- Derby du Rhône
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Derby du Rhône The Derby City or region Rhône-Alpes, France First contested 28 October 1951 Teams involved Olympique Lyonnais & AS Saint-Étienne Most wins AS Saint-Étienne (39) Most player appearances Serge Chiesa (28) Top scorer Hervé Revelli (14) Most recent meeting ASSE 1–2 OL (26 October 2011) Next meeting TBD Largest victory OL 1–7 ASSE (5 October 1969) The Derby du Rhône (French pronunciation: [døbi du ʁon], Rhône Derby; also referred to as the Derby des Rhône-Alpes or simply The Derby) is a football match contested between French clubs Olympique Lyonnais and AS Saint-Étienne.[1] Both clubs situate themselves in the region of Rhône-Alpes along the Rhône river, which is where the rivalry's name is derived from.
The two clubs first met in 1951 and, due to the each club's close proximity towards each other being separated by only 50 kilometres (31 mi), a hotly contested rivalry developed.[2] The Derby du Rhône is cited as one of the high-points of the Ligue 1 season and, like other major rivalries, extends outside of the pitch. The rivalry is locally considered a symbolic challenge between the well-offs of Lyon and the workers of Saint-Étienne with the city of Lyon being considered white collar and its counterpart Saint-Étienne being viewed by the locals as more blue collar.[1]
The derby also pits the recently most successful French club (Lyon) against the formerly biggest French club (Saint-Étienne). During the 20th century, Saint-Étienne was the most successful club in French football winning ten league titles between 1957–1981, a record that still stands today. During that span, the club also won six Coupe de France titles and performed well at European level.[1] However, following the club's relegation to the second division in 1984, Saint-Étienne's stranglehold on the football scene in France began to dwindle. Lyon began a similar ascension into French football at the beginning of the new millennium when the club won their first-ever Ligue 1 championship in 2002. The initial title started a national record-breaking streak of seven successive titles, a streak unmatched in French football history. Lyon have also reached the semi-finals of the UEFA Champions League, a feat that hasn't been matched by a French club since 2004 when Monaco reached the final.
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Head to head record
Last updated: 26 October 2011
Competition Played Saint-Étienne Draw Lyon French League 95 36 29 30 Coupe de France 5 1 1 3 Coupe de la Ligue 1 0 0 1 Trophée des champions 0 0 0 0 Coupe Drago 1 1 0 0 Challenge des champions 1 1 0 0 Totals 102 39 30 34 Switching clubs
Due to the clubs' ongoing rivalry, few players have played for both Lyon and Saint-Étienne. Since the two clubs first contested each other in 1951, only 27 players have played for both Lyon and Saint-Étienne and only 13 players have transferred directly from Lyon to Saint-Étienne and vice-versa. The first player to "commit" the offense was Antoine Rodriguez in 1951, when after having a nine-year spell at Saint-Étienne, he moved to Lyon, where he spent only one season. Other notable players who made the switch were Aimé Jacquet who, after having a successful 13-year career with Saint-Étienne, departed the club for Lyon, where he spent three seasons. Jacquet later went on to manage Lyon and coached the team to the 1973 Coupe de France Final. Similarly, striker Bernard Lacombe established himself as one of Lyon's all-time leading goalscorers before leaving the club for Saint-Étienne in 1978 where he was often booed and jeered, which led to the player departing the club for Bordeaux after one season. The other players who transferred directly between clubs are François Lemasson, Alain Moizan, Andre Calligaris, Romarin Billong, Jean-Luc Sassus, Christopher Deguerville, Grégory Coupet, Franck Priou, Lamine Diatta, and Bafétimbi Gomis.
OL, then ASSE
Name Pos Lyon Saint-Étienne Career Apps Goals Career Apps Goals Bernard Lacombe
FW 1969–78 230 128 1978–79 32 14 Alain Moizan
MF 1980–82 – – 1982–84 – – Franck Priou
MF 1980–88 – – 1988–90 – – Laurent Fournier
MF 1986–88 53 15 1995 10 3 Romarin Billong
DF 1988–95 111 5 1995–2000 102 5 Patrice Ferri
GK 1992–93 – – 1995–96 – – Jean-Luc Sassus
MF 1994–97 – – 1997–98 – – David Hellebuyck
MF 1996–2000 3 0 2001–06 167 14 Laurent Morestin
DF 1997–98 3 0 2003–04 24 0 Patrice Carteron
DF 1997–2000 101 6 2001–05 100 16 Lamine Diatta
DF 2004–06 40 0 2006–08 27 1 Sylvain Monsoreau
DF 2005–06 19 0 2008–present 23 0 ASSE, then OL
Name Pos Saint-Étienne Lyon Career Apps Goals Career Apps Goals Michel Cristobal
DF 1945–49 – – 1950–52 – – Antoine Rodriguez
DF 1942–51 – – 1951–52 – – Andre Calligaris
DF 1957–60 – – 1960–61 – – Aimé Jacquet
MF 1960–73 176 12 1973–76 26 2 André Guy
FW 1962–65 82 52 1967–71 116 66 José Broissart
MF 1969–73 – – 1976–80 – – Jean-François Larios
MF 1973–83 167 36 1984–85 27 1 Olivier Roussey
MF 1977–78 – – 1979–80 – – Patrice Ferri
GK 1981–88 – – 1992–93 – – François Lemasson
DF 1986–87 5 0 1987–90 101 0 Christopher Deguerville
MF 1987–95 – – 1995–97 – – Grégory Coupet
GK 1993–97 88 0 1997–2008 518 0 Frédéric Piquionne
FW 2004–07 97 27 2008–09 26 4 Bafetimbi Gomis
FW 2003–09 162 49 2009–present 50 16 Pape Diakhaté
DF 2010 18 1 2010–2011 3 0 References
- ^ a b c "Power struggle on the Rhone". Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 19 December 2009. http://www.fifa.com/classicfootball/stories/classicderby/news/newsid=1008724.html. Retrieved 3 August 2010.
- ^ "OM-PSG D-2: The match that divides a nation". Ligue de Football Professionnel. 23 October 2009. http://www.ligue1.com/ligue1/lireArticle.asp?idArticle=14341. Retrieved 3 August 2010.[dead link]
External links
- (French) AS Saint-Étienne Official Site
- (French) Olympique Lyonnais Official Site
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- Olympique Lyonnais
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