Lyon has confirmed the hiring of Paulo Fonseca as its new coach. Fonseca is replacing Pierre Sage, who was fired despite leading the French league club out of a crisis last season and having the ...

Paulo Fonseca then coached AS Roma between 2019 and ... After 19 matches this season, Lyon is sixth in the league — just four points off a Champions League spot — and has qualified for the ...

Fonseca’s first match in charge will be against Marseille in the French league on Sunday, Lyon said. Fonseca won the Portuguese Supercup with Porto in 2013 and the Portuguese Cup with Braga in 2016.