Olympique Lyonnais (Ladies)

This article is about the women's football (soccer) team. For the men's football (soccer) club, see Olympique Lyonnais.

Olympique Lyonnais

Full name	Olympique Lyonnais Féminin
Nickname(s)	OL Ladies, Les Fenottes
Founded	1970 as FC Lyon 2004 as Olympique Lyonnais
Ground	Plaine des Jeux de Gerland Lyon (Capacity: 2,500)
President	Paul Piemontese
Manager	Patrice Lair
League	D1 Féminine
2010–11	1st, D1 Féminine
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Olympique Lyonnais Féminin (French pronunciation: [ɔlɛ̃pik ljɔnɛ]; commonly referred to as Olympique Lyon, Lyon, or simply OL) is a French women's football club based in Lyon. The club has been the female section of Olympique Lyonnais since 2004. Lyon currently play in the Division 1 Féminine and are the defending champions having won the league for five straight seasons.^[1]

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 five times and three Challenge de France titles. 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.^[2][3] In the following season, Lyon finally captured the UEFA Women's Champions League defeating its nemesis Turbine Potsdam 2–0 in the 2011 final.

Lyon hosts its matches at the Plaine des Jeux de Gerland, a 2,500-capacity stadium that is situated not far from the Stade de Gerland, where the male sections plays. The women's team does host its "big" matches at the 41,044-seat stadium. The president of the club is Paul Piemontese and the captain of the team is French international Laura Georges. According to the UEFA women's coefficient, Lyon are the best club in UEFA.^[4]

Players

Current squad

As of 23 September 2011 Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Céline Deville 2 DF Sandrine Dusang 3 DF Wendie Renard 4 FW Makan Traoré 5 DF Laura Georges (captain) 6 MF Amandine Henry 7 FW Sandrine Brétigny 8 FW Lotta Schelin 9 MF Eugénie Le Sommer 10 MF Louisa Necib 11 MF Shirley Cruz Traña 12 FW Élodie Thomis

No. Position Player 15 MF Aurélie Kaci 16 GK Pauline Magnin-Peyraud 17 MF Corine Franco 18 MF Sonia Bompastor 20 DF Sabrina Viguier 21 MF Lara Dickenmann 23 MF Camille Abily 25 MF Amel Majri 26 GK Sarah Bouhaddi — MF Rosana

Former notable players

Delphine Blanc Ludivine Bruet Hoda Lattaf Aurore Pegaz Anne-Laure Perrot Cécile Locatelli Emilie Gonssollin Laure Lepailleur Alice Real Marianne Grangeon Aurélie Naud Carole Granjon Séverine Creuzet-Laplantes Cloé Faillant

Claire Morel Aurore Giraud Océane Cairaty Dorte Dalum Jensen Cynthia Uwak Alexandra Muci Bente Nordby Pauline Ducroux Alice Pourrat Marion Hernandez Dallila Zerrouki Anaïs Ribeyra Fanny Quetand Fanny Garesio

Lucille Alonso Astrid Baule Marie Bolatre Viviane Boudaud Mélanie Martin Laëtitia Riboud Luisa Mirarchi Christine Colombo Nilsen Amelie Rybäck Isabell Herlovsen Simone Gomes Jatobá Kátia Cilene Teixeira da Silva Hope Solo Christie Welsh

Aly Wagner Lorrie Fair

Honours

Domestic

• Division 1 Féminine (Champions of France) (level 1)

Winners (9):1990–91, 1992–93, 1994–95, 1997–98, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11

Cups

• Challenge de France

Winners (3): 2003, 2004, 2008

Europe

• UEFA Women's Champions League

Winners (1): 2010–11

Runners-Up (1): 2009–10

See also

• Division 1 Féminine
• Olympique Lyonnais

References

1. ^ "Lyon pip Juvisy to French title". UEFA (UEFA). 14 June 2010. http://www.uefa.com/womenschampionsleague/news/newsid=1497798.html. Retrieved 15 June 2010. 
2. ^ "Lyon and Potsdam make history". UEFA (UEFA). 11 May 2010. http://www.uefa.com/womenschampionsleague/news/newsid=1486723.html. Retrieved 16 June 2010. 
3. ^ "Potsdam hold nerve to claim European crown". UEFA (UEFA). 20 May 2010. http://www.uefa.com/womenschampionsleague/matches/season=2010/round=2000062/match=2001503/report/index.html. Retrieved 16 June 2010. 
4. ^ "UEFA WOMEN'S CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2011/12". UEFA (UEFA). 15 June 2011. http://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/competitions/General/01/64/33/58/1643358_DOWNLOAD.pdf. Retrieved 05 August 2011. 

External links

• Official Site
• Club at uefa.com