2010–11 Olympique Lyonnais season

On 8 June 2010, Lyon reached a three-year agreement on a partnership with Groupama, an international insurance company based in Paris. The deal is valued at €4.5 million a year. The company's logo will be displayed on the back of the player's shirts.[2]

On 9 June, French newspaper L'Equipe reported that Olympique Lyonnais sporting director Marino Faccioli would depart the club on 1 July to become the director of the France national football team. The report also stated that Faccioli was new manager Laurent Blanc's first-choice for the position.[3] Two hours later, Faccioli denied the report stating that no agreements had been made between the two parties.[4] On the previous day, Lyon confirmed the arrival of Philippe Sauze as a new general director. Sauze is the current vice-president of American company Electronic Arts. The hiring of Sauze will redefined the different functions of several directors with the "possible departure of Marino Faccioli to the France team" being in mind.[5]

On 14 June, Lyon confirmed their first transfer arrival to the club after reaching an agreement with Rennes for the transfer of Jimmy Briand. The transfer fee was priced at €6 million and Briand is expected to replace Sidney Govou who departed the club for Greek side Panathinaikos on 5 July.[6][7]

On 22 July, Lyon officials announced that the club had signed captain Cris to a two-year contract extension until 2013.[8][9]

On 23 August 2010, Lyon confirmed on its website that the club had reached an agreement with Bordeaux for the transfer of Gourcuff. Gourcuff had reportedly stated the previous day that he wanted to join Lyon.[10] After successfully passing his medical on 24 August, Gourcuff will sign a long-term contract with the club and the transfer fee is priced at €22 million, which will be paid in three installments by 31 December 2012.[11][12]

On 6 March 2011, Lyon officials confirmed that midfielder Jérémy Toulalan signed a contract extension with Lyon until 2015.[13]

On 7 August 2009, Lyon announced that the club would be vacating the club's kit deal with Umbro in order to sign a ten-year deal with the German sportswear brand Adidas, effective at the start of the 2010–11 season with Lyon earning €5 million a year annually from the deal.[14] On 1 July 2010, the club's new home kit was unveiled to the public. The shirt has a white base color with the club's traditional red and blue stripe. However, the stripe, unlike previous seasons, is positioned diagonally across the shirt running from left to right. The club's sponsor, BetClic, features prominently in the middle of the shirt. On 13 July, the club's away kit was unveiled. The kit is strikingly similar to the Russia national team away kit and is mostly burgundy with gold linings around the collar, shoulders, shorts, and socks. The away shirt will feature the club's new sponsor, Everest Poker. The club's European kit was unveiled on 31 July.

Supplier: Adidas
Sponsor(s): BetClic (home), Everest Poker (away)

Home

Away

Third

Last updated: 20 August 2010.
Source: OL Boutique

On 17 June 2010, Lyon confirmed that the team would play six friendly matches ahead of the 2010–11 football season. Prior to contesting the preparation matches, the team trained in the mountainous commune of Tignes. On 7 July, Lyon contested their first match against Swiss club Servette at the Stade Eric Cantona in Tignes. Lyon won the match 3–1 with Ederson scoring a brace in a span of four minutes. The following week, the club embarked on a road trip first traveling to Portugal to play Sporting CP in Lisbon. Lyon lost the match 2–0 conceding the first goal in the 3rd minute of play courtesy of Tonel and, later in the second half, allowing a goal from winger Yannick Djaló to seal the match for the home team. Lyon then traveled to Italy to play Juventus in Cosenza on 24 July. The team suffered their second consecutive defeat losing to the Italians 2–1. Lyon, initially, took the lead following a penalty conversion from Ederson in the 22nd minute, his third goal of the pre-season campaign. However, following an Aly Cissokho red card midway through the first half, Lyon played the rest of the match with ten men and conceded a penalty to Juventus, which was converted by Alessandro Del Piero in the 39th minute. The game-winning goal was scored by midfielder Simone Pepe in the 75th minute.

