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Olympique Lyonnais

Olympique Lyonnais
Football club information
Full nameOlympique Lyonnais
NicknameLes Gones (The Kids)
Lyon
OL
Founded1899/1950
StadiumStade de Gerland, Lyon (capacity : 40494)
OwnerJean-Michel Aulas
ChairmanJean-Michel Aulas
ManagerRémi Garde
LeagueLigue 1
2010 � 113rd
Current season2011 � 12 Olympique Lyonnais season

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Olympique Lyonnais (-frɔlɛ̃pik ʎɔnɛ; commonly referred to as simply Lyon, or OL) (Euronext - OLG) is a French association football club based in Lyon. They play 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 ever Ligue 1 championship in 2002, starting a national record-breaking streak of seven successive titles. Lyon have also won a record seven Trophée des Champions, four Coupe de France titles and three Ligue 2 Championships.

Lyon have participated 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 play its home matches at the 40,494-seat Stade de Gerland in Lyon. In 2013, their new stadium will be ready, tentatively named OL Land, in Décines-Charpieu, a suburb of Lyon. The club's home colours are white, red and blue. Lyon were 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 most popular clubs in France. About 11% of the country's population support the club. Lyon share this number with Paris Saint-Germain and only trail Olympique de Marseille. Lyon hold the honor of being the richest club in the country having generated an annual revenue stream of -139.6 million for the 2008 � 09 season. 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 club is managed by Rémi Garde. 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.

