2022–23 Olympique Lyonnais season

Olympique Lyonnais

2022–23 season
Owner	Jean-Michel Aulas (until 19 December) John Textor (from 19 December)
President	Jean-Michel Aulas (until 5 May) John Textor (from 5 May)
Head coach	Peter Bosz (until 9 October) Laurent Blanc (from 10 October)
Stadium	Parc Olympique Lyonnais
Ligue 1	7th
Coupe de France	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Alexandre Lacazette (27) All: Alexandre Lacazette (31)
Highest home attendance	58,230 vs Paris Saint-Germain (18 September 2022)
Lowest home attendance	30,837 vs Brest (1 February 2023)
Average home league attendance	45,664 (77.2% of capacity)
Biggest win	Lyon 5–0 Angers (3 September 2022)
Biggest defeat	Lorient 3–1 Lyon (7 September 2022) Nice 3–1 Lyon (3 June 2023)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

The 2022–23 season was the 73rd season in the history of Olympique Lyonnais and their 34th consecutive season in the top flight. The club participated in Ligue 1 and the Coupe de France.

This season marked the end of Lyon's three decades under the ownership and presidency of French businessman Jean-Michel Aulas, replaced by American businessman John Textor.^[1]

Players

Squad information

Players and squad numbers last updated on 3 June 2023. Appearances include Ligue 1, Coupe de France, Coupe de la Ligue, Trophée des Champions, UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League matches.^[2]
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Player	Nat.	Position(s)	Date of birth (age)	Signed in	Contract ends	Transfer fee	Signed from	Apps.	Goals	Notes
Goalkeepers
1	Anthony Lopes		GK	(1990-10-01)1 October 1990 (aged 32)	2012	2025	N/A	Youth Sector	456	0	Second nationality: France
35	Rémy Riou		GK	(1987-08-06)6 August 1987 (aged 35)	2022	2024	Free	Caen	7	0	Originally from youth system
40	Kayne Bonnevie		GK	(2001-07-22)22 July 2001 (aged 21)	2020	2024	N/A	Youth Sector	0	0
Defenders
2	Sinaly Diomandé		CB / RB	(2001-04-09)9 April 2001 (aged 22)	2019	2025	N/A	Youth Sector	75	0
3	Nicolas Tagliafico		LB	(1992-08-21)21 August 1992 (aged 30)	2022	2025	€4.2M	Ajax	38	1	Second nationality: Italy
4	Castello Lukeba		CB	(2002-12-17)17 December 2002 (aged 20)	2021	2025	N/A	Youth Sector	68	4	Second nationality: Angola
5	Dejan Lovren		CB	(1989-07-05)5 July 1989 (aged 33)	2023	2025	Free	Zenit Saint Petersburg	123	4
12	Henrique		LB	(1994-04-25)25 April 1994 (aged 29)	2021	2024	Free	Vasco da Gama	32	0
17	Jérôme Boateng		CB	(1988-09-03)3 September 1988 (aged 34)	2021	2023	Free	Bayern Munich	35	0	Second nationality: Ghana
20	Saël Kumbedi		RB	(2005-03-26)26 March 2005 (aged 18)	2022	2027	€1M	Le Havre	23	0
27	Malo Gusto		RB	(2003-05-19)19 May 2003 (aged 20)	2023	2023	Loan	Chelsea	61	0	Second nationality: Portugal Originally from youth system
29	Mamadou Sarr		CB	(2005-08-29)29 August 2005 (aged 17)	2022	2025	N/A	Youth Sector	1	0	Second nationality: Senegal
Midfielders
6	Maxence Caqueret		CM	(2000-02-15)15 February 2000 (aged 23)	2018	2026	N/A	Youth Sector	130	5
8	Houssem Aouar		CM / LM	(1998-06-30)30 June 1998 (aged 24)	2016	2023	N/A	Youth Sector	233	41	Second nationality: France
23	Thiago Mendes		DM / CB	(1992-03-15)15 March 1992 (aged 31)	2019	2025	€22M	Lille	143	2
24	Johann Lepenant		DM	(2002-10-22)22 October 2002 (aged 20)	2022	2027	€4.25M	Caen	34	1
38	Mohamed El Arouch		AM	(2004-04-06)6 April 2004 (aged 19)	2021	2025	N/A	Youth Sector	2	0
88	Corentin Tolisso		CM	(1994-08-03)3 August 1994 (aged 28)	2022	2027	Free	Bayern Munich	194	30	Second nationality: Togo Originally from youth system
Forwards
7	Amin Sarr		CF / LW	(2001-03-11)11 March 2001 (aged 22)	2023	2027	€11M	Heerenveen	15	1
9	Moussa Dembélé		CF	(1996-07-12)12 July 1996 (aged 26)	2018	2023	€22M	Celtic	172	70
10	Alexandre Lacazette		CF	(1991-05-28)28 May 1991 (aged 32)	2022	2025	Free	Arsenal	314	160	Originally from youth system
18	Rayan Cherki		RW / AM	(2003-08-17)17 August 2003 (aged 19)	2019	2025	N/A	Youth Sector	102	14
26	Bradley Barcola		LW / RW	(2002-09-02)2 September 2002 (aged 20)	2021	2026	N/A	Youth Sector	44	7	Second nationality: Togo
47	Jeffinho		LW / RW	(1999-12-30)30 December 1999 (aged 23)	2023	2027	€10M	Botafogo	11	2
Players away on loan
7	Karl Toko Ekambi		LW / CF	(1992-09-14)14 September 1992 (aged 30)	2020	2024	€11.5M	Villarreal	114	38	Second nationality: France
15	Romain Faivre		RM / CM	(1998-07-14)14 July 1998 (aged 24)	2022	2026	€15M	Brest	28	3
22	Jeff Reine-Adélaïde		CM	(1998-01-17)17 January 1998 (aged 25)	2019	2024	€25M	Angers	48	2
30	Julian Pollersbeck		GK	(1994-08-16)16 August 1994 (aged 28)	2020	2024	€250 000	Hamburg	11	0
	Florent Da Silva		CM	(2003-04-02)2 April 2003 (aged 20)	2020	2025	N/A	Youth Sector	1	0
	Tino Kadewere		CF / RW	(1996-01-05)5 January 1996 (aged 27)	2020	2024	€12M	Le Havre	53	11
	Habib Keïta		CM	(2002-02-05)5 February 2002 (aged 21)	2020	2025	N/A	Youth Sector	7	0
	Youssouf Koné		LB	(1995-07-05)5 July 1995 (aged 27)	2019	2024	€9M	Lille	16	0
	Abdoulaye Ndiaye		CB	(2002-04-10)10 April 2002 (aged 21)	2020	2025	N/A	Youth Sector	0	0
	Cenk Özkacar		CB	(2000-10-06)6 October 2000 (aged 22)	2020	2025	€1.5M	Altay	1	0
	Camilo Reijers		CM	(1999-02-23)23 February 1999 (aged 24)	2021	2024	€2M	Ponte Preta	0	0	Second nationality: Netherlands
	Yaya Soumaré		RW	(2000-06-23)23 June 2000 (aged 22)	2020	2024	N/A	Youth Sector	4	0
Left during the season
10	Lucas Paquetá		AM	(1997-08-27)27 August 1997 (aged 25)	2020	2025	€23.44M	Milan	80	21	Second nationality: Portugal
11	Tetê		RW	(2000-02-15)15 February 2000 (aged 23)	2022	2023	Loan	Shakhtar Donetsk	30	8
21	Damien Da Silva		CB	(1988-05-17)17 May 1988 (aged 35)	2021	2023	Free	Rennes	29	0	Second nationality: Portugal