After departing Italy, the team ventured to England to participate in the 2010 edition of the Emirates Cup. Lyon contested matches on back-to-back days against Scottish club Celtic and Italian club Milan. In the match against Celtic, Lyon took a two-goal lead courtesy of goals from Michel Bastos and youth product Harry Novillo with the former converting a blistering free kick. However, following the entrance of several youth players for Lyon, the club conceded two late goals from Celtic to even the match at 2–2. Against Milan, several veteran players such as Hugo Lloris and Jérémy Toulalan made their debuts in the tournament. Lyon conceded the opening goal in the 55th minute with Milan striker Marco Borriello connecting on a cross from the left side after his shot was initially saved by Lloris. Lyon evened the match in the 79th minute with Jimmy Briand scoring his second goal of the pre-season after running onto a header following a perfect cross from Miralem Pjanić. The 1–1 scoreline was eventually the final result and Lyon were set to be crowned champions of the competition, however, following Arsenal's 3–2 victory over Celtic, the debutantes were knocked back into third place where they remained. Prior to playing in the pre-season tournament, Lyon played Nottingham Forest on 28 July at the City Ground in Nottingham coming out of the match with a 3–1 win. New signing Jimmy Briand and striker Bafétimbi Gomis recorded goals in the match with the latter netting two.[15]

Friendly

Lyon v Servette

7 July 2010	Lyon	3–1	Servette	Tignes, France
17:00 CEST	Ederson  21', 25' Gomis  39'	Report	Karanović  70'	Stadium: Stade Eric Cantona Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Philippe Malige (France)

Sporting CP v Lyon

18 July 2010	Sporting CP	2–0	Lyon	Lisbon, Portugal
21:00 CEST	Tonel  3' Djaló  72'	Report		Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Referee: João Capela (Portugal)

Juventus v Lyon

24 July 2010	Juventus	2–1	Lyon	Cosenza, Italy
20:45 CEST	Del Piero  39' (pen.) Pepe  75'	Report	Ederson  22' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio San Vito Referee: Carmine Russo (Italy)

Nottingham Forest v Lyon

28 July 2010	Nottingham Forest	1–3	Lyon	Nottingham, England
20:30 CEST	Adebola  34'	Report	Gomis  8', 40' Briand  63'	Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 7,178 Referee: Peter Walton (England)

Emirates Cup

Lyon v Celtic

31 July 2010	Lyon	2–2	Celtic	London, England
14:00 CEST	Bastos  28' Novillo  54'	Report	Hooper  82' Samaras  89'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)

Milan v Lyon

1 August 2010	Milan	1–1	Lyon	London, England
14:00 CEST	Borriello  55'	Report	Briand  79'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Referee: Minoru Tojo (Japan)

Last updated: 23 June 2010
Source: OLWeb.fr

Updated to match played 16 March 2011
Source: Competitions

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

Lyon v Monaco

7 August 2010 1	Lyon	0–0	Monaco	Lyon
21:00 CET		Report		Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 35,275 Referee: Lionel Jaffredo (Brittany)

Caen v Lyon

15 August 2010 2	Caen	3–2	Lyon	Caen
17:00 CET	El-Arabi  2' Yatabaré  16' N'Diaye  77'	Report	Gomis  6', 23'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 19,937 Referee: Olivier Thual (Aquitaine)

Lyon v Brest

21 August 2010 3	Lyon	1–0	Brest	Lyon
19:00 CET	Makoun  19'	Report		Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 32,720 Referee: Philippe Kalt (Alsace)

Lorient v Lyon

28 August 2010 4	Lorient	2–0	Lyon	Lorient
19:00 CET	Gameiro  9' (pen.) Kitambala  66'	Report		Stadium: Stade du Moustoir Attendance: 14,800 Referee: Fredy Fautrel (Basse-Normandie)

Lyon v Valenciennes

11 September 2010 5	Lyon	1–1	Valenciennes	Lyon
19:00 CET	Pied  26'	Report	Bong  69'	Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 35,925 Referee: Bruno Coue (Méditerranée)