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page des suportères : www.facebook.com Marseille gagne la Coupe de la ligue devant Lyon 1-0 après les prolongations. Un match très fermé entre les 2 équipes durant les 2 mi-temps du match et qui s'est décoincé pendant la prolongation avec 1 but. C'est Brandao (104e) qui donne la victoire à l'OM face à un pale Olympique lyonnais qui pourra se rattraper pendant la finale de la Coupe de France.
1.25 min. | 3.88 user rating		 Hymne officiel pour la saison 2008-2009 de l'OL, en exclusivite! Allez l'OLympique Lyonnais!
3.68 min. | 4.69 user rating		 L'OM recoit Lyon dans la Coupe de France, 31/1/2007. Apres un but de Cris, l'OM attend les 10 dernieres minutes pour marquer deux buts. (Je n'ai pas réussi a avoir le deuxieme!) C'était mon premier match au vélodrome. ----------------------------- Marseille beating Lyon 2-1 in the French Cup last 16; 31/1/2007. Lyon scored in the first half through a Cris header. Marseille scored two in the last ten minutes to win (I didn't catch the last goal!).
4.15 min. | 4.54 user rating		 Clin d'œil à l'histoire de la ville et du club, le nouveau maillot de l'OL 2012/2013 vous réserve une première mondiale ! Le nouveau maillot de l'OL est un clin d'œil à l'histoire de la ville et du club. Ce maillot rend hommage aux frères Lumière, grands précurseurs de l'industrie du cinéma, à travers une innovation sans précèdent : la 3D. De plus, le scapulaire rappelle les premières tenues des Gones. Grace à des lunettes 3D fournies avec le maillot, les différents éléments graphiques présents sur la tenue sont visibles en relief. Ce maillot est une célébration du patrimoine du club et de la ville, remis au gout du jour grâce aux nouvelles technologies.
1.90 min. | 4.72 user rating		 Olympique Lyon Hymne - Qui ne saute pas n'est pas lyonnais
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(www.bequiz.com?idf=364874 Super jeu de foot !!) Incroyable victoire de l'Olympique Lyonnais sur l'Olympique de Marseille lors de la dernière journée de championnat 1996 8 buts à 0 ! Notons que l'OM, fâché avec ses supporters et avec ses problèmes administratifs, avait décidé d'aligner son équipe B. Buteurs : Caveglia 01', Maurice 08', Gava 15', Giuly 20', Giuly 25', Maurice 29', Caveglia 35', Giuly 54'
4.00 min. | 4.25 user rating		 Plus sur wizdeo.com . "On a montré du beau football" c'est ce que dit Michel Bastos, attaquant de l'Olympique Lyonnais, à la fin du match où l'Olympique Lyonnais affrontait l'Olympique de Marseille. 10 buts ont été inscrits dont 3 dans les dernières minutes du match. (Droits réservés. Pour toute exploitation commerciale, veuillez nous contacter wizdeo.com )
1.73 min. | 4.68 user rating		 L'Olympique Lyonnais Fait le Buzz ! OL - Lyon Réclame sa Tête !! Le départ de PUEL Une Urgence ou Mauvais Plan ? Réactions de personnalités et de supporters à VIFS ! Après le derby Lyon St etienne, les supporters de l' OL réclamment la tête de PUEL !!! Une analyse d'après match sans concessions. Puel doit-il partir ? Aulas gère t-il bien la crise ? Bernard Laporte, Basile Boli nous donne leur sentiment sur la gestion de la crise par le président de l'Olympique Lyonnais Jean-Michel Aulas. Réactions divergentes sur le cas de Claude Puel. Nos spécialistes face à Stéphane, passionné de foot et fidèle de fan2sport. Sans oublier le petit clin d'oeil de Stéphane Collaro, fan des verts, au très bon début de saison de Saint Etienne. Réactions, analyses, commentaires, polémiques, venez débattre avec nous des matchs de Ligue 1, du Top 14 ou bien même de la Ligue des Champions sur fan2sport.com
2.77 min. | 3.5 user rating		 All the free kicks from Juninho from the Vasco da Gama to the latest free kick with olympique lyonnais against Barcelona
10.03 min. | 4.89 user rating		 Revivez ce match historique avec les commentaires Radio Scoop. Rejoignez la communauté des supporters de l'Olympique Lyonnais sur www.passion-ol.com (forum reconnu par le club). www.radioscoop.com
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Finalists meet organisers - UEFA.com Tweet this news
UEFA.com--FFC Turbine Potsdam and -Olympique Lyonnais- met with organisers on Tuesday at the venue for the match, Craven Cottage in London. UEFA Women's Champions League finalists 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam and -Olympique Lyonnais- met with organisers on - Date : Thu, 21 Apr 2011 10:30:16 GMT+00:00
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Forbes (blog)--Only two clubs (Manchester City, -Olympique Lyonnais-, Atletico de Madrid) lost money. England's Manchester United, owned by the Glazer family and the greatest global brand in team sports with over 330 million supporters worldwide, rem - Date : Thu, 21 Apr 2011 18:53:19 GMT+00:00
Juninho Pernambucano wishes to return to Olympique de Lyonnais - bettor.com (blog) Tweet this news
bettor.com (blog)--Former -Olympique- de -Lyonnais- star, Juninho Pernambucano has expressed his desire to return to the French club. The former Brazil International left the club in the summer of 2009 for Qatar and has been playing in the Middle-Eastern - Date : Wed, 20 Apr 2011 09:56:57 GMT+00:00
Juninho Pernambucano expresses desire to return to Lyon - Tehran Times Tweet this news
Tehran Times--French giants -Olympique Lyonnais- have struggled to dominate Ligue 1 ever since the departure of influential midfielder Juninho Pernambucano in the summer of 2009, but the playmaker has stated that his former club remain a force to be recko - Date : Mon, 18 Apr 2011 20:18:00 GMT+00:00
Lair confident Lyon can beat Potsdam - UEFA.com Tweet this news
UEFA.com---Olympique Lyonnais- coach Patrice Lair told UEFA.com that his team "will win" next month's final against 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam, explaining: "We will not have an inferiority complex." by Paul Saffer To v - Date : Mon, 18 Apr 2011 10:23:03 GMT+00:00
Marseille shrink Lille's league lead - UEFA.com Tweet this news
UEFA.com--Olympique de Marseille moved to within a point of leaders LOSC Lille Métropole after a 2-1 win against Montpellier Hérault SC, while Paris Saint-Germain FC sunk -Olympique Lyonnais-. Olympique de Marseille moved to within a point of leaders LO - Date : Sun, 17 Apr 2011 22:07:00 GMT+00:00
UEFA Women's Champions League - UEFA.com Tweet this news
UEFA.com--Yuki Nagasato's 40th-minute goal settled the all-German affair, earning the holders a second successive final against -Olympique Lyonnais-. by Markus Juchem Yuki Nagasato's 40th-minute goal settled the all-German affair, earning the ho - Date : Sun, 17 Apr 2011 17:20:33 GMT+00:00
UEFA Women's Champions League - UEFA.com Tweet this news
UEFA.com---Olympique Lyonnais- cruised into their second straight UEFA Women's Champions League final with victory at Arsenal LFC. Already 2-0 up from their home leg, Lyon had three more goals before the break at Meadow Park as Eugénie Le Sommer str - Date : Sat, 16 Apr 2011 17:07:45 GMT+00:00
Olympique de Lyonnais star Kim Kallstrom uncertain about his future at the ... - bettor.com (blog) Tweet this news
bettor.com (blog)--Ligue 1 club, -Olympique- de -Lyonnais-, is surrounded by uncertainty. The club has been linked with many changes in recent weeks ranging from player departures to managerial changes. In the recent days, Coach Claude Puel's future - Date : Fri, 15 Apr 2011 12:26:49 GMT+00:00
Thomis misses Lyon's Arsenal trip - UEFA.com Tweet this news
UEFA.com---Olympique Lyonnais- winger Élodie Thomis is ruled out of the second leg of their semi-final at Arsenal LFC on Saturday after injuring a thigh in training, with her side defending a 2-0 lead. -Olympique Lyonnais- winger Élodie Thomis is ruled - Date : Thu, 14 Apr 2011 16:31:30 GMT+00:00

