2009–10 Olympique Lyonnais season

April 2021 Lyon 2009–10 Claude Puel Jean-Michel Aulas OL Groupe Stade de Gerland Ligue 1 2nd Coupe de France Round of 32 Coupe de la Ligue Quarter-finals Champions League Semi-finals Lisandro López (15) Lisandro López (24) 40,327 vs Real Madrid (16 February 2010) 20,010 vs Metz (13 January 2010) _red_&_navyhorizontal _bluetop FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF _scarlets2 _lyon0910a _scarlets2 _band_black 000000 000000 000000 FF0000 FF0000 _red_&_navyhorizontal _redhorizontal 1F3C70 1F3C70 1F3C70 1F3C70 1F3C70 2008–09 2010–11 The 2009–10 season was French football club Olympique Lyonnais's 51st season in Ligue 1 and was their 21st consecutive season in the top division of French football. For the first time in seven years, Lyon entered the football season without defending the Ligue 1 title. They were overthrown by Bordeaux who claimed the title on the final day of 2008–09 season. This was also the first time in nine years Lyon had to earn qualification to the group stage of the UEFA Champions League as they began from the playoff round, due to their third-place finish last season. News On 6 June 2009, it was announced by Lyon that fitness coach Robert Duverne had quit his position to focus full-time on the France national team, who were attempting to qualify for the 2010 World Cup.http://www.olweb.fr/fr/Accueil/100007/Article/50405/Officiel-Robert-Duverne-quitte-l-OL Robert Duverne quitte l'OL 29 August 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20091003190843/http://www.olweb.fr/fr/Accueil/100007/Article/50405/Officiel-Robert-Duverne-quitte-l-OL 3 October 2009 dead Vincent Espié, who had previously worked as fitness coach for Claude Puel's former club Lille, was brought in as his replacement.ARRIVÉE DE V.ESPIÉ Departures this summer include long time Lyonnais Juninho, who, after spending a respectable eight seasons at the club, moved to Qatari club Al-Gharafa. Juninho signe à Al-Gharafa https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/breves2009/20090617_224228_juninho-signe-a-al-gharafa.html L'Équipe 17 June 2009 7 July 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090707075203/http://www.lequipe.fr/Football/breves2009/20090617_224228_juninho-signe-a-al-gharafa.html 7 July 2009 dead Defender Sandy Paillot joined fellow Ligue 1 club Grenoble for a fee of €2 million after spending almost a year-and-a-half on loan at the club. Paillot reste à Grenoble https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/breves2009/20090608_085105_paillot-reste-a-grenoble.html L'Équipe 8 June 2009 7 July 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20091012185123/http://www.lequipe.fr/Football/breves2009/20090608_085105_paillot-reste-a-grenoble.html 12 October 2009 dead Also during this summer window, a host of youth players who were either deemed surplus to requirements or looking to find some significant playing time departed the club. Pierrick Valdivia, Ayan Si-Mohamed and Alexis Carra moved to Sedan, Stade Reims and Italian club Vicenza, respectively. Sedan Valdivia premiere recrue http://www.ouest-france.fr/actu/actu_sport_FluxRSS_-Toutes-les-infos-sportives-Sedan-Valdivia-premiere-recrue_1-964235_flux.Htm Ouest-France 3 June 2009 7 July 2009 Les mouvements de la réserve http://www.supporters-stade-de-reims.com/2009/07/23/les-mouvements-de-la-reserve-durant-linter-saison/ Supporters Stade de Reims 23 July 2009 22 August 2009 Carra a Vicenza http://www.mercato365.com/etranger/italie/article_325558_Lyon-Carra-a-Vicenza.shtml Mercato365 16 June 2009 7 July 2009 Midfielder Romain Dedola and defender Morgan Ancian both joined Strasbourg, while Quentin Barlet and Jérémy Dequelson joined lesser rivals Lyon Duchère. Another youth player, Jérémy Pied, joined Metz on loan for the entire 2009–10 season with hopes that the player will receive greater playing time. On 1 July 2009, Lyon surprisingly announced that they had reached an agreement with Spanish club Real Madrid for the transfer of Karim Benzema, who reportedly wanted to stay at least one more year with his hometown club. The transfer fee was priced at €35m with the fee rising to as much as €41m based on incentives. Transfert de Karim Benzema au Real Madrid http://www.olweb.fr/fr/Accueil/100007/Article/50470/Transfert-de-Karim-Benzema-au-Real-Madrid Olympique Lyonnais 1 July 2009 1 July 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090702111827/http://www.olweb.fr/fr/Accueil/100007/Article/50470/Transfert-de-Karim-Benzema-au-Real-Madrid 2 July 2009 dead A day later, Lyon confirmed the departure of Ivorian winger Abdul Kader Keïta who, despite being Lyon's highest paid transfer at that time, failed to live up to expectations. Keïta moved to Turkish club Galatasaray, with Lyon earning €8.5 million for the player. Abdul Kader Keita Galatasaray'da http://www.galatasaray.org/futbol/futbol_as/haber/4186.php Galatasaray S.K. 2 July 2009 7 July 2009 On 5 August, the club announced the departure of striker Frédéric Piquionne, who joined English club Portsmouth on loan for the entire season. Piquionne prêté à Porstmouth http://www.olweb.fr/fr/Accueil/100007/Article/50660/Piquionne-prete-a-Porstmouth https://archive.today/20130213164253/http://www.olweb.fr/fr/Accueil/100007/Article/50660/Piquionne-prete-a-Porstmouth dead 13 February 2013 OLWeb 5 August 2009 5 August 2009 One week later, various sources in France reported that defender John Mensah would be joining English club Sunderland on loan for the season, with the club also having an option to purchase the player for a fee of €7 million following the season. The move was subject to Mensah passing a medical and being granted a work permit, which was completed a week-and-a-half later. Mensah a Sunderland http://www.mercato365.com/infos-clubs/lyon/article_340116_Lyon-Mensah-a-Sunderland.shtml Mercato365 15 August 2009 15 August 2009 16 August 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090816161948/http://www.mercato365.com/infos-clubs/lyon/article_340116_Lyon-Mensah-a-Sunderland.shtml dead On 7 July, Lyon confirmed their first transfer arrival to the club. After almost two weeks of negotiations with Portuguese club Porto, Lyon reached an agreement on a transfer fee for the Argentine striker Lisandro López. The transfer fee was priced at €24 million, with the fee rising to as much as €28 million with incentives, thereby making López the club's most expensive signing. Lyon agree Lopez fee http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11800_5418264,00.html Sky Sports 7 July 2009 7 July 2009 The following week, Lyon addressed an important need after reaching an agreement with Lille for the transfer of the Brazilian left winger Michel Bastos, with the transfer fee being approximately €18 million.Accord avec Lille pour le transfert de Michel BASTOS. http://www.olweb.fr/fr/Accueil/100007/Article/50560/Accord-avec-Lille-pour-le-transfert-de-Michel-BASTOS OLWeb 16 July 2009 16 July 2009 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20091003112415/http://www.olweb.fr/fr/Accueil/100007/Article/50560/Accord-avec-Lille-pour-le-transfert-de-Michel-BASTOS 3 October 2009 Two days later, Lyon filled another need, signing another Porto player in left back Aly Cissokho for €15 million. An additional incentive involved in the deal is Porto will receive 20 percent of any future transfer fee Lyon receives for the player.Transfert d'Ali CISSOKHO http://www.olweb.fr/fr/Accueil/100007/Article/50575/Transfert-d-Ali-CISSOKHO OLWeb 18 July 2009 18 July 2009 June 2017 InternetArchiveBot yes On 29 July, Lyon, who admitted they needed at least one more striker, announced the signing of French international Bafétimbi Gomis from rivals Saint-Étienne, with the fee being approximately €13 million. BAFETIMBI GOMIS A L’OL http://www.olweb.fr/fr/Accueil/100007/Article/50629/BAFETIMBI-GOMIS-A-L-OL OLWeb 29 July 2009 31 July 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20091003101224/http://www.olweb.fr/fr/Accueil/100007/Article/50629/BAFETIMBI-GOMIS-A-L-OL 