Marseille
2009–10 season
ChairmanJean-Claude Dassier
ManagerDidier Deschamps
Ligue 11st
Coupe de FranceRound of 32
Coupe de la LigueWinners
UEFA Champions LeagueGroup stage (3rd)
UEFA Europa LeagueRound of 16
Top goalscorerLeague: Mamadou Niang (18)
All: Mamadou Niang (22)
Highest home attendance56,282 (3 November vs Zürich, UEFA Champions League)
Lowest home attendance19,217 (27 January vs Lille, Coupe de la Ligue)
Average home league attendance48,892 (Ligue 1)

The 2009–10 season of Olympique de Marseille (OM) had the club being involved in five competitions: the Ligue 1, the Coupe de France, the Coupe de la Ligue, the UEFA Champions League, and the UEFA Europa League. They won the Ligue 1 for the first time in 18 years. They also won the Coupe de la Ligue. In the UEFA Champions League, they were eliminated in the group stage. They finished third and were given a place in the UEFA Europa League knockout stages. They were eliminated in the round of 16 by Benfica.

Club

Coaching staff

This is Didier Deschamps' first season with Marseille as a coach.
Position Staff
Coach France Didier Deschamps
Assistant coach France Guy Stéphan
Goalkeeping coach France Laurent Spinosi
Fitness coach France Christophe Manouvrier
Club doctor France Christophe Baudot
Chief scout France Jean-Philippe Durand

Last updated: 15 May 2010
Source: Olympique de Marseille

Kit

This new season Adidas introduced Marseille's new kits, and these new ones are very different from last season, except the home kit, the colours of Marseille still stay white and sky blue. The away kit is an impressive kit with it being sky blue and has shades of black. The third kit was so far used in European competitions only. This kit is a full black kit but still has a little sky blue. In all of Marseille's kits there is one their main colour sky blue one.

Steve Mandanda in l'OM's training outfit.
Home
Away
Third
RLD

Supplier : Adidas

Sponsor : Direct Energie

Other information

Jean-Claude Dassier is the chairman of the club since June 2009.
Chairman France Jean-Claude Dassier
Ground (capacity and dimensions) Stade Vélodrome (60,013 / {{{d}}})

Updated to match played 8 February 2009
Source:

Squad

The professional staff of the 2009–10 season, led by Deschamps and his assistant Guy Stéphan, has eight home-grown players. 13 are international players in the team, including two France team members. The goalkeeping coach is Laurent Spinosi, who has four players under his wing, including Steve Mandanda, one of the current choices of the France national team. Taye Taiwo and Mamadou Niang are the longest tenured OM players, with 193 and 179 games played, respectively, as of 25 June 2009.

First-team squad

Taye Taiwo is the current Marseille player with the most appearances. Since 2004 he has been appeared in 193 games for l'OM. Updated 25 June 2009.
Updated 15 May 2010.[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK France FRA Rudy Riou
3 DF Nigeria NGA Taye Taiwo
4 DF France FRA Julien Rodriguez
5 DF Brazil BRA Hilton
6 MF France FRA Édouard Cissé
7 MF France FRA Benoît Cheyrou
8 MF Argentina ARG Lucho González
9 FW Brazil BRA Brandão
10 MF France FRA Hatem Ben Arfa
11 FW Senegal SEN Mamadou Niang (captain)
12 MF Burkina Faso BFA Charles Kaboré
14 FW Ivory Coast CIV Bakari Koné
15 MF Ghana GHA Jordan Ayew
17 MF Cameroon CMR Stéphane Mbia
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 MF France FRA Fabrice Abriel
19 DF Argentina ARG Gabriel Heinze
20 DF Cameroon CMR Charley Roussel Fomen
21 DF Senegal SEN Souleymane Diawara
22 DF France FRA Cyril Rool
23 FW Spain ESP Fernando Morientes
24 DF France FRA Laurent Bonnart
27 DF Senegal SEN Pape M'Bow
28 MF France FRA Mathieu Valbuena
30 GK France FRA Steve Mandanda
31 FW France FRA Guy Gnabouyou
32 FW Gabon GAB Alexander N'Doumbou
34 MF France FRA Kevin Osei
40 GK Brazil BRA Elinton Andrade

