Olympique Lyon (women's football)

Olympique Lyon
Basic data
Surname	Olympique Lyonnais Féminin
Seat	Lyon
founding	2004
president	Jean-Michel Aulas
Website	ol.fr
First soccer team
Head coach	Jean-Luc Vasseur
Venue	Plaine des Jeux de Gerland Lyon
Places	2500
league	Division 1 Féminine
2019/20	1st place
home Away

The women's football department of the French football club Olympique Lyon (officially Olympique Lyonnais ) emerged in 2004 from the women's team of FC Lyon , which was founded in 1970 . Olympiques women are current defending champions of Division 1 Féminine .

Department history

In 1970 FC Lyon founded a women's team. This won the national championship four times and the French cup twice . In the summer of 2004 the department moved to Olympique Lyon. Under the new name, the team was runner-up three times in a row. In 2007 the women of Olympique became national champions for the first time; after winning the doublé in 2008 , the Olympique women developed a similar solo effort in the French league as the men had to show in the first decade of the new millennium. In the European championship competition, the Lyonnaises reached the semi-finals in 2008 and 2009 and the final for the first time in 2010 . However, they lost this against Turbine Potsdam 6-7 on penalties. Then coach Farid Benstiti , who had looked after the women's eleven since 2001, first at FC and then at Olympique, was replaced by Patrice Lair .

On May 26, 2011, Olympique Lyon Féminin won her first international title by winning the Champions League against Turbine Potsdam. Just three days later, the women finished Division 1 with their fifth championship in a row and a result unprecedented in France: 22 wins in the 22 league games this season with a goal difference of 106: 6. In the 2011/12 season they prevailed in the French cup final with 2-1 against HSC Montpellier ; the division 1 championship - albeit this time with only 19 wins of the season and only on the last match day in the "final" at Juvisy FCF  - they won with a goal difference of 119: 3. In the 2011/12 Champions League , Lyon's women met Turbine Potsdam in the semi-finals and made it into the final for the third time in a row, this time defeating 1. FFC Frankfurt 2-0 and thus winning the Triplé . With 9 goals each, Camille Abily and Eugénie Le Sommer became the tournament's top scorer. A year later, however, Lyon lost 1-0 to the women of VfL Wolfsburg in their fourth game in a row . Up to this game, OL had remained undefeated in 95 competitive games in a row.

Five players were used in all four European finals: Sarah Bouhaddi , Lara Dickenmann , Amandine Henry , Louisa Nécib and Wendie Renard . These five, plus Camille Abily, Sonia Bompastor , Eugénie Le Sommer, Lotta Schelin and Sabrina Viguier , who played in both 2011 and 2012, have won two CL titles so far. Olympique players now make up an important part of the French national team . In their final (21) line-up for the 2011 World Cup finals, for example, there were ten women from OL, including a number of long-term internationals with 50 or more A-games. With twelve players in various national teams, Olympique also provided the most players of all clubs for the World Cup.

The women's department, which is also headed by Paul Piemontese in 2012/13, who had previously held this position at FC Lyon since 1988, had a budget of five million euros for the 2010/11 season. In the 2012/13 season, however, the seasonal budget was only around 3.5 million euros; For the first time, Olympique was no longer the front runner in France in terms of financial opportunities, because Paris Saint-Germain could still spend one million euros more. For this, Lyon can rely on its good youth work; With Cindy Perrault, Noémi Carage, Delphine Cascarino and Ghoutia Karchouni, four young women from the club were part of the French U-17 national team that won the B Youth World Cup in October 2012 .

In May 2013, OL dominated the sporting headlines in France in another way. For one, they finished the French championship with their seventh consecutive title, winning all 22 games. In the semi-finals of the national cup , the women prevailed 6-5 on penalties against HSC Montpellier , but only thanks to a wrong decision by the referee, who correctly scored a penalty from Montpellier's Rumi Utsugi - the ball was from the post to the back of the goalkeeper and from crashed into the goal there - the recognition refused. Shortly after the end of this game, both club boards jointly demanded that the French federation repeat the semi-finals; However, Montpellier's objection was rejected because it was formally "not filed immediately after the referee's decision, but only after the penalty shoot-out and thus too late". Afterwards, Olympique suggested that the game should be repeated in order to “preserve sportsmanship and fair play”. The association agreed, so that Lyon played again in Montpellier three days before the final, clearly prevailed and then also won the cup.

