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Olympique Lyonnais (), commonly referred to as simply Lyon () or OL, is a men and women's French professional
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club based in
Lyon Lyon,, ; Occitan: ''Lion'', hist. ''Lionés'' also spelled in English as Lyons, is the third-largest city and second-largest metropolitan area of France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of ...
in
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (ARA; ; frp, Ôvèrgne-Rôno-Ârpes; oc, Auvèrnhe Ròse Aups; it, Alvernia-Rodano-Alpi) is a region in southeast-central France created by the 2014 territorial reform of French regions; it resulted from the merger of Au ...
. The men play in France's highest football division,
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. Founded in 1950, the club won its first Ligue 1 championship in
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, starting a national record-setting streak of seven successive titles. Lyon has also won eight Trophées des Champions, five Coupes de France, and three
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titles. Lyon has participated in the
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seventeen times, and during the 2009–10 season, reached the semi-finals of the competition for the first time after three previous quarter-final appearances. They once again reached this stage in the 2019–20 season. Olympique Lyonnais plays its home matches at the 59,186-seat Parc Olympique Lyonnais, commercially known as the Groupama Stadium, in Décines-Charpieu, a suburb of Lyon. The club's home colors are white, red and blue. Lyon was a member of the G14 group of leading European football clubs and are founder members of its successor, the European Club Association. The club's nickname, ''Les Gones'', means "The Kids" in Lyon's regional
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of
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. They have a long-standing rivalry with nearby club
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, with whom they contest the
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. Lyon have been owned by Jean-Michel Aulas since 1987 before American businessman John Textor purchased the club in June 2022.


History

Olympique Lyonnais was initially formed under the multisports club
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, which was originally formed in 1896 as ''Racing Club de Lyon''. Following numerous internal disagreements regarding the cohabitation of amateurs and professionals within the club, then-manager of the club Félix Louot and his entourage contemplated forming their own club. On 3 August 1950, Louot's plan came to fruition when Olympique Lyonnais was officially founded by Dr. Albert Trillat and numerous others. The club's first manager was Oscar Heisserer and, on 26 August 1950, played its first official match defeating CA Paris-Charenton 3–0 in front of 3,000 supporters. In just the club's second year of existence, Lyon was crowned champion of the second division, securing promotion to the first division. The club maintained its first division place for the remainder of the decade, excluding a year's stint in the second division for the 1953–54 season. Lyon achieved moderate success during the 1960s and 1970s with the likes of Fleury Di Nallo, Néstor Combin, Serge Chiesa,
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and Jean Djorkaeff playing major roles. Under manager
Lucien Jasseron Lucien Jasseron (29 December 1913, in Oran – 15 November 1999, in Strasbourg) was a French footballer. He played for Le Havre AC and RC Paris, and was part of France in the 1938 World Cup The 1938 FIFA World Cup was the third edition of th ...
, Lyon won its first-ever Coupe de France title defeating
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2–0 in the 1963–64 season. The club also performed respectably in the league under Jasseron's reign until the 1965–66 season, when Lyon finished 16th, which ultimately led to Jasseron's departure. His replacement was Louis Hon, who helped Lyon win their second Coupe de France title after defeating Sochaux 3–1 in the 1966–67 season. Lyon was managed by former Lyon legend
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heading into the 1970s. Under Mignot's helm, Lyon won its third Coupe de France title in 1972–73, beating
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2–1. In June 1987, Lyon was bought by
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businessman Jean-Michel Aulas who took control of the club aiming to turn Lyon into an established Ligue 1 side. His ambitious plan, titled ''OL – Europe'', was designed to develop the club at the European level and back into the first division within a period of no more than four years. The first manager under the new hierarchy was Raymond Domenech. The aspiring chairman gave Domenech '' carte blanche'' to recruit whoever he saw fit to help the team reach the first division. They went on to accomplish this in Domenech's first season in charge. Lyon achieved its
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under Domenech when it qualified for the
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. For the remainder of his tenure, however, the club underachieved. Domenech was replaced by former French international Jean Tigana, who led the team to an impressive second place in the 1994–95 season. At the start of the new
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, Lyon began to achieve greater success in French football. The club established itself as the premiere club in France defeating
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and Paris Saint-Germain and also became France's richest club. Lyon became known for developing promising talent who went on to achieve greatness not only in France, but also abroad and internationally. Notable examples include Michael Essien, Florent Malouda,
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,
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, Cris, Eric Abidal,
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, Patrick Müller and Karim Benzema. Lyon won its first ever Ligue 1 championship in
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, starting a national record-breaking streak of seven successive titles. During that run the club also won one Coupe de France title, its first Coupe de la Ligue title and a record six Trophée des Champions. The club also performed well in UEFA competitions, reaching as far as the quarter-finals on three occasions and the semi-finals in 2010 in the
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. Lyon's streak and consistent dominance of French football came to an end during the 2008–09 season, when it lost the title to Bordeaux. OL has begun investment in sports outside of football. OL operates an
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team in China, and in 2019 purchased a minority stake in the local ASVEL
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club, specifically purchasing a 25% interest in ASVEL's men's side and a 10% interest in the women's side. More recently, OL announced in December 2019 that it would buy an 89.5% stake in the U.S.
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team known at the time as Reign FC. The purchase closed in January 2020 following approval of the NWSL board. Several weeks later, OL announced the rebranding of Reign FC as OL Reign. In the 2019–20 season, Lyon suffered a poor start to the season, and ended the season in seventh place, as the league was cancelled due to the coronavirus outbreak. Lyon also reached the final of the
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, however, they eventually lost to Paris Saint-Germain 6–5 on penalties. Ultimately, this meant that Lyon failed to qualify for European competition for the first time in 24 years. In the Champions League, Lyon were more successful, defeating
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in the round of 16 and
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in the quarter-final to reach the semi-finals for the first time in 10 years. However, they eventually lost 3–0 in the semi-final to
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, eliminating Lyon from the competition.


