2016–17 Olympique Lyonnais Féminin season

The 2016–17 season of Olympique Lyonnais Féminin was its thirteenth season since FC Lyon joined OL as its women's section. Like the previous season, the team won all three competitions: the Division 1 Féminine, the Coupe de France Féminine and notably its fourth UEFA Women's Champions League, reaching Frankfurt at the top of the competition's palmares.

Olympique Lyonnais Féminin

2016–17 season
Chairman	Gérard Prêcheur
Manager	Jean-Michel Aulas
Stadium	Groupama OL Training Center
Division 1	Champion
Coupe de France	Champion
Champions League	Champion
Top goalscorer	League: Eugénie Le Sommer (20) All: TBC
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Summary

Olympique Lyonnais had won in the 2015–16 season its second triple crown, including its fourth UEFA Women's Champions League along with its fifth national double in a row. Before the end of the season Amandine Henry had moved to the NWSL, while subsequently Louisa Necib retired and Lotta Schelin returned to the Damallsvenskan. Olympique reacted by signing Dzsenifer Marozsán from Frankfurt and Kenza Dali, Kheira Hamraoui,m Jessica Houara and Caroline Seger from major rival Paris Saint-Germain.

From September to November Olympique won all first eight league games and first two Champions League rounds against newcomer Avaldsnes and Zürich by wide scorelines. Following a 2–1 win over 3rd place Montpellier, Olympique ended the year a 1–0 loss in its first game against Paris Saint-Germain, which took the lead in the table.[1] However, on January 6 PSG's September 0–4 win over Albi was reversed to a 3–0 loss,[2] thus losing their advantage over Olympique. PSG's subsequent 2–1 lose against Montpellier gave Olympique the lead.

In the winter transfer window Olympique made three signings. Alex Morgan was recruited on loan from NWSL's Orlando Pride, and Kadeisha Buchanan and Josephine Henning subsequently joined the team, which won all its first games in 2017, expanding its lead to a 6-point margin, before facing Wolfsburg in the Champions League's quarterfinals. 2012–13 and 2013–14 champion Wolfsburg had been Olympique's rival in the past edition's final, which Olympique had won on penalties, and the tie was branded by the media as the competition's advanced final.[3] Olympique nearly ensured qualification with a 0–2 away win, and made it to the semifinals against Manchester City despite a 0–1 home defeat. After qualifying for the national cup's final, Olympique again set course to the final in an away first leg with a 1–3 win before suffering a one-goal defeat in Lyon to a goal by Carli Lloyd,[4] enough to make it to the final in Cardiff, where they faced Paris Saint-Germain in the second final between two teams from the same country.[5]

On May 8 Olympique sealed its 11th national championship in a row with two games remaining, in a 9–0 win over Soyaux.[6] Finally the team faced a triple showdown against Paris Saint-Germain with two titles in dispute as well as PSG's qualification for the next Champions League as Montpellier took the second place. After a 3–0 win in the league match, the cup final ended in a 1–1 draw followed by a 7–6 victory in the penalty shootout, giving Olympique its sixth consecutive national double.[7] The Champions League final also ended in a draw with no goals were scored either in the extra time. The penalty shootout was also a long one, and it was resolved in a duel between the two goalkeepers. PSG's Katarzyna Kiedrzynek missed her kick and couldn't stop Sarah Bouhaddi's shot, which made the team the European champion for the fourth time.[8]

Transfers

In

Date	Position	Player	Origin	Reference	Notes
May 3, 2016	Midfielder	Dzsenifer Marozsán	Frankfurt	Eurosport
July 1, 2016	Defender	Kenza Dali	Paris Saint-Germain	L'Equipe
	Midfielder	Kheira Hamraoui
		Jessica Houara
		Caroline Seger
	Forward	Andrea Norholm	Klepp
September 1, 2016	Goalkeeper	Erin Nayler	Norwest United	NZ Football
December 20, 2016	Forward	Alex Morgan	Orlando Pride	New York Times	On loan
January 3, 2017	Defender	Josephine Henning	Arsenal	20 Minutes
January 8, 2017	Defender	Kadeisha Buchanan	West Virginia Mountaineers	CBC

