The 2020–21 Olympique Lyonnais Féminin season was the club's seventeenth season since FC Lyon joined OL as its women's section. Olympique Lyonnais finished runner up in the Division 1 Féminine for the first time in 14 seasons and were eliminated from the UEFA Women's Champions League by Paris Saint-Germain, while the Coupe de France Féminine was cancelled.
Season events On 22 June, Olympique Lyonnais announced that they had extended their contract with Sarah Bouhaddi until 30 June 2024, and with Dzsenifer Marozsán until 30 June 2023.
On 1 July, Olympique Lyonnais announced that they had signed professional contracts with academy player Inès Benyahia, Alice Sombath and Vicki Bècho from Paris Saint-Germain and Assimina Maoulida from US Orléans.
On 21 September, Shanice van de Sanden left Olympique Lyonnais to join VfL Wolfsburg.
On 23 September, Celia joined Olympique Lyonnais on loan from OL Reign for the season.
On 18 December, Ada Hegerberg extended her contract with Olympique Lyonnais until 30 June 2024.
On 5 January, Olympique Lyonnais extended their contract with Jodie Taylor until the end of the season. The following day, 6 January, Olympique Lyonnais extended their contract with Manon Revelli until 30 June 2023, and also loan her to Servette until the end of the season.
On 12 January, Olympique Lyonnais announced the signing of Catarina Macario from Stanford Cardinal on a contract until 30 June 2023.
On 20 January, Olympique Lyonnais announced the signing of Damaris Egurrola from Everton on a contract until 30 June 2024.
On 4 February, Griedge Mbock extended her contract with Olympique Lyonnais until 30 June 2024.
On 10 February, Amandine Henry extended her contract with Olympique Lyonnais until 30 June 2023, with the option of an additional year.
On 17 March, Eugénie Le Sommer extended her contract with Olympique Lyonnais until 30 June 2023.
On 22 April, Janice Cayman extended her contract with Olympique Lyonnais until 30 June 2023.
On 7 May, Delphine Cascarino extended her contract with Olympique Lyonnais until 30 June 2024.
On 5 June, Sarah Bouhaddi and Dzsenifer Marozsán joined OL Reign on loan until 31 December 2021.
Squad
No. Name Nationality Position Date of birth (age) Signed from Signed in Contract ends Apps. Goals Goalkeepers 1 Lola Gallardo GK Atlético Madrid 2020 2022 4 0 16 Sarah Bouhaddi GK Juvisy 2009 2024 307 1 40 Katriina Talaslahti GK Bayern Munich 2019 2022 0 0 Defenders 3 Wendie Renard DF Academy 2006 396 130 4 Selma Bacha DF Academy 2017 78 3 12 Ellie Carpenter DF Portland Thorns 2020 2023 24 1 18 Alice Sombath DF Paris Saint-Germain 2020 2023 0 0 21 Kadeisha Buchanan DF West Virginia Mountaineers 2017 93 5 23 Janice Cayman DF Montpellier 2019 2023 25 5 26 Sakina Karchaoui DF Montpellier 2020 27 0 29 Griedge Mbock Bathy DF Guingamp 2015 2024 135 26 Florine Belin DF Academy 2020 0 0 Midfielders 5 Saki Kumagai MF 1. FFC Frankfurt 2013 240 43 6 Amandine Henry MF Portland Thorns 2018 2023 (+1) 304 63 7 Amel Majri MF Academy 2010 243 674 8 Sara Björk Gunnarsdóttir MF VfL Wolfsburg 2020 2022 22 5 10 Dzsenifer Marozsán MF 1. FFC Frankfurt 2016 147 55 11 Damaris Egurrola MF Everton 2021 2024 7 0 13 Catarina Macario MF Stanford Cardinal 2021 2023 11 6 22 Sally Julini MF Academy 2020 3 0 Yasmine Klai MF Academy 2017 0 0 Marine