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OL Lyonnes
Full nameOlympique Lyonnais Lyonnes
Nickname(s)
  • Les Fenottes
  • Les Lyonnaises
Founded1970; 55 years ago (1970) (as FC Lyon)
2004; 21 years ago (2004) (as Olympique Lyonnais)
Ground
Capacity59,186
Owner
PresidentMichele Kang
ManagerJonatan Giráldez
LeaguePremière Ligue
2024–25Première Ligue, 1st of 12 (champions)
Websiteol.fr
Current season

OL Lyonnes,[2] formerly known as Olympique Lyonnais Féminin (French pronunciation: [ɔlɛ̃pik ljɔnɛ]; 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,[3] and has been cited as a model for the development of women's football in both economic and cultural terms.[4] 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

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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.[5][6] 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".[7]

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.[8]

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.[9][10] Often identified as the "tallest [woman] footballer",[11][12] 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.[13] According to the UEFA women's coefficient, Lyon was the highest-ranked club in UEFA in 2014,[14] and second in 2025, behind FC Barcelona Femení.[15]

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.[16] 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,[17] 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."[18]

On 1 June 2025, the club announced the departure of head coach Joe Montemurro, after one year of his contract.[19] He leaves with a league title under his belt, to take up an opportunity with the Australian women's national team.[20] 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[21]

Name

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The club's previous names (FC Lyon and Olympic Lyonnais Féminin) were direct references to the city of Lyon.[22][23] 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".[24][25] She explained that y was used in place of i to retain reference to the city,[18] and the parent club,[25] 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."[26]

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.[25] 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."[17] The golden crest signifies the club's success in the highest competitions.[27] The club will also adopt a new slogan: Nouvelle Histoire, Même Légende ("New Story, Same Legend").[28]

Ownership and finances

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Main articles: OL Groupe and John Textor

Lyon Féminin is part of OL Groupe, whose majority shareholder since December 2022 is Eagle Football Group, which is controlled by American businessman John Textor. Club president Jean-Michel Aulas was also OL Groupe's previous and founding owner, and remains a minority owner of OL Groupe and board director of Eagle Football Group.[1][29][30]

As of April 2023, L'Équipe reported that Lyon Féminin operated at a €12 million annual deficit.[1]

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 Coupe de France féminine 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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For a list of all former and current Olympique Lyonnais Féminin players with a Wikipedia article, see Category: Olympique Lyonnais Féminin players.

Current squad

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As of 16 January 2025.[41]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Chile CHI Christiane Endler
2 DF United States USA Sofia Huerta (on loan from Seattle Reign)
3 DF France FRA Wendie Renard (captain)
4 DF France FRA Selma Bacha
5 DF Sweden SWE Elma Junttila Nelhage
6 MF Haiti HAI Melchie Dumornay
7 MF France FRA Amel Majri
8 MF Germany GER Sara Däbritz
9 FW France FRA Eugénie Le Sommer
10 MF Germany GER Dzsenifer Marozsán
11 FW France FRA Kadidiatou Diani
12 DF Australia AUS Ellie Carpenter
13 MF Netherlands NED Damaris Egurrola
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 FW Norway NOR Ada Hegerberg
16 GK France FRA Féerine Belhadj
17 MF Netherlands NED Daniëlle van de Donk
18 DF France FRA Alice Sombath
21 DF Canada CAN Vanessa Gilles (on loan from Angel City)
22 FW Malawi MWI Tabitha Chawinga
23 DF Denmark DEN Sofie Svava
25 MF France FRA Inès Benyahia
26 MF United States USA Lindsey Heaps
27 FW France FRA Vicki Bècho
30 GK Germany GER Laura Benkarth
33 DF Brazil BRA Tarciane
34 MF France FRA Laureen Oillic

Out on loan

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
19 DF France FRA Kysha Sylla (at Washington Spirit until 31 December 2025)
— DF France FRA Wassa Sangaré (at Le Havre until 30 June 2025)
— DF Portugal POR Alice Marques (at Valencia until 30 June 2025)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— DF France FRA Julie Swierot (at Reims until 30 June 2025)
— MF France FRA Maeline Mendy (at Strasbourg Alsace until 30 June 2025)
— FW France FRA Liana Joseph (at Strasbourg Alsace until 30 June 2025)

Notable former players

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Current staff

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As of 7 August 2024.[42]
Position Staff
Head coach Spain Jonatan Giráldez
Assistant coaches Australia Joe Palatsides
France Méline Gérard
Italy Patrizia Panico
Goalkeeping coach France Simon Pouplin
Director of Performance United Kingdom Jack Sharkey
Physical trainer France Rémi Pullara
Video analyst France Marceau Goguer
Medical director France Franck Pelissier
Doctor France Jad Dbouk
Physiotherapists Japan Shingo Kitada
France Anthony Martin
France Ganaelle Rigondaud
Nutritionist Mexico Ana Sena Martinez
General manager/team delegate France Olivier Blanc
Equipment manager France Julien Legrand
Kit manager Spain Amilcar Perez
France Jacques Raffin
OMS cell manager France Nadi Ferran
Team coordinator France Manon Eleure