Ownership and finances

Olympique Lyonnais is owned by
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businessman Jean-Michel Aulas, who acquired the club on 15 June 1987. He serves as the founder and chief operating officer of CEGID (Compagnie Européenne de Gestion par l'Informatique Décentralisée). After ridding the club of its debt, Aulas restructured the club's management and reorganised the finances and, in a span of two decades, transformed the club from a second division team into one of the richest football clubs in the world. However, Aulas has been lambasted by critics for running the club as if it were a business. The club currently operates on the European Stock Exchange under the name OL Groupe, initialled OLG. In April 2008, business magazine ''
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'' ranked Lyon as the thirteenth most valuable football team in the world. The magazine valued the club at $408 million (€275.6M), excluding debt. In February 2009, Lyon were rated in the 12th spot in the
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, reportedly bringing in an annual revenue of €155.7 million for the 2007–08 season, which ranks among the world's best football clubs in terms of revenue. In 2016, a Chinese private equity fund acquired 20% stake in Olympique Lyonnais Group for €100 million. The fund was managed by IDG Capital Partners. Aulas currently serves on the board for the European Club Association, a sports organisation representing
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clubs in Europe. He was also the last president of the now-defunct G-14 organisation. :''As of 1 October 2018.''


Stadium

Olympique Lyonnais used to play at the Stade de Gerland since 1950, the year of the club's foundation. In 1910, the mayor of Lyon, Édouard Herriot, came up with the idea to develop and build a sports stadia with an
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track and a
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in the city. In 1912, the stadium was officially mandated and local architect Tony Garnier was given the reins to designing and constructing it. Construction began in 1914 with hopes that the stadia would be completed before the International Exhibition of 1914. Due to World War I, however, construction was temporarily halted, but resumed following its conclusion in 1919. By 1920, the stadium was completely functional. In 1926, the Stade de Gerland was inaugurated by Herriot. Olympique Lyonnais began playing at the Gerland in 1950 and remained at the stadium until 2016. The stadia originally had a cycling track, but was removed to increase the seating capacity to 50,000. In 1984, minor renovations were made to the stadium by architect Rene Gagis. This included construction of the
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and Jean Jaurès stands. Further renovations were needed to prepare the stadium for the
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, as by that time FIFA had mandated that all stadiums used for international matches, including the World Cup, had to be all-seated. The north and south stands, known as the Jean Jaurès and
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stand, respectively, were completely knocked down and rebuilt, and the athletics track that had remained, even after the cycling track had been removed, was taken out. The renovations were done by architect Albert Constantin. The new incarnation of Gerland had a maximum capacity of 40,500. On 1 September 2008, Olympique Lyonnais president Jean-Michel Aulas announced plans to create a new 60,000-seat stadium, tentatively called ''OL Land'', to be built on 50 hectares of land located in Décines-Charpieu, a suburb of Lyon. The stadium includes state-of-the-art sporting facilities, two hotels, a leisure center and commercial and business offices. On 13 October 2008, the project was agreed upon by the State, the General Council of Rhône, the
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,
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and the municipality of Décines for construction with approximately €180 million of public money being used and between €60–80 million coming from the
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. After the announcement, however, the club's efforts to get the stadium off the ground were been hindered mainly due to slow administrative procedures, political interests and various opposition groups, who viewed the stadium as financially, ecologically and socially wrong for the taxpayers and community of Décines. The official name of the stadium was provisionally to be The Stade des Lumières. On 22 September 2009, French newspaper '' L'Equipe'' reported that ''OL Land'' had been selected by the
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(FFF) as one of the 12 stadiums to be used in the country's bidding for
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. The FFF officially made their selections on 11 November 2009 and the city of Lyon was selected as a site to host matches during the tournament. The opening of Parc OL was on 9 January 2016. Olympique Lyonnais beat Troyes 4–1 with goals from Alexandre Lacazette, Rachid Ghezzal,
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and
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.


