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.
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is a men's professional football club based in Lyon
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they were founded in 1950
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the 59,186-capacity Parc Olympique Lyonnais
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beginning a national record-setting streak of seven successive titles
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