Lyon Fc - French ligue 1 teams

 

Founded in 1899, Lyon fc officially known as Olympique Lyonnais is a professional French football club based in Lyon city in France which is the second largest urban area in France right after Paris.

Starting out in 1899, Olympique Lyonnais was formed as a multisports club originally known as Racing club de Lyon.

Following disagreements within the club's managerial tree, Olympique Lyonnais was officially launched in 1950 by Dr. Albert Trillat and several others.

Officially established in 1950, Lyon fc won their first ligue 1 title in 2002 with 66 points after thrashing Lens 3-1 and adding to their record of 7 successive league titles.

Though relegations and promotions to both ligue 1 and ligue 2 have been quite constant over the years, Lyon fc can proudly be referred to as a France ligue 1 team because of their never ending enthusiastic spirit.

Having participated in the Uefa champions league for seventeen times, Lyon fc have never carried the champions league title except reaching the semi finals in 2009-10 season.

Owned by the French business man Jean Michel Antoine Aulas, Fc Lyon is one of the most supported clubs in France along Marseille and PSG.

Lyon and saint Etienne have a long standing rivalry and they contest in derby Rhone Alpes.

In 1963-64 Coupe de France season, Lyon fc won their first title after beating Bordeaux 2-0 in the finals. With the following year 1965-66 season ending Lyon at 16th position, coach Jasseron was replaced with Louis Hon a move that got the team their second coupe de France after beating Sochaux 3-1 in the 1966-67 season.

At the dawn of the year 2000, Lyon started displaying their might after beating Paris saint Germain and Marseille. Winning the day at the time, olympique Lyonnais became the richest club in France and also most popular importing notable players in the likes of Michael Essien,Florent Malouda, Juninho,Diarra, Karim Benzema, Patrick muller, Eric Abidal among others. 

The solid team resulted to Lyon fc climbing to major heights, winning a good chunk of trophies and coming close to winning the Uefa champions league title.