabo
15 DF   SRB Milan Biševac
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 GK   POR Anthony Lopes
17 MF   FRA Steed Malbranque
18 FW   FRA Bafétimbi Gomis
19 FW   FRA Jimmy Briand
21 MF   FRA Maxime Gonalons (captain)
23 DF   FRA Samuel Umtiti
24 FW   CMR Clinton N'Jie (Youth)
25 FW   FRA Yassine Benzia
26 FW   FRA Anthony Martial (Youth)
27 FW   FRA Alassane Pléa (Youth)
28 MF   COD Arnold Mvuemba
31 MF   FRA Rachid Ghezzal
40 GK   FRA Mathieu Gorgelin

Out on loan 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
11 MF   BRA Michel Bastos (on loan to Schalke 04)
20 DF   ARG Fabián Monzón (on loan to Fluminense)
22 MF   MLI Sidy Koné (on loan to SM Caen)
No. Pos. Nation Player
29 FW   GUI Mohamed Yattara (on loan to ESTAC)
30 GK   BEL Théo Defourny (on loan to FC Rouen)
36 FW   FRA Harry Novillo (on loan to Gazélec Ajaccio)

Reserve squad 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
32 MF   FRA Maxime Blanc
33 DF   FRA William Le Pogam
34 MF   FRA Farès Bahlouli
35 FW   FRA Marwan Benamra
37 MF   ALG Nassim Zitouni
38 FW   FRA Mour Paye
39 DF   FRA Mouhamadou-Naby Sarr
41 MF   FRA Grégoire Viricel
42 MF   FRA Adrien Cabon
43 GK   FRA Lucas Mocio
44 FW   FRA Jordan Dalla Vecchia
45 GK   SUI Jérémy Frick
46 MF   FRA Zakarie Labidi
47 MF   SUI Kévin Massivi Tsimba
48 MF   FRA Sébastien Flochon
No. Pos. Nation Player
49 FW   CAF Berthier Dolgue
50 FW   FRA Anthony Martial
51 DF   FRA Arnaud Bloch
52 DF   FRA Pierre Ertel
53 MF   FRA Aldo Kalulu
54 DF   FRA Dylan Mboumbouni
55 DF   FRA Loïc Abenzoar
56 MF   FRA Corentin Tolisso
58 DF   FRA Louis Nganioni
59 DF   FRA Romaric N'Gouma
70 GK   FRA Dorian Grange
DF   BFA Biassoum Cheik Coulibaly
DF   CAF Amos Youga
MF   FRA Nabil Fekir
MF   CMR Christian N'Gando

Competitions edit

Trophée des Champions edit

28 July 2012 Final Montpellier 2–2
(2–4 p)
Lyon Harrison, New Jersey, United States
15:00 EDT Utaka   27'
Herrera   56' (pen.)
Report Gomis   44'
Briand   77'
Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 15,166
Referee: Jorge Gonzalez (United States)
Penalties
Charbonnier  
Camara  
Bedimo  
Yanga-Mbiwa  
  Fofana
  Cissokho
  Koné
  Benzia
  Briand

Ligue 1 edit

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Paris Saint-Germain (C) 38 25 8 5 69 23 +46 83 Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2 Marseille 38 21 8 9 42 36 +6 71
3 Lyon 38 19 10 9 61 38 +23 67 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
4 Nice 38 18 10 10 57 46 +11 64 Qualification for the Europa League play-off round
5 Saint-Étienne 38 16 15 7 60 32 +28 63 Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round[a]
Source: Ligue 1
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ Saint-Étienne, as winner of the 2012–13 Coupe de la Ligue, qualifies for the third qualifying round of 2013–14 UEFA Europa League.

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 19 10 9 61 38  +23 67 11 4 4 34 17  +17 8 6 5 27 21  +6

Source: Soccerway

Results by round edit

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
ResultWWDWWDLDWWWDWLWWDLWWDWLLWWDDLLLWWDWLDW
Position61222233321111111221222222222343333333
Source: Ligue 1
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Notes: Match 10 versus Marseille was postponed until 28 November 2012 and therefore should appear between matches 14 & 15.