Out

Date	Position	Player	Destination	Reference	Notes
May 27, 2016	Midfielder	Louisa Necib	Retirement	Football 365
June 8, 2016	Forward	Lotta Schelin	Rosengård	Expressen
June 27, 2016	Defender	Estelle Cascarino	Juvisy	France Football
July 7, 2016	Goalkeeper	Cindy Perrault	Albi	La Depeche
July 8, 2016	Defender	Line Røddik Hansen	Barcelona	Mundo Deportivo
January 5, 2017	Goalkeeper	Erin Nayler	Grenoble	Le Sport Dauphinois	On loan
January 31, 2017	Defender	Julie Piga	Grenoble	Coeurs de Foot	On loan

Squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  NZL Erin Nayler 2 MF  FRA Kenza Dali 3 DF  FRA Wendie Renard 4 DF  FRA Julie Marichaud 5 DF  JPN Saki Kumagai 6 FW  NOR Andrea Norheim 7 MF  FRA Amel Majri 8 DF  FRA Jessica Houara 9 FW  FRA Eugénie Le Sommer 10 MF  GER Dzsenifer Marozsán 11 MF  FRA Kheira Hamraoui 12 FW  FRA Élodie Thomis 13 FW  USA Alex Morgan 14 FW  NOR Ada Hegerberg

No. Pos. Nation Player 15 MF  FRA Aurélie Kaci 16 GK  FRA Sarah Bouhaddi 17 DF  FRA Corine Petit 18 MF  FRA Claire Lavogez 20 FW  FRA Delphine Cascarino 21 DF  CAN Kadeisha Buchanan 22 FW  GER Pauline Bremer 23 MF  FRA Camille Abily 24 FW  FRA Mylaine Tarrieu 25 DF  FRA Julie Piga 26 DF  GER Josephine Henning 27 MF  SWE Caroline Seger 29 DF  FRA Griedge Mbock 30 GK  FRA Méline Gerard

Results

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed
Numbers in brackets in league games show the team's position in the table following the match

Pre-season

8 August 2016 Friendly	Nîmes	Cancelled	Olympique Lyonnais	Nîmes
		Report

13 August 2016 Friendly	Olympique Lyonnais	4 – 0	Grenoble	Lyon
	Hegerberg	Report

17 August 2016 Friendly	Olympique Lyonnais	7 – 3	Saint-Étienne	Chasse-sur-Rhône
	Hegerberg  7', 18', 82' Bremer  24' Kumagai  27', 62' Cascarino  38'	Report	Lavaud  40' Traoré  72' Gago  77'

27 August 2016 Friendly	Olympique Lyonnais	1 – 0	Freiburg	Holtzwihr
16:00	Dali  30'	Report		Attendance: 2,000

4 September 2016 Friendly	Olympique Lyonnais	4 – 0	Brescia	Montreux
16:00	Kumagai  40' Lavogez  48' Hegerberg  52' Le Sommer  67'	Report		Attendance: 400

UEFA Women's Champions League

5 October 2016 Round of 32 – 1	Avaldsnes	2 – 5	Olympique Lyonnais	Stadion, Haugesund
	Thorsnes  23' Hansen  52'	Report	Kumagai  7' (pen.) Le Sommer  20' Abily  48', 62' Hegerberg  86'	Attendance: 4,619 Referee: Albon

12 October 2016 Round of 32 – 2	Olympique Lyonnais	5 – 0	Avaldsnes	Parc OL, Décines-Charpieu
20:45	Renard  3' Marozsán  41' Cascarino  59' Le Sommer  64', 74'	Report		Attendance: 5,089 Referee: Kováčová

9 November 2016 Round of 16 – 1	Olympique Lyonnais	8 – 0	Zürich	Parc OL, Décines-Charpieu
18:15	Le Sommer  22', 35' Mbock  26' Hegerberg  29', 30', 41' Tarrieu  90' Lavogez  90+3'	Report		Attendance: 3,841 Referee: Azzopardi

