IFFHS STATS - OLYMPIQUE LYON, THE KING OF WOMEN FOOTBALL
Picture : Wendie Renard, the Captain and Symbol of OL. She is the only ONE to have won ALL THE TITLES of Olympique Lyon's History !
OLYMPIQUE LYONNAIS
Olympique Lyon is the King in women’ football World and also in women’s sport competitions.
Every time this team steps on a pitch in France and in Europe’s Champions League, they seem to set new records. In Europe, No one has played in more semi-finals(11), more finals (9) or won more UWCL titles (7) in history .
No club has won more matches in the competition (104). No club has won more games in the competition (82). No club has scored more goals in the competition (390).
This period of dominance that Lyon are enjoying will go down in history as one of the greatest eras for not just a football team, but a team in any sport, and many of the players involved over the last five years will go down as some of the greatest to play the game.
Goalkeeper Sarah Bouhaddi (in Lyon since 2009), forward Eugenie Le Sommer (in Lyon since 2010), centre-back Wendie Renard (in Lyon since 2006) and winger Amel Majri (in Lyon since 2010) have won seven UEFA Champions League titles. Seven !
Olympique Lyon has beaten all records in France, in Europe and in the World. The panorama :
STATS AND RECORDS
UEFA WOMEN’S CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
Winner 2011, 2012, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 (7 titles)
Finalist 2010, 2013
LIGUE 1 FRANCE
Champion since 2007 to 2020 (14 consecutive years)
FRENCH CUP
Winner 2008, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020 (9 titles)
Finalist 2005, 2006, 2007, 2018
CLUB WORLD CUP
Winner 2012
WOMEN’S INTERNATIONAL CHAMPIONS CUP
Winner 2019
IFFHS WORLD’S BEST WOMEN TEAM
Award Winner 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 (6 Awards)
RECORDS IN EUROPE
- Most titles UEFA Women’s Champions League : 7
- Most consecutive (2016 to 2020) : 5
- Most finals : 9 finals
- Most semi finals : 11
- Most matches : 104
- Most wins : 82
- Most goals scored : 390
- Most participations : 13 consecutive (2008 to 2020)
RECORDS IN FRANCE
- Most national titles : 14 (consecutive !)
- Most seasons with 100% Wins : 3
- Most goals scored in one season : 147
- Most doubles Ligue/Cup : 7
- Most Cup Wins : 9
- Most Cup Finals : 13
OLYMPIQUE LYON OTHER STATS AND RECORDS
Created in 2004 , Olympique Lyon has :
- Played 16 seasons in Ligue 1 France
- scored 1550 goals in 345 matches
- won 310 matches
- Played 16 French Cup competitions
- Scored 500 goals in 85 matches
- Won 76 matches
- Played 104 UEFA Champions League matches in 13 seasons
- Won 82 matches
- Scored 390 goals
THE RECORD PLAYERS
Number 1 = Captain Wendie Renard holds all Club Records :
- She won ALL the TITLES of Olympique Lyon (14 Ligue 1, 9 French Cups, 7 UEFA Champions League …)
- She played the most matches in Ligue 1 (235), the most matches in French Cup (53), the most matches in UEFA Champions League (88) !
- She scored the most goals as Defender (119 goals in her career) !
THE BEST GOALSCORERS
- Eugénie Le Sommer leads the ranking of the best goal scorers all time with Olympique Lyon : 272 goals in 320 matches.
- Norwegian young Super Star Ada Hegerberg takes rang 3 with 220 goals in only 182 matches ( 1,2 goals / Match) ! THE RECORD.
- Ada Hegerberg is also the Best GoalScorer in the HISTORY of the UEFA Women’s Champions League, she leads the All Time Ranking with 53 goals (49 for Lyon) !
23 NATIONALITIES
Olympique Lyon had always an international team with the best players of the World. 23 nationalities with Superstars wearing the Olympique Lyon shirt. Examples :
- USA : Hope Solo, Megan Rapinoe, Alex Morgan
- Norway : Isabell Herlovsen, Ada Hegerberg
- Germany : Dzsenifer Marozsan
- England : Lucy Bronze, Nikita Parris
- Brazil : Katia, Rosana
- Japan : Saki Kumagai
- Sweden : Lotta Schelin, Caroline Seger
- Denmark : Line Roddik Hansen
- Spain : Dolores Gallardo
- Argentina : Sole Jaimes
- Australia : Ellie Carpenter
- Belgium : Janice Cayman
- Canada : Kadeisha Buchanan
- China : Fei Wang
- Costa Rica : Shirley Cruz
- Finland : Katriina Talashati
- Iceland : Sara Björk Gunnarsdottir
- Nigeria : Cynthia Uwak
- New Zealand : Erin Nayler
- Netherlands : Sanice Van de Sanden
- Wales : Jessica Fischlock
- Portugal : Jessica Silva
- Switzerland : Lara Dickenmann
And France Players : Wendie Renard, Sarah Bouhaddi, Eugénie Le Sommer, Amel Majri, Amandine Henry, Delphine Cascarino, Camille Abily, Louisa Necib, Sonia Bompastor, Sandrine Bretigny …
INDIVIDUAL AWARDS
- Ada Hegerberg = BALLON D’OR 2018, UEFA Best Player 2016
- Lucy Bronze = UEFA Best Player 2019
- Sarah Bouhaddi = UEFA Best Goalkeeper 2020, IFFHS World’s Best Goalkeeper 2016, 2017, 2018
- Dzsenifer Marozsan = UEFA Best Midfielder 2020, IFFHS World’s Best Playmaker 2016, 2018
- Wendie Renard = UEFA Best Defender 2020