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
13 DF Senegal SEN Leyti N'Diaye (at Ajaccio until end of the 2009–10 season)
26 DF France FRA Jean-Philippe Sabo (at Ajaccio until end of the 2009–10 season)
FW Mali MLI Mamadou Samassa (at Valenciennes until end of the 2009–10 season)
FW Ghana GHA André Ayew (at Arles-Avignon until end of the 2009–10 season)
FW France FRA Mohamed Amine Dennoun (at Amiens until end of the 2009–10 season)
DF France FRA Cédric D'Ulivo (at Cassis Carnoux until end of the 2009–10 season)
2 DF France FRA Garry Bocaly (at Montpellier until end of the 2009–10 season)

Reserve squad

Updated 8 February 2010.[2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
GK France FRA Johan Crespin
GK France FRA Samir Kouakbi
DF France FRA Sébastien Bregand
DF France FRA Bradley Diallo
DF France FRA Sébastien Fischetti
DF France FRA Raphaël Lopes
DF Togo TOG Sénah Mango
MF France FRA Samir Abbes
MF France FRA Landing Bodian
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF France FRA Olivier Cano
MF France FRA Alexander N'Doumbou
MF France FRA Ahmed Nouri
MF France FRA Thomas Pechart
MF France FRA Emmanuel Schianchi
FW France FRA Jordan Ayew
FW France FRA Nicolas Crus
FW France FRA Cédric Hachani
FW Croatia CRO Niko Maričić

Statistics

Overall

Last updated on 15 May 2010
Games played54 (38 Ligue 1, 6 UEFA Champions League, 4 UEFA Europa League, 4 Coupe de la Ligue, 2 Coupe de France)
Games won32 (23 Ligue 1, 2 UEFA Champions League, 2 UEFA Europa League, 4 Coupe de la Ligue, 1 Coupe de France)
Games drawn11 (9 Ligue 1, 1 UEFA Champions League, 1 UEFA Europa League)
Games lost11 (6 Ligue 1, 3 UEFA Champions League, 1 UEFA Europa League, 1 Coupe de France)
Goals scored100 (69 Ligue 1, 10 UEFA Champions League, 8 UEFA Europa League, 10 Coupe de la Ligue, 3 Coupe de France)
Goals conceded59 (36 Ligue 1, 10 UEFA Champions League, 5 UEFA Europa League, 5 Coupe de la Ligue, 3 Coupe de France)
Yellow cards92 (64 Ligue 1, 12 UEFA Champions League, 8 UEFA Europa League, 7 Coupe de la Ligue, 1 Coupe de France)
Red cards5 (2 Ligue 1, 2 UEFA Champions League, 1 UEFA Europa League)
Best result6–1 (H) v FC Zürich - UEFA Champions League - 3 November 2009
Worst result0–3 (A) v Real Madrid - UEFA Champions League - 30 September 2009
Most appearancesSenegal Diawara and France Mandanda (50 matches)
Top scorerSenegal Niang (22 goals)

Squad stats

The list is sorted by position and total appearances.

Last updated on 15 May 2010.

Marseille's captain Mamadou Niang is the top scorer of Marseille and the Ligue 1.
No. Pos Nat Player TotalLigue 1Champions League &
Europa League
Coupe de la LigueCoupe de France
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Goalkeepers
30 GK France FRA Steve Mandanda 5003601002020
40 GK Brazil BRA Elinton Andrade 602+10002+1000
Defenders
21 DF Senegal SEN Souleymane Diawara 505364904110
24 DF France FRA Laurent Bonnart 44030+10804010
3 DF Nigeria NGA Taye Taiwo 38325+33801010
21 DF Cameroon CMR Stéphane Mbia 37226+12702010
19 DF Argentina ARG Gabriel Heinze 36626+146+121+1000
5 DF Brazil BRA Hilton 2029+31312+1020
27 DF Senegal SEN Pape M'Bow 800+300+100+201+10
4 DF France FRA Julien Rodriguez 10000+100000
Midfielders
18 MF France FRA Fabrice Abriel 47218+1417+212+2020
7 MF France FRA Benoît Cheyrou 46827+551012022
6 MF France FRA Édouard Cissé 45127+517+104010
8 MF Argentina ARG Lucho González 44828+45824100
28 MF France FRA Mathieu Valbuena 43719+1252+402+221+10
12 MF Burkina Faso BFA Charles Kaboré 35217+812+413010
22 MF Brazil BRA Cyril Rool 201+10000000
32 MF Gabon GAB Alexander N'Doumbou 200000000+20
Forwards
11 FW Senegal SEN Mamadou Niang 462229+318933+1110
9 FW Brazil BRA Brandão 431327+387+11341+10
10 FW France FRA Hatem Ben Arfa 41717+1231+633+1011
14 FW Ivory Coast CIV Bakari Koné 36611+1643+420+1010
23 FW Spain ESP Fernando Morientes 1914+812+30001+10
15 FW Ghana GHA Jordan Ayew 410+41000000
Player(s) who left the club after the start of the season:
2 DF France FRA Garry Bocaly 603+10100010

