Juninho also received a standing ovation upon being substituted out, in what some knew was his final match at the Stade Gerland. They were entering the season after achieving their first ever double after winning the Coupe de France, along with their league title. The website uses cookies. They followed that victory up with another as they cruised to a 3–0 victory over Ligue 1 side Nancy in nearby Villefranche-sur-Saône. Following that, Lyon picked up their third-straight victory with a 3–2 win over Nice. The under-16 squad will also participate in their league, Championnat National Under-16, as well as the Coupe Nationale des 16 ans, which is a regional tournament composed of regional squads that play against other regions. [29] This season, Lyon will have brand new home, away, and Champions League kits. Briand proceeded to get a shot on the ball off balance, which got past the charging Hugo Lloris to tie the match 1–1, the eventual final scoreline. Mons. [36] The loss to Rennes showed as Lyon's horrible form continued drawing with both Lille and Auxerre the following two weeks. In front of a record crowd for a Marseille match, Lyon cruised to a 3–1 victory, with Benzema finally ending his goal drought scoring a brace. [31] The team's alternate away kit consists of the home shirt with red shorts and white socks. Lyon lost to Barcelona 0–3 at the Camp Nou, but played well enough to earn a 2–2 draw at home. Lyon played a total of six friendly matches. Lyon players selected will participate with the Rhône-Alpes team. The Olympique Lyonnais Reserves and Academy teams will also participate in seasonal activities this season. Despite being ten spots down in the table, Monaco were the stronger side forcing Lyon to come back from a goal down twice. [47] This match also marked the league debut of youth product Yannis Tafer. They proceeded to falter drawing with mid-table club Monaco 2–2. Umbro have been the official kit provider of Lyon since 2003 and just last year signed an extension with Lyon until 2013. Lyon again responded just two minutes later in injury time with a goal from a Lyon youngster Anthony Mounier, thus evening the match heading into halftime. After returning from their embarrassing defeat to Barcelona in Spain, Lyon suffered another embarrassment losing their first match at home this season to minnows Auxerre, despite both management and Claude Puel stating the club would respond positively to their elimination from the Champion's League. Lyon responded by picking up their first league victory in over three matches in a 2–0 win over Sochaux. Lyon also sign young prospect Timothée Kolodziejczak from Lens. [44] The following week, they rebounded with a 2–0 victory over Grenoble with Ederson getting on the scoreboard for the second-straight week. Matchday [37] The following week, Lyon got another test, this time in Paris. The kits were presented on June 30, 2008. [33] Their final friendly match was the annual Trophée des Champions match. Lyon opened up their pre-season on 12 July with a 3–2 victory over Nîmes in Albertville, near Tignes, the location of Lyon's pre-season camp. The Olympique Lyonnais Ladies will also participate in their respective activities this season. Only competitive matches. Lossémy Karaboué,[24] Alexandre Bouchard,[25] and Aurélien Badin[26] have moved to Ligue 2 sides Sedan, Châteauroux and Troyes respectively. The draw also dropped Lyon from the top spot, which they had held since the fourth week of the season. They would indeed keep hold of first place as a result of Marseille's 3–1 victory over PSG. Lyon suffered their third defeat of the season the following week against relegation strugglers Nantes. The match ended in another 1–1 draw. Bayern later equalised through Zé Roberto in the second half. Lyon advanced to the Round of 32 where they faced rivals Marseille in what was the first big draw of the Cup. With Lyon playing at home, they proved to still be the most dominant French side in the league, defeating Bordeaux 2–1 with goals from Benzema and a beautiful goal from Kim Källström. mis à jour le 27 août 2020 à 16h38 partager Lyon opened up their Ligue 1 season in a positive fashion, defeating Toulouse 3–0 with a brace from Karim Benzema and a rare goal from Jean Makoun. With the result in the other match between Bayern and Fiorentina being a draw, this moved Lyon into first place in the group (on goal differential) heading into the final two matchdays. The match remained even until the 66th minute when Kim Källström scored following a gifted pass from the youngster Miralem Pjanić. Lyon followed this draw with a defeat taking on Lille, whom they had just contested three days ago in a Coupe de France tie. With one point in hand, Lyon traveled to Munich to take on group leaders Bayern, who defeated Steaua București 1–0 on the opening matchday. Kolodziejcak, a teammate of Tafer and Grenier on