3 October 2009 dead Before the summer signings, Lyon announced that two youth players would be promoted to the club's first team after agreeing to professional contracts. Defender Loïc Abenzoar and midfielder Maxime Gonalons both agreed to three-year professional contracts tying them to the club until 2012. Abenzoar signe pro http://www.mercato365.com/infos-clubs/lyon/article_324389_Lyon-Abenzoar-signe-pro.shtml Mercato365 11 June 2009 7 July 2009 Gonalons signe pro https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/breves2009/20090705_231350_gonalons-signe-pro.html L'Équipe 5 July 2009 7 July 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090707123834/http://www.lequipe.fr/Football/breves2009/20090705_231350_gonalons-signe-pro.html 7 July 2009 dead Also, following the season, Lyon signed left back Timothée Kolodziejczak, who had been on a season long loan from Lens. Kolodziejczak agreed to a four-year contract and Lyon paid Lens €2.5 million. L'OL aime et ne compte pas http://www.sports.fr/cmc/football/200929/l-ol-aime-et-ne-compte-pas_236288.html Sports.fr 19 July 2009 4 August 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20110928193317/http://www.sports.fr/cmc/football/200929/l-ol-aime-et-ne-compte-pas_236288.html 28 September 2011 dead Lyon also completed the signing of 16-year-old Swiss goalkeeper Jérémy Frick, who signed a two-year deal. Frick, formerly of Servette, will join the club's youth academy. Jeremy Frick a signé http://www.football.fr/footballfr/cmc/scanner/transferts/200921/lyon-jeremy-frick-a-signe-_67518.html?popup https://web.archive.org/web/20090527085951/http://www.football.fr/footballfr/cmc/scanner/transferts/200921/lyon-jeremy-frick-a-signe-_67518.html?popup dead 27 May 2009 Football.fr 24 May 2009 17 July 2009 Transfers Summer in FRA y Abenzoar Promoted y FRA 46 DF 1989 2 14 2009 7 13 YS S 2012 YS Mercato365 FRA Gonalons Promoted y FRA 41 MF 1989 3 10 2009 7 13 YS S 2012 YS L'Equipe FRA y Frick Transferred n SUI 16 GK 1993 3 8 2009 7 17 Servette SUI S 2011 Free LyonCapitale FRA Anderson Loan Return n BRA 23 DF 1980 4 27 2009 7 13 Cruzeiro BRA S 2010 N/A FRA y Beynié Loan Return y FRA 24 MF 1987 5 6 2009 7 13 Tubize BEL S 2010 N/A FRA Kolodziejczak Transferred y FRA 12 DF 1991 10 1 2009 7 17 Lens FRA S 2013 €2.5M Sports.fr FRA y Lisandro Transferred n ARG 9 FW 1983 3 2 2009 7 13 Porto POR S 2014 €24M OLWebJune 2017 InternetArchiveBot yes FRA Bastos Transferred n BRA 7 MF 1983 8 2 2009 7 16 Lille FRA S 2013 €18M OLWeb FRA y Cissokho Transferred y FRA 20 DF 1987 9 15 2009 7 18 Porto POR S 2014 €15M OLWebJune 2017 InternetArchiveBot yes FRA Gomis Transferred y FRA 18 FW 1985 8 6 2009 7 29 Saint-Étienne FRA S 2014 €13M OLWeb |} Winter In FRA y Lovren Transferred y CRO 26 DF 1989 7 5 2010 1 13 Dinamo Zagreb CRO W 2014 €10M OLWeb |} Total spending: €82.5 million Summer out FRA Transferred Paillot y FRA 15 DF 1987 2 27 2009 7 13 Grenoble FRA S €2M L'Equipe FRA y Contract ended Valdivia y FRA 13 MF 1988 4 18 2009 7 13 Sedan FRA S Free Ouest-France FRA Transferred Dedola y FRA 47 MF 1989 1 2 2009 7 17 Strasbourg FRA S Free L'Equipe FRA y Transferred Ancian y FRA DF 1991 3 18 2009 7 17 Strasbourg FRA S Free FRA Transferred Carra y FRA FW 1990 4 27 2009 7 13 Vicenza ITA S Free Mercato365 FRA y Transferred Juninho y BRA 8 MF 1975 1 30 2009 7 13 Al Gharafa QAT S Free L'Equipe FRA Transferred Fábio Santos n BRA 26 MF 1980 10 9 2009 7 14 Fluminense BRA S Free MaisFutebol FRA y Transferred Benzema y FRA 10 FW 1987 12 19 2009 7 13 Real Madrid ESP S €35M OLWeb FRA Transferred Keïta y CIV 23 FW 1981 8 6 2009 7 13 Galatasaray TUR S €8.5M Galatasaray FRA y Loaned Pied y FRA 34 MF 1989 2 23 2009 7 13 Metz FRA S N/A L'Equipe FRA Transferred Si-Mohamed y FRA MF 1990 1 31 2009 7 23 Reims FRA S Free Stade Reims FRA y Transferred Barlet y FRA MF 1989 5 4 2009 7 23 Lyon Duchère FRA S Free Foot-National FRA Transferred Dequelson y FRA DF 1991 6 18 2009 7 23 Lyon Duchère FRA S Free FRA y Loaned Piquionne y FRA 39 FW 1978 12 8 2009 8 5 Portsmouth ENG S N/A OLWeb GHA Loaned Mensah n GHA 15 DF 1982 11 29 2009 8 15 Sunderland ENG S N/A Mercato365 FRA y Transferred Mounier y FRA 27 MF 1987 9 27 2009 8 31 Nice FRA S €2.5M L'Equipe FRA Transferred Grosso y ITA 11 DF 1977 11 28 2009 8 31 Juventus ITA S €2M L'Equipe |} Winter out FRA y Transferred Beynié y FRA 24 MF 1987 5 6 2010 2 01 Gueugnon FRA W U OLWeb.fr |} Total income: €50 million Squad Last updated 15 May 2010 1 FRA GK Hugo Lloris 2 FRA DF François Clerc 3 BRA DF Cris 4 FRA DF Jean-Alain Boumsong 5 FRA MF Mathieu Bodmer 6 SWE MF Kim Källström 7 BRA FW Michel Bastos 8 BIH MF Miralem Pjanić 9 ARG FW Lisandro López 10 BRA MF Ederson 12 FRA DF Timothée Kolodziejczak 13 FRA DF Anthony Réveillère 14 FRA FW Sidney Govou 17 CMR MF Jean Makoun 18 FRA FW Bafétimbi Gomis 19 ARG MF César Delgado 20 FRA DF Aly Cissokho 21 FRA MF Maxime Gonalons 22 FRA MF Clément Grenier 25 FRA GK Joan Hartock 26 CRO DF Dejan Lovren 28 FRA MF Jérémy Toulalan 29 FRA FW Yannis Tafer 30 FRA GK Rémy Vercoutre 32 FRA DF Lamine Gassama 36 FRA DF Sébastien Faure 15 May FRA 2010 Olympique Lyonnais, ESPN.com February 2009 Team kit Umbro will manufacture the kits for Lyon. Umbro have been the official kit provider of Lyon since 2003 and, two years ago, signed an extension with Lyon until 2013.http://www.eufootball.biz/Sponsorship/160507-Umbro-strengthens-ties-with-Lyon.html Umbro strengthens ties with Lyon 10 July 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20081012064115/http://www.eufootball.biz/Sponsorship/160507-Umbro-strengthens-ties-with-Lyon.html 12 October 2008 usurped This season, Lyon will have brand-new home, away, Champions League kits, which were revealed to the public on 12 July, despite the shirts leaking on 17 June. The home shirt has a white base color, with the horizontal red and blue stripe in the middle, reverting from the club's red and blue vertical stripe that has been used in previous years. The logo of Umbro appears on the top-right of the shirt in blue.http://www.myfootballkits.co.uk/759/new-olympique-lyon-home-shirt-2009-10/ The away shirt features a black and red design. The top part of the shirt is black and it fades horizontally in the middle into red. The shirt has a partly red collar, and also has red details on the black sleeves.http://www.football-shirts.co.uk/fans/olympique-lyon-200910-away-shirt_4027 Olympique Lyon 2009/10 Away Shirt 10 July 2009 20 July 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090720020925/http://www.football-shirts.co.uk/fans/olympique-lyon-200910-away-shirt_4027 dead The European kit is midnight blue with the horizontal red and blue stripe locating in the middle of the shirt.Umbro OL 09/10 Kits https://web.archive.org/web/20090502053423/http://www.umbro.fr/maillots-ol.php 2 May 2009 none center _lyon0910h _bluetop FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF Home none center _scarlets2 _lyon0910a _scarlets2 _band_black 000000 000000 000000 FF0000 FF0000 Away none center _lyon0910t _redhorizontal 1F3C70 1F3C70 1F3C70 1F3C70 1F3C70 Euro none center _blackborder _thinblacksides _blackborder _black_band_color FF0000 FF0000 FF0000 000000 FF0000 Goalkeeper Home Kit none center _blackborder _thinblacksides _blackborder _band_black FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF 000000 FFFFFF Goalkeeper Away Kit none center _blackborder __whitesides _blackborder _band_black FFFFFF 000000 FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF Goalkeeper Third Kit Club Coaching staff right|thumb|250px|Claude Puel, second season in charge of Lyon. y Manager France Claude Puel Assistant manager France Patrick Collot y Assistant manager France Bruno Génésio First team coach France Christophe Toni y Technical coach France Rémi Garde Striker coach Brazil Sonny Anderson y Goalkeeper coach France Joël Bats Team doctor France Emmanuel Ohrant y Physiotherapist France Sylvain Rousseau Physiotherapist France Patrick Perret y Physiotherapist France Abdeljelil Redissi Fitness coach France Vincent