Olympique Lyonnais Quiz Questions and Answers

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Round 1

  1. Olympique Lyonnais supporters know the club by which nickname?
  2. Which stadium has been Lyon's home ground since 2016?
  3. Lyon dominated Ligue 1 in the 2000s with a French record run of consecutive league titles. How many did they win in a row?
  4. Which striker came through Lyon's academy and was sold to Real Madrid in 2009?
  5. Lyon's fiercest derby rivalry is contested against which neighbouring club?
  6. Which Lyon goalkeeper joined Tottenham Hotspur in 2012?
  7. Which club has won the most UEFA Women's Champions League titles?
  8. Alexandre Lacazette left Lyon in 2017 to join which English club?
  9. Which Brazilian midfielder, a devastating free-kick specialist, captained Lyon through their title-winning years?
  10. What colour are Lyon's traditional home shirts?
Answers — round 1
  1. Les Gones — 'Gone' is Lyonnais dialect for a kid or lad, so Les Gones means 'the kids' — Les Verts are Saint-Étienne, Les Dogues are Lille and Les Aiglons are Nice.
  2. Groupama Stadium — Lyon moved into the purpose-built Parc Olympique Lyonnais in the east of the city in January 2016; the ground was renamed the Groupama Stadium when the naming-rights deal was signed in 2017.
  3. Seven — Lyon won seven straight French championships, a Ligue 1 record for consecutive titles, before the run finally ended.
  4. Karim Benzema — Karim Benzema graduated from Lyon's youth system, won Ligue 1 with the club and joined Real Madrid in the summer of 2009.
  5. AS Saint-Étienne — Only about 60km separates the two cities, making Lyon v Saint-Étienne — the Derby Rhône-Alpes — one of French football's most hostile fixtures.
  6. Hugo Lloris — Hugo Lloris captained Lyon before moving to Tottenham in August 2012, where he spent eleven years and was made club captain in 2015.
  7. Olympique Lyonnais — Lyon's women's side has lifted the European trophy eight times, more than any other club in the competition's history.
  8. Arsenal — Lacazette signed for Arsenal in July 2017 for a fee of around £46m, then a club-record signing for the Gunners.
  9. Juninho Pernambucano — Juninho Pernambucano spent eight seasons at Lyon from 2001, winning seven league titles and becoming famous for his dipping knuckleball free-kicks.
  10. White — Lyon's traditional home kit is a white shirt trimmed with the club's red and blue, the colours that also fill the OL crest.

Round 2

  1. Which manager led Lyon to the first Ligue 1 title in the club's history?
  2. Which manager was in charge for the last of Lyon's seven straight titles, a season that also brought the Coupe de France?
  3. Lyon signed Juninho Pernambucano in 2001 from which Brazilian club?
  4. Lyon completed a domestic double in 2008 by beating which club 1-0 in the Coupe de France final?
  5. Lyon knocked which Spanish club out of the Champions League in the 2009-10 last 16?
  6. Which club ended Lyon's run in the 2010 Champions League semi-finals?
  7. In the 2020 Champions League quarter-final in Lisbon, Lyon produced a huge upset by beating which English club 3-1?
  8. Which businessman took over as Lyon president in 1987 and oversaw the club's rise from the second division to seven league titles?
  9. Which French defender left Lyon for Barcelona in 2007?
  10. Which French winger did Lyon sell to Chelsea in 2007?
Answers — round 2
  1. Jacques Santini — Jacques Santini delivered Lyon's maiden French championship before leaving to take charge of the France national team.
  2. Alain Perrin — Alain Perrin completed the domestic double in 2007-08, Lyon's seventh consecutive league crown and their last to date.
  3. Vasco da Gama — Juninho arrived from Vasco da Gama, where he had won the Copa Libertadores, and became Lyon's on-field leader for eight years.
  4. Paris Saint-Germain — Karim Benzema's goal beat Paris Saint-Germain at the Stade de France, adding the cup to Lyon's seventh straight league title.
  5. Real Madrid — Lyon beat Real Madrid 1-0 at home and drew 1-1 in the Bernabéu to go through 2-1 on aggregate, extending Madrid's run of last-16 exits.
  6. Bayern Munich — Bayern Munich won the first leg 1-0 in Munich through Arjen Robben, then thrashed Lyon 3-0 in the return with an Ivica Olić hat-trick to reach the 2010 final.
  7. Manchester City — Lyon stunned Manchester City in the one-legged quarter-final, with Moussa Dembélé scoring twice off the bench to send Pep Guardiola's side out.
  8. Jean-Michel Aulas — Jean-Michel Aulas arrived in 1987 with his 'OL – Europe' project when Lyon were a second-division side, and ran the club for over three decades.
  9. Éric Abidal — Éric Abidal joined Barcelona from Lyon in 2007 and went on to win the Champions League twice in Catalonia.
  10. Florent Malouda — Florent Malouda moved to Chelsea in 2007 after four seasons at Lyon in which he won four league titles.

