The football also known as the olmpique Lyon, which is a French professional football club, located in Lyon. The club plays in Frances highest football club division, the ligue 1. The club came into being in around 1899, as lyon olmpique universitaire, according to the information available and according to many supporters of the club, but nationally the club came into existence in 1950.the club was most successful between the twenty first century. In 2002, the FC won its first of its ligue championship, starting a record breaking streak of 7 successive titles. The club won 4 coupe de France titles, 3 ligue two championships and 7 trophee des champions. At about eleven times the club has appeared in the UEFA champions league ,during the 2009-10 season, and are successful in reaching the semi finals for the first time.