The 2016–17 Olympique Lyonnais Féminin season was the club's thirteenth season since FC Lyon joined OL as its women's section. Like the previous season, the team won all three competitions: the Division 1 Féminine, the Coupe de France Féminine and notably its fourth UEFA Women's Champions League after it defeated Paris Saint-Germain in the final.

Season events

Lyon had won in the 2015–16 season its second triple crown, including its fourth UEFA Women's Champions League along with its fifth national double in a row. Before the end of the season Amandine Henry had moved to the NWSL, while subsequently Louisa Necib retired and Lotta Schelin returned to the Damallsvenskan. Lyon reacted by signing Dzsenifer Marozsán from Frankfurt. Kenza Dali, Kheira Hamraoui, Jessica Houara and Caroline Seger joined from major rival Paris Saint-Germain. Lyon also recruited New Zealand goalkeeper, Erin Nayler, from Sky Blue on a two-year contract to act as back-up for first-choice goalkeeper, Sarah Bouhaddi.

From September to November, Lyon won all first eight league games and first two Champions League rounds against newcomer Avaldsnes and Zürich by wide scorelines. Following a 2–1 win over 3rd place Montpellier, Lyon ended the year a 1–0 loss in its first game against Paris Saint-Germain, which took the lead in the table. However, on January 6 PSG's September 0–4 win over Albi was reversed to a 3–0 loss, thus losing their advantage over Lyon. PSG's subsequent 2–1 loss against Montpellier gave Lyon the lead again.

In the winter transfer window, Lyon made three signings. Alex Morgan was recruited on loan from NWSL's Orlando Pride, Kadeisha Buchanan arrived straight from college soccer, and Josephine Henning subsequently joined the team. Lyon won all its first games in 2017, expanding its lead to a 6-point margin, before facing Wolfsburg in the Champions League's quarterfinals. 2012–13 and 2013–14 champion Wolfsburg had been Lyon's rival in the past edition's final, which Lyon had won on penalties, and the tie was branded by the media as the competition's advanced final. Lyon nearly ensured qualification with a 0–2 away win, and made it to the semifinals against Manchester City despite a 0–1 home defeat. After qualifying for the national cup's final, Lyon again set course to the final in an away first leg with a 1–3 win before suffering a one-goal defeat in Lyon to a goal by Carli Lloyd, enough to make it to the final in Cardiff, where they faced PSG in the second final between two teams from the same country.

On May 8, Lyon sealed its 11th national championship in a row with two games remaining, in a 9–0 win over Soyaux. Finally the team faced a triple showdown against Paris Saint-Germain with two titles in dispute as well as PSG's qualification for the next Champions League as Montpellier took the second place. After a 3–0 win in the league match, the cup final ended in a 1–1 draw followed by a 7–6 victory in the penalty shootout, giving Lyon its sixth consecutive national double. The Champions League final also ended in a draw with no goals were scored either in the extra time. The penalty shootout was also a long one, and it was resolved in a duel between the two goalkeepers. PSG's Katarzyna Kiedrzynek missed her kick and couldn't stop Bouhaddi's shot, which made the team the European champion for the fourth time and second time in a row.

Squad

As of match played 1 June 2017

Out on loan

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

Transfers

In

Loans in

Out

Loans out

Released

Friendlies

Competitions

Overview

Division 1

Results summary

Results by matchday

Results

Table

Coupe de France

UEFA Champions League

Final

Squad statistics

As of match played 1 June 2017

Appearances

Goal scorers

Clean sheets

Disciplinary record

References