List of Olympique Lyonnais players

Grégory Coupet appeared in 518 matches for Lyon, second-most in the club's history.

Olympique Lyonnais is a French professional association football club based in Lyon, Rhône-Alpes, playing in Ligue 1, the top level of the French football league system, as of the 2010–11 season. The club was formed in 1899 as the football section of sports club Lyon Olympique Universitaire. In 1950, the section split from the club and formed the club that exists today. Lyon played their first competitive match in August 1950. The club's first major honor was winning the 1963–64 edition of the Coupe de France. Lyon won their first ever Ligue 1 title in the 2001–02 season. The title started a national record-breaking streak of seven successive league championships. Since playing their first competitive match, more than 500 players have made a competitive first-team appearance for the club.

Olympique Lyonnais' record appearance-maker is Serge Chiesa, who made 541 total competitive appearances between 1969–1983.^[1][2] In 1981, Chiesa surpassed Fleury Di Nallo who was the first player in the club's history to make 400 competitive appearances. Di Nallo is the club's all-time leading goalscorer with 182 and finished his career at Lyon with 489 total appearances.^[2] Only four other players have made over 400 appearances for Lyon.^[3] Goalkeepers Grégory Coupet and Yves Chauveau made 518 and 438 competitive appearances, respectively, while Sidney Govou appeared in 412.^[4][5] Coupet and Govou, alongside Juninho Pernambucano, are the only players to have played on all seven of the club's league-winning championship teams.^[4][6][7] Aimé Mignot rounds out the list having made exactly 400 appearances for Lyon.^[8]

Players with 50 or more appearances

• Appearances and goals are for first-team competitive matches only, including Ligue 1, Ligue 2, Coupe de France, Coupe de la Ligue, Trophée des champions, European Cup/Champions League, UEFA Cup, Cup Winners' Cup, Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, Super Cup and Club World Cup matches; wartime matches are regarded as unofficial and are excluded. Statistics correct as 5 September 2017. Players marked in bold are still playing for the club.

Position key: GK – Goalkeeper; DF – Defender; MF – Midfielder; FW – Forward

Juninho Pernambucano appeared in over 300 matches for Lyon.

Raymond Domenech spent seven seasons at Lyon and later went on to manage the France national team.

Vikash Dhorasoo had two stints at Lyon amassing over 200 appearances.

Mahamadou Diarra made 170 appearances for Lyon and is the current captain of the Mali national team.

Karim Benzema is the eighth on the list of the club's all-time leading goalscorers'.

Jacek Bąk appeared in over 100 matches for Lyon.

Jean Tigana spent four seasons at Lyon and later managed the club.

Michael Essien made 96 appearances for Lyon and is the current captain of the Ghana national team.

Hugo Lloris, now of Tottenham Hotspur, made 146 appearances for Lyon and is the current number one goalkeeper and captain for the France national team.

