Lyon La Duchère
Full nameLyon - La Duchère
Founded1964 (1964)
GroundStade de Balmont
Capacity5,600
PresidentJean-Christophe Vincent
ManagerJordan Gonzalez
LeagueNational 3 Group I
2022–23National 2 Group C, 5th of 16 (relegated)
WebsiteClub website

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 3, the fifth tier in the French football league system. It plays at the Stade de Balmont in Lyon, which has a capacity of 5,600.

History

Coupe de France success

Lyon Duchère have achieved success in 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]

At the end of the 2022–23 season, the club was administratively relegated to National 3 by the DNCG for financial reasons.[4]

Current squad

First team

As of 30 June 2022[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
2 DF Cameroon CMR Frédéric Bong (on loan from Valenciennes)
5 DF France FRA Nicolas Seguin
7 FW France FRA Oumare Tounkara
9 FW France FRA Landry Nomel
10 MF France FRA Youssouf N'Diaye
16 GK France FRA Pierre Popp
18 DF France FRA Mathis Louiserre
19 DF France FRA Diaby Doucouré
20 FW France FRA Ivann Botella
No. Pos. Nation Player
23 DF Gabon GAB Yannis N'Gakoutou
24 MF France FRA Garland Gbelle
28 DF Rwanda RWA Bryan Ngwabije
40 GK Ivory Coast CIV Axel Kacou
GK France FRA Lucas Marsella
MF France FRA Nassim L'Ghoul
FW France FRA Maxence Renoud

Reserve team

As of 10 February 2021.[6]

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 France FRA Ibrahima Diallo
GK France FRA Alban Rambaud
DF France FRA Guillaume Asare
DF France FRA Dylan Brunetton
DF France FRA Zacharia Maghroudi
DF France FRA Jimmy Mas
DF Senegal SEN Seydine Ndiaye
DF France FRA Jordi Nsaka
DF France FRA Kenny Oun
DF France FRA Etienne Reydellet
MF France FRA Robin Emery
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF France FRA Nacim Gourmat
MF France FRA SMarwane Hammouche
MF France FRA Philippe Kailu Mayuma
MF France FRA Halkan Kiran
FW France FRA Teiva Blanchet
FW France FRA Naoufel Bouguerra
FW France FRA Jules Paris
FW France FRA Kevin Pennec
FW France FRA Arnaud Rollin
FW France 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. "Lyon-La Duchère relégué en National 3 !" (in French). foot-national.com. 13 June 2023.
  5. "Effectif & Staff National" (in French). Sporting Club Lyon. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
  6. "Effectif" (in French). Sporting Club Lyon. Retrieved 10 February 2021.

Official website (in French)

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