Olympique Lyonnais (French pronunciation: [olepik ljone]), commonly referred to as simply Lyon (French pronunciation: [ljo]) or OL, is a men and women's French professional football club based in Lyon in Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes. The players are part of France's top football league, Ligue 1. The club was founded in 1950. club was awarded the initial Ligue 1 championship in 2002 which began a record-setting streak of seven consecutive championships. Lyon has also been awarded eight Trophees of Champions and Five Coupes de France, and three Ligue 2 titles.
Lyon has been a part of Lyon has played in the UEFA Champions League seventeen times In this season's 2009-10 campaign, they the club reached the semi-finals in the very first season in the competition after three quarter-final appearances previously. They will again reach this stage during the season 2019-20. Olympique Lyonnais plays home games at the stadium with a capacity of 59,186 seats. Parc Olympique Lyonnais that is commercially referred to as the Groupama Stadium, in Decines-Charpieu located in an area in the city of Lyon. The club's colors are red, white and blue. Lyon was part of the G14 group of the top European football clubs. They are also founding members of the successor group, The European Club Association.
The nickname of the club, Les Gones, means "The Kids" in Lyon's regional dialect, which is a form of French Provencal. They have had a long-running rivalry with the club nearby Saint-Etienne and play in each year the Derby Rhone-Alpes. Lyon are controlled by Jean-Michel Aulas since 1987 before American businessman John Textor purchased the club in June 2022.
