2015–16 Olympique Lyonnais season

Lyon
2015–16 season
Owner	OL Groupe
Chairman	Jean-Michel Aulas
Manager	Bruno Génésio
Stadium	Stade de Gerland (2015); Parc Olympique Lyonnais (2016)
Ligue 1	2nd
Trophée des Champions	Runners-up
Coupe de la Ligue	Quarter-finals
Coupe de France	Round of 16
UEFA Champions League	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Alexandre Lacazette (21); All: Alexandre Lacazette (23)
Highest home attendance	56,661 vs Paris Saint-Germain (29 February 2016)
Lowest home attendance	15,835 vs Tours (16 December 2015)
	← 2014–15 2016–17 →

The 2015–16 season was Olympique Lyonnais's 66th professional season since its creation in 1950.

Players

French teams are limited to four players without EU citizenship. Hence, the squad list includes only the principal nationality of each player; several non-European players on the squad have dual citizenship with an EU country. Also, players from the ACP countries—countries in Africa, the Caribbean, and the Pacific that are signatories to the Cotonou Agreement—are not counted against non-EU quotas due to the Kolpak ruling.

Current 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	POR	Anthony Lopes
2	DF	FRA	Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa
3	DF	CMR	Henri Bedimo
4	DF	BFA	Bakary Koné
6	MF	FRA	Gueïda Fofana
7	FW	FRA	Clément Grenier
8	MF	FRA	Corentin Tolisso
10	FW	FRA	Alexandre Lacazette
11	MF	ALG	Rachid Ghezzal
12	MF	FRA	Jordan Ferri
13	DF	FRA	Christophe Jallet


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
14	MF	ESP	Sergi Darder
15	DF	FRA	Jérémy Morel
17	MF	FRA	Steed Malbranque
18	FW	FRA	Nabil Fekir
19	MF	FRA	Mathieu Valbuena
20	DF	BRA	Rafael
21	MF	FRA	Maxime Gonalons (Captain)
23	DF	FRA	Samuel Umtiti
27	FW	FRA	Maxwel Cornet
28	MF	COD	Arnold Mvuemba
30	GK	FRA	Mathieu Gorgelin

Out on loan

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
22	DF	FRA	Lindsay Rose (at Lorient until 30 June 2016)
31	DF	FRA	Louis Nganioni (at Utrecht until 30 June 2016)

Transfers

Transfers in

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moved from	Fee	Notes
1 July 2015	FW	Claudio Beauvue	27	Guingamp	£3.5 million
1 July 2015	DF	Jérémy Morel	31	Marseille	Free Transfer
3 August 2015	DF	Rafael Da Silva	25	Manchester United	Undisclosed	^[1]
11 August 2015	MF	Mathieu Valbuena	30	Dynamo Moscow	€5 million	^[2]
17 August 2015	DF	Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa	26	Roma	€7.9 million	^[3]
29 August 2015	MF	Sergi Darder	21	Málaga	€12 million	^[4]
31 August 2015	MF	Olivier Kemen	19	Newcastle United	£490,000
31 August 2015	MF	Lucas Tousart	18	Valenciennes	Undisclosed

Loans in

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Loaned from	Return date	Notes

Transfers out

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moved to	Fee	Notes
1 July 2015	MF	Farès Bahlouli	20	Monaco	Undisclosed
1 July 2015	GK	Jérémy Frick	22	Biel-Bienne	Undisclosed
1 July 2015	MF	Yoann Gourcuff	28	Rennes	Free transfer
1 July 2015	DF	Mouhamadou Dabo	28	Troyes	Free transfer
1 July 2015	MF	Sidy Koné	23	Released
17 July 2015	FW	Mohamed Yattara	21	Standard Liège	€2 million	^[5]
12 August 2015	DF	Mehdi Zeffane	23	Rennes	Undisclosed	^[6]
15 August 2015	FW	Clinton N'Jie	22	Tottenham Hotspur	Undisclosed	^[7]
31 August 2015	FW	Yassine Benzia	20	Lille	Undisclosed
6 January 2016	DF	Milan Biševac	32	Lazio	Undisclosed	^[8]
16 January 2016	FW	Claudio Beauvue	27	Celta Vigo	Undisclosed	^[9]