Espié y Intendant France Guy Genet Intendant France Jérôme Renaud 27 July OLweb.fr November 2010 right|thumb|200px|Stade de Gerland, current stadia of Lyon. Other information Chairman FRA Jean-Michel Aulas Special Advisor FRA Bernard Lacombe Club Director FRA Olivier Blanc Sporting Director FRA Marino Faccioli Club Ambassador BRA Sonny Anderson y Stade de Gerland 41,044 112x65 meters 8 June OLweb.fr November 2010 Pre-season Lyon opened their pre-season in their usual setting training in the mountainous Rhône-Alpes commune of Tignes. Lyon confirmed several preseason friendly matches. Lyon also participated in the Peace Cup for the fourth time having won the exhibition tournament in 2007. On 11 July, Lyon opened up their pre-season facing fellow Ligue 1 club Nice in Albertville. Lyon won the match 1–0 with the lone goal of the match coming from Ederson in the 12th minute of play. A week later, Lyon hosted Lens in Arnas. Lyon trailed 0–2 heading into the 80th minute with both of Lens goals being scored as a result of Lyon mistakes. The first goal being scored due to an unexpected turnover by Sidney Govou and the second being scored as a result of casual, yet lazy play between defensemen Jean-Alain Boumsong and Timothée Kolodziejczak, with the former being more responsible. Lyon completed the comeback with both of their goals being scored by the Swede Kim Källström, the first being a free kick in the 85th minute and the second in the 89th minute to draw the match at 2–2, which was the final scoreline. From 24 July to 2 August, Lyon will be among several top clubs that will participate in the 2009 Peace Cup held in Andalusia, Spain. Clubs playing in their group and whom they will face are defending Primeira Liga champions Porto and 2008–09 Süper Lig champions Beşiktaş, whom they played first.https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/breves2009/20090618_171925_stage-et-matches-amicaux.html Stage et matches amicaux 29 October 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20090918144546/http://www.lequipe.fr/Football/breves2009/20090618_171925_stage-et-matches-amicaux.html 18 September 2009 dead Lyon controlled the match for the majority of and eventually got a goal in the 69th minute from Kim Källström after a nice backheel assist from Miralem Pjanić. Leading 1–0 heading into the final minutes, Lyon's defense fell off, with Beşiktaş's first chance being cleared off the line by Pjanić leading to a corner. On the ensuing corner, the Turkish club equalised with the goal coming off the head of Mert Nobre in the 84th minute. That would be the eventual scoreline giving both clubs one point heading into their matches with Porto.Besiktas hold Lyon to 1–1 draw in Peace Cup In the match, Lyon suffered their first defeat of the season losing 0–2 with both of Porto's goals being scored by the Brazilian Hulk eliminating Lyon from the Peace Cup and also ending their preseason with 11 days to spare ahead of their opening league match against Le Mans.https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/breves2009/20090728_155953_lyon-fc-seville-jeudi.html Lyon - FC Séville jeudi 29 October 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20091126091526/http://www.lequipe.fr/Football/breves2009/20090728_155953_lyon-fc-seville-jeudi.html 26 November 2009 dead On 28 July, however, Lyon announced that on 30 July, they will play La Liga club Sevilla, who were also eliminated from the Peace Cup, in a friendly match at the Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán. They later announced, upon the club's return to France, they will face another La Liga side in Deportivo de La Coruña in Aix-les-Bains.OL - Deportivo la Corogne : une exclusivité OLTV In the Sevilla match, despite the debut of Lisandro López and boasting an almost full strength side, Lyon failed to get on the scoreboard losing 0–1 making the defeat their second straight loss in the preseason. Three days later, Lyon earned a positive result drawing 2–2 with Deportivo with both of their goals coming from new players Bafétimbi Gomis and López. Lyon ended the preseason with a record of one win, three draws and two defeats. Friendly 11 July 2009 19:00 Lyon FRA 1–0 https://web.archive.org/web/20151223055116/http://www.olweb.fr/fr/article/lol-debute-par-une-victoire-50546.html FRA Nice Ederson 12 Stade du Parc Olympique Albertville W 18 July 2009 19:00 Lyon FRA 2–2 https://web.archive.org/web/20151222234028/http://www.olweb.fr/fr/article/lol-se-cherche-encore-50578.html FRA Lens Källström 86 Källström 89 Boukari 3Eduardo 56 Stade d'Arnas Arnas D 30 July 2009 21:30 Sevilla ESP 1–0 https://web.archive.org/web/20151223064700/http://www.olweb.fr/fr/article/un-match-pas-tres-amical-50641.html FRA Lyon Chevantón 86 Makoun 0 53Clerc 0 60 Estadio Guadalquivir Seville, Spain L 2 August 2009 18:30 Lyon FRA 2–2 https://web.archive.org/web/20151223053427/http://www.olweb.fr/fr/match/02-08-2009-ol-la-corogne-2018.html ESP Deportivo La Coruña Gomis 50 López 74 Riki 4 pen. Juca 88 Stade d'Aix-les-Bains Aix-les-Bains, France D 6 January 2010 18:30 Club Africain TUN 1–1 https://web.archive.org/web/20100109191954/http://www.sports.fr/cmc/scanner/football/201001/amical-lyon-accroche-par-le-club-africain_262030.html FRA Lyon Maâm'ri 90+5 Gomis 29 Stade 7 November Radès, Tunisia D Peace Cup 25 July 2009 20:30http://goal.com/en/scores/group-results/190/peace-cup-2009 Group stage Results - individual fixture, date time goal.com 18 July 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090802114805/http://www.goal.com/en/scores/group-results/190/peace-cup-2009 2 August 2009 dead Lyon FRA 1–1 https://web.archive.org/web/20121001082459/http://www.goal.com/en/match/31088/o-lyon-vs-besiktas/lineup-stats TUR Beşiktaş Källström 63 Nobre 84 Estadio Nuevo Colombino Huelva, Spainhttp://www.andalucia.org/eventos/andalucia-peace-cup/ Andalucía Peace Cup Turismo de Andalucía 18 July 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090727135436/http://www.andalucia.org/eventos/andalucia-peace-cup/ 27 July 2009 dead 300 Manuel Mejuto González (Spain) D 27 July 2009 22:30 Lyon FRA 0–2 https://web.archive.org/web/20121001082717/http://www.goal.com/en/match/31089/o-lyon-vs-porto/lineup-stats POR Porto Hulk 9 75 Estadio Nuevo Colombino Huelva, Spain 1,300 Eduardo Iturralde González (Spain) L Competitions y y Ligue 1 2nd 2nd 8 August 15 May y UEFA Champions League Playoff Round Semi-finals Semi-finals 19 August 27 April y Coupe de la Ligue Round of 16 Quarterfinals Quarterfinals 12 January 27 January y Coupe de France Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 32 9 January 24 January 15 May 2010 Ligue 1 2009–10 Ligue 1 Olympique Lyonnais began their league campaign on the road taking on Le Mans at the Stade Léon-Bollée. Lyon started off the match very slow and eventually allowed a goal that was scored by Modibo Maïga in just the 21st minute. Lyon responded just seven minutes later with a goal from the converted defender Mathieu Bodmer, who equalized on a shot at the top of the box as a result of a great pass from Lisandro López. Following the break, Le Mans came out quickly in the attack and were awarded a questionable penalty by referee Lionel Jaffredo. The young Mathieu Coutadeur converted the penalty giving the home team a 2–1 lead. In the ensuing minutes, Lyon slowly lost focus, but were eventually revived when new signing Bafétimbi Gomis came on in the 77th minute. Their newfound attack still drew no goals and heading into the injury time session, Lyon were awarded a free kick just outside the penalty box. With new signings and free kick specialists Michel Bastos and López both standing over the ball, it was the latter who took it and placed the ball easily into the back of the net drawing the match at 2–2 and giving Lyon their first point of the season.http://www.lfp.fr/ligue1/feuilleMatch.asp?saison=2009%2F2010&code_evt=D1&num_ordre=4&code_jr_tr=J01 Le Mans v. Lyon Match Report 8 September 