Olympique Lyonnais Féminin Explained

Nickname:Les Fenottes
Les Lyonnaises
Short Name:OL
Ground:Stade Gérard Houllier, Décines-Charpieu
Capacity:1,524
Founded: (as FC Lyon)
(as Olympique Lyonnais)
Owner:Michele Kang (52,00%)[1]
OL Groupe (48,00%)
Chrtitle:President
Chairman:Michele Kang
Manager:Joe Montemurro
League:Première Ligue
Season:2024–25
Position:Division 1 Féminine, 1st of 12 (champions)
Current:2024–25 Olympique Lyonnais Féminin season
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Website:https://www.ol.fr/fr/football/feminin-pro/actualites

(in French pronounced as /ɔlɛ̃pik ljɔnɛ/; commonly referred to as Olympique Lyon, Lyon, or simply OL) is a French women's professional 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 the Première Ligue, with seventeen league titles as Olympique Lyonnais and four league titles as FC Lyon before the acquisition.

Since the 2010s, Lyon has frequently been named the strongest women's team in the world,[2] and has been cited as a model for the development of women's football in both economic and cultural terms.[3] The team has won eight Champions League titles, including a record five successive titles from 2016 to 2020, as well as fourteen 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.

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 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.[4] [5] 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 Eugénie 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 had 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.[6]

Lyon hosts its matches at the Stade Gérard Houllier, a stadium of capacity 1,524 located in the Groupama OL Training Center and 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 current president of the club is Michele Kang and the captain of the team is Wendie Renard. According to the UEFA women's coefficient, Lyon was the highest-ranked club in UEFA in 2014.[7]

Ownership and finances

See main article: OL Groupe and John Textor. Lyon Féminin is part of OL Groupe, whose majority shareholder since December 2022 is Eagle Football Group, which is controlled by American businessman John Textor. Club president Jean-Michel Aulas was also OL Groupe's previous and founding owner, and remains a minority owner of OL Groupe and board director of Eagle Football Group.[1] [8] [9]

, L'Équipe reported that Lyon Féminin operated at a €12 million annual deficit.[1]

On 16 May 2023, OL Groupe and Michele Kang announced the formation of a separate entity that would be composed of Kang's Washington Spirit of the NWSL, and Olympique Lyon Féminin. OL Groupe would sell its NWSL club, OL Reign, to resolve conflicts of interest. OL Groupe would retain a 48% stake in the resulting new entity, and Kang would become the club's majority owner and CEO, pending regulatory approval.[10] [11] [12] [13] Kang's proposed deal for the women's side reportedly valued it at $54.4 million.[14] Kang attended Lyon's victory in the Coupe de France féminine finals on 13 May 2023 and raised the trophy with the team.[13] [15]

Players

Current squad

[16]

Notable former players

French

Brazilian

Canadian

Chinese

Costa Rican

Danish

Dutch

English

German

Icelandic

Japanese

New-Zealander

Nigerian

Norwegian

Portuguese

Swedish

Swiss

American

Welsh

Current staff

[17]

PositionStaff
Head coach Joe Montemurro
Assistant coaches Joe Palatsides
Méline Gérard
Patrizia Panico
Goalkeeping coach Simon Pouplin
Head of performance Antonin Da Fonseca
Physical trainer Rémi Pullara
Video analyst Marceau Goguer
Medical director Franck Pelissier
Doctor Claire De Labachelerie
Physiotherapists Shingo Kitada
Anthony Martin
Ganaelle Rigondaud
Nutritionist Isabelle Mischler
General manager/team delegate Olivier Blanc
Equipment manager Julien Legrand
Kit manager Amilcar Perez
Jacques Raffin
OMS cell manager Nadi Ferran
Team coordinator Manon Eleure

Honours

Official

Invitational

Others

Record in UEFA Women's Champions League

All results (away, home and aggregate) list Lyon's goal tally first.