Training centre

The
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was the training centre and club headquarters of Olympique Lyonnais before the move to their new stadium in 2016. It is located in the city of Lyon, not far from the Stade de Gerland. The facility is named after
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, commonly called Tola Vologe, who was a Lyon sportsman and was murdered by the
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during World War II. The facility is known for its high-level training and several prominent players have passed through the youth training centre. These include Karim Benzema, Hatem Ben Arfa,
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, Alexandre Lacazette, Samuel Umtiti and
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. The centre used to host training sessions for the senior team and also served as the home facility for the club's
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, youth (both male and female), and
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sides, who both played their home matches at the Plaine des Jeux de Gerland. Jean-François Vulliez is the current director of the centre. Both the men and women teams now train within a modern complex right by the new
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in Décines. The youth Academy also moved to the neighbouring town of
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.


Colours and kits

Since the club's foundation, the primary colours have been red, blue, and white, with the latter being the most predominant of the three. During the early years of the club's existence, Olympique Lyonnais primarily played in all-white uniforms. In 1955, Lyon officials decided to add a red and blue
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and blue shorts to the combination. In 1961, the chevron tradition was disbanded and the two strips of red and blue were shaped horizontally. After six years, the club returned to the all-white uniforms, but kept intact the red and blue stripes, but, instead of keeping them horizontally, inserted them vertically and on the left side of the shirt. Lyon began wearing the shirt during the 1970–71 season and wore the kits up until the 1975–76 season. For the 2002–03 season, chairman Jean-Michel Aulas announced that the club would return the kits. Lyon wore them, with several different modifications every year, for six of their seven consecutive titles. In 1976, the club endured a drastic change to their kits, ditching the all-white uniforms for an all-red style, akin to English club
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. The club wore the kits up until the 1989–90 season, with the 1977–78 and 1978–79 seasons being excluded due to the club adding navy blue vertical stripes to the shirt that was deemed unsuccessful. Following the 1989–90 season, the club returned to the all-white kits and, at the start of the 1995–96 season, the club returned the vertical stripes, but opted to insert them in the center of the shirt, instead of to the left. The club kept this style until the 2001–02 season. For the 2009–10 season, Lyon returned the horizontal red and blue stripes. In the Champions League, Lyon has used a variety of different colours as first choice, including red, navy blue, light blue, black, silver and fluorescent yellow.


