Olympique Lyonnais Reserves and Academy

The U-19 squad participates in their weekly league, the Championnat National U19, 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 4 occasions. They won the cup in 1971, 1994, 1997 and 2022.

The U-17 side participates in a league, the Championnat National U17, a youth league comprising six groups of twelve clubs who play each other twice during the regular season, 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-17 Championnat National. The Under-17 squad also participates in regional cup competitions.

The current National 3 manager is Gueida Fofana, who played for Olympique Lyonnais before but had his career cut-short due to injuries. He has been the manager of Lyon's reserves team since 2019. The manager of the Olympique Lyonnais U-19s and U-17s are Samy Saci and Amaury Barlet.^[2]

According to Faouzi Djedou-Benabid, the scout for Niort and the co-author of Pourquoi le foot français va dans le mur (lit. 'Why French football goes into wall'; 2015), published by Hugo Sport, the training provided in Olympique Lyonnais academy favors the technical learning of football over match results, like FC Barcelona: thus, "Lyon educators do not hesitate to have defenders play in midfield so that 'they can learn to use their feet better". In addition, the formation does not favor any pattern of play, allowing the players to adapt easily to all positions during the game.^[3]

As a result of this philosophy, since the 2010s, Lyon youth academy gained reputation all around Europe as being one of the top football academies in the continent, producing several players playing in European top tier competitions.^[4] Between 2012 and 2019, Lyon appears successively eight times in top 4 of the International Centre for Sports Studies list of the best football academies in Europe. Lyon was also rated by the French Football Federation as the best football academy in France for six seasons in a row, between 2013 and 2019.^[5]

In February 2014, L'Équipe writes that Olympique Lyonnais ranks second in terms of the number of players trained at the club and playing in the "five major European championships" (Germany, England, Spain, France and Italy) tied with Real Madrid, and the first being FC Barcelona.^[6][7] In 2015, France Football rated Lyon youth academy as one of the best in Europe, as it is used to feed the first team, and also having a pool of players with value on the transfer market, without this being in the heart of the club's policy.^[8] Indeed, the competition level in Lyon's youth team is very difficult for young players, they will regularly, voluntarily or not, emancipate themselves in other very young clubs. Just as regularly, a certain number of them manage to have a good national or international career such as Ludovic Giuly, Karim Benzema, Alexandre Lacazette, Samuel Umtiti, or Nabil Fekir.

• Championnat de France Amateurs: 7
  • Champions: 1998, 2001, 2003, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011
• Championnat National U17: 4
  • Champions: 1994, 2000, 2004, 2014
• Championnat National U19: 3
  • Champions: 1993, 2000, 2005
• Coupe Gambardella: 4
  • Champions: 1971, 1994, 1997, 2022
  • Finalists: 1970, 1992, 2005, 2006, 2015
• Coupe Nationale U16 (with Rhône-Alpes): 2
  • Champions: 1960, 1996
• French Division 3: 1
  • Champions: 1993
• Montaigu Tournament: 2
  • Champions: 2000, 2004

As of 22 October 2024^[9]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 30 GK   FRA Justin Bengui 50 GK   MLI Lassine Diarra — GK   FRA Matéo Pereira 35 DF   FRA Yacine Chaïb — DF   FRA Ali Alamine — DF   CRO Téo Barisic — DF   FRA Lilian Coponat — DF   FRA Ali Ali Hassan — DF   FRA Irvyn Lomami — DF   COD Prince Mbatschi — DF   FRA Jérémy Mounsesse 26 MF   TUN Chaïm El Djebali 28 MF   FRA Florent Sanchez — MF   FRA Samuel Bossiwa

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF   POR Mathys De Carvalho — MF   SEN Pierre Dorival — MF   SEN Fallou Fall — MF   THA Erawan Garnier — MF   GAM Francis Gomez — MF   SUI Joss Marques 29 FW   FRA Enzo Molebe 32 FW   ENG Alejandro Gomes 36 FW   FRA Romain Perret 91 FW   FRA Sekou Lega — FW   SEN Ibrahima Fall — FW   MTN Thiema Gueye — FW   ALG Yannis Lagha

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   POR Matthias Da Silva — GK   CIV Yvann Konan — GK   FRA Yann Llahona — DF   FRA Léo Bamballi — DF   FRA Naim Berbar — DF   FRA Imdad Charifou — DF   FRA Timothée Dutot — DF   FRA Wassim El Abrougui — DF   FRA Emeric Etondé — DF   FRA Mark Hérinirainy — DF   ALG Steeve Kango — DF   FRA Stélio Rubino — DF   FRA Esteban Thyvent — DF   FRA Kelyan Yahia