Honours

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

Official

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Invitational

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Others

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Record in UEFA Women's Champions League

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Main article: Olympique Lyonnais Féminin in European football
As of match played 27 April 2025
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 Slovakia Slovan Duslo Šaľa 12–0 – –
North Macedonia Škiponjat Struga (Host) 10–0 – –
Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo 7–0 – –
Second qualifying round Denmark Brøndby – 0–0 –
Norway Kolbotn – 1–0 –
Czech Republic Sparta Prague – 2–1 –
Quarter-final England Arsenal 3–2 0–0 f 3–2
Semi-final Sweden Umeå 0–0 1–1 f 1–1 (a)
2008–09 Second qualifying round Austria Neulengbach – 8–0 –
Switzerland Zürich – 7–1 –
England Arsenal – 3–0 –
Quarter-final Italy Verona 5–0 f 4–1 9–1
Semi-final Germany Duisburg 1–3 1–1 f 2–4
2009–10 Round of 32 Serbia Mašinac Niš 1–0 f 5–0 6–0
Round of 16 Denmark Fortuna Hjørring 1–0 f 5–0 6–0
Quarter-final Italy Torres Sassari 0–1 3–0 f 3–1
Semi-final Sweden Umeå 0–0 3–2 f 3–2
Final Germany Turbine Potsdam 0–0 (a.e.t.) (6–7 p) (Spain Getafe)
2010–11 Round of 32 Netherlands AZ 2–1 f 8–0 10–1
Round of 16 Russia Rossiyanka Khimki 6–1 f 5–0 11–1
Quarter-final Russia Zvezda Perm 0–0 f 1–0 1–0
Semi-final England Arsenal 3–2 2–0 f 5–2
Final Germany Turbine Potsdam 2–0 (England London)
2011–12 Round of 32 Romania Olimpia Cluj-Napoca 9–0 f 3–0 12–0
Round of 16 Czech Republic Sparta Prague 6–0 f 6–0 12–0
Quarter-final Denmark Brøndby 4–0 4–0 f 8–0
Semi-final Germany Turbine Potsdam 0–0 5–1 f 5–1
Final Germany Frankfurt 2–0 (Germany Munich)
2012–13 Round of 32 Finland Vantaa 7–0 f 5–0 12–0
Round of 16 Russia Zorky Krasnogorsk 9–0 f 2–0 11–0
Quarter-final Sweden Rosengård Malmö 3–0 5–0 f 8–0
Semi-final France Juvisy 6–1 3–0 f 9–1
Final Germany Wolfsburg 0–1 (England London)
2013–14 Round of 32 Netherlands Twente Enschede 4–0 f 6–0 10–0
Round of 16 Germany Turbine Potsdam 1–0 f 1–2 2–2 (a)
2014–15 Round of 32 Italy Brescia 5–0 f 9–0 14–0
Round of 16 France Paris Saint-Germain 1–1 f 0–1 1–2
2015–16 Round of 32 Poland Medyk Konin 6–0 f 3–0 9–0
Round of 16 Spain Atlético Madrid 3–1 f 6–0 9–1
Quarter-final Czech Republic Slavia Prague 0–0 9–1 f 9–1
Semi-final France Paris Saint-Germain 1–0 7–0 f 8–0
Final Germany Wolfsburg 1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p) (Italy Reggio Emilia)
2016–17 Round of 32 Norway Avaldsnes 5–2 f 5–0 10–2
Round of 16 Switzerland Zürich 9–0 8–0 f 17–0
Quarter-final Germany Wolfsburg 2–0 f 0–1 2–1
Semi-final England Manchester City 3–1 f 0–1 3–2
Final France Paris Saint-Germain 0–0 (a.e.t.) (7–6 p) (Wales Cardiff)
2017–18 Round of 32 Poland Medyk Konin 5–0 f 9–0 14–0
Round of 16 Kazakhstan Kazygurt Shymkent 7–0 f 9–0 16–0
Quarter-final Spain Barcelona 1–0 2–1 f 3–1
Semi-final England Manchester City 0–0 f 1–0 1–0
Final Germany Wolfsburg 4–1 (a.e.t.) (Ukraine Kyiv)
2018–19 Round of 32 Norway Avaldsnes 2–0 f 5–0 7–0
Round of 16 Netherlands Ajax Amsterdam 4–0 f 9–0 13–0
Quarter-final Germany Wolfsburg 4–2 2–1 f 6–3
Semi-final England Chelsea 1–1 2–1 f 3–2
Final Spain Barcelona 4–1 (Hungary Budapest)
2019–20 Round of 32 Russia Ryazan-VDV 9–0 f 7–0 16–0
Round of 16 Denmark Fortuna Hjørring 4–0 f 7–0 11–0
Quarter-final Germany Bayern Munich 2–1 (Spain Bilbao)
Semi-final France Paris Saint-Germain 1–0 (Spain Bilbao)
Final Germany Wolfsburg 3–1 (Spain San Sebastián)
2020–21 Round of 32 Italy Juventus 3–2 f 3–0 6–2
Round of 16 Denmark Brøndby 3–1 2–0 f 5–1
Quarter-final France Paris Saint-Germain 1–0 f 1–2 2–2 (a)
2021–22 Round 2 Spain Levante 2–1 f 2–1 4–2
Group D Germany Bayern Munich 0–1 2–1 1st
Portugal Benfica 5–0 5–0
Sweden BK Häcken 3–0 4–0
Quarter-final Italy Juventus 1–2 f 3–1 4–3
Semi-final France Paris Saint-Germain 2–1 3–2 f 5–3
Final Spain Barcelona 3–1 (Italy Turin)
2022–23 Group C England Arsenal 1–0 1–5 2nd
Italy Juventus 1–1 0–0
Switzerland Zürich 3–0 4–0
Quarter-final England Chelsea 2–1 (a.e.t.) 0–1 f 2–2 (3–4 p)
2023–24 Group B Czech Republic Slavia Prague 9–0 2–2 1st
Austria St. Pölten 7–0 2–0
Norway Brann 2–2 3–1
Quarter-final Portugal Benfica 2–1 f 4–1 6–2
Semi-final France Paris Saint-Germain 2–1 3–2 f 5–3
Final Spain Barcelona 0–2 (Spain Bilbao)
2024–25 Group A Turkey Galatasaray 3–0 6–0 1st
Germany VfL Wolfsburg 1–0 2–0
Italy AS Roma 4–1 3–0
Quarter-final Germany Bayern Munich 4–1 2–0f 6–1
Semi-final England Arsenal 1–4 2–1f 3–5