Loans out

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Loaned to	Return date	Notes
10 July 2015	DF	Louis Nganioni	20	Utrecht	30 June 2016
28 January 2016	DF	Lindsay Rose	23	Lorient	30 June 2016	^[10]

Pre-season and friendlies

11 July 2015 Friendly	Sion	1–0	Lyon	Paris, France
18:50 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Carlitos 22'	Report

15 July 2015 Friendly	Lyon	0–2	PSV	Aix-les-Bains, France
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Locadia 77' (pen.), 89'	Stadium: Stade Municipal Jacques Forestier

18 July 2015 Friendly	Lyon	2–1	Milan	Lyon, France
19:50 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Fekir 24' Lacazette 80'	Report	Poli 75'	Stadium: Stade de Gerland Referee: Bartolomeu Varela

25 July 2015 2015 Emirates Cup	Arsenal	6–0	Lyon	London, England
16:20 BST	Giroud 29' Oxlade-Chamberlain 34' Iwobi 35' Ramsey 38' Özil 62' Cazorla 84'	Report		Stadium: Emirates Stadium

26 July 2015 2015 Emirates Cup	Lyon	0–2	Villarreal	London, England
14:00 BST			Bruno 31' Baptistão 54'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium

Competitions

Trophée des Champions

1 August 2015 Final	Paris Saint-Germain	2–0	Lyon	Montreal, Quebec, Canada
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Aurier 11' Cavani 17' Verratti 60' David Luiz 81'	Report	Gonalons 37' 64'	Stadium: Stade Saputo Attendance: 20,057 Referee: Mathieu Bourdeau

Ligue 1

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Paris Saint-Germain (C)	38	30	6	2	102	19	+83	96	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	Lyon	38	19	8	11	67	43	+24	65	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
3	Monaco	38	17	14	7	57	50	+7	65	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
4	Nice	38	18	9	11	58	41	+17	63	Qualification for the Europa League group stage^[a]
5	Lille	38	15	15	8	39	27	+12	60	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round^[a]

Source: Ligue 1, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Fairplay ranking.^[11]
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Since the winners of the 2015–16 Coupe de France and the 2015–16 Coupe de la Ligue, Paris Saint-Germain, qualified for European competition based on their league position, the spot awarded to the Coupe de France winners (Europa League group stage) was passed to the fourth-placed team and the spot awarded to the Coupe de la Ligue winners (Europa League third qualifying round) was passed to the sixth-placed team. The fifth-placed team received the spot in Europa League third qualifying round originally designated to the fourth-placed team.

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	19	8	11	67	43	+24	65	12	4	3	42	16	+26	7	4	8	25	27	−2

Last updated: 15 April 2016.
Source: Competitive matches

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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A
Result	D	W	L	W	D	D	W	L	W	D	W	W	W	L	L	D	L	L	L	W	L	D	L	W	W	W	L	W	W	D	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	L
Position	10	7	12	5	6	7	4	8	6	6	4	2	2	2	4	4	5	6	9	6	9	9	11	10	6	5	5	3	3	4	4	3	2	3	2	2	2	2

Source: Ligue1
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Win Draw Loss

9 August 2015 1	Lyon	0–0	Lorient	Lyon
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Ferri 51'	Report	Lautoa 32' Bellugou 81'	Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 28,116 Referee: Benoît Millot

15 August 2015 2	Guingamp	0–1	Lyon	Guingamp
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Diallo 29' De Pauw 37'	Report	Rafael 68' Umtiti 70' Beauvue 79'	Stadium: Stade du Roudourou Attendance: 17,728 Referee: Antony Gautier

22 August 2015 3	Lyon	1–2	Rennes	Lyon
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Fekir 12', 85'	Report	Pedro Henrique 7', 59' Diagné 48' Zefanne 56' Fernandes 58'	Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 31,470 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

