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{{Short description|French footballer and manager (born 1980)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Sonia Bompastor
| image = 20250510-Sonia Bompastor.jpg
| upright = 0.9
| caption = Bompastor in 2025
| full_name = Sonia Bompastor<ref name="Legion">{{cite journal |date=15 May 2014 |title=Décret du 14 mai 2014 portant promotion et nomination |trans-title=Decree of 14 May 2014 on promotion and appointment |url=https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jorf/id/JORFTEXT000028933511 |journal=Official Journal of the French Republic |volume=2014 |issue=112 |id=PREX1409874D |accessdate=15 March 2025 |language=fr}}</ref>
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1980|6|8|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Blois]], Loir-et-Cher, France
| height = 1.62 m
| position = [[Midfielder]]
| currentclub = [[Chelsea F.C. Women|Chelsea]] (manager)
| clubnumber = 
| youthyears1 = 1988–1994
| youthclubs1 = US Mer
| youthyears2 = 1994–1997
| youthclubs2 = US Thoury
| youthyears3 = 1997–2000
| youthclubs3 = Tours EC
| years1 = 2000–2002
| clubs1 = [[ESOF Vendée La Roche-sur-Yon|La Roche-sur-Yon]]
| caps1 = <!-- LEAGUE APPEARANCES & GOALS ONLY-->
| goals1 = 
| years2 = 2002–2006
| clubs2 = [[Montpellier HSC (Ladies)|Montpellier]]
| caps2 = 83 <!-- LEAGUE APPEARANCES & GOALS ONLY-->
| goals2 = 36
| years3 = 2006–2009
| clubs3 = [[Olympique Lyonnais (Ladies)|Lyon]]
| caps3 = 54 <!-- LEAGUE APPEARANCES & GOALS ONLY-->
| goals3 = 15
| years4 = 2009–2010
| clubs4 = [[Washington Freedom (soccer)|Washington Freedom]]
| caps4 = 41 <!-- LEAGUE APPEARANCES & GOALS ONLY-->
| goals4 = 6
| years5 = 2009–2010
| clubs5 = → [[Paris Saint-Germain Féminines|Paris Saint-Germain]] (loan)
| caps5 = 13 <!-- LEAGUE APPEARANCES & GOALS ONLY-->
| goals5 = 10
| years6 = 2010–2013
| clubs6 = [[Olympique Lyonnais (Ladies)|Lyon]]
| caps6 = 59 <!-- LEAGUE APPEARANCES & GOALS ONLY-->
| goals6 = 4
| nationalyears1 = 1997–1998
| nationalteam1 = [[France women's national under-18 football team|France U18]]
| nationalcaps1 = 3
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 2000–2013
| nationalteam2 = [[France women's national football team|France]]
| nationalcaps2 = 156
| nationalgoals2 = 19
| manageryears1 = 2013–2021
| managerclubs1 = [[Olympique Lyonnais Féminin|Lyon]] Academy
| manageryears2 = 2021–2024
| managerclubs2 = [[Olympique Lyonnais Féminin|Lyon]]
| manageryears3 = 2024–
| managerclubs3 = [[Chelsea F.C. Women|Chelsea]]
}}
'''Sonia Bompastor''' ({{IPA|fr|sɔnja bɔ̃pastɔʁ|lang}}, {{IPA|pt-PT|ˈsɔnjɐ βõpɐʃˈtoɾ|lang}}; born 8 June 1980) is a French [[association football|football]] manager and former player who manages [[Chelsea F.C. Women|Chelsea]] of the English [[Women's Super League]].<ref name="Chelsea">{{cite web |title=Sonia Bompastor to become Chelsea Women Head Coach |url=https://www.chelseafc.com/en/news/article/sonia-bompastor-to-become-chelsea-women-head-coach |publisher=Chelsea F.C. |access-date=29 May 2024 |date=29 May 2024 |archive-date=29 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240529161124/https://www.chelseafc.com/en/news/article/sonia-bompastor-to-become-chelsea-women-head-coach |url-status=live }}</ref> She is the first person to win the [[UEFA Women's Champions League]] as both a player and a manager, and is widely considered to be one of the best women's players in French history.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.instagram.com/p/Cd1d3Cir0s1/ | title=UEFA Women's Champions League on Instagram: "𝓗𝓲𝓼𝓽𝓸𝓻𝔂 𝓜𝓪𝓴𝓮𝓻 👏 👑 Lyon boss Sonia Bompastor is the first woman to win the #UWCL title as a player and coach! 😍 #UWCLfinal &#124; @olfeminin" | access-date=23 May 2022 | archive-date=27 September 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220927031006/https://www.instagram.com/p/Cd1d3Cir0s1/ | url-status=live }}</ref>

Bompastor was a [[midfielder]], preferably on the left side; she also played at [[Defender (football)|left back]]. She was a two-time winner of the [[National Union of Professional Footballers]] (UNFP) [[Trophées UNFP du football#Player of the Year 3|Female Player of the Year]], and following a move to the [[Women's Professional Soccer]] (WPS) league in the [[United States of America|United States]], earned Player of the Month and All-Star honors.

