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Olympique Lyonnais, known as Lyon or OL, are a top French football club based in Lyon, the gastronomic capital of the country. Lyon play in Ligue 1 and are currently reigning champions of France, for the sixth consecutive time.

Added to this amazing feat of footballing excellence, Lyon have won three Ligue 2 Championships and Coupe de France. Olympique Lyonnais call the Stade de Gerland home, a 43,051 seater stadium in the city of Lyon, and Olympic Lyonnais tickets are hot property all around the city. Lyon enjoys a loyal and fervent fan-base in their own city, as their on-field successes of late have pushed up the demand for Lyon tickets. The supporters’ reputation in Europe is growing, as they repeatedly fill their stadium and their team dominates Ligue 1 and progresses in the Champions League. The Stade de Gerland often sells out completely for European and domestic League matches, and especially for the grudge matches against fellow French side Saint-Étienne, a clash which has come to be considered one of the biggest games on the French football calendar. Several other teams, such as AS Monaco, Marseille and Paris Saint-Germain have attempted to knock Lyon off their perch in recent years, but still the Lyonnais march on victorious.

The club was founded in 1899 as Lyon Olympique Universitaire, but wasn’t nationally established as a club until 1950. Olympique Lyonnais came into being following the rugby and football organs within the sports club Lyon Olympique facing an impasse. The football section decided to go its own way, calling itself Olympique Lyonnais. Supporters of OL therefore believe that the club was founded in 1899, when it was part of the larger sports body.

Lyon football tickets are the dream of Europhiles wishing to visit this gastronomic and cosmopolitan centre, for a game of football followed by an evening drinking coffee or wine outside the cafes. The team which has dominated French football for six years appears not yet finished with its plan for European domination, and it is a pleasure to travel to that beautiful part of the world, to watch the beautiful game, and to drink in the sights and sounds of the Rhône-Alpes region.

Full name Olympique Lyonnais

Nickname Les Gones

Founded 1899/1950

Ground Stade Gerland, Lyon, France

Capacity 43,051