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20090822002125/http://www.lfp.fr/ligue1/feuilleMatch.asp?saison=2009%2F2010&code_evt=D1&num_ordre=4&code_jr_tr=J01 22 August 2009 dead Lyon's first at home was against Valenciennes. With a pivotal Champions League match coming up early next week and Jérémy Toulalan also going on international duty, he was partially rested for the match, which featured the midfield combination of Jean Makoun and Kim Källström. Lyon won the match 1–0 with a goal from Gomis, his first with the club, in the 37th minute.http://www.lfp.fr/ligue1/feuilleMatch_statistiques_joueurs.asp?saison=2009%2F2010&code_jr_tr=J02&num_ordre=4 Lyon v. Valenciennes Match Report 7 November 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20090819141412/http://www.lfp.fr/ligue1/feuilleMatch_statistiques_joueurs.asp?saison=2009%2F2010&code_jr_tr=J02&num_ordre=4 19 August 2009 dead The goal was assisted on by Michel Bastos. The victory initially moved Lyon into fourth-place, but after the next day's matches, Lyon fell to eighth. The following week, Lyon faced Auxerre on the road. After their strong performance mid-week in the Champions League, manager Claude Puel implemented exactly the same formation, albeit with different players in certain positions. Despite missing several goal opportunities mid-week, César Delgado responded by dishing out two assists, the first on the club's opening goal scored by Jean-Alain Boumsong, who was making his season debut, and the club's second goal, scored by Miralem Pjanić, his first career league goal for the club. Lyon won the match 3–0.Auxerre v. Lyon Match Report https://web.archive.org/web/20091217110150/http://www.lfp.fr/ligue1/feuilleMatch.asp?saison=2009%2F2010&code_evt=D1&num_ordre=1&code_jr_tr=J03 17 December 2009 The Auxerre match was notable as it marked the debut of the highly rated 17-year-old Ishak Belfodil, who came on as a substitute in the 84th minute. The next week, Lyon returned home and were victors again claiming a 3–1 victory over Nancy, with all three Lyon goals coming from new signings Bastos, López and Gomis.http://www.lfp.fr/ligue1/feuilleMatch.asp?saison=2009%2F2010&code_evt=D1&num_ordre=4&code_jr_tr=J04 Lyon v. Nancy Match Report 8 September 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20090901033856/http://www.lfp.fr/ligue1/feuilleMatch.asp?saison=2009%2F2010&code_evt=D1&num_ordre=4&code_jr_tr=J04 1 September 2009 dead Following a long international break, Lyon faced Lorient at home, their first and only back-to-back home league match set. In the match, which was fairly even looking at the statistics, Lyon controlled possession for 57 percent of the match, but did not score a goal until the 72nd following a perfect cross from Sidney Govou into the box, which landed at the head of Michel Bastos and then into the back of the net. Lyon maintained the 1–0 lead to win the match moving the club into a tie for second place with title rivals Bordeaux.Lyon v. Lorient Match ReportNovember 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes The following week, Lyon faced rivals Paris Saint-Germain at the Parc des Princes in a match that saw a Lyon side missing several key players. In the 29th minute, the Parisians got a well-deserved goal from former Lyon player Ludovic Giuly. Despite the home side maintaining their attack well into the second half, their first half goal was canceled out following an Aly Cissokho cross into the box that saw Bafétimbi Gomis get a slight touch on the ball to get it past Grégory Coupet. The goal secured a point for Lyon and also allowed the club to maintain their top 2 position in the table.http://www.psg.fr/en/saison-agenda/204003/not-found/46159/PSG-1-1-OL PSG 1-1 OL 20 December 2009 25 September 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090925012126/http://www.psg.fr/en/saison-agenda/204003/not-found/46159/PSG-1-1-OL dead Lyon contested up-and-comers Toulouse the following match day. Lyon defense was again the first to concede allowing a goal from youngster Moussa Sissoko in just the eighth minute. Despite conceding early, however, Lyon's attack was extremely uptempo, which allowed the away side to break into numerous counterattacks. Lyon's attack finally paid off, in the 52nd minute following a goal from Yannis Tafer, which was his first professional goal. Tafer, who came on as a half-time substitute, secured the goal following a cross into the box by the dangerous Cissokho. The French youth international ran near post and got a shot off high into the visiting net. With Lyon's confidence high, their attack increased, which led to numerous chances. Eventually, Lyon got a goal from Gomis, his second in two matches to give the club a 2–1 victory.http://www.lfp.fr/ligue1/feuilleMatch.asp?saison=2009%2F2010&code_evt=&code_jr_tr=J07&num_ordre=6&no_groupe=0 Lyon 2 - 1 Toulouse Match Report 7 November 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20100206045556/http://www.lfp.fr/ligue1/feuilleMatch.asp?saison=2009%2F2010&code_evt=&code_jr_tr=J07&num_ordre=6&no_groupe=0 6 February 2010 dead The following week, Lyon reached top of the table for the first time this season, courtesy of a 2–0 win over Lens. Despite enduring a hostile crowd and constant pressure from Lens, Lyon and their defense stood tall with Govou and Kim Källström getting both goals in the seventh and 78th minute, respectively.http://www.lfp.fr/ligue1/feuilleMatch.asp?saison=2009%2F2010&code_evt=&code_jr_tr=J08&num_ordre=3&no_groupe=0 Lens v. Lyon Match Report 7 November 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20100424014620/http://www.lfp.fr/ligue1/feuilleMatch.asp?saison=2009%2F2010&code_evt=&code_jr_tr=J08&num_ordre=3&no_groupe=0 24 April 2010 dead League table OL Results summary 12 4 3 30 16 8 8 3 32 21 lfp.fr October 2009 Results by round table b Round Ground A/H/A/H/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/A/H Result D/W/W/W/W/D/W/W/L/L/W/D/D/D/L/L/W/D/L/W/W/W/D/W/W/W/D/D/L/W/W/D/D/W/W/W/D/W Position 10/8/2/3/2/2/2/1/1/3/2/2/3/2/4/9/4/4/6/5/5/4/4/4/4/3/3/5/6/5/1/3/3/3/4/4/4/2 Home Away green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss 1st 2nd 3rd red1 lfp.fr June 2009 Matches 1 8 August 2009 21:00 Le Mans 2–2 https://www.ligue1.com/match?matchId=10740 Lyon Maïga 21 Coutadeur 58 pen Bodmer 28 López 90 Stade Léon-Bollée Le Mans 10,391 Lionel Jaffredo D 2 15 August 2009 19:00 Lyon 1–0 https://www.ligue1.com/match?matchId=10751 Valenciennes Gomis 37 Stade de Gerland Lyon 31,745 Hervé Piccirillo W 3 22 August 2009 19:00 Auxerre 0–3 https://www.ligue1.com/match?matchId=10759 Lyon Boumsong 30 Makoun 45 Pjanić 65 Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Auxerre 15,294 Stéphane Bre W 4 29 August 2009 21:00 Lyon 3–1 https://www.ligue1.com/match?matchId=10077 Nancy Gomis 38 López 51 Bastos 68 Hadji 55 Stade de Gerland Lyon 34,193 Saïd Ennjimi W 5 12 September 2009 19:00 Lyon 1–0 https://www.ligue1.com/match?matchId=10087 Lorient Bastos 72 Stade de Gerland Lyon 36,600 Pascal Vileo W 6 20 September 2009 21:00 Paris Saint-Germain 1–1 https://www.ligue1.com/match?matchId=10727 Lyon Giuly 29 Gomis 85 Parc des Princes Paris 44,778 Fredy Fautrel D 7 26 September 2009 21:00 Lyon 2–1 https://www.ligue1.com/match?matchId=10111 Toulouse Tafer 52 Gomis 71 Sissoko 8 Stade de Gerland Lyon 34,031 Bruno Coue W 8 3 October 2009 21:00 Lens 0–2 https://www.ligue1.com/match?matchId=10118 Lyon Govou 7 Källström 78 Stade Félix-Bollaert Lens 39,423 Laurent Duhamel W 9 17 October 2009 19:00 Lyon 0–2 https://www.ligue1.com/match?matchId=10130 Sochaux Faty 17 Privat 89 Stade de Gerland Lyon 36,489 Olivier Thual L 10 24 October 2009 19:00 Nice 4–1 https://www.ligue1.com/match?matchId=10140 Lyon Bagayoko 17 Cissokho 40 o.g. Hellebuyck 69 Rémy 74 Ederson 84 Stade du Ray Nice 10,793 Lionel Jaffredo L 12 31 October 2009 21:00 Saint-Étienne 0–1 https://www.ligue1.com/match?matchId=10162 Lyon Gomis 83 Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Saint-Étienne 34,342 Tony Chapron W 13 8 November 2009 21:00 Lyon 5–5 https://www.ligue1.com/match?matchId=10728 Marseille Pjanić 3Govou 14 