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 […]
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Lyon Weekend Preview
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 limp to draw at Brest
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 […]
Champions League draw: Lyon face Zenit, Benfica and Leipzig
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 […]
Montpellier 1-0 Olympique Lyonnais
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 […]
USM Endoume Catalans 1-1 OL Reserves
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 […]
Marseille, Endoume & Montpellier on the menu for OL
The Olympique Lyonnais women’s team get their title defence under way this weekend with a match against Olympique de Marseille. New coach Jean-Luc Vasseur has named a squad of nineteen for the clash, which could see new signings Nikita Parris and Alex Greenwood make their competitive debuts. The England forward and left-back both joined the […]
Olympique Lyonnais 6-0 Angers
Lyon turned in a vintage performance at the Groupama Stadium to crush hapless Angers 6-0 and consolidate their good start to the season under new manager Sylvinho. The home fans got their first look at the new signings and witnessed some exciting attacking football capped by some stunning goals. Back to back clean sheets suggest […]
AS Monaco 0-3 Olympique Lyonnais
Lyon began the new Ligue 1 season in the best possible way, with a thumping 3-0 away win at erstwhile heavyweights Monaco. This clash was an early test of how these two giants have recovered from disappointing campaigns last time around and Lyon demonstrated that new manager Sylvinho has got them back on the right […]
Bournemouth 3-0 Olympique Lyonnais
Lyon suffered a confidence sapping defeat away to Premier League side Bournemouth in their final pre-season friendly before hostilities resume in Ligue 1. This latest reversal means that they have lost four out of five friendlies since new manager Sylvinho took over, and none more emphatically than this. It was the first time they have […]