Bompastor began her football career joining US Mer in 1988. In 1992, she joined US Thoury. In the same year, she earned selection to nationally recognized [[CNFE Clairefontaine|Clairefontaine]] academy joining alongside a select group of female players. After her stint at Clairefontaine, she joined Tours EC, now the women's section of professional club [[Tours FC]]. In 2000, she joined [[Division 1 Féminine]] club [[ESOF Vendée La Roche-sur-Yon]] and performed well enough to earn a move to [[Montpellier HSC (Ladies)|Montpellier]]. At Montpellier, Bompastor earned domestic and individual honors, which resulted in a move to champions [[Olympique Lyonnais (Ladies)|Lyon]]. In 2008, she joined the new [[United States]]-based women's soccer league, [[Women's Professional Soccer]], after her American playing rights were chosen by [[Washington Freedom (soccer)|Washington Freedom]] in the [[2008 WPS International Draft]].<ref name="womensprosoccer.com">[http://www.womensprosoccer.com/newsitem_ektid5514.aspx?team=dc Freedom sticks close to home with draft choices] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081010024322/http://www.womensprosoccer.com/newsitem_ektid5514.aspx?team=dc |date=10 October 2008 }}</ref> After helping the Freedom reached the playoffs, Bompastor returned to France where she played for [[Paris Saint-Germain F.C. (Ladies)|Paris Saint-Germain]] on loan. In 2010, she announced that she would be returned to Lyon for the [[2010–11 in French football|2010–11 season]] and, subsequently, was a part of the team that won the [[2010–11 UEFA Women's Champions League]].

Bompastor is also a [[France women's national football team|French international]]. Prior to playing for the senior team, she played at youth level representing the under-18 team at the 1998 UEFA Women's Under-18 Championship. She made her senior international debut in February 2000 in a friendly match against [[Scotland women's national football team|Scotland]]. From 2004 to 2006, she served as the national team's [[Captain (association football)|captain]]. Bompastor has played in numerous tournaments for her nation beginning with [[UEFA Women's Euro 2001]].

In June 2013, Bompastor chose to end her career after the [[Coupe de France Féminine|French Women's Cup]] final.<ref name=":0">{{cite news |url=https://www.uefa.com/womenschampionsleague/news/020a-0e15d7b4893c-d3f9562706b0-1000--lyon-and-france-stalwart-bompastor-bows-out/|title=Lyon and France stalwart Bompastor bows out|work=[[UEFA]]|publisher=UEFA|date=7 June 2013|access-date=22 June 2013}}</ref> She became the academy director of [[Olympique Lyonnais Féminin]] after retirement.<ref>{{cite news |title=JEAN-MICHEL AULAS : "WE WILL BRING OUR EXPERTISE AND OUR PASSION TO THIS PROJECT" |url=https://www.ol.fr/en/contents/articles/2019/12/19/jean-michel-aulas-we-bring-our-expertise-and-passion |accessdate=20 December 2019 |publisher=Olympique Lyonnais |date=19 December 2019 |archive-date=20 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191220101636/https://www.ol.fr/en/contents/articles/2019/12/19/jean-michel-aulas-we-bring-our-expertise-and-passion |url-status=live }}</ref> In April 2021, she took over as manager of Lyon's first team, where she managed the team for four seasons. In 2024, Bompastor was appointed by English club [[Chelsea F.C. Women|Chelsea]], from which she managed to win the domestic treble in her first season.

==Club career==
===Early career===
Bompastor was born in [[Blois]], Loir-et-Cher, and began playing football at an early age. Of [[Portugal|Portuguese]] origin, both of her parents are from [[Póvoa de Varzim]] and most of her family still lives in the area. Bompastor told Ma Chaîne Sport that she always goes to Póvoa when she has the opportunity to do so.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Madeira: deputado do PSD-M diz que mandato de Cavaco Silva tem sido "mais ou menos" |url=https://www.ojogo.pt/27-153/artigo930419.asp/ |access-date=22 April 2024 |website=O Jogo |date=8 April 2008 |language=pt}}</ref> She was drawn to football through her father, who was a [[referee (association football)|referee]].<ref name ="capitaine_bompastor">{{cite news | url = http://www.elle.fr/elle/Societe/Les-enquetes/Le-foot-jusqu-au-bout-des-ongles/Sonia-Bompastor-capitaine-de-l-Equipe-de-France/%28gid%29/655640 | title = Sonia Bompastor, capitaine de l'Equipe de France | date = 21 June 2008 | accessdate = 10 April 2010 | publisher = Elle | language = French | archive-date = 1 January 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110101022940/http://www.elle.fr/elle/Societe/Les-enquetes/Le-foot-jusqu-au-bout-des-ongles/Sonia-Bompastor-capitaine-de-l-Equipe-de-France/(gid)/655640 | url-status = dead }}</ref> He took her to many of the games he refereed on the weekends and Bompastor quickly developed an attraction towards the game.<ref name ="capitaine_bompastor" />

Bompastor began her football career in 1988 at US Mer, a local club in a neighboring [[Intentional community|commune]], playing with the club's mixed team. In 1992, she joined US Thoury. That same year, she earned selection to an exclusive female team that was given clearance to train at the [[CNFE Clairefontaine|Clairefontaine]] academy by the [[French Football Federation]].<ref name ="capitaine_bompastor" /> The academy had quickly become a high-level training facility for male football players and supporters of [[Women's association football|women's football]] wanted younger women to be afforded the same benefits from the facilities as young men. Following vocational training at Clairefontaine, Bompastor moved to amateur team Tours EC. She spent four years at the club before joining [[ESOF Vendée La Roche-sur-Yon]] of the [[Division 1 Féminine]] in 2000.

=== Professional career ===
Bompastor's professional career began with [[ESOF Vendée La Roche-sur-Yon]] in 2000.  She scored seven goals over her two years with the club before moving to [[Montpellier HSC]] in 2002.

At Montpellier, Bompastor blossomed and scored 38 goals over four seasons while helping the club win league titles in 2004 and 2005, as well as the 2006 [[Coupe de France|Challenge de France]] (women's version of the [[Coupe de France]]). In that 2005-06 campaign, Montpellier also reached the [[UEFA Women's Champions League|UEFA Women's Cup]] semi-finals.

[[File:Sonia Bompastor.jpg|thumb|upright|Bompastor playing for [[Washington Freedom (soccer)|Washington Freedom]] in 2009]]

Lyon was the next destination for Bompastor, for whom she joined in the summer of 2006.  She became an important part of the side that won back-to-back league titles in 2006-07 and 2007-08, also winning the Challenge de France in 2008 to complete a domestic [[Double (association football)|double]].  This gave her six titles in a span of four years, equal to teammates [[Camille Abily]] and [[Élodie Thomis]], who were also a part of the same Montpellier team Bompastor had previously played for.

On 24 September 2008, Bompastor was selected to join the new [[United States]]-based women's soccer league, [[Women's Professional Soccer]], after her American playing rights were chosen by [[Washington Freedom (soccer)|Washington Freedom]] in the [[2008 WPS International Draft]].<ref name="womensprosoccer.com"/> Her Lyon teammate [[Louisa Necib]] was also chosen by the Freedom.  In the [[2009 Women's Professional Soccer season]], Bompastor appeared in 19 games (all starts, 1709 total minutes) and scored four goals with six assists.  She was included in the league's all-star team in each of her two seasons with Washington Freedom.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lyon and France stalwart Bompastor bows out |url=https://www.uefa.com/womenschampionsleague/news/020a-0e15d7b4893c-d3f9562706b0-1000--lyon-and-france-stalwart-bompastor-bows-out/}}</ref>

Following the conclusion of the season, she returned to France with a loan move to [[FFF Women's Division 1|D1 Féminine]] side [[Paris Saint-Germain F.C. (Ladies)|Paris Saint-Germain]], for whom she scored an impressive ten goals in 13 league games. In 2010, Bompastor confirmed she would re-join Lyon ahead of the 2010-11 season, where she reunited with former Montpellier coach [[Patrice Lair]].

In her first season back, Bompastor captained Lyon to the French league title and she also won the first UEFA Women's Champions League of her career, with Les Fenottes beating German outfit [[1. FFC Turbine Potsdam|Turbine Potsdam]] 2-0 in the [[2011 UEFA Women's Champions League final|final]] at [[Craven Cottage]]. Bompastor was at the heart of a hugely successful Lyon team that repeated their league and Champions League successes in the next season, also adding the Coupe de France to complete the first [[Treble (association football)|treble]] in Lyon's history. In the [[2012 UEFA Women's Champions League final|2012 UWCL final]], they beat [[Eintracht Frankfurt (women)|Frankfurt]] 2-0 in front of over 50,000 fans at the [[Olympiastadion (Munich)|Olympiastadion]] in [[Munich]], claimed by UEFA to be a European record for women's club football.

Bompastor again led Lyon to the [[FFF Women's Division 1|D1 Féminine]] title in 2012-13 but her side were beaten 1-0 by [[VfL Wolfsburg (women)|Wolfsburg]] in the [[2013 UEFA Women's Champions League final|2013 Champions League final]]. In June 2013, the defender announced that she will retire from football after that month's Coupe de France Féminine final against [[AS Saint-Étienne (women)|AS Saint-Étienne]]. "I figured it was a good time (to stop)," she said. "In terms of career and track record, I've won all that I could win. As a woman, I have other goals such as starting a family."<ref name=":0" />

In her last match before retirement, she played 81 minutes and provided a set-piece assist for [[Eugénie Le Sommer|Eugenie Le Sommer]] as Lyon beat Saint-Étienne 3-1 in the 2013 Coupe de France final.{{citation needed|date=March 2025}} This triumph completed the third domestic double of Bompastor's career.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lyon win cup on Bompastor swansong |url=https://www.uefa.com/womenschampionsleague/news/0252-0ce4324547b2-cf4c63bc5458-1000--lyon-win-cup-on-bompastor-swansong/}}</ref> Across the three seasons of her second spell with Lyon, Bompastor made 94 appearances, scored nine goals, lifted seven trophies and solidified her legacy as one of the world's best women's players of her generation.

