Sporting Club Lyon

Sporting Club Lyon is a French association football team founded in 1964 as Lyon Duchère Association Sportive and based in the La Duchère district of Lyon, France. It took it's current name in June 2020 in a rebranding exercise voted for by the fans. It currently plays in the Championnat National, the third tier in the French football league system. It plays at the Duchère Stadium in Lyon, which has a capacity of 5,600.

Sporting Club Lyon
Full nameSporting Club Lyon
Founded1964 (1964)
GroundStade de Balmont
Lyon
Capacity5,600
ChairmanMohamed Tria
ManagerEmmanuel Da Costa
LeagueChampionnat National
2019–208th
WebsiteClub website

History

Coupe de France success

Lyon Duchère have achieved success is France's most prestigious cup competition, the Coupe de France. They reached the Round of 16 twice in 2006 defeating two Ligue 1 sides in the process and in 2019. They have also reached the Round of 32 on three occasions, in 1995, 2007, and 2008.

Championnat National

Lyon Duchère competed in the Championnat National for the first time in the 2016–17 season. They had a relatively successful first season finishing in 7th position with 50 points. They were only four points away from qualifying to the Ligue 2. They looked set for promotion until they lost their last three games of the season. They will compete in the Championnat National again in the 2017–18 season.

SC Lyon rebrand

In May 2019 the club held a poll of supporters to choose one of three new names.[1] On 4 June 2020, it announced that the name Sporting Club Lyon had been chosen, in order to appeal to a larger number of people from across the city.[2]

Current squad

First team
As of 6 March 2020[3][4]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 GK Maxime Hautbois
3 DF Hatim Sbaï
4 MF Michel Espinosa
5 DF Nicolas Seguin
6 MF Mohamed Fadhloun
7 MF Béni N'Kololo
8 MF Najib Gandi
9 FW Nadjib Baouia
10 MF Rafik Bouderbal
11 FW Jonathan Rivas
13 DF Salim Moizini
14 DF Nathan Dekoke
15 FW Amadou Konaté (on loan from FK Bodø/Glimt)
16 GK Léopold Maître
No. Position Player
17 MF Mathieu Géran
18 DF Youssoupha Ndiaye
20 DF Jordan Pierre-Charles
21 DF Farès Hachi
22 MF Matthieu Ezikian
23 MF Hamadi Ayari
24 MF Djibi Banor
25 DF Moustapha Bayal Sall
26 MF Ilan Kebbal (on loan from Reims)
27 FW Hosni Gradai
28 MF Jérémy Grain
29 MF Ryad Nadifi
30 GK Axel Kacou
— MF Farès Bahlouli

Reserve team
As of 6 March 2020.[5]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
— GK Tanguy Giradot
— DF Guillaume Asare
— DF Dylan Brunetton
— DF Joris Ndiaye
— DF Jordi Nsaka
— DF Etienne Reydellet
— MF Raouti Benaziza
— MF Théo Chefson
— MF Léonard Chevalier Meilland
— MF Robin Emery
No. Position Player
— MF Sébastien Gourisse
— MF Philippe Kailu Mayuma
— MF Halkan Kiran
— FW Cebrail Akkaya
— FW Lionnel Manga Tabi
— FW Francis Menetrieux
— FW Jules Paris
— FW Kevin Pennec
— FW Mohamed Soumah

References
  1. "Lyon Duchère : Le club va changer de nom" (in French). foot-national.com. 11 May 2019.
  2. "National. Lyon-Duchère AS va devenir le Sporting Club de Lyon" (in French). footamateur.fr. 4 June 2020.
  3. "Lyon Duchère AS - National" (in French). AS Lyon-Duchère. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
  4. "LYON DUCHÈRE AS". Soccerway. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
  5. "Effectif" (in French). Lyon Duchère AS. Retrieved 6 March 2020.

Official website (in French)

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