List of Olympique Lyonnais players

Grégory Coupet appeared in 518 matches for Lyon, second-most in the club's history.

Olympique Lyonnais is a French professional association football club based in Lyon, Rhône-Alpes, playing in Ligue 1, the top level of the French football league system, as of the 2010–11 season. The club was formed in 1899 as the football section of sports club Lyon Olympique Universitaire. In 1950, the section split from the club and formed the club that exists today. Lyon played their first competitive match in August 1950. The club's first major honor was winning the 1963–64 edition of the Coupe de France. Lyon won their first ever Ligue 1 title in the 2001–02 season. The title started a national record-breaking streak of seven successive league championships. Since playing their first competitive match, more than 500 players have made a competitive first-team appearance for the club.

Olympique Lyonnais' record appearance-maker is Serge Chiesa, who made 541 total competitive appearances between 1969–1983.^[1][2] In 1981, Chiesa surpassed Fleury Di Nallo who was the first player in the club's history to make 400 competitive appearances. Di Nallo is the club's all-time leading goalscorer with 182 and finished his career at Lyon with 489 total appearances.^[2] Only four other players have made over 400 appearances for Lyon.^[3] Goalkeepers Grégory Coupet and Yves Chauveau made 518 and 438 competitive appearances, respectively, while Sidney Govou appeared in 412.^[4][5] Coupet and Govou, alongside Juninho Pernambucano, are the only players to have played on all seven of the club's league-winning championship teams.^[4][6][7] Aimé Mignot rounds out the list having made exactly 400 appearances for Lyon.^[8]

Players with 100 or more appearances

• Appearances and goals are for first-team competitive matches only, including Ligue 1, Ligue 2, Coupe de France, Coupe de la Ligue, Trophée des champions, European Cup/Champions League, UEFA Cup, Cup Winners' Cup, Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, Super Cup and Club World Cup matches; wartime matches are regarded as unofficial and are excluded. Statistics correct as 10 February 2016. Players marked in bold are still playing for the club.

Position key: GK – Goalkeeper; DF – Defender; MF – Midfielder; FW – Forward

Juninho Pernambucano appeared in over 300 matches for Lyon.

Raymond Domenech spent seven seasons at Lyon and later went on to manage the France national team.

Vikash Dhorasoo had two stints at Lyon amassing over 200 appearances.

Mahamadou Diarra made 170 appearances for Lyon and is the current captain of the Mali national team.

Karim Benzema is the eighth on the list of the club's all-time leading goalscorers'.

Jacek Bąk appeared in over 100 matches for Lyon.

Jean Tigana spent four seasons at Lyon and later managed the club.

Michael Essien, now of Chelsea, made 96 appearances for Lyon and is the current captain of the Ghana national team.

Hugo Lloris, now of Tottenham Hotspur, made 146 appearances for Lyon and is the current number one goalkeeper and captain for the France national team.