López 80 83 pen. Bastos 90+1 Diawara 11 Cheyrou 44Koné 47 Brandão 74 Toulalan 90+2 o.g. Stade de Gerland Lyon 38,018 Stéphane Bré D 14 21 November 2009 19:00 Grenoble 1–1 https://www.ligue1.com/match?matchId=10173 Lyon Courtois 0 71Ljuboja 73 Delgado 66 Stade des Alpes Grenoble 15,563 Clément Turpin D 15 29 November 2009 21:00 Lyon 1–1 https://www.ligue1.com/match?matchId=10782 Rennes López 42 Gyan 14 Stade de Gerland Lyon 35,978 Phillipe Malige D 16 6 December 2009 21:00 Lille 4–3 https://www.ligue1.com/match?matchId=10786 Lyon Frau 23 Gervinho 53 90+2 Cabaye 70 pen. Lisandro López 1 21 pen 34 Stadium Nord Lille Métropole Villeneuve-d'Ascq 14,206 Fredy Fautrel L 17 13 December 2009 21:00 Lyon 0–1 https://www.ligue1.com/match?matchId=10729 Bordeaux Chamakh 86 Stade de Gerland Lyon 36,887 Stéphane Lannoy L 11 16 December 2009 19:00 Lyon 2–0 https://www.ligue1.com/match?matchId=10147 Boulogne Pjanić 72 Delgado 90+1 Stade de Gerland Lyon 37,512 Sébastien Moreira W 18 20 December 2009 21:00 Monaco 1–1 https://www.ligue1.com/match?matchId=10208 Lyon Park 34 Bastos 21 Stade Louis II Fontvieille 10,620 Stéphane Bré D 19 23 December 2009 19:00 Lyon 1–2 https://www.ligue1.com/match?matchId=10216 Montpellier Gomis 84 Montano 53 Marveaux86 Stade de Gerland Lyon 37,963 Laurent Duhamel L 20 16 January 2010 21:00 Nancy 0–2 https://www.ligue1.com/match?matchId=10230 Lyon Cris 79 Gonalons 87 Stade Marcel Picot Tomblaine 16,097 Hervé Piccirillo W 21 20 January 2010 19:00 Lorient 1–3 https://www.ligue1.com/match?matchId=10236 Lyon Ducasse 28 López 63 Källström 71 88 Stade du Moustoir Lorient 15,790 Stéphane Lannoy W 22 31 January 2010 21:00 Lyon 2–1 https://www.ligue1.com/match?matchId=10240 Paris Saint-Germain Gomis 77 Cris 81 Erdinç 10 Sakho 0 61 Stade de Gerland Lyon 35,157 Philippe Kalt W 23 7 February 2010 17:00 Toulouse 0–0 https://www.ligue1.com/match?matchId=10261 Lyon Stadium Municipal Toulouse 21,218 Antony Gautier D 24 13 February 2010 21:00 Lyon 1–0 https://web.archive.org/web/20100214041156/http://www.lfp.fr/ligue1/feuilleMatch.asp?saison=2009%2F2010&code_evt=D1&num_ordre=6&code_jr_tr=J24 Lens Delgado 78 Stade de Gerland Lyon 33,239 Bruno Coue W 25 21 February 2010 17:00 Sochaux 0–4 https://www.ligue1.com/match?matchId=10267 Lyon Bastos 5 25 26 López 81 Stade Auguste Bonal Montbéliard 14,768 Ruddy Buquet W 26 27 February 2010 19:00 Lyon 2–0 https://www.ligue1.com/match?matchId=10283 Nice López 9 Apam 90+2 o.g. Stade de Gerland Lyon 33,593 Christian Guillard W 27 6 March 2010 19:00 Boulogne 0–0 https://www.ligue1.com/match?matchId=10291 Lyon Lachor 0 90+1 Stade de la Libération Boulogne-sur-Mer 12,358 Damien Ledentu D 28 13 March 2010 21:00 Lyon 1–1 https://www.ligue1.com/match?matchId=10302 Saint-Étienne López 79 Rivière 38 Stade de Gerland Lyon 36,199 Lionel Jaffredo D 29 21 March 2010 21:00 Marseille 2–1 https://www.ligue1.com/match?matchId=10731 Lyon Kaboré 68 Taiwo 81 Gomis 80 Stade Vélodrome Marseille 52,557 Fredy Fautrel L 30 27 March 2010 17:00 Lyon 2–0 https://www.ligue1.com/match?matchId=10321 Grenoble Bastos 48 Delgado 90 Cesar 0 76 Stade de Gerland Lyon 32,323 Sébastien Moreira W 31 3 April 2010 19:00 Rennes 1–2 https://www.ligue1.com/match?matchId=10334 Lyon Gyan 15 Bastos 52 López 61 Stade de la Route de Lorient Rennes 28,244 Olivier Thual W 32 11 April 2010 17:00 Lyon 1–1 https://www.ligue1.com/match?matchId=10340 Lille Cris 71 Gonalons 0 78 Frau 62 Costa 0 70 Stade de Gerland Lyon 38,593 Philippe Kalt D 33 17 April 2010 21:00 Bordeaux 2–2 https://www.ligue1.com/match?matchId=10348 Lyon Chamakh 26 Plašil 62 Trémoulinas 0 90 Jussiê 0 90 Ederson 55 Cris 71 Réveillère 0 90 Stade Chaban-Delmas Bordeaux 32,284 Saïd Ennjimi D 35 2 May 2010 21:00 Montpellier 0–1 https://www.ligue1.com/match?matchId=10870 Lyon Bastos 72 Stade de la Mosson Montpellier 25,767 Antony Gautier W 36 5 May 2010 19:00 Lyon 2–1 https://www.ligue1.com/match?matchId=10397 Auxerre López 45+1 pen. Pjanić 85 Jelen 15 Stade de Gerland Lyon 36,262 Olivier Thual W 37 8 May 2010 21:00 Valenciennes 2–2 https://www.ligue1.com/match?matchId=10888 Lyon Audel 72 Cohade 81 sp Källström 17 Baldé 90+2 o.g. Stade Nungesser Valenciennes 13,206 Stéphane Bré D 34 12 May 2010 19:00 Lyon 3–0 https://www.ligue1.com/match?matchId=10360 Monaco Pjanić 28 Gomis 47 López 87 Stade de Gerland Lyon 38,432 Stéphane Lannoy W 38 15 May 2010 21:00 Lyon 2–0 https://www.ligue1.com/match?matchId=10868 Le Mans Gomis 45 Pjanić 68 Stade de Gerland Lyon 37,353 Lionel Jaffredo W Coupe de France 2009–10 Coupe de France Lyon will enter the 2009–10 Coupe de France season having won the title just two seasons ago. Lyon will start from the Round of 64, as all Ligue 1 clubs will. On 14 December 2009, the draw for the Round of 64 was determined and Lyon were giving the task of traveling to Alsace to face second division club Strasbourg. Lyon's first match of the 2010 winter season was highly anticipated by the media and supporters alike following the team's disastrous ending to 2009 portion of the campaign. Lyon started this game in fantastic fashion scoring two goals in the first 15 minutes with Bafétimbi Gomis getting the opener in the 11th minute and Bastos getting one three minutes later. Layon maintained the 2–0 until injury time in the first half when Nicolas Fauvergue netted a goal for his side. Within the first 15 minutes of the second half, Lyon struggled to maintain its first half mentality. Young Strasbourg striker Magaye Gueye tested Lloris on two occasions. Eventually, the match was put to bed after 71 minutes following a laser free kick from Bastos giving Lyon a 3–1 lead, which was the final result. In the ensuing draw, Lyon were given another tough test, courtesy of fellow Ligue 1 club AS Monaco. In the Round of 32 clash, Lyon opened the scoring through Jean-Alain Boumsong on the cusp of half-time with a thumping header following a corner kick. After half-time, Monaco's Brazilian striker Nenê equalised from the penalty spot seven minutes into the second period after Sidney Govou was adjudged to have fouled him in the penalty area. Despite maintaining consistency throughout the match, Lyon would suffer defeat and elimination from the competition following the conversion of a close-range header by South Korean Park Chu-young, following a cross, 13 minutes from time. The goal was partially attributed to goalkeeper Hugo Lloris' unwillingness to intercept the ball upon realizing a teammate was attempting to clear it himself. The former's unwillingness and the teammate's attempt at a clearance was both futile as Park headed the ball in easily. Matches Round of 64 9 January 2010 20:00 Strasbourg 1–3 Lyon April 2025 Fauvergue 36 Gomis 11Bastos 14 72 Stade de la Meinau Strasbourg 11,000 Lionel Jaffredo W Round of 32 23 January 2010 20:45 Monaco 2–1 Lyon April 2025 Nenê 51Park 78 Boumsong 45 Stade Louis II Fontvieille 4,818 Phillipe Malige L Coupe de la Ligue 2009–10 Coupe de la Ligue Lyon will enter Coupe de la Ligue season having last won the cup in 2001. Last season, they were eliminated in the Round of 16 by Metz. Lyon entered the competition during the Round of 16 phase. The draw was determined on 25 September and Lyon were pitted against Metz for the second straight season. Metz defeated Lyon 1–3 with goals from Romain Rocchi, Sébastien Renouard and Victor Mendy in last year's competition.Lyon v. Metz Coupe de la Ligue Match Report https://web.archive.org/web/20081224033900/http://www.lfp.fr/coupeLigue/feuilleMatch.asp?saison=2008%2F2009&code_evt=CL&num_ordre=1&code_jr_tr=T96 24 December 2008 Lyon marched into the Round of 16 match initially nervous before taking control of the match with a rare goal from Jérémy Toulalan, his first as a Lyon player and only the second of his football career. Lyon later got great chances from Michel Bastos and Yannis Tafer with the latter actually scoring, however he was determined to bee offsides by the linesman. Though, Metz maintained the 1–0 deep into the second half, the match was sealed following a brace from Lisandro López, which took only