Olympique Lyonnais

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Lyon
Full nameOlympique Lyonnais
Nickname(s)Les Gones (The Kids)[1]
L'OL
Short nameLyon, OL
Founded3 August 1950; 73 years ago (3 August 1950)
GroundParc Olympique Lyonnais
Capacity59,186
OwnerJohn Textor (77,49%) via OL Groupe
PresidentLaurent Prud'homme
Head coachPierre Sage
LeagueLigue 1
2022–23Ligue 1, 7th of 20
WebsiteClub website
Current season

Olympique Lyonnais (French pronunciation:

2002, starting a national record-setting streak of seven successive titles. Lyon has also won eight Trophées des Champions, five Coupes de France, and three Ligue 2
titles.

Lyon has participated in 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

Franco-Provençal.[1] They have a long-standing rivalry with nearby club Saint-Étienne, with whom they contest the Derby Rhône-Alpes. Lyon had been owned by Jean-Michel Aulas since 1987, before American businessman John Textor completed the purchase of the club in December 2022.[3][4]

History

Place des Terreaux was the place of celebration of honors of Olympique Lyonnais.

Olympique Lyonnais was initially formed under the multisports club

Lyon Olympique Universitaire, 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

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 Aimé Mignot heading into the 1970s. Under Mignot's helm, Lyon won its third Coupe de France title in 1972–73, beating Nantes 2–1.

In June 1987, Lyon was bought by

1994–95 season
.

At the start of the new

2008–09 season
, when it lost the title to Bordeaux.

OL has begun investment in sports outside of football. OL operates an esports team in China,[5] and in 2019 purchased a minority stake in the local ASVEL basketball club, specifically purchasing a 25% interest in ASVEL's men's side and a 10% interest in the women's side.[6]

More recently, OL announced in December 2019 that it would buy an 89.5% stake in the U.S.

OL Reign.[8]

In the

Juventus in the round of 16 and Manchester City in the quarter-final to reach the semi-finals for the first time in 10 years.[10][11] However, they eventually lost 3–0 in the semi-final to Bayern Munich, eliminating Lyon from the competition.[12]

Ownership and finances

Olympique Lyonnais was owned by Rhône 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. During this period, the club's holding company operated on the European Stock Exchange under the name OL Groupe, initialled OLG.[13] Aulas currently serves on the board for the European Club Association, a sports organisation representing football clubs in Europe. He was also the last president of the now-defunct G-14 organisation.

In April 2008, business magazine Forbes ranked Lyon as the thirteenth most valuable football team in the world. The magazine valued the club at $408 million (€275.6M), excluding debt.[14] In February 2009, Lyon were rated in the 12th spot in the Deloitte Football Money League, 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.[15]

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.[16]

In December 2022, American businessman John Textor completed the purchase of the club, owning 77.49% of the club's shares and thus becomes the new owner of the club. Under this arrangement, the club suggested that Aulas would continue to serve as president for at least three more seasons.[17] However, on 8 May 2023, it was announced that Textor had replaced Aulas to become the chairman and CEO of OL Groupe, thus making him the new president of Olympique Lyonnais, ending Aulas' 36 years rule, during which more than 50 major titles have been won for both men's and women's teams.[18] Jean-Michel Aulas was appointed honorary chairman, and L'Equipe reported that Aulas would be compensated €10 million for his exit and retain a 9% stake in the club.[19]

On 13 July 2023, Frenchman Santiago Cucci was named to become the new interim executive president of OL Groupe, but later ressigned in November.[20]

As of 13 July 2023.
Club management
Chairman United States John Textor 
General director France Laurent Prud'homme
Vice general director France Vincent Ponsot
Managing director France Thierry Sauvage
Sporting director France David Friio
Director of scouting France Matthieu Louis-Jean
Sports advisor Brazil Sonny Anderson
Commercial director France Cyrille Groll
Marketing director France Sam Primaut
Office director France Patrick Iliou
Chief of financial and information office France Emmanuelle Sarrabay
Head of media France Pierre Bideau

Stadium

One of the two lions guarding the main entrance to the Stade Gerland.
Parc Olympique Lyonnais.
View of the Stade de Gerland.

Olympique Lyonnais used to play at the

athletics track and a velodrome 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

all-seated. The north and south stands, known as the Jean Jaurès and Jean Bouin
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

Grand Lyon, SYTRAL and the municipality of Décines for construction with approximately €180 million of public money being used and between €60–80 million coming from the Urban Community of Lyon.[21] After the announcement, however, the club's efforts to get the stadium off the ground were 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.[22][23]

On 22 September 2009, French newspaper

L'Equipe reported that OL Land had been selected by the French Football Federation (FFF) as one of the 12 stadiums to be used in the country's bidding for UEFA Euro 2016.[24] 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.[25]

The opening of

.

Former Lyon player Karim Benzema training at the Centre Tola Vologe.

