2011–12 Olympique Lyonnais season

Lyon
2011–12 season
Owner	OL Groupe
Chairman	Jean-Michel Aulas
Manager	Rémi Garde
Stadium	Stade de Gerland
Ligue 1	4th
Coupe de France	Winners
Coupe de la Ligue	Runners-up
UEFA Champions League	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: ; Lisandro López (16); All: ; Bafétimbi Gomis (25)
Highest home attendance	40,099 (2 November vs Real Madrid, UEFA Champions League)
Lowest home attendance	7,000 (8 February vs Bordeaux, Coupe de France)
	← 2010–11 2012–13 →

The 2011–12 season of Olympique Lyonnais was the club's 53rd season in Ligue 1. After a third-place finish last season, the club played in the UEFA Champions League for the 12th consecutive season.

News

At the end of the 2010–11 season, fans had become dissatisfied with then manager Claude Puel,^[1] despite the club managing to finish in third place, synonymous with qualification to the UEFA Champions League Play-off round. However, due to poor results and a falling out with the club's hierarchy, he was sacked.^[2]^[3] He was replaced by former technical coach Rémi Garde,^[4] who announced his intentions to compete for the league title.^[5]

On 17 June, Lyon announced the departure of midfielder Jérémy Toulalan to Málaga for €10 million.^[6]^[7]

During pre-season training, Yoann Gourcuff suffered another injury blow, this time to his left ankle, which required an operation keeping him out for at least a month.^[8]

On 16 July, Brazilian midfielder Ederson was injured to the right knee during a pre-season match against Racing Genk after a collision with teammate Dejan Lovren.^[9]

On 12 August Lyon announce the signing of Burkina Faso international defender Bakary Koné from Guingamp for €2 million.^[10]

On 27 August, during a match against Montpellier, forward Lisandro López injured his ankle. It was originally feared that he had broken his ankle, as the striker believed he had heard a crack,^[11] but scans later allayed these fears.^[12] Nevertheless, the Argentine will be out for several weeks.^[13]

On 30 August Lyon signed defender Mouhamadou Dabo from Sevilla for a modest €1 million that could rise to €1.8 million if certain playing criteria are met.^[14]

On summer transfer deadline day, Lyon announced the sale of Bosnian international midfielder Miralem Pjanić to Roma for €11 million,^[15] and the arrival of midfielder Gueïda Fofana from Le Havre for €1.8 million, possibly rising to €2.6 million.^[16]

On 28 September, the club announced that Michel Bastos had signed a two-year contract extension keeping him at the club until 2015.^[17]

On 30 March, the club issued a press release confirming that forward Alexandre Lacazette had signed a contract extension until 2016, and that defender Samuel Umtiti had signed his first professional contract at the club. The latter deal comes after the young central defender's successful promotion into the club's first team in recent months.^[18]

Transfers

Summer in

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
37	DF	Fontaine	20	EU	Youth system	Promoted Y	Summer		Youth system	OLWeb
48	MF	Reale	19	EU	Youth system	Promoted Y	Summer	2014	Youth system	OLWeb
4	DF	Koné	23	EU	Guingamp	Transferred Y	Summer	2016	€2M	OLWeb
14	DF	Dabo	24	EU	Sevilla	Transferred Y	Summer	2015	€1M to €1.8M	ESPN Soccernet
15	MF	Fofana	20	EU	Le Havre	Transferred Y	Summer	2015	€1.8M to €2.6M	OLWeb
26	DF	Mensah	28	Non-EU	Sunderland	Loan Return Y	Summer	2013	N/a	Africasoccernet
27	FW	Tafer	20	EU	Toulouse	Loan Return Y	Summer		N/a	AllezTFC
46	DF	Abenzoar	22	EU	Arles-Avignon	Loan Return Y	Summer	2012	N/a
35	DF	Seguin	21	EU	Dijon	Loan Return Y	Summer		N/a

