Olympique Lyonnais Reserves and Academy

Olympique Lyonnais

Full name	Olympique Lyonnais
Nickname(s)	Les Gones, Lyon, or OL
Founded	1899/1950[1]
Ground	Plaine des Jeux de Gerland, Lyon
Capacity	2,500
Chairman	Jean-Michel Aulas
Manager	Alain Olio & Gilles Rousset (CFA) Maxence Flachez (U-19s) Armand Garrido (U-17s)
League	Championnat de France amateur Championnat National Under-19 Championnat National Under-17
2009–10 2008–09 2008–09	CFA Groupe B, 4th (Reserves' Champion) Groupe B, 1st (Eliminated in Phase 2) Groupe C, 1st (Eliminated in Phase 2)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

The Olympique Lyonnais Reserves & Academy are the reserve team and academy of French club Olympique Lyonnais. The reserves squad play in the Championnat de France amateur division, the fourth division of French football and the highest division the team is allowed to participate in. Lyon have won the reserves title of the Championnat de France amateur six times. They have won in 1998, 2001, 2003, 2006, and 2009, and 2010.

The U-18 squad participates in their weekly league, the Championnat National Under-18, which is a league comprising four groups of fourteen clubs who play each other twice during the regular season. This session is dubbed Phase 1. Following the regular season, the four group winners are randomly selected to face each other in semi-final matches (dubbed Phase 2) to decide who will play each other in the Under-18 Championnat National championship match, usually held in Mayenne. There is also a third-place match, which is usually held just before the championship match. The Under-18 squad also regularly participates in the Coupe Gambardella. They have won the title on 3 occasions. They won the cup in 1971, 1994, and 1997.

The U-16 side participates in a league, the Championnat National Under-16, which is a youth league comprising six groups of twelve clubs who play each other twice during the regular season, which is dubbed Phase 1. Following the regular season, the six group winners and the two best second place clubs are randomly inserting into two groups of four, where they play each other at neutral venues once over a span of four days. This portion is dubbed Phase 2. The two winners of each group will then face each other in the championship match to determine the champion of the Under-16 Championnat National. The Under-16 squad also participates in regional cup competitions.

The current CFA manager is Robert Valette, who played for Olympique Lyonnais for almost 20 years. He has been the CFA manager since 1996.^[2] The manager of the Olympique Lyonnais U-18s and U-16s are Patrick Paillot,^[3] father of former Olympique Lyonnais defender Sandy Paillot, and Armand Garrido.^[4][5]

Players

Reserve squad

As of 3 April 2016 Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 16 GK Lucas Mocio 22 FW Gaëtan Perrin 24 MF Olivier Kemen 25 MF Romain Del Castillo 26 FW Aldo Kalulu 29 MF Lucas Tousart 32 MF Zakarie Labidi 34 MF Maxime D'Arpino 35 DF Ulrik Jenssen 37 DF Dylan Mboumbouni 38 DF Fahd Moufi 40 GK Stanislas Lebongo

No. Position Player 41 DF Mouctar Diakhaby 44 DF Romaric N'Gouma 46 MF Christopher Martins Pereira 54 MF Timothé Cognat 58 GK Dorian Grange 61 MF Yoann Martelat 65 FW Thomas Richard TBA DF Jordy Gaspar TBA DF Isaac Hemans Arday TBA MF Jeremy de Sousa TBA MF Samuel Moutoussamy TBA FW Mour Paye

Current Academy squad

Note: All players are eligible to play for Olympique Lyonnais's CFA squad. As of 1 February 2013^[6][7]

Nat	Player	DOB	Position	International Caps	Previous Club
Under-19
	Stanislas Lebongo	21 September 1997	GK	–	–
	Léopold Maitre	7 May 1998	GK	–	–
	Anthony Racioppi	31 December 1998	GK	–	–
	Adil Benjeddi	29 January 1997	DF	Capped at under-19 level	–
	Zachary Brault Guillard	30 December 1998	DF	–	–
	Jordy Gaspar	23 April 1997	DF	Capped at under-19 level	–
	Gédéon Kalulu	29 August 1997	DF	–	–
	Adrien Lebeau	26 January 1998	DF	–	–
	Bryan N'Gwabije	30 May 1998	DF	–	–
	Pierre Nouvel	10 January 1998	DF	Capped at under-17 level	–
	Alexandre Roselli	17 March 1997	DF	Capped at under-17 level	–
	Ahamadou Sy	5 January 1998	DF	-	–
	Anthony Adel	11 January 1998	MF	-	–
	Houssem Aouar	30 June 1998	MF	Capped at under-17 level	–
	Timothé Cognat	25 January 1998	MF	Capped at under-17 level	–
	Yassin Fekir	5 May 1997	MF	–	–
	Yann Kitala	9 April 1998	MF	–	–
	Enzo Loisi	15 June 1998	MF	–	–
	Yoann Martelat	16 January 1997	MF	–	–
	Christopher Martins Pereira	19 February 1997	MF	Capped at A level	Racing FC
	Elisha Owusu	7 November 1997	MF	–	–
	Blaise Tohou N'Gague	17 January 1997	MF	-	–
	Florian Ankoué	4 June 1998	FW	–	–
	Adel Dekic	12 January 1998	FW	–	–
	Alan Dzabana	25 April 1997	FW	–	–
	Romain Escarpit	20 July 1998	FW	–	–
	Lee Marving Kouakou	23 July 1998	FW	–	-
	Thomas Richard	21 March 1997	FW	–	–