Players from Olympique Lyonnais Reserves and Academy

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 15 DF  MAR Achraf Laaziri 31 DF  FRA Irvyn Lomami 33 FW  ALG Djibrail Dib 36 FW  FRA Sekou Lega 39 FW  FRA Gael Nsombi 41 MF  FRA Noam Bonnet 43 DF  NIG Philippe Boueye 44 DF  FRA Marley Felix 45 DF  FRA Ahmed Djimé

No. Pos. Nation Player 46 MF  ALG Idris Bounaas 47 MF  FRA Sofiane Augarreau 50 GK  FRA Mathieu Patouillet — DF  CRO Téo Barisic — DF  GNB Celestino Iala — DF  FRA Jérémy Mounsesse — MF  TUN Chaïm El Djebali — FW  ALG Yannis Lagha

Transfers

In

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
Summer
19	DF	Cenk Özkacar	Leuven	Loan return	30 June 2022	[3]
	FW	Lenny Pintor	Troyes	Loan return	30 June 2022	[4]
34	FW	Yaya Soumaré	Annecy	Loan return	30 June 2022	[5]
	MF	Florent Da Silva	Villefranche	Loan return	30 June 2022	[6]
	DF	Youssouf Koné	Troyes	Loan return	30 June 2022	[7]
35	GK	Rémy Riou	Caen	Free	1 July 2022	[8]
88	MF	Corentin Tolisso	Bayern Munich	Free	1 July 2022	[9]
10	FW	Alexandre Lacazette	Arsenal	Free	1 July 2022	[10]
24	MF	Johann Lepenant	Caen	€4.25M	1 July 2022	[11]
3	DF	Nicolás Tagliafico	Ajax	€4.2M	23 July 2022	[12]
20	DF	Saël Kumbedi	Le Havre	€1M	31 August 2022	[13]
Winter
	MF	Camilo	Cuiabá	Loan return	1 January 2023	[14]
5	DF	Dejan Lovren	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Free	2 January 2023	[15]
27	DF	Malo Gusto	Chelsea	Loan	29 January 2023	[16]
7	FW	Amin Sarr	Heerenveen	€11M	30 January 2023	[17]
47	FW	Jeffinho	Botafogo	€10M	31 January 2023	[18]