No. Nationality Position Player Other
1FRAGKHugo Lloris
2SENDFLamine Gassama
3BRADF[[Cristiano Marques Gomes
4BFADFBakary Koné
5CRODFDejan Lovren
6SWEMFKim Källström
7FRAMFClément Grenier
8FRAMFYoann Gourcuff
9ARGFWLisandro López
10BRAMF[[Ederson Honorato Campos
11BRAMF[[Michel Fernandes Bastos
12FRADFTimothée Kolodziejczak
13FRADFAnthony Réveillère
14FRADFMouhamadou Dabo
15FRAMFGueïda Fofana
17FRAFWAlexandre Lacazette
18FRAFWBafétimbi Gomis
19FRAFWJimmy Briand
20FRADFAly Cissokho
21FRAMFMaxime Gonalons
22MLIMFSidy Koné
24FRAMFJérémy Pied
26GHADFJohn Mensah
27FRAFWYannis Tafer
30FRAGKRémy Vercoutre
36FRADF[[Sébastien Faure (footballer)
37FRADFThomas Fontaine
39FRAFWIshak Belfodil

No. Nationality Position Player Other
15FRAFWHarry Novillo
45FRAGKMathieu Gorgelin
46FRADFLoïc Abenzoar
48FRAMFEnzo Reale

No. Nationality Position Player Other
31ALGMFSaïd Mehamha
32FRAFWGrégoire Puel
35FRADFNicolas Seguin
40PORGKAnthony Lopes
41FRAMFMaxime Blanc
43FRADFSamuel Umtiti
47FRAMFRachid Ghezzal
49FRAMFJordan Ferri
50FRAFWAli Touncara
56FRADFSteven Roux
57FRADFMedhi Zeffane

Club Management

President and Chairman FR Jean-Michel Aulas
Managing Director FR Thierry Sauvage
Sporting Director FR Marino Faccioli
Director of Communications FR Olivier Blanc
Commercial Director FR Olivier Bernardeau
Marketing Director FR Didier Kermarrec
Security Director FR Annie Saladin
Director of Special Operations FR Mathieu Giraud
Special Advisor FR Bernard Lacombe

Training center :

