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2021–22 Olympique Lyonnais Season
The 2021–22 season was the 72nd season in the existence of Olympique Lyonnais and the club's 33rd consecutive season in the top flight of French football. In addition to the domestic league, Lyon participated in this season's editions of the Coupe de France and the UEFA Europa League. The club was expelled from the domestic cup due to crowd trouble during their game against Paris FC. Players First-team squad Out on loan Transfers In Out Transfer summary Spending Summer: €10,500,000 Winter: €16,400,000 Total: €26,900,000 Income Summer: €51,000,000 Winter: €56,800,000 Total: €107,800,000 Net Expenditure Summer: €40,500,000 Winter: €40,400,000 Total: €80,900,000 Pre-season and friendlies Competitions Overall record Ligue 1 League table Results summary Results by round Matches The league fixtures were announced on 25 June 2021. Cou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021–22 In French Football
The following article is a summary of the 2021–22 association football, football season in France, which was the 88th season of competitive football in the country and ran from July 2021 to June 2022. National team France national football team Friendlies 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification =Group D= 2021 UEFA Nations League Finals =Final= UEFA Nations League =Group 1= France national under-23 football team Summer Olympics Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the games have been postponed to the summer of 2021. However, their official name remains 2020 Summer Olympics with the rescheduled 2021 dates have yet to be announced. =Group A= France women's national football team Friendlies 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification = Group I = 2022 Tournoi de France UEFA competitions UEFA Champions League Qualifying rounds =Third qualifying round= =Play-off round= Group stage =Group A= =Group G= Knockout ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020–21 Olympique Lyonnais Season
The 2020–21 season was the 71st season in the existence of Olympique Lyonnais and the club's 32nd consecutive season in the top flight of Football in France, French football. In addition to the 2020–21 Ligue 1, domestic league, Lyon participated in this season's edition of the 2020–21 Coupe de France, Coupe de France. The season covered the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021. Players First-team squad ''As of 13 January 2021'' Out on loan Transfers In Out Transfer summary Spending Summer: Euros, €33,250,000 Winter: Euros, €0 Total: Euros, €33,250,000 Income Summer: Euros, €49,200,000 Winter: Euros, €1,500,000 Total: Euros, €50,700,000 Net Expenditure Summer: Euros, €15,950,000 Winter: Euros, €1,500,000 Total: Euros, €17,450,000 Competitions Overall record Ligue 1 League table Results summary Results by round Matches The league fixtures were announced on 9 July 2020. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Captain (association Football)
The captain of a association football, football/soccer team, sometimes known as the skipper, is a team member chosen to be the on-pitch leader of the team; they are often one of the older or more experienced members of the squad, or a player that can heavily influence a game or has good leadership qualities. The team captain is usually identified by the wearing of an armband. In the 2024/25 edition of the Laws of the Game (association football), Laws of the Game, it was made mandatory for each team to have a captain and for each captain to be identified by the previously traditional but non-mandatory captain's armband. Responsibilities The only official responsibility of a captain specified by the Laws of the Game (association football), Laws of the Game is to participate in the Coin flipping, coin toss prior to Kick-off (association football), kick-off (for choice of ends or to have kick-off) and prior to a penalty shoot-out (association football), penalty shoot-out. Captain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Houssem Aouar
Houssem-Eddine Chaâbane Aouar (; born 30 June 1998) is a professional Association football, footballer who plays as a midfielder for Saudi Pro League club Al-Ittihad Club (Jeddah), Al-Ittihad. Born in France, he plays for the Algeria national football team, Algeria national team. Graduating from the youth setup of Lyon, Aouar spent his professional career at the club for seven seasons before he joined the Italian club Roma in 2023. After playing one season with the Italian club, he joined the Saudi Arabian club Al-Ittihad in 2024. Aouar is a former youth international for France. He made one appearance for the country at senior level before List of association footballers who have been capped for two senior national teams, switching his allegiance to Algeria in 2023. He represented the latter country at the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations. Early life Houssem-Eddine Chaâbane Aouar was born on 30 June 1998 in Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, to parents from Béni Saf in Algeria. He grew ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karl Toko Ekambi
Karl Louis Brillant Toko Ekambi (born 14 September 1992) is a professional association football, footballer who plays as a Forward (association football), forward for Saudi Pro League club Al-Ettifaq FC, Al-Ettifaq. Toko Ekambi began his career with Paris FC in the Championnat National and FC Sochaux-Montbéliard, Sochaux in Ligue 2 before joining Angers SCO, Angers in Ligue 1. After 18 months at Villarreal CF, Villarreal in Spain's La Liga, he returned to France's top flight with Olympique Lyonnais, Lyon. Born and raised in France, Toko Ekambi represents Cameroon internationally. He made his international debut for Cameroon in 2015. He represented the nation at the Africa Cup of Nations in 2017 Africa Cup of Nations, 2017, 2019 Africa Cup of Nations, 2019, 2021 Africa Cup of Nations, 2021 and 2023 Africa Cup of Nations, 2023, winning the 2017 tournament. He also played at the 2022 FIFA World Cup. Club career Sochaux Born in Paris, Toko Ekambi began his career at Paris FC in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jason Denayer