16 November 2016 Round of 16 – 2	Zürich	0 – 9	Olympique Lyonnais	Letzigrund, Zürich
		Report	Abily  18', 39' Seger  20' Kumagai  42' Lavogez  62', 63' Tarrieu  64' Renard  80' Petit  88'	Attendance: 4,022 Referee: Sørø

23 March 2017 Quarterfinals – 1	Wolfsburg	0 – 2	Olympique Lyonnais	AOK, Wolfsburg
20:15		Report	Abily  61' Marozsán  74'	Attendance: 3,705 Referee: Adámková

29 March 2017 Quarterfinals – 2	Olympique Lyonnais	0 – 1	Wolfsburg	Parc OL, Décines-Charpieu
20:45		Report	Hansen  82' (pen.)	Attendance: 14,128 Referee: Mularczyk

22 April 2017 Semifinals – 1	Manchester City	1 – 3	Olympique Lyonnais	Academy, Manchester
15:00	Asllani  10'	Report	Kumagai  2' (pen.) Marozsán  16' Le Sommer  68'	Attendance: 3,614 Referee: Kulcsár

29 April 2017 Semifinals – 2	Olympique Lyonnais	0 – 1	Manchester City	Parc OL, Décines-Charpieu
20:45		Report	Lloyd  57'	Attendance: 19,214 Referee: Staubli

1 June 2017 Final	Olympique Lyonnais	0 – 0	Paris Saint-Germain	Cardiff City, Cardiff
20:45		Report		Attendance: 22,433 Referee: Steinhaus
	Penalties
	Majri Le Sommer Renard Mbock Kumagai Marozsán Abily Bouhaddi		Cristiane Delannoy Geyoro Delie Formiga Boquete Lawrence Kiedrzynek

UEFA Women's Champions League Champions
Title	First	Previous
Fourth	2010–11	2015–16

Division 1 Féminine

11 September 2016 1	Soyaux	0 – 9	Olympique Lyonnais	Camille Lebon, Angoulême
		Report	Le Sommer  5', 23', 35', 69', 78' Hegerberg  38', 79' Tarrieu  45' Lavogez  81'	Attendance: 1,169 Referee: Loidon

25 September 2016 2	Olympique Lyonnais	6 – 0	Albi	Groupama, Décines-Charpieu
	Marozsán  12', 70' Majri  27' Lavogez  45' Hegerberg  68', 75'	Report		Attendance: 965 Referee: Dallongeville

2 October 2016 3	Saint-Étienne	0 – 4	Olympique Lyonnais	Maurice Rousson, Feurs
15:00		Report	Abily  44' Hegerberg  72' Majri  81' Kumagai  90+1' (pen.)	Attendance: 566 Referee: Guillemin

9 October 2016 4	Olympique Lyonnais	8 – 0	Girondins Bordeaux	Groupama, Décines-Charpieu
15:00	Majri  15' Lavogez  23', 65' Hegerberg  29' Mustaki  47' (o.g.) Petit  54', 60' Bremer  65'	Report		Attendance: 971 Referee: Maubacq

15 October 2016 5	Olympique Marseille	1 – 6	Olympique Lyonnais	Parsemain, Fos-sur-Mer
18:45	Asseyi  75'	Report	Abily  27' Le Sommer  32', 49' Hegerberg  44' Majri  63' Laplacette  65' (o.g.)	Attendance: 1,685 Referee: Coppola

30 October 2016 6	Olympique Lyonnais	9 – 1	Guingamp	Groupama, Décines-Charpieu
15:00	Abily  8', 47' Majri  11' Bremer  28' Kumagai  31' Lavogez  45+1' Le Sommer  63', 82', 84'	Report	Oparanozie  67'	Attendance: 1,300 Referee: Cruchon

5 November 2016 7	Rodez	0 – 5	Olympique Lyonnais	Paul Lignon, Rodez
16:00		Report	Marozsán  31', 45' Hegerberg  56' Abily 57' Renard  90' (pen.)	Attendance: 758 Referee: Cruchon

