title: 2016–17 Olympique Lyonnais season
text: # 2016–17 Olympique Lyonnais season
  
  The 2016–17 season was Olympique Lyonnais's 67th professional season since its creation in 1950.
  
  ## Players
  
  ### Squad information
  
  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 | Nicolas Nkoulou |
  | 4 | DF | ARG | Emanuel Mammana |
  | 5 | DF | FRA | Mouctar Diakhaby |
  | 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 |
  | 14 | MF | ESP | Sergi Darder |
  | 15 | DF | FRA | Jérémy Morel |
  | 16 | GK | FRA | Lucas Mocio |
  | 18 | FW | FRA | Nabil Fekir |
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  | 19 | FW | NED | Memphis Depay |
  | 20 | DF | BRA | Rafael |
  | 21 | MF | FRA | Maxime Gonalons |
  | 22 | FW | FRA | Gaëtan Perrin |
  | 23 | DF | FRA | Jordy Gaspar |
  | 24 | MF | FRA | Olivier Kemen |
  | 25 | MF | FRA | Houssem Aouar |
  | 26 | FW | FRA | Aldo Kalulu |
  | 27 | FW | CIV | Maxwel Cornet |
  | 28 | MF | FRA | Mathieu Valbuena |
  | 29 | MF | FRA | Lucas Tousart |
  | 30 | GK | FRA | Mathieu Gorgelin |
  | 31 | DF | POL | Maciej Rybus |
  | 46 | MF | LUX | Christopher Martins Pereira |
  
  ## Transfers
  
  ### In
  
  | Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moved from | Fee |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 July 2016 | DF | Nicolas Nkoulou | 26 | Marseille | Free Transfer |
  | 1 July 2016 | DF | Maciej Rybus | 26 | Terek Grozny | Free Transfer |
  | 6 July 2016 | DF | Emanuel Mammana | 20 | River Plate | Undisclosed |
  | 20 January 2017 | FW | Memphis Depay | 22 | Manchester United | €16,000,000 |
  
  ### Out
  
  | Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moved to | Fee |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 July 2016 | MF | Steed Malbranque | 36 | Caen | Free Transfer |
  | 1 July 2016 | DF | Henri Bedimo | 32 | Marseille | Free Transfer |
  | 1 July 2016 | DF | Bakary Koné | 28 | Málaga | €800,000 |
  | 1 July 2016 | DF | Lindsay Rose | 24 | Lorient | €1,500,000 |
  | 25 July 2016 | MF | Arnold Mvuemba | 31 | Akhisarspor | Free Transfer |
  | 27 July 2016 | MF | Zakarie Labidi | 21 | Stade Brest | Free Transfer |
  | 12 July 2016 | DF | Samuel Umtiti | 22 | Barcelona | €25,000,000 |
  
  **Loans out**
  
  | Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Loaned to | Return date |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 2 July 2016 | MF | Romain Del Castillo | 20 | Bourg-en-Bresse | 30 June 2017 |
  | 5 July 2016 | DF | Louis Nganioni | 21 | Stade Brest | 30 June 2017 |
  | 28 January 2017 | MF | Clément Grenier | 26 | Roma | 30 June 2017 |
  
  ## Competitions
  
  ### Overall
  
  | Competition | Started round | Final position | First match | Last match |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Ligue 1 | Matchday 1 | 4th | 14 August 2016 | 20 May 2017 |
  | Trophée des Champions | Final | Runners-up | 6 August 2016 | 6 August 2016 |
  | Coupe de la Ligue | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | 14 December 2016 | 14 December 2016 |
  | Coupe de France | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | 8 January 2017 | 31 January 2017 |
  | Champions League | Group stage | Group stage | 14 September 2016 | 7 December 2016 |
  | Europa League | Round of 32 | Semi-finals | 16 February 2017 | 11 May 2017 |
  
  ### Ligue 1
  
  **League table**
  
  | Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 2 | Paris Saint-Germain | 38 | 27 | 6 | 5 | 83 | 27 | +56 | 87 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
  | 3 | Nice | 38 | 22 | 12 | 4 | 63 | 36 | +27 | 78 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
  | 4 | Lyon | 38 | 21 | 4 | 13 | 77 | 48 | +29 | 67 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
  | 5 | Marseille | 38 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 57 | 41 | +16 | 62 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
  | 6 | Bordeaux | 38 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 53 | 43 | +10 | 59 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
  
  * 1 2 Since the winners of the 2016–17 Coupe de France and the 2016–17 Coupe de la Ligue, Paris Saint-Germain, qualified for European competition based on 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: 20 May 2017. 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
  | Result | W | W | L | L | D | W | L | W | L | L | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | L | W | L | W | W | D | W | L | D | L | W | L | W | W | W | D |
  | Position | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
  
