Rudi García joined Olympique Lyonnais as manager in October 2019 with the team struggling for form in Ligue 1 following the short-lived tenure of Sylvinho. The Brazilian had failed to make an impact during his eleven matches in charge, having himself replaced Bruno Genesio at the helm. The club had been playing some attractive football […]
Defender Jason Denayer moved from junior football at an academy in his native Belgium to join Manchester City’s setup aged 18 in 2013. He impressed during his first season in the youth team at City, but would never go on to make a first team appearance for the club. Instead he was farmed out on […]
Goalkeeper Anthony Lopes is a product of Olympique Lyonnais’ much vaunted youth system and has become a cult hero with the fans, having been born and raised in the suburbs of the city before breaking into the first team squad in the 2012-13 season aged twenty-two. He went on the establish himself as the first […]
Olympique Lyonnais Weekend Fixtures Sat 28/09/2019 12:30 – OL v Nantes (Groupama Stadium) Sat 28/09/2019 19:30 – Guingamp v OL Feminin Lyon must look to end their disappointing sequence of draws and defeats when Nantes visit the Groupama Stadium on Saturday lunchtime. It’s now six matches (in all competitions) since Sylvinho’s team tasted victory. Only […]
Lyon Women won the second leg of their Champions League first round tie against Ryazan 7-0 to complete a 16-0 aggregate rout of the Russians. Le Sommer, Parris and Cascarino made it 3-0 at half time and Ada Hegerberg added a fourth from the penalty spot ten minutes into the second half. There were no […]
Lyon twice relinquished the lead as they dropped two more points on their travels in this disappointing start to their Ligue 1 campaign. Houssem Aouar and Memphis Depay were left on the bench by Sylvinho, as he opted to field Terrier, Traore and Cornet behind Moussa Dembele in an attacking formation with just Tousart and […]
Olympique Lyonnais have been placed in Group G of this season’s UEFA Champions League, where they will face Zenit St Petersburg, Benfica, and RB Leipzig. It’s a tough draw, but one from which they will harbour hopes of progressing to the knock-out stages, or at least into the Europa League. It’s a fairly balanced group […]
Lyon disappointingly fell to their first defeat of the season away at Montpellier on Tuesday night in a match shown live on BT Sport in the UK. It was a chance to reclaim their position at the top of the Ligue 1 table from Rennes, and maintain a one hundred per cent record at the […]
The Olympique Lyonnais B team made it four points from three games so far in their National 2 Group D campaign with a creditable 1-1 draw away at US Marseille Endoume Catalans. Joint managers Gueïda Fofana and Philippe Bizeul saw their team fall behind to an early strike from Hammoud, which Anthony Racioppi in the […]
The Olympique Lyonnais women’s team resumed where they left off as the reigning Division 1 champions went straight back to the top of the table with a crushing 6-0 win against Marseille in their opening match of the new season. Three of OL’s England internationals started the match and it was a dream home debut […]