Out

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
Summer
3	DF	Emerson	Chelsea	End of loan	30 June 2022	[19]
28	MF	Tanguy Ndombele	Tottenham Hotspur	End of loan	30 June 2022	[20]
5	DF	Jason Denayer	Shabab Al Ahli	Free	1 July 2022	[21]
16	GK	Malcolm Barcola	Tuzla City	Free	1 July 2022	[22]
19	MF	Habib Keïta	Kortrijk	Loan	1 July 2022	[23]
24	MF	Pape Cheikh Diop	Aris	Free	1 July 2022	[24]
32	MF	Titouan Thomas	Estoril	Free	1 July 2022	[25]
43	DF	Abdoulaye Ndiaye	Bastia	Loan	1 July 2022	[26]
52	DF	Hugo Vogel	Basel	Free	1 July 2022	[27]
14	DF	Léo Dubois	Galatasaray	€2.5M	21 July 2022	[28]
	FW	Lenny Pintor	Saint-Étienne	Free	4 August 2022	[29]
34	FW	Yaya Soumaré	Bourg-en-Bresse	Loan	4 August 2022	[30]
19	DF	Cenk Özkacar	Valencia	Loan (€0.5M)	23 August 2022	[31]
10	MF	Lucas Paquetá	West Ham United	€42.95M	29 August 2022	[32]
11	FW	Tino Kadewere	Mallorca	Loan (€0.4M)	29 August 2022	[33]
	DF	Youssouf Koné	Ajaccio	Loan	30 August 2022	[34]
Winter
	MF	Florent Da Silva	Volendam	Loan	2 January 2023	[35]
7	FW	Karl Toko Ekambi	Rennes	Loan (€1.5M)	26 January 2023	[36]
	MF	Camilo	Molenbeek	Loan	28 January 2023	[37]
15	MF	Romain Faivre	Lorient	Loan (€1M)	28 January 2023	[38]
27	DF	Malo Gusto	Chelsea	€35M	29 January 2023	[16]
11	FW	Tetê	Shakhtar Donetsk	End of loan	29 January 2023	[39]
22	MF	Jeff Reine-Adélaïde	Troyes	Loan	30 January 2023	[40]
30	GK	Julian Pollersbeck	Lorient	Loan	31 January 2023	[41]
21	DF	Damien Da Silva	Melbourne Victory	Free	3 February 2023	[42]

Transfer summary

Spending Summer: €9,450,000 Winter: €21,000,000 Total: €30,450,000

Income Summer: €46,350,000 Winter: €37,500,000 Total: €78,850,000

Net Expenditure Summer: €36,900,000 Winter: €16,500,000 Total: €53,400,000

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Lyon started the pre-season on 1 July.^[43] Following the pause of Ligue 1 with the 2022 FIFA World Cup taking place, the club returned to training on 25 November, with the participation of players who were not at the World Cup.^[44]

Bourg-en-Bresse v Lyon

9 July 2022 Friendly	Bourg-en-Bresse	2–4	Lyon	Bourg-en-Bresse
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Lopy  22' El Ouazzani 80', 89'	Report	Lacazette 7' Aouar 49' Dembélé 57' Lomami 69'	Stadium: Stade Marcel-Verchère

Lyon v Dynamo Kyiv

12 July 2022 Global Tour for Peace	Lyon	1–3	Dynamo Kyiv	Rennes
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	El Arouch 59'	Report	Vanat 19' Antyukh 25' Supryaha 56' Voloshyn 84'	Stadium: Roazhon Park

Lyon v Dynamo Kyiv

12 July 2022 Global Tour for Peace	Lyon	3–0	Dynamo Kyiv	Rennes
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Lukeba 52' Boueye 73' Lega 76'	Report	Sydorchuk  15'	Stadium: Roazhon Park

Anderlecht v Lyon

16 July 2022 Friendly	Anderlecht	2–3	Lyon	Brussels, Belgium
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Colassin 13' Stassin 73'	Report	Dembélé 36' Cherki 54' Augarreau 83'	Stadium: Lotto Park

