Sporting Club Lyon

Sporting Club de Lyon (commonly known as SC Lyon or simply Sporting 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 its 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 Lyon
Full nameSporting Club de Lyon
Founded1964 (1964)
GroundStade de Balmont
Lyon
Capacity5,600
ChairmanMohamed Tria
ManagerNicolas Le Bellec
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 8 September 2020.[3]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  FRA Maxime Hautbois
2 DF  FRA Frédéric Bong (on loan from Valenciennes)
5 DF  FRA Nicolas Seguin
6 MF  FRA Mohamed Fadhloun
7 FW  FRA Oumare Tounkara
8 FW  ALG Nadjib Baouia
9 FW  FRA Landry Nomel
10 FW  POR Alexis Araujo
11 FW  FRA Jonathan Rivas
12 DF  COM Kassim M'Dahoma
14 DF  FRA Nathan Dekoke
16 GK  FRA Pierre Popp
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 DF  FRA Mathis Louiserre
19 MF  FRA Innocent Rodet
20 FW  FRA Ivann Botella
21 FW  FRA Lamine Ghezali (on loan from St-Étienne)
22 MF  ARM Matthieu Ezikian
23 MF  FRA Hamadi Ayari
24 MF  FRA Garland Gbelle
26 DF  FRA Jordan Pierre-Charles
28 DF  FRA Bryan Ngwabije
29 MF  FRA Corentin Jacob (on loan from Rodez)
30 GK  CIV Axel Kacou

Reserve team
As of 6 March 2020.[4]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK  FRA Tanguy Giradot
— DF  FRA Guillaume Asare
— DF  FRA Dylan Brunetton
— DF  FRA Joris Ndiaye
— DF  FRA Jordi Nsaka
— DF  FRA Etienne Reydellet
— MF  FRA Raouti Benaziza
— MF  FRA Théo Chefson
— MF  FRA Léonard Chevalier Meilland
— MF  FRA Robin Emery
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF  FRA Sébastien Gourisse
— MF  FRA Philippe Kailu Mayuma
— MF  FRA Halkan Kiran
— FW  FRA Cebrail Akkaya
— FW  FRA Lionnel Manga Tabi
— FW  FRA Francis Menetrieux
— FW  FRA Jules Paris
— FW  FRA Kevin Pennec
— FW  FRA 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. "Effectif & Staff National" (in French). AS Lyon-Duchère. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  4. "Effectif" (in French). Lyon Duchère AS. Retrieved 6 March 2020.

Official website (in French)

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