f First leg.

List of seasons

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Main article: List of Olympique Lyonnais Féminin seasons

Top scorers in bold were also the top scorers in the Division 1 Féminine that season.

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 France Séverine Creuzet-Laplantes 17
2002–03 D1 2nd 22 15 4 3 60 19 +41 71 W France Sandrine Brétigny 26
2003–04 D1 2nd 22 14 4 4 52 25 +27 68 W France Claire Morel 18
2004–05 D1 3rd 22 15 2 5 50 20 +30 69 RU France Séverine Creuzet-Laplantes 13
2005–06 D1 3rd 22 10 8 4 34 12 +22 60 RU France Sandrine Brétigny 11
2006–07 D1 1st 22 20 1 1 116 9 +107 83 RU France Sandrine Brétigny 42
2007–08 D1 1st 22 18 4 0 93 4 +89 80 W Women's Cup SF France Sandrine Brétigny 25
2008–09 D1 1st 22 21 1 0 114 11 +103 86 SF Women's Cup SF Brazil Kátia 27
2009–10 D1 1st 22 18 2 2 93 11 +82 78 SF Champions League RU Brazil Kátia 17
2010–11 D1 1st 22 22 0 0 106 6 +100 88 QF Champions League W France Sandrine Brétigny 19
2011–12 D1 1st 22 19 3 0 119 3 +116 82 W Champions League W France Eugénie Le Sommer 22
2012–13 D1 1st 22 22 0 0 132 5 +127 88 W Champions League RU Sweden Lotta Schelin 24
2013–14 D1 1st 22 21 0 1 95 12 +83 85 W Champions League R16 France Eugénie Le Sommer
France Laëtitia Tonazzi 		15
2014–15 D1 1st 22 22 0 0 147 6 +141 88 W Champions League R16 Sweden Lotta Schelin 34
2015–16 D1 1st 22 19 3 0 115 4 +111 82 W Champions League W Norway Ada Hegerberg 33
2016–17 D1 1st 22 21 0 1 103 6 +97 63 W Champions League W Norway Ada Hegerberg
France Eugénie Le Sommer 		20
2017–18 D1 1st 22 21 1 0 104 5 +99 64 RU Champions League W Norway Ada Hegerberg 31
2018–19 D1 1st 22 20 2 0 89 9 +83 62 W Champions League W Norway Ada Hegerberg 20
2019–20 D1 1st 16 14 2 0 67 4 +63 44 W Champions League W Norway Ada Hegerberg 14
2020–21 D1 2nd 22 20 1 1 78 6 +72 61 DNF Champions League QF England Nikita Parris 13
2021–22 D1 1st 22 21 1 0 79 8 +71 64 R16 Champions League W United States Catarina Macario 14
2022–23 D1 1st 22 20 1 1 69 9 +60 61 W Champions League QF DenmarkSigne Bruun 8
2023–24 D1 1st 22 20 1 1 82 13 +69 61 W Champions League RU NorwayAda Hegerberg 12
2024–25 D1 1st 22 20 2 0 99 8 +91 62 R32 Champions League SF Haiti Melchie Dumornay 17

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