29 August 2015 4	Caen	0–4	Lyon	Caen
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Alhadhur 67' Da Silva 73'	Report	Fekir 19', 44', 57' Beauvue 87'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 19,795 Referee: Nicolas Rainville

12 September 2015 5	Lyon	0–0	Lille	Lyon
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Valbuena 90'	Report	Balmont 26' Civelli 38' Corchia 68' Tallo 90+2'	Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 32,137 Referee: Franck Schneider

20 September 2015 6	Marseille	1–1	Lyon	Marseille
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Cabella 13' Rekik 21', 68' Mandanda 24' Alessandrini 44' Mendy 61'	Report	Lacazette 25' (pen.) Jallet 79'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 56,194 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

23 September 2015 7	Lyon	2–0	Bastia	Lyon
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Kalulu 18' Umtiti 45' Biševac 53' Tolisso 88'	Report	Kamano 45' Cahuzac 69'	Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 25,658 Referee: Benoit Bastien

26 September 2015 8	Bordeaux	3–1	Lyon	Bordeaux
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Khazri 17' Chantôme 26' Plašil 40' Pablo 45+2', 71'	Report	Beauvue 78'	Stadium: Nouveau Stade de Bordeaux Attendance: 26,593 Referee: Benoît Millot

3 October 2015 9	Lyon	1–0	Reims	Lyon
17:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Lacazette 44', 56' Ghezzal 88'	Report	Signorino 84' Oniangue 85'	Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 30,089 Referee: Antony Gautier

16 October 2015 10	Monaco	1–1	Lyon	Fontvieille
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Traoré 2' Pašalić 39' Wallace 65' Silva 87'	Report	Yanga-Mbiwa 9' Rafael 84' Umtiti 87'	Stadium: Stade Louis II Attendance: 9,513 Referee: Fredy Fautrel

23 October 2015 11	Lyon	3–0	Toulouse	Lyon
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Darder 18' Morel 51' Valbuena 69' Cornet 90+4'	Report	Moubandje 29' Bodiger 31' Akpa Akpro 44' Trejo 50'	Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 32,327 Referee: Nicolas Rainville

31 October 2015 12	Troyes	0–1	Lyon	Troyes
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Jean 36' Camus 78' Mavinga 90+5'	Report	Gonalons 4' Beauvue 78' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade de l'Aube Attendance: 14,877 Referee: Stéphane Jochem

8 November 2015 13	Lyon	3–0	Saint-Étienne	Lyon
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Rafael 33' Lacazette 41', 59', 90+3' Ferri 78' Lopes 80' Valbuena 84'	Report	Pajot 1' Lemoine 6' Hamouma 72' Clément 86'	Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 38,752 Referee: Tony Chapron

20 November 2015 14	Nice	3–0	Lyon	Nice
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Germain 20' Genevois 24' Yanga-Mbiwa 48' (o.g.) Koziello 71'	Report	Ferri 26' Morel 85'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 17,872 Referee: Benoît Bastien

27 November 2015 15	Lyon	2–4	Montpellier	Lyon
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Lacazette 12', 14' Rafael 41' Gonalons 68' Ghezzal 84'	Report	Gonalons 8' (o.g.) Ninga 11', 48' Bensebaini 20' Rémy 45' Dabo 48' Hilton 57' Camara 80'	Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 29,960 Referee: Benoît Millot

1 December 2015 16	Nantes	0–0	Lyon	Nantes
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Sabaly 17'	Report	Rafael 14' Ghezzal 81'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 20,896 Referee: Amaury Delerue

5 December 2015 17	Lyon	0–2	Angers	Lyon
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Tolisso 32' Valbuena 73' Darder 84'	Report	N'Doye 17', 81' Saïss 30'	Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 36,068 Referee: Lionel Jaffredo

13 December 2015 18	Paris Saint-Germain	5–1	Lyon	Paris
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Ibrahimović 11', 77' (pen.) Aurier 17' David Luiz 25' Motta 58' Cavani 61' Lucas 90+1'	Report	Cornet 22' Ferri 24'	Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 46,650 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

