OL Groupe

There has been an amateur section at Olympique Lyonnais since the creation of the club in 1950. Its role is to detect, develop and promote the emergence of young footballers.

Through significant investment since then, the club has developed talented players such as Benzema, Ben Arfa, Rémy, Clerc and Mounier and more recently Grenier, Tafer and Gonalons, who have enhanced the Club’s 2009/10 professional squad. Olympique Lyonnais is the best French development club, and this is recognized internationally. Several partnership projects are being considered throughout the world.

The Club currently has 458 playing members, including more than 180 young sports scholars.

The men’s section has 13 teams: 2 U7 teams, 2 U9 teams, 4 U11 teams, 2 U13 teams, 2 U15 teams, 2 U17 teams, 1 U19 team, 1 CFA team and 1 professional team.

The women’s section has 7 teams: 1 U11 team, 1 U13 team, 1 U15 team, 1 U18 team, 1 regional “honneur” team, 1 Division 3 team and 1 Division 1 team.

Young players

The women’s team once again had an excellent season in 2008/09, winning the French Championship with a 13-point margin over Montpellier and winning 21 of its 22 games.

The OL women’s team also reached the semi-final of the UEFA Women’s Cup, against the eventual winners, Duisburg, and the semi-final of the Women’s  French Cup (Challenge de France), against Montpellier.