2003–04 Olympique de Marseille season

Olympique de Marseille returned to the UEFA Champions League for the first time in four years, and in spite of going out in the group stage, the side made headlines in the UEFA Cup, knocking Liverpool, Internazionale and Newcastle United out on the way to the final, where the sending off of goalkeeper Fabien Barthez and the converted penalty kick from Valencia's Vicente saw Valencia eventually edge the game.

Marseille

2003–04 season
Chairman	Robert Louis-Dreyfus
Manager	Alain Perrin José Anigo
Ligue 1	7th
Coupe de France	Round of 32
Coupe de la Ligue	Round of 16
Champions League	Group stage
UEFA Cup	Runners-up
Top goalscorer	League: Didier Drogba (19) All: Didier Drogba (32)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

In the domestic campaign, Marseille endured a disappointing campaign, where manager Alain Perrin was replaced by José Anigo early on, following the inability to hang onto the top teams. The end result was seventh, missing out even on UEFA Cup qualification, in spite of having the French player of the season in Didier Drogba in the team. The Ivorian striker netted 19 league goals and was instrumental to OM's fortunes in Europe, and following the season he was sold to Chelsea.

Squad

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	CRO	Vedran Runje
3	DF	FRA	Manuel dos Santos
4	MF	FRA	Mathieu Flamini
5	DF	FRA	Philippe Christanval
6	MF	ALG	Brahim Hemdani
7	MF	SEN	Sylvain N'Diaye
8	MF	FRA	Sébastien Pérez
9	FW	EGY	Mido
10	FW	ESP	Koke
11	FW	CIV	Didier Drogba
12	DF	CIV	Abdoulaye Méïté
14	MF	CZE	Štěpán Vachoušek
15	MF	FRA	Pascal Johansen
16	GK	FRA	Fabien Barthez (on loan from Manchester United)
18	MF	FRA	Camel Meriem (on loan from Bordeaux)
19	MF	CZE	Rudi Skácel

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	FW	FRA	Steve Marlet (on loan from Fulham)
21	DF	FRA	Johnny Ecker
23	DF	SEN	Habib Beye
24	FW	FRA	Karim Dahou
25	DF	BRA	Demetrius Ferreira (on loan from Bastia)
26	MF	FRA	Laurent Batlles
27	DF	FRA	Camille Borios
28	DF	FRA	David Sommeil (on loan from Manchester City)
29	DF	SUI	Fabio Celestini
30	GK	FRA	Jérémy Gavanon
32	MF	FRA	Laurent Merlin
36	FW	SEN	Rahmane Barry
—	GK	FRA	Cédric Carasso
—	MF	POR	Delfim
—	FW	FRA	Nicolas Cicut

Left club during season

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

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
4	DF	BEL	Daniel Van Buyten (on loan to Manchester City)
7	MF	POL	Piotr Świerczewski (to Lech Poznań)
10	FW	BRA	Fernandão (on loan to Toulouse)
13	FW	SEN	Lamine Sakho (on loan to Leeds United)

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	FW	CIV	Ibrahima Bakayoko (to Osasuna)
20	MF	CMR	Salomon Olembe (on loan to Leeds United)
22	FW	RUS	Dmitri Sytchev (to Lokomotiv Moscow)
25	DF	FRA	Fabien Laurenti (on loan to Ajaccio)

Competitions

Ligue 1

Main article: 2003–04 Ligue 1

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
5	Sochaux	38	18	9	11	54	42	+12	63	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
6	Nantes	38	17	9	12	47	35	+12	60	Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round
7	Marseille	38	17	6	15	51	45	+6	57
8	Lens	38	15	8	15	34	48	−14	53
9	Rennes	38	14	10	14	56	44	+12	52

Source: Ligue 1
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	17	6	15	51	45	+6	57	12	3	4	34	18	+16	5	3	11	17	27	−10

Source: LFP.fr

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	L	W	W	W	L	W	W	L	W	L	L	W	L	D	L	W	L	W	L	W	W	D	D	D	L	W	L	D	W	W	L	L	L	D	L	W
Position	4	2	6	4	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	5	7	7	6	6	6	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7