20 December 2015 19	Gazélec Ajaccio	2–1	Lyon	Ajaccio, Corsica
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Mangane 21' Larbi 32', 67' Tshibumbu 83' Boutaïb 90+1'	Report	Grenier 72', 82'	Stadium: Stade Ange Casanova Attendance: 4,125 Referee: Amaury Delerue

9 January 2016 20	Lyon	4–1	Troyes	Lyon
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Lacazette 18' Umtiti 62' Ghezzal 72' Ferri 81' Beauvue 90'	Report	Nivet 22' Camus 67'	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 55,169 Referee: Wilfrid Bien

17 January 2016 21	Saint-Étienne	1–0	Lyon	Saint Étienne
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Monnet-Paquet 18' Lemoine 48' Pajot 62' Søderlund 76'	Report	Ghezzal 77'	Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Attendance: 36,503 Referee: Clément Turpin

24 January 2016 22	Lyon	1–1	Marseille	Lyon
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Morel 52' Tolisso 78' Yanga-Mbiwa 87'	Report	Batshuayi 53' Cabella 64' Manquillo 78'	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 56,506 Referee: Antony Gautier

30 January 2016 23	Bastia	1–0	Lyon	Furiani
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Kamano 26' Ngando 67' Brandão 69', 75' Cioni 88'	Report	Tolisso 31' Umtiti 89'	Stadium: Stade Armand Cesari Attendance: 10,908 Referee: Benoît Millot

3 February 2016 24	Lyon	3–0	Bordeaux	Lyon
19:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Lacazette 40', 41', 87' Ferri 81' Kalulu 90+3'	Report	Vada 7' Chantôme 24' Crivelli 76' Rolán 76'	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 30,143 Referee: Fredy Fautrel

6 February 2016 25	Angers	0–3	Lyon	Angers
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Mangani 16' N'Doye 61'	Report	Jallet 13', 61' Ghezzal 46' Gonalons 65' Tolisso 81'	Stadium: Stade Jean-Bouin Attendance: 15,386 Referee: Frank Schneider

13 February 2016 26	Lyon	4–1	Caen	Lyon
14:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Umtiti 8' Lacazette 16' Cornet 45', 46' Gonalons 56' Ferri 72' Tolisso 83'	Report	Da Silva 7' Bessat 28' Delort 58' Nkololo 64' Yahia 68' Seube 69'	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 38,624 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

21 February 2016 27	Lille	1–0	Lyon	Villeneuve d'Ascq
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Boufal 28' Mavuba 29' Soumaoro 43' Amadou 63' Bauthéac 66' Enyeama 90'	Report	Grenier 29' 87' Jallet 40' 60' Ferri 61' Valbuena 71' Yanga-Mbiwa 75'	Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Attendance: 32,956 Referee: Benoît Bastien

28 February 2016 28	Lyon	2–1	Paris Saint-Germain	Lyon
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Cornet 13' Yanga-Mbiwa 43' Darder 45+2' Ferri 72' Rafael 73'	Report	Motta 23' Lucas 51', 89' Van der Wiel 58' Cavani 63' Rabiot 74'	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 56,661 Referee: Lionel Jaffredo

6 March 2016 29	Lyon	5–1	Guingamp	Lyon
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Ghezzal 3' Lacazette 13', 17', 61' Cornet 35' Grenier 82' Lemaitre 86' (o.g.)	Report	Erdinç 11' Mathis 13' Angoua 14' Diallo 60'	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 33,133 Referee: Fredy Fautrel

13 March 2016 30	Rennes	2–2	Lyon	Rennes
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Mendes 12' Pedro Henrique 20' Fernandes 50' Dembélé 53' Diagné 65', 70' Rafael 82' (o.g.)	Report	Rafael 19' Gonalons 32' Ghezzal 33', 71' Koné 53' Lacazette 55'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 25,830 Referee: Frank Schneider

19 March 2016 31	Lyon	2–0	Nantes	Lyon
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Rafael 67' Perrin 83' Lacazette 90+4' (pen.)	Report	Bedoya 42' Cana 64'	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 47,505 Referee: Benoît Millot