Friendlies

Pre-season friendlies

Marseille started their season with six pre-season friendlies; they won four, drew one, and lost one. During these friendlies, they scored eight goals and only conceded four. Mamadou Niang, Brandão, Hatem Ben Arfa, and Stéphane Mbia each scored a goal while Bakari Koné and Taye Taiwo scored two goals each.

10 July 2009 Dinamo București Romania 1–2 France Marseille Thonon-les-Bains
Dănciulescu 44' 14' Ben Arfa
22' Niang
Stadium: Stade Joseph-Moynat
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Olivier Dumoulin
17 July 2009 Ajaccio France 0–1 France Marseille Le Pontet
20' Taiwo Stadium: Stade de Fargues
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Didier Falcone
21 July 2009 Bordeaux France 2–1 France Marseille Dax
González 37' (o.g.)
Gourcuff 48'
18' Taiwo Stadium: Stade Maurice Boyau
Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Damien Ledentu
25 July 2009 Ajaccio France 1–1 France Marseille Albi
Gignac 73' 7' Koné Stadium: Stadium Municipal
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Vincent Teulet
29 July 2009 Saint-Étienne France 0–1 France Marseille Valence
60' Koné Stadium: Stade Georges Pompidou
Attendance: 12,500
Referee: Sébastien Dessiage
1 August 2009 Lens France 0–2 France Marseille Lens
46' Brandão
74' Mbia
Stadium: Stade Félix-Bollaert
Attendance: 36,000
Referee: Ruddy Buquet

Other friendlies

4 September 2009 Monaco France 2–0 France Marseille Cannes
Coutadeur 1'
Muratori 60'
Stadium: Stade Pierre de Coubertin
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Didier Falcone
9 October 2009 Nîmes France 1-2 France Marseille Nîmes
Poulain 31' 11' Morientes
87' Ben Arfa
Stadium: Stade des Costières
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Philippe Malige
13 November 2009 Arles-Avignon France 2-2 France Marseille Avignon
Psaume 21'
Guise 54'
61' Abriel
79' Morientes
Stadium: Parc des Sports
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Didier Falcone
9 October 2009 Languedoc-Roussillon XI Languedoc-Roussillon 1-4 France Marseille Perpignan
Aabiza 48' 49', 62' Gnabouyou
78' N'Doumbou
90' Abriel
Stadium: Stade Gilbert Brutus
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Abdelali Chaoui

Competitions

Overall

Competition Started roundCurrent
position / round
Final
position / round
First match Last match
Ligue 1 4th 1st 8 August 200915 May 2010
Coupe de France Round of 64 Round of 32 10 January 201010 February 2010
Coupe de la Ligue Round of 16 Winner 13 January 201027 March 2010
UEFA Champions League Group stage Group stage 15 September 20098 December 2009
UEFA Europa League Round of 32 Round of 16 18 February 201018 March 2010

Updated to match played 5 Apr
Source: Competitions

Ligue 1

Marseille started their Ligue 1 campaign with an impressive 2–0 victory and continued through a very fine form usually never being below 6th so they did have some very hard times, dropping points and losing or drawing important games but soon after they were flying high and now after 30 games, l'OM tops the Ligue 1 with a game in hand. Now that it has reached the firing line in the league, Marseille are in the lead but there are many challengers for the Ligue 1 with only 3 points splitting the top five teams.