two minutes to complete.http://www.lfp.fr/coupeLigue/feuilleMatch.asp?saison=2009%2F2010&code_evt=CL&num_ordre=3&code_jr_tr=T96 Lyon v. Metx CDL Match Report 8 September 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20100526220136/http://www.lfp.fr/coupeLigue/feuilleMatch.asp?saison=2009%2F2010&code_evt=CL&num_ordre=3&code_jr_tr=T96 26 May 2010 dead In the ensuing draw, held the day after their victory, Lyon were paired with Lorient, whom they will contested on the road at the Stade du Moustoir mid-week on 26 January. In the match, Lorient took a firm stance early courtesy of a goal from Kevin Gameiro in the fourth minute after the Lorient striker took advantage of a blunder by new signing Dejan Lovren. Despite having 86 minutes to either draw the match or win it, Lyon failed to get on the score-sheet despite capable chances from López, Bastos and Pjanić on several occasions and thus were eliminated from the competition for the ninth straight season. Matches Round of 16 13 January 2010 18:45 Lyon 3–0 https://web.archive.org/web/20100526220136/http://www.lfp.fr/coupeLigue/feuilleMatch.asp?saison=2009%2F2010&code_evt=CL&num_ordre=3&code_jr_tr=T96 Metz Toulalan 30López 87 89 Marichez 0 68 Stade de Gerland Lyon 20,010 Damien Ledentu W Quarter-finals 17:00 26 January 2010 Lorient 1–0 https://web.archive.org/web/20100326160058/http://www.lfp.fr:80/coupeLigue/feuilleMatch.asp?saison=2009/2010&code_evt=CL&code_jr_tr=T97&num_ordre=1 Lyon Gameiro 5 Stade du Moustoir Lorient 16,758 Olivier Thual L UEFA Champions League 2009–10 UEFA Champions League Playoff round Lyon entered the 2009–10 UEFA Champions League for the tenth-straight season. For the first time, however, they had to qualify in order to reach the group stage as they entered through the playoff round, due to their 3rd position finish last season. Clubs Lyon could have possibly encountered in the playoff round included Italian club Fiorentina, Spanish side Atlético Madrid and Scottish club Celtic. The draw was determined on 7 August and Lyon were given Belgian club Anderlecht as opponents. The first leg was played on 19 August at the Stade Gerland, while the second leg was played a week later at Constant Vanden Stock Stadium in Anderlecht. The winner entered the group stage of the UEFA Champions League. First leg 19 August 2009 20:45 Lyon FRA 5–1 Report BEL Anderlecht Pjanić 10López 15 pen.Bastos 39Gomis 42 63 Suárez 58 Stade de Gerland Lyon, France 37,902 Wolfgang Stark (Germany) W Second leg 25 August 2009 20:45 Anderlecht BEL 1–3 2–8 Report FRA Lyon Suárez 51 pen. Lisandro 26 32 41 Constant Vanden Stock Stadium Anderlecht, Belgium 16,096 Nicola Rizzoli (Italy) W In the opening leg, Lyon, at the onset, quickly forced a strong attacking pace into the game catching an unexpected Belgian side off guard. In just the 8th minute, Lyon were awarded a free kick and it was easily converted by Miralem Pjanić, his first ever goal with the club. The home side continued their attack forcing the Belgians to hold off their attack and focus more on defending. Despite Anderlecht's intent, in the 14th minute, Lyon were awarded a penalty by referee Wolfgang Stark after Lisandro López, on a breakaway, was taken down in the box by Anderlecht goalkeeper Silvio Proto. Having won the penalty, López stepped up to take it and converted giving Lyon a 2–0 lead in just 15 minutes of play. Throughout the first half, Lyon continued to control the match, at one point, having 65% of the possession. Their continued attack paid off with an amazing left-footed rocket shot from Michel Bastos in the 39th minute. Just three minutes later, Lyon converted again through Bafétimbi Gomis on an easy shot just in front of goal following a nice pass from López. The goal gave Lyon a 4–0 heading into the halftime. Lyon came out for the second half in completely opposite fashion compared to the first. This allowed Anderlecht to finally get some play on the ball. Just 14 minutes into the second half, Anderlecht got their first goal from the Argentine Matías Suárez, who beat both Mathieu Bodmer and Hugo Lloris to the ball and eventually pushed it into the back of the net. Just five minutes later, however, Lyon would regain their four-goal lead with Gomis scoring his second of the match following the Belgian goalkeeper Proto's mistake of leaving his net open by attempting to beat the Frenchman to a passing ball from Michel Bastos. Despite numerous chances from substitute César Delgado, Lyon could not add to their defining lead and headed to Brussels with a 5–1 aggregate lead. In the second leg, Lyon decided to preserve their 5–1 aggregate lead by keeping the pace of the match slow, as well as holding possession as much as possible in order to keep Anderlecht, who were now playing at home, from getting an early goal. Eventually, this strategy paid off resulting in a goal from Lisandro following a rash mistake from an Anderlecht defender who, upon receiving the ball from the goalkeeper, made a pass directly into the path of the Argentine who rightfully intercepted it and easily chipped the ball over the unexpected goalkeeper to give Lyon a 1–0 lead and effectively end Anderlecht's chances. Six minutes later, Lisandro scored again, this time due to a great cross from Anthony Réveillère, who found the striker wide open inside the penalty box. Minutes before halftime, Lisandro scored his first career hat trick for the club in just his fourth match with them, converting the goal following a turnover from the Anderlecht midfielder Jan Polák. In the second half, Anderlecht converted from the penalty spot in the 51st minute and the 3–1 scoreline eventually remained until the end of the match. The victory allowed Lyon to advance to the group stages on an aggregate score of 8–2. Group stage 2009–10 UEFA Champions League group stage#Group E The draw for the group stage of the Champions League was determined on 27 August 2009. Due to Arsenal's victory over Celtic in the third qualifying round, Lyon were inserted into Pot 2. Following the draw, Lyon were inserted into Group E with English club Liverpool from Pot 1, Italian side Fiorentina from Pot 3, and Hungarian club Debreceni VSC from Pot 4. Lyon have, previously, never faced Liverpool nor Debreceni in the Champions League, with the latter making their debut in the competition. However, Lyon have faced Fiorentina, whom they contested two matches against during last year's group stage. The first match, played at the Stade Gerland finished 2–2 in controversial fashion, while the second match away to Fiorentina was won by Lyon 2–1. Lyon started their Champions League campaign with a 1–0 victory over Fiorentina. Fiorentina, who played most of the match with 10 men, due to a red card being given to Alberto Gilardino held on to a 0–0 draw until the 76th minute when the Bosnian midfielder Miralem Pjanić scored the opening goal and winning goal. The following match day, the club faced minnows Debrecen and came out with a 4–0. In the match, Lyon dominated the first half scoring three of their four goals in the first 25 minutes with Kim Källström, Pjanić, and Sidney Govou getting on the scoresheet. Bafétimbi Gomis capped the night scoring the final goal in the second half. On 20 October Lyon began their back-to-back matches against Liverpool with the first match being played at the historic Anfield. Despite Lyon attacking early on, it was Liverpool who got scored first with Yossi Benayoun converting. In the 33rd minute, Lyon's lone healthy centre back Cris suffered a concussion and was taken off the field before half-time, despite an attempt to continue playing. He was replaced by defensive midfielder Maxime Gonalons. Due to this, Lyon employed a more defensive style earlier in the second half, but eventually garnered enough confidence to get forward and in the 72nd minute, it paid off. Following a corner kick from Källström, Lyon got two chances at goal from Jérémy Toulalan and Jean Makoun before the ball was headed in by the substitute Gonalons. The goal drew the match at 1–1 