Parc Olympique Lyonnais

"Groupama Stadium" redirects here. Not to be confused with Groupama Arena.

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Parc Olympique Lyonnais
Groupama Stadium
UEFA
Map
Address10 Avenue Simone Veil
LocationDécines-Charpieu, Metropolis of Lyon, France
Public transitLyon tramway Lyon tramway#Line T7 Décines–OL Vallée
Décines–OL Vallée[2]
OwnerOL Groupe
OperatorOL Groupe
Executive suites105
Capacity59,186[1]
Record attendance58,664 (Rugby: Montpellier HR - Lyon OU, 25 May 2018)
Field size105 × 68 metres (344 ft × 223 ft)
SurfaceAirFibr hybrid grass
Construction
Broke groundOctober 22, 2012; 12 years ago (2012-10-22)
OpenedJanuary 9, 2016; 8 years ago (2016-01-09)
Construction cost€480 million
ArchitectPopulous
Structural engineerVinci SA
Services engineerVinci SA
General contractorVinci SA
Tenants
Olympique Lyonnais (2016–present)
France national football team (selected matches)
Website
Official website

Parc Olympique Lyonnais, known for sponsorship reasons as Groupama Stadium, is a 59,186-seat stadium in Décines-Charpieu, in the Metropolis of Lyon. The home of French football club Olympique Lyonnais (OL), it replaced their previous stadium, the Stade de Gerland, in January 2016. The Stade de Gerland became the home of Lyon OU Rugby. It's the third largest stadium in France, behind Stade de France in Saint-Denis (Paris) and Orange Velodrome in Marseille.

The stadium was a host of UEFA Euro 2016, and was also chosen to stage the 2017 Coupe de la Ligue Final and the 2018 UEFA Europa League Final, in addition to the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup and football at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. Outside football, the ground has also held rugby union and ice hockey matches, as well as musical concerts.

Construction

On 1 September 2008, Olympique Lyonnais president Jean-Michel Aulas announced plans to create a new 60,000-seat stadium, tentatively called OL Land, to be built on 50 hectares of land located in Décines-Charpieu, a suburb of Lyon. The stadium would also include state-of-the-art sporting facilities, two hotels, a leisure center, and commercial and business offices.

On 13 October 2008, the project was agreed upon by the French government, the General Council of Rhône, the Grand Lyon, SYTRAL, and the commune of Décines for construction with approximately €180 million of public money being used and between €60–80 million coming from the Urban Community of Lyon.[3] The project was hindered by slow administrative procedures, political interests, and various opposition groups who viewed the stadium as financially, ecologically, and socially wrong for the taxpayers and community of Décines. After landscaping in 2012, stadium construction started in summer 2013.

Football

Olympique Lyonnais played their first game in the new stadium on 9 January 2016, winning 4–1 against Troyes in Ligue 1; Alexandre Lacazette scored the first goal at the ground.[4]

In November 2009, the French Football Federation chose Parc Olympique Lyonnais one of the twelve stadiums to be used in the country's bidding for UEFA Euro 2016. It hosted six games at the tournament, including the hosts' 2–1 win over the Republic of Ireland in the last 16, and eventual champions Portugal's 2–0 win over Wales in the semi-finals.[5][6]

In September 2016, the new stadium was chosen as the host of the 2017 Coupe de la Ligue Final, the first time that the final had been hosted outside the Paris area. Paris Saint-Germain won 4–1 against Monaco.[7] On 9 December 2016, UEFA announced that Parc OL had been chosen to host the 2018 UEFA Europa League Final on 16 May 2018.[8]

Parc OL was one of nine stadiums hosting matches at the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup, staging the semi-finals and the final.[9] It will also be a venue for football at the 2024 Summer Olympics.

