OLYMPIQUE LYONNAIS (FRANCE) 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019

Posted on Dec 22, 2019 | IFFHS News Category

IFFHS AWARDS – THE WORLD’S BEST WOMAN CLUB : OLYMPIQUE LYONNAIS (FRANCE) 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019

PRESENTATION

OLYMPIQUE LYONNAIS

Woman Team Founded in 2004 (Olympique Lyonnais acquires FC Lyon )

13 Ligue 1 titles (2006/07, 2007/08, 2008/09, 2009/10, 2010/11, 2011/12, 2012/13, 2013/14, 2014/15, 2015/16, 2016/17, 2017/18, 2018/19)

8 French Cup titles (2008, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019)

6 UEFA Champions League titles ( 2010/11, 2011/12, 2015/16, 2016/17, 2017/18, 2018/19)

Runners-up : 2009/10, 2012/13

1 International Women’s Club Championship title : 2012

1 Trophée des Champions : 2019

6 IFFHS AWARDS : The World’s Best Woman Team of the Year (2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019)

IFFHS Award 2012

IFFHS Award 2015

IFFHS Award 2016

IFFHS Award 2017

IFFHS Award 2018

MOST APPEARANCES :

Wendie Renard, the captain, has won ALL the titles with Olympique Lyonnais since the beginning ! 367 matches since 2006 with the team and 112 goals : Wendie Renard is considered as one of the best defenders in the World !

TOP GOAL SCORER :

Eugénie Le Sommer has scored 266 goals for Olympique Lyonnais since 2010 !

THE STAR :

KYIV, UKRAINE - May 24: Ada Hegerberg of Olympique Lyonnais celebrates scoring her side's third goal during the UEFA Women's Champions League Final between Wolfsburg v Lyon at Valeriy Lobanovskiy Dynamo Stadium in Kyiv, Ukraine on May 24, 2018. (Photo by Brendan Moran - UEFA/UEFA via Sportsfile)

Ada Hegerberg is only 24 years old and has already scored 220 goals for Olympique Lyonnais since 2014, winning many individual titles in Norway, France, Europe and in the World ! She was the FIRST BALLON D’OR in the Football History in 2018. Like Megan Rapinoe, she fights for the Equality , becoming a symbol of the Women Football.

THE SQUAD :

Olympique Lyonnais has 21 International Players in his squad from France, Norway, Germany, Japan, England, Netherlands, Canada, Belgium, Portugal and Finland ! Hope Solo, Megan Rapinoe and Alex Morgan, the US Stars, played also one season each in Lyon !

Olympique Lyonnais trusted the IFFHS Awards since the beginning in 2012 : 6 for the Club, 3 for Goalkeeper Sarah Bouhaddi (picture left), 2 for Playmaker Dzsenifer Marozsan (picture right) and Lyon composed each year since 2017 more than the half of THE IFFHS WOMEN WORLD TEAM of the Year !