Olympique Lyonnais made it two wins from two at the start of their UEFA Europa League campaign with a comfortable victory against RB Salzburg at the Groupama Stadium in Lyon. They are one of seven teams with maximum points after two rounds, alongside Dinamo Zagreb, Midtjylland, Aston Villa, Braga, Lille and Porto at the top […]
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Lille 0-1 Lyon
Lyon continued their excellent start to the Ligue 1 season with a brilliant backs-to-the-wall win against Lille at the Decathlon Arena. English midfielder Tyler Morton scored the only goal with a header in the 13th minute and Lyon defended resolutely thereafter to protect their lead. The win means that Lyon keep pace with Paris-Saint Germain […]
Utrecht 0-1 Lyon – Tessmann strikes again
Lyon opened up their UEFA Europa League campaign with a win and a fifth clean sheet in their opening six games of the 2025-26 season. It was a tense game with few clear-cut opportunities for either team, but Lyon dominated the possession and won it with a wonder strike from USA international midfielder Tanner Tessmann […]
Dominik Greif – Player Profile
Dominik Greif is a Slovak international goalkeeper who joined Olympique Lyonnais in August 2025. He was signed from Spanish club Real Mallorca for a fee of €4 million, which could rise as high as €5.25 million with add-ons if certain conditions are met. Greif will compete with Rémy Descamps for the number one spot in […]
Lyon 1-0 Angers
Lyon manager Paulo Fonseca handed debuts to two new signings in his starting XI for the visit of Angers on matchday five of the Ligue 1 season. Slovak goalkeeper Dominik Greif, signed from Mallorca, came in to replace Rémy Descamps, who picked up an injury in the defeat at Rennes. Up front there was a […]
Rennes Robbery: Rennes 3-1 Lyon
Lyon lost their one hundred percent record in controversial fashion at Roazhon Park with a 3-1 defeat to Rennes. Playing without a centre forward for the second game running, Les Gones dominated the first half and took the lead in the 14th minute. Corentin Tolisso, playing as a false nine, rose highest in the box […]
Adam Karabec – Player Profile
Adam Karabec is a Czech attacking midfielder or winger who joined Olympique Lyonnais on a season-long loan from Sparta Prague towards the end of the summer 2025 transfer window. Lyon reportedly paid a loan fee of €300,000 and have an option to pay €3.5 million to make the transfer permanent. His arrival doubled the Czech […]
Lyon 1-0 Marseille
Olympique Lyonnais won a keenly contested ‘Olympico’ at the Groupama Stadium on matchday 3 of the season to maintain their 100% record and join PSG at the top of the nascent Ligue 1 table on nine points. The build up to the game was overshadowed by the breaking news that Lyon’s star striker (and indeed […]
Pavel Šulc – Player Profile
Pavel Šulc has just enjoyed the season of his life. Lyon’s new €7.5 million signing from Viktoria Plzeň, won the prestigious Czech Golden Ball (Zlatý míč České republiky), becoming the first Czech based player to do so for ten years. The award, which is given to the best Czech player of the season, was voted […]
Lyon 3-0 Metz
Paulo Fonseca made just one change to the line-up that beat Lens 1-0 on the opening weekend of the 2025-26 Ligue 1 season. Sael Kumbedi dropped to the bench, with Ainsley Maitland-Niles moving back into the right-back position and new signing Pavel Šulc coming into the team on the right side of attack to make […]