LDLC OL was a French esports organization most famous for its teams in Counter-Strike. The organization also supported teams in Fortnite Battle Royale, League of Legends, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, and World Rally Championship.
Originally called Team LDLC.com, the name came from a French company. On January 7, 2020, Team LDLC changed its name to LDLC OL after announcing a partnership with the French football club Olympique Lyonnais. On May 16, 2023, LDLC announced the end of its partnership with Olympique Lyonnais and stated that all esports activities would stop by the end of July 2023.
History
LDLC finished in 5th to 8th place at the CS:GO Major EMS One Katowice 2014. Later, in November, they won the CS:GO Major DreamHack Winter 2014. In January 2015, Team LDLC's Counter-Strike team won the X Games CS:GO tournament. On February 2, the team's roster left LDLC and joined Team EnVyUs.
On February 27, the team announced it had signed the former Awsomiac squad. The players included Kevin "madc" Ducourtioux, Charbel "BouLy" Naoum, David "HEdm" Thalien, Guillame "XpG" Veron, and Julien "PetitSkel" Marcantoni.
After competing at ESL One Cologne 2014 as a player for Team LDLC, Hovik "KQLY" Tovmassian received a permanent ban from the Valve Anti-Cheat (VAC) system for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. This ban led to questions about whether cheating software affected his performance during the tournament. Tovmassian later stated he did not cheat during any LAN tournaments.
In March 2015, LDLC signed the Platinum Esports roster as a second CS:GO team, named LDLC Blue.
In November 2017, Team LDLC won the ESWC 2017 at the Paris Games Week, following their previous victory in 2015.
LDLC signed Nexl, who was a multi-time champion in the World Rally Championship.