Nat	Player	DOB	Position	International Caps	Previous Club
Under-17 Squad
	Nicolas Garcia	19 May 1999	GK	–	–
	Tanguy Girardot	10 February 2000	GK	–	–
	Hugo Wantz	24 March 1999	GK	–	–
	Jafar Demdoum	5 March 1999	DF	–	–
	Mathieu Derham Gadet	11 July 1999	DF	Capped at under-17 level	–
	Harris Gahrouri	9 February 1999	DF	–	–
	Thadée Kaleba	20 April 1999	DF	–	–
	Tord Johnsen Salte	8 February 1999	DF	Capped at under-17 level	Bryne FK
	Pierre Kalulu	5 June 2000	DF	–	–
	Mathis Louissere	18 August 2000	DF	–	–
	Matéo Maillefaud	6 August 2000	DF	–	–
	Cyriaque Mayounga	4 October 2000	DF	–	–
	Andy Pereira da Costa	4 March 2000	DF	–	–
	Quentin Vieira	10 May 1999	DF	–	–
	Mohamed Bahlouli	17 February 2000	MF	–	–
	Maxence Caqueret	15 February 2000	MF	Capped at under-16 level	–
	Paul Devarrewaere	19 February 1999	MF	Capped at under-16 level	–
	Diego Giuly-Tamburini	7 May 1999	MF	–	–
	Jonathan Grossrieder	24 April 1999	MF	–	–
	Alexis Guérin	5 August 2000	MF	–	–
	Daniel Lebongo	15 July 1999	MF	–	–
	Myziane Maolida	4 February 1999	MF	Capped at under-16 level	–
	César Neto	26 February 1999	MF	–	–
	Hamza Rafia	22 April 1999	MF	–	–
	Mickaël Almeida	27 January 1999	FW	Capped at under-17 level	–
	Abdenour Belkacemi	18 September 1999	FW	–	–
	Amine Gouiri	16 February 2000	FW	–	–
	Jean-Philippe Javaloyes	13 April 1999	FW	–	–
	Esteban Lepaul	18 March 2000	FW	–	–
	Théo Ndicka Matam	20 March 2000	FW	–	–
	Ryan Ouazine	27 March 1999	FW	–	–
	Yaya Soumaré	23 June 2000	FW	–	–

Notable academy players

France Marcel Aubour Nabil Fekir Corentin Tolisso Jordan Ferri Florent Balmont Cédric Bardon Xavier Barrau Hatem Ben Arfa Mourad Benhamida Karim Benzema Grégory Bettiol Bryan Bergougnoux Jérémy Berthod Jérémie Bréchet Francois Clerc Johann Charpenet Jérémy Clément Renaud Cohade Laurent Courtois Fleury Di Nallo Raymond Domenech Julien Escudé Fabrice Fiorèse Rémi Garde Ludovic Giuly Maxime Gonalons Hérold Goulon Sidney Govou Clément Grenier David Hellebuyck Kévin Jacmot Warren Jacmot Franck Jurietti Alexandre Lacazette

Ludovic Giuly, a former graduate of the Lyon youth academy Bernard Lacombe Florent Laville David Linarès Steed Malbranque Florian Maurice Anthony Mounier Bruno N'Gotty Jérémy Pied Damien Plessis Loïc Rémy Remy Riou Samuel Umtiti Pierrick Valdivia Raymond Domenech, former French national football team manager and former graduate of the Lyon youth academy. Africa Abdelkader Ghezzal Yacine Hima Khaled Lemmouchia Joseph-Désiré Job Clinton N'Jie Kelly Youga Jamal Alioui Frédéric Kanouté Demba Touré Ludovic Assemoassa Rest of World Francesco Migliore Philippe Paoli Anthony Lopes

Honours

• Championnat de France Amateurs : 7
  • Champions: 2011, 2010, 2009, 2006, 2003, 2001, 1998
• Championnat National Under-19: 3
  • Champions: 2005, 2000, 1993
• Championnat National Under-17 : 3
  • Champions: 2014, 2004, 2000, 1994
• Coupe Gambardella : 3
  • Champions: 1997, 1994, 1971
  • Finalists: 2015, 2006, 2005, 1992, 1970
• Coupe Nationale Under-16 (with Rhône-Alpes) : 2
  • Champions: 1996, 1960

Staff

• CFA Manager: Stéphane Roche & Gilles Rousset
• U-18 Manager: Christophe Delmotte
• U-16 Manager: Armand Garrido
• Sporting Coordinator: Guy Genet

References

1. "According to Lyon's official website, it suggests that they consider this their foundation date rather than 1899 – (translation: "1950, date of the club's creation")". OLWeb.fr. Retrieved 2006-08-23.
2. Fiche d'identité Valette
3. Fiche d'identité Paillot
4. Fiche d'identité Garrido
5. Staff technique
6. Effectif 18 ans
7. 16 ans