2006–07 Olympique Lyonnais season

Lyon
2006–07 season
Owner	OL Groupe
President	Jean-Michel Aulas
Head coach	Gérard Houllier
Stadium	Stade de Gerland
Ligue 1	1st
Trophée des Champions	Winners
Coupe de France	Round of 16
Coupe de la Ligue	Runners-up
Champions League	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: ; Fred (11); All: ; Fred (14)
Highest home attendance	40,520 vs. Dynamo Kyiv (1 November 2006)
Lowest home attendance	33,971 vs. Nice (27 January 2007)
Average home league attendance	38,546
	← 2005–06 2007–08 →

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	FRA	Grégory Coupet
2	DF	FRA	François Clerc
3	DF	BRA	Cris
4	DF	SUI	Patrick Müller
5	DF	BRA	Caçapa (captain)
6	MF	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
16	FW		Abdullah Bidav
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

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

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	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 Toulalan Ben Arfa Benzema Diarra		Yepes Paulo César Frau Rothen Kalou

Ligue 1

League table

Pos	Team v t e	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	Qualification to Champions League group stage
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


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

Match	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	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	L	L	D	L	W	W	D	W	D	W	D	W	D	D	W	D	W	L	W
Position	1	4	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

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 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

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 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 v t e	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	Advance to knockout stage
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

Round of 16

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

Notes

^ 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.
^ Hima was born in Lyon, France, but also qualified to represent Algeria internationally and made his international debut for Algeria in 2006.

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[4] 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.

[5] Hima was born in Lyon, France, but also qualified to represent Algeria internationally and made his international debut for Algeria in 2006.

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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

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

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