and Lyon later won the match in injury time with the Argentine César Delgado scoring the game-winning goal. The victory was Lyon's first victory over an English club in the Champions League. In the return leg, Lyon managed a 1–1 draw, primarily due to the efforts of goalkeeper Hugo Lloris who performed admirably producing sharp stops from Fernando Torres, Dirk Kuyt, and Andriy Voronin in the first half, then displaying stunning reflexes to deny the Brazilian Lucas midway through the second period. Though Lyon conceded late following an amazing goal from Ryan Babel, they drew the match 1–1 with a goal from Lisandro López in injury time.Lyon delight, Liverpool despair The point brought Lyon's total tally to ten and assured the club a spot in the knockout stage. Lyon's effort to go into the knockout stage in first place were put into danger following their 0–1 defeat to Fiorentina at the Stadio Artemio Franchi in Florence. Lyon contested the match missing several key players, notably starters Jérémy Toulalan and Anthony Réveillère. Despite outshooting and holding 57% of the possession, Lyon failed to get on the score-sheet and conceded from the penalty spot after referee Olegário Benquerença ruled that Aly Cissokho had committed a foul on Marco Marchionni inside of the box. The penalty was converted sublimely by Juan Manuel Vargas. The loss moved Fiorentina into the first place and ultimately the battle for top spot in the group was decided on the final day. Lyon faced Debrecen and like the first match, Lyon attacked early and by the end of the first half led 2–0 with goals from Bastos and Gomis. In the second half, Lyon increased their performance getting a free kick goal from Pjanić and also one from Cissokho, which was his first professional goal. During the final minutes of the match, Lyon's support was high and ecstatic, mainly due to the Liverpool–Fiorentina match being drawn at that point, their hearts were broken following a goal from Alberto Gilardino in injury time to give Fiorentina a 2–1 victory and top spot in the group. The 4–0 thrashing of Debrecen was deemed futile. Group E n LYO table b Round Ground H/A/A/H/A/H Result W/W/W/D/L/W Home Away green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss uefa.com September 2009 Matches 1 16 September 2009 20:45 Lyon FRA 1–0 Report ITA Fiorentina Pjanić 76 Gilardino 0 45 Stade de Gerland Lyon, France 37,169 Pieter Vink (Netherlands) W 2 29 September 2009 20:45 Debrecen HUN 0–4 Report FRA Lyon Källström 3Pjanić 13Govou 24Gomis 51 Ferenc Puskás Stadium1 Budapest, Hungary 41,600 Tom Henning Øvrebø (Norway) W 3 20 October 2009 20:45 Liverpool ENG 1–2 Report FRA Lyon Benayoun 41 Gonalons 72Delgado 90+1 Anfield Liverpool, England 41,562 Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain) W 4 4 November 2009 20:45 Lyon FRA 1–1 Report ENG Liverpool Lisandro 90 Babel 83 Stade de Gerland Lyon, France 39,180 Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium) D 5 24 November 2009 20:45 Fiorentina ITA 1–0 Report FRA Lyon Vargas 28 pen. Stadio Artemio Franchi Florence, Italy 34,301 Olegário Benquerença (Portugal) L 6 9 December 2009 20:45 Lyon FRA 4–0 Report HUN Debrecen Gomis 25Bastos 45Pjanić 59Cissokho 76 Stade de Gerland Lyon, France 36,884 Florian Meyer (Germany) W Note 1: Debrecen played their home group matches at Ferenc Puskás Stadium in Budapest as their Stadion Oláh Gábor Út did not meet UEFA criteria. First Knockout Round For the seventh straight season, Lyon reached the first knockout round. Due to finishing second, Lyon faced the danger of being paired with several big clubs that finished first in other groups. Notable clubs Lyon could have been paired with include Barcelona, Manchester United, Chelsea, and Arsenal to name a few. Following the draw, held on 18 December 2009, Lyon indeed received a tough draw being given La Liga side Real Madrid. The draw meant that former Lyon player Karim Benzema returned to the Stade de Gerland after leaving the club only six months prior. This was the second straight season Lyon faced a Spanish club in the first knockout round having lost 3–6 on aggregate to Barcelona in last season's competition. The first leg was played at the Gerland on 16 February 2010, while the second leg was held at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium on 10 March. First leg 16 February 2010 20:45 CET (UTC+01:00) Lyon FRA 1–0 Report ESP Real Madrid Makoun 47 Stade de Gerland Lyon, France 40,327 Martin Atkinson (England) W Second leg 10 March 2010 20:45 CET (UTC+01:00) Real Madrid ESP 1–1 1–2 Report FRA Lyon Ronaldo 6 Pjanić 75 Santiago Bernabéu Stadium Madrid, Spain 71,569 Nicola Rizzoli (Italy) D Quarter-finals Following their successful 2–1 aggregate victory over Real Madrid, Lyon were inserted into the quarter-finals. The draw was conducted on 19 March and Lyon were drawn to face Ligue 1 rivals and fellow French club Bordeaux. On 30 March 2010, Lyon faced Bordeaux at the Stade de Gerland in the first leg of the competition. Lyon got on the scoreboard early through a goal through Lisandro López following a blunder from Bordeaux defender Michaël Ciani, which allowed Mathieu Bodmer to recover the ball inside the box and find López in front of goal. Undeterred, Bordeaux quickly leveled with a vital away goal from striker Marouane Chamakh after great service from Yoann Gourcuff. In the 32nd minute, Lyon again took the lead with Michel Bastos scoring following another Bordeaux error, this time from Benoît Trémoulinas who misplayed a Lyon cross, which allowed the ball to land at the feet of Bastos who proceeded to blast a shot past goalkeeper Cédric Carrasso. Midway through the second half, Laurent Blanc's team rallied with the Brazilian Wendel drilling a shot on goal, which went by Hugo Lloris, but went directly off the post. Minutes later, Lyon were awarded a penalty courtesy of a Matthieu Chalmé handball. The penalty was converted by Lisandro to give Lyon a 3–1 lead and the Argentine was later carded in the final minutes of the match, which resulted in him missing the second leg. The 3–1 scoreline remained ensuring Lyon a wonderful opportunity to reach their first ever UEFA Champions League semi-final. In the second leg in Bordeaux, Claude Puel opted for a more defensive formation starting Maxime Gonalons ahead of the attack-minded Miralem Pjanić. The strategy was successful during the early stages but turned sour following an accurate shot from midfielder Alou Diarra, which again beat Lloris, but, for the second straight match, hit the post in the 43rd minute. Two minutes later, just before halftime, Bordeaux drew within one goal following a conversion from Chamakh. In the second half, Puel remained confident in defense opting to substitute out attacker and lone striker Bafétimbi Gomis in order to clog the midfield. In the final stages of the match, Bordeaux were near the game-winning goal following a header attempt by Wendel, but their hopes were spoiled following an amazing save from Lloris. Though Bordeaux were successful in attaining a victory, the 3–2 aggregate scoreline was in Lyon's favor allowing the club to advance to their first-ever UEFA Champions League semi-final. First leg 30 March 2010 20:45 Lyon FRA 3–1 Report FRA Bordeaux Lisandro 10 77 pen.Bastos 32 Chamakh 14 Stade de Gerland Lyon, France 37,859 Felix Brych (Germany) W Second leg 7 April 2010 20:45 Bordeaux FRA 1–0 2–3 Report FRA Lyon Chamakh 45 Stade Chaban-Delmas Bordeaux, France 31,962 Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain) L Semi-finals Lyon will be making their first-ever UEFA Champions League semi-final appearance following their 3–2 aggregate victory over French rivals Bordeaux. Following the quarter-final draw, the winner of the match were pitted to either face English club Manchester United or German club Bayern Munich. On 7 April 2010, Bayern Munich lost to Manchester United 3–2 at Old Trafford, but their 2–1 result in the previous leg in Munich allowed Bayern to advance to the semi-finals to face Lyon on the away goals