Choc des Olympiques
Choc des Olympiques match in 2005 | |
| Other names | Olympico |
|---|---|
| Location | Lyon Marseille |
| Teams | |
| First meeting | 23 September 1945 French Division 1 Marseille 1–1 Lyon |
| Latest meeting | 1 March 2026 Ligue 1 Marseille 3–2 Lyon |
| Next meeting | TBD |
| Stadiums | Parc Olympique Lyonnais (Lyon) Stade Vélodrome (Marseille) |
| Statistics | |
| Meetings total | 127 |
| Most wins | Lyon (44) |
| Top scorer | Bernard Lacombe (12) |
| Largest victory | Lyon 8–0 Marseille French Division 1 (24 May 1997) |
The Choc des Olympiques (Clash of the Olympics), also known as the Derby des Olympiques (Derby of the Olympics), is the name of the football rivalry between two major teams in French football with "Olympique" in their names, Olympique Lyonnais and Olympique de Marseille. The French major football broadcaster Canal+ has referred to the match as the "Olympico", in reference to El Clásico, a name that has gained in popularity among fans and the media. It specifically refers to individual matches between the teams. Unlike Le Classique, the rivalry has no bad blood within it and instead stems from the competitiveness of each club's players, managers, supporters, and presidential hierarchy.
The rivalry is often cited as particularly important because both clubs are of high standard in French football and the championship is regularly decided between the two. Marseille and Lyon (along with Saint-Étienne and Paris Saint-Germain) are the only French clubs to have won the French first division four straight times, with Marseille doing it on two occasions. The Rivalry is also comparable with that of between Borussia Mönchengladbach and Borussia Dortmund better known as "Borussen Derby" in Germany.