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Which striker came through Lyon's academy and was sold to Real Madrid in 2009?
WhyKarim Benzema graduated from Lyon's youth system, won Ligue 1 with the club and joined Real Madrid in the summer of 2009. -
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Which Lyon goalkeeper joined Tottenham Hotspur in 2012?
WhyHugo Lloris captained Lyon before moving to Tottenham in August 2012, where he spent eleven years and was made club captain in 2015. -
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Which Dutch forward did Lyon sign from Manchester United in January 2017?
WhyMemphis Depay's Lyon move revived his career after a difficult spell at Old Trafford, and he later left for Barcelona on a free transfer. -
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Which goalkeeper spent eleven years at Lyon, winning all seven consecutive titles, before joining Atlético Madrid in 2008?
WhyGrégory Coupet was Lyon's number one from 1997 to 2008, was named Ligue 1's best goalkeeper repeatedly, and left for Atlético Madrid. -
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Who is Olympique Lyonnais' all-time leading goalscorer?
WhyFleury Di Nallo, nicknamed 'le Petit Prince de Gerland', scored 222 goals for Lyon across the 1960s and early 1970s. -
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In the 2020 Champions League quarter-final in Lisbon, Lyon produced a huge upset by beating which English club 3-1?
WhyLyon stunned Manchester City in the one-legged quarter-final, with Moussa Dembélé scoring twice off the bench to send Pep Guardiola's side out. -
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Which manager was in charge for the last of Lyon's seven straight titles, a season that also brought the Coupe de France?
WhyAlain Perrin completed the domestic double in 2007-08, Lyon's seventh consecutive league crown and their last to date. -
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Lyon broke their transfer record in 2009 to sign Argentine striker Lisandro López from which club?
WhyLisandro López arrived from Porto, where he had been the Portuguese league's top scorer, for a fee of around €24m. -
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Which businessman took over as Lyon president in 1987 and oversaw the club's rise from the second division to seven league titles?
WhyJean-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. -
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Lyon completed a domestic double in 2008 by beating which club 1-0 in the Coupe de France final?
WhyKarim Benzema's goal beat Paris Saint-Germain at the Stade de France, adding the cup to Lyon's seventh straight league title. -
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Olympique Lyonnais were founded in which year?
WhyThe club emerged from the football section of an older multi-sport association and moved into the Stade de Gerland the same year. -
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Which French defender left Lyon for Barcelona in 2007?
WhyÉric Abidal joined Barcelona from Lyon in 2007 and went on to win the Champions League twice in Catalonia. -
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In which season did Lyon win the first Ligue 1 title in their history?
WhyLyon were crowned French champions for the first time in 2001-02, launching their record run of seven in a row. -
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Which club knocked Lyon out of the 2016-17 Europa League at the semi-final stage?
WhyAjax 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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Which club ended Lyon's run in the 2010 Champions League semi-finals?
WhyBayern 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. -
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Roughly what is the capacity of Lyon's Groupama Stadium?
WhyThe Parc Olympique Lyonnais holds just over 59,000, making it one of the largest club grounds in France. -
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How many Coupe de France titles have Lyon won?
WhyThe first came in 1964 and the most recent in 2012, so they are outnumbered by the club's seven league titles. -
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Which French winger did Lyon sell to Chelsea in 2007?
WhyFlorent Malouda moved to Chelsea in 2007 after four seasons at Lyon in which he won four league titles. -
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Which manager led Lyon to the first Ligue 1 title in the club's history?
WhyJacques Santini delivered Lyon's maiden French championship before leaving to take charge of the France national team. -
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Which trophy did Lyon lift in 2001, beating Monaco 2-1 in the final?
WhyThe 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. -
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Lyon knocked which Spanish club out of the Champions League in the 2009-10 last 16?
WhyLyon 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. -
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Lyon signed Juninho Pernambucano in 2001 from which Brazilian club?
WhyJuninho arrived from Vasco da Gama, where he had won the Copa Libertadores, and became Lyon's on-field leader for eight years. -
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Which French forward was Ligue 1's top scorer in 2014-15 with 27 goals?
WhyAlexandre 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. -
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Lyon dominated Ligue 1 in the 2000s with a French record run of consecutive league titles. How many did they win in a row?
WhyLyon won seven straight French championships, a Ligue 1 record for consecutive titles, before the run finally ended. -
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Lyon's fiercest derby rivalry is contested against which neighbouring club?
WhyOnly about 60km separates the two cities, making Lyon v Saint-Étienne — the Derby Rhône-Alpes — one of French football's most hostile fixtures. -
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Lyon signed Brazilian striker Sonny Anderson in 1999 from which club?
WhyAnderson joined Lyon from Barcelona, having moved to Catalonia from Monaco two years earlier. -
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What colour are Lyon's traditional home shirts?
WhyLyon's traditional home kit is a white shirt trimmed with the club's red and blue, the colours that also fill the OL crest. -
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Which stadium has been Lyon's home ground since 2016?
WhyLyon 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. -
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Which club won the last Ligue 1 title before Lyon's run of seven began?
WhyThey took the 2000-01 championship, and Lyon then won every title from 2001-02 onwards. -
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Olympique Lyonnais supporters know the club by which nickname?
Why'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. -
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Alexandre Lacazette left Lyon in 2017 to join which English club?
WhyLacazette signed for Arsenal in July 2017 for a fee of around £46m, then a club-record signing for the Gunners. -
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Lyon clinched their first ever league title on the final day of the season by beating which club 3-1 at Gerland?
WhyLens 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. -
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Which club has won the most UEFA Women's Champions League titles?
WhyLyon's women's side has lifted the European trophy eight times, more than any other club in the competition's history. -
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Which Brazilian midfielder, a devastating free-kick specialist, captained Lyon through their title-winning years?
WhyJuninho Pernambucano spent eight seasons at Lyon from 2001, winning seven league titles and becoming famous for his dipping knuckleball free-kicks. -
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Which manager led Lyon to the Champions League semi-finals in 2020?
WhyRudi Garcia took over in October 2019 and guided Lyon past Juventus and Manchester City before a 3-0 semi-final defeat to Bayern Munich. -
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Which of these France national team managers was Lyon's head coach from 1988 to 1993?
WhyRaymond Domenech managed Lyon for five years from 1988, long before he took charge of France and led them to the 2006 World Cup final. -
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Which midfielder did Tottenham sign from Lyon in 2019 for what was then a club-record fee?
WhyTanguy Ndombele's move to Tottenham was worth around £54m, breaking Spurs' transfer record at the time. -
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Which Dutch club eliminated Lyon on penalties in the 2004-05 Champions League quarter-finals?
WhyPSV Eindhoven edged Lyon in a shootout after the tie finished level, then went out to Milan in the semi-finals on away goals. -
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Lyon signed Ghanaian midfielder Michael Essien in 2003 from which French club?
WhyEssien joined from Bastia, won two titles at Lyon and was named Ligue 1 Player of the Year before Chelsea signed him in 2005.
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About the Olympique Lyonnais quiz
Olympique Lyonnais were a second-division side when Jean-Michel Aulas arrived as president in 1987 with a plan he called 'OL – Europe'. Fourteen years later they won the first league title in the club's history, and then six more in a row. This free Lyon quiz covers the lot: Les Gones in their white shirts, the move from Gerland to the purpose-built Groupama Stadium in January 2016, the fiercest derby in France against Saint-Étienne 60km down the road, and the women's team whose eight UEFA Women's Champions League titles are more than any other club has won.
The dynasty is the heart of it. Lyon's first championship came in 2001-02, clinched on the final day at Gerland with a 3-1 win over RC Lens, who needed only a draw to be champions themselves — Jacques Santini's side took it instead. Seven consecutive titles followed, a Ligue 1 record, and the run ended with a domestic double: Alain Perrin's 2007-08 team added the Coupe de France, Karim Benzema's goal beating Paris Saint-Germain 1-0 at the Stade de France. The launchpad had come in 2001, when Lyon beat Monaco 2-1 after extra time to win the Coupe de la Ligue, their first major trophy in decades. Juninho Pernambucano, signed from Vasco da Gama that same year, captained the side through all of it and turned the dipping free-kick into a Lyon trademark; Grégory Coupet kept goal for every one of the seven titles before joining Atlético Madrid in 2008.
Europe brought the near-misses and the great upsets. PSV Eindhoven knocked Lyon out on penalties in the 2004-05 quarter-finals; in 2009-10 they beat Real Madrid 2-1 on aggregate before Bayern Munich, with an Ivica Olić hat-trick in the second leg, ended the run in the semi-finals; Ajax edged them out of the 2016-17 Europa League at the same stage. Then came Lisbon in 2020, where Rudi Garcia's side beat Manchester City 3-1 in the one-legged quarter-final with Moussa Dembélé scoring twice off the bench, before losing another semi-final to Bayern. The academy and the trading are just as much a part of the identity: Karim Benzema left for Real Madrid in 2009, Alexandre Lacazette scored 27 league goals to win the 2014-15 golden boot before joining Arsenal, Hugo Lloris went to Tottenham in 2012 and Tanguy Ndombele followed for a then club-record fee in 2019. Coming the other way were Sonny Anderson from Barcelona in 1999, Michael Essien from Bastia in 2003, Lisandro López from Porto and Memphis Depay from Manchester United. And the club's all-time leading scorer still belongs to an earlier age: Fleury Di Nallo, 222 goals, 'le Petit Prince de Gerland'.
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