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF   POR Tiago Gonçalves — MF   FRA Fayçal Haddad — MF   FRA Khalis Merah — MF   FRA Olivier Mvouama — MF   USA Axel Perez — MF   TUR Haktan Sener — MF   FRA Nadhir Senouci — FW   FRA Daryll Benlahlou — FW   MAR Nourdine El Azzouzi — FW   FRA Rémi Himbert — FW   FRA Ottman Katirag — FW   FRA Nehemie Lurika — FW   FRA Bryan Meyo

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   FRA Axel Barreau — GK   FRA Adrien Danis — GK   FRA Joël Mbala — DF   FRA Adam Alioui — DF   FRA Kenan Doganay — DF   FRA Félix Onana — DF   FRA Angel Garcia — DF   FRA Kassim Mnandji — DF   FRA Kylian Negri — DF   FRA Melvyn Otobo — DF   FRA Aaron Trincat — DF   FRA Nolan Velut — MF   FRA Amine Baghdad

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF   FRA Jalis Bouabdellah — MF   FRA Hedi Chekhab — MF   FRA Djibril Merouani — MF   FRA Paul-Ianel Moulot — MF   FRA Walid Nechab — MF   FRA Emanuel Pampi — MF   FRA Theo Tirault — FW   FRA Adil Hamdani — FW   FRA Mathieu Hoareau — FW   FRA Billy-Paul Mavudia — FW   FRA Edwin Penka — FW   FRA Issiaga Soumah — FW   FRA Bojan Zeković

As of 1 August 2024

Position	Name
General Director	Fabien Caballero
Reserves Manager	Gueïda Fofana
Reserves Assistant Manager	Pierre Chavondrier
Academy Goalkeeper Coach	Olivier Blondel   Sébastien Gerin
Academy Fitness Coach	Nicolas Quinault
U-19 Manager	Samy Saci
U-19 Assistant Manager	Rémy Kaleche   Florian Luong
U-19 Fitness Coach	Antoine Maennel
U-19 Athletic Coach	Florian Testard
U-17 Manager	Amaury Barlet
U-17 Assistant Managers	Vacant
U-17 Fitness Coach	Mattéo Cathalot
Preformation Director	Nicolas Brun
Sporting Coordinator	Guy Genet

Many players from Lyon's youth system have managed to reach the professional level in football, whether at Lyon or at other clubs. As of June 2024, 35 players formed in the Lyon academy had capped for the France national football team.^[10] Below is a non-exhaustive list of notable players who trained in the youth or reserve teams of Olympique Lyonnais:

France   Loïc Abenzoar   Ghislain Anselmini   Leeroy Anton   Marcel Aubour   Jérémy Aymes   Kamal Bafounta   Farès Bahlouli   Mohamed Bahlouli   Florent Balmont   Bradley Barcola   Melvin Bard   Cédric Bardon   Xavier Barrau   Christian Bassila   Karim Belhocine   Olivier Bellisi   Nicolas Belvito   Hatem Ben Arfa   Mourad Benhamida   Farid Benstiti   Karim Benzema   Bryan Bergougnoux   Olivier Bernard   Jérémy Berthod   Grégory Bettiol   Romain Beynié   Maxime Blanc   Kayne Bonnevie   Gilbert Bonvin   Pierre Bouby   Jérémie Bréchet   Anthony Briançon   Maxence Caqueret   Alexis Carra   Maxime Cassara   Alain Caveglia   Johann Charpenet   Mickael Charvet   Yves Chauveau   Xavier Chavalerin   Rayan Cherki   Serge Chiesa   François Clerc   Jérémy Clément   Timothé Cognat   Renaud Cohade   Mickaël Colloredo   Néstor Combin   Gilles Constantinian   Yoann Court   Laurent Courtois   Florent Da Silva   Andrea Damiani   Stéphane Darbion   Maxime D'Arpino   Fabien Debec   Laurent Debrosse   Romain Dedola   Romain Del Castillo   Sylvain Deplace   Jean-Christophe Devaux   Fleury Di Nallo   Yohan Di Tommaso   Jean Djorkaeff   Raymond Domenech   Jean-Philippe Durand   Franck Durix   Alan Dzabana   Yann Ekra   Mohamed El Arouch   Stephen Ettien   Sébastien Faure   Julien Faussurier   Nabil Fekir   Yassin Fekir   Jordan Ferri   Fabrice Fiorèse   Maxence Flachez   Sébastien Flochon   Laurent Fournier   Pascal Fugier   Rémi Garde   Bruno Génésio   Alexis Genet   Guy Genet   Gaël Genevier   Willem Geubbels   Ludovic Giuly   Yohan Gomez   Anthony Gomez Mancini   Maxime Gonalons   Mathieu Gorgelin   Hérold Goulon   Sidney Govou   Fabrice Grange   Clément Grenier   Sébastien Grimaldi   Malo Gusto   Joan Hartock   Alexandre Hauw   David Hellebuyck   Kévin Jacmot   Warren Jacmot   Joris Jehan   Franck Jurietti   Joseph Kalulu   Pierre Kalulu   Timothée Kolodziejczak   Billy Koumetio   Zakarie Labidi   Alexandre Lacazette   Bernard Lacombe   Guillaume Lacour   Stéphane Lalaoui   Gérard Lanthier   Florent Laville   William Le Pogam   Sekou Lega   Esteban Lepaul   David Linarès   Cyriaque Louvion   Castello Lukeba   Steed Malbranque   Jérémy Manzorro   Yoann Martelat   Alexis Martial   Anthony Martial   Boris Mathis   Florent Marty   Florian Maurice   Jonathan Mendes   Julian Michel   Enzo Molebe   Anthony Mounier   Théo Ndicka   Louis Nganioni   Bruno Ngotty   Camille Ninel   Robert Nouzaret   Harry Novillo   Florent Ogier   Abdoulaye Ouattara   Sandy Paillot   Julian Palmieri   Mathieu Patouillet