20 November 2016 8	Olympique Lyonnais	3 – 0	Metz	Groupama, Décines-Charpieu
14:30	Abily  36' Hegerberg  54' Renard  86'	Report		Attendance: 681 Referee: Dallongeville

10 December 2016 10	Olympique Lyonnais	2 – 1	Montpellier	Groupama, Décines-Charpieu
15:00	Abily  5' Le Sommer  7'	Report	Dekker  42'	Attendance: 1,269 Referee: Bonnin

12 December 2016 11	Paris Saint-Germain	1 – 0	Olympique Lyonnais	Georges Lefèvre, Saint-Germain-en-Laye
18:45	Delie  83'	Report		Attendance: 1,858 Referee: Maubacq

14 January 2017 12	Guingamp	0 – 3	Olympique Lyonnais	Fred Aubert, Saint-Brieuc
14:30	Le Sommer  21', 26' Hegerberg  72'	Report		Attendance: 3,076 Referee: Bonnin

5 February 2017 13	Olympique Lyonnais	4 – 0	Olympique Marseille	Groupama, Décines-Charpieu
15:00	Kumagai  28' (pen.) Abily  37' Le Sommer  54' Hegerberg  84'	Report		Attendance: 1,404 Referee: Guillemin

12 February 2017 14	Olympique Lyonnais	5 – 2	Juvisy	Groupama, Décines-Charpieu
16:30	Majri  5' Hegerberg  23', 29' Kumagai  53' (pen.) Le Sommer  66'	Report	Mateo  31' Jauréna  80'	Attendance: 4,913 Referee: Dallongeville

15 February 2017 9	Juvisy	0 – 1	Olympique Lyonnais	Robert Bobin, Bondoufle
15:00		Report	Abily  22'	Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Bonnin

25 February 2017 15	Montpellier	0 – 3	Olympique Lyonnais	Bernard Gasset, Montpellier
14:30		Report	Renard  13', 67' Bremer  26'	Attendance: 684 Referee: Coppola

18 March 2017 16	Albi	0 – 5	Olympique Lyonnais	Maurice Rigaud, Albi
18:30		Report	Kumagai  4' (pen.) Hegerberg  30' Abily  39' Morgan  67', 68'	Attendance: 959 Referee: Cruchon

26 March 2017 17	Olympique Lyonnais	8 – 0	Rodez	Groupama, Décines-Charpieu
16:00	Hegerberg  38', 44' Lavogez  42' Tarrieu  45+1', 48' Mbock  62' Petit  76' Bremer  80'	Report		Attendance: 1,033 Referee: Bagrowski

2 April 2017 18	Olympique Lyonnais	6 – 0	Saint-Étienne	Groupama, Décines-Charpieu
15:00	Houara  9', 13' Mbock  23' Le Sommer  48', 72' Lavogez  70'	Report		Attendance: 1,300 Referee: Buffart

3 May 2017 19	Girondins Bordeaux	0 – 1	Olympique Lyonnais	Jean-Antoine Moueix, Libourne
15:00		Report	Lavogez  79'	Attendance: 2,405 Referee: Buffart

8 May 2017 20	Olympique Lyonnais	9 – 0	Soyaux	Groupama, Décines-Charpieu
16:00	Viana  21' (o.g.) Hegerberg  24', 32' Morgan  37', 51' Kumagai  43' (pen.) Le Sommer  47', 59' Renard  68'	Report		Attendance: 1,204 Referee: Labadot-Cadinot

13 May 2017 21	Olympique Lyonnais	3 – 0	Paris Saint-Germain	Groupama, Décines-Charpieu
16:00	Le Sommer  13' Hegerberg  27' Morgan  28'	Report		Attendance: 7,912 Referee: Guillemin

25 May 2017 22	Metz	0 – 3	Olympique Lyonnais	Municipal, Amnéville
17:00		Report	Hegerberg  34' Mbock  52' Renard  57'	Attendance: 1,400 Referee: Beyer