Total spending: €4.8 million

Summer out

N	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
28	MF	Toulalan	27	EU	Málaga	Transferred Y	Summer	€10M	AS
19	MF	Delgado	29	Non-EU	Monterrey	Contract Expired Y	Summer	Free	L'Equipe
8	MF	Pjanić	21	EU	Roma	Transferred Y	Summer	€11M	OLWeb
45	GK	Gorgelin	20	EU	Red Star	Loaned Y	Summer	N/a	OLWeb
48	MF	Reale	19	EU	Boulogne	Loaned Y	Summer	N/a	OLWeb
15	FW	Novillo	19	EU	Le Havre	Loaned Y	Summer	N/a	OLWeb
46	DF	Abenzoar	22	EU	Vannes	Loaned Y	Summer	N/a	OLWeb
4	DF	Diakhaté	27	Non-EU	Dynamo Kyiv	End of Loan Y	Summer	N/a

Total income: €21 million

Winter in

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
36	DF		Al Kamali	22	Non-EU	Al-Wehda	Loan Y	Winter	2012		OLWeb

Winter out

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
2	DF		Gassama	22	EU	Lorient	Transferred Y	Winter	Undisclosed	OLWeb
39	FW		Belfodil	20	EU	Bologna	Loaned Y	Winter	N/a	OLWeb

Squad information

N	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Since	Ends	Transfer fee
1	GK	Lloris	37	EU	2008	2013	€8.5M
3	DF	Cris (captain)	47	EU	2004	2013	€3.5M
4	DF	Koné	36	EU	2011	2016	€2M
5	DF	Lovren	35	EU	2010 (Winter)	2014	€10M
6	MF	Källström	42	EU	2006	2012	€8M
8	MF	Gourcuff	38	EU	2010	2015	€22M
9	FW	Lisandro	41	EU	2009	2014	€24M
10	MF	Ederson	38	Non-EU	2008	2013	€15M
11	MF	Bastos	41	EU	2009	2015	€18M
12	DF	Kolodziejczak	33	EU	2008	2013	€2.25M
13	DF	Réveillère	44	EU	2003	2013	Free
14	DF	Dabo	37	EU	2011	2015	€1M
15	MF	Fofana	33	EU	2011	2015	€1.8M
17	FW	Lacazette	33	EU	2009	2016	Youth system
18	FW	Gomis	39	EU	2009	2014	€13M
19	FW	Briand	39	EU	2010	2014	€6M
20	DF	Cissokho	37	EU	2009	2014	€15M
21	MF	Gonalons	35	EU	2009	2014	Youth system
22	MF	Koné	32	EU	2010	2014
23	DF	Umtiti	30	EU	2012	2015	Youth system
24	FW	Pied	34	EU	2009	2014	Youth system
26	DF	Mensah	41	Non-EU	2008	2013	€8.4M
27	FW	Tafer	33	EU	2008	2012	Youth system
28	MF	Grenier	33	EU	2008	2014	Youth system
30	GK	Vercoutre	44	EU	2002	2014	Free
36	DF	Faure	33	EU	2000	2012	Youth system
37	DF	Fontaine	33	EU	2006	2012	Youth system
39	FW	Belfodil	32	EU	2009	2014	Youth system

Last updated: 28 January 2012
Source: OLWeb

Club

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Manager	Rémi Garde
Assistant manager	Patrick Collot
Second team manager	Bruno Genesio
First team coach	Christophe Toni
Striker coach	Sonny Anderson
Goalkeeper coach	Joël Bats
Team doctor	Emmanuel Ohrant
Physiotherapist	Sylvain Rousseau
Physiotherapist	Patrick Perret
Physiotherapist	Abdeljelil Redissi
Fitness coach	Alexandre Dellal
Fitness coach	Robert Duverne
Intendant	Guy Genet
Intendant	Jérôme Renaud

Last updated: 26 September 2011
Source: OLweb

Other information

Stade de Gerland, current stadia of Lyon.

Club President	Jean-Michel Aulas
Special Advisor	Bernard Lacombe
Financial Director	Emmanuelle Sarrabay
Director of Accounting	Didier Kermarrec
Director of Communications	Olivier Blanc
Marketing Director	Vincent-Baptiste Closon
Youth Academy Director	Stéphane Roche
Sporting Co-ordinator	Guy Genet
Press Officer	Pierre Bideau
Club Ambassador	Sonny Anderson
Ground (capacity and dimensions)	Stade de Gerland (41,044 / 112x65 meters)

