Lyon women’s team hires Bompastor as first female coach

By: The Associated Press Posted: 6:12 PM CDT Tuesday, Apr. 27, 2021 Last Modified: 6:14 PM CDT Tuesday, Apr. 27, 2021

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LYON, France - Europe's most successful women's soccer team has hired a woman as its coach for the first time with Lyon's appointment of Sonia Bompastor to replace Jean-Luc Vasseur.

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LYON, France - Europe's most successful women's soccer team has hired a woman as its coach for the first time with Lyon's appointment of Sonia Bompastor to replace Jean-Luc Vasseur.

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LYON, France – Europe’s most successful women’s soccer team has hired a woman as its coach for the first time with Lyon’s appointment of Sonia Bompastor to replace Jean-Luc Vasseur.

The seven-time European champion on Tuesday parted ways with Vasseur after the team recently was knocked out of the Women’s Champions League at the quarterfinal stage.

Lyon had won five consecutive Champions League titles but was eliminated by French rival Paris Saint-Germain this season. The 14-time French champions also trail PSG in the domestic league by one point.

FILE - In this Wednesday, May 22, 2013 file photo Lyon's captain Sonia Bompastor listens during a press conference at Stamford Bridge Stadium in London. Europe's most successful women's soccer team has hired a woman as its coach for the first time with Lyon's appointment of Sonia Bompastor to replace Jean-Luc Vasseur. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)

The 40-year-old Bompastor, a former France midfielder and defender who played six seasons at Lyon, has a contract through June 2023. She was director of Lyon’s women’s academy for the past eight years.

“I am a competitor, and I like challenges,” Bompastor said. “We have everything we need to win the title and rediscover the (Lyon) DNA on the pitch. I’m going to put that into place.”

Vasseur was the UEFA women’s coach of the year in 2019-20, his first season with Lyon.