Olympique Lyonnais Féminin
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Full name | Olympique Lyonnais Féminin | ||
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Nickname(s) | Les Fenottes Les Lyonnaises | ||
Short name | OL | ||
Founded | 2004 | ||
Ground | Groupama OL Training Center, Décines-Charpieu | ||
Capacity | 1,524 | ||
President | Jean-Michel Aulas | ||
Manager | Jean-Luc Vasseur | ||
League | D1 Féminine | ||
2019–20 | 1st | ||
Website | Club website | ||
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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. 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. The club has been the female section of Olympique Lyonnais since 2004. Lyon currently plays in the Division 1 Féminine and are the defending champions, having won the league for fourteen consecutive seasons.
Since the 2010s, Lyon has often 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, both in economic and in cultural terms.[2] The team has won six Champions League titles including a record four successive titles from 2016 to 2019, as well as 14 consecutive domestic league titles from 2007 to 2020.
History
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 ten times and seven Coupe de France titles. 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.
Lyon hosts its matches at the Groupama OL training Center, a 1,524-capacity stadium that is situated not far from the Parc Olympique Lyonnais, where the male sections 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, currently, Lyon is the highest-ranked club in UEFA.[5]
Players
Current squad
- As of 5 August 2020.[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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Out on loan
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Notable former players
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Brazilian Chinese Costa Rican Danish German |
Japanese New-Zealander Nigerian Norwegian Russian |
Swedish Swiss American Welsh
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Honours
Official
- Winners (6) : 2010–11, 2011–12, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19 (record)
- Runners-up: 2009–10, 2012–13
- Division 1 Féminine (Champions of France) (level 1)
- Winners (14) : 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20 (record)
- Winners (9) : 2008, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020 (record)
- Winners (1) : 2019 (record)
Invitational
- Winners (1) : 2012
- Winners (1) : 2014
- Winners (1) : 2019
Record in UEFA competitions
- Further details: Olympique Lyonnais Féminin in European football
All results (away, home and aggregate) list Olympique Lyon's goal tally first.
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List of seasons
Top scorers in bold were also the top scorers in the Division 1 Féminine that season.
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See also
References
- ^ Smith, Rory (17 May 2019). "The World's Most Dominant Team Isn't Who You Think". New York Times. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
- ^ Ingle, Sean (29 June 2019). "How Lucy Bronze was polished at Lyon, the ultimate finishing school | Sean Ingle". The Observer. ISSN 0029-7712. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
- ^ "Lyon and Potsdam make history". UEFA. UEFA. 11 May 2010. Retrieved 16 June 2010.
- ^ "Potsdam hold nerve to claim European crown". UEFA. UEFA. 20 May 2010. Retrieved 16 June 2010.
- ^ "UEFA WOMEN'S CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2014/15" (PDF). UEFA. UEFA. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
- ^ "EFFECTIF & STAFF". Olympique Lyonnais. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
- ^ a b "GRACE KAZADI ET DANIELLE ROUX PRÊTÉES". Olympique Lyonnais. 1 August 2020. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
- ^ "COMMUNIQUÉ : PRÊT D'EMELYNE LAURENT À L'ATLÉTICO DE MADRID". Olympique Lyonnais. 5 August 2020. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
External links
- Use dmy dates from February 2013
- Olympique Lyonnais Féminin
- Women's football clubs in France
- Football clubs in Lyon
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- Association football clubs established in 1970
- Association football clubs established in 2004
- 1970 establishments in France
- 2004 establishments in France
- Division 1 Féminine clubs