Bordeaux v Lyon

19 September 2010 6	Bordeaux	2–0	Lyon	Bordeaux
21:00 CET	Diarra  59' Jussiê  90+2'	Report		Stadium: Stade Chaban-Delmas Attendance: 29,890 Referee: Lionel Jaffredo (Brittany)

Lyon v Saint-Étienne

25 September 2010 7	Lyon	0–1	Saint-Étienne	Lyon
21:00 CET		Report	Payet  75'	Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 39,408 Referee: Antony Gautier (Nord-Pas-de-Calais)

Nancy v Lyon

2 October 2010 8	Nancy	2–3	Lyon	Tomblaine
19:00 CET	André Luiz  58' Féret  69'	Report	López  37' Briand  55', 75'	Stadium: Stade Marcel Picot Attendance: 17,252 Referee: Saïd Ennjimi (Centre Ouest)

Lyon v Lille

17 October 2010 9	Lyon	3–1	Lille	Lyon
21:00 CET	López  3', 56' Gourcuff  41'	Report	Sow  52'	Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 34,976 Referee: Fredy Fautrel (Basse-Normandie)

Arles-Avignon v Lyon

24 October 2010 10	Arles-Avignon	1–1	Lyon	Avignon
17:00 CET	Dja Djedje  36'	Report	Briand  47'	Stadium: Parc des Sports Attendance: 11,547 Referee: Pascal Vileo (Aquitaine)

Lyon v Sochaux

30 October 2010 11	Lyon	2–1	Sochaux	Lyon
19:00 CET	Bastos  31' Lacazette  69'	Report	Ideye  66'	Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 33,992 Referee: Philippe Kalt (Alsace)

Rennes v Lyon

6 November 2010 12	Rennes	1–1	Lyon	Rennes
21:00 CET	Ekoko  5'	Report	Bastos  53'	Stadium: Stade de la Route de Lorient Attendance: 28,357 Referee: Laurent Duhamel (Lower Normandy)

Lyon v Nice

14 November 2010 13	Lyon	1–0	Nice	Lyon
21:00 CET	Pied  30'	Report		Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 32,672 Referee: Lionel Jaffredo (Brittany)

Lens v Lyon

21 November 2010 14	Lens	1–3	Lyon	Lens
21:00 CET	Akalé  25'	Report	Gomis  64', 73' López  89'	Stadium: Stade Félix-Bollaert Attendance: 32,518 Referee: Olivier Thual (Aquitaine)

Lyon v Paris Saint-Germain

28 November 2010 15	Lyon	2–2	Paris Saint-Germain	Lyon
21:00 CET	Cissokho  54' Gomis  86'	Report	Nenê  63' Hoarau  83'	Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 34,965 Referee: Fredy Fautrel (Basse-Normandie)

Montpellier v Lyon

4 December 2010 16	Montpellier	1–2	Lyon	Montpellier
21:00 CET	Spahić  80'	Report	López  5', 90+4'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 18,990 Referee: Stéphane Bré (Brittany)

Lyon v Toulouse

12 December 2010 17	Lyon	2–0	Toulouse	Lyon
17:00 CET	López  5' Gomis  34'	Report		Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 32,544 Referee: Hervé Piccirillo (Île-de-France)

Marseille v Lyon

19 December 2010 18	Marseille	1–1	Lyon	Marseille
21:00 CET	Valbuena  51'	Report	López  35'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Referee: Clément Turpin (Bourgogne)

Lyon v Auxerre

22 December 2010 19	Lyon	1–1	Auxerre	Lyon
19:00 CET	Mignot  45+1' (o.g.)	Report	Quercia  46'	Stadium: Stade de Gerland Referee: Ruddy Buquet (Picardie)

Lyon v Lorient

15 January 2011 20	Lyon	3–0	Lorient	Lyon
21:00 CET	Gomis  41', 56' Källström  53'	Report		Stadium: Stade de Gerland Referee: Pascal Vileo (Aquitaine)

