Olympique Lyonnais UEFA club competition milestones . Having fallen at the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals for the past three seasons, Lyon have yet to taste true success in Europe's premier club competition.
. Aside from winning the 1997 UEFA Intertoto Cup, Lyon's furthest venture in a UEFA club competition came when they reached the semi-finals of the 1963/64 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, overcoming B1913 Odense, Olympiacos CFP and Hamburger SV. They would exit following a replay to the eventual winners of the competition, Sporting Clube de Portugal. UEFA club competition honours . UEFA Intertoto Cup: 1997 Ten-year record (including current season) . This is Lyon's seventh consecutive appearance in the UEFA Champions League with their best performances coming in the past three seasons as they advanced to the quarter-finals of the competition. Eventual winners FC Porto defeated Lyon 4-2 on aggregate during the 2003/04 campaign, while during the 2004/05 season, PSV Eindhoven denied the French side a place in the last four as they qualified 4-2 on penalties after the sides were locked at 2-2. In 2005/06, AC Milan triumphed 3-1 on aggregate. This season, Lyon recorded the highest points tally of all 32 competing clubs with 14 following four victories and two draws from their six outings. The French club finished three points clear of Real Madrid CF with FC Steaua Bucuresti (five points) and FC Dynamo Kyiv (two points) trailing. 1997/98: UEFA Cup - second round (having qualified for the competition by winning the UEFA Intertoto Cup) 1998/99: UEFA Cup - quarter-finals 1999/00: UEFA Cup - third round (having transferred from the European Champion Clubs' Cup, third qualifying round) 2000/01: UEFA Champions League - second group stage 2001/02: UEFA Cup - fourth round (having transferred from the UEFA Champions League, group stage) 2002/03: UEFA Cup - third round (having transferred from the UEFA Champions League group stage) 2003/04: UEFA Champions League - quarter-finals 2004/05: UEFA Champions League - quarter-finals 2005/06: UEFA Champions League - quarter-finals 2006/07: UEFA Champions League - first knockout round 2005/06 season Domestic record: Lyon won Ligue 1 for the fifth straight season, finishing 15 points ahead of nearest rivals FC Girondins de Bordeaux and a further seven ahead of LOSC Lille Métropole. It was more than enough to guarantee them a group-stage berth for the UEFA Champions League. European record: The French side took 16 points from their six outings in the group stage, their only dropped points coming on Matchday 5 when they were held to a 1-1 draw at Real Madrid CF. Their 13 goals were second only to FC Barcelona (16) in the group stage of the competition. Lyon subsequently overcame PSV in the first knockout round, winning 5-0 on aggregate to avenge their defeat from the 2004/05 season, before falling to Milan. Key facts UEFA club competition . Pld: 134 W: 73 D: 23 L: 38 GF: 236 GA: 158 UEFA Champions League (group stage to final) . Pld: 60 W: 32 D: 13 L: 15 GF: 109 GA: 61 European Champion Clubs' Cup/UEFA Champions League . Pld: 64 W: 34 D: 13 L: 17 GF: 113 GA: 66 Records UEFA club competition . Biggest win 7-0: Olympique Lyonnais v FA Red Boys Differdange 17.09.1974, 1974/75 UEFA Cup, first round, first leg . Biggest home win 7-0: Olympique Lyonnais v FA Red Boys Differdange (see above for details) . Biggest away win 0-5: MSK Zilina v Olympique Lyonnais 05.07.1997, 1997 UEFA Intertoto Cup, group stage . Heaviest defeat 4-0: PAOK Saloniki v Olympique Lyonnais 07.11.1973, 1973/74 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, second round, second leg 4-0: Werder Bremen v Olympique Lyonnais 07.12.1999, 1999/2000 UEFA Cup, third round, second leg . Heaviest home defeat 2-5: Olympique Lyonnais v VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach 05.11.1974, 1974/75 UEFA Cup, second round, second leg . Heaviest away defeat 4-0: PAOK Saloniki v Olympique Lyonnais (see above for details) 4-0: Werder Bremen v Olympique Lyonnais (see above for details) UEFA Champions League (group stage to final only) . Biggest win 7-2: Olympique Lyonnais v Werder Bremen 08.03.2005, 2004/05 UEFA Champions League, first knockout round, second leg 5-0: Olympique Lyonnais v AC Sparta Praha. 08.12.2004, 2004/05 UEFA Champions League, group stage 5-0: Olympique Lyonnais v Rosenborg BK 25.09.2002, 2002/03 UEFA Champions League, first group stage . Biggest home win 7-2: Olympique Lyonnais v Werder Bremen (see above for details) 5-0: Olympique Lyonnais v AC Sparta Praha (see above for details) 5-0: Olympique Lyonnais v Rosenborg BK (see above for details) . Biggest away win 0-3: FC Dynamo Kyiv v Olympique Lyonnais 17.10.2006, 2006/07 UEFA Champions League, group stage 0-3: FC Steaua Bucuresti v Olympique Lyonnais 26.09.2006, 2006/07 UEFA Champions League, group stage 1-4: Olympiacos CFP v Olympique Lyonnais 01.11.2005, 2005/06 UEFA Champions League, group stage 0-3: Werder Bremen v Olympique Lyonnais 08.03.2005, 2004/05 UEFA Champions League, first knockout round, first leg . Heaviest defeat 2-0: FC Porto v Olympique Lyonnais 23.03.2004, 2003/04 UEFA Champions League, quarter-finals, first leg 2-0: Celtic FC v Olympique Lyonnais 30.09.2003, 2003/04 UEFA Champions League, group stage 0-2: Olympique Lyonnais v AFC Ajax 30.10.2002, 2002/03 UEFA Champions League, first group stage 2-0: FC Barcelona v Olympique Lyonnais 10.10.2001, 2001/02 UEFA Champions League, first group stage 3-1: AC Milan v Olympique Lyonnais 04.04.2006, 2005/06 UEFA Champions League, quarter-finals, second leg . Heaviest home defeat 0-2: Olympique Lyonnais v AFC Ajax (see above for details) . Heaviest away defeat 2-0: FC Porto v Olympique Lyonnais (see above for details) 2-0: Celtic FC v Olympique Lyonnais (see above for details) 2-0: FC Barcelona v Olympique Lyonnais (see above for details) 3-1: AC Milan v Olympique Lyonnais (see above for details) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