== International career ==
Bompastor made her international debut for ''[[France women's national football team|the Bleues]]'' on 26 February 2000 in a match against [[Scotland women's national football team|Scotland]].  She was a member of the squads that participated in the [[UEFA Women's Euro 2001|2001]] (her first tournament with France), [[UEFA Women's Euro 2005|2005]], and [[UEFA Women's Euro 2009|2009]] editions of the [[UEFA Women's Championship]].  She also represented France at the [[2003 FIFA Women's World Cup]] and the [[2011 FIFA Women's World Cup]]. Bompastor's strong displays in the 2011 edition, where France finished fourth, saw her named in FIFA's [[2011 FIFA Women's World Cup#All-Star Team|All-Star Team]] of the Tournament.

On 27 September 2008, Bompastor picked up her 100th cap in a crucial [[UEFA Women's Euro 2009]] qualifying match against [[Iceland women's national football team|Iceland]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.uefa.com/competitions/woco/news/kind=1/newsid=754278.html |title=France aim to spoil Iceland dream |access-date=16 October 2008 |archive-date=30 September 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080930010902/http://www.uefa.com/competitions/woco/news/kind=1/newsid=754278.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> which France won 2&ndash;1. She finished her international career with 156 appearances and 19 goals to her name, making her France's eighth most capped player of all time (as of February 2025).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Footofeminin.fr - Équipe de France A - Toutes les sélectionnées |url=https://www.statsfootofeminin.fr/selection/recap.php?id=1 |access-date=2025-03-18 |website=www.statsfootofeminin.fr}}</ref>

== Managerial career ==
=== Lyon ===
After retiring from playing football in 2013, Bompastor moved into a coaching role at [[Olympique Lyonnais Féminin|Lyon]]'s academy. She managed at the club's academy for eight years.

In April 2021, Bompastor was appointed manager of Lyon's first team, making her the first woman to ever take charge of Les Fenottes.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2021-04-27 |title=Lyon: Sonia Bompastor replaces Jean-Luc Vasseur as French champions' coach |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/56901956 |access-date=2025-03-18 |work=BBC Sport |language=en-GB}}</ref> During the 2021-22 campaign, her first full season in charge, she impressively led Lyon to a [[Double (association football)#Continental double|double]]: [[2021–22 Division 1 Féminine|Division 1]] and [[2021–22 UEFA Women's Champions League|UEFA Women's Champions League]] success. The UWCL triumph in May 2022, where her side beat [[FC Barcelona Femení|Barcelona]] 3-1 in the [[2022 UEFA Women's Champions League final|final]], meant Bompastor became the first person to win Europe's top competition as both a player and a head coach.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-05-20 |title=Barcelona 1-3 Lyon: Brilliant Lyon win eighth Champions League crown |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/61521276.amp |access-date=2025-03-18 |website=BBC Sport |language=en-gb}}</ref>

Bompastor won three consecutive Division 1 titles in the [[2021–22 Division 1 Féminine|2021–22]], [[2022–23 Division 1 Féminine|2022–23]] and [[2023–24 Division 1 Féminine|2023–24]] seasons respectively. In the [[2022-23 UEFA Women's Champions League|2022–23]] [[UWCL]], Bompastor's Lyon team reached the quarter-final, where they fell 3-2 on aggregate to [[Chelsea F.C. Women|Chelsea]]. The following year, in the [[2023-24 UEFA Women's Champions League|2023–24]] [[UWCL]], she led them to the final of the competition for a second time, but they ultimately lost 2-0 to the [[List of association football teams to have won four or more trophies in one season#Women|quadruple]]-winning [[FC Barcelona Femení|Barcelona]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Women's Pro results |url=https://www.ol.fr/en/football/women-pro/calendar/results?page=2 |access-date=2025-01-29 |website=}}</ref> In total, she lifted seven trophies overall during her spell at Lyon.

=== Chelsea ===
On 29 May 2024, Bompastor was appointed manager of [[Chelsea F.C. Women|Chelsea]], on a four-year deal.<ref name="Chelsea"/> She replaced [[Emma Hayes]], who had been in charge for 12 years.

