Olympique Lyonnais Féminin (; commonly referred to as Olympique Lyon, Lyon, or simply OL) is a French women's football club based in

Lyon Lyon,, ; Occitan language, Occitan: ''Lion'', hist. ''Lionés'' also spelled in English as Lyons, is the List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, third-largest city and Urban area (France), second-largest metropolitan area of F ...

. The club has been the female section of Olympique Lyonnais since 2004. It is the most successful club in the history of

Division 1 Féminine The Division 1 Féminine, shortened as D1 Féminine or D1F, and currently known as D1 Arkema for sponsorship reasons, is the highest division of women's football in France. Run by the French Football Federation, the league is contested by twel ...

, with fifteen league titles as Olympique Lyonnais and four league titles as FC Lyon before the acquisition. Lyon currently plays in

. Since the 2010s, Lyon has frequently been named the strongest women's team in the world, and has been cited as a model for the development of women's football in both economic and cultural terms. The team has won eight Champions League titles, including a record five successive titles from 2016 to 2020, as well as 14 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

fourteen times and the

Coupe de France The Coupe de France, formerly known as the Coupe Charles Simon, is the premier knockout cup competition in French football organized by the French Football Federation (FFF). It was first held in 1917 and is open to all amateur and profession ...

nine times. Lyon reached the semi-finals of the 2007–08 edition of the

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and, during the 2009–10 season, reached

the final Final, Finals or The Final may refer to: *Final (competition), the last or championship round of a sporting competition, match, game, or other contest which decides a winner for an event ** Another term for playoffs, describing a sequence of cont ...

of the inaugural edition of the

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, losing to German club

Turbine Potsdam 1. Frauenfußballclub Turbine Potsdam 71 e. V., commonly known as 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam (or Turbine Potsdam outside of Germany), is a German women's football club located in Potsdam, Brandenburg. They are one of the most successful women's footb ...

7–6 on penalties. 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 Sarah Bouhaddi (born 17 October 1986) is a French professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Division 1 Féminine club Paris Saint-Germain. Club career After spending 13 seasons with Lyon, Bouhaddi joined Paris Saint-Germain on 16 Se ...

Wendie Renard Wendie Thérèse Renard (born 20 July 1990) is a French professional footballer who plays as a centre-back and captains both Division 1 Féminine club Lyon and the France national team. Renard is one of the most decorated players in modern wome ...

and Eugenie Le Sommer have all won eight Champions League trophies. Lyon's main rivalry is with

Paris Saint-Germain Paris Saint-Germain Football Club (), commonly referred to as Paris Saint-Germain, Paris, Paris SG or simply PSG is a professional football club based in Paris, France. They compete in Ligue 1, the top division of French football. As Fr ...

, 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 has never lost the D1 title to PSG until 2021 when PSG finished ahead of Lyon, and won five

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. Lyon hosts its matches at the Groupama OL training Center, a stadium of capacity 1,524 that is situated not far from the larger

Parc Olympique Lyonnais Parc Olympique Lyonnais, known for sponsorship reasons as Groupama Stadium, is a 59,186-seat stadium in Décines-Charpieu, in the Lyon Metropolis. The home of French football club Olympique Lyonnais, it replaced their previous stadium, Stade de ...

where the male teams play. The women's team does host its "big" matches at the 59,000-seat stadium. The president of the club is

Jean-Michel Aulas Jean-Michel Antoine Aulas (born 22 March 1949) is a French businessman. He is the founder and CEO of Cegid (Compagnie Européenne de Gestion par l'Informatique Décentralisée) and serves as the owner and president of French football club Olym ...

and the captain of the team is

. According to the UEFA women's coefficient, Lyon is currently the highest-ranked club in

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Players

Current squad

Reserve team

Out on loan

Notable former players

French * Camille Abily *

Élodie Thomis Élodie Ginette Thomis (; born 13 August 1986) is a French former football player who played for French club Olympique Lyon of the Division 1 Féminine. She played either a winger or striker and was described as a player who possesses pace co ...

* Corine Petit *

Sonia Bompastor Sonia Bompastor (born 8 June 1980) is a French football manager and former player who currently manages Lyon of the French Division 1 Féminine. She is the first person to win the UEFA Women's Champions League as both a player and a manager. B ...

Louisa Necib Louisa Nécib Cadamuro (; born 23 January 1987) is a French former professional footballer who played for the France national team. She spent the majority of her career at Lyon, amassing eighteen titles with the French club over a nine-year spa ...

Laura Georges Laura Stéphanie Georges (born 20 August 1984) is a French retired footballer who is the Secretary General of the French Football Federation. She last played for German club Bayern Munich of the Bundesliga, and served as the first-choice ca ...

Élise Bussaglia Élise Bussaglia (born 24 September 1985) is a French footballer who plays as a midfielder for French club Dijon of the Division 1 Feminine. She was a member of the France national team. Bussaglia is a former winner of the National Union of P ...