UEFA Euro 2016

Date Time (CEST) Team #1 Result Team #2 Round Attendance
13 June 2016 21:00 Belgium 
0–2
  Italy Group E
55,408
16 June 2016 18:00 Ukraine 
0–2
  Northern Ireland Group C
51,043
19 June 2016 21:00 Romania 
0–1
  Albania Group A
49,752
22 June 2016 18:00 Hungary 
3–3
  Portugal Group F
55,514
26 June 2016 15:00 France 
2–1
  Republic of Ireland Round of 16
56,279
6 July 2016 21:00 Portugal 
2–0
  Wales Semi-finals
55,679

2019 FIFA Women's World Cup

Date Time (CEST) Team #1 Result Team #2 Round Attendance
2 July 2019 21:00 England  1–2  United States Semi-finals
53,512
3 July 2019 21:00 Netherlands  1–0 (a.e.t.)  Sweden
48,452
7 July 2019 17:00 United States  2–0  Netherlands Final
57,900

2023 Rugby World Cup

Date Time (CEST) Team #1 Result Team #2 Round Attendance
24 September 2023 21:00 Wales  40–6  Australia Pool C
55,296
27 September 2023 17:45 Uruguay  36–26  Namibia Pool A
49,342
29 September 2023 21:00 New Zealand  96–17  Italy
57,083
5 October 2023 21:00 New Zealand  73–0  Uruguay
57,672
6 October 2023 21:00 France  60–7  Italy
58,102

France national football team

Date Team #1 Result Team #2 Competition
9 June 2018 France 
1–1
  United States Friendly
7 September 2021 France 
2–0
  Finland 2022 World Cup qualification
23 March 2024 France 
0–2
  Germany Friendly
9 September 2024 France 
2–0
  Belgium 2024–25 UEFA Nations League A

2024 UEFA Women's Nations League Finals

The stadium was one of three selected to host the 2024 UEFA Women's Nations League Finals matches. It hosted one match.

Date Team #1 Result Team #2 Round Attendance
23 February 2024 France 
2–1
  Germany Semi-finals
30,267

2024 Summer Olympics

Date Team #1 Result Team #2 Round Attendance
24 July 2024 Iraq 
2–1
  Ukraine Men's group B
10,637
25 July 2024 France 
3–2
  Colombia Women's group A
29,208
27 July 2024 Argentina 
3–1
  Iraq Men's group B
30,008
28 July 2024 New Zealand 
0–2
  Colombia Women's group A
5,212
30 July 2024 Ukraine 
0–2
  Argentina Men's group B
10,017
31 July 2024 New Zealand 
1–2
  France Women's group A
21,946
2 August 2024 Japan 
0–3
  Spain Men's quarter-finals
19,111
3 August 2024 Spain 
2–2 (4–2 p)
  Colombia Women's quarter-finals
10,355
5 August 2024 France 
3–1 (a.e.t.)
  Egypt Men's semi-finals
47,530
6 August 2024 United States 
1–0 (a.e.t.)
  Germany Women's semi-finals
11,716
9 August 2024 Spain 
0–1
  Germany Women's bronze medal match
10,995

Concerts

List of concerts at Parc Olympique Lyonnais, showing date, artist, event and attendance
Date Artist Event Attendance
9 January 2016 will.i.am Stadium inauguration 55,169
23 March 2016 Christophe Maé 2015–16 UEFA Women's Champions League 11,732[10]
19 July 2016 Rihanna Anti World Tour —
8 June 2017 Coldplay A Head Full of Dreams Tour 50,901[11]
12 July 2017 Celine Dion Celine Dion Live 2017 39,507[11]
24 May 2019 Ed Sheeran ÷ Tour 55,897[12]
25 May 2019 56,050[12]
26 May 2019 51,759[12]
1 June 2019 Stars 80 Triomphe 17,284[13]
4 June 2019 Phil Collins Not Dead Yet Tour 34,163[14]
11 June 2022 Soprano[15] Chasseur d'étoiles Tour 50,440
25 June 2022 Indochine[16] Central Tour 72,561[17]
8 July 2022 Rammstein Rammstein Stadium Tour 49,124[18]
9 July 2022 49,560[19]
19 July 2022 The Rolling Stones Sixty Tour 50,319[20]
31 May 2023 Depeche Mode Memento Mori World Tour 52,000
15 June 2023 Muse Will of the People World Tour 59,000[21]
23 June 2023 Mylène Farmer[22] Nevermore 2023/2024 45,000
24 June 2023 45,000
11 July 2023 Red Hot Chili Peppers Global Stadium Tour 49,158
2 June 2024 Taylor Swift The Eras Tour 62,000[23]
3 June 2024 —
15 June 2024 Rammstein Rammstein Stadium Tour —
22 June 2024 Coldplay Music of the Spheres World Tour 164,641[24]
23 June 2024
25 June 2024

Other uses

The venue hosted an outdoor Ligue Magnus ice hockey game between Lyon and Grenoble on 30 December 2016.[25] In that game, Grenoble defeated Lyon 5–2; the attendance at that game was 25,142, which turned out to be the all-time record attendance for an ice hockey game in France.

