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Olympique Lyonnais

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Olympique Lyonnais, commonly called Lyon or OL, is a mens professional football club based in Lyon, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, France. With origins dating back to 1899, the club was founded in 1950, and it competes in Ligue 1, the top division of French football, playing at the 59,186-capacity Parc Olympique Lyonnais in Decines-Charpieu, a suburb of Lyon. Lyon won its first Ligue 1 championship in 2002 and went on to a national record of seven successive titles. It has also won eight Trophees des Champions and five Coupes de France, has reached the semi-final of the UEFA Champions League twice, and is nicknamed Les Gones, meaning The Kids in the regional Franco-Provencal dialect. Its main rival is nearby Saint-Etienne.

Facts
Classification
Team Type
Professional Club 1
Founded Year
1950 1
Stadium Capacity
59,186 1
Titles
7 1
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Competed In

Ligue 1, Competitions
Source Olympique Lyonnais (Wikipedia)

Long-Form Articles

Two founding dates, one club: how Olympique Lyonnais began in 1950, Articles

Plays

Association Football, Sports
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Roster

Giovane Élber, Athletes
Source Giovane Élber (Wikipedia)
Serge Chiesa, Athletes
Source Serge Chiesa (Wikipedia)
Sidy Koné, Athletes
Source Sidy Koné (Wikipedia)
Yves Mariot, Athletes
Source Yves Mariot (Wikipedia)
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Lyon

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is a men's professional football club based in Lyon
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1. Olympique Lyonnais (Wikipedia)
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    is a men's professional football club based in Lyon
  • Lead, founded year
    they were founded in 1950
  • Lead, stadium capacity
    the 59,186-capacity Parc Olympique Lyonnais
  • Lead, league titles
    beginning a national record-setting streak of seven successive titles
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Giovane Élber (Wikipedia)
Roster: Giovane Élber, Club career, Lyon
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in France with Lyon
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Yves Mariot (Wikipedia)
Roster: Yves Mariot, Lead, clubs
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went on to play for Sedan, Lyon, Bastia, Paris FC, and Nice
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Sidy Koné (Wikipedia)
Roster: Sidy Koné, Club career, Lyon
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Koné joined Lyon in 2010
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Serge Chiesa (Wikipedia)
Roster: Serge Chiesa, Lead, club
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one of Olympique Lyonnais' most notable players of his era
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