Olympique Lyonnais season 2008-09

Total income: gain €33.5m

Current Squad

"As of August 26, 2008" [ [http://www.olweb.fr/index.php?lng=fr&pid=201001 Effectif Groupe Pro Saison 08/09] ] [ [http://www.lfp.fr/club/effectif.asp?no_affil_fff=500080 OL Club Effectif] ]

Competitions

Ligue 1

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 II Makoun. Following a 0-0 draw away to Lorient, which dropped them to 3rd in the standings, Lyon rebounded with back to back wins over Rhône-Alpes rivals Grenoble and Saint-Étienne. Following that, Lyon picked up their third straight victory with a 3-2 win over Nice. The match was, however, marred with controversy. After trailing 0-2, Lyon got back into the match with two spectacular free kicks from Juninho. With the match in extra time and looking to end in a draw, referee Jean-Charles Cailleux and one of his assistant referees ruled a handball infraction had been committed by Nice defender Vincent Hognon in the box given Lyon a penalty, which was converted by Benzema. 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. However, Lyon would escape with a victory, which moved them into first place. They would follow this win up with back to back one goal wins over newly-promoted side Le Havre and Nancy giving them five straight league victories.

League table

Results summary

Results by round

tart formations

tarting 11

Note: "Formation shown indicates formation used in
club's most previous competitive match."
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References

External links

* [http://www.olweb.fr/ Olympique Lyonnais Official Website]