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OL Lyonnes,[1] formerly known as Script error: No such module "Lang". (Script error: No such module "IPA".; then commonly referred to as Olympique Lyon) and still commonly known as Lyon or simply OL, is a French women's professional football club based in Lyon. The club has been the female section of Olympique Lyonnais since 2004. It is the most successful club in the history of the Première Ligue, with eighteen league titles as Olympique Lyonnais and four league titles as FC Lyon before the acquisition.

Since the 2010s, Lyon has frequently been named the strongest women's team in the world,[2] and has been cited as a model for the development of women's football in both economic and cultural terms.[3] The team has won eight UEFA Women's Champions League titles, including a record five successive titles from 2016 to 2020, as well as fourteen 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 Division 1 Féminine fourteen times and the Coupe de France nine times. Lyon reached the semi-finals of the 2007–08 edition of the UEFA Women's Cup and, during the 2009–10 season, reached the final of the inaugural edition of the UEFA Women's Champions League, losing to German club Turbine Potsdam 7–6 on penalties.[4][5] 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, Wendie Renard, and Eugénie Le Sommer have all won eight Champions League trophies. They are listed by the Guinness World Records as the "Most Women’s Champions League wins by a player".[6]

Lyon's main rivalry is with Paris Saint-Germain, 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 had never lost the D1 title to PSG until 2021 when PSG finished ahead of Lyon, and won five Coupe de France 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.[7]

Lyon hosts its matches at the Stade Gérard Houllier, a stadium of capacity 1,524 located in the Groupama OL Training Center and situated not far from the larger Parc Olympique Lyonnais (sometime called Groupama Stadium) where the male teams play. The women's team does host its "big" matches such as UEFA Women's Champions League at the 59,000-seat stadium.[8][9] Often identified as the "tallest [woman] footballer",[10][11] Wendie Renard had been a long-term captain (and also of the France women's national football team) of the team, having one of the most prolific careers, including most titles won (with Le Sommer), most final appearance and top all-time appearances in the Campions League.[12] According to the UEFA women's coefficient, Lyon was the highest-ranked club in UEFA in 2014,[13] and second in 2025, behind FC Barcelona Femení.[14]

As Kang took over the club in 2024, her immediate action was to have higher-capacity home ground. Groupama OL Training Center has only 1,200 seats. in 2024-25 season, home matches were played at different cities like Bourg-en-Bresse, Grenoble, and Bourgoin-Jallieu. She negotiated with the Lyon OU Rugby to share their home stadium, the Matmut Stadium de Gerland, having a seating capacity of 25,000.[15] However, she was able to convince the OL Groupe to allow the use of Parc Olympique Lyonnais. On 19 May 2025, Kang announced that Parc Olympique Lyonnais will be their home ground from the following season,[16] and that she had taken over the men's training centre, which she will transform into one that is "better than most men's teams's training centres."[17]

On 1 June 2025, the club announced the departure of head coach Joe Montemurro, after one year of his contract.[18] He leaves with a league title under his belt, to take up an opportunity with the Australian women's national team.[19] The following day, 2 June 2025, OL Lyonnes announced the appointment of Jonatan Giráldez as their new Head Coach, on a contract until June 2028[20]

Name

The club's previous names (FC Lyon and Olympic Lyonnais Féminin) were direct references to the city of Lyon.[21][22] On 19 May 2025, Kang announced the new name as "OL Lyonnes"; OL referring to the parent club and lyonnes as a portmanteau of the city and lionnes, a French word for "lionnesses".[23][24] She explained that y was used in place of i to retain reference to the city,[17] and the parent club,[24] but entirely dropping féminin to designate the club as a separate management from that of the men's, as she said, "We wanted to emphasize that lionesses are different than lions."[25]