Matches edit

  Win   Draw   Loss

11 August 2012 1 Rennes 0–1 Lyon Rennes
21:00 CEST Report Gourcuff   16' Stadium: Stade de la Route de Lorient
Attendance: 20,348
Referee: Nicolas Rainville
18 August 2012 2 Lyon 4–1 Troyes Lyon
17:00 CEST Gomis   51', 90+3'
Bastos   65'
López   89'
Report Bahebeck   47' Stadium: Stade de Gerland
Attendance: 25,186
Referee: Benoît Millot
24 August 2012 3 Evian 1–1 Lyon Annecy
20:45 CEST Barbosa   56' Report Bastos   74' Stadium: Parc des Sports
Attendance: 13,581
Referee: Lionel Jaffredo
1 September 2012 4 Lyon 3–2 Valenciennes Lyon
17:00 CEST Bastos   18'
Gomis   21'
Grenier   66'
Report Gil   12'
Pujol   76'
Stadium: Stade de Gerland
Attendance: 25,380
Referee: Fredy Fautrel
16 September 2012 5 Lyon 2–0 Ajaccio Lyon
17:00 CEST Lovren   25'
López   75'
Report Stadium: Stade de Gerland
Attendance: 25,666
Referee: Bartolomeu Varela
23 September 2012 6 Lille 1–1 Lyon Villeneuve-d'Ascq
21:00 CEST Roux   7' Report López   80' Stadium: Grand Stade Lille Métropole
Attendance: 43,475
Referee: Clément Turpin
30 September 2012 7 Lyon 0–2 Bordeaux Lyon
21:00 CEST Report Trémoulinas   65'
Diabaté   82'
Stadium: Stade de Gerland
Attendance: 30,892
Referee: Laurent Duhamel
7 October 2012 8 Lorient 1–1 Lyon Lorient
17:00 CEST Aliadière   47' Report Gomis   23' Stadium: Stade du Moustoir
Attendance: 15,090
Referee: Saïd Ennjimi
21 October 2012 9 Lyon 1–0 Brest Lyon
17:00 CEST Gomis   57' Report Stadium: Stade de Gerland
Attendance: 30,047
Referee: Amaury Delerue
4 November 2012 11 Lyon 5–2 Bastia Lyon
17:00 CET Gonalons   5'
Lacazette   26'
López   56' (pen.)
Briand   90+3'
Malbranque   90+5' (pen.)
Report Khazri   28'
Rothen   32'
Stadium: Stade de Gerland
Attendance: 27,363
Referee: Fredy Fautrel
11 November 2012 12 Sochaux 1–1 Lyon Montbéliard
17:00 CET Privat   71' Report Gonalons   24' Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal
Attendance: 13,554
Referee: Antony Gautier
18 November 2012 13 Lyon 3–0 Reims Lyon
14:00 CET Weber   43' (o.g.)
Gomis   73'
López   90'
Report Stadium: Stade de Gerland
Attendance: 33,222
Referee: Benoît Millot
25 November 2012 14 Toulouse 3–0 Lyon Toulouse
17:00 CET Ben Yedder   50', 87'
Capoue   90+1'
Report Stadium: Stadium Municipal
Attendance: 20,580
Referee: Philippe Kalt
28 November 2012 10 Marseille 1–4 Lyon Marseille
21:00 CET Rémy   77' Report Gomis   3' (pen.), 34', 72'
Malbranque   48'
Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 35,359
Referee: Clément Turpin
1 December 2012 15 Lyon 1–0 Montpellier Lyon
17:00 CET Gomis   26' Report Stadium: Stade de Gerland
Attendance: 31,491
Referee: Lionel Jaffredo
9 December 2012 16 Saint-Étienne 0–1 Lyon Saint Étienne
21:00 CET Report Dabo   56'
Bastos   65'
Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard
Attendance: 26,579
Referee: Tony Chapron
12 December 2012 17 Lyon 1–1 Nancy Lyon
19:00 CET Bastos   83' Report Lotiès   74' Stadium: Stade de Gerland
Attendance: 31,952
Referee: Jean-Charles Cailleux
16 December 2012 18 Paris Saint-Germain 1–0 Lyon Paris
21:00 CET Matuidi   45+2' Report Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 44,768
Referee: Antony Gautier
22 December 2012 19 Lyon 3–0 Nice Lyon
20:00 CET López   40'
Réveillère   56'
Gomis   77' (pen.)
Lovren   78'   90'
