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About Lyon - Olympique Lyonnais

Olympique Lyonnais are the reigning Ligue 1 champions, having won the title the last six consecutive seasons for a French league record. Officially recognized as a national football club in 1950, historians trace the origins of the club to its formation under a multisports club in 1899. Olympique Lyon won the Trophee des Champions in 1973 and consecutively from 2002 through 2007, the Coupe de France in 1964, 1967, 1973 and the Coupe de la Ligue in 2001. The club are managed by Alain Perrin and captained by midfielder Juninho Pernambucano. According to Forbes, Olympique Lyonnais are the richest football club in France. Notable players have included Sylvain Wiltord, Sidney Govou, Bernard Lacombe and Mario Coluna. The club's home kits consist of white jerseys with a navy and red stripe, white shorts and white socks while the away kits consist of gold jerseys with navy shorts and navy socks. The club, nicknamed Lyon, play out of Stade Gerland in Lyon, France. The stadium seats more than 43,000 and is considered an historic monument. The Olympique Lyon crest is a blue and red a shield with the letters "OL" and a gold lion. The club also has a successful women's team.

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League R GP GD P
Ligue 1 1 38 37 79
Ligue 1 1 0 0 0
Champions League grp. E 2 6 1 10
Peace Cup grp. B 1 3 3 6

Next Game

Supercup
2 Aug 08 - 16:55

Lyon - Bordeaux

Last Game

Club Friendlies
24 Jul 08

Nancy 0-3 Lyon

Lyon
Olympique Lyonnais (a.k.a OL) is a French football club playing in Ligue 1. One of the best French teams, they have won Le Championat 6 times in a row since 2002 and they are currently leading it. ...
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Competition Scores & Results
Supercup, 2 Aug 08 - 16:55 BST

Lyon - Bordeaux

Ligue 1, 10 Aug 08 - 20:00 BST

Lyon - Toulouse

Ligue 1, 17 Aug 08 - 15:00 BST

Lorient - Lyon

Ligue 1, 23 Aug 08 - 20:00 BST

Lyon - Grenoble

Ligue 1, 31 Aug 08 - 20:00 BST

St.Etienne - Lyon

Club Friendlies
24 Jul 08

Nancy 0-3 Lyon

Club Friendlies
23 Jul 08

Partizan Belgrad 1-3 Lyon

Club Friendlies
19 Jul 08

Rapid Bucuresti 2-1 Lyon

Club Friendlies
12 Jul 08

Lyon 3-2 Nimes

FA Cup
24 May 08

Lyon 1-0 Paris SG

Ligue 1:

Full Table

TEAMGPPWDL
1. Lyon 38 79 24 7 7
2. Bordeaux 38 75 22 9 7
3. Marseille 38 62 17 11 10
4. Nancy 38 60 15 15 8
5. St.Etienne 38 58 16 10 12
6. Rennes 38 58 16 10 12
7. Lille 38 57 13 18 7
8. Nice 38 55 13 16 9
9. Le Mans 38 53 14 11 13
10. Lorient 38 52 12 16 10
11. Caen 38 51 13 12 13
12. AS Monaco 38 47 13 8 17
13. Valenciennes 38 45 12 9 17
14. Sochaux 38 44 10 14 14
15. Auxerre 38 44 12 8 18
16. Paris SG 38 43 10 13 15
17. Toulouse 38 42 9 15 14
18. Lens 38 40 9 13 16
19. Strasbourg 38 35 9 8 21
20. Metz 38 24 5 9 24

Champions League grp. E - 2007/2008:

Full Table

TEAMGPPWDL
1. Barcelona 6 14 4 2 0
2. Lyon 6 10 3 1 2
3. Rangers 6 7 2 1 3
4. VfB Stuttgart 6 3 1 0 5

Peace Cup grp. B - 2007:

Full Table

TEAMGPPWDL
1. Lyon 3 6 2 0 1
2. Reading 3 6 2 0 1
3. River Plate 3 6 2 0 1
4. Shimizu S-Pulse 3 0 0 0 3
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History/Facts
Olympique Lyonnais (a.k.a OL) is a French football club playing in Ligue 1. One of the best French teams, they have won Le Championat 6 times in a row since 2002 and they are currently leading it. Despite seven participations in Champions League, they have never gone past the quarter-finals. Thei...

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Venue: Stade Gerland
Since 1950 the stadium has been home to Olympique Lyonnais, which needed to find a new ground. In 1967 the stadium has been classed as a historic monument, especially its entrance archways. And now Lyon is planning to move to a new and bigger stadium in 2010.

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