2009 Coupe de la Ligue Final vs Marseille

Lore & Background

The home of French football club Olympique Lyonnais, it replaced their previous stadium, the Stade de Gerland, in January 2016. The Stade de Gerland became the home of Lyon OU Rugby. The stadium was a host of UEFA Euro 2016, and was also chosen to stage the 2017 Coupe de la Ligue Final and the 2018 UEFA Europa League Final, in addition to the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup and football at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. Outside football, the ground has also held rugby union and ice hockey matches, as well as musical concerts.

In Their Own Story

The floodlights at the Stade de France hummed against the cool April night as the final whistle approached after extra time. Sidney Govou, breathing heavily in his red and white kit, looked across the pitch where Marseille players were collapsing in exhaustion. The roar of the Lyon faithful was a physical force, celebrating not just a win, but a statement that their team could still conquer any stage.

Reader's Guide

Olympique Lyonnais played their first game in the new stadium on 9 January 2016, winning 4–1 against Troyes in Ligue 1; Alexandre Lacazette scored the first goal at the ground. The current record league attendance at the Parc OL is 58,257, achieved on 9 November 2025 during a fixture against Paris Saint-Germain during the 2025–26 Ligue 1 season. The current record European league attendance is 58,018, achieved during a fixture against Manchester United on 10 April 2025 during the 2024–25 Europa League season.

Did You Know?

• The stadium hosted an outdoor Ligue Magnus ice hockey game between Lyon and Grenoble on 30 December 2016, with an attendance of 25,142, the all-time record attendance for an ice hockey game in France.
• Parc Olympique Lyonnais hosted the finals of rugby union's European Rugby Champions Cup and European Rugby Challenge Cup in 2016.
• It was one of nine venues chosen for France's hosting of the 2023 Rugby World Cup.