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Olympique Lyonnais

France · Ligue 1 · Manager: Jorge Maciel (#777 in the world) since Nov 2026

#55 World rank · club rating

1,948 Club rating

9th in Ligue 1

Olympique Lyonnais have had 11 managers since 2015/16. Pierre Sage (Dec 2023 – Jan 2025) had the best points per game of them (1.91 in 56 matches) and took the club rating from 1,918 to 2,061.

Olympique Lyonnais managers

19 spells since 1997 · newest first

Manager Period MatchesGP W-D-L PPG Club rating Coach ratingCoach Vs expected

Jorge Maciel #777 now Nov 2026 – present · PPG 0.50 current Nov 2026 – present 2 0-1-1 0.50 1,941 → 1,940 −1 −3.8 −0.13

Paulo Fonseca #52 now Feb 2025 – Nov 2026 · PPG 1.90 Feb 2025 – Nov 2026 59 34-10-15 1.90 2,064 → 2,028 −37 −1.0 +0.09

Jorge Maciel #777 now Jan 2025 – Nov 2025 · PPG 1.67 Jan 2025 – Nov 2025 24 12-4-8 1.67 1,978 → 1,999 +22 +16.0 +0.05

Paulo Ferreira (stand-in) 17 May 2025 17 May 2025 1 1-0-0 +3.1

Pierre Sage #176 now Dec 2023 – Jan 2025 · PPG 1.91 Dec 2023 – Jan 2025 56 32-11-13 1.91 1,918 → 2,061 +143 +48.0 +0.23

Fabio Grosso #462 now Sep 2023 – Nov 2023 · PPG 0.71 caretaker Sep 2023 – Nov 2023 7 1-2-4 0.71 1,939 → 1,893 −46 −17.5 −0.26

Jean-François Vulliez Sep 2023 · PPG 1.00 caretaker Sep 2023 1 0-1-0 1.00 1,844 → 1,837 −7 −1.5 −0.27

Laurent Blanc Oct 2022 – Sep 2023 · PPG 1.64 Oct 2022 – Sep 2023 36 17-8-11 1.64 2,015 → 1,873 −142 −25.0 −0.07

Frank Passi (stand-in) 17 Feb 2023 17 Feb 2023 1 0-0-1 −7.4

Peter Bosz #78 now Aug 2021 – Oct 2022 · PPG 1.67 Aug 2021 – Oct 2022 58 27-16-15 1.67 1,928 → 1,940 +11 +4.7 0.00

Rudi Garcia Oct 2019 – May 2021 · PPG 1.84 Oct 2019 – May 2021 74 40-16-18 1.84 1,983 → 1,995 +12 +20.1 +0.12

Sylvinho Aug 2019 – Oct 2019 · PPG 1.18 Aug 2019 – Oct 2019 11 3-4-4 1.18 1,937 → 1,909 −28 −3.2 −0.08

Bruno Genesio #46 now Jan 2016 – May 2019 · PPG 1.87 Jan 2016 – May 2019 180 100-37-43 1.87 1,838 → 2,035 +197 +87.9 +0.13

Hubert Fournier Aug 2014 – Dec 2015 · PPG 1.63 Aug 2014 – Dec 2015 68 32-15-21 1.63 1,898 → 1,790 −108 −17.9 +0.09

Before 2015/16 · 7 spells, Aug 1997 – May 2014

Manager Period MatchesGP W-D-L PPG Club rating Coach ratingCoach Vs expected

Remi Garde Aug 2011 – May 2014 · PPG 1.72 Aug 2011 – May 2014 159 78-40-41 1.72 1,817 → 1,871 +55 +31.8 +0.03

Claude Puel #650 now Aug 2008 – May 2011 · PPG 1.78 Aug 2008 – May 2011 151 75-44-32 1.78 1,852 → 1,841 −11 +18.1 +0.01

Alain Perrin Aug 2007 – May 2008 · PPG 1.96 Aug 2007 – May 2008 46 27-9-10 1.96 1,849 → 1,879 +30 +9.2 −0.02

Gérard Houllier Jul 2005 – May 2007 · PPG 2.16 Jul 2005 – May 2007 94 60-23-11 2.16 1,879 → 1,874 −5 +8.9 +0.08

Paul Le Guen Aug 2002 – May 2005 · PPG 1.94 Aug 2002 – May 2005 140 78-38-24 1.94 1,753 → 1,925 +172 +41.3 +0.06

Jacques Santini Jul 2000 – May 2002 · PPG 1.84 Jul 2000 – May 2002 88 47-21-20 1.84 1,572 → 1,793 +221 +47.0 +0.07

Bernard Lacombe Aug 1997 – May 2000 · PPG 1.65 Aug 1997 – May 2000 104 50-22-32 1.65 1,599 → 1,554 −45 −5.8 +0.04

Before 2015/16 the source names the manager on fewer matches, so these rows can miss games.

Bruno Genesio is the longest-serving: 180 matches over 3 years (Jan 2016 – May 2019), and the most coach rating added (+87.9).

Club rating - the club's rating at the manager's first rated match → after the last. Coach rating - what the spell added to the manager's coach rating. Vs expected - average result per match above what the club rating predicted. Stand-in - a caretaker who covered a few matches during another manager's spell, folded under that spell. Every competition we hold, lower divisions included.

Club rating

since 2015/16 · line by manager

1,948Club ratingWeek 46, 2026

#55World rankof 943 active clubs

#9Ligue 1of 19 clubs

2,106Peak since 2015/16May 2024 · low 1,789, Dec 2015

Colour changes with each manager (10 since 2015/16) · hover a point for the name

Olympique Lyonnais's club rating peaked at 2,106 in May 2024, under Pierre Sage, its highest since 2015/16; the low was 1,789 in December 2015, under Hubert Fournier.

One point per month: the club's rating before its last rated match of the month, the manager's part left out. World rank among the 943 clubs with a match in the last 12 months and 30+ rated matches. The rating describes results so far - it doesn't predict the next game. How the club rating works ›

Next matches

next 14 days · UK time

Sat 21 Nov · 19:45 Ligue 1 A at LOSC Lille

Preview LOSC Lille v Olympique Lyonnais ›

Thu 26 Nov · 20:00 UEFA Europa League H v Lillestrøm SK

No chances for European games · why

Preview Olympique Lyonnais v Lillestrøm SK ›

Club rating chances on league games only (home / draw / away), calibrated on 85,718 league matches. This week's matches ›

Cards and corners

a game · by season

Season GP Cards Agst Lg 2nd half Corners Agst Lg

2026/27 10 1.40 1.90 1.82 79% 4.60 5.50 4.54

2025/26 34 2.09 2.71 2.01 66% 5.88 4.97 4.80

2024/25 34 1.79 2.21 2.04 59% 5.44 4.68 4.69

2023/24 34 1.82 1.91 2.08 65% 4.88 4.41 4.72

2022/23 38 1.68 1.84 1.82 69% 4.84 4.29 4.63

7 earlier seasons, 2015/16 – 2021/22

Season GP Cards Agst Lg 2nd half Corners Agst Lg

2021/22 38 1.87 1.66 2.11 65% 4.95 4.66 4.88

2020/21 38 2.00 2.24 2.08 61% 6.11 4.37 4.74

2019/20 28 1.93 2.21 2.02 67% 4.61 4.32 4.85

2018/19 38 1.58 2.13 1.99 63% 5.97 4.42 4.77

2017/18 38 1.97 2.26 2.06 61% 4.79 4.95 4.90

2016/17 37 1.89 2.65 1.89 6.73 4.38 4.80

2015/16 38 1.95 2.87 2.15 70% 4.76 3.26 4.77

Olympique Lyonnais won 6.73 corners a game in 2016/17, their most in any season since 2015/16 and 40% above Ligue 1's average side (4.80).

