Olympique Lyonnais Féminin (French pronunciation: [ɔlɛ̃pik ljɔnɛ]; 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 in the history of Division 1 Féminine, with fifteen league titles as Olympique Lyonnais and four league titles as FC Lyon before the acquisition. Lyon currently plays in Division 1 Féminine.
Full name | Olympique Lyonnais Féminin | |||
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Nickname(s) | Les Fenottes Les Lyonnaises | |||
Short name | OL | |||
Founded | 1970; 52 years ago (1970) (as FC Lyon) 2004; 18 years ago (2004) (as Olympique Lyonnais) | |||
Ground | Groupama OL Training Center, Décines-Charpieu | |||
Capacity | 1,524 | |||
President | Jean-Michel Aulas | |||
Manager | Sonia Bompastor | |||
League | Division 1 Féminine | |||
2021–22 | 1st (Champions) | |||
Website | Club website | |||
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Since the 2010s, Lyon has frequently been named the strongest women's team in the world,[1] and has been cited as a model for the development of women's football in both economic and cultural terms.[2] The team has won eight Champions League titles, including a record five successive titles from 2016 to 2020, as well as 14 consecutive domestic league titles from 2007 to 2020. They have also won five trebles when the top-level continental competition is considered, the most for any team.
The club was formed as the women's section of FC Lyon in 1970. In 2004, the women's club became the women's section of Olympique Lyonnais. Since joining Lyon, the women's section has won the Division 1 Féminine fourteen times and the Coupe de France nine times. Lyon reached the semi-finals of the 2007–08 edition of the UEFA Women's Cup and, during the 2009–10 season, reached the final of the inaugural edition of the UEFA Women's Champions League, losing to German club Turbine Potsdam 7–6 on penalties.[3][4] In the following season, Lyon finally captured the UEFA Women's Champions League, defeating its nemesis Turbine Potsdam 2–0 in the 2011 final. It successfully defended its title in 2012, defeating FFC Frankfurt in the final.
From 2016 to 2020, the club won five consecutive Champions League titles, equaling the male record held by Real Madrid. Three players: Sarah Bouhaddi, Wendie Renard and Eugenie Le Sommer have all won eight Champions League trophies.
Lyon's main rivalry is with Paris Saint-Germain, with matches between the two teams sometimes referred as the "Classique féminin". Paris is OL's main contender for national titles, as they finished in second place of D1 Féminine seven times. Lyon has never lost the D1 title to PSG until 2021 when PSG finished ahead of Lyon, and won five Coupe de France finals against Paris. In 2017 both teams reached the Champions League final, with Lyon beating Paris after a penalty shoot-out and winning its fourth title in the competition.[5]
Lyon hosts its matches at the Groupama OL training Center, a stadium of capacity 1,524 that is situated not far from the larger Parc Olympique Lyonnais where the male teams play. The women's team does host its "big" matches at the 59,000-seat stadium. The president of the club is Jean-Michel Aulas and the captain of the team is Wendie Renard. According to the UEFA women's coefficient, Lyon is currently the highest-ranked club in UEFA.[6]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Position | Staff |
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Head coach | Sonia Bompastor |
First assistant coach | Camille Abily |
Second assistant coach | Théo Rivrin |
Goalkeeping coach | Christophe Gardié |
Head of performance | Antonin Da Fonseca |
Physical trainers | Romain Segui Rémi Pullara |
Video analyst | Maeva Ruiz Mathieu Eparvier |
Medical director | Franck Pelissier |
Team doctor | Kamel Mjid |
Physiotherapists | Shingo Kitada Anthony Martin Ganaelle Rigondaud |
Nutritionist | Isabelle Mischler |
Technical director | Olivier Blanc |
Team manager | Julien Legrand |
Kit manager | Jacques Raffin Amilcar Perez |
Mental coach | Nadi Ferran |
Team coordinator | Manon Eleure |
All results (away, home and aggregate) list Lyon's goal tally first.
