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Olympique Lyonnais
Lyon
Full name Olympique de Lyon et du Rhone
Nickname(s) Les Gones (The Boys)
La Reine (The Queen)
Founded 1899
Ground Parc Olympique Lyonnais
(Capacity: 59,186)
Owner Flag of France OL Groupe
Chairman Flag of France Laurent Prud'homme
Head Coach Flag of Portugal Paulo Fonseca
Current League Ligue 1 
2023–24 Ligue 1, 6th
Website Club home page
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Football current event Current season

Olympique Lyonnais commonly referred to as simply Lyon, or OL) is a French football club based in Lyon. It plays in France's highest football division, Ligue 1. The club was formed as Lyon Olympique Universitaire in 1899, according to many supporters and sport historians, but was nationally established as a club in 1950. The club's most successful period has been the 21st century. The club won its first Ligue 1 championship in 2002, starting a national record-setting streak of seven successive titles. Lyon has also won a record seven Trophée des Champions, five Coupe de France titles and three Ligue 2 Championships.

Lyon has participated in the UEFA Champions League 12 times, and during the 2009–10 season, reached the semi-finals of the competition for the first time after three previous quarter-final appearances. Olympique Lyonnais plays its home matches at the 59,186-seat Parc Olympique Lyonnais in Décines-Charpieu, a suburb of Lyon. The club's home colours 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.

Olympique Lyonnais is one of the popular clubs in France. A 2009 survey found that about 11% of the country's football fans support the club, a proportion Lyon shared with Paris Saint-Germain, behind only Olympique de Marseille. The club's nickname, Les Gones, means "The Kids" in Lyon's regional dialect of Arpitan. The chairman of Lyon is Jean-Michel Aulas and the club is managed by Rudi Garcia. Olympique Lyonnais also has a successful women's football team having won its league a record nine times. The women's team has also won three Challenge de France titles and the UEFA Women's Champions League in 2011 and 2012.

Players[]

Current squad[]

As of 18 July 2024
No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Flag of Portugal Anthony Lopes (3rd captain)
2 DF Flag of Ivory Coast Sinaly Diomandé
3 DF Flag of Argentina Nicolás Tagliafico
4 MF Flag of Ivory Coast Paul Akouokou
5 DF Flag of Croatia Dejan Lovren
6 MF Flag of France Maxence Caqueret
7 FW Flag of Guinea-Bissau Mama Baldé
8 MF Flag of France Corentin Tolisso (vice-captain)
9 FW Flag of Nigeria Gift Orban
10 FW Flag of France Alexandre Lacazette (captain)
11 FW Flag of Belgium Malick Fofana
12 DF Flag of Republic of Ireland Jake O'Brien
14 DF Flag of Brazil Adryelson
16 DF Flag of Brazil Abner
17 FW Flag of Algeria Saïd Benrahma
18 FW Flag of France Rayan Cherki
19 DF Flag of Senegal Moussa Niakhaté
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 DF Flag of France Saël Kumbedi
22 DF Flag of Angola Clinton Mata
23 GK Flag of Brazil Lucas Perri
24 MF Flag of France Johann Lepenant
25 MF Flag of Belgium Orel Mangala
27 FW Flag of Sweden Amin Sarr
28 MF Flag of France Florent Da Silva
29 DF Flag of France Mamadou Sarr
30 GK Flag of France Justin Bengui
31 MF Flag of Serbia Nemanja Matić
34 MF Flag of France Mahamadou Diawara
37 FW Flag of Ghana Ernest Nuamah
55 DF Flag of Croatia Duje Ćaleta-Car
84 MF Flag of France Mohamed El Arouch
98 MF Flag of England Ainsley Maitland-Niles
FW Flag of Georgia Georges Mikautadze

Out on loan[]

No. Pos. Nation Player
GK Flag of France Mathieu Patouillet (at Flag of France Sochaux until 30 June 2025)
DF Flag of Morocco Achraf Laâziri (at Flag of Belgium Molenbeek until 30 June 2025)
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF Flag of France Islam Halifa (at Flag of Belgium Molenbeek until 30 June 2025)
FW Flag of Brazil Jeffinho (at Flag of Brazil Botafogo until 31 December 2024)

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Olympique Lyonnais squad - 2024–25

Perri · Tagliafico · Akouokou · Veretout · Tolisso · 10 Lacazette (c) · 11 Fofana · 15 Tessmann · 16 Abner · 17 Benrahma · 18 Cherki · 19 Niakhaté · 20 Kumbedi · 22 Mata · 23 Almada · 27 Omari · 31 Matić · 37 Nuamah · 40 Descamps · 50 Diarra · 55 Ćaleta-Car · 69 Mikautadze · 98 Maitland-Niles ·

Manager:  Flag of Portugal Paulo Fonseca
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