Squad

Status: July 2018

goal	Defense	midfield	attack
01 Lisa White 16 Sarah Bouhaddi 30th Audrey Dupupet	03 Wendie Renard  04th Selma Bacha 21st Kadeisha Buchanan 22nd Lucy bronze 29 Griedge Mbock Bathy	05 Saki Kumagai 06th Amandine Henry 07th Amel Majri 08th Isobel Christiansen 10 Dzsenifer Marozsán Lorena Azzaro	09 Eugénie Le Sommer 14th Ada Hegerberg 19th Shanice van de Sanden 20th Dolphins Cascarino 27 Emelyne Laurent 28 Melvine Malard Danielle Roux

successes

• French champion : 2007 , 2008 , 2009 , 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019 , 2020
• French Cup Winner : 2008 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2019 , 2020 (and finalists 2005, 2006, 2007, 2018)
• UEFA Women's Champions League : Winner 2011 , 2012 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019 , 2020 (and finalist 2010 , 2013 )
• French Supercup winner: 2019

statistics

season	league	space	S.	U	N	Gates	Points	Most successful goalscorer	Coupe de France féminine	UEFA Women's Champions League
2004/05	Division 1 Féminine	3.	14th	4th	4th	50:20	69	Séverine Creuzet-Laplantes (13)	finalist	not qualified
2005/06	Division 1 Féminine	3.	10	8th	4th	34:12	60	Sandrine Brétigny (11)	finalist	not qualified
2006/07	Division 1 Féminine	1.	20th	1	1	116: 9	83	Sandrine Brétigny (42)	finalist	not qualified
2007/08	Division 1 Féminine	1.	18th	4th	0	93: 4	80	Sandrine Brétigny (25)	winner	Semifinals
2008/09	Division 1 Féminine	1.	21st	1	0	114: 11	86	Katia (27)	Semifinals	Semifinals
2009/10	Division 1 Féminine	1.	18th	2	2	93:11	78	Katia (17)	Semifinals	Second
2010/11	Division 1 Féminine	1.	22nd	0	0	106: 6	88	Sandrine Brétigny (19)	Quarter finals	winner
2011/12	Division 1 Féminine	1.	19th	3	0	119: 3	82	Eugénie Le Sommer (22)	winner	winner
2012/13	Division 1 Féminine	1.	22nd	0	0	132: 5	88	Lotta Schelin (24)	winner	Second
2013/14	Division 1 Féminine	1.	21st	0	1	95:12	85	Eugénie Le Sommer (15) Laëtitia Tonazzi (15)	winner	Round of 16
2014/15	Division 1 Féminine	1.	22nd	0	0	147: 6	88	Lotta Schelin (34)	winner	Round of 16
2015/16	Division 1 Féminine	1.	19th	2	0	114: 3	80	Ada Hegerberg (33)	winner	winner
2016/17	Division 1 Féminine	1.	21st	0	1	103: 6	63	Eugénie Le Sommer (20) Ada Hegerberg (20)	winner	winner
2017/18	Division 1 Féminine	1.	21st	1	0	104: 5	64	Ada Hegerberg (31)	finalist	winner
2018/19	Division 1 Féminine	1.	20th	2	0	90: 6	62	Ada Hegerberg (20)	winner	winner