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Marseille (C) 38 23 9 6 69 36 +33 78 Qualification to Champions League group stage
2 Lyon 38 20 12 6 64 38 +26 72
3 Auxerre 38 20 11 7 42 29 +13 71 Qualification to Champions League play-off round
4 Lille 38 21 7 10 72 40 +32 70 Qualification to Europa League play-off round[lower-alpha 1]
5 Montpellier 38 20 9 9 50 40 +10 69 Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round[lower-alpha 2]
Source: Ligue 1
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. Coupe de France winners Paris Saint-Germain qualify for the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League Play-off round of 2010–11 UEFA Europa League.
  2. Coupe de la Ligue winners Marseille finished as champions, fulfilling a finish of at least 4th place, thus their Europa League Third qualifying round berth will go to the 5th placed team in the league.

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
38 23 9 6 69 36  +33 78 14 3 2 37 14  +23 9 6 4 32 22  +10

Source: lfp.fr

Results by round

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundAHAAHAHAHHAHAAHAAAHAHAHAHAHAHHHAAHAHAH
ResultWWDDWWLLWWWDDWLWWDLDWLWWWWWDWWWWWWDWLW
Position43451335533331322223243321111111111111
Source: Matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

8 August 2009 1 Grenoble 0–2 Marseille Grenoble
(Report) 2' Niang
80' Cheyrou
Stadium: Stade des Alpes
Attendance: 19,622
Referee: Philippe Kalt
16 August 2009 2 Marseille 1–0 Lille Montpellier
Brandão 11' (Report) Stadium: Stade de la Mosson
Attendance: 26,965
Referee: Fredy Fautrel
22 August 2009 3 Rennes 1–1 Marseille Rennes
Leroy 37' (pen.) (Report) 52' Niang Stadium: Stade de la Route de Lorient
Attendance: 28,631
Referee: Philippe Malige
30 August 2009 4 Marseille 0–0 Bordeaux Marseille
(Report) Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 55,920
Referee: Antony Gautier
12 September 2009 5 Le Mans 1–2 Marseille Le Mans
Maïga 61' (Report) 14' Niang
70' Brandão
Stadium: Stade Léon-Bollée
Attendance: 16,301
Referee: Tony Chapron
19 September 2009 6 Marseille 4–2 Montpellier Marseille
González 31'
Niang 34'
Cissé 39'
Diawara 50'
(Report) 75' Belhanda
88' (pen.) Camara
Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 52,351
Referee: Olivier Thual
26 September 2009 7 Valenciennes 3–2 Marseille Valenciennes
Biševac 21'
Ducourtioux 28'
Rafael 84'
(Report) 13' Morientes
22' Niang
Stadium: Stade Nungesser
Attendance: 16,208
Referee: Fredy Fautrel
4 October 2009 8 Marseille 1–2 Monaco Marseille
21:00 Niang 85' (Report) 20' Nenê
42' Park
Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 48,566
Referee: Stéphane Bre
17 October 2009 9 Nancy 0–3 Marseille Nancy
19:00 (Report) 5' Valbuena
79' Brandão
81' Abriel
Stadium: Stade Marcel Picot
Attendance: 20,057
Referee: Philippe Kalt
31 October 2009 10 Marseille 1–1 Toulouse Marseille
19:00 Brandão 75' (Report) 27' Sissoko Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 53,340
Referee: Saïd Ennjimi
8 November 2009 11 Lyon 5–5 Marseille Lyon
21:00 Pjanić 5'
Govou 14'
López 80', 83' (pen.)
Bastos 90+1'
(Report) 11' Diawara
44' Cheyrou
47' Koné
79' Brandão
90+2' (o.g.) Toulalan
Stadium: Stade de Gerland
Attendance: 38,018
Referee: Stéphane Bré
20 November 2009 12 Marseille 1–0 Paris Saint-Germain Marseille
21:00 Heinze 25' (Report) Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 55,623
Referee: Laurent Duhamel
28 November 2009 13 Lens 1–0 Marseille Lens
21:00 Eduardo 90+4' (Report) Stadium: Stade Félix-Bollaert
Attendance: 41,052
Referee: Damien Ledentu
5 December 2009 14 Nice 1–3 Marseille Nice
19:00 Couibaly 33' (Report) 19' Niang
77' González
86' Koné
Stadium: Stade Municipal du Ray
Attendance: 15,047
Referee: Lionel Jaffredo
12 December 2009 15 Marseille 2–0 Boulogne Marseille
19:00 Heinze 48'
Taiwo 54' (pen.)
(Report) Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 47,575
Referee: Alexandre Castro
16 December 2009 16 Lorient 1–2 Marseille Lorient