Training center :
Player Matches
FR Serge Chiesa 541
FR Grégory Coupet 518
FR Fleury Di Nallo 489
FR Yves Chauveau 438
FR Sidney Govou 412
FR Aimé Mignot 400
BR Juninho 344
Player Goals
FR Fleury Di Nallo 182
FR Serge Chiesa 134
FR Bernard Lacombe 128
BR Juninho 100
BR Sonny Anderson 91
AR Nestor Combin 78
FR Sidney Govou 77

Current coaching staff :
Position Name Nationality
Manager Rémi Garde France
Assistant manager vacant France
Goalkeeping coach Joël Bats France
Fitness coach Alexandre Dellal France
Fitness coach Nicolas Quinault France
Reserve team coach Robert Valette France
Team doctor Emmanuel Orhant France
Kinesiotherapy Patrick Perret France
Kinesiotherapy Abdeljelil Redissi France
Kinesiotherapy Sylvain Rousseau France
Special advisor Bernard Lacombe France

Olympique Lyonnais

HistoryHistory of Lyon Olympique (1896 �1950), History of Olympique Lyonnais (1950 �Present)
Seasons2007 �08, 2008 �09, 2009 �10
Facilities|Stade de Gerland, OL Land, Centre Tola VologeStade de Gerland, OL Land, Centre Tola Vologe
Rivalries|Derby du Rhône, Choc des OlympiquesDerby du Rhône, Choc des Olympiques
Organizations|European Club Association, G-14European Club Association, G-14
Related Articles|Jean-Michel Aulas, Lyon Olympique, Superleague Formula team, Richest football clubsJean-Michel Aulas, Lyon Olympique, Superleague Formula team, Richest football clubs

Championnat de France amateur — Group B, 2009 �10 clubs

beginAgde * Gazélec * Andrézieux * CA Bastia * Bourg-Pérronas * Gap * Grenoble (res.) * Jura Sud * Le Pontet * AS Lyon Duchère * Lyon (res.) * Marignane * Martigues * Montceau * Montpellier (res.) * Sochaux (res.) * Toulon * Villefrancheend

2009 �10 UEFA Champions League

ChampionsInternazionale
Runners-upBayern Munich
Eliminated in the semi-finalsLyon, Barcelona
Eliminated in the quarter-finalsArsenal, Bordeaux, CSKA Moscow, Manchester United
Eliminated in the round of 16Fiorentina, Milan, Real Madrid, Porto, Chelsea, Sevilla, Olympiacos, Stuttgart
Eliminated in the group stageAPOEL, Atlético Madrid, AZ, Beşiktaş, Debrecen, Dynamo Kyiv, Juventus, Liverpool, Maccabi Haifa, Marseille, Rangers, Rubin Kazan, Standard Liège, Unirea Urziceni, Wolfsburg, Zürich
Eliminated in the
play-off round		Champions: Copenhagen, Levski Sofia, Red Bull Salzburg, Sheriff Tiraspol, Ventspils
Non-champions: Anderlecht, Celtic, Panathinaikos, Sporting, TimiÅŸoara
Eliminated in the
third qualifying round		Champions: Aktobe, Baku, BATE, Dinamo Zagreb, Levadia, Maribor, Partizan, Stabæk, Slavia Prague, Slovan Bratislava
Non-champions: Dynamo Moscow, Shakhtar Donetsk, Sivasspor, Sparta Prague, Twente
Eliminated in the
second qualifying round		Bohemians, EB/Streymur, Ekranas, F91 Dudelange, FH, Glentoran, Inter Turku, Kalmar, Makedonija Skopje, Mogren, Pyunik, Rhyl, UE Sant Julià, Tirana, Wisła Kraków, WIT Georgia, Zrinjski
Eliminated in the
first qualifying round		Hibernians, Tre Fiori

Founding members of the ECA

Ajax, Anderlecht, Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Birkirkara, Chelsea, Copenhagen, Dinamo Zagreb, Juventus, Lyon, Manchester United, Milan, Olympiacos, Porto, Rangers, Real Madrid



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