Anderlecht v Lyon

16 July 2022 Friendly	Anderlecht	3–0	Lyon	Brussels, Belgium
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Refaelov 2' Esposito 62' Amuzu 83'	Report		Stadium: Lotto Park

Willem II v Lyon

23 July 2022 Friendly	Willem II	5–0	Lyon	Tilburg, Netherlands
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Heerkens 21' Hornkamp 25', 32' Bokila 48' Doodeman 60'	Report		Stadium: Koning Willem II Stadion

Feyenoord v Lyon

24 July 2022 Friendly	Feyenoord	0–2	Lyon	Rotterdam, Netherlands
16:45 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Lacazette 32' Reine-Adélaïde 45' Paquetá  52'	Stadium: De Kuip Referee: Edwin van de Graaf (Netherlands)

Inter Milan v Lyon

30 July 2022 Friendly	Inter Milan	2–2	Lyon	Cesena, Italy
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Dumfries  21' Brozović  36' Bastoni  40' Lukaku 51' Barella 65'	Report	Lacazette 31' Toko Ekambi  33' Paquetá  45+1' Cherki 50'	Stadium: Stadio Dino Manuzzi Referee: Marco Piccinini (Italy)

Lyon v OH Leuven

1 December 2022 Friendly	Lyon	5–3	OH Leuven	San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain
19:30 CET (UTC+1)	Lacazette 28' Tetê 33' Dembélé 55', 81', 84'	Report	González 1', 45', 69' (pen.)	Stadium: Pinatar Arena Attendance: 0

Arsenal v Lyon

8 December 2022 Dubai Super Cup	Arsenal	3–0 (2–1 p)	Lyon	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
19:30 GST (UTC+4) 16:30 CET (UTC+1)	Gabriel 19' Nketiah 33' Vieira 39'	Report		Stadium: Al Maktoum Stadium Attendance: 7,451 Referee: Adel Al Naqbi (United Arab Emirates)
	Penalties
	Marquinhos Smith Cîrjan Cozier-Duberry Walters		Reine-Adélaïde Mendes Tetê Barcola Cherki
Note: Arsenal gained 4 points from this fixture: 3 for the victory in 90 minutes, and 1 for the penalty shoot-out victory.

Liverpool v Lyon

11 December 2022 Dubai Super Cup	Liverpool	1–3 (3–5 p)	Lyon	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
18:00 GST (UTC+4) 15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Carvalho 1' Salah 14' Bajcetic  23'	Report	Lacazette 41', 82' Barcola 65'	Stadium: Al Maktoum Stadium Attendance: 14,851 Referee: Ahmed Essa Mohamed (United Arab Emirates)
	Penalties
	Tsimikas Ramsay Oxlade-Chamberlain Keïta		Caqueret Barcola Cherki Tetê Da Silva
Note: Lyon gained 4 points from this fixture: 3 for the victory in 90 minutes, and 1 for the penalty shoot-out victory.

Lyon v Sochaux

17 December 2022 Friendly	Lyon	1–1	Sochaux	Décines-Charpieu
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Tolisso 28' Kumbedi  66'	Report	Sissoko 7'	Stadium: Stade Gérard Houllier

Lyon v Monza

22 December 2022 Friendly	Lyon	1–2	Monza	Décines-Charpieu
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Lacazette  38' Lukeba 90+3'	Report	Mota 26',  58' Pessina  48' Caprari 63'	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Ligue 1	5 August 2022	3 June 2023	Matchday 1	7th	38	18	8	12	65	47	+18	047.37
Coupe de France	7 January 2023	5 April 2023	Round of 64	Semi-finals	5	3	1	1	9	5	+4	060.00
Total					43	21	9	13	74	52	+22	048.84

Source: Soccerway

Ligue 1

Main article: 2022–23 Ligue 1

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
5	Lille	38	19	10	9	65	44	+21	67	Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-off round
6	Monaco	38	19	8	11	70	58	+12	65
7	Lyon	38	18	8	12	65	47	+18	62
8	Clermont	38	17	8	13	45	49	−4	59
9	Nice	38	15	13	10	48	37	+11	58

Source: Ligue 1
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Goals scored; 8) Away goals scored; 9) Fair-play points (Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played).^[45]

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	18	8	12	65	47	+18	62	10	5	4	35	19	+16	8	3	8	30	28	+2

Source: Ligue 1

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	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	H	A
Result	W	L	W	D	W	W	L	L	L	D	L	W	W	L	D	W	L	D	L	W	D	W	W	L	W	D	D	D	W	W	W	L	W	W	L	W	W	L
Position	7	7	4	4	4	4	5	6	7	9	10	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	10	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	9	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7

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

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 17 June 2022.^[46]