Updated to match played 28 September 2011
Source: Ligue 1

Pre-season

8 July 2011	Red Bull Salzburg	1–0	Lyon	Salzburg
17:30 UTC	Cziommer 22'	Report		Stadium: Red Bull Arena

16 July 2011	Genk	3–1	Lyon	Genk
15:15 UTC	Barda 10' Limbombe 20' Pavlov 81'	Report	Briand 39'	Stadium: Cristal Arena

24 July 2011	Hannover 96	0–0	Lyon	Hanover
15:00 UTC		Report		Stadium: AWD-Arena

27 July 2011	Shakhtar Donetsk	1–1	Lyon	Donetsk
17:00 UTC	Jádson 68' (pen.)	Report	Bastos 78' (pen.)	Stadium: Donbass Arena Attendance: 46,000

31 July 2011	Porto	1–2	Lyon	Lancy, Geneva
17:00 UTC	Rúben Micael 11'	Report	López 8' Bastos 81'	Stadium: Stade de Genève

4 January 2012 Friendly match	Bastia	0–2	Lyon	Bastia, France
16:00 UTC		Report^{[permanent dead link]}	27', 29' López	Stadium: Stade Armand Cesari Attendance: 3,500

Competitions

Ligue 1

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
2	Paris Saint-Germain	38	23	10	5	75	41	+34	79	Qualification to Champions League group stage
3	Lille	38	21	11	6	72	39	+33	74	Qualification to Champions League play-off round
4	Lyon	38	19	7	12	64	51	+13	64	Qualification to Europa League group stage^[a]
5	Bordeaux	38	16	13	9	53	41	+12	61	Qualification to Europa League play-off round^[a]
6	Rennes	38	17	9	12	53	44	+9	60

Source: Ligue 1
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Lyon won the 2011–12 Coupe de France and thus qualified for the group stage of the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League. Since they finished 4th, the spot for the Europa League play-off round goes to the fifth-placed team.

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	19	7	12	64	51	+13	64	13	3	3	44	27	+17	6	4	9	20	24	−4

Source: Ligue 1

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	A	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	H	A	H
Result	W	D	D	W	W	W	L	W	L	W	L	W	L	L	W	W	W	W	L	L	W	D	L	L	D	L	W	W	W	D	W	L	W	W	W	D	D	L
Position	3	6	5	2	2	1	3	2	3	3	5	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	6	5	7	7	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4

Source: Ligue 1
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Win Draw Loss

6 August 2011 1	Nice	1–3	Lyon	Nice
20:00 CET	Mounier 6'	Report	López 10' Gomis 33' Gonalons 74'	Stadium: Stade du Ray Attendance: 14,405 Referee: Stéphane Lannoy (Nord-Pas-de-Calais)

13 August 2011 2	Lyon	1–1	Ajaccio	Lyon
18:00 CET	López 83'	Report	Sammaritano 59'	Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 30,746 Referee: Hervé Piccirillo (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur)

20 August 2011 3	Brest	1–1	Lyon	Brest
18:00 CET	Lesoimier 12'	Report	Gomis 69'	Stadium: Stade Francis-Le Blé Attendance: 14,693 Referee: Fredy Fautrel (Lower Normandy)

27 August 2011 4	Lyon	2–1	Montpellier	Lyon
20:00 CET	Pjanić 49' Pied 83'	Report	Bedimo 90+1'	Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 31,634 Referee: Antony Gautier (Nord-Pas-de-Calais)

10 September 2011 5	Dijon	1–2	Lyon	Dijon
18:00 CET	Corgnet 43'	Report	Bamba 54' (o.g.) Gomis 54'	Stadium: Stade Gaston Gérard Attendance: 14,325 Referee: Olivier Thual (Aquitaine)

18 September 2011 6	Lyon	2–0	Marseille	Lyon
20:00 CET	Gomis 17' Bastos 29'	Report		Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 38,010 Referee: Laurent Duhamel (Upper Normandy)

21 September 2011 7	Caen	1–0	Lyon	Caen
18:00 CET	Nivet 45+2'	Report		Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 16,644 Referee: Saïd Ennjimi (Centre)

24 September 2011 8	Lyon	3–1	Bordeaux	Lyon
18:00 CET	Gomis 8', 33' Bastos 64'	Report	Modeste 64' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 30,806 Referee: Lionel Jaffredo (Brittany)