Report Stadium: Stade de Gerland
Attendance: 30,903
Referee: Amaury Delerue
12 January 2013 20 Troyes 1–2 Lyon Troyes
17:00 CET Nivet   38' Report Gonalons   11'
Umtiti   75'
Stadium: Stade de l'Aube
Attendance: 13,481
Referee: Olivier Thual
18 January 2013 21 Lyon 0–0 Evian Lyon
20:30 CET Report Stadium: Stade de Gerland
Attendance: 30,813
Referee: Ruddy Buquet
25 January 2013 22 Valenciennes 0–2 Lyon Valenciennes
20:30 CET Report Fofana   8'
Gomis   28'
Stadium: Stade du Hainaut
Attendance: 14,412
Referee: Clément Turpin
3 February 2013 23 Ajaccio 3–1 Lyon Ajaccio
14:00 CET Belghazouani   57'
Mutu   65', 90+2' (pen.)
Report Lacazette   53'
Lovren   90'
Stadium: Stade François Coty
Attendance: 6,987
Referee: Lionel Jaffredo
10 February 2013 24 Lyon 1–3 Lille Lyon
21:00 CET López   57' (pen.) Report Chedjou   28'
Balmont   45'
Kalou   50'
Stadium: Stade de Gerland
Attendance: 30,705
Referee: Laurent Duhamel
16 February 2013 25 Bordeaux 0–4 Lyon Bordeaux
17:00 CET Report Grenier   15', 73' (pen.)
Fofana   65'
Lacazette   75'
Stadium: Stade Chaban-Delmas
Attendance: 27,240
Referee: Nicolas Rainville
24 February 2013 26 Lyon 3–1 Lorient Lyon
14:00 CET López   24'
Ghezzal   50'
Mvuemba   90+2'
Report Aliadière   11' Stadium: Stade de Gerland
Attendance: 30,343
Referee: Philippe Kalt
2 March 2013 27 Brest 1–1 Lyon Brest
17:00 CET Chafni   8' Report Makonda   53' (o.g.) Stadium: Stade Francis-Le Blé
Attendance: 11,924
Referee: Saïd Ennjimi
10 March 2013 28 Lyon 0–0 Marseille Lyon
21:00 CET Report Stadium: Stade de Gerland
Attendance: 38,819
Referee: Clément Turpin
16 March 2013 29 Bastia 4–1 Lyon Furiani
17:00 CET Thauvin   45', 61'
Modeste   56'
Khazri   87'
Report López   54' Stadium: Stade Armand Cesari
Attendance: 12,224
Referee: Laurent Duhamel
31 March 2013 30 Lyon 1–2 Sochaux Lyon
21:00 CET Gomis   68' (pen.) Report Sio   50'
Bakambu   88'
Stadium: Stade de Gerland
Attendance: 34,696
Referee: Benoît Millot
7 April 2013 31 Reims 1–0 Lyon Reims
17:00 CEST Krychowiak   53' (pen.) Report Biševac   51' Stadium: Stade Auguste Delaune
Attendance: 20,298
Referee: Olivier Thual
14 April 2013 32 Lyon 3–1 Toulouse Lyon
17:00 CEST Grenier   8'
Koné   49'
Gomis   63'
Report Ben Yedder   28' Stadium: Stade de Gerland
Attendance: 34,678
Referee: Nicolas Rainville
19 April 2013 33 Montpellier 1–2 Lyon Montpellier
20:30 CEST Belhanda   41' Report López   29'
Grenier   90+3'
Stadium: Stade de la Mosson
Attendance: 19,572
Referee: Sébastien Moreira
28 April 2013 34 Lyon 1–1 Saint-Étienne Lyon
14:00 CEST Gourcuff   54' Report Zouma   29' Stadium: Stade de Gerland
Attendance: 38,845
Referee: Laurent Duhamel
5 May 2013 35 Nancy 0–3 Lyon Tomblaine
17:00 CEST Report Gomis   48', 89'
Gourcuff   80'
Stadium: Stade Marcel Picot
Attendance: 19,115
Referee: Lionel Jaffredo
12 May 2013 36 Lyon 0–1 Paris Saint-Germain Lyon
21:00 CEST Report Ménez   53' Stadium: Stade de Gerland
Attendance: 39,939
Referee: Stéphane Lannoy
19 May 2013 37 Nice 1–1 Lyon Nice
15:05 CEST Cvitanich   47' (pen.) Report Gonalons   65'   73'
Grenier   76'
Stadium: Stade du Ray
Attendance: 15,492
Referee: Clément Turpin
26 May 2013 38 Lyon 2–0 Rennes Lyon
21:00 CEST López   23' (pen.)
Grenier   69'
Report Stadium: Stade de Gerland
Attendance: 38,705
Referee: Philippe Kalt