Lyon v Ajaccio

5 August 2022 1	Lyon	2–1	Ajaccio	Décines-Charpieu
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Tetê 12' Lacazette 22' (pen.),  33' Lopes  27'	Report	Avinel  20' Mangani 31' (pen.) Hamouma  33'  45+4' El Idrissy  34' Diallo  41' Spadanuda  90+3'	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 48,516 Referee: Benoît Bastien

Lyon v Troyes

19 August 2022 3	Lyon	4–1	Troyes	Décines-Charpieu
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Lacazette 3' Tagliafico 47' Tetê 49', 76'	Report	Tardieu 39' (pen.) Kouamé  52'	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 43,000 Referee: Eric Wattellier

Reims v Lyon

28 August 2022 4	Reims	1–1	Lyon	Reims
17:05 CEST (UTC+2)	Ito 24' Lopy  63' Faes  64' García  71'	Report	Caqueret  48' Dembélé 86'	Stadium: Stade Auguste-Delaune Attendance: 14,930 Referee: Jérémy Stinat

Lyon v Auxerre

31 August 2022 5	Lyon	2–1	Auxerre	Décines-Charpieu
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Tetê 29' Toko Ekambi 72'	Report	Ruiz-Atil  56' Autret 80' Perrin  90+2'	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 38,609 Referee: Pierre Gallouste

Lyon v Angers

3 September 2022 6	Lyon	5–0	Angers	Décines-Charpieu
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Toko Ekambi 31', 59' Lacazette 38' Lukeba 62' Gusto  54' Tetê  56' Dembélé 88'	Report	Boufal  68'	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 39,586 Referee: Thomas Léonard

Lorient v Lyon

7 September 2022 2	Lorient	3–1	Lyon	Lorient
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Le Fée 6' Moffi 33' Diarra  43' Ouattara 49'	Report	Mendes  23' Lacazette 28' Da Silva  55' Dembélé  84'	Stadium: Stade du Moustoir Attendance: 13,685 Referee: Bastien Dechepy
Note: The match was originally scheduled for 14 August 2022 at 13:00, but was postponed for safety reasons due to the poor condition of Lorient's pitch.[47]

Monaco v Lyon

11 September 2022 7	Monaco	2–1	Lyon	Monaco
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Badiashile 55' Maripán 63' Golovin  86'	Report	Lukeba  65' Lacazette  79' Toko Ekambi 81'	Stadium: Stade Louis II Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Clément Turpin

Lyon v Paris Saint-Germain

18 September 2022 8	Lyon	0–1	Paris Saint-Germain	Décines-Charpieu
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Messi 5' Verratti  39' Donnaruma  90+3'	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 58,230 Referee: François Letexier

Lens v Lyon

2 October 2022 9	Lens	1–0	Lyon	Lens
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Sotoca  78', 82' (pen.) Saïd  89'	Report	Tagliafico  27' Reine-Adélaïde  79'	Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis Attendance: 36,674 Referee: Benoît Bastien

Lyon v Toulouse

7 October 2022 10	Lyon	1–1	Toulouse	Décines-Charpieu
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Tetê 2' Toko Ekambi  88' Cherki  90+1'	Report	Dallinga  4' Aboukhlal  30' Ratão 67'	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 41,295 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

Rennes v Lyon

16 October 2022 11	Rennes	3–2	Lyon	Rennes
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Xeka  2' Assignon  34' Terrier 38', 77' Gouiri 47'	Report	Tolisso  7' Lacazette 23', 72' Aouar  71'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 28,152 Referee: Stéphanie Frappart

Montpellier v Lyon

22 October 2022 12	Montpellier	1–2	Lyon	Montpellier
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Savanier  59' Wahi 70',  74' Mavididi  74'	Report	Aouar  7', 33' Mendes  49' Diomandé  74' Lacazette 90'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 15,339 Referee: Thomas Léonard

Lyon v Lille

30 October 2022 13	Lyon	1–0	Lille	Décines-Charpieu
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Da Silva  41' Lepenant  51' Lukeba  67' Lacazette 74'	Report	David  48'	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 55,790 Referee: Jérôme Brisard

Marseille v Lyon

6 November 2022 14	Marseille	1–0	Lyon	Marseille
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Gigot 44'	Report	Tetê  90'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 62,975 Referee: François Letexier

Lyon v Nice

11 November 2022 15	Lyon	1–1	Nice	Décines-Charpieu
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Tagliafico  35' Lacazette 89' (pen.)	Report	Pépé 38' (pen.)	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 57,000 Referee: Eric Wattellier