Mour Paye   Pascal Pédemonte   Gaëtan Perrin   Jacques Philip   Jérémy Pied   Lenny Pintor   Alassane Pléa   Damien Plessis   Nicolas Priet   Grégoire Puel   Paulin Puel   Nicolas Puydebois   Nicolas Rabuel   Daniel Ravier   Enzo Reale   Loïc Rémy   Gwenaël Renaud   Remy Riou   Claude-Arnaud Rivenet   Thomas Robinet   Mickaël Rol   Mathieu Salamand   Junior Sambia   Mamadou Sarr     Romain Sartre   Ernest Schultz   Nicolas Seguin   Yoan Severin   Stéphane Solomenko   Yaya Soumaré   Julien Stephan   Éric Taborda   Kevin Tapoko   Hermann Tebily   Titouan Thomas   Corentin Tolisso   Johann Truchet   Marvin Tshibuabua   Samuel Umtiti   Cédric Uras   Pierrick Valdivia   Julien Viale   Roland Vieira   Hugo Vogel   Daniel Xuereb   Yoan Zouma   Africa   Oussama Amar   Houssem Aouar   Ishak Belfodil   Yassine Benzia   Yassine Ben Hamed   Abdelkader Ghezzal   Rachid Ghezzal   Amine Gouiri   Yacine Hima   Yannis Lagha   Khaled Lemmouchia   Karim Maroc   Saïd Mehamha   Yannis Tafer   Hussayn Touati   Mehdi Zeffane   Nassim Zitouni   Jordy Gaspar   Nassim Innocenti   Vincent Ye   Blaise Tohou   Yann Mabella   Sinaly Diomandé   Lossémy Karaboué   Éric Tié Bi     Raphaël Anaba   Romarin Billong   Joseph-Désiré Job   Olivier Kemen   Philippe N'Dioro   Clinton N'Jie   Moussa Djoumoi   Myziane Maolida   Faiz Mattoir   Cyriaque Mayounga   Dylan Mboumbouni   Amos Youga   Kelly Youga   Aldo Kalulu   Gédéon Kalulu   Yann Kitala   Samuel Moutoussamy   Emmanuel Danso   Elisha Owusu   Mouctar Diakhaby   Sekou Yansané   Mohamed Yattara   Formose Mendy   Fabien Boyer   Thomas Fontaine   Jamal Alioui   Achraf Laâziri   Fahd Moufi   Kays Ruiz-Atil   Issiar Dramé   Frédéric Kanouté   Habib Keïta   Sidy Koné   Bryan Ngwabije   Lamine Gassama   Abdoulaye Ndiaye   Bouna Sarr   Mouhamadou-Naby Sarr   Demba Touré   Sylvain Idangar   Ludovic Assemoassa   Malcolm Barcola   Chaïm El Djebali   Habib Oueslati   Hamza Rafia   Rest of World   Hamdan Al Kamali   Théo Defourny   Héritier Deyonge   Muamer Aljic   Camilo   Zachary Brault-Guillard   Jérémy Frick   Kilian Pagliuca   Anthony Racioppi   Jian Tao   Yu Junwei   Zhang Xiuwei   Reo Griffiths   Aleksandre Guruli   Georges Mikautadze   Noam Bonnet   Francesco Migliore   Kim Shin   Philippe Paoli   Christopher Martins Pereira   Ulrik Yttergård Jenssen   Tord Salte   Bartosz Talar   Anthony Lopes   Erawan Garnier   Cenk Özkaçar

Players in bold are those who capped for their National team.