Season | Round | Opponents | Away | Home | Agg. |
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2007–08 | First qualifying round | Slovan Duslo Šaľa | 12–0 | – | – |
Škiponjat Struga (Host) | 10–0 | – | – | ||
Sarajevo | 7–0 | – | – | ||
Second qualifying round | Brøndby | – | 0–0 | – | |
Kolbotn | – | 1–0 | – | ||
Sparta Prague | – | 2–1 | – | ||
Quarter-final | Arsenal | 3–2 | 0–0 f | 3–2 | |
Semi-final | Umeå | 0–0 | 1–1 f | 1–1 (a) | |
2008–09 | Second qualifying round | Neulengbach | – | 8–0 | – |
Zürich | – | 7–1 | – | ||
Arsenal | – | 3–0 | – | ||
Quarter-final | Verona | 5–0 f | 4–1 | 9–1 | |
Semi-final | Duisburg | 1–3 | 1–1 f | 2–4 | |
2009–10 | Round of 32 | Mašinac Niš | 1–0 f | 5–0 | 6–0 |
Round of 16 | Fortuna Hjørring | 1–0 f | 5–0 | 6–0 | |
Quarter-final | Torres Sassari | 0–1 | 3–0 f | 3–1 | |
Semi-final | Umeå | 0–0 | 3–2 f | 3–2 | |
Final | Turbine Potsdam | 0–0 (a.e.t.) (6–7 p) ( Getafe) | |||
2010–11 | Round of 32 | AZ | 2–1 f | 8–0 | 10–1 |
Round of 16 | Rossiyanka Khimki | 6–1 f | 5–0 | 11–1 | |
Quarter-final | Zvezda Perm | 0–0 f | 1–0 | 1–0 | |
Semi-final | Arsenal | 3–2 | 2–0 f | 5–2 | |
Final | Turbine Potsdam | 2–0 ( London) | |||
2011–12 | Round of 32 | Olimpia Cluj-Napoca | 9–0 f | 3–0 | 12–0 |
Round of 16 | Sparta Prague | 6–0 f | 6–0 | 12–0 | |
Quarter-final | Brøndby | 4–0 | 4–0 f | 8–0 | |
Semi-final | Turbine Potsdam | 0–0 | 5–1 f | 5–1 | |
Final | Frankfurt | 2–0 ( Munich) | |||
2012–13 | Round of 32 | Vantaa | 7–0 f | 5–0 | 12–0 |
Round of 16 | Zorky Krasnogorsk | 9–0 f | 2–0 | 11–0 | |
Quarter-final | Rosengård Malmö | 3–0 | 5–0 f | 8–0 | |
Semi-final | Juvisy | 6–1 | 3–0 f | 9–1 | |
Final | Wolfsburg | 0–1 ( London) | |||
2013–14 | Round of 32 | Twente Enschede | 4–0 f | 6–0 | 10–0 |
Round of 16 | Turbine Potsdam | 1–0 f | 1–2 | 2–2 (a) | |
2014–15 | Round of 32 | Brescia | 5–0 f | 9–0 | 14–0 |
Round of 16 | Paris Saint-Germain | 1–1 f | 0–1 | 1–2 | |
2015–16 | Round of 32 | Medyk Konin | 6–0 f | 3–0 | 9–0 |
Round of 16 | Atlético Madrid | 3–1 f | 6–0 | 9–1 | |
Quarter-final | Slavia Prague | 0–0 | 9–1 f | 9–1 | |
Semi-final | Paris Saint-Germain | 1–0 | 7–0 f | 8–0 | |
Final | Wolfsburg | 1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p) ( Reggio Emilia) | |||
2016–17 | Round of 32 | Avaldsnes | 5–2 f | 5–0 | 10–2 |
Round of 16 | Zürich | 9–0 | 8–0 f | 17–0 | |
Quarter-final | Wolfsburg | 2–0 f | 0–1 | 2–1 | |
Semi-final | Manchester City | 3–1 f | 0–1 | 3–2 | |
Final | Paris Saint-Germain | 0–0 (a.e.t.) (7–6 p) ( Cardiff) | |||
2017–18 | Round of 32 | Medyk Konin | 5–0 f | 9–0 | 14–0 |
Round of 16 | Kazygurt Shymkent | 7–0 f | 9–0 | 16–0 | |
Quarter-final | Barcelona | 1–0 | 2–1 f | 3–1 | |
Semi-final | Manchester City | 0–0 f | 1–0 | 1–0 | |
Final | Wolfsburg | 4–1 (a.e.t.) ( Kyiv) | |||
2018–19 | Round of 32 | Avaldsnes | 2–0 f | 5–0 | 7–0 |
Round of 16 | Ajax Amsterdam | 4–0 f | 9–0 | 13–0 | |
Quarter-final | Wolfsburg | 4–2 | 2–1 f | 6–3 | |
Semi-final | Chelsea | 1–1 | 2–1 f | 3–2 | |
Final | Barcelona | 4–1 ( Budapest) | |||
2019–20 | Round of 32 | Ryazan-VDV | 9–0 f | 7–0 | 16–0 |
Round of 16 | Fortuna Hjørring | 4–0 f | 7–0 | 11–0 | |
Quarter-final | Bayern Munich | 2–1 ( Bilbao) | |||
Semi-final | Paris Saint-Germain | 1–0 ( Bilbao) | |||
Final | Wolfsburg | 3–1 ( San Sebastián) | |||
2020–21 | Round of 32 | Juventus | 3–2 f | 3–0 | 6–2 |
Round of 16 | Brøndby | 3–1 | 2–0 f | 5–1 | |
Quarter-final | Paris Saint-Germain | 1–0 f | 1–2 | 2–2 (a) | |
2021–22 | Round 2 | Levante | 2–1 f | 2–1 | 4–2 |
Group D | Bayern Munich | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1st | |
Benfica | 5–0 | 5–0 | |||
BK Häcken | 3–0 | 4–0 | |||
Quarter-final | Juventus | 1–2 f | 3–1 | 4–3 | |
Semi-final | Paris Saint-Germain | 2–1 | 3–2 f | 5–3 | |
Final | Barcelona | 3–1 ( Turin) |
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Top scorers in bold were also the top scorers in the Division 1 Féminine that season.