She managed her first match with Chelsea on 20 September 2024 in a 1–0 win over [[Aston Villa W.F.C.|Aston Villa]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Sanders|first=Emma|date=20 September 2024|title=Chelsea 1-0 Aston Villa|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/live/c1jdd61x823t|access-date=20 September 2024|website=BBC Sport|archive-date=20 September 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240920171522/https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/live/c1jdd61x823t|url-status=live}}</ref> On 12 October 2024, she led Chelsea to the club's first ever win at the [[Emirates Stadium]] and the club's first away win to [[Arsenal W.F.C.|Arsenal]] since 2020 when they won the match 2–1.<ref>{{Cite web| last=Sanders |first=Emma|date=12 October 2024|title=Arsenal 1-2 Chelsea| url= https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/live/c3rlz0x2ne7t|access-date=20 September 2024| website=BBC Sport}}</ref>

On 16 November 2024, Chelsea beat [[Manchester City W.F.C.|Manchester City]] 2–0 to go to the top of the [[Women's Super League|WSL]] table after winning each of their seven league matches with Bompastor in charge (ten wins out of ten matches in all competitions).<ref>{{Cite web|last=Sanders|first=Emma|date=16 November 2024|title=Chelsea 2-0 Manchester City|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/live/c8xpdq0kyk8t|access-date=17 November 2024|website=BBC Sport|archive-date=15 November 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241115194318/https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/live/c8xpdq0kyk8t|url-status=live}}</ref> It was the best-ever start for any manager in the league’s fourteen-year history.<ref>{{Cite web | title= 'Every record has to be broken' - Bompastor makes WSL history with Man City win| url= https://www.fotmob.com/news/185oxvb4o7aw11ly0df2sldjag-every-record-has-be-broken-bompastor-makes-wsl-history-man-city-win|access-date=17 November 2024| website=FotMob| date= 16 November 2024}}</ref>

On 15 March 2025, Bompastor won her first trophy with Chelsea after beating [[Manchester City W.F.C.|Manchester City]] 2–1 at Pride Park in the [[2024–25 Women's League Cup|2024–25]] [[FA Women's League Cup|FA Women's League Cup]] final. It was the club's first success in the competition since 2021 after they had lost the previous three finals in a row.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Salley|first=Emily|date=15 March 2025|title=Chelsea 2-1 Manchester City|url= https://www.bbc.com/sport/live/cgq9z8xqnj8t|access-date=15 March 2025|website=BBC Sport}}</ref>

On 30 April 2025, Bompastor's Chelsea beat [[Manchester United W.F.C.|Manchester United]] 1-0 at Leigh Sports Village to seal a sixth consecutive [[Women's Super League|WSL]] title and a ninth league title overall for the club.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Sanders|first=Emma|date=30 April 2025|title= Manchester United 0-1 Chelsea|url= https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/live/cwynj4lnz2dt|access-date=30 April 2025|website=BBC Sport}}</ref> In doing so, Bompastor became the first manager since Laura Harvey to win the [[Women's Super League|WSL]] title in her first season in charge.<ref>{{Cite web | title= Record breaking WSL title success| url= https://x.com/OptaJoe/status/1917690832603304287|access-date=30 April 2025| website=Opta Joe via X| date= 30 April 2025}}</ref> After ending the [[Women's Super League|WSL]] campaign at Stamford Bridge with a 1-0 win over [[Liverpool W.F.C.|Liverpool]], it meant that Bompastor led to Chelsea becoming the first team in the competition's history to finish a 22-game season unbeaten while also setting a new record of 60 points which is the best points tally ever by a single team in the competition's history.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Sanders|first=Emma|date=10 May 2025|title= Chelsea 1-0 Liverpool|url= https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/live/cq5wv196ge2t|access-date=10 May 2025|website=BBC Sport}}</ref>

On 18 May 2025, Chelsea beat [[Manchester United W.F.C.|Manchester United]] 3-0 in the [[2024–25 Women's FA Cup|2024–25]] [[Women's FA Cup]] final in front of a crowd of 74,412 at [[Wembley Stadium]] to complete a historic unbeaten domestic treble.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Sanders|first=Emma|date=18 May 2025|title= Chelsea 3-0 Manchester United|url= https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/live/c5yegvjzq0vt|access-date=18 May 2025|website=BBC Sport}}</ref> In doing so, Chelsea became the first English women's team since [[Arsenal W.F.C.|Arsenal]] in 2000/01 to win the domestic treble unbeaten and Bompastor is just the third manager to win a domestic treble in the WSL era after Laura Harvey for Arsenal in 2011 and Emma Hayes for Chelsea in 2021.<ref>{{Cite web | title= More history for Chelsea| url= https://x.com/si_footballclub/status/1924111447631495333?s=46&t=bCkYh2_ivJCI9aQW_RX6GA|access-date=18 May 2025| website=Sports Illustrated via X| date= 18 May 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | title= An incredible first season in England for Bompastor| url= https://x.com/Squawka/status/1924111023897739698|access-date=18 May 2025| website=Squawka via X| date= 18 May 2025}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
In February 2025, Bompastor and her assistant [[Camille Abily]] announced that they have been in a relationship for 13 years and that they have four children together.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Actualites/Sonia-bompastor-et-camille-abily-coaches-de-chelsea-et-en-couple-parler-de-nos-vies-privees-ce-n-est-pas-ce-qu-on-prefere/1541114 | title=Sonia Bompastor et Camille Abily, coaches de Chelsea et en couple : « Parler de nos vies privées, ce n'est pas ce qu'on préfère » }}</ref> Abily was Lyon's assistant coach before Bompastor took over at the club, and she has been Bompastor's assistant both at Lyon and Chelsea.