Along with unveiling the new name, a new logo was introduced which shows the head part of a roaring red lioness with blue and gold accents, and a crest above it.[24] To make distinction from the counterpart men's club that has a lion as an emblem, Kang explained that she was inspired by her safari in Africa from where she learnt that it was the lionesse who do most of the works such as hunting and caring the pride, saying: "I'm talking in real life, male lions sleep 22 hours out of 24 hours. So if you think about lioness, who's really roaring, the fears, competitiveness, protecting and surviving, all those things to us, that was the spirit of lioness."[16] The golden crest signifies the club's success in the highest competitions.[26] The club will also adopt a new slogan: Nouvelle Histoire, Même Légende ("New Story, Same Legend").[27]

Ownership and finances

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On 16 May 2023, OL Groupe and Michele Kang announced the formation of a separate entity that would be composed of Kang's Washington Spirit of the NWSL, and Olympique Lyon Féminin. OL Groupe would sell its NWSL club, OL Reign, to resolve conflicts of interest. OL Groupe would retain a 48% stake in the resulting new entity, and Kang would become the club's majority owner and CEO, pending regulatory approval.[31][32][33][34] Kang's proposed deal for the women's side reportedly valued it at $54.4 million.[35] Kang attended Lyon's victory in the Script error: No such module "Lang". finals on 13 May 2023 and raised the trophy with the team.[34][36]

In February 2024, Kang and Vincent Ponsot, the CEO of Lyon Féminin, jointly announced the completion of the ownership deal, with Kang becoming the majority owner at 52.9%.[37] In July 2024, Kang announced the launch of Kynisca Sports International, Ltd., a London-based company that would serve as the umbrella group for her multi-team sports ownership, including Lyon Féminin, Washington Spirit and London City Lionesses. company was named after Cynisca of Sparta, the first woman to win an event in the ancient Olympic Games.[38][39] Kang simultaneously announced the launch of $50 million in seed and matching funding for the Kynisca Innovation Hub, a non-profit research initiative specialized in female sports training.[40]

Players

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Current squad

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No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Template:Fba/core Christiane Endler
3 DF Template:Fba/core Wendie Renard (captain)
4 DF Template:Fba/core Selma Bacha
5 DF Template:Fba/core Elma Junttila Nelhage
6 MF Template:Fba/core Melchie Dumornay
7 MF Template:Fba/core Amel Majri
9 FW Template:Fba/core Marie-Antoinette Katoto
11 FW Template:Fba/core Kadidiatou Diani
12 DF Template:Fba/core Ellie Carpenter
13 MF Template:Fba/core Damaris Egurrola
14 FW Template:Fba/core Ada Hegerberg
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 GK Template:Fba/core Féerine Belhadj
18 DF Template:Fba/core Alice Sombath
22 FW Template:Fba/core Tabitha Chawinga
23 DF Template:Fba/core Sofie Svava
25 MF Template:Fba/core Inès Benyahia
26 MF Template:Fba/core Lindsey Heaps
27 FW Template:Fba/core Vicki Bècho
33 DF Template:Fba/core Tarciane
MF Template:Fba/core Ingrid Syrstad Engen
FW Template:Fba/core Jule Brand

Out on loan

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No. Pos. Nation Player
19 DF Template:Fba/core Kysha Sylla (at Washington Spirit until 31 December 2025)
DF Template:Fba/core Wassa Sangaré (at Le Havre until 30 June 2025)
DF Template:Fba/core Alice Marques (at Valencia until 30 June 2025)
No. Pos. Nation Player
DF Template:Fba/core Julie Swierot (at Reims until 30 June 2025)
MF Template:Fba/core Maeline Mendy (at Strasbourg Alsace until 30 June 2025)
FW Template:Fba/core Liana Joseph (at Strasbourg Alsace until 30 June 2025)

Notable former players

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Current staff

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Position Staff
Head coach Template:Flagicon Jonatan Giráldez
Assistant coaches Template:Flagicon Joe Palatsides
Template:Flagicon Méline Gérard
Template:Flagicon Patrizia Panico
Goalkeeping coach Template:Flagicon Simon Pouplin
Director of Performance Template:Flagicon Jack Sharkey
Physical trainer Template:Flagicon Emmanuel Vallance

