Lyon have invited 120 former players to help bid farewell to the Stade de Gerland which hosts its last ever Ligue 1 match on Saturday.

The seven-time French champions, who are due to move into a new 59,000-seat stadium in the suburbs of the city in January, will play their final game at their old home against Tours in the League Cup on December 16.

But before that they will welcome Angers to the Stade de Gerland for one last league game at the ground on Saturday and some of their former greats, including members of the teams that won seven straight titles in the last decade, will be in attendance.

Inaugurated in 1926 and Lyon's home since 1950, the 41,000-capacity Gerland was revamped for the 1984 European Championship and again for the 1998 World Cup.

It has also staged matches at the Rugby World Cup in 2007 and Tour de France stage finishes seven times in the days when it featured a cycling track.

After OL leave, the stadium will live on as home to the local rugby club, who are in the French second tier.

The first game scheduled for Lyon's new ground will be against Troyes on January 9. It will stage six games at Euro 2016, including a semi-final.

New grounds built for Euro 2016 have opened over the last three years in Bordeaux, Lille and Nice, while existing stadiums in Marseille, Saint-Etienne, Lens and Toulouse have been refurbished.