Women's Champions League Matchday 1: Servette vs OL Lyonnes facts
Friday, September 18, 2026
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Previous meetings, club facts and key stats ahead of the UEFA Women's Champions League Matchday 1 game.
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Servette's return to the UEFA Women's Champions League pits them against eight-time winners and last season's runners up OL Lyonnes in Geneva on Matchday 1.
Last match
This is the first UEFA meeting between the teams.
Servette have faced a French team just once before, losing 0-3 to Paris FC in Glasgow in the round 1 semi-finals of the 2022/23 Women's Champions League.
OL Lyonnes have won all five of their previous matches against Swiss opponents by an aggregate score of 31-1. All those fixtures were against Zürich, the most recent a 3-0 away win and 4-0 home victory in the 2022/23 group stage. This is their third trip to Switzerland; the first brought a 9-0 win in the 2016/17 round of 16 second leg.
This is Servette's second appearance at this stage. The first came in the inaugural group stage in 2021/22, when they lost all six games without scoring in a section containing Wolfsburg, Juventus and Chelsea.
The Swiss champions' European campaign in 2026/27 began with wins against Dinamo-BSUPC (3-0) and Aktobe (4-0) in the second qualifying round, before a 5-3 two-legged comeback success against Sparta Praha in the third (2-3 a, 3-0 h).
Runners-up to Barcelona in Oslo last season (0-4), OL have been crowned champions of Europe on eight occasions from 12 finals – both competition records. Their last success came when they defeated Barcelona 3-1 in 2022 in Turin.
The French outfit were unbeaten in finishing second in last season's league phase (W5 D1), coming from behind to beat former winners Wolfsburg (0-1 a, 4-0 h aet) and Arsenal (1-2 a, 3-1 h) in the knockout stages before losing to Barcelona.
Key stats
Servette have scored two or more goals in each of their last five European matches.
The Swiss champions have kept six clean sheets in their last nine games in UEFA competition.
OL Lyonnes are making their sixth successive group stage/league phase appearance. Only Barcelona, Bayern, Chelsea and Real Madrid have also reached this stage every season since it was introduced in 2021/22.
The French champions are unbeaten in 23 group stage/league phase matches (W18 D5), since a 1-5 home defeat against Arsenal on 19 October 2022. They have won 11 of their last 12 (D1).
OL Lyonnes have found the net in 28 of their 30 group stage/league phase matches, scoring in the last 18.
The eight-time winners have won their Matchday 1 fixture in four of their five Women's Champions League campaigns (L1).
OL's Ada Hegerberg is the all-time leading scorer in Women's Champions League/UEFA Women's Cup history with 69 goals.
OL's Wendie Renard needs one goal to reach 40 in the Women's Champions League/Women's Cup. The only French players to have reached that total are Eugénie Le Sommer (50) and Camille Abily (43).