Name	Nationality[nb 1]	Position	Lyon career	Appearances	Goals
Chiesa, SergeSerge Chiesa	France	MF	1969–1983	541	134
Coupet, GrégoryGrégory Coupet	France	GK	1997–2008	518	0
Di Nallo, FleuryFleury Di Nallo	France	FW	1960–1974	489	182
Chauveau, YvesYves Chauveau	France	GK	1966–1975 1978–1982	438	0
Govou, SidneySidney Govou	France	FW	1999–2010	412	77
Mignot, AiméAimé Mignot	France	DF	1955–1966	400	1
Pernambucano, JuninhoJuninho Pernambucano	Brazil	MF	2001–2009	344	100
Rambert, ÁngelÁngel Rambert	France	MF	1960–1970	316	56
Degeorges, LucienLucien Degeorges	France	DF	1960–1969	294	8
Domenech, RaymondRaymond Domenech	France	DF	1970–1977	293	11
Réveillère, AnthonyAnthony Réveillère	France	DF	2003–2013	272	3
Maxime Gonalons	France	MF	2009–present	271	11
, CrisCris	Brazil	DF	2004–2012	264	24
Fugier, PascalPascal Fugier	France	DF	1985–1993	256	4
Lhomme, BernardBernard Lhomme	France	DF	1966–1976	256	2
Källström, KimKim Källström	Sweden	MF	2006–2012	246	17
Gomis, BafétimbiBafétimbi Gomis	France	FW	2009–2014	239	91
Malbranque, SteedSteed Malbranque	France	MF	1997–2001 2012-present	238	19
Violeau, PhilippePhilippe Violeau	France	MF	1997–2004	232	10
Lacombe, BernardBernard Lacombe	France	FW	1969–1978	230	128
Ferri, AndréAndré Ferri	France	MF	1980–1987	224	13
Fournier, LaurentLaurent Fournier	France	MF	1980–1988	224	22
Dhorasoo, VikashVikash Dhorasoo	France	MF	1993–1998 2002–2004	210	12
Alexandre Lacazette	France	FW	2009-present	210	78
Laville, FlorentFlorent Laville	France	DF	1993–2003	204	35
Djorkaeff, JeanJean Djorkaeff	France	DF	1957–1966	200	23
Müller, PatrickPatrick Müller	Switzerland	DF	2000–2004 2006–2008	199	3
Polak, ThadéeThadée Polak	France	DF	1961–1967	197	3
Malouda, FlorentFlorent Malouda	France	MF	2003–2007	193	30
Toulalan, JérémyJérémy Toulalan	France	MF	2006–2011	191	1
Delmotte, ChristopheChristophe Delmotte	France	MF	1997–2004	187	15
Antonio, ÉmileÉmile Antonio	France	MF	1954–1961	184	23
Deplace, SylvainSylvain Deplace	France	DF	1991–1997	180	2
Fréchet, JoëlJoël Fréchet	France	MF	1981–1982 1983–1989	174	16
Linarès, DavidDavid Linarès	France	DF	1996–2002	173	5
Diarra, MahamadouMahamadou Diarra	Mali	MF	2002–2006	170	14
Génésio, BrunoBruno Génésio	France	MF	1984–1987 1988–1993 1994–1995	169	11
López, LisandroLisandro López	Argentina	FW	2009–2013	166	82
Bréchet, JérémieJérémie Bréchet	France	DF	1998–2003	163	0
Garde, RémiRémi Garde	France	MF	1984–1993	162	23
Gava, FranckFranck Gava	France	MF	1992–1997	157	29
Anderson, SonnySonny Anderson	Brazil	FW	1999–2003	154	91
Lerond, AndréAndré Lerond	France	DF	1951–1959	153	3
Aubour, MarcelMarcel Aubour	France	GK	1960–1966	153	0
Benzema, KarimKarim Benzema	France	FW	2004–2009	150	67
Bastos, MichelMichel Bastos	Brazil	MF	2009–2013	141	35
, EdmilsonEdmilson	Brazil	MF	2000–2004	140	4
Roche, StéphaneStéphane Roche	France	MF	1988–1992 1993–1996 1997–1998	138	18
Cissokho, AlyAly Cissokho	France	DF	2009–2012	136	2
Combin, NestorNestor Combin	France	FW	1959–1964	131	78
Jodar, Jean-FrançoisJean-François Jodar	France	DF	1979–1983	131	0
Giuly, LudovicLudovic Giuly	France	FW	1994–1998	130	33
Luyindula, PeguyPeguy Luyindula	France	FW	2001–2004	126	46
Maurice, FlorianFlorian Maurice	France	FW	1992–1997	126	44
Deflandre, EricEric Deflandre	Belgium	DF	2000–2004	126	0
, FredFred	Brazil	FW	2005–2009	125	43
Lloris, HugoHugo Lloris	France	GK	2008–2012	122	0
Wiltord, SylvainSylvain Wiltord	France	FW	2004–2007	114	32
Carrière, ÉricÉric Carrière	France	FW	2001–2004	114	16
Bąk, JacekJacek Bąk	Poland	DF	1995–2002	114	3
Clerc, FrançoisFrançois Clerc	France	DF	2004–2010	114	2
Lemasson, FrançoisFrançois Lemasson	France	GK	1987–1990	114	0
Durix, FranckFranck Durix	France	MF	1982–1988	113	33
Caveglia, AlainAlain Caveglia	France	FW	1996–2000	112	47
, CaçapaCaçapa	Brazil	DF	2000–2007	112	7
Billong, RomarinRomarin Billong	Cameroon	DF	1989–1995	111	5
Anselmini, GhislainGhislain Anselmini	France	DF	1991–1993 1994–1998	111	0
Djian, MarceloMarcelo Djian	Brazil	DF	1993–1998	108	1
Makoun, JeanJean Makoun	Cameroon	MF	2008–2010	105	12
Abidal, ÉricÉric Abidal	France	DF	2004–2007	105	2
Tigana, JeanJean Tigana	France	MF	1978–1981	104	15
Cossou, LucienLucien Cossou	France	FW	1956–1959	103	47
Desbouillons, ChristopheChristophe Desbouillons	France	DF	1976–1981	101	5
Pjanić, MiralemMiralem Pjanić	Bosnia and Herzegovina	MF	2008–2011	100	12

Notes

1. ↑ Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

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