2006–07 Olympique Lyonnais season

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.

First-team squad
Squad at end of season[1]

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

No. Position Player
1 GK Grégory Coupet
2 DF François Clerc
3 DF Cris
4 DF Patrick Müller
5 DF Caçapa
6 DF Kim Källström
7 MF Mahamadou Diarra
8 MF Juninho Pernambucano
9 FW John Carew (to Aston Villa)
10 MF Florent Malouda
11 FW Fred
12 DF Anthony Réveillère
14 MF Sidney Govou
15 MF Alou Diarra
17 FW Milan Baroš
18 MF Hatem Ben Arfa
No. Position Player
19 FW Karim Benzema
20 DF Eric Abidal
21 MF Tiago
22 FW Sylvain Wiltord
23 DF Jérémy Berthod
25 GK Johan Hartock
26 MF Fábio Santos
28 MF Jérémy Toulalan
29 DF Sébastien Squillaci
30 GK Rémy Vercoutre
34 FW Loïc Rémy
35 GK Alexandre Bouchard
36 FW Sylvain Idangar
38 DF Mourad Benhamida
39 FW 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. Position Player
7 MF Mahamadou Diarra (to Real Madrid)
9 FW John Carew (to Aston Villa)
15 DF Lamine Diatta (to Saint-Étienne)
26 MF Benoît Pedretti (to Auxerre)
No. Position Player
26 DF Nadir Belhadj[notes 1] (on loan to Sedan)
31 MF Yacine Hima[notes 2] (to Nice)
35 GK Rémy Riou (on loan to Lorient)

Results

Coupe de France

Champions League

Group stage
13 September 2006 Match 1Lyon 2–0 Real MadridLyon, France
20:45 Fred  11'
Tiago  31'		 Report MatchCentre Stadium: Stade de Gerland
Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)
26 September 2006 Match 2Steaua București 0–3 LyonBucharest, Romania
20:45 Report MatchCentre Fred  43'
Tiago  55'
Benzema  89'		 Stadium: Stadionul Steaua
Referee: Howard Webb (England)
17 October 2006 Match 3Dynamo Kyiv 0–3 LyonKiev, Ukraine
20:45 Report MatchCentre Juninho  31'
Källström  38'
Malouda  51'		 Stadium: NSC Olimpiyskiy
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Domenico Messina (Italy)
1 November 2006 Match 4Lyon 1–0 Dynamo KyivLyon, France
20:45 Benzema  14' Report MatchCentre Stadium: Stade de Gerland
Attendance: 40,520
Referee: Pieter Vink (Netherlands)
21 November 2006 Match 5Real Madrid 2–2 LyonMadrid, Spain
20:45 Diarra  39'
Van Nistelrooy  83'		 Report MatchCentre Carew  11'
Malouda  31'		 Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Stadium
Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)
6 December 2006 Match 6Lyon 1–1 Steaua BucureștiLyon, France
20:45 Diarra  12' Report MatchCentre Dică  2' Stadium: Stade de Gerland
Referee: Darko Ceferin (Slovenia)

Knockout phase
Round of 16
21 February 2007 First legRoma 0–0 LyonRome, Italy
20:45 Report Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Mike Riley (England)
6 March 2007 Second legLyon 0–2
(0–2 agg.)		 RomaLyon, France
20:45 Report Totti  22'
Mancini  44'		 Stadium: Stade de Gerland
Attendance: 41,000
Referee: Manuel Mejuto González (Spain)

References
  1. http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/france/2006-2007/ligue1/lyon.htm

Notes
  1. 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.
  2. 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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