rule. Lyon and Bayern Munich have met recently. During the 2008–09 UEFA Champions League, the two clubs were inserted into the same group for the group stage phase of the competition. In the first match, played at the Allianz Arena, the clubs drew 1–1 with Martín Demichelis converting an own goal for Lyon and Zé Roberto equalising for Bayern early in the second half. In the second match in Lyon, Bayern defeated Lyon 3–2 with Frenchman Franck Ribéry being particularly instrumental in the victory assisting on two goals and also scoring one. First leg 21 April 2010 20:45 Bayern Munich GER 1–0 Report FRA Lyon Ribéry 0 37Robben 69 Toulalan 2 51 54 Allianz Arena Munich, Germany 66,000 Roberto Rosetti (Italy) L Second leg 27 April 2010 20:45 Lyon FRA 0–3 0–4 Report GER Bayern Munich Cris 2 59 59 Olić 26 67 78 Stade de Gerland Lyon, France 39,414 Massimo Busacca (Switzerland) L Start formations 36 4-3-3 L1 (24), UCL (9), CDF (1), CDL (2) 17 4-2-3-1 L1 (12), UCL (4), CDF (1) 3 4-4-2 L1 (2), UCL (1) 15 May Match reports in Competitive matches November 2010 Starting 11 Lineup that started in the club's league match against Le Mans on 15 May. y Lloris FRA 1 GK 52 Réveillère FRA 13 RB 46 y Cris BRA 3 CB 47 Toulalan FRA 28 CB 43 y Cissokho FRA 20 LB 46 Makoun CMR 17 CM 36 y Pjanić BIH 8 CM 38 Källström SWE 6 CM 38 y Govou FRA 14 RW 32 Lisandro ARG 9 LW 39 y Gomis FRA 18 FW 31 15 May November 2010 350px 0.66 1.77 250 Lloris 1.06 1.36 250 Réveillère 0.85 1.50 250 Cris 0.49 1.50 250 Toulalan 0.19 1.36 250 Cissokho 0.61 1.15 250 Makoun 0.87 0.90 250 Pjanić 0.37 0.90 250 Källström 1.00 0.59 250 Govou 0.23 0.59 250 Lisandro 0.64 0.41 250 Gomis Squad stats Appearances and goals Last updated on 15 May 2010. Ligue 1 Champions League Coupe de la Ligue Coupe de France 1 Hugo Lloris GK FRA 36 0 14 0 0 0 2 0 2 François Clerc DF FRA 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 Cris DF BRA 34 4 14 0 1 0 1 0 4 Jean-Alain Boumsong DF FRA 19 1 6 0 2 0 2 1 5 Mathieu Bodmer MF FRA 13 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 6 Kim Källström MF SWE 32 4 13 1 0 0 2 0 7 Michel Bastos MF BRA 32 10 11 3 2 0 2 2 8 Miralem Pjanić MF BIH 37 6 14 5 2 0 0 0 9 Lisandro López FW ARG 34 15 12 7 2 2 2 0 10 Ederson MF BRA 24 2 10 0 1 0 2 0 12 Timothée Kolodziejczak DF FRA 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 13 Anthony Réveillère DF FRA 30 0 13 0 2 0 2 0 14 Sidney Govou FW FRA 30 2 11 1 1 0 1 0 17 Jean Makoun MF CMR 28 1 12 1 0 0 0 0 18 Bafétimbi Gomis FW FRA 37 10 9 5 2 0 2 1 19 César Delgado FW ARG 27 4 13 1 2 0 2 0 20 Aly Cissokho DF FRA 31 0 14 1 2 0 1 0 22 Clément Grenier MF FRA 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 Anderson DF BRA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 Joan Hartock GK FRA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 Dejan Lovren DF CRO 8 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 28 Jérémy Toulalan MF FRA 31 0 11 0 2 1 1 0 29 Yannis Tafer FW FRA 7 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 30 Rémy Vercoutre GK FRA 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 31 Saïd Mehamha MF FRA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 Lamine Gassama DF FRA 6 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 34 Enzo Reale MF FRA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 35 Nicolas Seguin DF FRA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 Sébastien Faure DF FRA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 37 Thomas Fontaine DF FRA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 38 Alexandre Lacazette FW FRA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 39 Ishak Belfodil FW FRA 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 40 Anthony Lopes GK FRA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 41 Maxime Gonalons MF FRA 15 1 9 1 2 0 1 0 44 Ousmane N'Diaye DF SEN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 46 Loïc Abenzoar DF FRA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |- |colspan="14"|Players sold after the start of the season: 11 Fabio Grosso DF ITA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 Romain Beynié MF FRA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 Anthony Mounier FW FRA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |} Other statistics Last updated 15 May 2010 Note: For all official competitions {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%;" !class="sortable" width="50px"|No. !width="50px"|Pos. !class="sortable" width="130px"|Nationality !width="130px"|Player !width="70px" style="background: #FFFFFF"|10px Assists !width="70px" style="background: #FFFFFF"|15px Minutes Played !width="50px" style="background: #FFEE99"|10px !width="50px" style="background: #FFEE99"|10px 10px !width="50px" style="background: #FF8888"|10px |- |1 || GK || FRA France || Hugo Lloris || 1 || 4590 || 0 || 0 || 0 |---- |2 || DF || FRA France || François Clerc || 0 || 557 || 2 || 0 || 0 |---- |3 || DF || BRA Brazil || Cris Cris (footballer, born 1977) || 1 || 3972 || 11 || 1 || 0 |---- |4 || DF || FRA France || Jean-Alain Boumsong || 0 || 2322 || 1 || 0 || 0 |---- |5 || MF || FRA France || Mathieu Bodmer || 2 || 1032 || 3 || 0 || 0 |---- |6 || MF || SWE Sweden || Kim Källström || 6 || 3152 || 5 || 0 || 0 |---- |7 || MF || BRA Brazil || Michel Bastos || 5 || 2703 || 3 || 0 || 0 |---- |8 || MF || BIH Bosnia and Herzegovina || Miralem Pjanić || 9 || 3173 || 5 || 0 || 0 |---- |9 || FW || ARG Argentina || Lisandro López Lisandro López (footballer, born 1983) || 5 || 3236 || 5 || 0 || 0 |---- |10 || MF || BRA Brazil || Ederson Ederson Honorato Campos || 5 || 1665 || 1 || 0 || 0 |---- |12 || DF || FRA France || Timothée Kolodziejczak || 0 || 101 || 0 || 0 || 0 |---- |13 || DF || FRA France || Anthony Réveillère || 1 || 3724 || 6 || 0 || 1 |---- |14 || FW || FRA France || Sidney Govou || 4 || 2416 || 8 || 0 || 0 |---- |17 || DF || CMR Cameroon || Jean Makoun || 2 || 3010 || 5 || 1 || 0 |---- |18 || FW || FRA France || Bafétimbi Gomis || 4 || 2665 || 2 || 0 || 0 |---- |19 || MF || ARG Argentina || César Delgado || 3 || 2004 || 4 || 0 || 0 |---- |20 || DF || FRA France || Aly Cissokho || 1 || 3768 || 7 || 0 || 0 |----- |22 || MF || FRA France || Clément Grenier || 0 || 18 || 0 || 0 || 0 |---- |23|| DF || BRA Brazil || Anderson Anderson Cléber Beraldo || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 |---- |25 || GK || FRA France || Joan Hartock || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 |---- |26 || DF || CRO Croatia || Dejan Lovren || 1 || 770 || 1 || 0 || 0 |---- |28 || MF || FRA France || Jérémy Toulalan || 2 || 3150 || 9 || 1 || 0 |---- |29 || FW || FRA France || Yannis Tafer || 0 || 330 || 1 || 0 || 0 |---- |30 || GK || FRA France || Rémy Vercoutre || 0 || 270 || 0 || 0 || 0 |---- |31 || MF || FRA France || Saïd Mehamha || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 |---- |32 || DF || FRA France || Lamine Gassama || 0 || 643 || 0 || 0 || 0 |---- |34 || MF || FRA France || Enzo Reale || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 |---- |35|| DF || FRA France || Nicolas Seguin || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 |---- |36 || DF || FRA France || Sébastien Faure || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 |---- |37 || DF || FRA France || Thomas Fontaine || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 |---- |38|| FW || FRA France || Alexandre Lacazette || 0 || 12 || 0 || 0 || 0 |---- |39 || FW || FRA France || Ishak Belfodil || 0 || 55 || 0 || 0 || 0 |---- |40 || GK || FRA France || Anthony Lopes || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 |---- |41|| MF || FRA France || Maxime Gonalons || 0 || 1690 || 7 || 1 || 0 |---- |44 || DF || SEN Senegal || Ousmane N'Diaye footballer || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 |---- |46|| DF || FRA France || Loïc Abenzoar || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 |---- 27 April 2010 Competitive matches and lfp.fr November 2010. References External links Olympique Lyonnais Official Website Lyon 2009-10 Lyon