2 October 2011 9	Paris Saint-Germain	2–0	Lyon	Paris
20:00 CET	Pastore 64' Jallet 90'	Report		Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 44,450 Referee: Stéphane Lannoy (Nord-Pas-de-Calais)

15 October 2011 10	Lyon	3–1	Nancy	Lyon
18:00 CET	Bastos 26', 31' (pen.) Gomis 28'	Report	Jung 88'	Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 33,825 Referee: Ruddy Buquet (Picardy)

23 October 2011 11	Lille	3–1	Lyon	Villeneuve-d'Ascq
20:00 CET	Sow 45+1' Baša 65' Cole 83'	Report	Briand 22'	Stadium: Stadium Nord Lille Métropole Attendance: 17,247 Referee: Fredy Fautrel (Lower Normandy)

29 October 2011 12	Lyon	2–0	Saint-Étienne	Lyon
20:00 CET	Briand 82' Gourcuff 90+1'	Report		Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 38,982 Referee: Tony Chapron (Rhône-Alpes)

6 November 2011 13	Sochaux	2–1	Lyon	Montbéliard
17:00 CET	Cissokho 10' (o.g.) Boudebouz 43' (pen.)	Report	Lacazette 14'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal Attendance: 15,638 Referee: Pascal Viléo (Aquitaine)

18 November 2011 14	Lyon	1–2	Rennes	Lyon
20:00 CET	Ederson 36'	Report	Pitroipa 39' Kembo Ekoko 53'	Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 32,193 Referee: Laurent Duhamel (Upper Normandy)

27 November 2011 15	Auxerre	0–3	Lyon	Auxerre
17:00 CET		Report	López 20', 68' Bastos 88'	Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Attendance: 12,080 Referee: Hervé Piccirillo (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur)

4 December 2011 16	Lyon	3–2	Toulouse	Lyon
21:00 CET	Koné 38' Ederson 36' López 66' (pen.)	Report	Bulut 68' Sissoko 75' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 31,028 Referee: Saïd Ennjimi (Centre)

11 December 2011 17	Lorient	0–1	Lyon	Lorient
21:00 CET		Report	Lacazette 54'	Stadium: Stade du Moustoir Attendance: 14,998 Referee: Philippe Kalt (Alsace)

17 December 2011 18	Lyon	2–1	Evian	Lyon
21:00 CET	Briand 35' López 71'	Report	Sagbo 43'	Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 35,253 Referee: Jean-Charles Cailleux (Picardy)

21 December 2011 19	Valenciennes	1–0	Lyon	Valenciennes
19:00 CET	Cissokho 28' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Stade du Hainaut Attendance: 16,850 Referee: Philippe Malige (Languedoc-Roussillon)

14 January 2012 20	Montpellier	1–0	Lyon	Montpellier
21:00 CET	Giroud 62'	Report		Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 18,889 Referee: Stéphane Lannoy (Nord-Pas-de-Calais)

28 January 2012 21	Lyon	3–1	Dijon	Lyon
19:00 CET	Briand 8' Gomis 82' Lacazette 90'	Report	Sankharé 61'	Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 35,644 Referee: Bartolomeu Varela (Brittany)

5 February 2012 22	Marseille	2–2	Lyon	Marseille
21:00 CET	Cheyrou 16' Brandão 34'	Report	Gomis 36' Diawara 45' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 41,474 Referee: Antony Gautier (Nord-Pas-de-Calais)

11 February 2012 23	Lyon	1–2	Caen	Lyon
15:00 CET	Hamouma 13' Nabab 73'	Report	López 86' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 30,692 Referee: Pascal Viléo (Aquitaine)

19 February 2012 24	Bordeaux	1–0	Lyon	Bordeaux
17:00 CET	Gouffran 41'	Report		Stadium: Stade Chaban-Delmas Attendance: 27,704 Referee: Hervé Piccirillo (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur)

25 February 2012 25	Lyon	4–4	Paris Saint-Germain	Lyon
21:00 CET	Gomis 34' López 36' Bastos 40' Briand 58'	Report	Hoarau 21', 90+4' Nenê 45+2' (pen.) Ceará 73'	Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 37,347 Referee: Fredy Fautrel (Lower Normandy)