Training centre

The Centre Tola Vologe 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 Anatole Vologe, commonly called Tola Vologe, who was a Lyon sportsman and was murdered by the Gestapo during World War II. The facility is known for its high-level training[26] and several prominent players have passed through the youth training centre. These include Karim Benzema, Hatem Ben Arfa, Sidney Govou, Alexandre Lacazette, Samuel Umtiti and Ludovic Giuly. The centre used to host training sessions for the senior team and also served as the home facility for the club's reserve, youth (both male and female), and female 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 Groupama Stadium in Décines. The youth Academy also moved to the neighbouring town of Meyzieu.

Colours and kits

Lyon won six of their seven league titles wearing this kit.

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 chevron and blue shorts to the combination.[27] In 1961, the chevron tradition was disbanded and the two strips of red and blue were shaped horizontally.[28] 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.[29] 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

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.[31]

Supporters

Tribune of Bad Gones before the match Olympique Lyonnais – Real Madrid in 2006.

Olympique Lyonnais has an active 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 Ligue 1, as well as Lyon's continued appearances in the UEFA Champions League.

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 Jean Bouin 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

Bourgogne, while Gones 26 origins come from the department of Drôme 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 Isère
, respectively.

Statistics and records

Player Matches
 France Serge Chiesa 542
 France Grégory Coupet 519
 France Fleury Di Nallo 494
 France Yves Chauveau 490
 Portugal Anthony Lopes 475
 France Aimé Mignot 425
 France Sidney Govou 412
 France Anthony Réveillère 400
Player  Goals 
 France Fleury Di Nallo 222
 France Alexandre Lacazette 170
 France Bernard Lacombe  149
 France Serge Chiesa 132
 Brazil Juninho 100
 France Bafétimbi Gomis 95
 Brazil Sonny Anderson 94
 
Nestor Combin
94

Lyon's first competitive game was a 3–0 victory against CA Paris-Charenton on 26 August 1950. Since the club's foundation in 1950, they have played 48 seasons in France's highest football division, which totals 1,768 matches. Of the 1,768, they achieved 686 victories, drew 442 matches and lost 602 contests. Of the nine seasons the club played in Ligue 2, 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 Strasbourg.

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 goalkeeper Grégory Coupet who contested 518 matches over the course of 11 seasons from 1997 to 2008. Along with Sidney Govou, 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 Coupe de la Ligue win in 2001, and six of the seven Trophée des Champions titles. Govou, Coupet, and Juninho 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 André Guy 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 Stade de Reims when he scored in the sixth minute.

Juninho converted a record 44 free kicks at Lyon

Lyon's biggest victory is 10–0, which occurred of two occasions against

1997–98 season. The club's biggest victory on the European stage occurred during the 1974–75 season, where Lyon hammered Luxembourg-based club FA Red Boys Differdange
7–0.

Rivalries

Historically, Lyon has had a healthy rivalry with

AS Lyon Duchère
.

The Saint-Étienne rivalry began during the 1960s when Lyon established their residency in the French first division. The

derby also pits "the most recently successful French club" (Lyon) against "the formerly biggest French club" (Saint-Étienne) and is often seen as one of the high-points of the Ligue 1
season.

Lyon's rivalry with Marseille goes back to 23 September 1945, when the clubs contested their first match. The derby, often called

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 this on two occasions.

Sponsors

On 7 August 2009, Lyon announced that it would sign a ten-year deal with the German sportswear brand Adidas, 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.[33]

Following the

Sony Computer Entertainment to display the company's PlayStation 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 Hyundai 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

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

Period Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
1950–1984
1984–1993 Duarig Giraudy Affichage
Le69
Zenith Datasystem, Canal+
Giraudy, Candia
1993–1998
Nike
Sodexho, Justin Bridou (until 1999)
1998–2003 Adidas
Infogrames (from 2001)
Continental
2003–2010 Umbro
LG
Ticket Restaurant
Novotel
PlayStation 3
2010–present Adidas Betclic
Everest Poker
Renault Trucks
Crédit Agricole
Hyundai
Veolia Environnement
Emirates
  • 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

As of 5 June 2023[35]
Rank Team Points
24 Germany Leverkusen 72.000
25 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk 63.000
26 France Lyon 61.000
27 Austria Salzburg 59.000
28
Atalanta
55.500

Players

Current squad

As of 2 February 2024[36]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Portugal POR Anthony Lopes (3rd captain)
2 DF Ivory Coast CIV Sinaly Diomandé
3 DF Argentina ARG Nicolás Tagliafico
4 MF Ivory Coast CIV Paul Akouokou
5 DF Croatia CRO Dejan Lovren
6 MF France FRA Maxence Caqueret
7 FW Guinea-Bissau GNB Mama Baldé (on loan from Troyes)
8 MF France FRA Corentin Tolisso (vice-captain)
9 FW Nigeria NGA Gift Orban
10 FW France FRA Alexandre Lacazette (captain)
11 FW Belgium BEL Malick Fofana
12 DF Republic of Ireland IRL Jake O'Brien
14 DF Brazil BRA Adryelson
17 FW Algeria ALG Saïd Benrahma (on loan from West Ham United)
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 FW France FRA Rayan Cherki
20 DF France FRA Saël Kumbedi
21 DF Brazil BRA Henrique
22 DF Angola ANG Clinton Mata
23 GK Brazil BRA Lucas Perri
24 MF France FRA Johann Lepenant
25 MF Belgium BEL Orel Mangala (on loan from Nottingham Forest)
30 GK France FRA Justin Bengui
31 MF Serbia SRB Nemanja Matić
34 MF France FRA Mahamadou Diawara
37 FW Ghana GHA Ernest Nuamah (on loan from RWDM)
55 DF Croatia CRO Duje Ćaleta-Car (on loan from Southampton)
84 MF France FRA Mohamed El Arouch
98 MF England ENG Ainsley Maitland-Niles