the international stage, will initially move to Lyon on a loan with a purchase clause likely to occur at a later date. Similar to last season matches with VfB Stuttgart, Lyon used these matches to get back into the competition defeating Steaua 5–3 in Romania. Due to finishing second, Lyon faced the danger of being paired with several big clubs that finished first in other groups. Division, Inter Milano have kept a clean sheet in all of their last 4 Serie A games, In their last 3 Serie A matches, Inter Milano have won by 2 or more goals, {"lg_-1":[17,12,9,38],"lg_-1_6":[4,1,1,6],"lg_138":[17,12,9,38],"lg_138_6":[4,1,1,6]}, {"lg_-1":[13,5,1,19],"lg_-1_6":[5,1,0,6],"lg_138":[13,5,1,19],"lg_138_6":[5,1,null,6]}, {"lg_-1":[4,7,8,19],"lg_-1_6":[2,1,3,6],"lg_138":[4,7,8,19],"lg_138_6":[2,1,3,6]}. The final scoreline eventually was 2–5, eliminating Lyon from the Champion's League for the seventh consecutive season and for the third consecutive season in the Round of 16. However, despite being relegated last season, Metz pulled off a tremendous 1–3 victory eliminating the defending league champions from the competition for the 8th straight season. The following week, Lyon again earned a victory, defeating Nancy 2–0. No holiday without live football? Inconsistent striker Milan Baroš additionally moved to Turkish side Galatasaray. Lyon management attributed the firing to "Perrin's several malfunctions that affected the squad daily throughout the season" and their constant failure in Europe. [20] Morevor, aforementioned central defender Sébastien Squillaci moved to Sevilla of La Liga.[21]. Le club de football Nîmes Olympique est fondé en 1937.   |  9:00 PM, 14. Il obtient le statut professionnel une première fois entre 1938 et 2004 avant de le retrouver en juillet 2008. Other than battling for first place, the return of Hatem Ben Arfa to the Stade Gerland was on the minds of supporters, as well as the players. Using the most used start formation. [42] Lyon finally ended their winless run with a 1–0 victory over Caen with Benzema scoring Lyon's lone goal, his tenth of the league campaign. Notable clubs Lyon could have been paired with include Liverpool, Manchester United, Barcelona and Juventus to name a few. The ladies, just like their male counterparts, won the double last season. They captured their second-straight league victory in a win over Le Mans with Karim Benzema securing a much-needed brace in a 3–1 win. For Juninho, it was his 100th career goal for Lyon. They followed this win up with back to back one goal wins over newly promoted side Le Havre and Nancy giving them five-straight league victories. Tickets for Nîmes Olympique games can be bought online, at the club store at 44 Boulevard Victor Hugo in Nîmes’ historic centre, or at the ticket windows of Stade des Costieres on the day of the match.. Tickets cost €5.00 for a place at the terraces behind the goal, €15.00 for a seat at the south stand, or €25.00 for a seat at the north stand. Lyon were now guaranteed to finish in the third spot, meaning they would be seeded directly into the Playoff round, where they might end up facing the likes of the 2008–09 UEFA Cup champions Shakhtar Donetsk and Sporting CP. The scoreline remained until injury time when Rennes striker Jimmy Briand scored after receiving a nice through-ball which caught Lyon defender Cris off guard. Despite chances from Juninho and Ederson, in which both players hit the post in amazing fashion, the scoreline remained as Lyon booked their place in the knockout stage. Despite having injury troubles at the back of the defense, Lyon performed well and only conceded one goal, again from Alberto Gilardino, though at the time of the goal, Lyon were up 2–0 after goals from Jean Makoun and Karim Benzema. This match also marked Lyon's third-straight match where a red card was given. Played on a Friday, Lyon failed to score a goal for the second straight week as the match ended in a 0–0 draw. The previous season, they were eliminated in the quarterfinals by Le Mans. In the second leg, the exact opposite occurred, with Barcelona constantly pressurizing Lyon in the first half, leaving Barcelona to control the match with most of the possession occurring in Barça's attack. Ordered by position on pitch (from back right to front left). Le Nîmes olympique a ciblé l'attaquant algérien de l'ES Sahel, Karim Aribi, selon francefootball.fr. Predictions, statistics, live-score, match previews and detailed analysis for more than 300 football leagues. That occurred the following week. [35] Lyon struggled in every aspect of the match and allowed Rennes striker Mickaël Pagis to score a hat-trick, the last goal being a beautiful strike from almost 30 yards out. 