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Full name | Lyon Olympique Universitaire | ||
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Nickname(s) | Le LOU | ||
Founded | 1896 | ||
Location | Lyon, France | ||
Ground(s) | Stade de Gerland (Capacity: 25,000) | ||
Chairman | GL Events | ||
President | Yann Roubert | ||
Coach(es) | Fabien Gengenbacher | ||
Captain(s) | Baptiste Couilloud Jordan Taufua | ||
League(s) | Top 14 | ||
2023–24 | 11th | ||
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Official website | |||
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Lyon Olympique Universitaire Rugby or LOU is a French professional rugby union team based in Lyon that currently competes in the Top 14, the highest level of the country's professional league system, having been most recently promoted for the 2016–17 season after winning the 2015–16 title of the second-level Pro D2. The club has bounced between the top two levels in recent years, having also been promoted in 2011 and 2014 and relegated in 2012 and 2015.
They were founded in 1896 and play in red and black. In 2011, the team left the Stade Vuillermet to the new Matmut Stadium. In 2017 the team moved to the Matmut Stadium de Gerland.