Olympique de Marseille had their best season since the bribery affair burst in 1993, reaching the UEFA Cup final and only just being defeated by Bordeaux in the domestic championship. Laurent Blanc, Christophe Dugarry and Fabrizio Ravanelli were among the crucial players in the Marseille resurgence. When those players left, l'OM fell into pieces.
| 1998–99 season | ||||
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| Chairman | Robert Louis-Dreyfus | |||
| Manager | Rolland Courbis | |||
| Division 1 | 2nd | |||
| Coupe de France | Round of 32 | |||
| Coupe de la Ligue | Round of 32 | |||
| UEFA Cup | Runners-up | |||
| Top goalscorer | Florian Maurice (14) | |||
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Players edit
First-team squad edit
- Squad at end of season[1]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Competitions edit
Division 1 edit
League table edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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| 1 | Bordeaux (C) | 34 | 22 | 6 | 6 | 66 | 29 | +37 | 72 | Qualification to Champions League first group stage |
| 2 | Marseille | 34 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 56 | 28 | +28 | 71 | |
| 3 | Lyon | 34 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 51 | 31 | +20 | 63 | Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round |
| 4 | Monaco | 34 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 52 | 32 | +20 | 62 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | Rennes | 34 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 45 | 38 | +7 | 59 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round |
Source: Ligue 1
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Results summary edit
| Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 34 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 56 | 28 | +28 | 71 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 36 | 9 | +27 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 19 | +1 |
Source: LFP.fr
Results by round edit
Matches edit
| 2 | Metz | 0–1 | Marseille | |
Gourvennec  45' |
| 3 | Marseille | 5–4 | Montpellier | Marseille |
| Maurice 61' Dugarry 64', 71'Roy 84'Blanc 90' (pen.) |
Bakayoko 15', 34' Robert 19'Sauzée 23' |
| 9 | Strasbourg | 0–2 | Marseille | Marseille |
| Maurice 41', 53' |
| 13 | Nancy | 2–3 | Marseille | |
| Cascarino 52' Soufiane-Koné 89' |
Maurice 11', 78' Gourvennec 22' |
| 19 | Montpellier | 0–1 | Marseille | |
| Maurice 41' |
| 25 | Marseille | 1–0 | Strasbourg | Marseille |
| Pires 47' |
Coupe de France edit
| 23 January 1999 Round of 64 | Marseille | 2–0 | Auxerre | Marseille |
| --:-- CET (UTC+1) | Stadium: Stade Vélodrome |
| 20 February 1999 Round of 32 | Lens | 3–1 | Marseille | Lens |
| --:-- CET (UTC+1) | Stadium: Stade Félix Bollaert |
Coupe de la Ligue edit
| 10 January 1999 Round of 16 | Marseille | 1–1 (a.e.t.) (5–6 p) | Lens | Caen |
| --:-- CET (UTC+1) | Dugarry 64' |
Lachor  78'Nouma 84'Méride  101' |
Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 18,500 |
UEFA Cup edit
First round edit
| 15 September 1988 First leg | Sigma Olomouc  | 2–2 |  Marseille | Olomouc, Czech Republic |
| 19:00 | Heinz 35', 41' |
Report | Ravanelli 29' Roy 83' |
Stadium: Andrův stadion Attendance: 6,558 Referee: Fiorenzo Treossi (Italy) |
| 29 September 1998 Second leg | Marseille | 4–0 (6–2 agg.) | Sigma Olomouc | Marseille, France |
| 19:00 | Dugarry 19', 76' Pires 23', 86' |
Report | Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 17,868 Referee: Hartmut Strampe (Germany) |
Second round edit
| 20 October 1998 First leg | Werder Bremen  | 1–1 | Marseille | Bremen, Germany |
| 20:45 | Herzog 69' |
Report | Maurice 67' |
Stadium: Weser-Stadion Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Miroslav Radoman (Yugoslavia) |
| 3 November 1998 Second leg | Marseille | 3–2 (4–3 agg.) | Werder Bremen | Marseille, France |
| 21:00 | Maurice 36' Issa 52'Dugarry 77' |
Report | Eilts 48' Herzog 82' |
Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Paul Durkin (England) |
Third round edit
| 24 November 1998 First leg | Monaco | 2–2 | Marseille | Monaco |
| 20:30 | Trezeguet 17' (pen.) Giuly 56' |
Report | Pires 10' Camara 39' |
Stadium: Stade Louis II Attendance: 15,500 Referee: Armand Ancion (Belgium) |
| 8 December 1998 Second leg | Marseille | 1–0 (3–2 agg.) | Monaco | Marseille, France |
| 21:00 | Camara 71' |
Report | Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Piero Ceccarini (Italy) |
Quarter-finals edit
| 2 March 1999 First leg | Marseille | 2–1 |  Celta Vigo | Marseille, France |
| 21:15 | Maurice 33', 68' |
Report | Mostovoi 64' |
Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 54,137 Referee: Dick Jol (Netherlands) |
| 16 March 1999 Second leg | Celta Vigo | 0–0 (1–2 agg.) | Marseille | Vigo, Spain |
| 21:45 | Report | Stadium: Balaídos Attendance: 32,000 Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy) |
Semi-finals edit
| 6 April 1999 First leg | Marseille | 0–0 |  Bologna | Marseille, France |
| 20:45 | Report | Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 57,300 Referee: Ryszard Wójcik (Poland) |
| 20 April 1999 Second leg | Bologna | 1–1 (1–1a agg.) | Marseille | Bologna, Italy |
| 19:30 | Paramatti 18' |
Report | Blanc 86' (pen.) |
Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara Attendance: 38,000 Referee: Markus Merk (Germany) |