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With Lyon constantly responding back, Lille effectively ended Lyon's chances of defending their title by scoring at the death with a goal from Nicolas Fauvergue giving Lyon no time to respond back, eliminating the defending champions from the Coupe de France. Barcelona eventually got its equaliser from the head of Thierry Henry, drawing the match at 1–1. Nîmes Olympique. The match was played on 2 August at Bordeaux's ground, the Stade Chaban-Delmas. Matchday | As with all other years, Lyon entered the cup in the Round of 16 as they qualified for the UEFA Champions League, where they faced last year's relegated side Metz. 11/7/08 [46] After a full week of training, Lyon again rebounded from a draw picking up a convincing 3–1 victory over Hugo Lloris' former club Nice, with Jean Makoun scoring an unexpected brace. This showed as Barcelona earned first half goals from Henry twice, Lionel Messi and Samuel Eto'o, which effectively ended Lyon's chances of advancing to the quarter-finals, despite Jean Makoun and Juninho scoring back-to-back goals in the 44th and 48th minutes respectively. Lyon entered the 2008–2009 Coupe de France season as defending champions, having won the title the previous season in a highly contested 1–0 victory against Paris Saint-Germain. Updated to match played 7 MarchSource: OLweb.fr, Umbro will provide the kits for Olympique Lyonnais. This is the match sheet of the Ligue 2 game between Nîmes Olympique and Stade Reims on Nov 7, 2008. Nîmes Olympique (commonly referred to as simply Nîmes) is a French association football club based in Nîmes.The club was founded on 10 April 1937 and currently plays in Ligue 1, the first level of French football.The club's most important achievements were winning Ligue 2 in 1950 and the Championnat National in 1997 and in 2012. 9:00 PM, Stade des Costières  |  Attendance: 8.049 Découvrez la composition du club Nîmes Olympique pour la saison 2008/2009 : liste des joueurs, postes, numéros, entraîneur et staff. Copyright © 2009-2020 Forebet.com All rights reserved. Other departures include Grégory Coupet, who moved to Atlético Madrid after spending 12 years with the club,[22] Patrick Müller and Frédéric Roux, whose contracts expired on 30 June 2008,[23] and Marc Crosas, who returned to Barcelona after spending the winter on loan with Lyon. Early on in the match, Lyon were denied a clear penalty chance after Ederson was taking down in the box by Bordeaux right back Matthieu Chalmé. The second match was a positive result as well, with Lyon picking up a solid 2–0 victory with goals from Juninho and Anthony Réveillère. [34] After 90 minutes without a goal, Bordeaux defeated Lyon 5–4 on penalties to earn their first Trophée des Champions title, ending Lyon's streak of six-straight Trophée des Champions titles. Midfielders Pierrick Valdivia[11] (no relation to Chilean playmaker Jorge Valdivia), Clément Grenier[12] and Saïd Mehamha,[13] and striker Yannis Tafer[12] were promoted to the first-team squad, although they will still play on Lyon's second squad in the CFA. The second team, Olympique Lyonnais B, will participate in the Championnat de France Amateurs. With both teams coming off unimpressive matches a couple of days before (Lyon an unspectacular 2–1 victory over Nancy and Bayern, a 0–1 loss away to Hannover 96), the match showed why with Lyon's only goal coming off the head of Bayern defender Martín Demichelis in the 25th minute from one of Juninho's spot-kicks. They will compete in the top tier French women's division, the Division 1 Féminine, the women's version of the Coupe de France, the Challenge de France, and the UEFA Women's Cup, where they will begin from the second qualifying round. The 2019–20 Nîmes Olympique season was the club's 82nd season in existence and the club's second consecutive season in the top flight of French football.In addition to the domestic league, Nîmes participated in this season's editions of the Coupe de France, and the Coupe de la Ligue.The season covered the period from 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020 The following week, against Caen, Juninho and Benzema scored again in a 3–1 victory. [27] Young striker Stephen Ettien moved to Scottish side Hamilton Academical,[28] while Mohamed Bedda and Mickael Charvet earned trials at Strasbourg and Nice respectively. They were entering the season after achieving their first ever double after winning the Coupe de France, along with their league title. Lyon controlled the second half with two goals from Sidney Govou and Benzema, but could not get a third to draw the match or a fourth to win the group. Lyon entered the 2008–09 UEFA Champions League for the eighth-straight season. Instead of reminiscing, Lyon took the opportunity to focus on qualifying for next year's UEFA Champions League with a key match against Marseille. Lyon started the match without the majority of their regulars who were being rested for the first leg of their Champion's League showdown with Barcelona. The 2008–09 season was Olympique