Coupe de France edit

5 January 2013 Round of 64 Épinal 3–3 (a.e.t.)
(4–2 p)
Lyon Épinal
14:15 CET Boubaya   10', 13'
Focki   76'
Report Gomis   15'
Fofana   20'
López   61'
Stadium: Stade de la Colombière
Attendance: 7,149
Referee: Philippe Kalt
Penalties
Chéré  
Chouleur  
Do  
Doukouré  
Diedhiou  
  Bastos
  Fofana
  Koné
  López

Coupe de la Ligue edit

31 October 2012 Round of 16 Nice 3–1 Lyon Nice
17:00 CET Eysseric   6' (pen.)
Traoré   9'
Civelli   15'
Report Gomis   7' Stadium: Stade du Ray
Attendance: 8,466
Referee: Nicolas Rainville

UEFA Europa League edit

Group stage edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Lyon 6 5 1 0 14 8 +6 16 Advance to knockout phase
2   Sparta Prague 6 2 3 1 9 6 +3 9
3   Athletic Bilbao 6 1 2 3 7 9 −2 5
4   Ironi Kiryat Shmona 6 0 2 4 6 13 −7 2
Source: Soccerway
20 September 2012 1 Lyon   2–1   Sparta Prague Lyon, France
21:05 CEST Gomis   59'
López   62'
Report Krejčí   77' Stadium: Stade de Gerland
Attendance: 41,842[2]
Referee: Serhiy Boiko (Ukraine)
4 October 2012 2 Ironi Kiryat Shmona   3–4   Lyon Haifa, Israel
19:00 CEST Abuhatzira   7', 66' (pen.)
Levi   51'
Report Fofana   17', 90+2'
Monzón   22'
Réveillère   31'
Stadium: Kiryat Eliezer Stadium1
Attendance: 2,500[3]
Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Portugal)
25 October 2012 3 Lyon   2–1   Athletic Bilbao Lyon, France
19:00 CEST López   54'
Briand   86'
Report Ibai   79' Stadium: Stade de Gerland
Attendance: 30,587[4]
Referee: Andre Marriner (England)
8 November 2012 4 Athletic Bilbao   2–3   Lyon Bilbao, Spain
21:05 CET Herrera   48'
Aduriz   55' (pen.)
Report Gomis   22'
Gourcuff   45+1'
Lacazette   63'
Stadium: San Mamés
Attendance: 24,465
Referee: Pol van Boekel (Netherlands)
22 November 2012 5 Sparta Prague   1–1   Lyon Prague, Czech Republic
19:00 CET Hušbauer   53' Report Benzia   46' Stadium: Generali Arena
Attendance: 17,121
Referee: Anastassios Kakos (Greece)
6 December 2012 6 Lyon   2–0   Ironi Kiryat Shmona Lyon, France
21:05 CET Sarr   15'
Benzia   58'
Report Stadium: Stade de Gerland
Attendance: 29,087
Referee: Halis Özkahya (Turkey)

Knockout phase edit

Round of 32 edit
14 February 2013 First leg Tottenham Hotspur   2–1   Lyon London, England
21:05 CET Bale   45', 90+3' Report Umtiti   55' Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 31,762[5]
Referee: Pedro Proença (Portugal)
21 February 2013 Second leg Lyon   1–1
(2–3 agg.)
  Tottenham Hotspur Lyon, France
19:00 CET Gonalons   17' Report Dembélé   90' Stadium: Stade de Gerland
Attendance: 38,761[6]
Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)

References edit

  1. ^ "Équipe pro masculine - Saison 2012/13". olweb.fr (in French).
  2. ^ "Lyon – Sparta Prague". Soccerway. 20 September 2012. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  3. ^ "Ironi Kiryat Shmona – Lyon". Soccerway. 4 October 2012. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  4. ^ "Lyon 2–1 Athletic Bilbao". Olympique Lyonnais official website. 25 October 2012. Archived from the original on 27 February 2013. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  5. ^ Monaghan, Matt (14 February 2013). "Tottenham Hotspur 2–1 Lyon". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  6. ^ Lewis, Aimee (21 February 2013). "Lyon 1–1 Tottenham Hotspur". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 1 February 2021.