Source: LFP.fr
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Guingamp v Marseille

Marseille v Auxerre

Lens v Marseille

3	Lens	2–1	Marseille	Lens
	Diop 21' Thomert 90+1'		Drogba 11'

Marseille v Sochaux

Ajaccio v Marseille

5	Ajaccio	0–1	Marseille
			Meriem 65'

Marseille v Le Mans

6	Marseille	5–0	Le Mans	Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
	Drogba 14' Marlet 24' Mido 55', 86' Sychev 68'			Stadium: Stade Vélodrome

Nantes v Marseille

7	Nantes	1–0	Marseille	Nantes
	Vahirua 3'

Marseille v Nice

8	Marseille	2–1	Nice	Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
	Drogba 59', 90+4' (pen.)		Laslandes 35'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome

Marseille v Bastia

Strasbourg v Marseille

10	Strasbourg	4–1	Marseille	Strasbourg
	Martins 21' Niang 37' Ljuboja 45+1' Ehret 90'		Marlet 33'

Marseille v Rennes

Bordeaux v Marseille

12	Bordeaux	1–0	Marseille	Bordeaux
	Darcheville 45'

Marseille v Lyon

13	Marseille	1–4	Lyon	Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
	Van Buyten 20'		Élber 19' Luyindula 38', 58' Juninho 90+2'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome

Lille v Marseille

Marseille v Paris Saint-Germain

Metz v Marseille

Marseille v AS Monaco

Marseille v Toulouse

Auxerre v Marseille

Marseille v Lens

20	Marseille	3–2	Lens	Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
	Drogba 10', 48' Sychev 88'		Moreira 13' Thomert 62'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome

Sochaux v Marseille

21	Sochaux	2–1	Marseille	Montbéliard, Franche-Comté
	Mathieu 31' Frau 74' (pen.)		Gnanhouan 6' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal

Montpellier v Marseille

Marseille v Ajaccio

Le Mans v Marseille

Marseille v Nantes

Nice v Marseille

Bastia v Marseille

27	Bastia	4–1	Marseille	Bastia, Corsica
	Maurice 22' Diarra 27' Ben Saada 49' Ogbeche 65'		Drogba 79' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade Armand Cesari

Marseille v Strasbourg

28	Marseille	4–0	Strasbourg	Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
	Drogba 22' (pen.) Marlet 37' Ferreira 47', 90+3'			Stadium: Stade Vélodrome

Rennes v Marseille

29	Rennes	4–3	Marseille	Rennes, Brittany
	Frei 35', 39', 60', 74'		Batlles 31' Drogba 45' Mido 72'	Stadium: Stade de la Route de Lorient

Marseille v Bordeaux

Lyon v Marseille

31	Lyon	1–2	Marseille	Lyon, Rhône-Alpes
	Luyindula 17'		Drogba 4' Meriem 84'	Stadium: Stade de Gerland

Marseille v Lille

Paris Saint-Germain v Marseille

33	Paris Saint-Germain	2–1	Marseille	Paris, Île-de-France
	Pauleta 12', 62'		Batlles 90+1'	Stadium: Parc des Princes

Marseille v Metz

AS Monaco v Marseille

Marseille v Montpellier

Toulouse v Marseille

37	Toulouse	2–1	Marseille	Toulouse, Midi-Pyrénées
	Fernandão 44' (pen.) Eduardo 85'		Dao 3' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stadium Municipal

Marseille v Guingamp

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 2003–04 UEFA Champions League

Third qualifying round

Austria Wien v Marseille

13 August 2003 First leg	Austria Wien	0–1	Marseille	Vienna, Austria
20:30		Report	Sychev 4'	Stadium: Ernst-Happel-Stadion Attendance: 28,300 Referee: Luis Medina Cantalejo (Spain)

Marseille v Austria Wien

27 August 2003 Second leg	Marseille	0–0 (1–0 agg.)	Austria Wien	Marseille, France
20:50		Report		Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 41,253 Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)

