title: 2015–16 Olympique Lyonnais season
text: # 2015–16 Olympique Lyonnais season
  
  The 2015–16 season was Olympique Lyonnais's 66th professional season since its creation in 1950.
  
  ## Players
  
  French teams are limited to four players without EU citizenship. Hence, the squad list includes only the principal nationality of each player; several non-European players on the squad have dual citizenship with an EU country. Also, players from the ACP countries—countries in Africa, the Caribbean, and the Pacific that are signatories to the Cotonou Agreement—are not counted against non-EU quotas due to the Kolpak ruling.
  
  ### Current squad
  
  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 |
  | 3 | DF | CMR | Henri Bedimo |
  | 4 | DF | BFA | Bakary Koné |
  | 6 | MF | FRA | Gueïda Fofana |
  | 7 | FW | FRA | Clément Grenier |
  | 8 | MF | FRA | Corentin Tolisso |
  | 10 | FW | FRA | Alexandre Lacazette |
  | 11 | MF | ALG | Rachid Ghezzal |
  | 12 | MF | FRA | Jordan Ferri |
  | 13 | DF | FRA | Christophe Jallet |
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  | 14 | MF | ESP | Sergi Darder |
  | 15 | DF | FRA | Jérémy Morel |
  | 17 | MF | FRA | Steed Malbranque |
  | 18 | FW | FRA | Nabil Fekir |
  | 19 | MF | FRA | Mathieu Valbuena |
  | 20 | DF | BRA | Rafael |
  | 21 | MF | FRA | Maxime Gonalons (Captain) |
  | 23 | DF | FRA | Samuel Umtiti |
  | 27 | FW | FRA | Maxwel Cornet |
  | 28 | MF | COD | Arnold Mvuemba |
  | 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 |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 22 | DF | FRA | Lindsay Rose (at Lorient until 30 June 2016) |
  | 31 | DF | FRA | Louis Nganioni (at Utrecht until 30 June 2016) |
  
  ## Transfers
  
  ### Transfers in
  
  | Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moved from | Fee |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 July 2015 | FW | Claudio Beauvue | 27 | Guingamp | £3.5 million |
  | 1 July 2015 | DF | Jérémy Morel | 31 | Marseille | Free Transfer |
  | 3 August 2015 | DF | Rafael Da Silva | 25 | Manchester United | Undisclosed |
  | 11 August 2015 | MF | Mathieu Valbuena | 30 | Dynamo Moscow | €5 million |
  | 17 August 2015 | DF | Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa | 26 | Roma | €7.9 million |
  | 29 August 2015 | MF | Sergi Darder | 21 | Málaga | €12 million |
  | 31 August 2015 | MF | Olivier Kemen | 19 | Newcastle United | £490,000 |
  | 31 August 2015 | MF | Lucas Tousart | 18 | Valenciennes | Undisclosed |
  
  ### Loans in
  
  | Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Loaned from | Return date | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  
  ### Transfers out
  
  | Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moved to | Fee |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 July 2015 | MF | Farès Bahlouli | 20 | Monaco | Undisclosed |
  | 1 July 2015 | GK | Jérémy Frick | 22 | Biel-Bienne | Undisclosed |
  | 1 July 2015 | MF | Yoann Gourcuff | 28 | Rennes | Free transfer |
  | 1 July 2015 | DF | Mouhamadou Dabo | 28 | Troyes | Free transfer |
  | 1 July 2015 | MF | Sidy Koné | 23 | Released | |
  | 17 July 2015 | FW | Mohamed Yattara | 21 | Standard Liège | €2 million |
  | 12 August 2015 | DF | Mehdi Zeffane | 23 | Rennes | Undisclosed |
  | 15 August 2015 | FW | Clinton N'Jie | 22 | Tottenham Hotspur | Undisclosed |
  | 31 August 2015 | FW | Yassine Benzia | 20 | Lille | Undisclosed |
  | 6 January 2016 | DF | Milan Biševac | 32 | Lazio | Undisclosed |
  | 16 January 2016 | FW | Claudio Beauvue | 27 | Celta Vigo | Undisclosed |
  
  ### Loans out
  
  | Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Loaned to | Return date | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 10 July 2015 | DF | Louis Nganioni | 20 | Utrecht | 30 June 2016 | |
  | 28 January 2016 | DF | Lindsay Rose | 23 | Lorient | 30 June 2016 | |
  
  ## Competitions
  
  ### Ligue 1
  
  **League table**
  
  | Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Paris Saint-Germain (C) | 38 | 30 | 6 | 2 | 102 | 19 | +83 | 96 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
  | 2 | Lyon | 38 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 67 | 43 | +24 | 65 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
  | 3 | Monaco | 38 | 17 | 14 | 7 | 57 | 50 | +7 | 65 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
  | 4 | Nice | 38 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 58 | 41 | +17 | 63 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
  | 5 | Lille | 38 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 39 | 27 | +12 | 60 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
  