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Video analyst Template:Flagicon Marceau Goguer
Medical director Template:Flagicon Franck Pelissier
Doctor Template:Flagicon Jad Dbouk
Physiotherapists Template:Flagicon Shingo Kitada
Template:Flagicon Anthony Martin
Template:Flagicon Ganaelle Rigondaud
Nutritionist Template:Flagicon Ana Sena Martinez
General manager/team delegate Template:Flagicon Julien Legrand
Team manager Template:Flagicon David Morreale
Kit manager Template:Flagicon Amilcar Perez
OMS cell manager Template:Flagicon Nadi Ferran
Team coordinator Template:Flagicon Manon Eleure

Honours

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Celebration of the sixth UEFA Women's Champions League in 2019.

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Invitational

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Record in UEFA Women's Champions League

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Competition Pld W D L GF GA GD
UEFA Champions League 152 119 19 14 514 83 +431

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

Season Round Opponents Away Home Agg.
2007–08 First qualifying round Template:Flagicon Slovan Duslo Šaľa 12–0
Template:Flagicon Škiponjat Struga (Host) 10–0
Template:Flagicon Sarajevo 7–0
Second qualifying round Template:Flagicon Brøndby 0–0
Template:Flagicon Kolbotn 1–0
Template:Flagicon Sparta Prague 2–1
Quarter-final Template:Flagicon Arsenal 3–2 0–0 f 3–2
Semi-final Template:Flagicon Umeå 0–0 1–1 f 1–1 (a)
2008–09 Second qualifying round Template:Flagicon Neulengbach 8–0
Template:Flagicon Zürich 7–1
Template:Flagicon Arsenal 3–0
Quarter-final Template:Flagicon Verona 5–0 f 4–1 9–1
Semi-final Template:Flagicon Duisburg 1–3 1–1 f 2–4
2009–10 Round of 32 Template:Flagicon Mašinac Niš 1–0 f 5–0 6–0
Round of 16 Template:Flagicon Fortuna Hjørring 1–0 f 5–0 6–0
Quarter-final Template:Flagicon Torres Sassari 0–1 3–0 f 3–1
Semi-final Template:Flagicon Umeå 0–0 3–2 f 3–2
Final Template:Flagicon Turbine Potsdam 0–0 Template:Aet Template:Pso (Template:Flagicon Getafe)
2010–11 Round of 32 Template:Flagicon AZ 2–1 f 8–0 10–1
Round of 16 Template:Flagicon Rossiyanka Khimki 6–1 f 5–0 11–1
Quarter-final Template:Flagicon Zvezda Perm 0–0 f 1–0 1–0
Semi-final Template:Flagicon Arsenal 3–2 2–0 f 5–2
Final Template:Flagicon Turbine Potsdam 2–0 (Template:Flagicon London)
2011–12 Round of 32 Template:Flagicon Olimpia Cluj-Napoca 9–0 f 3–0 12–0
Round of 16 Template:Flagicon Sparta Prague 6–0 f 6–0 12–0
Quarter-final Template:Flagicon Brøndby 4–0 4–0 f 8–0
Semi-final Template:Flagicon Turbine Potsdam 0–0 5–1 f 5–1
Final Template:Flagicon Frankfurt 2–0 (Template:Flagicon Munich)
2012–13 Round of 32 Template:Flagicon Vantaa 7–0 f 5–0 12–0
Round of 16 Template:Flagicon Zorky Krasnogorsk 9–0 f 2–0 11–0
Quarter-final Template:Flagicon Rosengård Malmö 3–0 5–0 f 8–0
Semi-final Template:Flagicon Juvisy 6–1 3–0 f 9–1
Final Template:Flagicon Wolfsburg 0–1 (Template:Flagicon London)
2013–14 Round of 32 Template:Flagicon Twente Enschede 4–0 f 6–0 10–0
Round of 16 Template:Flagicon Turbine Potsdam 1–0 f 1–2 2–2 (a)