Lyonnais's 50th anniversary season in [16], Notable departures included Loïc Rémy, who moved to Nice[17] and French wunderkind Hatem Ben Arfa, who moved to rivals Marseille. The under-18 squad will participate in their league, the Championnat National Under-18 and the Coupe Gambardella. In the end, Benzema's goal was the only goal of the match with Lyon securing their place in the Round of 16, where they faced another secondary rival, Lille. Lyon entered the Coupe de la Ligue season having last won the cup in 2001. In this match, Lyon not only incurred their second defeat, but they lost their consistent right back Anthony Réveillère to injury with the player likely being out for the season, though he later returned to the squad. Last updated: 30 May 2009Source: Squad stats and Start formations. [30] The new home kit is original white with the red and blue vertical strip, along with single blue stripes along the shoulders. In their last 47 games in Serie A, Macará have been undefeated on 40 occasions, B36 Torshavn have won 29 of their last 38 matches in Premier League, In their last 19 games in Premier League, FC Shakhter have recorded only 3 wins, Sunderland U23s are on a losing streak of 18 straight matches in Premier League 2, There have been under 2.5 goals in Piast Gliwice's last 13 Ekstraklasa games, Odd Grenland 2 have been defeated at HT/FT in 8 of their 12 most recent games of 2. [32], Supplier: UmbroSponsor(s): Novotel (home) and Ticket Restaurant (away). [19] However, after a meeting between the two clubs organized by the LFP, the transfer was back on. With Marseille recording a victory over Lorient hours before, Lyon needed a victory over Bordeaux to ensure they remain in the title race. Note: For the squads of the CFA, Under-18, and the Under-16, click here and here. Following this incident, Lyon still trailed 1–2, but in the 86th minute, after earning a free kick, Juninho and Benzema proceeded to display excellent and sly teamwork as Benzema equalised for his side drawing the match 2–2 and giving both clubs one point through one round. In the match, Lyon failed constantly to get on the scoreboard with the former mastiff Kader Keïta missing on numerous opportunities. With the match in injury time and looking to end in a draw, referee Jean-Charles Cailleux and one of his assistant referees ruled a handball infraction had been committed by Nice defender Vincent Hognon in the box, giving Lyon a penalty which was converted by Benzema. More information at, Forebet presents mathematical football predictions generated by computer algorithm on the basis of statistics. [43] With the victory, Lyon were assured first place heading into the three-week winter break. Juninho scored the third goal. With Transfermarkt's Groundhopping tool, you can collect all of your matches in one list and view lots of statistics. In the match, Lyon got off to a quick start with Karim Benzema scoring the first goal in just the second minute. [18] The Ben Arfa move was put into speculation after Lyon officials argued that an agreement was not made between the two clubs. The lost effectively, but not mathematically, eliminated Lyon from winning their eight consecutive title. Lyon were paired with the defending German champions Bayern Munich, Italian side Fiorentina and the Romanian runners-up Steaua București. Lyon came into the match apparently looking ahead to their Champions League clash with Bayern Munich and proceeded to underestimate the West Coast side, who defeated Lyon 1–2 with two goals from the Croat Ivan Klasnić. Lille, whom Lyon were to face in a league tie three days later, opened the scoring with a goal from Michel Bastos in the 22nd minute. Lyon and Barcelona were in the same group the previous Champions League season. However, with Lyon trailing 0–2 and several Lyon players not having any idea of Zauri being down, they proceeded to attack and eventually a goal was scored by Piquionne. Since winning the title in 2001, Lyon have only made it to January (usually when the quarter-finals take place) four times. Fielding exactly the same lineup that lost 2–5 to Barcelona, Lyon failed for the second week in a row to get on the scoreboard losing 0–2 to Auxerre, who got goals from Ireneusz Jeleń and Thomas Kahlenberg, leaving Lyon to hope they get a positive result from the Le Classique in order to hold on to their first-place position. The 2008–09 season was Olympique Lyonnais's 50th anniversary season in Ligue 1 and was their 20th consecutive season in the top division of French football.They were the defending champions having won the title the past seven consecutive seasons. The rest of the match was fairly even, though, marred with several incidents, including former Lyon player Hatem Ben Arfa receiving a barrage of boos when he entered as a substitute in the 16th minute, as well as every time he touched the ball and Lyon player Kader Keïta picking up a second yellow card for elbowing new Marseille player Brandão in the face. [14] Also in an effort to increase their youths' playing time, Lyon re-loaned Sandy Paillot to Grenoble for the entirety of the season[15] and loaned out midfielder Romain Beynié to Belgian side Tubize. [1] Following an extensive search, which linked the Lyon managerial position to several managers, including former Manchester United assistant and current Portugal national football team coach Carlos Queiroz,[2] Brazilian manager Vanderlei Luxemburgo,[3] and former French players and managers Didier Deschamps and Laurent Blanc[4] to name a few, it was announced on 18 June 2008 that Lille manager Claude Puel would succeed Perrin.