Supporters

Olympique Lyonnais has a highly-active and loyal fanbase composed of many groups of supporters. One of the club's most notable supporters group is ''Bad Gones'' ("Bad Kids"). The ''Bad Gones'' were established in 1987 around the time of Jean-Michel Aulas's purchase of the team and occupy the Virage Nord area of the Stade de Gerland. During the 2007–08 season, the group celebrated its 20th anniversary. The ''Bad Gones'' is the biggest group of supporters in France and have a very strong reputation in Europe, due to the club's control of
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, as well as Lyon's continued appearances in the
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. Another notable supporters group is the ''Cosa Nostra Lyon'', who occupy the Virage Sud area of the stadium. The group was created in 2007 as a result of a merger between two groups, the ''Lugdunums'', which had existed since 1993 and ''Nucleo Ultra'', which formed in 2000. The merger was created to achieve a sense of stability among supporters. The group is no longer recognised by the club, but continues to operate in a functional manner. Other support groups include the ''Hex@gones'', which was formed in 2000 and sit in the Virage Sud area, the ''Gastrogones'', who occupy the
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stand, and the ''O'Elles Club'', who sit in the Jean Jaurès stand. The club also has support groups that are based in areas outside of the city of Lyon. The ''Gones 58'' supporters come from the department of
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, while ''Gones 26'' origins come from the department of
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in nearby Valence. Three minor support groups in ''Septimagones'', ''Loups Marchois'', and ''Dauphigones'' comes from the commune of Hérépian, the department of Creuse, and the department of
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, they contested 310 matches, winning 160 matches, drawing 84 times and losing only 56. Lyon achieved their 1,000th victory during the 2003–04 season after defeating
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. The Moroccan-born French midfielder Serge Chiesa holds Lyon overall appearance record having played in 541 matches over the course of 14 seasons from 1969 to 1983. Following him is former
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who contested 518 matches over the course of 11 seasons from 1997 to 2008. Along with
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, Coupet also has the distinction of being the only player in Lyon's history to win all four domestic French titles having been a part of all seven Ligue 1 titles, the club's Coupe de France triumph in 2008, the only
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win in 2001, and six of the seven Trophée des Champions titles. Govou, Coupet, and
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share the honour of being only Lyon players who were a part of all seven title runs. The club's all-time leading scorer is Fleury Di Nallo, who scored 182 goals while at the club from 1960 to 1974. Di Nallo is also third behind Chiesa and Coupet in all time appearances having played in 489 matches during his 14-year stint at the club. Despite Di Nallo's impressive goalscoring record, he doesn't hold the record for most goals scored during a league season. That distinction was held by Bourg-en-Bresse-born
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who notched 25 goals, which he attained in the 1968–69 season. Alexandre Lacazette, however, scored his 26th goal of the 2014–15 league season in an important game away to
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when he scored in the sixth minute. Lyon's biggest victory is 10–0, which occurred of two occasions against
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in the 1953–54 edition of the Coupe de France and, two seasons later, against Delle in the 1955–56 edition of the competition. Lyon's biggest league victory is 8–0 and also occurred on two occasions. The first being during the 1966–67 season against Angers and the second being against Marseille during the 1997–98 season. The club's biggest victory on the European stage occurred during the 1974–75 season, where Lyon hammered
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-based club
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7–0.


Rivalries

Historically, Lyon has a healthy rivalry with fellow Ligue 1 club
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, whom they contest the ''
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'' with. Since the club's dominance at the start of the new millennium, however, they have established rivalries with
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,
Bordeaux Bordeaux ( , ; Gascon oc, Bordèu ; eu, Bordele; it, Bordò; es, Burdeos) is a port city on the river Garonne in the Gironde department, Southwestern France. It is the capital of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, as well as the prefectu ...
, Paris Saint-Germain and
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. Lyon also share minor rivalries with fellow
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clubs Grenoble and
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. The Saint-Étienne rivalry began during the 1960s when Lyon established permanent residency in the French first division. The Arpitan rivalry stems from both clubs close proximity of each other, separated by just , as well as historical social and cultural difference between the two cities where they are based; Lyon cited as being more upper-class, while
Saint-Étienne Saint-Étienne (; frp, Sant-Etiève; oc, Sant Estève, ) is a city and the prefecture of the Loire department in eastern-central France, in the Massif Central, southwest of Lyon in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. Saint-Étienne is the ...
is cited as being more working-class. The
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also pits "the recently most successful French club" (Lyon) against "the formerly biggest French club" (Saint-Étienne) and is often cited as one of the high-points of the
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season. Lyon's rivalry with Marseille goes back to 23 September 1945, when the clubs contested their first match. The derby, often called ''
Choc des Olympiques The Choc des Olympiques (''Clash of the Olympics''), also known as the Derby des Olympiques (''Derby of the Olympics''), is the name of the football rivalry between two major teams in French football with "Olympique" in their names – Olympiq ...
'' ("Clash of the Olympics") or ''Olympico'', is often cited as being particularly important as both clubs are of high standard in French football and the championship is regularly decided between the two. Marseille, Saint-Étienne, Lyon, and PSG are the only French clubs to have won the French first division four straight times with Marseille doing it on two occasions.


