2018–19 Olympique Lyonnais season
# 2018–19 Olympique Lyonnais season

The 2018–19 season was Olympique Lyonnais's 69th professional season since its establishment in 1950. The side competed in Ligue 1, Coupe de France, Coupe de la Ligue and UEFA Champions League.

## Players

### Squad information

As of 31 August 2018

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 | POR | Anthony Lopes |
| 2 | DF | FRA | Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa |
| 4 | DF | BRA | Rafael |
| 5 | DF | BEL | Jason Denayer |
| 6 | DF | BRA | Marcelo |
| 7 | FW | FRA | Martin Terrier |
| 8 | MF | FRA | Houssem Aouar |
| 9 | FW | FRA | Moussa Dembélé |
| 10 | FW | BFA | Bertrand Traoré |
| 11 | FW | NED | Memphis Depay |
| 12 | MF | FRA | Jordan Ferri |
| 14 | DF | FRA | Léo Dubois |
| 15 | DF | MAD | Jérémy Morel |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | GK | SUI | Anthony Racioppi |
| 18 | FW | FRA | Nabil Fekir (Captain) |
| 19 | FW | FRA | Amine Gouiri |
| 20 | DF | BRA | Marçal |
| 22 | DF | FRA | Ferland Mendy |
| 23 | DF | NED | Kenny Tete |
| 24 | MF | ESP | Pape Cheikh Diop |
| 26 | DF | FRA | Oumar Solet |
| 27 | FW | CIV | Maxwel Cornet |
| 28 | MF | FRA | Tanguy Ndombele |
| 29 | MF | FRA | Lucas Tousart |
| 30 | GK | FRA | Mathieu Gorgelin |

### Out on loan

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

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | - | - | - |
| 25 | MF | LUX | Christopher Martins (on loan to Troyes until 30 June 2019) |
| — | MF | FRA | Timothé Cognat (on loan to Servette until 30 June 2019) |
| — | MF | FRA | Elisha Owusu (on loan to Sochaux until 30 June 2019) |

## Transfers

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | - | - | - |
| 7 | FW | FRA | Martin Terrier (end of loan to Strasbourg) |
| 14 | DF | FRA | Léo Dubois (from Nantes) |
| 26 | DF | FRA | Oumar Solet (from Laval, previously on loan) |
| 28 | MF | FRA | Tanguy Ndombele (from Amiens, previously on loan) |
| — | FW | ENG | Reo Griffiths (from Tottenham Hotspur) |
| 9 | FW | FRA | Moussa Dembélé (from Celtic) |
| 5 | DF | BEL | Jason Denayer (from Manchester City) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 5 | DF | FRA | Mouctar Diakhaby (to Valencia) |
| 9 | FW | DOM | Mariano (to Real Madrid) |
| 17 | FW | FRA | Myziane Maolida (to Nice) |
| 25 | MF | LUX | Christopher Martins (on loan to Troyes, previously on loan) |
| — | DF | CMR | Nicolas N'Koulou (to Torino, previously on loan) |
| — | MF | FRA | Timothé Cognat (on loan to Servette FC) |
| — | MF | FRA | Elisha Owusu (on loan to Sochaux) |
| — | MF | ESP | Sergi Darder (to Espanyol, previously on loan) |
| — | MF | FRA | Romain Del Castillo (to Rennes, previously on loan at Nîmes) |
| — | FW | FRA | Jean-Philippe Mateta (to Mainz, previously on loan at Le Havre) |
| — | FW | FRA | Aldo Kalulu (to Basel, previously on loan at Sochaux) |
| — | FW | FRA | Willem Geubbels (to Monaco) |

## Competitions

### Ligue 1

**League table**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Paris Saint-Germain (C) | 38 | 29 | 4 | 5 | 105 | 35 | +70 | 91 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Lille | 38 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 68 | 33 | +35 | 75 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Lyon | 38 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 70 | 47 | +23 | 72 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 4 | Saint-Étienne | 38 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 59 | 41 | +18 | 66 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 5 | Marseille | 38 | 18 | 7 | 13 | 60 | 52 | +8 | 61 | |

**Results summary**

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |

Last updated: 24 May 2019. Source: Competitive matches

**Results by round**

| Round | 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 | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | L | W | L | D | W | W | D | L | W | W | D | W | W | D | L | D | W | D | D | W | W | W | L | W | L | W | D | W | W | L | L | W | W | D | W | W | W |
| Position | 5 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |

### UEFA Champions League

Win  Draw  Loss

On 30 August, Lyon were drawn in Group F of the Champions League alongside Manchester City, Shakhtar Donetsk, and Hoffenheim.