  * 1 2 Since the winners of the 2015–16 Coupe de France and the 2015–16 Coupe de la Ligue, Paris Saint-Germain, qualified for European competition based on their league position, the spot awarded to the Coupe de France winners (Europa League group stage) was passed to the fourth-placed team and the spot awarded to the Coupe de la Ligue winners (Europa League third qualifying round) was passed to the sixth-placed team. The fifth-placed team received the spot in Europa League third qualifying round originally designated to the fourth-placed team.
  
  **Results summary**
  
  | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  
  Last updated: 15 April 2016. 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 |
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  | Ground | 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 | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A |
  | Result | D | W | L | W | D | D | W | L | W | D | W | W | W | L | L | D | L | L | L | W | L | D | L | W | W | W | L | W | W | D | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | L |
  | Position | 10 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
  
  **Matches**
  
  Win  Draw  Loss
  
  ### UEFA Champions League
  
  **Group stage**
  
  | Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ZEN | GNT | VAL | LYO |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Zenit Saint Petersburg | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 6 | +7 | 15 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 |
  | 2 | Gent | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 10 | Advance to knockout phase | 2–1 | — | 1–0 | 1–1 |
  | 3 | Valencia | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 6 | Transfer to Europa League | 2–3 | 2–1 | — | 0–2 |
  | 4 | Lyon | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 4 | | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | — |
  
  ## Statistics
  
  ### Appearances and goals
  
  | No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Ligue 1 | Ligue 1 | Trophée des Champions | Trophée des Champions | 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 | Apps | Goals |
  | Goalkeepers ||||||||||||||||
  | 1 | GK | POR | Anthony Lopes | 47 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
  | 30 | GK | FRA | Mathieu Gorgelin | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | Defenders ||||||||||||||||
  | 2 | DF | FRA | Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa | 35 | 2 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
  | 3 | DF | CMR | Henri Bedimo | 22 | 0 | 14+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
  | 4 | DF | BFA | Bakary Koné | 12 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
  | 13 | DF | FRA | Christophe Jallet | 32 | 2 | 20+3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3+1 | 1 |
  | 15 | DF | FRA | Jérémy Morel | 40 | 0 | 27+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
  | 20 | DF | BRA | Rafael | 27 | 1 | 18+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 |
  | 23 | DF | FRA | Samuel Umtiti | 38 | 1 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
  | Midfielders ||||||||||||||||
  | 6 | MF | FRA | Gueïda Fofana | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 8 | MF | FRA | Corentin Tolisso | 45 | 7 | 28+5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
  | 11 | MF | ALG | Rachid Ghezzal | 38 | 10 | 16+13 | 8 | 0+1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 |
  | 12 | MF | FRA | Jordan Ferri | 44 | 3 | 26+8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3+2 | 1 |
  | 14 | MF | ESP | Sergi Darder | 35 | 3 | 18+8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
  | 17 | MF | FRA | Steed Malbranque | 15 | 0 | 5+6 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
  | 19 | MF | FRA | Mathieu Valbuena | 33 | 2 | 21+5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
  | 21 | MF | FRA | Maxime Gonalons | 43 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
  | 24 | MF | FRA | Olivier Kemen | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 26 | MF | FRA | Aldo Kalulu | 14 | 2 | 1+9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
  | 28 | MF | FRA | Arnold Mvuemba | 9 | 0 | 3+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 29 | MF | FRA | Lucas Tousart | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 32 | MF | FRA | Zakarie Labidi | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | Forwards ||||||||||||||||
  | 7 | FW | FRA | Clément Grenier | 23 | 2 | 10+8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | 10 | FW | FRA | Alexandre Lacazette | 44 | 23 | 34 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
  | 18 | FW | FRA | Nabil Fekir | 9 | 4 | 5+4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 22 | FW | FRA | Gaëtan Perrin | 3 | 1 | 0+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 27 | FW | FRA | Maxwel Cornet | 40 | 12 | 16+15 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+3 | 1 |
  | 36 | FW | FRA | Romain Del Castillo | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||||||
  | 5 | DF | SRB | Milan Biševac | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
  | 9 | FW | FRA | Claudio Beauvue | 29 | 8 | 15+4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2+4 | 0 |
  | 22 | DF | FRA | Lindsay Rose | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 25 | FW | ALG | Yassine Benzia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  
  Last updated: 14 May 2016 Source: Competitions
  
  