Valenciennes v Lyon

29 January 2011 21	Valenciennes	2–1	Lyon	Valenciennes
19:00 CET	Biševac  51' (pen.) Pujol  58'	Report	Bastos  70'	Stadium: Stade Nungesser Referee: Sébastien Moreira (Franche-Comté)

Lyon v Bordeaux

6 February 2011 22	Lyon	0–0	Bordeaux	Lyon
21:00 CET		Report		Stadium: Stade de Gerland Referee: Stéphane Lannoy (Nord-Pas-de-Calais)

Saint-Étienne v Lyon

12 February 2011 23	Saint-Étienne	1–4	Lyon	Saint-Étienne
21:00 CET	Bocanegra  13'	Report	Gomis  28' Bayal Sall  40' (o.g.) Bastos  69' Briand  90+1'	Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Referee: Lionel Jaffredo (Brittany)

Lyon v Nancy

18 February 2011 24	Lyon	4–0	Nancy	Lyon
20:45 CET	Gourcuff  37' Pied  76' Pjanić  86' Briand  89'	Report		Stadium: Stade de Gerland Referee: Olivier Thual (Aquitaine)

Lille v Lyon

27 February 2011 25	Lille	1–1	Lyon	Villeneuve-d'Ascq
21:00 CET	Sow  8'	Report	Källström  26'	Stadium: Stadium Nord Lille Métropole Attendance: 17,166 Referee: Laurent Duhamel (Lower Normandy)

Lyon v Arles-Avignon

6 March 2011 26	Lyon	5–0	Arles-Avignon	Lyon
17:00 CET	López  14', 51', 55' Pjanić  18' Bastos  90+3'	Report		Stadium: Stade de Gerland Referee: Jerome Miguelgorry

Sochaux v Lyon

12 March 2011 27	Sochaux	0–2	Lyon	Montbéliard
19:00 CET		Report	López  22' Pjanić  64'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal Referee: Jean-Charles Cailleux (Picardy)

Lyon v Rennes

19 March 2011 28	Lyon	1–1	Rennes	Lyon
21:00 CET	Gomis  28'	Report	Théophile-Catherine  87'	Stadium: Stade de Gerland Referee: Antony Gautier (Nord-Pas-de-Calais)

Nice v Lyon

2 April 2011 29	Nice	2–2	Lyon	Nice
17:00 CEST	Mouloungui  90' Civelli  90+3'	Report	Källström  22' López  45'	Stadium: Stade du Ray Referee: Stéphane Bré (Brittany)

Lyon v Lens

10 April 2011 30	Lyon	3–0	Lens	Lyon
21:00 CEST	Bedimo  55' (o.g.) Briand  61' López  90+1'	Report		Stadium: Stade de Gerland Referee: Ruddy Buquet (Picardie)

Paris Saint-Germain v Lyon

17 April 2011 31	Paris Saint-Germain	1–0	Lyon	Paris
21:00 CEST	Camara  76'	Report		Stadium: Parc des Princes Referee: Laurent Duhamel (Lower Normandy)

Lyon v Montpellier

27 April 2011 32	Lyon	3–2	Montpellier	Lyon
19:00 CEST	Ederson  23' López  55' Gourcuff  90'	Report	Giroud  30' Camara  84'	Stadium: Stade de Gerland Referee: Hervé Piccirillo (Île-de-France)

Toulouse v Lyon

1 May 2011 33	Toulouse	2–0	Lyon	Toulouse
19:00 CEST	Cetto  29' Cissokho  68' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Stadium Municipal Referee: Fredy Fautrel (Basse-Normandie)

Lyon v Marseille

8 May 2011 34	Lyon	3–2	Marseille	Lyon
21:00 CEST	López  25' (pen.) Delgado  69' Cris  84'	Report	González  70' Rémy  78'	Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 39,548 Referee: Stéphane Lannoy (Nord-Pas-de-Calais)

Auxerre v Lyon

11 May 2011 35	Auxerre	4–0	Lyon	Auxerre
19:00 CET	Oliech  20' Traoré  45+1', 50' Hengbart  79'	Report		Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Referee: Philippe Kalt (Alsace)