Group stage

Main article: 2003–04 UEFA Champions League group stage § Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Real Madrid	6	4	2	0	11	5	+6	14	Advance to knockout stage
2	Porto	6	3	2	1	9	8	+1	11
3	Marseille	6	1	1	4	9	11	−2	4	Transfer to UEFA Cup
4	Partizan	6	0	3	3	3	8	−5	3

Source: RSSSF

Real Madrid v Marseille

16 September 2003 1	Real Madrid	4–2	Marseille	Madrid, Spain
20:45	Roberto Carlos 29' Ronaldo 34', 56' Figo 61' (pen.)		Drogba 25' Van Buyten 83'	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Stadium Attendance: 60,433 Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)

Marseille v Partizan

1 October 2003 2	Marseille	3–0	Partizan	Marseille, France
20:45	Drogba 62', 68', 85'			Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 54,362 Referee: Domenico Messina (Italy)

Marseille v Porto

22 October 2003 3	Marseille	2–3	Porto	Marseille, France
20:45	Drogba 24' Marlet 82'		Maniche 31' Derlei 36' Alenichev 80'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 55,209 Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Greece)

Porto v Marseille

4 November 2003 4	Porto	1–0	Marseille	Porto, Portugal
20:45	Alenichev 80'			Stadium: Estádio das Antas Attendance: 33,215 Referee: Graham Poll (England)

Marseille v Real Madrid

26 November 2003 5	Marseille	1–2	Real Madrid	Marseille, France
20:45	Mido 64'		Beckham 35' Ronaldo 73'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 54,745 Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)

Partizan v Marseille

9 December 2003 6	Partizan	1–1	Marseille	Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro
20:45	Delibašić 79'		Mido 61'	Stadium: Partizan Stadium Attendance: 28,000 Referee: Manuel Mejuto González (Spain)

UEFA Cup

Main article: 2003–04 UEFA Cup

Third round

Marseille v Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk

26 February 2004 First leg	Marseille	1–0	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	Marseille, France
19:00	Drogba 55' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 15,285 Referee: Georgios Kasnaferis (Greece)

Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk v Marseille

3 March 2004 Second leg	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	0–0 (0–1 agg.)	Marseille	Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine
17:00		Report		Stadium: Meteor Stadium Attendance: 22,100 Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark)

Fourth round

Liverpool v Marseille

11 March 2004 First leg	Liverpool	1–1	Marseille	Liverpool, England
21:00	Baroš 55'	Report	Drogba 78'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 41,270 Referee: Yuri Baskakov (Russia)

Marseille v Liverpool

25 March 2004 Second leg	Marseille	2–1 (3–2 agg.)	Liverpool	Marseille, France
21:00	Drogba 38' (pen.) Méïté 65'	Report	Heskey 15'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 55,000 Referee: Arturo Dauden Ibañez (Spain)

Quarter-finals

Marseille v Internazionale

8 April 2004 First leg	Marseille	1–0	Internazionale	Marseille, France
21:00	Drogba 46'	Report		Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 58,000 Referee: Lucílio Batista (Portugal)

Internazionale v Marseille

15 April 2004 Second leg	Internazionale	0–1 (0–2 agg.)	Marseille	Milan, Italy
20:45		Report	Meriem 74'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 36,044 Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)

Semi-finals

Newcastle United v Marseille

22 April 2004 First leg	Newcastle United	0–0	Marseille	Newcastle upon Tyne, England
20:45		Report		Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 52,004 Referee: Valentin Ivanov (Russia)

Marseille v Newcastle United

6 May 2004 Second leg	Marseille	2–0 (2–0 agg.)	Newcastle United	Marseille, France
21:00	Drogba 18', 82'	Report		Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 58,897 Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)

Final

Main article: 2004 UEFA Cup final

Valencia v Marseille

19 May 2004 Final	Valencia	2–0	Marseille	Gothenburg, Sweden
20:45	Vicente 45' (pen.) Mista 58'	Report		Stadium: Ullevi Attendance: 39,000 Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy)

References

- RSSSF France 2003/04