**Group stage**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | MC | LYO | SHK | HOF |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Manchester City | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 6 | +10 | 13 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 1–2 | 6–0 | 2–1 |
| 2 | Lyon | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 11 | +1 | 8 | Advance to knockout phase | 2–2 | — | 2–2 | 2–2 |
| 3 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 16 | −8 | 6 | Transfer to Europa League | 0–3 | 1–1 | — | 2–2 |
| 4 | 1899 Hoffenheim | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 14 | −3 | 3 | | 1–2 | 3–3 | 2–3 | — |

## Statistics

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Ligue 1 | Ligue 1 | Coupe de France | Coupe de France | Coupe de la Ligue | Coupe de la Ligue | UEFA Champions League | UEFA Champions League |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | POR | Anthony Lopes | 47 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 16 | GK | SUI | Anthony Racioppi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | FRA | Mathieu Gorgelin | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | FRA | Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | BRA | Rafael | 21 | 0 | 11+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | BEL | Jason Denayer | 45 | 3 | 31 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | BRA | Marcelo | 46 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | FRA | Léo Dubois | 34 | 3 | 21+4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3+2 | 1 |
| 15 | DF | MAD | Jérémy Morel | 14 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | BRA | Marçal | 21 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | FRA | Ferland Mendy | 44 | 3 | 27+3 | 2 | 3+1 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | NED | Kenny Tete | 20 | 0 | 12+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | FRA | Oumar Solet | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||||
| 8 | MF | FRA | Houssem Aouar | 47 | 7 | 35+2 | 7 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | ESP | Pape Cheikh Diop | 23 | 0 | 5+7 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | FRA | Maxence Caqueret | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | FRA | Tanguy Ndombele | 49 | 3 | 31+3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 7+1 | 2 |
| 29 | MF | FRA | Lucas Tousart | 42 | 1 | 20+10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5+2 | 1 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||||
| 7 | FW | FRA | Martin Terrier | 42 | 11 | 16+16 | 9 | 3+2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | FRA | Moussa Dembélé | 46 | 20 | 21+12 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 1+1 | 1 | 3+3 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | BFA | Bertrand Traoré | 48 | 11 | 24+10 | 7 | 1+3 | 1 | 1+1 | 2 | 4+4 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | NED | Memphis Depay | 47 | 12 | 29+7 | 10 | 1+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7+1 | 1 |
| 17 | FW | FRA | Lenny Pintor | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | FRA | Nabil Fekir | 39 | 12 | 24+5 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 |
| 19 | FW | FRA | Amine Gouiri | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | CIV | Maxwel Cornet | 36 | 12 | 12+15 | 7 | 3+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2+3 | 3 |
| 31 | FW | FRA | Yassin Fekir | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||||
| 12 | MF | FRA | Jordan Ferri | 5 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | LUX | Christopher Martins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | DOM | Mariano | 3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

Last updated: 24 May 2019 Source: Competitions

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Ligue 1 | Coupe de France | Coupe de la Ligue | UEFA CL | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 9 | FW | | Moussa Dembélé | 15 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 20 |
| 2 | 11 | FW | | Memphis Depay | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
| 2 | 18 | FW | | Nabil Fekir | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 |
| 2 | 27 | FW | | Maxwel Cornet | 7 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 12 |
| 3 | 7 | FW | | Martin Terrier | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11 |
| 3 | 10 | FW | | Bertrand Traoré | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 11 |
| 4 | 8 | MF | | Houssem Aouar | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 5 | 5 | DF | | Jason Denayer | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | 22 | DF | | Ferland Mendy | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | 14 | DF | | Léo Dubois | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | 28 | MF | | Tanguy Ndombele | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | 29 | MF | | Lucas Tousart | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 70 | 11 | 4 | 13 | 98 |

Last updated: 24 May 2019

