Serge Chiesa is the most capped player for Lyon with 542 games in all competitions, including 475 league appearances.
Grégory Coupet appeared in 518 matches for Lyon, second-most in the club's history.
Fleury Di Nallo is Lyon's all-time top goalscorer, with 222 goals.
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 the club played 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 542 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 222 and finished his career at Lyon with 495 total appearances.[ 2] Only six other players have made over 400 appearances for Lyon.[ 3] Goalkeepers Grégory Coupet and Yves Chauveau made 519 and 490 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 is the defender with the most appearances for the club with 424 caps.[ 8] Anthony Réveillère rounds out the list having made exactly 400 appearances for Lyon.[ 9] Alexandre Lacazette is currently the only active player with more than 300 appearances for the club.
Key
General
Appearances and goals are for first-team official competitive matches only, including Ligue 1 , Ligue 2 , Coupe de France , Coupe de la Ligue , Trophée des Champions , European Cup/Champions League , UEFA Cup/Europa League , and several now-defunct competitions — namely the Cup Winners' Cup , UEFA Intertoto Cup and Inter-Cities Fairs Cup matches.
Players are listed according to the total number of games played. If two or more players are tied, their rankings are determined as follows:
most recently played for Lyon; number of goals scored.
Statistics are corrected as of 26 January 2025 . Players marked in bold are still playing for the club.
Name – First name and last name.
Nationality – Representative country.
Position – Role on the field of play.
Lyon career – Playing career at the club.
Appearances – Number of games played.
Goals – Number of goals scored.
Positions and colors
300+ appearances
Anthony Lopes appeared in 489 matches for Lyon between 2012 and 2024.
Sidney Govou spent 10 years at the club and won seven league titles.
Alexandre Lacazette has scored 182 goals for Lyon, making him the club's second highest all-time goalscorer.
Juninho Pernambucano scored 100 goals during 8 seasons with Lyon and is considered as one of the best players in the club history.
Raymond Domenech spent seven seasons at Lyon and later went on to manage the France national team .
Vikash Dhorasoo had two stints at Lyon and amassed over 200 appearances.
Hugo Lloris made 202 appearances for Lyon and later captained the France national team to a World Cup win in 2018 .
Mahamadou Diarra made 198 appearances for Lyon and captained the Mali national team .
Nabil Fekir was club captain between 2017 and 2021.
Ernest Schultz was one of the first players in Lyon history to get called up to the France national team .
On 16 October 2021, Rayan Cherki became the youngest player to reach 50 appearances in Lyon's history, at 18 years old and 60 days.
Karim Benzema , the 2022 Ballon d'Or winner, scored 66 goals in 148 appearances for Lyon.
Jacek Bąk appeared in over 100 club matches.
Jean Tigana spent four seasons at Lyon and later managed the club.
Michael Essien made 96 appearances for Lyon and is the former captain of the Ghana national team .
Nicolás Tagliafico won the 2022 World Cup as a Lyon player.
Lucas Paquetá appeared in 80 games for Lyon, scoring 21 goals.
200–299 appearances
100–199 appearances
50–99 appearances
30–49 appearances
Notes
^ a b c d e 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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