The 2022–23 season was the 73rd season in the history of

Olympique Lyonnais Olympique Lyonnais (), commonly referred to as simply Lyon () or OL, is a French professional association football, football club based in Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France. With origins dating back to 1899, they were founded in 1950 and p ...

and their 34th consecutive season in the top flight. The club participated in

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and the

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. This season marked the end of Lyon's three decades under the ownership and presidency of French businessman

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, replaced by American businessman

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Players

Squad information

Players and squad numbers last updated on 3 June 2023. Appearances include

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UEFA Champions League The UEFA Champions League (UCL) is an annual club association football competition organised by the UEFA, Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) that is contested by List of top-division football clubs in UEFA countries, top-divisio ...

and

UEFA Europa League The UEFA Europa League (UEL), usually known simply as the Europa League, is an annual association football, football club competition organised since 1971 by the UEFA, Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) for eligible European footb ...

matches.
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under

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. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Players from
Olympique Lyonnais Reserves and Academy The Olympique Lyonnais Reserves & Academy are the reserve team and academy of France, French club Olympique Lyonnais. The reserves squad play in the Championnat National 3, the fifth division of French football and the second highest division th ...

Transfers

In

Out

Transfer summary

Spending Summer:

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9,450,000 Winter:

21,000,000 Total:

30,450,000 Income Summer:

46,350,000 Winter:

37,500,000 Total:

78,850,000 Net Expenditure Summer:

36,900,000 Winter:

16,500,000 Total:

53,400,000

Pre-season and friendlies

Lyon started the pre-season on 1 July. Following the pause of

with the

2022 FIFA World Cup The 2022 FIFA World Cup was the 22nd FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for national football teams organized by FIFA. It took place in Qatar from 20 November to 18 December 2022, after the country was awarded the hosting ri ...

taking place, the club returned to training on 25 November, with the participation of players who were not at the World Cup.

Competitions

Overall record

Ligue 1

League table

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 17 June 2022.

Coupe de France

Statistics

Appearances and goals

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