== Career statistics ==

=== Club ===
{{Updated|18 September 2016}}<ref name=footo>{{cite web |url=http://www.statsfootofeminin.fr/joueur.php?id=42&joueur=11 |title=La Carriere de Sonia Bompastor |accessdate=18 September 2016 |publisher=StatsFootoFeminin |archive-date=4 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404044833/http://www.statsfootofeminin.fr/joueur.php?joueur=11&id=42 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.olweb.fr/fr/Accueil/300104/Fiche-Joueur/1545/BOMPASTOR-Sonia?grp=3&saison=2011 |title=BOMPASTOR Sonia |accessdate=19 June 2011 |publisher=[[Olympique Lyonnais]] |archive-date=10 May 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120510182620/http://www.olweb.fr/fr/Accueil/300104/Fiche-Joueur/1545/BOMPASTOR-Sonia?grp=3&saison=2011 |url-status=live }}</ref>

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|-
|2003–04
|22||7||3||1||0||0||25||8
|-
|2004–05
|18||5||0||0||9||2||27||7
|-
|2005–06
|21||12||0||0||5||1||26||13
|-
!Total
!83!!36!!5!!2!!14!!3!!102!!41
|-
|rowspan="4"|[[Olympique Lyonnais (Ladies)|Lyon]]
|2006–07
|20||9||0||0||0||0||20||9
|-
|2007–08
|21||5||5||3||9||2||35||10
|-
|[[2008–09 Division 1 Féminine|2008–09]]
|13||1||0||0||5||1||18||2
|-
!Total
!54!!15!!5!!3!!14!!3!!73!!21
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[Washington Freedom (soccer)|Washington Freedom]]
|[[2009 Women's Professional Soccer season|2009]]
|19||4||||||||||19||4
|-
|[[2010 Women's Professional Soccer season|2010]]
|22||2||||||||||22||2
|-
!Total
!41!!6!!!!!!!!!!41!!6
|-
|[[Paris Saint-Germain F.C. (Ladies)|Paris Saint-Germain]]
|[[2009–10 Division 1 Féminine|2009–10]]
|13||10||0||0||0||0||13||10
|-
|rowspan="4"|Lyon
|[[2010–11 Division 1 Féminine|2010–11]]
|19||2||3||0||6||1||28||3
|-
|[[2011–12 Division 1 Féminine|2011–12]]
|22||2||4||0||8||2||34||4
|-
|[[2012–13 Division 1 Féminine|2012–13]]
|18||0||5||0||9||2||32||2
|-
!Total
!59!!4!!12!!0!!51!!5!!94!!9
|-
!colspan="2"|Career total
!250!!71!!22!!5!!37!!11!!309!!87
|}

=== International ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year<ref name=footo/><ref>[http://www.fff.fr/individus/selections/visu_fiche.php?in_no=1425325992&id_cat=2 BOMPASTOR Sonia] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716191856/http://www.fff.fr/individus/selections/visu_fiche.php?in_no=1425325992&id_cat=2 |date=16 July 2011 }}, [[French Football Federation]], retrieved 19 June 2011</ref>
|-
!National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="13"|[[France women's national football team|France]]
|1999–2000||3||0
|-
|2000–01||14||0
|-
|2001–02||10||0
|-
|2002–03||13||1
|-
|2003–04||15||5
|-
|2004–05||10||0
|-
|2005–06||13||2
|-
|2006–07||13||1
|-
|2007–08||8||1
|-
|2008–09||5||1
|-
|[[2009–10 in French football|2009–10]]||12||4
|-
|[[2010–11 in French football|2010–11]]||17||2
|-
|[[2011–12 in French football|2011–12]]||23||2
|-
!colspan="2"|Total!!156!!19
|}