19:00 Vihirau 53' (pen.) (Report) 68' J. Ayew
90+2' Diawara
Stadium: Stade du Moustoir
Attendance: 11,634
Referee: Clément Turpin
19 December 2009 17 Saint-Étienne 0–0 Marseille Saint-Étienne
19:00 (Report) Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard
Attendance: 27,614
Referee: Antony Gautier
16 December 2009 18 Marseille 0–2 Auxerre Marseille
19:00 (Report) 40', 79' Oliech Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 49,966
Referee: Philippe Malige
18 January 2010 19 Bordeaux 1–1 Marseille Bordeaux
21:00 Mandanda 45+1' (o.g.) (Report) 81' Cheyrou Stadium: Stade Chaban Delmas
Attendance: 32,771
Referee: Laurent Duhamel
20 January 2010 20 Marseille 2–1 Le Mans Marseille
19:00 Niang 30', 56' (pen.) (Report) 16' Le Tallec Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 44,907
Referee: Damien Ledentu
30 January 2010 21 Montpellier HSC 2–0 Marseille Montpellier
21:00 Aït-Fana 49'
Cheyrou 76' (o.g.)
(Report) Stadium: Stade de la Mosson
Attendance: 29,051
Referee: Fredy Fautrel
7 February 2010 22 Marseille 5–1 Valenciennes Marseille
21:00 González 33'
Brandão 43'
Cheyrou 53'
Valbuena 77'
Niang 90+1'
(Report) 66' Sánchez Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 46,306
Referee: Wilfried Bien
13 February 2010 23 Monaco 1–2 Marseille Monaco
19:00 Maazou 40' (Report) 37' (pen.) Niang
89' (o.g.) N'Koulou
Stadium: Stade Louis II
Attendance: 13,063
Referee: Saïd Ennjimi
21 February 2010 24 Marseille 3–1 Nancy Marseille
17:00 Niang 10', 34', 67' (Report) 13' André Luiz Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 47,975
Referee: Clément Turpin
28 February 2010 25 Paris Saint-Germain 0–3 Marseille Paris
21:00 (Report) 15' Ben Arfa
54' González
71' Cheyrou
Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 43,813
Referee: Antony Gautier
7 March 2010 26 Marseille 1–1 Lorient Marseille
17:00 Niang 42' (Report) 64' Koscielny Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 48,290
Referee: Philippe Kalt
13 March 2010 27 Toulouse 1–1 Marseille Toulouse
21:00 Machado 39' (Report) 30' Brandão Stadium: Stadium Municipal
Attendance: 27,249
Referee: Saïd Ennjimi
21 March 2010 28 Marseille 2–1 Lyon Marseille
21:00 Kaboré 68'
Taiwo 81'
(Report) 80' Gomis Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 52,557
Referee: Fredy Fautrel
4 April 2010 29 Marseille 1–0 Lens Marseille
17:00 Brandão 22' (Report) Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 54,839
Referee: Philippe Malige
7 April 2010 30 Marseille 3–0 Sochaux Marseille
19:00 Heinze 9'
Ben Arfa 27' (pen.)
Koné 90+1'
(Report) Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 48,198
Referee: Stéphane Bré
11 April 2010 31 Marseille 4–1 Nice Marseille
21:00 Koné 42'
Mbia 52'
Valbuena 70'
Diawara 74'
(Report) Faé 90+2' Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 51,229
Referee: Lionel Jaffredo
14 April 2010 32 Sochaux 0–1 Marseille Montbéliard
(Report) Mbia 88' Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal
Attendance: 19,992
Referee: Wilfried Bien
17 April 2010 33 Boulogne 1–2 Marseille Boulogne-sur-Mer
19:00 Blayac 82' (Report) Valbuena 44'
Taiwo 90' (pen.)
Stadium: Stade de la Libération
Attendance: 15,249
Referee: Pascal Vileo
25 April 2010 34 Marseille 1–0 Saint-Étienne Marseille
Valbuena 6' (Report) Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 55,056
Referee: Clemente Turpin
2 May 2010 35 Auxerre 0–0 Marseille Auxerre
(Report) Stadium: Stade l'Abbé-Deschamps
Attendance: 20,005
Referee: Herve Piccirillo
5 May 2010 36 Marseille 3–1 Rennais Marseille
Heinze 5'
Niang 76'
González 77'
(Report) 38' Briand Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 55,377
Referee: Ruddy Buquet
8 May 2010 37 Lille 3–2 Marseille Lille
Cabaye 28' (pen.)
De Melo 81'
(Report) 6' Niang
44' Hilton
Stadium: Stadium Lille-Metropole
Attendance: 17,688
Referee: Fred Frautel
15 May 2010 38 Marseille 2–0 Grenoble Marseille
Niang 41' (pen.)
Ben Arfa 90'
(Report) Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 55,808
Referee: Philippe Kalt