Name	Nationality[nb 1]	Position	Lyon career	Appearances	Goals
Serge Chiesa	France	MF	1969–1983	541	134
Grégory Coupet	France	GK	1997–2008	518	0
Fleury Di Nallo	France	FW	1960–1974	489	182
Yves Chauveau	France	GK	1966–1975 1978–1982	438	0
Sidney Govou	France	FW	1999–2010	412	77
Aimé Mignot	France	DF	1955–1966	400	1
Juninho Pernambucano	Brazil	MF	2001–2009	344	100
Maxime Gonalons	France	MF	2009–2017	334	13
Ángel Rambert	France	MF	1960–1970	316	56
Lucien Degeorges	France	DF	1960–1969	294	8
Raymond Domenech	France	DF	1970–1977	293	11
Alexandre Lacazette	France	FW	2010–2017	275	129
Anthony Réveillère	France	DF	2003–2013	272	3
Cris	Brazil	DF	2004–2012	264	24
Pascal Fugier	France	DF	1985–1993	256	4
Bernard Lhomme	France	DF	1966–1976	256	2
Kim Källström	Sweden	MF	2006–2012	246	17
Bafétimbi Gomis	France	FW	2009–2014	239	91
Steed Malbranque	France	MF	1997–2001 2012-2016	232	17
Philippe Violeau	France	MF	1997–2004	232	10
Bernard Lacombe	France	FW	1969–1978	230	128
André Ferri	France	MF	1980–1987	224	13
Laurent Fournier	France	MF	1980–1988	224	22
Vikash Dhorasoo	France	MF	1993–1998 2002–2004	210	12
Florent Laville	France	DF	1993–2003	204	35
Jean Djorkaeff	France	DF	1957–1966	200	23
Patrick Müller	Switzerland	DF	2000–2004 2006–2008	199	3
Thadée Polak	France	DF	1961–1967	197	3
Anthony Lopes	Portugal	GK	2011–	197	0
Florent Malouda	France	MF	2003–2007	193	30
Jérémy Toulalan	France	MF	2006–2011	191	1
Christophe Delmotte	France	MF	1997–2004	187	15
Émile Antonio	France	MF	1954–1961	184	23
Sylvain Deplace	France	DF	1991–1997	180	2
Jordan Ferri	France	MF	2011–	176	12
Joël Fréchet	France	MF	1981–1982 1983–1989	174	16
David Linarès	France	DF	1996–2002	173	5
Mahamadou Diarra	Mali	MF	2002–2006	170	14
Samuel Umtiti	France	DF	2011–2016	170	5
Bruno Génésio	France	MF	1984–1987 1988–1993 1994–1995	169	11
Lisandro López	Argentina	FW	2009–2013	166	82
Jérémie Bréchet	France	DF	1998–2003	163	0
Rémi Garde	France	MF	1984–1993	162	23
Corentin Tolisso	France	MF	2013–2017	160	29
Jimmy Briand	France	FW	2010–2014	160	34
Franck Gava	France	MF	1992–1997	157	29
Sonny Anderson	Brazil	FW	1999–2003	154	91
André Lerond	France	DF	1951–1959	153	3
Marcel Aubour	France	GK	1960–1966	153	0
Clément Grenier	France	MF	2009–2018	152	18
Karim Benzema	France	FW	2004–2009	150	67
Michel Bastos	Brazil	MF	2009–2013	141	35
Bakary Koné	Burkina Faso	DF	2011-2016	141	8
Edmilson	Brazil	MF	2000–2004	140	4
Stéphane Roche	France	MF	1988–1992 1993–1996 1997–1998	138	18
Aly Cissokho	France	DF	2009–2013	136	2
Nestor Combin	France	FW	1959–1964	131	78
Jean-François Jodar	France	DF	1979–1983	131	0
Ludovic Giuly	France	FW	1994–1998	130	33
Yoann Gourcuff	France	MF	2010–2015	128	19
Peguy Luyindula	France	FW	2001–2004	126	46
Florian Maurice	France	FW	1992–1997	126	44
Eric Deflandre	Belgium	DF	2000–2004	126	0
Fred	Brazil	FW	2005–2009	125	43
Hugo Lloris	France	GK	2008–2012	122	0
Rachid Ghezzal	Algeria	FW	2014–2017	119	14
Nabil Fekir	France	FW	2013–2018	117	37
Sylvain Wiltord	France	FW	2004–2007	114	32
Éric Carrière	France	FW	2001–2004	114	16
Jacek Bąk	Poland	DF	1995–2002	114	3
François Clerc	France	DF	2004–2010	114	2
François Lemasson	France	GK	1987–1990	114	0