Mid-season break for 2022 FIFA World Cup

Brest v Lyon

28 December 2022 16	Brest	2–4	Lyon	Brest
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Lage 28' Chardonnet  33' Camara  37' Mounié 71'	Report	Caqueret 20',  43' Cherki  30', 31' Lacazette 34' (pen.) Tetê 48'	Stadium: Stade Francis-Le Blé Attendance: 14,601 Referee: Bastien Dechepy

Lyon v Clermont

1 January 2023 17	Lyon	0–1	Clermont	Décines-Charpieu
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Kumbedi  70'	Report	Wieteska  5' Khaoui  45+1' Cham 86' (pen.),  88'	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Stéphanie Frappart

Nantes v Lyon

11 January 2023 18	Nantes	0–0	Lyon	Nantes
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Traoré  68' Corchia  90+3'	Report	Tetê  53' Lukeba  75' Kumbedi  84'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 27,657 Referee: Marc Bollengier

Lyon v Strasbourg

14 January 2023 19	Lyon	1–2	Strasbourg	Décines-Charpieu
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Lacazette 45+2' (pen.) Lovren  56'	Report	Aholou 29',  59' Diallo 32',  60' Diarra  80'	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 38,473 Referee: Jérémy Stinat

Ajaccio v Lyon

29 January 2023 20	Ajaccio	0–2	Lyon	Ajaccio
17:05 CET (UTC+1)	Gonzalez  28' El Idrissy  53'	Report	Lepenant 20' Lopes  53' Kumbedi  57' Tagliafico  70' Lacazette 71'	Stadium: Stade François Coty Attendance: 9,788 Referee: Thomas Léonard

Lyon v Brest

1 February 2023 21	Lyon	0–0	Brest	Décines-Charpieu
21:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 30,837 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

Troyes v Lyon

4 February 2023 22	Troyes	1–3	Lyon	Troyes
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Lopes 62'	Report	Tagliafico  25' Barcola 43' Cherki 59' Lacazette 90+3'	Stadium: Stade de l'Aube Attendance: 10,240 Referee: François Letexier

Lyon v Lens

12 February 2023 23	Lyon	2–1	Lens	Décines-Charpieu
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Lukeba  14' Lacazette 23' Cherki 64'	Report	Machado 39' Abdul Samed  85'	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 53,426 Referee: Eric Wattellier

Auxerre v Lyon

17 February 2023 24	Auxerre	2–1	Lyon	Auxerre
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Da Costa  38' Perrin 51' (pen.) Jubal 53' Massengo  54' Touré  68' Hein  90+4'	Report	Dembélé 36' Barcola  83' Lepenant  90+5'	Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Attendance: 16,396 Referee: Jérôme Brisard

Angers v Lyon

25 February 2023 25	Angers	1–3	Lyon	Angers
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Sima 87'	Report	Mendes 38' A. Sarr 80' Barcola 90'	Stadium: Stade Raymond Kopa Attendance: 12,031 Referee: Florent Batta

Lyon v Lorient

5 March 2023 26	Lyon	0–0	Lorient	Décines-Charpieu
17:05 CET (UTC+1)	Lukeba  66'	Report		Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 38,568 Referee: Thomas Léonard

Lille v Lyon

10 March 2023 27	Lille	3–3	Lyon	Villeneuve-d'Ascq
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Gudmundsson  39' David 46', 61' (pen.), 79' (pen.) André  72' Chevalier  75' Bamba  90+8' And. Gomes  90+9'	Report	Lepenant  24' Cherki  60' Barcola 64' Lacazette 83', 89' Kumbedi  85' Lovren  90+5'	Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Attendance: 40,314 Referee: Benoît Bastien

Lyon v Nantes

17 March 2022 28	Lyon	1–1	Nantes	Décines-Charpieu
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Lacazette 24'	Report	Lukeba 2' (o.g.) João Victor  29'	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 38,880 Referee: Benoît Millot

Paris Saint-Germain v Lyon

2 April 2023 29	Paris Saint-Germain	0–1	Lyon	Paris
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Bitshiabu  12' Donnarumma  36' Sanches  42'	Report	Lacazette 39' Kumbedi  42' Barcola 56',  90+3' Tolisso  90+4'	Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 47,926 Referee: François Letexier

Lyon v Rennes

9 April 2023 30	Lyon	3–1	Rennes	Décines-Charpieu
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Barcola  26', 79' Kumbedi  32' Tolisso 60' Lacazette 68'	Report	Gouiri 11' Theate  34' Majer  39'	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 44,671 Referee: Benoît Bastien

Toulouse v Lyon

14 April 2023 31	Toulouse	1–2	Lyon	Toulouse
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Aboukhlal 37' Suazo  54'	Report	Jeffinho  15' Kumbedi  25' Lacazette 34' (pen.),  87' Costa 88' (o.g.) Mendes  90+1'	Stadium: Stade de Toulouse Attendance: 28,302 Referee: François Letexier