Coupe de France

Marseille entered the Coupe de France in the round of 64 some other Ligue 1 sides. They won their first game against Trélissac thanks to Ben Arfa and Cheyrou. Marseille's next game in the Coupe de France is against Lens a team that they lost to in 2009–10 Ligue 1. l'OM lost the round of 32 clash being knockout at the same round last season when they lost to Lyon but this time it was against Lens.

10 January 2010 Round of 64 Trélissac 0–2 Marseille Périgueux
16' Ben Arfa
74' Cheyrou
Stadium: Stade Francis Rongerias
23 January 2010 Round of 32 Lens 3–1 Marseille Lens
Jemâa 20', 45'
Maoulida 57'
62' Cheyrou Stadium: Stade Félix-Bollaert
Attendance: 27,044
Referee: Pascal Viléo

Coupe de la Ligue

Marseille started their Coupe de la Ligue campaign in the round of 16 where they came up against a team that they drew with in Ligue 1 but instead they were focused this time and determined to stay in this competition so they beat Saint-Étienne at the very last moment with a Niang goal in the 90+4-minute. In the quarter-finals Marseille beat Lille then Toulouse FC after extra time in the semi-finals. For the final, l'OM will play against the winner of the match FC LorientGirondins de Bordeaux.

13 January 2010 Round of 16 Saint-Étienne 2–3 Marseille Saint-Étienne
20:45 CET Sako 18'
Bergessio 30'
28', 50' Brandão
90' Niang
Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard
Attendance: 15,774
Referee: Lionel Jaffredo
27 January 2010 Quarter-finals Marseille 2–1 Lille Marseille
20:45 CET González 9'
Valbuena 81'
Report 4' Melo Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 19,217
Referee: Hervé Piccirillo
3 February 2010 Semi-finals Toulouse 1–2 (a.e.t.) Marseille Toulouse
20:45 CET Gignac 59' Report 86', 105' Brandão Stadium: Stadium Municipal
Attendance: 26,548
Referee: Lionel Jaffredo
27 March 2010 Final Marseille 3–1 Bordeaux Saint-Denis
20:50 CET Diawara 60'
Valbuena 67'
Chalmé 77' (o.g.)
Report 84' Sané Stadium: Stade de France
Attendance: 79,000
Referee: Stéphane Lannoy

UEFA Champions League

Marseille were put into pot three in group C with two big football giants Real Madrid and Milan. Marseille started off poorly, losing their opening game at home to Milan. In their next game, Marseille also lost by a large margin, 3–0 to Real Madrid. Marseille had to win games if they are to stay in the Champions league and they did just that, winning against Swiss champions Zürich in both of their away and home matches. Marseille still continued their fine form but failed to get three points away at Italy. They could only earn one point, meaning that they must win their next clash against Real Madrid or else they are in the Europa League and also hope that Milan lose to Zürich, but it was not to be; Marseille lost 3–1 to Madrid, meaning that they will go into the Europa League as a seeded team.