CompetitionPldWDLGFGAGD
UEFA Champions League129101171046664+402
Total129101171046664+402
SeasonRoundOpponentsAwayHomeAgg.
2007–08First qualifying round Slovan Duslo Šaľa12–0– –
Škiponjat Struga (Host)10–0– –
Sarajevo7–0– –
Second qualifying round Brøndby– 0–0–
Kolbotn– 1–0–
Sparta Prague– 2–1–
Quarter-final Arsenal3–20–0 f3–2
Semi-final Umeå0–01–1 f1–1 (a)
2008–09Second qualifying round Neulengbach– 8–0–
Zürich– 7–1–
Arsenal– 3–0–
Quarter-final Verona5–0 f4–19–1
Semi-final Duisburg1–31–1 f2–4
2009–10Round of 32 Mašinac Niš1–0 f5–06–0
Round of 16 Fortuna Hjørring1–0 f5–06–0
Quarter-final Torres Sassari0–13–0 f3–1
Semi-final Umeå0–03–2 f3–2
Final Turbine Potsdam0–0 ( Getafe)
2010–11Round of 32 AZ2–1 f8–0
Round of 16 Rossiyanka Khimki6–1 f5–011–1
Quarter-final Zvezda Perm0–0 f1–01–0
Semi-final Arsenal3–22–0 f5–2
Final Turbine Potsdam2–0 (London)
2011–12Round of 32 Olimpia Cluj-Napoca9–0 f3–012–0
Round of 16 Sparta Prague6–0 f6–012–0
Quarter-final Brøndby4–04–0 f8–0
Semi-final Turbine Potsdam0–05–1 f5–1
Final Frankfurt2–0 (Munich)
2012–13Round of 32 Vantaa7–0 f5–012–0
Round of 16 Zorky Krasnogorsk9–0 f2–011–0
Quarter-final Rosengård Malmö3–05–0 f8–0
Semi-final Juvisy6–13–0 f9–1
Final Wolfsburg0–1 (London)
2013–14Round of 32 Twente Enschede4–0 f6–010–0
Round of 16 Turbine Potsdam1–0 f1–22–2 (a)
2014–15Round of 32 Brescia5–0 f9–014–0
Round of 16 Paris Saint-Germain1–1 f0–11–2
2015–16Round of 32 Medyk Konin6–0 f3–09–0
Round of 16 Atlético Madrid3–1 f6–09–1
Quarter-final Slavia Prague0–09–1 f9–1
Semi-final Paris Saint-Germain1–07–0 f8–0
Final Wolfsburg1–1 ( Reggio Emilia)
2016–17Round of 32 Avaldsnes5–2 f5–010–2
Round of 16 Zürich9–08–0 f17–0
Quarter-final Wolfsburg2–0 f0–12–1
Semi-final Manchester City3–1 f0–13–2
Final Paris Saint-Germain0–0 (Cardiff)
2017–18Round of 32 Medyk Konin5–0 f9–014–0
Round of 16 Kazygurt Shymkent7–0 f9–016–0
Quarter-final Barcelona1–02–1 f3–1
Semi-final Manchester City0–0 f1–01–0
Final Wolfsburg4–1 ( Kyiv)
2018–19Round of 32 Avaldsnes2–0 f5–07–0
Round of 16 Ajax Amsterdam4–0 f9–013–0
Quarter-final Wolfsburg4–22–1 f6–3
Semi-final Chelsea1–12–1 f3–2
Final Barcelona4–1 ( Budapest)
2019–20Round of 32 Ryazan-VDV9–0 f7–016–0
Round of 16 Fortuna Hjørring4–0 f7–011–0
Quarter-final Bayern Munich2–1 ( Bilbao)
Semi-final Paris Saint-Germain1–0 ( Bilbao)
Final Wolfsburg3–1 ( San Sebastián)
2020–21Round of 32 Juventus3–2 f3–06–2
Round of 16 Brøndby3–1 2–0 f5–1
Quarter-final Paris Saint-Germain1–0 f1–2 2–2 (a)
2021–22Round 2 Levante2–1 f2–14–2
Group D Bayern Munich0–12–11st
Benfica5–05–0
BK Häcken3–04–0
Quarter-final Juventus1–2 f3–14–3
Semi-final Paris Saint-Germain2–13–2 f5–3
Final Barcelona3–1 ( Turin)
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List of seasons

See main article: List of Olympique Lyonnais Féminin seasons. Top scorers in bold were also the top scorers in the Division 1 Féminine that season.

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SeasonLeague CupEurope Top goalscorer(s)
DivisionPosPldWDLGFGAGDPtsName(s)Goals
2001–02D13rd2214265326+2766bgcolor=silverRU Séverine Creuzet-Laplantes17
2002–03D1bgcoloer=silver2nd2215436019+4171bgcolor=goldW Sandrine Brétigny26
2003–04D1bgcoloer=silver2nd2214445225+2768bgcolor=goldW Claire Morel18
2004–05D13rd2215255020+3069bgcolor=silverRU Séverine Creuzet-Laplantes13
2005–06D13rd2210843412+2260bgcolor=silverRU Sandrine Brétigny11
2006–07D1bgcolor=gold1st2220111169+10783bgcolor=silverRU Sandrine Brétigny42
2007–08D1bgcolor=gold1st221840934+8980bgcolor=goldWWomen's CupSF Sandrine Brétigny25
2008–09D1bgcolor=gold1st22211011411+10386SFWomen's CupSF Kátia27
2009–10D1bgcolor=gold1st2218229311+8278SFChampions Leaguebgcolor=silverRU Kátia17
2010–11D1bgcolor=gold1st2222001066+10088QFChampions Leaguebgcolor=goldW Sandrine Brétigny19
2011–12D1bgcolor=gold1st2219301193+11682bgcolor=goldWChampions Leaguebgcolor=goldW Eugénie Le Sommer22
2012–13D1bgcolor=gold1st2222001325+12788bgcolor=goldWChampions Leaguebgcolor=silverRU Lotta Schelin24
2013–14D1bgcolor=gold1st2221019512+8385bgcolor=goldWChampions LeagueR16 Eugénie Le Sommer
Laëtitia Tonazzi		15
2014–15D1bgcolor=gold1st2222001476+14188bgcolor=goldWChampions LeagueR16 Lotta Schelin34
2015–16D1bgcolor=gold1st2219301154+11182bgcolor=goldWChampions Leaguebgcolor=goldW Ada Hegerberg33
2016–17D1bgcolor=gold1st2221011036+9763bgcolor=goldWChampions Leaguebgcolor=goldW Ada Hegerberg
Eugénie Le Sommer		20
2017–18D1bgcolor=gold1st2221101045+9964bgcolor=silverRUChampions Leaguebgcolor=goldW Ada Hegerberg31
2018–19D1bgcolor=gold1st222020899+8362bgcolor=goldWChampions Leaguebgcolor=goldW Ada Hegerberg20
2019–20D1bgcolor=gold1st161420674+6344bgcolor=goldWChampions Leaguebgcolor=goldW Ada Hegerberg14
2020–21D1bgcolor=silver2nd222011786+7261DNFChampions LeagueQF Nikita Parris13
2021–22D1bgcolor=gold1st222110798+7164R16Champions Leaguebgcolor=goldW Catarina Macario14
2022–23D1bgcolor=gold1st222011699+6061bgcolor=goldWChampions LeagueQFSigne Bruun8

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: L'OL féminin bientôt vendu à Michele Kang, une femme d'affaires américaine . 12 April 2023 . 14 April 2023 . . Hugo . Guillemet.
  2. News: Smith . Rory . The World's Most Dominant Team Isn't Who You Think . 22 May 2019 . The New York Times . 17 May 2019.
  3. News: How Lucy Bronze was polished at Lyon, the ultimate finishing school. Ingle. Sean. 29 June 2019. The Observer. 29 June 2019. 0029-7712.
  4. News: Lyon and Potsdam make history . UEFA . 11 May 2010. 16 June 2010 .
  5. News: Potsdam hold nerve to claim European crown . UEFA . 20 May 2010. 16 June 2010 .
  6. Web site: 2016–17 Women's Champions League Final Report . . 26 May 2022.
  7. News: UEFA WOMEN'S CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2014/15 . UEFA . 18 October 2014 .
  8. News: Olympique Lyonnais Price Tag For John Textor: $846 Million. Forbes. 21 June 2022.
  9. News: L'OL officiellement vendu à l'Américain John Textor. L'Équipe. 20 December 2022. fr.
  10. OL Groupe and Michele Kang Form Global Multi-Team Women's Football Group . 16 May 2023 . 16 May 2023 . Washington Spirit.
  11. News: Spirit's Michele Kang adds Lyonnais Feminin to Women's Soccer Venture . 16 May 2023 . 16 May 2023 . . Emily . Caron.
  12. News: Spirit owner Michele Kang buys Lyon to build first international women's soccer empire . 16 May 2023 . 16 May 2023 . . AJ . Hess.
  13. News: Michele Kang, nouvelle actionnaire majoritaire de l'OL féminin : " Il n'est pas question de changer l'OL " . Michele Kang, new majority shareholder of OL Women: "There is no question of changing OL" . 16 May 2023 . 16 May 2023 . . Hugo . Guillement . fr.
  14. News: 16 May 2023 . Washington Spirit owner Kang to take over Lyon . 25 May 2023 . . en.
  15. News: Spirit owner Michele Kang attends Lyon women's match, hoists trophy with team amid takeover reports . 13 May 2023 . The Athletic.
  16. Web site: EFFECTIF & STAFF . Olympique Lyonnais . 18 February 2024.
  17. News: COMMUNIQUÉ DE PRESSE NOUVELLE ORGANISATION AU SEIN DU STAFF DE L'ÉQUIPE FÉMININE DE L'OL . 22 June 2021 . Olympique Lyonnais . 14 June 2021.
  18. Web site: Most consecutive association football victories (all competitions) . Guinness World Records .

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