3 April 2016 32	Lorient	1–3	Lyon	Lorient
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Waris 36'	Report	Lacazette 44', 84' Ghezzal 81'	Stadium: Stade du Moustoir Attendance: 15,132 Referee: Fredy Fautrel

8 April 2016 33	Montpellier	0–2	Lyon	Montpellier
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Saihi 38'	Report	Cornet 34', 40', 66' Ferri 68'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 15,066 Referee: Antony Gautier

15 April 2016 34	Lyon	1–1	Nice	Lyon
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Germain 18'	Report	Cornet 25' Lacazette 45'	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 55,744 Referee: Lionel Jaffredo

23 April 2016 35	Toulouse	2–3	Lyon	Toulouse
17:30 CET (UTC+1)	Regattin 34' Tisserand 50' Ben Yedder 82' Sirieix 83'	Report	Valbuena 13' Grenier 73' Lacazette 80' Lopes 83' Toliso 85', 90+4'	Stadium: Stadium Municipal Attendance: 24,316 Referee: Clément Turpin

30 April 2016 36	Lyon	2–1	Gazélec Ajaccio	Lyon
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Ghezzal 11' Cornet 40' Rafael 88'	Report	Tshibumbu 15' Pujol 49' Đoković 74'	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 50,546 Referee: Nicolas Rainville

7 May 2016 37	Lyon	6–1	Monaco	Lyon
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Ghezzal 3' Lacazette 8', 35', 80' Yanga-Mbiwa 34', 59'		Carvalho 41'	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 56,696 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

14 May 2016 38	Reims	4–1	Lyon	Reims
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Mandi 14', 41' Kyei 27', 56' (pen.) Diego 34' Fofana 42' Turan 51', 85' Kankava 53'	Report	Gonalons 25' Umtiti 55' Cornet 63'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Delaune Attendance: 17,432 Referee: Amaury Delerue

Coupe de France

3 January 2016 Round of 64	Limoges	0–7	Lyon	Buxerolles
14:15 CET (UTC+01:00)	Machado 6'	Report	Cornet 2', 37' Beauvue 50' Ghezzal 57', 61' Darder 71' Tolisso 76'	Stadium: Stade Michel Amand Attendance: 9,671 Referee: Bartolomeu Varela

20 January 2016 Round of 32	Chambly	0–2	Lyon	Chambly
18:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Heinry 35' Doucouré 55'	Report	Cornet 20' Valbuena 22'	Stadium: Stade Pierre Brisson Attendance: 8,500 Referee: Stéphane Jochem

10 February 2016 Round of 16	Paris Saint-Germain	3–0	Lyon	Paris
21:05 CET (UTC+01:00)	Ibrahimović 63', 67' Rabiot 75' David Luiz 78'	Report	Umtiti 29'	Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 42,000 Referee: Clément Turpin

Coupe de la Ligue

16 December 2015 Round of 16	Lyon	2–1	Tours	Lyon
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Beauvue 38' (pen.) Ferri 45' Malbranque 85'	Report	Bouhours 64' Tandia 72' Kouakou 87'	Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 15,835 Referee: Sébastien Moreira

13 January 2016 Quarter-finals	Paris Saint-Germain	2–1	Lyon	Paris
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Rabiot 17' Lucas 73'	Report	Tolisso 42'	Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 47,267 Referee: Benoît Bastien

UEFA Champions League

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	ZEN	GNT	VAL	LYO
1	Zenit Saint Petersburg	6	5	0	1	13	6	+7	15	Advance to knockout phase	—	2–1	2–0	3–1
2	Gent	6	3	1	2	8	7	+1	10	Advance to knockout phase	2–1	—	1–0	1–1
3	Valencia	6	2	0	4	5	9	−4	6	Transfer to Europa League	2–3	2–1	—	0–2
4	Lyon	6	1	1	4	5	9	−4	4		0–2	1–2	0–1	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