Round 3

  1. Which goalkeeper spent eleven years at Lyon, winning all seven consecutive titles, before joining Atlético Madrid in 2008?
  2. Which Dutch forward did Lyon sign from Manchester United in January 2017?
  3. In which season did Lyon win the first Ligue 1 title in their history?
  4. Roughly what is the capacity of Lyon's Groupama Stadium?
  5. Who is Olympique Lyonnais' all-time leading goalscorer?
  6. Which of these France national team managers was Lyon's head coach from 1988 to 1993?
  7. Which Dutch club eliminated Lyon on penalties in the 2004-05 Champions League quarter-finals?
  8. Which midfielder did Tottenham sign from Lyon in 2019 for what was then a club-record fee?
  9. Which French forward was Ligue 1's top scorer in 2014-15 with 27 goals?
  10. Lyon broke their transfer record in 2009 to sign Argentine striker Lisandro López from which club?
Answers — round 3
  1. Grégory Coupet — Grégory Coupet was Lyon's number one from 1997 to 2008, was named Ligue 1's best goalkeeper repeatedly, and left for Atlético Madrid.
  2. Memphis Depay — Memphis Depay's Lyon move revived his career after a difficult spell at Old Trafford, and he later left for Barcelona on a free transfer.
  3. 2001-02 — Lyon were crowned French champions for the first time in 2001-02, launching their record run of seven in a row.
  4. About 59,000 — The Parc Olympique Lyonnais holds just over 59,000, making it one of the largest club grounds in France.
  5. Fleury Di Nallo — Fleury Di Nallo, nicknamed 'le Petit Prince de Gerland', scored 222 goals for Lyon across the 1960s and early 1970s.
  6. Raymond Domenech — Raymond Domenech managed Lyon for five years from 1988, long before he took charge of France and led them to the 2006 World Cup final.
  7. PSV Eindhoven — PSV Eindhoven edged Lyon in a shootout after the tie finished level, then went out to Milan in the semi-finals on away goals.
  8. Tanguy Ndombele — Tanguy Ndombele's move to Tottenham was worth around £54m, breaking Spurs' transfer record at the time.
  9. Alexandre Lacazette — Alexandre Lacazette's 27 league goals for Lyon won him the golden boot and the French Player of the Year award, finishing ahead of Gignac's 21.
  10. Porto — Lisandro López arrived from Porto, where he had been the Portuguese league's top scorer, for a fee of around €24m.

Round 4

  1. Lyon clinched their first ever league title on the final day of the season by beating which club 3-1 at Gerland?
  2. Which manager led Lyon to the Champions League semi-finals in 2020?
  3. Lyon signed Brazilian striker Sonny Anderson in 1999 from which club?
  4. Which trophy did Lyon lift in 2001, beating Monaco 2-1 in the final?
  5. Lyon signed Ghanaian midfielder Michael Essien in 2003 from which French club?
  6. Which club knocked Lyon out of the 2016-17 Europa League at the semi-final stage?
Answers — round 4
  1. RC Lens — Lens needed only a draw at Gerland to be champions, but Lyon won 3-1 to snatch the title on the last day of 2001-02.
  2. Rudi Garcia — Rudi Garcia took over in October 2019 and guided Lyon past Juventus and Manchester City before a 3-0 semi-final defeat to Bayern Munich.
  3. Barcelona — Anderson joined Lyon from Barcelona, having moved to Catalonia from Monaco two years earlier.
  4. Coupe de la Ligue — The 2001 Coupe de la Ligue, won 2-1 after extra time at the Stade de France, was Lyon's first major trophy since the 1973 Coupe de France and the launchpad for their era of dominance.
  5. SC Bastia — Essien joined from Bastia, won two titles at Lyon and was named Ligue 1 Player of the Year before Chelsea signed him in 2005.
  6. AFC Ajax — Ajax won the first leg 4-1 in Amsterdam and survived a 3-1 defeat in Lyon to go through 5-4 on aggregate.

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