Lyon La Duchère

Lyon - La Duchère (formerly AS Lyon Duchère and Sporting Club de 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 2021 in a rebranding exercise to focus on the origin of the club, after a year-long spell without Duchère as part of the name. It currently plays in the Championnat National 2, the fourth tier in the French football league system. It plays at the Stade de Balmont in Lyon, which has a capacity of 5,600.

Lyon La Duchère
Full nameLyon - La Duchère
Founded1964 (1964)
GroundStade de Balmont
Capacity5,600
PresidentJean-Christophe Vincent
ManagerNicolas Le Bellec
LeagueNational 2 Group C
2020–21Championnat National, 18th (relegated)
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 competed 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 de Lyon had been chosen, in order to appeal to a larger number of people from across the city.[2]

Lyon La Duchère rebrand

A year later, after finishing last in the 2020–21 Championnat National, new president Jean-Christophe Vincent announced a rebrand of the club, in order to "turn the page on a sporting failure" and "return to the original identity of the club... [and] take a name that clearly recalls the origin and the raison d'être of this football club". The announcement was made on 1 June 2021.[3]

Current squad

First team

As of 4 January 2022[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
2 DF  CMR Frédéric Bong (on loan from Valenciennes)
5 DF  FRA Nicolas Seguin
7 FW  FRA Oumare Tounkara
9 FW  FRA Landry Nomel
10 MF  FRA Youssouf N'Diaye
16 GK  FRA Pierre Popp
18 DF  FRA Mathis Louiserre
19 DF  FRA Diaby Doucouré
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 FW  FRA Ivann Botella
21 FW  FRA Lamine Ghezali (on loan from St-Étienne)
23 DF  GAB Yannis N'Gakoutou
24 MF  FRA Garland Gbelle
28 DF  RWA Bryan Ngwabije
40 GK  CIV Axel Kacou
MF  FRA Nassim L'Ghoul

Reserve team

As of 10 February 2021.[5]

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 Ibrahima Diallo
GK  FRA Alban Rambaud
DF  FRA Guillaume Asare
DF  FRA Dylan Brunetton
DF  FRA Zacharia Maghroudi
DF  FRA Jimmy Mas
DF  SEN Seydine Ndiaye
DF  FRA Jordi Nsaka
DF  FRA Kenny Oun
DF  FRA Etienne Reydellet
MF  FRA Robin Emery
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF  FRA Nacim Gourmat
MF  FRA SMarwane Hammouche
MF  FRA Philippe Kailu Mayuma
MF  FRA Halkan Kiran
FW  FRA Teiva Blanchet
FW  FRA Naoufel Bouguerra
FW  FRA Jules Paris
FW  FRA Kevin Pennec
FW  FRA Arnaud Rollin
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. "Le Sporting Club de Lyon va redevenir Lyon La Duchère" (in French). footamateur.fr. 1 June 2021. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  4. "Effectif & Staff National" (in French). Sporting Club Lyon. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
  5. "Effectif" (in French). Sporting Club Lyon. Retrieved 10 February 2021.

Official website (in French)

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