Parc Olympique Lyonnais, known for sponsorship reasons as Groupama Stadium, is a 59,186-seat

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, in the

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. The home of French football club

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(OL), it replaced their previous stadium, the

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, in January 2016. The Stade de Gerland became the home of

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. It is the third largest stadium in France, behind

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in Saint-Denis (

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) and

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. The stadium was a host of

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, and was also chosen to stage the

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and the 2018 UEFA Europa League Final, in addition to the

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and football at the

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. Outside football, the ground has also held

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and

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matches, as well as musical concerts.

Construction

On 1 September 2008, Olympique Lyonnais president

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announced plans to create a new 60,000-seat stadium, tentatively called ''OL Land'', to be built on 50 hectares of land located in

, a suburb of

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. The stadium would also include state-of-the-art sporting facilities, two hotels, a leisure center, and commercial and business offices. On 13 October 2008, the project was agreed upon by the French government, the General Council of Rhône, the

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, and the commune of Décines for construction with approximately

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180 million of public money being used and between €60–80 million coming from the

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. The project was hindered by slow administrative procedures, political interests, and various opposition groups who viewed the stadium as financially, ecologically, and socially wrong for the taxpayers and community of Décines. After landscaping in 2012, stadium construction started in summer 2013.

Football

played their first game in the new stadium on 9 January 2016, winning 4–1 against

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;

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scored the first goal at the ground. In November 2009, the

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chose Parc Olympique Lyonnais one of the twelve stadiums to be used in the country's bidding for

. It hosted six games at the tournament, including the hosts' 2–1 win over the

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in the last 16, and eventual champions

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's 2–0 win over Wales in the semi-finals. In September 2016, the new stadium was chosen as the host of the

, the first time that the final had been hosted outside the Paris area.

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won 4–1 against

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. On 9 December 2016,

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announced that Parc OL had been chosen to host the 2018 UEFA Europa League Final on 16 May 2018. Parc OL was one of nine stadiums hosting matches at the

, staging the semi-finals and the final. 11 matches, 5 men's and 6 women's, were hosted in the stadium during the

. The record league attendance at the Parc OL is 58,230 during a fixture against

in the

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season, and the record European league attendance is 58,018 during a fixture against

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in the 2024–25 Europa League season.

UEFA Euro 2016

2019 FIFA Women's World Cup

2023 Rugby World Cup

France national football team

2024 UEFA Women's Nations League Finals

The stadium was one of three selected to host the

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matches. It hosted one match.

2024 Summer Olympics

Concerts

Other uses

The venue hosted an outdoor

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game between

and

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on 30 December 2016. In that game, Grenoble defeated Lyon 5–2; the attendance at that game was 25,142, which turned out to be the all-time record attendance for an ice hockey game in France. Parc Olympique Lyonnais hosted the finals of

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and

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in 2016. It was one of nine venues chosen for France's hosting of the

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. The stadium will also host the match between

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and

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on the final weekend of the 2024 Six Nations on 16 March 2024; this is because the

in Saint-Denis is unavailable while it is being prepared for use in the

References

External links

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