That Lyon and Saint-Etienne may envy one another – The Équipe.fr

Lyon knows develop players

If Among the players still active, Loïc Perrin, Pierre-Yves Polomat, Kurt Zouma (Chelsea), Josuha Guilavogui (Wolfsburg), Faouzi Ghoulam (Naples) or Bafétimbi Gomis (Swansea) were trained in Saint-Etienne, the nursery Lyon is today without equivalent in France. Sixteen of the thirty-one professional of the current workforce are from. Among them, the French international (Gonalons, Grenier, Lacazette, Fekir) Espoirs (Umtiti, Tolisso, Ferri), Portuguese (Lopes) and Algeria (Ghezzal).

The old parties in other French clubs and give an idea of ​​foreign know-how: Karim Benzema (Real Madrid), Anthony Martial (Manchester United), Hatem Ben Arfa and Alassane Plea (Nice), Loic Remy (Chelsea), Clinton N’Jie (Tottenham), Anthony Mounier (Bologna) or timothée kolodziejczak (Sevilla FC). The Greens also have in their ranks three players trained by their rival Jérémy Clément, François Clerc and Renaud Cohade

. Saint-Etienne has a heritage

Founded June 26, 1933, ASSE won ten championships of France, a record and six Cups France. The club mainly vibrates the whole of France in the 1970s through its European epics. No one has forgotten the famous square posts of the lost final in 1976; they are now part of a heritage displayed in a museum of 800 square meters, opened in 2013.

Despite its beautiful European countryside, OL could never compete terms of popularity. But the museum may soon see the day …

Lyon has a hyper-President

President OL since 1987, Jean-Michel Aulas is one of the most influential figures in French football. The third in our rankings unveiled earlier this month, behind Nasser Al-Khelaifi, president of PSG, and Didier Deschamps, the coach of the France team.

Adored by his fans both hated and respected by those of other clubs, Aulas is first in line to change the governance of French football, via undressing UCPF the benefit of the Premier League, the new structure modeled on the English model. Even putting it in pairs, Etienne Bernard Caiazzo and Roland Romeyer do not weigh as much.

Saint-Etienne coach has a lasting

Since Christophe Galtier was appointed coach of the Greens in 2009, Jean-Michel Aulas has used four coaches: Claude Puel (2009-2011), Rémi Garde (2011-2014), Hubert Fournier (2014-2015) and Bruno Genesio, appointed in December 2015. Despite a disappointing first season with a 17th place finish, “Galette” was maintained. The Etienne leaders have done well, since the Greens were leaders of the Championship the following season, in 2010, a first in 28 years.

That same year, 2010, they beat Lyon at Gerland for the first time since 1993. Under orders from Galtier, the Stéphanois continue to grow. In 2013 they won their first title since 1981: the League Cup. They finally beat their rivals to Geoffroy-Guichard in 2014, ending 20 years of waiting fans. Thanks to this stability, they are very regular for three seasons, ending each year in the first five Championship and qualifying for the Europa League.

Lyon has a POL

Lyon opened its” Lyonnais Olympic Park “(POL) last week . Owner and operator of his ultramodern stadium, OL modem wants to change its business by increasing revenue from ticketing and ancillary revenues (hotel, recreation center, etc …).

The Parc Olympique Lyonnais was inaugurated last week. (A. Martin / L’Equipe)

“This would trigger a positive spiral, Aulas stated in our daily . To be in the top twenty European clubs, one must have between 200 and 500 million euros of annual resources. The goal is to be around 250 million euros through this infrastructure and to finance and generate a high quality team. “

Saint-Etienne has a Cauldron

While the Geoffroy-Guichard stadium never emerge as much income. But the POL he manage to compete with the Cauldron, one of the finest French moods?

Lyon has a driving school, a brasserie, …

The OL is the French club which filed more brands. Eighty-five in a C-Radar study. Examples: OL Taxi, OL Conduct, OL Voyages, OL Café, OL Gourmet, OL Pizza, OL Health OL Hairstyle, OL Beauty, etc … The Greens have half (40)

Saint-Etienne has …

We must be honest, it was stalled. We did not find any equivalent to OL Etienne Coiffure.