Parc Olympique Lyonnais hosted the finals of rugby union's European Rugby Champions Cup and European Rugby Challenge Cup in 2016. It was one of nine venues chosen for France's hosting of the 2023 Rugby World Cup.[26]

The stadium will also host the match between France and England on the final weekend of the 2024 Six Nations on 16 March 2024; this is because the Stade de France in Saint-Denis is unavailable while it is being prepared for use in the 2024 Summer Olympics.

References

  1. ^ "Bienvenue au Groupama Stadium". Groupama Stadium (in French). Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  2. ^ "Accès - Infos pratiques". groupama-stadium.com (in French). Retrieved 26 March 2020.
  3. ^ "LE GRAND STADE EST RELANCÉ". football365.fr (in French). 20 July 2011. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  4. ^ "Ligue 1 : Lyon s'impose 4-1 face à Troyes lors de sa première au Parc OL". 9 January 2016.
  5. ^ "2016 UEFA European Championship". UEFA. 26 July 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
  6. ^ "Portugal 2-0 Wales: five talking points from the semi-final in Lyon". The Guardian. 6 July 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
  7. ^ "PSG 4-1 Monaco: PSG win fourth straight French League Cup". Sky Sports. 1 April 2017. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
  8. ^ "Lyon to host 2018 UEFA Europa League final". UEFA. 9 December 2016. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  9. ^ "Les demi-finales et la finale seront à Lyon". Le Progrès (in French). 19 September 2017. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  10. ^ Jérémy Laugier (23 March 2016). "Ligue des champions féminine: L'OL envoie un message à toute l'Europe". 20minutes.fr. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  11. ^ a b "Current Boxscore | Billboard". Billboard. 25 July 2017. Archived from the original on 25 July 2017. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  12. ^ a b c "Ed Sheeran : 163 706 fans pour les 3 concerts au Groupama Stadium". www.groupama-stadium.com. 27 May 2019. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
  13. ^ "Stars 80 : Plus de 17 000 fans pour le concert au Groupama Stadium". /www.groupama-stadium.com. 3 June 2019. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
  14. ^ "Phil Collins : 35 000 fans au Groupama Stadium". www.groupama-stadium.com. 5 June 2019. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
  15. ^ "Soprano en concert au Groupama Stadium en juin 2022". www.lyonmag.com. 23 November 2020. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
  16. ^ Benjamin Terrasson (7 April 2021). "Lyon : Indochine décale sa tournée programmée en 2021 à 2022". www.lyoncapitale.fr. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  17. ^ "Indonews Archive". Indochine (in French). Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  18. ^ Publication sur le compte Facebook officiel du Groupama Stadium, en date du 09/07/2022 à 01:07
  19. ^ Publication sur le compte Facebook officiel du Groupama Stadium, en date du 09/07/2022 à 23:34
  20. ^ "@groupamastadium". Twitter (in French). Retrieved 20 July 2022.
  21. ^ "59.000 spectateurs sous le charme de Muse". www.leprogres.fr. 16 June 2023. Retrieved 20 June 2023..
  22. ^ ""Nevermore 2023" : la tournée des stades de Mylène Farmer passera par Lyon !". www.lyonmag.com. 23 June 2023. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
  23. ^ "Taylor Swift en concert à Lyon : 3h20 de show, une heure sous la pluie battante, 62 000 Swifties en folie". www.leparisien.fr. 3 June 2023. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
  24. ^ "Zach Bryan Tops June Touring Report with Almost $69 Million". Billboard. 31 July 2024. Archived from the original on 31 July 2024. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
  25. ^ "Winter Game : bientôt du hockey sur glace au Parc OL !". Lyonmag (in French). 12 February 2016. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
  26. ^ "The 9 stadiums for 2023 RWC in France". Sport 24. 15 November 2017. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
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