2014–15 Round of 32 Template:Flagicon Brescia 5–0 f 9–0 14–0
Round of 16 Template:Flagicon Paris Saint-Germain 1–1 f 0–1 1–2
2015–16 Round of 32 Template:Flagicon Medyk Konin 6–0 f 3–0 9–0
Round of 16 Template:Flagicon Atlético Madrid 3–1 f 6–0 9–1
Quarter-final Template:Flagicon Slavia Prague 0–0 9–1 f 9–1
Semi-final Template:Flagicon Paris Saint-Germain 1–0 7–0 f 8–0
Final Template:Flagicon Wolfsburg 1–1 Template:Aet Template:Pso (Template:Flagicon Reggio Emilia)
2016–17 Round of 32 Template:Flagicon Avaldsnes 5–2 f 5–0 10–2
Round of 16 Template:Flagicon Zürich 9–0 8–0 f 17–0
Quarter-final Template:Flagicon Wolfsburg 2–0 f 0–1 2–1
Semi-final Template:Flagicon Manchester City 3–1 f 0–1 3–2
Final Template:Flagicon Paris Saint-Germain 0–0 Template:Aet Template:Pso (Template:Flagicon Cardiff)
2017–18 Round of 32 Template:Flagicon Medyk Konin 5–0 f 9–0 14–0
Round of 16 Template:Flagicon Kazygurt Shymkent 7–0 f 9–0 16–0
Quarter-final Template:Flagicon Barcelona 1–0 2–1 f 3–1
Semi-final Template:Flagicon Manchester City 0–0 f 1–0 1–0
Final Template:Flagicon Wolfsburg 4–1 Template:Aet (Template:Flagicon Kyiv)
2018–19 Round of 32 Template:Flagicon Avaldsnes 2–0 f 5–0 7–0
Round of 16 Template:Flagicon Ajax Amsterdam 4–0 f 9–0 13–0
Quarter-final Template:Flagicon Wolfsburg 4–2 2–1 f 6–3
Semi-final Template:Flagicon Chelsea 1–1 2–1 f 3–2
Final Template:Flagicon Barcelona 4–1 (Template:Flagicon Budapest)
2019–20 Round of 32 Template:Flagicon Ryazan-VDV 9–0 f 7–0 16–0
Round of 16 Template:Flagicon Fortuna Hjørring 4–0 f 7–0 11–0
Quarter-final Template:Flagicon Bayern Munich 2–1 (Template:Flagicon Bilbao)
Semi-final Template:Flagicon Paris Saint-Germain 1–0 (Template:Flagicon Bilbao)
Final Template:Flagicon Wolfsburg 3–1 (Template:Flagicon San Sebastián)
2020–21 Round of 32 Template:Flagicon Juventus 3–2 f 3–0 6–2
Round of 16 Template:Flagicon Brøndby 3–1 2–0 f 5–1
Quarter-final Template:Flagicon Paris Saint-Germain 1–0 f 1–2 2–2 (a)
2021–22 Round 2 Template:Flagicon Levante 2–1 f 2–1 4–2
Group D Template:Flagicon Bayern Munich 0–1 2–1 1st
Template:Flagicon Benfica 5–0 5–0
Template:Flagicon BK Häcken 3–0 4–0
Quarter-final Template:Flagicon Juventus 1–2 f 3–1 4–3
Semi-final Template:Flagicon Paris Saint-Germain 2–1 3–2 f 5–3
Final Template:Flagicon Barcelona 3–1 (Template:Flagicon Turin)
2022–23 Group C Template:Flagicon Arsenal 1–0 1–5 2nd
Template:Flagicon Juventus 1–1 0–0
Template:Flagicon Zürich 3–0 4–0
Quarter-final Template:Flagicon Chelsea 2–1 (a.e.t.) 0–1 f 2–2 (3–4 p)
2023–24 Group B Template:Flagicon Slavia Prague 9–0 2–2 1st
Template:Flagicon St. Pölten 7–0 2–0
Template:Flagicon Brann 2–2 3–1
Quarter-final Template:Flagicon Benfica 2–1 f 4–1 6–2
Semi-final Template:Flagicon Paris Saint-Germain 2–1 3–2 f 5–3
Final Template:Flagicon Barcelona 0–2 (Template:Flagicon Bilbao)
2024–25 Group A Template:Flagicon Galatasaray 3–0 6–0 1st
Template:Flagicon VfL Wolfsburg 1–0 2–0
Template:Flagicon AS Roma 4–1 3–0
Quarter-final Template:Flagicon Bayern Munich 4–1 2–0f 6–1
Semi-final Template:Flagicon Arsenal 1–4 2–1f 3–5