{{International goals collapsed header}}
|-
| 1 || 23 August 2002 || [[Stade Félix-Bollaert]], [[Lens, Pas-de-Calais|Lens]], [[France]] || {{fbw|DEN}} || {{center|'''2'''–0}} || {{center|2–0}} || [[2003 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification]]
|-
| 2 || 21 February 2004 || [[Stade de la Mosson]], [[Montpellier]], France || {{fbw|SCO}} || {{center|'''1'''–1}} || {{center|6–3}} || [[Exhibition match|Friendly]]
|-
| 3 || 21 February 2004 || Stade de La Mosson, Montpellier, France || {{fbw|SCO}} || {{center|'''5'''–3}} || {{center|6–3}} || Friendly
|-
| 4 || 14 March 2004 || Estádio da Nora, [[Ferreiras]], [[Portugal]] || {{fbw|USA}} || {{center|5–'''1'''}} || {{center|5–1}} || 2004 Algarve Cup
|-
| 5 || 16 March 2004 || Estádio Municipal, [[Quarteira]], Portugal || {{fbw|SWE}} || {{center|0–'''3'''}} || {{center|0–3}} || 2004 Algarve Cup
|-
| 6 || 21 February 2004 || [[Stade Auguste Delaune]], [[Reims]], France || {{fbw|HUN}} || {{center|'''2'''–0}} || {{center|6–0}} || [[2005 UEFA Women's Championship qualification]]
|-
| 7 || 21 February 2004 || Stade Fernand Sastre, [[Sens]], [[France]] || {{fbw|IRL}} || {{center|'''3'''–0}} || {{center|6–0}} || Friendly
|-
| 8 || 22 April 2006 || [[Stadion Eszperantó Út]], [[Dunaújváros]], [[Hungary]] || {{fbw|HUN}} || {{center|0–'''2'''}} || {{center|0–5}} || [[2007 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification]] 
|-
| 9 || 22 November 2006 || [[Stade de la Libération]], [[Boulogne-sur-Mer]], France || {{fbw|BEL}} || {{center|'''4'''–0}} || {{center|6–0}} || [[Exhibition match|Friendly]]
|-
| 10 || 23 April 2008 || [[Yiannis Pathiakakis Stadium]], [[Akratitos]], [[Greece]] || {{fbw|GRE}} || {{center|0–'''3'''}} || {{center|0–5}} || UEFA Women's Euro 2009 qualifying
|-
| 11 || 25 April 2009 || Colmar Stadium, [[Colmar]], France || {{fbw|SUI}} || {{center|'''1'''–0}} || {{center|1–0}} || Friendly
|-
| 12 || 24 August 2009 || [[Ratina Stadion]], [[Tampere]], [[Finland]] || {{fbw|ISL}} || {{center|1–'''2'''}} || {{center|1–3}} || [[UEFA Women's Euro 2009]]
|-
| 13 || 25 February 2010 || [[Richmond Park (football ground)|Richman Park]], [[Dublin]], [[Ireland]] || {{fbw|IRL}} || {{center|0–'''1'''}} || {{center|1–2}} || Friendly
|-
| 14 || 27 March 2010 || Stade de la Libération, Boulogne-sur-Mer, France || {{fbw|NIR}} || {{center|'''2'''–0}} || {{center|6–0}} || [[2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification (UEFA)|2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification]]
|-
| 15 || 31 March 2010 || [[Windsor Park]], [[Belfast]], [[Northern Ireland]] || {{fbw|NIR}} || {{center|0–'''1'''}} || {{center|0–4}} || 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
|-
| 16 || 15 September 2010 || Stadio Pietro Barbetti, [[Gubbio]], [[Italy]] || {{fbw|ITA}} || {{center|1–'''3'''}} || {{center|2–3}} || 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
|-
| 17 || 13 July 2011 || [[Borussia-Park]], [[Mönchengladbach]], [[Germany]] || {{fbw|USA}} || {{center|'''1'''–1}} || {{center|1–3}} || [[2011 FIFA Women's World Cup]]
|-
| 18 || 26 October 2011 || [[Stade de l'Aube]], [[Troyes]], France || {{fbw|ISR}} || {{center|'''2'''–0}} || {{center|5–0}} || [[UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying]]
|-
| 19 || 28 February 2012 || [[GSP Stadium]], [[Nicosia]], [[Cyprus]] || {{fbw|SUI}} || {{center|'''3'''–0}} || {{center|3–0}} || [[2012 Cyprus Cup]]
|}

== Managerial statistics ==
{{Updated|matches played 18 May 2025}}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|+ Managerial record by team and tenure
|-
! rowspan="2" |Team
! rowspan="2" |From 
! rowspan="2" |To 
! colspan="8" |Record
! rowspan="2" |{{abbr|Ref|Reference}}
|-
!{{Tooltip|G|Games managed}}
!{{Tooltip|W|Games won}}
!{{Tooltip|D|Games drawn}}
!{{Tooltip|L|Games lost}}
!{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}}
!{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}}
!{{Tooltip|GD|Goal difference}}
!{{Tooltip|Win %|Winning percentage}}
|-
|[[Olympique Lyonnais Féminin|Lyon (women)]]
| 27 April 2021<ref name="hc">{{cite news |date=27 April 2021 |title=L'OLYMPIQUE LYONNAIS ET JEAN-LUC VASSEUR ONT PRIS LA DÉCISION COMMUNE DE METTRE FIN À LEUR COLLABORATION |trans-title=OLYMPIQUE LYONNAIS AND JEAN-LUC VASSEUR HAVE TAKEN THE JOINT DECISION TO END THEIR COLLABORATION |url=https://www.ol.fr/fr-fr/contenus/articles/2021/04/27/lol-et-jean-luc-vasseur-ont-pris-la-decision-commune-de-mettre-fin-a-leur-collaboration |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220602185112/https://www.ol.fr/fr-fr/contenus/articles/2021/04/27/lol-et-jean-luc-vasseur-ont-pris-la-decision-commune-de-mettre-fin-a-leur-collaboration |archive-date=2 June 2022 |access-date=27 April 2021 |publisher=Lyon}}</ref>
| 25 May 2024
{{WDL|118|100|10|8|for=381|against=71|diff=yes}}
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sonia Bompastor manager profile and live statistics updates - SofaScore|url=https://www.sofascore.com/manager/sonia-bompastor/795960|access-date=10 November 2021|website=www.sofascore.com}}</ref>
|-
|[[Chelsea F.C. Women|Chelsea (women)]]
| 29 May 2024<ref name="Chelsea"/>
| present
{{WDL|40|34|3|3|for=103|against=32|diff=yes}}
|<ref>{{Cite web|title= Sonia Bompastor - stats and career|url=https://www.fotmob.com/players/21297/sonia-bompastor|access-date=16 April 2025|website=www.fotmob.com}}</ref>
|-
!colspan="3"|Total
{{WDLtot|158|134|13|11|for=484|against=103|diff=yes}}
|}

