[1] On 8 June 2010, Lyon reached a three-year agreement on a partnership with Groupama, an international insurance company based in Paris.

The hiring of Sauze will redefined the different functions of several directors with the "possible departure of Marino Faccioli to the France team" being in mind.

The transfer fee was priced at €6 million and Briand is expected to replace Sidney Govou who departed the club for Greek side Panathinaikos on 5 July.

[10] After successfully passing his medical on 24 August, Gourcuff will sign a long-term contract with the club and the transfer fee is priced at €22 million, which will be paid in three installments by 31 December 2012.

Supplier: AdidasSponsor(s): BetClic (home), Everest Poker (away) Last updated: 20 August 2010.Source: OL Boutique On 17 June 2010, Lyon confirmed that the team would play six friendly matches ahead of the 2010–11 football season.

However, following an Aly Cissokho red card midway through the first half, Lyon played the rest of the match with ten men and conceded a penalty to Juventus, which was converted by Alessandro Del Piero in the 39th minute.

In the match against Celtic, Lyon took a two-goal lead courtesy of goals from Michel Bastos and youth product Harry Novillo with the former converting a blistering free kick.

Lyon conceded the opening goal in the 55th minute with Milan striker Marco Borriello connecting on a cross from the left side after his shot was initially saved by Lloris.

Lyon evened the match in the 79th minute with Jimmy Briand scoring his second goal of the pre-season after running onto a header following a perfect cross from Miralem Pjanić.

The 1–1 scoreline was eventually the final result and Lyon were set to be crowned champions of the competition, however, following Arsenal's 3–2 victory over Celtic, the debutantes were knocked back into third place where they remained.

Source: lfp.fr Win Draw Loss Last updated: 2 May 2011Source: Ligue de Football Professionnel Archived 2010-10-19 at the Wayback Machine Last updated: 23 January 2011Source: Ligue de Football Professionnel Archived 2010-10-19 at the Wayback Machine Last updated: 14 December 2010Source: LFP Archived 2010-10-19 at the Wayback Machine Lyon entered the 2010–11 UEFA Champions League for the 11th straight season having come off a successful European campaign last year, in which the club reached the semi-finals of the competition.

Due to the club's second-place finish last year, Lyon were automatically inserted into the group stage portion of the competition.