[5]. Following a 0–0 draw away to Lorient, which dropped them to third in the league standings, Lyon rebounded with back-to-back wins over Rhône-Alpes rivals Grenoble and Saint-Étienne respectively. [45] Due to Lyon's cup matches being postponed, they were forced to endure two cup matches in a span of four days before facing rivals Saint-Étienne. The match was, however, marred with controversy—after trailing 0–2, Lyon got back into the match with two spectacular free-kicks from Juninho. During the managerial search, Lyon made several transfers, though even prior to the managerial search, Lyon made a significant transfer deal, signing Brazilian midfielder Ederson from Nice in January for €15 million. Nimes Olympique Tickets. A week later, on 19 July, they traveled away to Bucharest to face Rapid București, which resulted in a 2–1 loss. Their last friendly in the month of July would in turn be a 0–1 defeat to AS Monaco on July 29 in Annecy. Chalmé would be involved in another denied penalty dispute later in the match, this time with Benzema. Looking at the replay, it could have easily been determined that the handball infraction had been without malice and that the penalty should have not been given. Following the draw, Lyon indeed received a tough draw, being given La Liga side Barcelona. Just before half-time, Lille's prolific youngster Eden Hazard scored to give Lille a 2–1 lead. Due to finishing as champions of Ligue 1 the past season, Lyon again entered directly to the group stage. It is only worn when Lyon are unable to wear their white shorts in an away tie due to the designated home team wearing white shorts. Lyon began the defense of their title heading to the West coast to take on the Brittany-based side US Concarneau. The draw for the group stage was determined on August 28, 2008. Bordeaux proceeded to score just before half-time with a goal from the former Lyonnais Alou Diarra after Wendel hit the post on a shot off a corner kick. The match was postponed from its assigned 3 January date due to a frozen pitch and was rescheduled to be played on January 24, 2009. Though Lyon were the dominant side the entire match, the score at halftime was only 2–0. Following last year promotions of youth players Sandy Paillot, Anthony Mounier and Romain Beynié from the youth scheme to the professional squad, Lyon signed another set of youth players to professional contracts. They came back from a 2–0 deficit and a 3–2 one-goal deficit before finishing off the Romanian side in the latter portion of the second half with a goal from Benzema and a brace from Fred. Lille made sure they made good on their chances with Róbert Vittek scoring the opening goal in the 60th minute and Michel Bastos finishing off Lyon, scoring the second goal in the 88th minute to pick up a 0–2 victory. Fri, 11/7/08 Following a clearance by the Fiorentina defence, it was expected, by Fiorentina, that the ball would be put out of play with fair play being in mind. With the match being played at the Stade de France and the clubs entertaining a record crowd, Lyon fielded a pretty strong, yet questionable side with players Mathieu Bodmer and François Clerc returning from a long absence and also having the task of defeating Barcelona in Spain in the second leg of their Champion's League clash. The new away kit is all blue with single black stripes along the shoulders and the new Champions League away kit is electric yellow with the red and blue vertical stripe, along with single red and blue stripes on the shoulders. [40] The loss was promptly followed by a showdown for first place with rivals Marseille the following week. With Lyon attacking, following a cross into the box, a collision occurred just inside the field of play between Frédéric Piquionne and Fiorentina defender Luciano Zauri, which unexpectedly injured the latter. Lyon responded just two minutes later with a goal from Jean Makoun. Unfortunately, the victory was with malice since Marseille also won that week. However, despite the hype and build-up leading up to the match, including achieving a record television audience,[41] both clubs failed to score a goal as the match ended in another 0–0 draw.