Brest v Lyon

16 May 2011 36	Brest	1–1	Lyon	Brest
21:00 CET	Licka  76'	Report	Ederson  15'	Stadium: Stade Francis-Le Blé

Lyon v Caen

21 May 2011 37	Lyon	0–0	Caen	Lyon
21:00 CET		Report		Stadium: Stade de Gerland

Monaco v Lyon

29 May 2011 38	Monaco	0–2	Lyon	Fontvieille
21:00 CET		Report	Diakhaté  67' López  82'	Stadium: Stade Louis II

Last updated: 2 May 2011
Source: Ligue de Football Professionnel

Coupe de France

See also: 2010–11 Coupe de France

Caen v Lyon

8 January 2011 Round of 64	Caen	0–1	Lyon	Caen
20:45 CET		Report	Diakhaté  74'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Referee: Olivier Thual (Aquitaine)

Nice v Lyon

23 January 2011 Round of 32	Nice	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Lyon	Nice
20:45 CET	Clerc  96'	Report		Stadium: Stade du Ray Referee: Hervé Piccirillo (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur)

Last updated: 23 January 2011
Source: Ligue de Football Professionnel

Coupe de la Ligue

See also: 2010–11 Coupe de la Ligue

Lyon v Paris Saint-Germain

27 October 2010 Round of 16	Lyon	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Paris Saint-Germain	Lyon
20:45 CET	Briand  39'	Report	Bodmer  88' Giuly  101'	Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 26,587 Referee: Ruddy Buquet (Picardy)

Last updated: 14 December 2010
Source: LFP

Group B

Main article: 2010–11 UEFA Champions League group stage § Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Schalke 04	6	4	1	1	10	3	+7	13	Advance to knockout phase
2	Lyon	6	3	1	2	11	10	+1	10
3	Benfica	6	2	0	4	7	12	−5	6	Transfer to Europa League
4	Hapoel Tel Aviv	6	1	2	3	7	10	−3	5

Source:

Lyon v Schalke 04

14 September 2010 1	Lyon	1–0	Schalke 04	Lyon, France
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Bastos  21'	Report		Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 35,552 Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)

Hapoel Tel Aviv v Lyon

29 September 2010 2	Hapoel Tel Aviv	1–3	Lyon	Tel Aviv, Israel
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Enyeama  78' (pen.)	Report	Bastos  7' (pen.), 36' Pjanić  90+4'	Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium Attendance: 12,226 Referee: Howard Webb (England)

Lyon v Benfica

20 October 2010 3	Lyon	2–0	Benfica	Lyon, France
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Briand  21' López  51'	Report		Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 36,816 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain)

Benfica v Lyon

2 November 2010 4	Benfica	4–3	Lyon	Lisbon, Portugal
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Alan Kardec  20' Coentrão  32', 67' García  42'	Report	Gourcuff  74' Gomis  85' Lovren  90+5'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 37,394 Referee: Craig Thomson (Scotland)

Schalke 04 v Lyon

24 November 2010 5	Schalke 04	3–0	Lyon	Gelsenkirchen, Germany
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Farfán  13' Huntelaar  20', 89'	Report		Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 51,132 Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)

Lyon v Hapoel Tel Aviv

7 December 2010 6	Lyon	2–2	Hapoel Tel Aviv	Lyon, France
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	López  62' Lacazette  88'	Report	Sahar  63' Zahavi  69'	Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 32,245 Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway)

Round of 16

Lyon v Real Madrid

22 February 2011 First leg	Lyon	1–1	Real Madrid	Lyon, France
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Gomis  83'	Report	Benzema  65'	Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 40,299 Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)

Real Madrid v Lyon

16 March 2011 Second leg	Real Madrid	3–0 (4–1 agg.)	Lyon	Madrid, Spain
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Marcelo  37' Benzema  66' Di María  76'	Report		Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Stadium Attendance: 70,034 Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)

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