European Cup balance sheet

season	competition	round	opponent	total	To	Back
2007/08	UEFA Women's Cup	1st group stage	FK Slovan Duslo Šaľa	12: 00	12: 0 (N)
			ZFK Škiponjat	10-00	10: 0 (A)
			SFK 2000 Sarajevo	7-0	7: 0 (N)
		2nd group stage	Brøndby IF	0-0	0: 0 (H)
			Kolbotn IL	1-0	1: 0 (H)
			Sparta Prague	2: 1	2: 1 (H)
		Quarter finals	Arsenal LFC	3: 2	0: 0 (H)	3: 2 (A)
		Semifinals	Umeå IK	(a)1: 1 ( a )	1: 1 (H)	0: 0 (A)
2008/09	UEFA Women's Cup	2nd group stage	SV Neulengbach	8-0	8: 0 (H)
			FC Zurich	7: 1	7: 1 (H)
			Arsenal LFC	3-0	3: 0 (H)
		Quarter finals	ASD CF Bardolino	9: 1	5: 0 (A)	4: 1 (H)
		Semifinals	FCR 2001 Duisburg	2: 4	1: 1 (H)	1: 3 (A)
2009/10	UEFA Women's Champions League	Round of 16	ŽFK Mašinac Niš	6-0	1: 0 (A)	5: 0 (H)
		Round of 16	Fortuna Hjørring	6-0	1: 0 (A)	5: 0 (H)
		Quarter finals	Sassari Torres CF.	3: 1	3: 0 (H)	0: 1 (A)
		Semifinals	Umeå IK	3: 2	3: 2 (H)	0: 0 (A)
		final	1. FFC Turbine Potsdam	0: 0 a.d. (6: 7  in good condition )	in Getafe
2010/11	UEFA Women's Champions League	Round of 16	AZ Alkmaar	10: 10	2: 1 (A)	8: 0 (H)
		Round of 16	FK Rossiyanka	11: 10	6: 1 (A)	5: 0 (H)
		Quarter finals	Zvezda 2005 Perm	1-0	0: 0 (A)	1: 0 (H)
		Semifinals	Arsenal LFC	5: 2	2: 0 (H)	3: 2 (A)
		final	1. FFC Turbine Potsdam	2-0	in London
2011/12	UEFA Women's Champions League	Round of 16	CFF Olimpia Cluj	12: 00	9: 0 (A)	3: 0 (H)
		Round of 16	Sparta Prague	12: 00	6: 0 (A)	6: 0 (H)
		Quarter finals	Brøndby IF	8-0	4: 0 (H)	4: 0 (A)
		Semifinals	1. FFC Turbine Potsdam	5: 1	5: 1 (H)	0: 0 (A)
		final	1. FFC Frankfurt	2-0	in Munich
2012/13	UEFA Women's Champions League	Round of 16	PK-35 Vantaa	12: 00	7: 0 (A)	5: 0 (H)
		Round of 16	FC Sorki Krasnogorsk	11: 00	9: 0 (A)	2: 0 (H)
		Quarter finals	LdB FC Malmö	8-0	5: 0 (H)	3: 0 (A)
		Semifinals	Juvisy FCF	9: 1	3: 0 (H)	6: 1 (A)
		final	VfL Wolfsburg	0: 1	in London
2013/14	UEFA Women's Champions League	Round of 16	FC Twente Enschede	10-00	4: 0 (A)	6: 0 (H)
		Round of 16	1. FFC Turbine Potsdam	(a)2: 2 ( a )	1: 0 (A)	1: 2 (H)
2014/15	UEFA Women's Champions League	Round of 16	ACF Brescia	14: 00	5: 0 (A)	9: 0 (H)
		Round of 16	Paris Saint-Germain	1: 2	1: 1 (A)	0: 1 (H)
2015/16	UEFA Women's Champions League	Round of 16	Medyk Konin	9-0	6: 0 (A)	3: 0 (H)
		Round of 16	Atlético Madrid	9: 1	3: 1 (A)	6: 0 (H)
		Quarter finals	Slavia Prague	9: 1	9: 1 (H)	0: 0 (A)
		Semifinals	Paris Saint-Germain	8-0	7: 0 (H)	1: 0 (A)
		final	VfL Wolfsburg	1: 1 a.d. (4: 3  in good condition )	in Reggio nell'Emilia
2016/17	UEFA Women's Champions League	Round of 16	Avaldsnes IL	10: 20	5: 2 (A)	5: 0 (H)
		Round of 16	FC Zurich	17: 00	8: 0 (H)	9: 0 (A)
		Quarter finals	VfL Wolfsburg	2: 1	2: 0 (A)	0: 1 (H)
		Semifinals	Manchester City WFC	3: 2	3: 1 (A)	0: 1 (H)
		final	Paris Saint-Germain	0: 0 n.V. (7: 6  p.e. )	in Cardiff
2017/18	UEFA Women's Champions League	Round of 16	Medyk Konin	14: 00	5: 0 (A)	9: 0 (H)
		Round of 16	BIIK Kazygurt	16: 00	7: 0 (A)	9: 0 (H)
		Quarter finals	FC Barcelona	3: 1	2: 1 (H)	1: 0 (A)
		Semifinals	Manchester City WFC	1-0	0: 0 (A)	1: 0 (H)
		final	VfL Wolfsburg	4: 1 a.d.	in Kiev
2018/19	UEFA Women's Champions League	Round of 16	Avaldsnes IL	7-0	2: 0 (A)	5: 0 (H)
		Round of 16	Ajax Amsterdam	13: 00	4: 0 (A)	9: 0 (H)
		Quarter finals	VfL Wolfsburg	6: 3	2: 1 (H)	4: 2 (A)
		Semifinals	Chelsea LFC	3: 2	2: 1 (H)	1: 1 (A)
		final	FC Barcelona	4: 1	in Budapest

Legend: (H) - home game, (A) - away game, (N) - neutral place, (a) - away goal rule , (i. E.) - on penalties , (n. V.) - after extra time

Overall record: 97 games, 75 wins, 15 draws, 7 defeats, 357: 40 goals (goal difference +317)

Web links

Commons : Olympique Lyonnais Féminin  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official homepage on the website of Olympique Lyon (English / French)
• statistics
• Pictures, videos, statistics on the section féminine de l'Olympique lyonnais (French)

Notes and evidence

1. ^ Classy Lyon take women's title from Potsdam ( Memento of May 29, 2011 in the Internet Archive ), UEFA , May 26, 2011
2. ↑ see the article “And one and two and three trophies for Lyon” from June 2, 2012 at francefootball.fr
3. ↑ Women's football: VfL Wolfsburg celebrates Champions League victory (accessed on May 23, 2013)
4. ↑ FIFA: The Five Numbers of the Day (Retrieved June 23, 2011)
5. ↑ France Football of June 21, 2011, p. 15
6. ↑ France Football, September 11, 2012, p. 14
7. ↑ see the French U-17 World Cup squad on the website of the FFF football association
8. ↑ France Football of May 21, 2013, p. 11
9. ↑ see the press release of May 24, 2013 on olweb.fr
10. ↑ www.ol.fr: Olympique Lyon squad (women). Olympique lyonnais, accessed July 31, 2018 (French).