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List of seasons

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Champions Runners-up Promoted Relegated
Season League Cup Europe Top goalscorer(s)
Division Pos Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Name(s) Goals
2001–02 D1 3rd 22 14 2 6 53 26 +27 66 RU Template:Flagicon Séverine Creuzet-Laplantes 17
2002–03 D1 2nd 22 15 4 3 60 19 +41 71 W Template:Flagicon Sandrine Brétigny 26
2003–04 D1 2nd 22 14 4 4 52 25 +27 68 W Template:Flagicon Claire Morel 18
2004–05 D1 3rd 22 15 2 5 50 20 +30 69 RU Template:Flagicon Séverine Creuzet-Laplantes 13
2005–06 D1 3rd 22 10 8 4 34 12 +22 60 RU Template:Flagicon Sandrine Brétigny 11
2006–07 D1 1st 22 20 1 1 116 9 +107 83 RU Template:Flagicon Sandrine Brétigny 42
2007–08 D1 1st 22 18 4 0 93 4 +89 80 W Women's Cup SF Template:Flagicon Sandrine Brétigny 25
2008–09 D1 1st 22 21 1 0 114 11 +103 86 SF Women's Cup SF Template:Flagicon Kátia 27
2009–10 D1 1st 22 18 2 2 93 11 +82 78 SF Champions League RU Template:Flagicon Kátia 17
2010–11 D1 1st 22 22 0 0 106 6 +100 88 QF Champions League W Template:Flagicon Sandrine Brétigny 19
2011–12 D1 1st 22 19 3 0 119 3 +116 82 W Champions League W Template:Flagicon Eugénie Le Sommer 22
2012–13 D1 1st 22 22 0 0 132 5 +127 88 W Champions League RU Template:Flagicon Lotta Schelin 24
2013–14 D1 1st 22 21 0 1 95 12 +83 85 W Champions League R16 Template:Flagicon Eugénie Le Sommer
Template:Flagicon Laëtitia Tonazzi
15
2014–15 D1 1st 22 22 0 0 147 6 +141 88 W Champions League R16 Template:Flagicon Lotta Schelin 34
2015–16 D1 1st 22 19 3 0 115 4 +111 82 W Champions League W Template:Flagicon Ada Hegerberg 33
2016–17 D1 1st 22 21 0 1 103 6 +97 63 W Champions League W Template:Flagicon Ada Hegerberg
Template:Flagicon Eugénie Le Sommer
20
2017–18 D1 1st 22 21 1 0 104 5 +99 64 RU Champions League W Template:Flagicon Ada Hegerberg 31
2018–19 D1 1st 22 20 2 0 89 9 +83 62 W Champions League W Template:Flagicon Ada Hegerberg 20
2019–20 D1 1st 16 14 2 0 67 4 +63 44 W Champions League W Template:Flagicon Ada Hegerberg 14
2020–21 D1 2nd 22 20 1 1 78 6 +72 61 DNF Champions League QF Template:Flagicon Nikita Parris 13
2021–22 D1 1st 22 21 1 0 79 8 +71 64 R16 Champions League W Template:Flagicon Catarina Macario 14
2022–23 D1 1st 22 20 1 1 69 9 +60 61 W Champions League QF Template:FlagiconSigne Bruun 8
2023–24 D1 1st 22 20 1 1 82 13 +69 61 W Champions League RU Template:FlagiconAda Hegerberg 12
2024–25 D1 1st 22 20 2 0 99 8 +91 62 R32 Champions League SF Template:Flagicon Melchie Dumornay 17

References

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External links

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  • Team profile at UEFA.com (archived)

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