3 March 2012 26	Nancy	2–0	Lyon	Tomblaine
19:00 CET	Puygrenier 66' Bakar 72'	Report		Stadium: Stade Marcel Picot Attendance: 17,049 Referee: Pascal Viléo (Aquitaine)

10 March 2012 27	Lyon	2–1	Lille	Lyon
21:00 CET	Lacazette 12' López 38'	Report	Chedjou 45+1'	Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 33,318 Referee: Saïd Ennjimi (Centre)

17 March 2012 28	Saint-Étienne	0–1	Lyon	Saint Étienne
21:00 CET		Report	Gomis 81'	Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Attendance: 26,210 Referee: Lionel Jaffredo (Brittany)

24 March 2012 29	Lyon	2–1	Sochaux	Lyon
19:00 CET	Lovren 4' Gomis 65'	Report	Maïga 71'	Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 32,730 Referee: Hervé Piccirillo (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur)

1 April 2012 30	Rennes	1–1	Lyon	Rennes
21:00 CEST	Erdinç 5'	Report	López 75'	Stadium: Stade de la Route de Lorient Attendance: 21,346 Referee: Philippe Malige (Languedoc-Roussillon)

7 April 2012 31	Lyon	2–1	Auxerre	Lyon
21:00 CEST	López 29' (pen.), 72' (pen.)	Report	Traoré 42'	Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 31,492 Referee: Ruddy Buquet (Picardy)

18 April 2012 32	Toulouse	3–0	Lyon	Toulouse
18:30 CEST	Sirieix 9' Rivière 22' Bulut 90+1'	Report		Stadium: Stadium Municipal Attendance: 21,325 Referee: Laurent Duhamel (Upper Normandy)

22 April 2012 33	Lyon	3–2	Lorient	Lyon
21:15 CEST	Cris 38' López 77' Gomis 85'	Report	Monnet-Paquet 42' Autret 26'	Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 30,330 Referee: Sébastien Moreira (Franche-Comté)

10 May 2012 34	Evian	1–3	Lyon	Annecy
21:00 CEST	Sagbo 15'	Report	Koné 23' Briand 68' Lacazette 90+1' (pen.)	Stadium: Parc des Sports, Annecy Attendance: 14,973 Referee: Tony Chapron (Rhône-Alpes)

2 May 2012 35	Lyon	4–1	Valenciennes	Lyon
19:00 CEST	López 35', 72' Cris 69' Briand 88'	Report	Cohade 38' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 30,890 Referee: Nicolas Rainville (Languedoc-Roussillon)

6 May 2012 36	Lyon	1–1	Brest	Lyon
17:00 CEST	Gourcuff 37'	Report	Lorenzi 75'	Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 31,016 Referee: Clément Turpin (Burgundy)

13 May 2012 37	Ajaccio	1–1	Lyon	Ajaccio
21:00 CEST	Eduardo 59' (pen.)	Report	Gomis 54'	Stadium: Stade François Coty Attendance: 8,249 Referee: Stéphane Lannoy (Nord-Pas-de-Calais)

20 May 2012 38	Lyon	3–4	Nice	Lyon
21:00 CEST	López 21' Briand 26', 69'	Report	Monzón 31' Coulibaly 36' Lloris 53' (o.g.) Gonçalves 73'	Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 32,335 Referee: Olivier Thual (Aquitaine)

Last updated: 20 May 2012
Source: Ligue 1

Coupe de France

8 January 2012 Round of 64	Lyon Duchère	1–3	Lyon	Lyon
15:00 CET	Bouderbal 39'	Report	López 4', 30', 38'	Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 12,300 Referee: Alexandre Castro (Rhône-Alpes)

22 January 2012 Round of 32	Luçon	0–2	Lyon	Nantes
16:00 CET		Report	Gomis 75' López 90'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Fredy Fautrel (Picardy)

8 February 2012 Round of 16	Lyon	3–1 (a.e.t.)	Bordeaux	Lyon
16:15 CET	Lacazette 37' Gomis 96' Briand 118'	Report	Jussiê 23'	Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Philippe Kalt (Alsace)

21 March 2012 Quarter final	Paris Saint-Germain	1–3	Lyon	Paris
20:50 CET	Nenê 19' (pen.)	Report	Källström 25' López 39' Gomis 90+2' (pen.)	Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 42,000 Referee: Clément Turpin (Burgundy)