Hoda Lattaf Hoda Lattaf (born 31 August 1978 in Bordeaux) is a French football player who plays in attack. She currently plays for Montpellier in the top French league and is one of the leading players for the France national team, and was seen as the pr ...

Sabrina Viguier Sabrina Marie-Christine Viguier (born 4 January 1981 in Rodez) is a retired French football player. She played as a centre back and has played for the France women's national football team making her debut in 2000. She last played for IF Limham ...

* Sandrine Brétigny *

Sandrine Dusang Sandrine Dusang (born 23 March 1984 in Vichy) is a French football player currently playing for Juvisy of the Division 1 Féminine. Dusang plays as a defender and is a member of the France women's national football team making her debut in 2003. ...

* Delphine Blanc * Laëtitia Tonazzi *

Jessica Houara Jessica Lucetta Léone Houara-d'Hommeaux (née Houara) (born 29 September 1987) is a former French football player who played as a midfielder for Paris Saint-Germain, Olympique Lyon and other French clubs, and for the French national team. C ...

* Claire Lavogez * Pauline Peyraud-Magnin *

Kenza Dali Kenza Dali (born 31 July 1991) is a French professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Women's Super League club Aston Villa and the France national team. Club career Before joining Lyon, Dali played for Paris Saint-Germain, who she ...

* Kheira Hamraoui *

Ève Périsset Ève Josette Noelle Périsset (born 24 December 1994) is a French professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Women's Super League club Chelsea and the France national team. Club career Périsset started her professional career at Ly ...

Claire Morel Claire Morel (born 14 February 1984) is a French women's soccer, football Striker (association football), striker currently playing for ES Champniers in 4th-tier Division Honneur's Centre-Ouest group. She previously played for US Compiègne, CNFE ...

* Séverine Creuzet-Laplantes Brazilian * Kátia * Rosana * Simone Chinese * Wang Fei Costa Rican *

Shirley Cruz Shirley Cruz Traña (born 28 August 1985) is a Costa Rican professional footballer who last played as a midfielder for OL Reign of the National Women's Soccer League and the Costa Rica women's national football team. A creative midfielder who o ...

Danish * Dorte Dalum Jensen * Line Røddik Hansen Dutch *

Shanice van de Sanden Shanice Janice van de Sanden (born 2 October 1992) is a Dutch professional Football player, footballer who plays as a Forward (association football), forward for Women's Super League club Liverpool F.C. Women, Liverpool and the Netherlands women ...

English *

Lucy Bronze Lucia Roberta Tough Bronze (born 28 October 1991), known as Lucy Bronze, is a professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Barcelona and the England national team. She has previously played for Sunderland, Everton, Liverpool, Lyon a ...

* Alex Greenwood *

Izzy Christiansen Isobel Mary "Izzy" Christiansen (born 20 September 1991) is an English footballer who plays as a midfielder or forward for Everton in the FA WSL and the England national team. Club career Christiansen captained the women's football club at ...

German * Josephine Henning *

Pauline Bremer Pauline Marie Bremer (born 10 April 1996) is a German footballer who plays as a forward for Frauen-Bundesliga club VfL Wolfsburg and the Germany national team. Club career Early career Pauline Bremer began her junior career at SVG Göttingen ...

Carolin Simon Carolin Simon (born 24 November 1992) is a German football player for Bayern Munich and the Germany national team. Career Club Carolin Simon began her career with the GSV Eintracht Baunatal and moved in the summer of 2008 to third division TSV ...

Japanese *

Saki Kumagai is a Japanese footballer who plays for German club FC Bayern Munich and the Japan national team. She plays primarily as a defensive midfielder but has also been deployed as a central defender. Kumagai is one of the most successful East Asian ...

Shinobu Ohno is a Japanese footballer who plays as a forward for Nojima Stella Kanagawa Sagamihara. She formerly played for the Japan women's national football team. Club career Ohno was born in Zama on 23 January 1984. She played for Nippon TV Beleza fro ...

Ami Otaki is a Japanese football player. She plays for JEF United Chiba. She played for Japan national team. Club career Otaki was born in Hiratsuka on July 28, 1989. After graduating from Waseda University, she joined French Division 1 club Olympiqu ...

New-Zealander * Erin Nayler Nigerian *

Cynthia Uwak Cynthia Uwak (born 15 July 1986 in Akwa Ibom State) is a Nigerian football striker who most recently played for Åland United in the Naisten Liiga in Finland. Early life Cynthia Uwak's first experience of playing football was against boys in th ...

Norwegian * Christine Colombo Nilsen *

Isabell Herlovsen Isabell Lehn Herlovsen (born 23 June 1988) is a Norwegian former football player. She last played for Våleranga and Kolbotn after moving home from China and the club Jiangsu Suning. She plays as a midfielder and a striker. Herlovsen is the ...