Lyon v Marseille

23 April 2023 32	Lyon	1–2	Marseille	Décines-Charpieu
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Diomandé  30' Tolisso  56' Lacazette 68'	Report	Ünder 44' Kolašinac  55' Gusto 90+2' (o.g.)	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 57,509 Referee: Jérôme Brisard

Strasbourg v Lyon

28 April 2023 33	Strasbourg	1–2	Lyon	Strasbourg
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Sanson 15' Aholou  39' Djiku  46'	Report	Lukeba 32',  68'  90+2' Diomandé  35' Caqueret 36' Kumbedi  79'	Stadium: Stade de la Meinau Attendance: 25,360 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

Lyon v Montpellier

7 May 2023 34	Lyon	5–4	Montpellier	Décines-Charpieu
17:05 CEST (UTC+2)	Lacazette 31', 59', 82', 90+10' (pen.) Lovren 70'	Report	Wahi 40', 41', 53' (pen.), 55',  54' Sacko  89' Jullien  90+9'	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 49,531 Referee: Bastien Dechepy

Clermont v Lyon

13 May 2023 35	Clermont	2–1	Lyon	Clermont-Ferrand
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Kyei 25' (pen.), 65' Ogier  29' Andrić  90+5' Rashani  90+6'	Report	Lacazette 21', 90+6' Lukeba  73' Tagliafico  84' Lopes  90+6'	Stadium: Stade Gabriel Montpied Attendance: 13,191 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

Lyon v Monaco

19 May 2023 36	Lyon	3–1	Monaco	Décines-Charpieu
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Lacazette 38' Caqueret 57' Cherki 78'	Report	Ben Yedder 2' (pen.) Golovin  31' Jakobs  55' Vanderson  63'	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 53,980 Referee: Benoît Millot

Lyon v Reims

27 May 2023 37	Lyon	3–0	Reims	Décines-Charpieu
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Agbadou 1' (o.g.) Lacazette 8' Lepenant  79' Caqueret 81'	Report	Agbadou  53' Fall  74'	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 56,874 Referee: Jérémy Stinat

Nice v Lyon

3 June 2023 38	Nice	3–1	Lyon	Nice
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Boateng 5' (o.g.) Laborde 28' Moffi 33' Lukeba  49'	Report	Jeffinho 41'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 25,243 Referee: Eric Wattellier

Coupe de France

Main article: 2022–23 Coupe de France

Lyon v Metz

7 January 2023 Round of 64	Lyon	2–1	Metz	Décines-Charpieu
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Barcola 60' Candé 77' (o.g.)	Report	Jallow 63'	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 29,763 Referee: Florent Batta

Chambéry v Lyon

21 January 2023 Round of 32	Chambéry	0–3	Lyon	Décines-Charpieu
15:30 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Lacazette 10', 33', 67' Tagliafico  43'	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 18,344 Referee: Gaël Angoula

Lyon v Lille

8 February 2023 Round of 16	Lyon	2–2 (4–2 p)	Lille	Décines-Charpieu
18:15 CET (UTC+1)	Cherki 8' Lacazette 21' Barcola  26' Diomandé  84'	Report	David 29' (pen.),  30' Zhegrova  29', 64' André  75'	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 24,779 Referee: Benoît Millot
	Penalties
	Tolisso Dembélé Caqueret Lovren		Ang. Gomes Cabella Bayo Weah

Lyon v Grenoble

28 February 2023 Quarter-finals	Lyon	2–1	Grenoble	Décines-Charpieu
21:10 CET (UTC+1)	Barcola 24' Jeffinho 38'	Report	Sbaï 74' Bambock  82'	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 34,017 Referee: Stéphanie Frappart

Nantes v Lyon

5 April 2023 Semi-finals	Nantes	1–0	Lyon	Nantes
21:10 CEST (UTC+2)	Blas 57' Girotto  83'	Report	Tolisso  45+4' Lovren  90+5'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 34,687 Referee: Bastien Dechepy