10 April 2012 Semi final	Gazélec Ajaccio	0–4	Lyon	Ajaccio
20:45 CEST		Report	Lacazette 59' López 73' Grenier 80' Gomis 90'	Stadium: Stade François Coty Attendance: 10,163 Referee: Saïd Ennjimi (Centre)

28 April 2012 Final	Lyon	1–0	Quevilly	Saint-Denis
20:45 CEST	López 28'	Report		Stadium: Stade de France Attendance: 76,229 Referee: Hervé Piccirillo (Île-de-France)

Coupe de la Ligue

26 October 2011 Round of 16	Saint-Étienne	1–2	Lyon	Saint-Étienne
19:50 CET	Aubameyang 88'	Report	Briand 40' Bastos 72' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Attendance: 25,906 Referee: Clément Turpin (Burgundy)

11 January 2012 Quarter final	Lyon	2–1	Lille	Lyon
20:50 CET	Källström 41' López 65'	Report	Cole 28'	Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 29,124 Referee: Laurent Duhamel (Upper Normandy)

31 January 2012 Semi final	Lorient	2–4 (a.e.t.)	Lyon	Lorient
20:45 CET	Emeghara 59' Monnet-Paquet 68'	Report	Lacazette 80', 120+2' Briand 90+4' Gomis 102'	Stadium: Stade du Moustoir Attendance: 14,610 Referee: Ruddy Buquet (Picardy)

14 April 2012 Final	Lyon	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Marseille	St. Denis
21:00 CEST		Report	Brandão 105'	Stadium: Stade de France Attendance: 78,877 Referee: Stéphane Lannoy (Nord-Pas-de-Calais)

UEFA Champions League

Play-off round

16 August 2011 First leg	Lyon	3–1	Rubin Kazan	Lyon, France
20:45 CEST	Gomis 10' Kvirkvelia 40' (o.g.) Briand 71'	Report	Dyadyun 3'	Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 35,468 Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)

24 August 2011 Second leg	Rubin Kazan	1–1 (2–4 agg.)	Lyon	Kazan, Russia
18:00 CEST	Natcho 77'	Report	Koné 87'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 19,000 Referee: Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)

Group D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Real Madrid	6	6	0	0	19	2	+17	18	Advance to knockout phase
2	Lyon	6	2	2	2	9	7	+2	8^[a]	Advance to knockout phase
3	Ajax	6	2	2	2	6	6	0	8^[a]	Transfer to Europa League
4	Dinamo Zagreb	6	0	0	6	3	22	−19	0

Source: Soccerway
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Tied on head-to-head results. Overall goal difference was used as the tiebreaker.

14 September 2011 1	Ajax	0–0	Lyon	Amsterdam, Netherlands
20:45 CEST		Report		Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 49,504 Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)

27 September 2011 2	Lyon	2–0	Dinamo Zagreb	Lyon, France
20:45 CEST	Gomis 23' Koné 42'	Report		Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 34,432 Referee: Pavel Kralovec (Czech Republic)

18 October 2011 3	Real Madrid	4–0	Lyon	Madrid, Spain
20:45 CEST	Benzema 19' Khedira 47' Lloris 55' (o.g.) Ramos 81'	Report		Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Stadium Attendance: 70,028 Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)

2 November 2011 4	Lyon	0–2	Real Madrid	Lyon, France
20:45 CET		Report	Ronaldo 24', 69' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 40,099 Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)

22 November 2011 5	Lyon	0–0	Ajax	Lyon, France
20:45 CET		Report		Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 35,070 Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Sweden)

7 December 2011 6	Dinamo Zagreb	1–7	Lyon	Zagreb, Croatia
20:45 CET	Kovačić 40'	Report	Gomis 45', 48', 52', 70' Gonalons 47' López 64' Briand 75'	Stadium: Stadion Maksimir Attendance: 16,457 Referee: Mark Clattenburg (England)

Knockout phase

Round of 16

14 February 2012 First leg	Lyon	1–0	APOEL	Lyon, France
20:45 CET	Lacazette 58'	Report		Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 32,010 Referee: Paolo Tagliavento (Italy)

7 March 2012 Second leg	APOEL	1–0 (a.e.t.) (1–1 agg.) (4–3 p)	Lyon	Nicosia, Cyprus
20:45 CET	Manduca 9'	Report		Stadium: GSP Stadium Attendance: 22,701 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain)
	Penalties
	Aílton Morais Alexandrou Tričkovski		Källström Lisandro Gomis Lacazette Bastos

