Olympique Lyonnais

association football club in Lyon, France
Organization association_football_club Q704
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds

Olympique Lyonnais

Summary

Olympique Lyonnais is an association football club[1]. It ranks in the top 0.52% of association_football_club entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,069 views/month, #71 of 13,640).[2]

Key Facts

  • Olympique Lyonnais was a member of OL Groupe[3].
  • Olympique Lyonnais is in the country of France[4].
  • Olympique Lyonnais's instance of is recorded as association football club[5].
  • Olympique Lyonnais's instance of is recorded as men's association football team[6].
  • Olympique Lyonnais's home venue is recorded as Parc Olympique Lyonnais[7].
  • Olympique Lyonnais's home venue is recorded as Parc Olympique Lyonnais[8].
  • Olympique Lyonnais's league or competition is recorded as Ligue 1[9].
  • Olympique Lyonnais's owned by is recorded as OL Groupe[10].
  • Olympique Lyonnais's headquarters location is recorded as Lyon[11].
  • Olympique Lyonnais's headquarters location is recorded as Décines-Charpieu[12].
  • Olympique Lyonnais's chief executive officer is recorded as Laurent Prud’homme[13].
  • Olympique Lyonnais's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 126364379[14].
  • Olympique Lyonnais's GND ID is recorded as 7637147-5[15].
  • Olympique Lyonnais's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as no96030411[16].
  • Olympique Lyonnais's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 12118994d[17].
  • Olympique Lyonnais's IdRef ID is recorded as 028717570[18].
  • Olympique Lyonnais's head coach is recorded as Paulo Fonseca[19].
  • Olympique Lyonnais's IMDb ID is recorded as nm9086506[20].
  • Olympique Lyonnais's Commons category is recorded as Olympique Lyonnais[21].
  • Olympique Lyonnais's industry is recorded as Q112166180[22].
  • Olympique Lyonnais's chairperson is recorded as John Textor[23].
  • Olympique Lyonnais's has part is recorded as Olympique Lyonnais[24].
  • +1950-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Olympique Lyonnais[25].
  • Olympique Lyonnais's sport is recorded as association football[26].
  • Olympique Lyonnais's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03w7kx[27].

Body

Founding

+1950-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Olympique Lyonnais[25].

Identity

Official names include {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Olympique lyonnais'}[28]. Olympique Lyonnais's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'OL'}[29].

Leadership

Olympique Lyonnais's chief executive officer is recorded as Laurent Prud’homme[13]. Its chairperson is recorded as John Textor[23]. Board members include Jean-Michel Aulas[30], a sports executive[31], b. 1949[32], of France[33], awarded the Officer of the Legion of Honour[34]; Annie Famose[35], an alpine skier[36], b. 1944[37], of France[38], awarded the Officer of the Legion of Honour[39]; Tony Parker[40], a basketball player[41], b. 1982[42], of France[43], awarded the Knight of the Legion of Honour[44]; Nathalie Dechy[45], a tennis player[46], b. 1979[47], of France[48]; Eduardo Malone[49]; and Sidonie Mérieux[50], a businessperson[51], b. 1976[52], of France[53]. Its director / manager is recorded as Laurent Prud’homme[54].

Operations

Headquarters locations include Lyon[11], a commune of France[55], in France[56] and Décines-Charpieu[12], a commune of France[57], in France[58]. Olympique Lyonnais's parent organization or unit is recorded as OL Groupe[59].

Industry

Olympique Lyonnais's industry is recorded as Q112166180[22].

Ownership

Olympique Lyonnais's owned by is recorded as OL Groupe[10].

Why It Matters

Olympique Lyonnais ranks in the top 0.52% of association_football_club entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,069 views/month, #71 of 13,640).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[60] It is known by 51 alternative names across languages and contexts.[61]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] . wikidata.org.
  11. [14] . wikidata.org.
  12. [15] . wikidata.org.
  13. [16] . wikidata.org.
  14. [17] . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [18] . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [19] . ol.fr. ol.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [20] . wikidata.org.
  18. [21] . wikidata.org.
  19. [22] . SIRENE. wikidata.org.
  20. [3] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . ol.fr. ol.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  26. [59] . wikidata.org.
  27. [54] . wikidata.org.
  28. [28] . wikidata.org.
  29. [29] . wikidata.org.
  30. [30] . wikidata.org.
  31. [35] . wikidata.org.
  32. [40] . wikidata.org.
  33. [45] . wikidata.org.
  34. [49] . wikidata.org.
  35. [50] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [55] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [56] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [57] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [58] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [38] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  12. [39] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  13. [41] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  14. [42] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  15. [43] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  16. [44] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  17. [46] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  18. [47] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  19. [48] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  20. [51] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  21. [52] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  22. [53] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [60] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [61] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

📑 Cite this page

Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Olympique Lyonnais. Retrieved April 11, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/olympique-lyonnais
MLA “Olympique Lyonnais.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 11 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/olympique-lyonnais.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_olympique-lyonnais_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Olympique Lyonnais}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/olympique-lyonnais}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-11}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): Olympique Lyonnais — https://4ort.xyz/entity/olympique-lyonnais (retrieved 2026-04-11)

Canonical URL: https://4ort.xyz/entity/olympique-lyonnais · Last refreshed: