The OL women's players in the first leg against Benfica (Photo by PATRICIA DE MELO MOREIRA / AFP)
Winner of the French championship and finalist of the Champions League, OL women once again lived up to their status. In 2024, Fenottes are considered the second women's team in Europe behind FC Barcelona according to UEFA.
The European throne still belongs to Barcelona and this remains Joe's main mission Montemurro for his first season on the benchOL. Having chosen to join ChelseaSonia Bompastor would have liked to win the Champions League last May in Bilbao, but the Fenottes had to lose against the FC Barcelona. A defeat (2-0) not as a transfer of power, but which logically affected the Lyonnaises in their ego. While waiting to know if OL will regain their crown for the first time since 2022, the Lyon club remains a reference on a European scale. At the end of the year, UEFA revealed its ranking of women's teams for the 2024 season.
France at the top of the UEFA index
Unsurprisingly, OL monopolize the places at the top of the table, but not the highest unfortunately. This privilege goes to Barça which has accumulated 126,599 points for the year 2024. Far ahead of the Lyon team which comes in second position with 110,199 points collected. However, in the UEFA index, the good health of the’OL coupled with 5th place in the PSG make France the number 1 country, ahead of England and Spain. Which makes the lack of progress in French women's football even more frustrating.