== Honours ==
=== Player ===
'''Montpellier'''
*[[Division 1 Féminine]]: 2003–04, 2004–05{{citation needed|date=August 2019}}
*[[Coupe de France Féminine]]: 2005–06{{citation needed|date=August 2019}}

'''Lyon'''
*Division 1 Féminine: 2006–07, 2007–08, [[2008–09 Division 1 Féminine|2008–09]], [[2010–11 Division 1 Féminine|2010–11]], [[2011–12 Division 1 Féminine|2011–12]], [[2012–13 Division 1 Féminine|2012–13]]{{citation needed|date=August 2019}}
*Coupe de France Féminine: 2007–08, [[2011–12 Coupe de France Féminine|2011–12]], 2012–13{{citation needed|date=August 2019}}
*[[UEFA Women's Champions League]]: [[2010–11 UEFA Women's Champions League|2010–11]], [[2011–12 UEFA Women's Champions League|2011–12]]{{citation needed|date=August 2019}}

'''France'''
*[[Cyprus Cup]]: [[2012 Cyprus Cup|2012]]{{citation needed|date=August 2019}}

'''Individual'''
*[[National Union of Professional Footballers|UNFP]] [[Trophées UNFP du football#Player of the Year 3|Female Player of the Year]]:  2003–04, 2007–08{{citation needed|date=August 2019}}
*[[Women's Professional Soccer|WPS]] Player of the Month: [[2009 Women's Professional Soccer season#Player of the Month|May 2009]]{{citation needed|date=August 2019}}
*[[Women's Professional Soccer|WPS]] All-Star: [[WPS All-Star 2009|2009]], [[WPS All-Star 2010|2010]]{{citation needed|date=August 2019}}
*[[2011 FIFA Women's World Cup#All-Star Team|FIFA Women's World Cup All-Star Team]]: [[2011 FIFA Women's World Cup|2011]]{{citation needed|date=August 2019}}

=== Manager ===
'''Lyon'''
*[[Division 1 Féminine]]: [[2021–22 Division 1 Féminine|2021–22]], [[2022–23 Division 1 Féminine|2022–23]], [[2023-24 Division 1 Féminine|2023–24]]
*[[Coupe de France féminine]]: [[2022–23 Coupe de France Féminine|2022–23]]
*[[Trophée des Championnes]]: [[2022 Trophée des Championnes|2022]], [[2023 Trophée des Championnes|2023]]
*[[UEFA Women's Champions League]]: [[2021–22 UEFA Women's Champions League|2021–22]]

'''Chelsea'''
*[[Women's Super League]]: [[2024–25 Women's Super League|2024–25]]
*[[Women's FA Cup]]: [[2024–25 Women's FA Cup|2024–25]]
*[[FA Women's League Cup]]: [[2024–25 Women's League Cup|2024–25]] 

'''Individual'''
*[[Women's Super League|WSL]] Manager of the Month: [[2024–25 Women's Super League#Monthly awards|September 2024]],<ref name="September Manager of the Month">{{cite web |date=10 October 2024 |title=September Manager of the Month |url= https://x.com/barclayswsl/status/1844332053677965385?s=46&t=bCkYh2_ivJCI9aQW_RX6GA |publisher=Barclays football}}</ref> [[2024–25 Women's Super League#Monthly awards|November 2024]],<ref name="November Manager of the Month">{{cite web |date=6 December 2024 |title=November Manager of the Month |url= https://x.com/barclayswsl/status/1865003256826487243?s=46&t=bCkYh2_ivJCI9aQW_RX6GA}}</ref> [[2024–25 Women's Super League#Monthly awards|January 2025]]<ref name="January Manager of the Month">{{cite web |date=7 February 2025 |title=January Manager of the Month |url= https://x.com/BarclaysWSL/status/1887841241469251771}}</ref>

=== Other ===
'''Orders'''
*[[Knight of the National Order of Merit]]: 2014<ref name="Legion"/>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
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