  ### UEFA Champions League
  
  **Group stage**
  
  | Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | JUV | SEV | LYO | DZG |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Juventus | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 2 | +9 | 14 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
  | 2 | Sevilla | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 11 | Advance to knockout phase | 1–3 | — | 1–0 | 4–0 |
  | 3 | Lyon | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 8 | Transfer to Europa League | 0–1 | 0–0 | — | 3–0 |
  | 4 | Dinamo Zagreb | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 15 | −15 | 0 | | 0–4 | 0–1 | 0–1 | — |
  
  ## 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 | Trophée des Champions | Trophée des Champions | UEFA Champions League | UEFA Champions League | UEFA Europa League | UEFA Europa League |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
  | Goalkeepers ||||||||||||||||||
  | 1 | GK | POR | Anthony Lopes | 54 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
  | 16 | GK | FRA | Lucas Mocio | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 30 | GK | FRA | Mathieu Gorgelin | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | Defenders ||||||||||||||||||
  | 2 | DF | FRA | Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa | 34 | 0 | 24+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
  | 3 | DF | CMR | Nicolas Nkoulou | 22 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
  | 4 | DF | ARG | Emanuel Mammana | 24 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
  | 5 | DF | FRA | Mouctar Diakhaby | 34 | 5 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 3 |
  | 13 | DF | FRA | Christophe Jallet | 22 | 1 | 12+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5+2 | 0 |
  | 15 | DF | FRA | Jérémy Morel | 44 | 1 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
  | 20 | DF | BRA | Rafael | 41 | 0 | 25+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 |
  | 23 | DF | FRA | Jordy Gaspar | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 31 | DF | POL | Maciej Rybus | 28 | 0 | 14+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
  | Midfielders ||||||||||||||||||
  | 8 | MF | FRA | Corentin Tolisso | 47 | 14 | 29+2 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5+1 | 2 | 7+1 | 2 |
  | 11 | MF | ALG | Rachid Ghezzal | 38 | 3 | 15+11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 3+3 | 1 |
  | 12 | MF | FRA | Jordan Ferri | 36 | 3 | 11+17 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 | 1+1 | 1 |
  | 14 | MF | ESP | Sergi Darder | 35 | 2 | 15+8 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
  | 21 | MF | FRA | Maxime Gonalons | 45 | 1 | 29+1 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
  | 24 | MF | FRA | Olivier Kemen | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 25 | MF | FRA | Houssem Aouar | 5 | 1 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 1 |
  | 28 | MF | FRA | Mathieu Valbuena | 43 | 10 | 15+15 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
  | 29 | MF | FRA | Lucas Tousart | 33 | 2 | 17+5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
  | 46 | MF | LUX | Christopher Martins Pereira | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | Forwards ||||||||||||||||||
  | 9 | FW | NED | Memphis Depay | 18 | 5 | 13+4 | 5 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 10 | FW | FRA | Alexandre Lacazette | 45 | 37 | 28+2 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 0+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6+2 | 6 |
  | 18 | FW | FRA | Nabil Fekir | 49 | 14 | 28+4 | 9 | 1+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 5+3 | 4 |
  | 19 | FW | FRA | Jean-Philippe Mateta | 3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 22 | FW | FRA | Gaëtan Perrin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 27 | FW | CIV | Maxwel Cornet | 51 | 10 | 19+14 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3+3 | 1 | 5+3 | 1 |
  | Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||||||||
  | 7 | MF | FRA | Clément Grenier | 6 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 26 | FW | FRA | Aldo Kalulu | 6 | 1 | 1+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  
  Last updated: 20 May 2017 Source: Competitions
  
  ## Goalscorers
  
      As of match played 24 August 2017
  
  | Place | Position | Number | Name | Ligue 1 | Coupe de France | Coupe de la Ligue | UEFA Champions League | UEFA Europa League | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | FW | 10 | Alexandre Lacazette | 28 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 37 |
  | 2 | FW | 18 | Nabil Fekir | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 14 |
  | 3 | MF | 8 | Corentin Tolisso | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 13 |
  | 4 | MF | 28 | Mathieu Valbuena | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
  | 4 | FW | 27 | Maxwel Cornet | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
  | 6 | FW | 9 | Memphis Depay | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
  | 6 | DF | 5 | Mouctar Diakhaby | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
  | 8 | MF | 11 | Rachid Ghezzal | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
  | 8 | MF | 12 | Jordan Ferri | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
  | 10 | MF | 14 | Sergi Darder | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
  | 10 | MF | 29 | Lucas Tousart | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
  | 12 | MF | 21 | Maxime Gonalons | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
  | 12 | FW | 26 | Aldo Kalulu | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
  | 12 | DF | 4 | Emanuel Mammana | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
  | 12 | DF | 13 | Christophe Jallet | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
  | 12 | MF | 25 | Houssem Aouar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | 12 | DF | 15 | Jérémy Morel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | | | | TOTALS | 74 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 110 |
  
  ## Kit
  
  In the Europa League quarter-final second leg match at Beşiktaş, Lyon wore their previous season away kit above all three of their kits in this season.
  
  