Olympique Lyonnais: partnership with Athletico SC (Lebanon) extended until the end of 2021-22

Olympique Lyonnais (Ligue 1 Uber Eats) has extended its partnership with Athletico Sports Club of Beirut (Lebanon) until the end of the 2021-22 season, announced the French club on 18/01/2022. OL has been a partner of the Lebanese club since 2011.

"Historic international partner of OL, ASC was launched in Beirut in 2006 with the objective of proposing the best football education of the country to Lebanese youth, giving them the opportunity to live their passion in Europe. This new partnership extension, that will allow several young Lebanese players to come and play football in the OL Academy in the next few months, marks a new important step in the club's will to sustainably contribute to talents empowerment across the globe," explained Olympique Lyonnais.

"Started in 2011, the cooperation established between OL and the young Lebanese academy allowed them to have the support from an experienced European club in their objective of developing an elite football program aimed at local players and coaches. Furthermore, many young ASC kids were given the chance to go to Lyon and partake…