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Spain Real Madrid 6 4 1 1 15 7 +8 13 Advance to knockout phase
2 Italy Milan 6 2 3 1 8 7 +1 9
3 France Marseille 6 2 1 3 10 10 0 7 Transfer to Europa League
4 Switzerland Zürich 6 1 1 4 5 14 9 4
Source: RSSSF
15 September 2009 1 Marseille France 1–2 Italy Milan Marseille, France
20:45 Heinze 49' Report 28', 74' Inzaghi Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 55,434
Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark)
30 September 2009 2 Real Madrid Spain 3–0 France Marseille Madrid, Spain
20:45 Ronaldo 58', 64'
Kaká 61' (pen.)
Report Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Stadium
Attendance: 67,244
Referee: Martin Hansson (Sweden)
21 October 2009 3 Zürich Switzerland 0–1 France Marseille Zürich, Switzerland
20:45 Report 69' Heinze Stadium: Letzigrund
Attendance: 22,300
Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)
3 November 2009 4 Marseille France 6–1 Switzerland Zürich Marseille, France
20:45 Aegerter 3' (o.g.)
Abriel 11'
Niang 51'
Hilton 80'
Cheyrou 87'
Brandão 90'
Report 31' Alphonse Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 56,282
Referee: Craig Thomson (Scotland)
25 November 2009 5 Milan Italy 1–1 France Marseille Milan, Italy
20:45 Borriello 10' Report 16' González Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 49,063
Referee: Howard Webb (England)
8 December 2009 6 Marseille France 1–3 Spain Real Madrid Marseille, France
20:45 González 11' Report 5', 80' Ronaldo
60' Albiol
Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 55,722
Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)

UEFA Europa League

Because of Marseille's third-place finish at the 2009–10 UEFA Champions League, they were relegated to the Europa League along with other third-place finishers. The draw for the Europa League was made on 18 December 2009, and Marseille went up against Danish champions Copenhagen. Marseille easily went past the Danish champions in the Europa league, but then they had a very hard task ahead of them coming up against the 2008–09 Primeira Liga third-place finishers Benfica. After their double 3–1 wins, Marseille were favourites to progress to the quarter-finals.

Round of 32

18 February 2010 First leg Copenhagen Denmark 1–3 France Marseille Copenhagen, Denmark
21:05 Grønkjær 79' (pen.) Report 72' Niang
84' Ben Arfa
90' Kaboré
Stadium: Parken Stadium
Attendance: 26,000
Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo (Spain)
25 February 2010 Second leg Marseille France 3–1
(6–2 agg.)
Denmark Copenhagen Marseille, France
19:00 Ben Arfa 43'
Koné 62', 78'
Report 87' Aílton Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 27,195
Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)

Round of 16

11 March 2010 First leg Benfica Portugal 1–1 France Marseille Lisbon, Portugal
21:05 M. Pereira 76' Report 90' Ben Arfa Stadium: Estádio da Luz
Attendance: 46,635
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)
18 March 2010 Second leg Marseille France 1–2
(2–3 agg.)
Portugal Benfica Marseille, France
19:00 Niang 70' Report 75' M. Pereira
90+1' Alan Kardec
Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 38,386
Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)

National selection

The table shows the players selected to participate in National football matches for their countries. There were many International football competitions this season such as the 2010 FIFA World cup qualifications and other things such as the 2010 African Cup of Nations as well as international friendlies. Marseille have players who are often chosen to represent their countries in international football competitions and there are many who were chosen to represent their country in those competitions above.


Number Nation Name Nationality Selections Goals
11 Senegal Mamadou Niang Senegal Senegal 2 2
3 Nigeria Taye Taiwo Nigeria Nigeria 3 0

Honours

Team

Ligue 1

Coupe de la Ligue

Individuals

Name Number Country Award
Benoît Cheyrou 7 France France 2009–10 Ligue 1 Team of the Year
Lucho González 8 Argentina Argentina 2009–10 Ligue 1 top passer
UNFP Player of the Month (February 2010)
Mamadou Niang 9 Senegal Senegal 2009–10 Ligue 1 top goalscorer
2009 Senegalese Player of the Year
2009–10 Ligue 1 Team of the Year
2009–10 Ligue 1 Goal of the Year
Hatem Ben Arfa 10 France France UNFP Player of the Month (February 2010)
Fabrice Abriel 18 France France UNFP Player of the Month (November 2009)
Souleymane Diawara 21 Senegal Senegal 2009–10 Ligue 1 Team of the Year

References

  1. Effectif pro | Olympique de Marseille
  2. "Effectif CFA2 Olympique de Marseille". Archived from the original on 31 August 2009. Retrieved 8 February 2010.
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