16 September 2015 1	Gent	1–1	Lyon	Ghent, Belgium
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Dejaegere 41' Milićević 68' Depoitre 71' Foket 87'	Report	Ferri 11' Jallet 58' Umtiti 71' Lacazette 88' Malbranque 90+1'	Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Attendance: 19,601 ^[12] Referee: William Collum (Scotland)

29 September 2015 2	Lyon	0–1	Valencia	Lyon, France
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Gonalons 61' Kalulu 67' Ferri 90+2'	Report	Feghouli 42' Fuego 52' Pérez 63' Domènech 90+1'	Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 33,534 ^[13] Referee: Milorad Mažić (Serbia)

20 October 2015 3	Zenit Saint Petersburg	3–1	Lyon	Saint Petersburg, Russia
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Dzyuba 3' Hulk 6', 56' García 52' Danny 82'	Report	Gonalons 39' Rafael 46' Lacazette 49' Umtiti 52' Yanga-Mbiwa 90+2'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 17,517 ^[14] Referee: Martin Atkinson (England)

4 November 2015 4	Lyon	0–2	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Lyon, France
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Gonalons 32' 72'	Report	Witsel 20' Dzyuba 25', 57' Criscito 46' García 54' Anyukov 56' 88' Danny 74' Shatov 90'	Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 30,173 Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

24 November 2015 5	Lyon	1–2	Gent	Lyon, France
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Ferri 7', 48' Bedimo 38'	Report	Nielsen 16' Neto 25' Milićević 32' Foket 58' Kums 75' Asare 87' Coulibaly 90+5'	Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 30,206 Referee: Sergei Karasev (Russia)

9 December 2015 6	Valencia	0–2	Lyon	Valencia, Spain
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Abdennour 24' Mustafi 38' Mina 44'	Report	Cornet 37' Tolisso 68' Lacazette 76'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 32,494 Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Ligue 1		Trophée des Champions		Coupe de France		Coupe de la Ligue		UEFA Champions League
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	POR	Anthony Lopes	47	0	37	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	6	0
30	GK	FRA	Mathieu Gorgelin	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	FRA	Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa	35	2	27	2	0	0	2	0	0+1	0	5	0
3	DF	CMR	Henri Bedimo	22	0	14+4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
4	DF	BFA	Bakary Koné	12	0	4+2	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	0+1	0
13	DF	FRA	Christophe Jallet	32	2	20+3	1	1	0	2	0	2	0	3+1	1
15	DF	FRA	Jérémy Morel	40	0	27+4	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	4	0
20	DF	BRA	Rafael	27	1	18+3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	4+1	0
23	DF	FRA	Samuel Umtiti	38	1	30	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	4	0
Midfielders
6	MF	FRA	Gueïda Fofana	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	MF	FRA	Corentin Tolisso	45	7	28+5	5	1	0	2+1	1	2	1	6	0
11	MF	ALG	Rachid Ghezzal	38	10	16+13	8	0+1	0	2	2	2	0	1+3	0
12	MF	FRA	Jordan Ferri	44	3	26+8	2	1	0	0+2	0	2	0	3+2	1
14	MF	ESP	Sergi Darder	35	3	18+8	2	0	0	3	1	2	0	3+1	0
17	MF	FRA	Steed Malbranque	15	0	5+6	0	0+1	0	0	0	0+1	0	1+1	0
19	MF	FRA	Mathieu Valbuena	33	2	21+5	1	0	0	1+1	1	0	0	5	0
21	MF	FRA	Maxime Gonalons	43	0	33	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	5	0
24	MF	FRA	Olivier Kemen	2	0	1+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	MF	FRA	Aldo Kalulu	14	2	1+9	2	0	0	0+2	0	0	0	1+1	0
28	MF	FRA	Arnold Mvuemba	9	0	3+3	0	0	0	0+2	0	1	0	0	0
29	MF	FRA	Lucas Tousart	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	MF	FRA	Zakarie Labidi	3	0	0+3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
7	FW	FRA	Clément Grenier	23	2	10+8	2	0	0	1+1	0	0+2	0	1	0
10	FW	FRA	Alexandre Lacazette	44	23	34	21	1	0	2	0	0+1	0	6	2
18	FW	FRA	Nabil Fekir	9	4	5+4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	FW	FRA	Gaëtan Perrin	3	1	0+3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	FW	FRA	Maxwel Cornet	40	12	16+15	8	0	0	3	3	1+1	0	1+3	1
36	FW	FRA	Romain Del Castillo	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players transferred out during the season
5	DF	SRB	Milan Biševac	8	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
9	FW	FRA	Claudio Beauvue	29	8	15+4	5	1	0	1	1	2	2	2+4	0
22	DF	FRA	Lindsay Rose	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	FW	ALG	Yassine Benzia	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: 14 May 2016
Source: Competitions

References

^ "Rafael joins Lyon". Olympique Lyonnais. 3 August 2015.
^ "France midfielder Mathieu Valbuena joins Lyon from Dynamo Moscow". The Guardian. 11 August 2015. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
^ "Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa signs five-year deal with Lyon". The Guardian. 17 August 2015. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
^ "Darder signs for Lyon". Marca. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
^ "Transfert Mohamed Yattara (Lyon) transféré au Standard de Liège" [Mohamed Yattara (Lyon) transferred to Standard Liege]. L'equipe (in French). 17 July 2015. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
^ Gomez, Jean-François. "Mercato : Mehdi Zeffane aurait passé sa visite médicale dans son nouveau club" [Mercato: Mehdi Zeffane would have passed his medical visit to his new club]. Olympique et Lyonnais (in French). Retrieved 12 August 2015.
^ "Clinton N'Jie: Tottenham sign Lyon striker on five-year deal". BBC Sport. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
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[table_note_res_ELGS0.3709555740333-11] Since the winners of the 2015–16 Coupe de France and the 2015–16 Coupe de la Ligue, Paris Saint-Germain, qualified for European competition based on their league position, the spot awarded to the Coupe de France winners (Europa League group stage) was passed to the fourth-placed team and the spot awarded to the Coupe de la Ligue winners (Europa League third qualifying round) was passed to the sixth-placed team. The fifth-placed team received the spot in Europa League third qualifying round originally designated to the fourth-placed team.

[1] "Rafael joins Lyon". Olympique Lyonnais. 3 August 2015.

[2] "France midfielder Mathieu Valbuena joins Lyon from Dynamo Moscow". The Guardian. 11 August 2015. Retrieved 12 August 2015.

[3] "Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa signs five-year deal with Lyon". The Guardian. 17 August 2015. Retrieved 12 August 2015.

[4] "Darder signs for Lyon". Marca. Retrieved 29 August 2015.

[5] "Transfert Mohamed Yattara (Lyon) transféré au Standard de Liège" [Mohamed Yattara (Lyon) transferred to Standard Liege]. L'equipe (in French). 17 July 2015. Retrieved 20 July 2015.

[6] Gomez, Jean-François. "Mercato : Mehdi Zeffane aurait passé sa visite médicale dans son nouveau club" [Mercato: Mehdi Zeffane would have passed his medical visit to his new club]. Olympique et Lyonnais (in French). Retrieved 12 August 2015.

[7] "Clinton N'Jie: Tottenham sign Lyon striker on five-year deal". BBC Sport. Retrieved 15 August 2015.

[8] "Lazio complete move for Lyon defender Milan Bisevac". espn fc.

[9] "El atacante Claudio Beauvue, en Vigo para completar su fichaje por el RC Celta". Celta de Vigo. Archived from the original on 21 January 2016. Retrieved 22 January 2016.

[10] Lyon : Rose prêté à Lorient ! (officiel)

[12] "Ligue 1 2015/2016 - Season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 22 July 2015.

[13] "Gent vs. Olympique Lyonnais 1 - 1". Soccerway. Retrieved 18 September 2015.

[14] "Olympique Lyonnais vs. Valencia 0 - 1". Soccerway. Retrieved 4 October 2015.

[15] "Zenit vs. Olympique Lyonnais 3 - 1". Soccerway. Retrieved 21 October 2015.

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