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

Last updated on 5 June 2012.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Ligue 1		Champions League		Coupe de France		Coupe de la Ligue
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	FRA	Hugo Lloris	54	0	36	0	10	0	5	0	3	0
3	DF	BRA	Cris	28	2	20	2	4	0	2	0	2	0
4	DF	BFA	Bakary Koné	41	4	25+3	2	8+1	2	2+2	0	0	0
5	DF	CRO	Dejan Lovren	31	1	18	1	8	0	3	0	2	0
6	MF	SWE	Kim Källström	51	2	32	0	9	0	6	1	4	1
7	MF	FRA	Clément Grenier	30	1	13+8	0	2	0	1+3	1	1+2	0
8	MF	FRA	Yoann Gourcuff	23	2	10+3	2	4+1	0	2+1	0	1+1	0
9	FW	ARG	Lisandro López	43	25	24+4	16	5+1	1	6	7	3	1
10	MF	BRA	Ederson	25	2	5+10	2	3+3	0	1	0	1+2	0
11	MF	BRA	Michel Bastos	43	7	23+3	6	8	0	1+4	0	4	1
12	DF	FRA	Timothée Kolodziejczak	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	DF	FRA	Anthony Réveillère	49	0	33	0	9	0	5	0	2	0
14	DF	FRA	Mouhamadou Dabo	26	0	11+4	0	2+1	0	3+2	0	3	0
15	MF	FRA	Gueïda Fofana	25	0	10+8	0	2+1	0	3+1	0	0	0
17	FW	FRA	Alexandre Lacazette	43	10	15+14	5	2+4	1	3+1	2	3+1	2
18	FW	FRA	Bafétimbi Gomis	54	25	29+7	14	8+1	6	5+1	4	2+1	1
19	FW	FRA	Jimmy Briand	56	14	30+7	9	9+1	2	3+2	1	2+2	2
20	DF	FRA	Aly Cissokho	48	0	30+1	0	9	0	4	0	3+1	0
21	MF	FRA	Maxime Gonalons	52	2	34+1	1	8	1	5	0	4	0
22	MF	MLI	Sidy Koné	2	0	1+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	DF	FRA	Samuel Umtiti	18	0	11+1	0	0	0	3	0	3	0
24	MF	FRA	Jérémy Pied	19	1	2+12	1	0+3	0	2	0	0	0
25	FW	FRA	Yassine Benzia	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	DF	GHA	John Mensah	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	FW	FRA	Yannis Tafer	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	GK	FRA	Mathieu Valverde	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
30	GK	FRA	Rémy Vercoutre	4	0	2+1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
36	DF	FRA	Sébastien Faure	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	DF	FRA	Thomas Fontaine	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players sold/loaned after the start of the season:
8	MF	BIH	Miralem Pjanić	5	1	1+2	1	0+2	0	0	0	0	0
15	FW	FRA	Harry Novillo	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
39	FW	FRA	Ishak Belfodil	9	0	1+6	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0

