Founded 1950.
Stade : Gerland (cap. 42 000), avenue Jean Jaurès 69007 Lyon.
President : Jean-Michel Aulas.
Budget : over 300 MF
Internet : www.olympiquelyonnais.com
Honours : Coupe de France (1964, 1967, 1973) Champion de D2 (1951, 1954, 1989)
Cup Winners Cup : semi finalists 1964, ten times played in UEFA cup
Coach : Bernard Lacombe professionnel, international. Directeur sportif at O.L. since 1988, took over from Guy Stéphan as coach in 1995-96.
Assitant: José Broissart
Technical Director : Jacques Santini (ex-Saint-Etienne)
This season, Pathé took over 34 % of the capital of the club, with title aspirations, but an early season disappointment came with successive exits from the Champions league by Maribor, Slovak champions, then a the UEFA cup. A League Cup defeat at home to Bastia (0-1), then Lyon find themselves ten points behind leaders Monaco in the league. A 6-1 hammering at Nantes was followed by a good 2-0 win over Marseille. Thus, the only trophy left this season is the French Cup.
Arrivals at the club this season have been Sonny Anderson , (120 MF from FC Barcelona), Tony Vairelles (Lens), Pierre Laigle (Sampdoria) and Serge Blanc (Montpellier). Big money investment requires the results, which have not been forthcoming, so any more errors and Lacombe could find himself at the door.
Squad :
Goalkeepers : Grégory Coupet, Angelo Hugues, Sébastien Socié.
Defence : Jacek Bak (Poland International), Serge Blanc, Jérémie Bréchet, Patrice Carteron, Hubert Fournier, Florent Laville, Cédric Uras.
Midfield : Christophe Delmotte, Vikash Dhorasoo, Pierre Laigle, David Linarès, Steed Malbranque, Patrice Ouerdi, Philippe Violeau.
Attack : Sonny Anderson Da Silva (Brazilian), Frédéric Kanoute, Tony Vairelles (photo, left).
Famous ex-players :
Keller, Jelinek, Lozia, Meynieu, De Cecco, Louis, Ferrier, Dupraz, Lauer, Tichy, Lergemuller, Grimonpont, Flamion, Schultz, Christiansen, Bonvin, Lerond, Novak, Jensen, Hjalmarsson, Konrady, Ninel, Fatton, Antonio, Kermali, Cossou, Abderazak, Salem, Constantino, Dalla Cieca, N'Jo Léa, Salen, Daniel, Combin, Rambert, Roubaud, Di Nallo, Hatchi, Nuremberg, Aubour, J. Djorkaeff, Bruey, Margottin, Maison, Guy, Félix, Mihailovic, Baeza, Lacombe, Jacquet, Chauveau, Broissart, Jodar, Chiesa, Xuereb, Chauveau, Domenech, Moizan, Cabanas, Tigana, Rousset, Garde, Pelé, Gava, Maurice, Bravo.
Coaches : Jasseron, Hon, Migot, Aimé Jacquet, Destrumelle, Domenech, Tigana.
They have played for both clubs: Nestor Combin, Fleury Di Nallo, Antoine Dalla Cieca, Jean Baeza , Yvon Delestre, Gilles De Rocco, Jean-Philippe Forêt, Guy Garrigues, François Lemasson, René Lozia (FC Lyon), Philippe N'Dioro, Jacques Wyffels (FC Lyon).