Pierret MF Academy 2019 0 0 Forwards 9 Eugénie Le Sommer FW Stade Briochin 2010 2023 333 277 14 Ada Hegerberg FW Turbine Potsdam 2014 184 220 17 Nikita Parris FW Manchester City 2019 2022 48 32 19 Jéssica Silva FW Levante 2019 2021 6 2 20 Delphine Cascarino FW Academy 2015 2024 147 30 25 Inès Benyahia FW Academy 2020 2 0 27 Vicki Bècho FW Paris Saint-Germain 2020 4 0 28 Melvine Malard FW Academy 2017 31 8 31 Jodie Taylor FW OL Reign 2020 2021 11 1 Cyrine Ben Rabah FW Academy 2017 0 0 Out on loan Grace Kazadi DF Academy 2020 0 0 Assimina Maoulida DF Orléans 2020 0 0 Manon Revelli DF Academy 2019 2023 2 0 Emelyne Laurent FW Bordeaux 2017 19 4 Left during the season 11 Shanice van de Sanden FW Liverpool 2017 2021 75 12
Transfers
In Date Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref.12 January 2023MFCatarina MacarioStanford CardinalUndisclosed20 January 2023MFDamaris EgurrolaEvertonUndisclosed
Loans in Start date Position Nationality Name From End date Ref.23 September 2020DFCeliaOL Reign1 March 2021
Out Date Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.21 September 2020FWShanice van de SandenVfL WolfsburgUndisclosed
Loans out Start date Position Nationality Name To End date Ref.1 August 2020DFGrace KazadiAtlético Madrid30 June 20215 August 2020FWEmelyne LaurentAtlético Madrid30 June 20216 January 2021MFManon RevelliServette30 June 20213 February 2021DFAssimina MaoulidaLe Havre30 June 20215 June 2021GKSarah BouhaddiOL Reign31 December 20215 June 2021MFDzsenifer MarozsánOL Reign31 December 2021
Released Date Position Nationality Name Joined Date Ref.30 June 2021DFSakina KarchaouiParis Saint-Germain10 July 202130 June 2021MFSaki KumagaiBayern Munich1 July 202130 June 2021FWJodie TaylorOrlando Pride8 July 202130 June 2021FWJéssica SilvaKansas City Current
Friendlies
Competitions Overview
Division 1
Results summary
Results by matchday
Results
Table
Coupe de France
UEFA Champions League
Squad statistics
Appearances
|colspan="16"|Players away from the club on loan: |- |colspan="16"|Players who appeared for Olympique Lyonnais but left during the season:
Goal scorers PlacePositionNationNumberNameDivision 1Coupe de FranceUEFA Champions LeagueTotal1 FW17Nikita Parris1302152 DF3 Wendie Renard1013143 MF7 Amel Majri9009MF10Dzsenifer Marozsán53195 FW28Melvine Malard40486 FW9 Eugénie Le Sommer70077 MF6 Amandine Henry6006MF13Catarina Macario50169 MF5 Saki Kumagai401510MF8 Sara Gunnarsdóttir310411DF21Kadeisha Buchanan3003DF23Janice Cayman2013 Own goal300314FW20Delphine Cascarino200215DF12Ellie Carpenter1001FW31Jodie Taylor101 Total7851396
Clean sheets PlacePositionNationNumberNameDivision 1Coupe de FranceUEFA Champions LeagueTotal1 GK16Sarah Bouhaddi1403172 GK1 Lola Gallardo2103 Total161320
Disciplinary record Number Nation Position Name Division 1 Coupe de France UEFA Champions League Total3 DFWendie Renard300010404 DFSelma Bacha110010215 MFSaki Kumagai200010306 MFAmandine Henry100020307 MFAmel Majri100010209 FWEugénie Le Sommer1000001010MFDzsenifer Marozsán2000103017FWNikita Parris1000001020FWDelphine Cascarino1000001021DFKadeisha Buchanan2000103026DFSakina Karchaoui0000101028FWMelvine Malard10001020Players away on loan:Players who left Olympique Lyonnais during the season: Total16100100261
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