Division 1 Féminine Champions
Title	First	Previous
Eleventh	2006–07	2015–16

Coupe de France Féminine

8 January Round of 64	Ambilly	0 – 8	Olympique Lyonnais	Salvatore Mazzéo, Gaillard
18:45		Report	Cascarino  7', 74' Petit  11' Bremer  19' Lavogez  49' (60) Hamraoui  72' Norheim  76'	Referee: Bartnik

27 January 2017 Round of 32	Olympique Lyonnais	5 – 0	Grenoble	Groupama, Décines-Charpieu
20:00	Le Sommer  20' Hamraoui  22' Lavogez  42', 56' Kaci  86'	Report		Referee: Bourquin

19 February Round of 16	Guingamp	0 – 5	Olympique Lyonnais	Fred Aubert, Saint-Brieuc
16:40		Report	Bremer  67', 84', 87' Lavogez  89' Kumagai  90+3' (pen.)	Attendance: 800 Referee: Bonnin

12 March 2017 Quarterfinals	Olympique Lyonnais	6 – 0	Rodez	Groupama, Décines-Charpieu
14:00	Bremer  31' Morgan  37', 65', 79' Hamraoui  73' Dali  87'	Report		Attendance: 600 Referee: Buffart

16 April 2017 Semifinals	Hénin-Beaumont	0 – 10	Olympique Lyonnais	Octave Birembaut, Hénin-Beaumont
15:00		Report	Le Sommer  9', 18' Morgan  20', 55', 61', 64' Majri  27' Hegerberg  50', 80', 85'	Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Maubacq

19 May 2017 Final	Olympique Lyonnais	1 – 1 (7 – 6 p)	Paris Saint-Germain	La Rabine, Vannes
21:00	Kumagai  34' (pen.)	Report	Cristiane  7'	Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Dalongeville
	Penalties
	Majri Le Sommer Renard Mbock Kumagai Marozsán Abily Hegerberg		Delannoy Delie Périsset Formiga Paredes Boquete Diallo Sarr

Coupe de France Féminine Champions
Title	First	Previous
Ninth	2002–03	2015–16

Primera División statistics

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Player	Games		Goals	Disciplinary record
				Pl.	St.
2	DF		Dali, Kenza	2	1	0	0	0	0
3	DF		Renard, Wendie	16	16	6	2	0	0
5	DF		Kumagai, Saki	19	19	6	0	0	0
7	DF		Majri, Amel	18	17	6	0	0	0
8	DF		Houara, Jessica	18	17	2	0	0	0
9	FW		Le Sommer, Eugénie	19	14	20	0	0	0
10	MF		Marozsán, Dzsenifer	18	14	4	0	0	0
11	MF		Hamraoui, Kheira	9	5	0	1	0	0
12	FW		Thomis, Élodie	9	2	0	0	0	0
13	FW		Morgan, Alex	8	6	5	0	0	0
14	FW		Hegerberg, Ada	22	20	20	0	0	0
15	MF		Kaci, Aurélie	1	0	0	0	0	0
16	GK		Bouhaddi, Sarah	17	17	0	0	0	0
17	DF		Petit, Corinne	8	4	3	0	0	0
18	MF		Lavogez, Claire	15	7	8	1	0	0
20	FW		Cascarino, Delphine	6	2	0	0	0	0
21	DF		Buchaan, Kadeisha	8	6	0	1	0	0
22	FW		Bremer, Pauline	18	15	4	0	0	0
23	MF		Abily, Camille	19	16	10	0	0	0
24	DF		Tarrieu, Mylaine	9	5	3	0	0	0
26	DF		Henning, Josephine	3	3	0	0	0	0
27	MF		Seger, Caroline	18	15	0	1	0	0
29	DF		Gridge Mbock	17	16	3	0	0	0
30	GK		Méline Gerard	5	5	0	0	0	0

References

1. Eurosport
2. L'Equipe
3. Vavel
4. Sport
5. RSSSF
6. Le Monde
7. Eurosport
8. Marca