References

^ "Tags et menaces au domicile de Claude Puel". Foot01.com. 23 May 2011. Retrieved 28 September 2011.
^ "Lyon-Puel: Pas de conciliation". Eurosport.fr. 15 June 2011. Archived from the original on 2 April 2012. Retrieved 28 September 2011.
^ "Communiqué du club". OLWeb. 20 June 2011. Archived from the original on 29 March 2012. Retrieved 28 September 2011.
^ "Former Arsenal midfielder Rémi Garde appointed coach of Lyon". Guardian.co.uk. 22 June 2011. Retrieved 28 September 2011.
^ "OL: Rémi Garde veut jouer le titre". FootMercato. 30 June 2011. Retrieved 28 September 2011.
^ "Lyon et Málaga OK pour Toulalan". L'Équipe. 17 June 2011. Archived from the original on 20 June 2011. Retrieved 28 September 2011.
^ "Toulalan ya es del Málaga por 10 millones de euros". as.com. 17 June 2011. Retrieved 28 September 2011.
^ "Gourcuff, une cheville qui fait peur". Eurosport.fr. 13 July 2011. Retrieved 28 September 2011.
^ "Ederson blessé au genou". goal.com. 16 July 2011. Retrieved 29 September 2011.
^ "Communiqué de presse". OLWeb. 12 August 2011. Retrieved 29 September 2011.
^ "Lisandro, blessé, sort en larmes sur une civière". Le Parisien. 27 August 2011. Retrieved 29 September 2011.
^ "Lisandro évite le pire". Football365.fr. 28 August 2011. Retrieved 29 September 2011.
^ "Lyon's Lisandro López escapes ankle break but is out for several weeks after injury in 2–1 win over Montpellier". goal.com. 28 August 2011. Retrieved 29 September 2011.
^ "Dabo returns to France with Lyon". ESPNSoccernet. 30 August 2011. Archived from the original on 2 November 2012. Retrieved 29 September 2011.
^ "Official Club Statement: Sale of Miralem Pjanić". OLWeb. 31 August 2011. Retrieved 29 September 2011.
^ "Communiqué du club: Arrival of Gueïda Fofana". OLWeb. 31 August 2011. Archived from the original on 19 September 2011. Retrieved 29 September 2011.
^ "Bastos prolonge son contrat". OL Web. 28 September 2011. Retrieved 28 September 2011.
^ "Umtiti professionnel, Lacazette prolonge". OL Web. 30 March 2012. Retrieved 2 April 2012.

[table_note_res_ELGS0.070135119403775-19] Lyon won the 2011–12 Coupe de France and thus qualified for the group stage of the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League. Since they finished 4th, the spot for the Europa League play-off round goes to the fifth-placed team.

[table_hth_AJX0.47808386361137-20] Tied on head-to-head results. Overall goal difference was used as the tiebreaker.

[1] "Tags et menaces au domicile de Claude Puel". Foot01.com. 23 May 2011. Retrieved 28 September 2011.

[2] "Lyon-Puel: Pas de conciliation". Eurosport.fr. 15 June 2011. Archived from the original on 2 April 2012. Retrieved 28 September 2011.

[3] "Communiqué du club". OLWeb. 20 June 2011. Archived from the original on 29 March 2012. Retrieved 28 September 2011.

[4] "Former Arsenal midfielder Rémi Garde appointed coach of Lyon". Guardian.co.uk. 22 June 2011. Retrieved 28 September 2011.

[5] "OL: Rémi Garde veut jouer le titre". FootMercato. 30 June 2011. Retrieved 28 September 2011.

[6] "Lyon et Málaga OK pour Toulalan". L'Équipe. 17 June 2011. Archived from the original on 20 June 2011. Retrieved 28 September 2011.

[7] "Toulalan ya es del Málaga por 10 millones de euros". as.com. 17 June 2011. Retrieved 28 September 2011.

[8] "Gourcuff, une cheville qui fait peur". Eurosport.fr. 13 July 2011. Retrieved 28 September 2011.

[9] "Ederson blessé au genou". goal.com. 16 July 2011. Retrieved 29 September 2011.

[10] "Communiqué de presse". OLWeb. 12 August 2011. Retrieved 29 September 2011.

[11] "Lisandro, blessé, sort en larmes sur une civière". Le Parisien. 27 August 2011. Retrieved 29 September 2011.

[12] "Lisandro évite le pire". Football365.fr. 28 August 2011. Retrieved 29 September 2011.

[13] "Lyon's Lisandro López escapes ankle break but is out for several weeks after injury in 2–1 win over Montpellier". goal.com. 28 August 2011. Retrieved 29 September 2011.

[14] "Dabo returns to France with Lyon". ESPNSoccernet. 30 August 2011. Archived from the original on 2 November 2012. Retrieved 29 September 2011.

[15] "Official Club Statement: Sale of Miralem Pjanić". OLWeb. 31 August 2011. Retrieved 29 September 2011.

[16] "Communiqué du club: Arrival of Gueïda Fofana". OLWeb. 31 August 2011. Archived from the original on 19 September 2011. Retrieved 29 September 2011.

[17] "Bastos prolonge son contrat". OL Web. 28 September 2011. Retrieved 28 September 2011.

[18] "Umtiti professionnel, Lacazette prolonge". OL Web. 30 March 2012. Retrieved 2 April 2012.

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