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
GK France FRA Mathieu Patouillet (at France Sochaux until 30 June 2024)
DF France FRA Irvyn Lomami (at France Laval until 30 June 2024)
DF Morocco MAR Achraf Laâziri (at France Dunkerque until 30 June 2024)
DF France FRA Mamadou Sarr (at Belgium RWDM until 30 June 2024)
MF France FRA
Werder Bremen
until 30 June 2024)
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF France FRA
Florent Da Silva (at Belgium RWDM
until 30 June 2024)
FW Brazil BRA Jeffinho (at Brazil Botafogo until 31 December 2024)
FW Sweden SWE Amin Sarr (at Germany Wolfsburg until 30 June 2024)
FW Zimbabwe ZIM Tino Kadewere (at France Nantes until 30 June 2024)

Reserve squad

[37]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
32 FW Algeria ALG Djibrail Dib
33 MF Tunisia TUN Chaïm El Djebali
35 DF France FRA Yacine Chaïb
36 DF Croatia CRO Téo Barisic
40 GK France FRA Matéo Pereira
43 DF Niger NIG Philippe Boueye
45 DF France FRA Ahmed Djimé
91 FW France FRA Sekou Lega
GK France FRA Ilam Djailane
GK Mali MLI Lassine Diarra
DF France FRA Lilian Coponat
DF France FRA Gwendal Degorce
DF France FRA Ali Ali Hassan
No. Pos. Nation Player
DF France FRA Prince Mbatschi
DF France FRA Jérémy Mounsesse
MF France FRA Samuel Bossiwa
MF Portugal POR Mathys De Carvalho
MF France FRA Islam Halifa
MF Guinea-Bissau GNB Celestino Iala
MF Senegal SEN Moussa Kanté
FW France FRA Thibaut Ehling
FW Senegal SEN Ibrahima Fall
FW Mauritania MTN Thiema Gueye
FW Algeria ALG Yannis Lagha
FW France FRA Romain Perret
FW France FRA Eli Wissa

Former players

For a complete list of former Olympique Lyonnais players with a Wikipedia article, see here.

Numbers of honour

16France retired in 1999 in recognition of goalkeeper Luc Borrelli. 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 and as since been reissued again.

17Cameroon retired in 2003 in recognition of midfielder Marc-Vivien Foé. Foé died while playing for Cameroon in the 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup 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 and as since been reissued again.

Award winners

UNFP Player of the Year

The following players have won the UNFP Player of the Year while playing for Lyon:

UNFP Young Player of the Year

The following players have won the UNFP Young Player of the Year while playing for Lyon:

UNFP Goalkeeper of the Year

The following player have won the UNFP Goalkeeper of the Year while playing for Lyon:

Bravo Award

The following players have won the Bravo Award while playing for Lyon:

Coaches

Gérard Houllier, former coach of Lyon.

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, 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 12 January 2024
Position Name
Manager France Pierre Sage
Assistant managers
Jérémie Brechet
France Damien Della Santa
Morocco Jamal Alioui
Goalkeeping coach France Rémy Vercoutre
Head of performance France Antonin Da Fonseca
Fitness coaches France Philippe Lambert
France Cédric Uras
France Alexandre Farhi
Video analysts France Anthony Michel
France Yannick Pothier
France Geoffrey Garcia
Data analysts France Benjamin Charier
Head of Medical France Franck Pelissier
Doctors France Jean-Marc Laborderie
France Yann Fournier
Physiotherapists France Sylvain Rousseau
France Abdeljellil Redissi
France Jérémy Jacquemot
France Johann Howse
Nutritionist France Isabelle Mischler
Reserves coach France Gueïda Fofana
Team managers France Julien Sokol
France Guy Genet
Kit manager France Jérôme Renaud
Assistant kit managers France Lotfi Eladjabi
France François Lopez

Honours

Lyon has won

2001–02 season. The club has also been crowned champions of Ligue 2 three times, won five Coupe de France titles, one Coupe de la Ligue title and eight Trophée des Champions. Though the club is a regular participant in the UEFA Champions League, 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 UEFA Intertoto Cup, achieving this honour in 1997
.

Domestic

League

Cups

International competitions

Olympique Lyonnais women

Olympique Lyonnais Féminin currently play in France's top division, Division 1 Féminine. The ladies team was set up in the 1970s as part of FC Lyon, 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

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