Champions | Runners-up | Promoted | Relegated |
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Division | Pos | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Name(s) | Goals | ||||
2001–02 | D1 | 3rd | 22 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 53 | 26 | +27 | 66 | RU | Séverine Creuzet-Laplantes | 17 | ||
2002–03 | D1 | 2nd | 22 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 60 | 19 | +41 | 71 | W | Sandrine Brétigny | 26 | ||
2003–04 | D1 | 2nd | 22 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 52 | 25 | +27 | 68 | W | Claire Morel | 18 | ||
2004–05 | D1 | 3rd | 22 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 50 | 20 | +30 | 69 | RU | Séverine Creuzet-Laplantes | 13 | ||
2005–06 | D1 | 3rd | 22 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 34 | 12 | +22 | 60 | RU | Sandrine Brétigny | 11 | ||
2006–07 | D1 | 1st | 22 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 116 | 9 | +107 | 83 | RU | Sandrine Brétigny | 42 | ||
2007–08 | D1 | 1st | 22 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 93 | 4 | +89 | 80 | W | Women's Cup | SF | Sandrine Brétigny | 25 |
2008–09 | D1 | 1st | 22 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 114 | 11 | +103 | 86 | SF | Women's Cup | SF | Kátia | 27 |
2009–10 | D1 | 1st | 22 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 93 | 11 | +82 | 78 | SF | Champions League | RU | Kátia | 17 |
2010–11 | D1 | 1st | 22 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 106 | 6 | +100 | 88 | QF | Champions League | W | Sandrine Brétigny | 19 |
2011–12 | D1 | 1st | 22 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 119 | 3 | +116 | 82 | W | Champions League | W | Eugénie Le Sommer | 22 |
2012–13 | D1 | 1st | 22 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 132 | 5 | +127 | 88 | W | Champions League | RU | Lotta Schelin | 24 |
2013–14 | D1 | 1st | 22 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 95 | 12 | +83 | 85 | W | Champions League | R16 | Eugénie Le Sommer Laëtitia Tonazzi |
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2014–15 | D1 | 1st | 22 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 147 | 6 | +141 | 88 | W | Champions League | R16 | Lotta Schelin | 34 |
2015–16 | D1 | 1st | 22 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 115 | 4 | +111 | 82 | W | Champions League | W | Ada Hegerberg | 33 |
2016–17 | D1 | 1st | 22 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 103 | 6 | +97 | 63 | W | Champions League | W | Ada Hegerberg Eugénie Le Sommer |
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2017–18 | D1 | 1st | 22 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 104 | 5 | +99 | 64 | RU | Champions League | W | Ada Hegerberg | 31 |
2018–19 | D1 | 1st | 22 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 89 | 9 | +83 | 62 | W | Champions League | W | Ada Hegerberg | 20 |
2019–20 | D1 | 1st | 16 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 67 | 4 | +63 | 44 | W | Champions League | W | Ada Hegerberg | 14 |
2020–21 | D1 | 2nd | 22 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 78 | 6 | +72 | 61 | W | Champions League | QF | Nikita Parris | 13 |
2021–22 | D1 | 1st | 22 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 79 | 8 | +71 | 64 | R16 | Champions League | W | Catarina Macario | 14 |
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