League matches only (Ligue 1), from 2015/16 - European and cup games carry no card or corner data. Lg = the league's average side that season. Bold green / red = 15%+ above / below it. Ligue 1 cards table › · corners table ›

Half-time / full-time

406 league matches since 2015/16

FT winFT W FT drawFT D FT lossFT L

HT winHT W 12932% 236% 92%

HT drawHT D 6015% 4611% 389%

HT lossHT L 184% 174% 6616%

Points won from behindPts from behind

losing at half-time in 101 matches

Points dropped from aheadPts dropped

winning at half-time in 161 matches

1st half · W 161 · D 144 · L 101 GD +96

2nd half · W 174 · D 128 · L 104 GD +142

League matches since 2015/16. Each half scored as its own match: 2nd half = goals after the break only.

Referees at Olympique Lyonnais

22 referees with 5+ matches · most matches first

Referee MatchesGP W-D-L PPG Cards/g Club avg +/−

Ruddy Buquet 39 20-7-12 1.72 1.79 1.86 −4%

Benoît Bastien 38 19-6-13 1.66 2.50 1.87 +34%

Clement Turpin 34 16-6-12 1.59 1.76 1.88 −6%

François Letexier 29 13-4-12 1.48 1.66 1.84 −10%

Antony Gautier 24 13-6-5 1.88 1.67 1.88 −11%

Jérôme Brisard 23 7-6-10 1.17 1.74 1.81 −4%

Benoit Millot 18 8-6-4 1.67 1.67 1.83 −9%

Eric Wattellier 18 10-2-6 1.78 1.22 1.88 −35%

Amaury Delerue 16 8-5-3 1.81 2.31 1.88 +23%

Frank Schneider 16 8-6-2 1.88 2.06 1.88 +9%

12 more referees with 5+ matches

Referee MatchesGP W-D-L PPG Cards/g Club avg +/−

Thomas Leonard 15 8-4-3 1.87 2.27 1.80 +26%

Mikael Lesage 14 7-4-3 1.79 1.93 1.87 +3%

Benoît Millot 13 6-3-4 1.62 1.85 1.87 −1%

Jeremy Stinat 11 3-4-4 1.18 1.55 1.82 −15%

Bastien Dechepy 10 5-3-2 1.80 1.60 1.85 −13%

Johan Hamel 10 3-3-4 1.20 1.40 1.87 −25%

Stephanie Frappart 10 4-2-4 1.40 1.20 1.84 −35%

Jerome Miguelgorry 8 4-3-1 1.88 1.75 1.87 −6%

Marc Bollengier 7 6-1-0 2.71 1.57 1.84 −15%

Mathieu Vernice 7 5-0-2 2.14 4.00 1.88 +112%

Nicolas Rainville 6 5-0-1 2.50 1.50 1.94 −23%

Pierre Gaillouste 5 4-1-0 2.60 1.60 1.79 −11%

Under Eric Wattellier, Olympique Lyonnais picked up 1.22 cards a game, 35% below their own average in the same seasons (18 matches).

League matches since 2015/16 with the referee named (403). Cards = Olympique Lyonnais's own yellows and reds. Club avg = their cards a game in the same seasons with every referee. Under 10 matches the gap is grey: too few to call. Referees aren't drawn at random - the big games go to the senior ones - so a gap here describes, it doesn't prove a bias.

Quick answers

4 questions · from the tables on this page

Who is Olympique Lyonnais's manager?

Jorge Maciel, #777 in this week's coach world ranking, since November 2026 - 2 matches, 0 won (0.50 points per game).

How many managers has Olympique Lyonnais had since 2015?

11, counting 2 caretakers. Plus 2 stand-ins: caretakers for a few matches during another manager's spell.

Who is Olympique Lyonnais's longest-serving manager?

Bruno Genesio: 180 matches from January 2016 to May 2019.

How many cards a game do Olympique Lyonnais get?

1.40 a game in Ligue 1 in 2026/27, against 1.82 for the league's average side.

The coach rating describes, it doesn't predict. It measures what a manager's teams did against what was expected of them. Match chances come from the club rating, calibrated on 85,718 league matches. How the rating works ›

Source: spells, ratings and ranks from the weekly ranking (Week 46, 2026); season stats updated nightly; next matches refreshed every hour.