For Juninho, it was his 100th career goal for Lyon. Fri, 11/7/08 [29] This season, Lyon will have brand new home, away, and Champions League kits. Lyon played a total of six friendly matches.

Ligue 1 and was their 20th consecutive season in the top division of French football. Lyon were now guaranteed to finish in the third spot, meaning they would be seeded directly into the Playoff round, where they might end up facing the likes of the 2008–09 UEFA Cup champions Shakhtar Donetsk and Sporting CP.

Division, Inter Milano have kept a clean sheet in all of their last 4 Serie A games, In their last 3 Serie A matches, Inter Milano have won by 2 or more goals, {"lg_-1":[17,12,9,38],"lg_-1_6":[4,1,1,6],"lg_138":[17,12,9,38],"lg_138_6":[4,1,1,6]}, {"lg_-1":[13,5,1,19],"lg_-1_6":[5,1,0,6],"lg_138":[13,5,1,19],"lg_138_6":[5,1,null,6]}, {"lg_-1":[4,7,8,19],"lg_-1_6":[2,1,3,6],"lg_138":[4,7,8,19],"lg_138_6":[2,1,3,6]}. [40] The loss was promptly followed by a showdown for first place with rivals Marseille the following week. In the final group stage match, which decided what team would finish first place in the group, Bayern Munich defeated Lyon 2–3, scoring all three of their goals in the first half. Lyon opened up their Ligue 1 season in a positive fashion, defeating Toulouse 3–0 with a brace from Karim Benzema and a rare goal from Jean Makoun. They proceeded to falter drawing with mid-table club Monaco 2–2. [34] After 90 minutes without a goal, Bordeaux defeated Lyon 5–4 on penalties to earn their first Trophée des Champions title, ending Lyon's streak of six-straight Trophée des Champions titles. Lyon entered the Coupe de la Ligue season having last won the cup in 2001. This match has not been attend by any other user. Lyon came into the match apparently looking ahead to their Champions League clash with Bayern Munich and proceeded to underestimate the West Coast side, who defeated Lyon 1–2 with two goals from the Croat Ivan Klasnić. Note: For the squads of the CFA, Under-18, and the Under-16, click here and here. Since winning the title in 2001, Lyon have only made it to January (usually when the quarter-finals take place) four times. Despite being ten spots down in the table, Monaco were the stronger side forcing Lyon to come back from a goal down twice. Lyon came out blazing in the second half scoring four goals, three of them in the final six minutes of the match to defeat Concarneau by a score of 6–0.

The following week, Lyon received their first loss in the league against Rennes that would later be described as a "thrashing" by the media.

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The under-18 squad will participate in their league, the Championnat National Under-18 and the Coupe Gambardella. [1] Following an extensive search, which linked the Lyon managerial position to several managers, including former Manchester United assistant and current Portugal national football team coach Carlos Queiroz,[2] Brazilian manager Vanderlei Luxemburgo,[3] and former French players and managers Didier Deschamps and Laurent Blanc[4] to name a few, it was announced on 18 June 2008 that Lille manager Claude Puel would succeed Perrin.[5]. Lyon lost to Barcelona 0–3 at the Camp Nou, but played well enough to earn a 2–2 draw at home. With the likes of Marseille, Bordeaux, PSG, Lille and Toulouse on their backs, Lyon needed victories to ensure their eighth-straight league title. However, despite being relegated last season, Metz pulled off a tremendous 1–3 victory eliminating the defending league champions from the competition for the 8th straight season. Chalmé would be involved in another denied penalty dispute later in the match, this time with Benzema. The 2019–20 Nîmes Olympique season was the club's 82nd season in existence and the club's second consecutive season in the top flight of French football.In addition to the domestic league, Nîmes participated in this season's editions of the Coupe de France, and the Coupe de la Ligue.The season covered the period from 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020 Lyon players selected will participate with the Rhône-Alpes team. Lyon management attributed the firing to "Perrin's several malfunctions that affected the squad daily throughout the season" and their constant failure in Europe. They were entering the season after achieving their first ever double after winning the Coupe de France, along with their league title. Lyon again responded just two minutes later in injury time with a goal from a Lyon youngster Anthony Mounier, thus evening the match heading into halftime. Fielding exactly the same lineup that lost 2–5 to Barcelona, Lyon failed for the second week in a row to get on the scoreboard losing 0–2 to Auxerre, who got goals from Ireneusz Jeleń and Thomas Kahlenberg, leaving Lyon to hope they get a positive result from the Le Classique in order to hold on to their first-place position. Lyon followed this draw with a defeat taking on Lille, whom they had just contested three days ago in a Coupe de France tie. Following this incident, Lyon still trailed 1–2, but in the 86th minute, after earning a free kick, Juninho and Benzema proceeded to display excellent and sly teamwork as Benzema equalised for his side drawing the match 2–2 and giving both clubs one point through one round. Looking at the replay, it could have easily been determined that the handball infraction had been without malice and that the penalty should have not been given.

[32], Supplier: UmbroSponsor(s): Novotel (home) and Ticket Restaurant (away). Note: For the Olympique Lyonnais women's squad, click here. Nîmes Olympique. Returning from Champion's League play, Lyon faced Rennes, who was responsible for the champions first loss of the season.