Lyon-La Duchère

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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.

Lyon-La Duchère
Full nameLyon-La Duchère
Founded1964; 60 years ago (1964)
GroundStade de Balmont
Capacity5,600
PresidentJean-Christophe Vincent
ManagerJordan Gonzalez
LeagueNational 3 Group I
2022–23National 2 Group C, 5th of 16 (relegated)
Websitehttps://www.lyonladuchere.fr/communique-le-lyon-la-duchere-devient-lyon-la-duchere/

History

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Coupe de France success

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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

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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 toLigue 2. They looked set for promotion until they lost their last three games of the season.

SC Lyon rebrand

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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

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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

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First team

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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   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
20 FW   FRA Ivann Botella
No. Pos. Nation Player
23 DF   GAB Yannis N'Gakoutou
24 MF   FRA Garland Gbelle
28 DF   RWA Bryan Ngwabije
40 GK   CIV Axel Kacou
GK   FRA Lucas Marsella
MF   FRA Nassim L'Ghoul
FW   FRA Maxence Renoud

Reserve team

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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   MLI Ibrahima Diallo
GK   FRA Alban Rambaud
DF   FRA Guillaume Asare
DF   FRA Dylan Brunetton
DF   LBY 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   ALG Samarwane Hammouche
MF   CGO Philippe Kailu Mayuma
MF   FRA Halkan Kiran
FW   FRA Teiva Blanchet
FW   ALG Naoufel Bouguerra
FW   FRA Jules Paris
FW   FRA Kevin Pennec
FW   FRA Arnaud Rollin
FW   CIV Mohamed Soumah

Notable players

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References

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  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.
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