Franck Durix	France	MF	1982–1988	113	33
Alain Caveglia	France	FW	1996–2000	112	47
Caçapa	Brazil	DF	2000–2007	112	7
Romarin Billong	Cameroon	DF	1989–1995	111	5
Ghislain Anselmini	France	DF	1991–1993 1994–1998	111	0
Marcelo Djian	Brazil	DF	1993–1998	108	1
Rémy Vercoutre	France	GK	2002–2014	106	0
Jean Makoun	Cameroon	MF	2008–2010	105	12
Éric Abidal	France	DF	2004–2007	105	2
Jean Tigana	France	MF	1978–1981	104	15
Gueïda Fofana	France	MF	2011–2015	104	9
Lucien Cossou	France	FW	1956–1959	103	47
Henri Bedimo	Cameroon	DF	2013–2016	103	1
Dejan Lovren	Croatia	DF	2010–2013	102	3
Christophe Desbouillons	France	DF	1976–1981	101	5
Milan Bisevac	Serbia	DF	2012–2015	101	1
Miralem Pjanić	Bosnia and Herzegovina	MF	2008–2011	100	12
Maxwel Cornet	Ivory Coast	FW	2014–	99	22
Gilles Rousset	France	GK	1990–1993	98	0
Gilles De Rocco	France	GK	1975–1979	98	0
Michael Essien	Ghana	MF	2003–2005	96	13
Patrice Carteron	France	DF	1997–2000	95	12
Pierre Laigle	France	MF	1999–2002	92	7
Laurent Lassagne	France	DF	1988–1992	92	0
Christophe Jallet	France	DF	2014–2017	92	4
Tony Vairelles	France	FW	1999–2001 2001–2002 2002–2003	91	16
Mouhamadou Dabo	France	DF	2011–2015	91	1
Hector Maison	Argentina	MF	1966–1969	90	7
Guy Hatchi	France	MF	1962–1965	89	10
Jean-Alain Boumsong	France	DF	2008–2010	89	4
Jérémy Morel	France	DF	2015–	88	1
Hatem Ben Arfa	France	MF	2004–2008	87	11
Christophe Cocard	France	MF	1996–1999	87	11
Sébastien Squillaci	France	DF	2006–2008	87	3
Ederson	Brazil	MF	2008–2012	84	7
Jean-Pierre Knayer	France	FW	1954–1957	84	4
Arnold Mvuemba	Democratic Republic of the Congo	MF	2012–2016	83	3
Eugène Kabongo	Zaire	FW	1987–1990	83	48
César Delgado	Argentina	MF	2008–2011	83	8
Cédric Bardon	France	FW	1994–1998	82	12
Laurent Debrosse	France	DF	1992–1995	82	2
James Debbah	Liberia	FW	1992–1995	80	18
Constantinho Pirès	Brazil	MF	1956–1959	77	14
Fabio Grosso	Italy	DF	2007–2009	77	2
Raymond Dutto	France	DF	1951–1961	77	0
Mathieu Valbuena	France	MF	2015–2017	76	12
Samassi Abou	France	DF	1992–1996	75	4
Mario Corian	France	DF	1987–1991	75	0
Guy Garrigues	France	DF	1975–1979	75	0
Abdelhamid Kermali	Algeria	DF	1954–1959	74	17
Sergi Darder	Spain	MF	2015–2017	73	5
Abdul Kader Keïta	Ivory Coast	FW	2007–2009	72	8
Joseph-Désiré Job	Cameroon	FW	1997–1999	71	22
Jean-Marc Chanelet	France	DF	2000–2003	70	3
Rafael	Brazil	DF	2015–	70	1
Jérémy Berthod	France	DF	2003–2007	69	1
Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa	France	DF	2015–	69	2
Hubert Fournier	France	DF	1998–2000	68	0
Manuel Amoros	France	DF	1993–1995	66	3
Jean-Christophe Devaux	France	DF	1994–2000	63	1
Albert Emon	France	MF	1981–1983	60	17
Guy Genet	France	DF	1976–1980	59	6
Christian Bassila	France	DF	1996–1999	59	2
Jean-Marc Knapp	France	DF	1988–1992	59	0
Jérémy Pied	France	DF	2010–2012	56	4
Frédéric Kanouté	Mali	FW	1997–2000	55	11
Maxence Flachez	France	DF	1992–1995	55	2
Alexandre Bès	France	DF	1989–1994	55	0
Yassine Benzia	Algeria	FW	2012–2015	54	6
Aziz Bouderbala	Morocco	MF	1990–1992	54	10
John Carew	Norway	FW	2005–2007	53	18
Pierre-Alain Frau	France	FW	2004–2005	51	9
François Konrady	France	MF	1953–1957	50	10

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