Sponsors

On 7 August 2009, Lyon announced that it would sign a ten-year deal with the German sportswear brand
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, effective at the start of the 2010–11 season with Lyon earning €5 million annually from the deal, plus possible royalty fees based on product sales. Following the 2008–09 season, Lyon's long-term sponsorship agreement with the French
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Accor and Renault Trucks ended. On 22 July 2009, the Paris-based online bookmaker BetClic reached an agreement with Lyon to advertise on the club's kits. Due to French law prohibiting online gambling, however, Lyon could not wear its kits displaying the BetClic logo. On 12 August 2009, just before the opening league match against
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, the club was relieved of its BetClic-sponsored shirts by the Ligue de Football Professionnel (LFP), which warned the club that it risked forfeiting points if the club wore them. Lyon complied and, since the Le Mans match, wore sponsorless shirts while playing on French soil. Lyon were free to wear its BetClic sponsored shirts outside France; on 25 August 2009, the club unveiled the shirts in
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while taking on
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in the Champions League. On 15 January 2010, Lyon secured a sponsorship agreement with Japanese video game company Sony Computer Entertainment to display the company's
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logo on their shirts. The deal lasted until the end of the 2009–10 season. In 2010, the French ban on online gambling advertising was lifted and Lyon began wearing its BetClic-sponsored shirts on French soil. In August 2012, the club agreed a two-year sponsorship deal with Korean car manufacturers
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that would start in 2012–13 season, replacing BetClic as the main sponsor in their shirts for Ligue 1 matches. Minor sponsors of the club include LG, APICIL, and MDA Électroménager. During Coupe de France matches, the club wear kits sponsored by
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, Caisse d'Épargne and Pitch as they are main sponsors of the FFF. During Coupe de la Ligue matches, Lyon wear shirts with the Speedy Triangle logo on the front of their shirt, as they are main sponsors of the LFP.


Media

On 27 July 2005, the club launched the 24/7 network OL TV, which is completely devoted to club programming and events, along with reserve and women's team matches.


Kit suppliers and shirt sponsors

* In seasons where there are multiple shirt sponsors, a different sponsor would appear for corresponding kits, e.g. home, away, and alternate kits.


UEFA club coefficient ranking


Players


Current squad

''As of 31 August 2022''


Out on loan


Reserve squad


Former players

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Numbers of honour

16 – retired in 1999 in recognition of
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Luc Borrelli Luc Borrelli (2 July 1965 – 3 February 1999) was a French professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Career Borrelli was born in Marseille and began his career with ASPTT Marseille. In 1986, he moved to Toulon, where he played almo ...
. Borrelli was killed in a road accident in February of that year. In 2011, the number was brought out of retirement and given to back-up goalkeeper Anthony Lopes. 17 – retired in 2003 in recognition of
midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
Marc-Vivien Foé. Foé died while playing for
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in the
2003 FIFA Confederations Cup The 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup football tournament was the sixth FIFA Confederations Cup, held in France in June 2003. France retained the title they had won in 2001, but the tournament was overshadowed by the death of Cameroon player Marc-Viv ...
at the Stade de Gerland, Lyon. The number was brought out of retirement in 2008 to allow Cameroonian player Jean Makoun to wear it. Following Makoun's departure, the number went without use for a year. In 2011, it was given to Alexandre Lacazette.


Award winners

;UNFP Player of the Year The following players have won the UNFP Player of the Year while playing for Lyon: * Michael Essien – 2005 *
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– 2006 * Florent Malouda – 2007 * Karim Benzema – 2008 * Lisandro López – 2010 * Alexandre Lacazette – 2015 ;UNFP Young Player of the Year The following players have won the UNFP Young Player of the Year while playing for Lyon: *
Florian Maurice Florian Maurice (born 20 January 1974) is a French football executive and former professional footballer who played as a striker. He most notably won the 1998 Coupe de France and Coupe de la Ligue with French team Paris Saint-Germain. He playe ...
– 1995 *
Sidney Govou Sidney Rodrigue Noukpo Govou (born 27 July 1979) is a French former professional footballer who played primarily as a winger, but was occasionally deployed as a striker. He holds the record for most Ligue 1 titles won (seven), along with Herv� ...
– 2001 * Hatem Ben Arfa – 2008 * Nabil Fekir – 2015 ;UNFP Goalkeeper of the Year The following player have won the UNFP Goalkeeper of the Year while playing for Lyon: *
Grégory Coupet Grégory Coupet (born 31 December 1972) is a French former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Throughout his playing career, he represented Saint-Étienne, Lyon, Atlético Madrid and Paris Saint-Germain, as well as the France n ...
– 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 *
Hugo Lloris Hugo Hadrien Dominique Lloris (born 26 December 1986) is a French professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for club Tottenham Hotspur and the France national team. He is a three-time winner of the National Union of Professional Footba ...
– 2009, 2010, 2012 ;Bravo Award The following players have won the Bravo Award while playing for Lyon: * Karim Benzema – 2008


