Last updated : 12/08/2023 14:02:21
Introduction
OL are a Grassroots football team made up of 19 team members.
The team is from Lyon, Rhône, France.
OL started using TeamStats in March 2023 and so far have created match reports and statistics for 2 games.
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Introduction
Olympique Lyonnais (French pronunciation: ?[?l?~pik lj?n?]), commonly referred to as simply Lyon (French pronunciation: ?[lj?~]) or OL, is a French professional football club based in Lyon in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. The men play in France's highest football division, Ligue 1.
Founded in 1950, the club won its first Ligue 1 championship in 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 UEFA Champions League 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.
History
- Founded in 1950
- Won first Ligue 1 championship in 2002
- Won seven consecutive Ligue 1 titles from 2002 to 2008
- Reached semi-finals of UEFA Champions League in 2009–10 and 2019–20
- Plays home matches at Groupama Stadium
Rivalries
- Olympique de Marseille
- Saint-Étienne
- Bordeaux
Current squad
- Goalkeepers: Anthony Lopes, Julian Pollersbeck, Rémy Riou
- Defenders: Jason Denayer, Castello Lukeba, Sinaly Diomandé, Emerson Palmieri, Léo Dubois, Maxence Caqueret, Damien Da Silva, Marcelo, Jérôme Boateng
- Midfielders: Thiago Mendes, Houssem Aouar, Lucas Paquetá, Xherdan Shaqiri, Bruno Guimaraes, Jeff Reine-Adélaïde, Maxwel Cornet
- Forwards: Karl Toko Ekambi, Moussa Dembélé, Alexandre Lacazette
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