Jason Grégory Denayer (born 28 June 1995) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Saudi Pro League club Al Fateh and the Belgium national team. Denayer made his professional debut while on loan at Celtic, being named the PFA Scotland Young Player of the Year after helping them win the Scottish Premiership and Scottish League Cup. He then spent the following season on loan at Galatasaray, helping them win the Turkish Cup. He played several times for Belgium at Under-19 and Under-21 levels, before making his full senior debut in March 2015. He was named in Belgium's 23-man squad for UEFA Euro 2016 and made one appearance, playing in their quarter-final tie against Wales. He also featured at UEFA Euro 2020 and in the 2021 UEFA Nations League Finals where he took fourth place. Early life Denayer was born in Jette, Brussels, Belgium, to a Congolese mother and Belgian father. Club career Early career Denayer started playing football at age six, where ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Castello Lukeba
Junior Castello Lukeba (born 17 December 2002) is a French professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Bundesliga club RB Leipzig and the France national team. Club career Lyon Lukeba was born in Lyon. Having joined the Olympique Lyonnais Academy in 2011, Lukeba signed his first professional contract with the club on 1 July 2021. He made his professional debut for Lyon on the 7 August 2021 as a starter against Brest on 2021–22 Ligue 1 opening round. He played full 90 minutes during the match but it eventually ended in a 1–1 draw. Lukeba made his European football debut on 25 November 2021 on a 3–1 against Brøndby in 2021–22 UEFA Europa League group stage. He scored his first goal for the club on 22 December 2021 against Metz with a header, assisted by Rayan Cherki with a cross following a corner. In January 2022, he extended his contract until 2025. RB Leipzig On 11 August 2023, Lukeba moved to the Bundesliga club RB Leipzig for a total reported fee of € ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chelsea F
Chelsea or Chelsey may refer to: Places Australia * Chelsea, Victoria, a suburb ** Chelsea railway station, Melbourne Canada * Chelsea, Nova Scotia, a community * Chelsea, Quebec, a municipality United Kingdom * Chelsea, London, an area of London, bounded to the south by the River Thames ** Chelsea (UK Parliament constituency), a former parliamentary constituency at Westminster until the 1997 redistribution ** Chelsea (London County Council constituency), 1949–1965 ** King's Road Chelsea railway station, a proposed railway station ** Chelsea Bridge, a bridge across the Thames ** Metropolitan Borough of Chelsea, a former borough in London United States * Chelsea, Alabama, a city * Chelsea (Delaware City, Delaware), a historic house * Chelsea, Georgia, an unincorporated community * Chelsea, Indiana, an unincorporated community * Chelsea, Iowa, in Tama County * Chelsea, Maine, a town * Chelsea, Massachusetts, a city ** Bellingham Square station, which includes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emerson Palmieri
Emerson Palmieri dos Santos (born 3 August 1994), known as Emerson Palmieri or simply Emerson, is a professional footballer who plays as a left-back for club West Ham United and the Italy national team. Emerson began his career at his hometown club Santos, moving to Serie A club Roma in 2015 having spent a season on loan at Palermo. In 2018, he was signed by Premier League club Chelsea, where he won the UEFA Europa League, the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Super Cup. After a season on loan with French side Lyon, he transferred across London to West Ham in 2022, where he became the only player to have won all four European Continental competitions after winning the UEFA Europa Conference League in his first season. Internationally, Emerson played for his native Brazil at under-17 level, but he later declared his desire to represent Italy, having been granted Italian citizenship in 2017. He has since been called up to the Italy national team, making his senior interna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sinaly Diomandé
Sinaly Diomandé (born 9 April 2001) is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a center-back or right-back for Ligue 1 side Auxerre and the Ivory Coast national team. Club career Diomandé came out of the Jean-Marc Guillou academy in Abidjan, before joining the Guidars FC, in Mali. He moved to Olympique Lyonnais in September 2019 for a fee of €550,000, with bonuses rising up to €2 million. After a year of playing in Lyon's reserve team, where he became one of the players most used by Gueïda Fofana, and an impressive summer preparation, Diomande made his professional debut for Olympique Lyonnais on 18 September 2020, helping his team keep a clean sheet against Nîmes in this Ligue 1 encounter. On 30 August 2024, Diomandé was transferred to Auxerre, signing a three-year contract. International career Diomandé debuted with the Ivory Coast national team in a 1–1 friendly draw with Belgium Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Lopes
Anthony Lopes (; born 1 October 1990) is a professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper for Ligue 1 club FC Nantes, Nantes. He came through the youth ranks at Olympique Lyonnais, Lyon, being called to the first team in 2011 and making his debut the following year. He made 489 appearances for the club, including the Coupe de la Ligue finals of 2014 Coupe de la Ligue final, 2014 and 2020 Coupe de la Ligue final, 2020. Born in France, Lopes represented Portugal national football team, Portugal internationally, totalling 36 Cap (sport), caps at youth level including 11 for the Portugal national under-21 football team, under-21 team. He made his senior debut for the country in March 2015, and was chosen for UEFA Euro 2016, Euro 2016, the 2018 FIFA World Cup, 2018 World Cup and UEFA Euro 2020, Euro 2020. Club career Lyon Born in Givors in Metropolis of Lyon, metropolitan Lyon to Portuguese people, Portuguese parents, Lop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paris FC
Paris Football Club (French pronunciation: Help:IPA/French, [paʁi futbol klœb]), commonly referred to as Paris FC or simply PFC, is a French professional Association football, football club based in Paris, France. They will compete in Ligue 1, the French football league system, top division of Football in France, French football, in the 2025–26 Ligue 1, 2025–26 season, having gained promotion following the 2024–25 Ligue 2 season. Founded in 1969, the club merged with Stade Saint-Germain to form Paris Saint-Germain F.C., Paris Saint-Germain in 1970, but it eventually spun-off in 1972. They are nicknamed the ''Les Bleus'' (The Blues) for their shirt colour, and their crest features the Eiffel Tower. Since 2025, Paris FC has been a resident of the Stade Jean-Bouin (Paris), Stade Jean-Bouin, located in the 16th arrondissement of Paris. After the club split from Paris Saint-Germain, unlike their counterpart, they struggled to establish themselves in the ranks of French foo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