Coaches

Olympique Lyonnais has had 22 permanent coaches and two caretaker coaches since the club's first appointed Oscar Heisserer as a professional coach in 1950. Heisserer also served as the first player-coach of the club, coming out of retirement to play during his final season at the club. The longest-serving coach in terms of time was
Aimé Mignot Aimé Mignot (3 December 1932 – 26 March 2022) was a French footballer who played as a defender for Aix and Lyon. He coached Lyon, Angers, Alès Alès (; oc, Alès) is a commune in the Gard department in the Occitanie region in sou ...
, who coached Lyon for eight years from 1968 to 1976. Alain Perrin, who coached the club from 2007 to 2008, was the first Lyon coach to achieve the double.


Current coaching staff

:''As of 10 October 2022''.


Olympique Lyonnais women

Olympique Lyonnais Féminin Olympique Lyonnais Féminin (; commonly referred to as Olympique Lyon, Lyon, or simply OL) is a French women's football club based in Lyon. The club has been the female section of Olympique Lyonnais since 2004. It is the most successful club ...
currently play in France's top division,
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. The ladies team was set up in the 1970s as part of
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, but was attached to OL in the summer of 2004. They mostly play their home games at ''Groupama OL Training Center'', 200 metres from Parc Olympique Lyonnais, the main stadium.


Honours


Honours

Lyon has won
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seven times, which ranks sixth in French football history. Lyon has the distinction of starting a national record-breaking streak of seven successive titles beginning with the 2001–02 season. The club has also been crowned champions of
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three times, won five Coupe de France titles, one
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title and eight Trophée des Champions. Though the club is a regular participant in the
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, they have only reached as far as the semi-finals, which was accomplished during the 2009–10 and 2019–20 seasons. Lyon has won the
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, achieving this honour in
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.


Domestic


League

*
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:Winners (7): 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08 :''Runners-up'' (5): 1994–95, 2000–01, 2009–10, 2014–15, 2015–16 *
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:Winners (3): 1950–51, 1953–54, 1988–89


Cups

* Coupe de France :Winners (5): 1963–64, 1966–67, 1972–73, 2007–08, 2011–12 :''Runners-up'' (3): 1962–63, 1970–71, 1975–76 *
Coupe de la Ligue The Coupe de la Ligue (), known outside France as the French League Cup, was a knockout cup competition in French football organized by the Ligue de Football Professionnel. The tournament was established in 1993 and, unlike the Coupe de France ...
:Winners (1): 2000–01 :''Runners-up'' (5): 1995–96, 2006–07, 2011–12, 2013–14, 2019–20 * Trophée des Champions :Winners (8): 1973,
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,
2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight ...
,
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,
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,
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,
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:''Runners-up'' (4): 1967,
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,
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, 2016


International competitions


Official

*
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** ''Semi-finalists'' (2): 2009–10, 2019–20 *
UEFA Europa League The UEFA Europa League (abbreviated as UEL, or sometimes, UEFA EL), formerly the UEFA Cup, is an annual football club competition organised since 1971 by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) for eligible European football clubs. ...
** ''Semi-finalists'' (1): 2016–17 *
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup The UEFA Cup Winners' Cup was a European football club competition contested annually by the winners of domestic cup competitions. The cup was, chronologically, the second seasonal inter-European club competition organised by UEFA. The tourn ...
** ''Semi-finalists'' (1): 1963–64 *
UEFA Intertoto Cup The UEFA Intertoto Cup (from la, Inter, 'between' + german: toto, ' betting pool'),Most precisely, from ( football pool); cf. often abbreviated and more known in the German-speaking world as UI Cup and originally called the International Fo ...
** Winners (1):
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Invitational

* Emirates Cup ** Winners (1): 2019 *
Eusébio Cup The Eusébio Cup is a pre-season friendly football match hosted by Portuguese club S.L. Benfica since 2008. It has been played mostly at their home stadium, Estádio da Luz, with the two exceptions being the 2015 and 2018 editions (played at E ...
** Winners (1): 2018 * Peace Cup ** Winners (1):
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References


External links

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