Bente Nordby Bente Dalum Nordby (born 23 July 1974) is a former Norwegian football goalkeeper, who last played for Olympique Lyonnais in Lyon, France. She played with the Norway women's national football team from 1991 to 2007. Career Nordby is the se ...

Ingvild Stensland Ingvild Stensland (born 3 August 1981) is a former Norwegian footballer who, from August 2022, is one of the assistance coaches on Norway women's national team. As a player she last played for Stabæk FK in the Toppserien. She played as a mid ...

* Andrea Norheim Portuguese * Jéssica Silva Swedish * Amelie Rybäck *

Lotta Schelin Charlotta Eva Schelin (born 27 February 1984) is a Swedish former professional footballer who most recently played as a striker for FC Rosengård of the Damallsvenskan. She made her debut for the Sweden national team in March 2004 and was app ...

Caroline Seger Sara Caroline Seger (born 19 March 1985) is a Swedish footballer who plays as a midfielder and club captain for FC Rosengård in the Damallsvenskan league. She is the current captain of the Swedish national football team. Club career Linköp ...

Swiss *

Lara Dickenmann Lara Joy Dickenmann (born 27 November 1985) is a Swiss footballer. She played for German club VfL Wolfsburg and with French club Olympique Lyonnais. She is a versatile footballer who can play as a midfielder or a full-back on either side of the ...

American *

Lorrie Fair Lorraine Ming Fair (born August 5, 1978) is a retired American professional soccer midfielder who was a member of the World Cup Champion United States national soccer team. Over the span of ten years, she was a part of one World Cup Team and ...

Megan Rapinoe Megan Anna Rapinoe (; born July 5, 1985) is an American professional Association football, soccer player who plays as a Midfielder#Winger, winger and captains OL Reign of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL), as well as the United States ...

Hope Solo Hope Amelia Stevens (; born July 30, 1981) is an American former soccer goalkeeper. She was a goalkeeper for the United States women's national soccer team from 2000 to 2016, and is a World Cup champion and two-time Olympic gold medalist. Afte ...

Aly Wagner Alyson Kay Wagner (born August 10, 1980) is an American sports broadcaster and retired soccer midfielder who last played for Los Angeles Sol of Women's Professional Soccer and the United States women's national soccer team. She is a two-time Ol ...

Christie Welsh Christie Renee Welsh (born February 27, 1981) is an American former soccer player who played as a forward. She previously played for the New York Power of Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA) as well as the Los Angeles Sol, Saint Louis ...

Alex Morgan Alexandra Morgan Carrasco (born Alexandra Patricia Morgan; July 2, 1989) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a striker and captains for San Diego Wave FC of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL), the highest division o ...

* Morgan Brian Welsh * Jess Fishlock

Current staff

Honours

Official

( Champions of France) (level 1) :(15, record): 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10,

2010–11 1 (one, unit, unity) is a number representing a single or the only entity. 1 is also a numerical digit and represents a single unit of counting or measurement. For example, a line segment of ''unit length'' is a line segment of length 1. ...

, 2011–12,

2012–13 1 (one, unit, unity) is a number representing a single or the only entity. 1 is also a numerical digit and represents a single unit of counting or measurement. For example, a line segment of ''unit length'' is a line segment of length 1. I ...

, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2021–22 *

Coupe de France Féminine A coupe or coupé (, ) is a passenger car with a sloping or truncated rear roofline and two doors. The term ''coupé'' was first applied to horse-drawn carriages for two passengers without rear-facing seats. It comes from the French past parti ...

:(9, record): 2007–08, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2018–19, 2019–20 *

Trophée des Championnes The Trophée des Championnes is a French women's association football trophy contested as an annual match between the champions of Division 1 Féminine and the winners of the Coupe de France Féminine from previous season. It is the female equ ...

:(2, record) 2019,

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:(8, record):

, 2011–12, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2021–22

Invitational

* International Women's Club Championship :Winners:

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* Valais Cup :Winners: 2014 *

Women's International Champions Cup The Women's International Champions Cup (WICC) is an annual club women's soccer invitational tournament in the United States. Launched by Relevent Sports Group in 2018, it features four American and European women's soccer teams competing for the ...

:Winners:

2019 File:2019 collage v1.png, From top left, clockwise: Hong Kong protests turn to widespread riots and civil disobedience; House of Representatives votes to adopt articles of impeachment against Donald Trump; CRISPR gene editing first used to experim ...

*Trophée Veolia Féminin :Winners: 2020

Others

* Guinness world record for most consecutive victories in all competitions: 41 wins (from 28 April 2012 to 18 May 2013).

Record in UEFA Women's Champions League

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

List of seasons

Top scorers in bold were also the top scorers in the

that season.

References

External links

*
Club at uefa.com
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