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Ligue 1		Coupe de France
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	POR	Anthony Lopes	37	0	32	0	5	0
35	GK	FRA	Rémy Riou	7	0	6+1	0	0	0
40	GK	FRA	Kayne Bonnevie	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	CIV	Sinaly Diomandé	29	0	22+2	0	5	0
3	DF	ARG	Nicolás Tagliafico	38	1	34	1	3+1	0
4	DF	FRA	Castello Lukeba	38	2	33+1	2	3+1	0
5	DF	CRO	Dejan Lovren	21	1	17	1	4	0
12	DF	BRA	Henrique	10	0	3+4	0	1+2	0
15	DF	MAR	Achraf Laaziri	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	DF	GER	Jérôme Boateng	8	0	6+2	0	0	0
20	DF	FRA	Saël Kumbedi	23	0	14+6	0	2+1	0
27	DF	FRA	Malo Gusto	22	0	19+2	0	1	0
29	DF	FRA	Mamadou Sarr	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
Midfielders
6	MF	FRA	Maxence Caqueret	40	4	32+4	4	3+1	0
8	MF	ALG	Houssem Aouar	18	1	6+10	1	0+2	0
23	MF	BRA	Thiago Mendes	34	1	22+9	1	2+1	0
24	MF	FRA	Johann Lepenant	34	1	21+10	1	2+1	0
38	MF	FRA	Mohamed El Arouch	2	0	0+1	0	0+1	0
88	MF	FRA	Corentin Tolisso	34	1	25+5	1	3+1	0
Forwards
7	FW	SWE	Amin Sarr	15	1	6+7	1	1+1	0
9	FW	FRA	Moussa Dembélé	27	3	8+15	3	1+3	0
10	FW	FRA	Alexandre Lacazette	39	31	34+1	27	3+1	4
18	FW	FRA	Rayan Cherki	39	5	21+13	4	5	1
26	FW	FRA	Bradley Barcola	31	7	15+11	5	5	2
33	FW	ALG	Djibrail Dib	0	0	0	0	0	0
36	FW	FRA	Sekou Lega	0	0	0	0	0	0
47	FW	BRA	Jeffinho	11	2	4+5	1	1+1	1
Players transferred out during the season
7	FW	CMR	Karl Toko Ekambi	19	4	15+4	4	0	0
10	MF	BRA	Lucas Paquetá	2	0	2	0	0	0
11	FW	ZIM	Tino Kadewere	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	FW	BRA	Tetê	19	6	14+3	6	2	0
15	MF	FRA	Romain Faivre	10	0	3+7	0	0	0
19	DF	TUR	Cenk Özkaçar	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	DF	FRA	Damien Da Silva	8	0	3+4	0	1	0
22	MF	FRA	Jeff Reine-Adelaide	14	0	1+13	0	0	0
30	GK	GER	Julian Pollersbeck	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	FRA	Florent Da Silva	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source: Competitions

Goalscorers

Rank	No.	Pos.	Nat.	Player	Ligue 1	Coupe de France	Total
1	10	FW		Alexandre Lacazette	27	4	31
2	26	FW		Bradley Barcola	5	2	7
3	11	FW		Tetê	6	0	6
4	18	FW		Rayan Cherki	4	1	5
5	7	FW		Karl Toko Ekambi	4	0	4
	6	MF		Maxence Caqueret	4	0	4
7	9	FW		Moussa Dembélé	3	0	3
8	4	DF		Castello Lukeba	2	0	2
	47	FW		Jeffinho	1	1	2
10	3	DF		Nicolás Tagliafico	1	0	1
	8	MF		Houssem Aouar	1	0	1
	24	MF		Johann Lepenant	1	0	1
	23	MF		Thiago Mendes	1	0	1
	7	FW		Amin Sarr	1	0	1
	88	MF		Corentin Tolisso	1	0	1
	5	DF		Dejan Lovren	1	0	1
Own goals					2	1	3
Totals					65	9	74

Assists

Rank	No.	Pos.	Nat.	Player	Ligue 1	Coupe de France	Total
1	26	FW		Bradley Barcola	8	1	9
2	6	MF		Maxence Caqueret	7	0	7
3	10	FW		Alexandre Lacazette	5	1	6
	18	FW		Rayan Cherki	6	0	6
5	11	FW		Tetê	3	2	5
	3	DF		Nicolás Tagliafico	3	2	5
7	7	FW		Karl Toko Ekambi	2	0	2
	88	MF		Corentin Tolisso	2	0	2
	24	MF		Johann Lepenant	2	0	2
	20	DF		Saël Kumbedi	2	0	2
11
	23	MF		Thiago Mendes	1	0	1
	8	MF		Houssem Aouar	1	0	1
	15	MF		Romain Faivre	1	0	1
	9	FW		Moussa Dembélé	0	1	1
	27	DF		Malo Gusto	1	0	1
	47	FW		Jeffinho	1	0	1
	12	DF		Henrique	1	0	1
	7	FW		Amin Sarr	1	0	1
Totals					51	7	58

Clean sheets

Rank	No.	Pos.	Nat.	Player	Ligue 1	Coupe de France	Total
1	1	GK		Anthony Lopes	8	1	9
2	35	GK		Rémy Riou	1	0	1
Totals					9	1	10

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