2006–07 Olympique de Marseille season

Olympique de Marseille had a solid season, but did not manage to win the elusive trophy they had chased for 14 years, with the biggest disappointment being losing on penalty shootout against Sochaux in the Coupe de France final. The 2nd-place finish of Ligue 1 was the best for eight years, but the side were never in title contention, being 18 points adrift of Lyon.

Marseille

2006–07 season
Chairman	Robert Louis-Dreyfus
Manager	Albert Emon
Ligue 1	2nd
Coupe de France	Runners-up
Coupe de la Ligue	Round of 16
UEFA Cup	First round
Intertoto Cup	Progress
Top goalscorer	League: Mamadou Niang (12 goals) All: Mamadou Niang (17 goals)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Squad

Goalkeepers

• Cédric Carrasso
• Sébastien Hamel
• Mehdi Sennaoui

Defenders

• Renato Civelli
• Taye Taiwo
• Julien Rodriguez
• Alain Cantareil
• Garry Bocaly
• Ronald Zubar
• Hassoun Camara
• Boštjan Cesar
• Habib Beye

Midfielders

• Franck Ribéry
• Wilson Oruma
• Modeste M'Bami
• Lorik Cana
• Samir Nasri
• Mame N'Diaye
• Salomon Olembé
• Mathieu Valbuena

Attackers

• Djibril Cissé
• Mickaël Pagis
• Mamadou Niang
• Toifilou Maoulida
• Salim Arrache
• Habib Bamogo

Competitions

Ligue 1

Main article: 2006–07 Ligue 1

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Lyon (C)	38	24	9	5	64	27	+37	81	Qualification to Champions League group stage
2	Marseille	38	19	7	12	53	38	+15	64
3	Toulouse	38	17	7	14	44	43	+1	58	Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
4	Rennes	38	14	15	9	38	30	+8	57	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
5	Lens	38	15	12	11	47	41	+6	57	Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round

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

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	19	7	12	53	38	+15	64	14	2	3	35	16	+19	5	5	9	18	22	−4

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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	D	L	L	L	L	W	D	L	W	L	W	W	W	L	D	L	D	L	L	D	W	L	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	W
Position	11	5	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	6	8	6	7	8	6	7	6	3	2	4	4	4	5	8	8	8	8	8	5	5	5	4	4	2	2	2

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

Matches

Sedan v Marseille

6 August 2006 1

Sedan

0–0

Marseille

Marseille v Rennes

13 August 2006 2	Marseille	2–0	Rennes
	Pagis 38' Maoulida 85'

Auxerre v Marseille

19 August 2006 3	Auxerre	0–3	Marseille
			Ribéry 45' Maoulida 49' Pagis 70'

Marseille v Le Mans

27 August 2006 4	Marseille	2–0	Le Mans
	Bamogo 69' Niang 79' (pen.)

Paris Saint-Germain v Marseille

10 September 2006 5	Paris Saint-Germain	1–3	Marseille
	Pauleta 22' (pen.)		Niang 7' (pen.) Nasri 67' Pagis 88'

Marseille v Bordeaux

17 September 2006 6	Marseille	2–1	Bordeaux
	Pagis 49' Taiwo 53'		Chamakh 63' (pen.)

Nantes v Marseille

24 September 2006 7	Nantes	2–1	Marseille
	Payet 38' Norbert 49'		Niang 78'

Marseille v Toulouse

1 October 2006 8	Marseille	3–0	Toulouse
	Taiwo 44' Bamogo 45+2' Cana 47'

Lens v Marseille

15 October 2006 9	Lens	1–1	Marseille
	Dindane 79' (pen.)		Niang 62' (pen.)

Marseille v Lyon

22 October 2006 10	Marseille	1–4	Lyon
	Bamogo 70'		Juninho 20', 78' Benzema 48' Källström 87'

Nice v Marseille

29 October 2006 11	Nice	2–1	Marseille
	Rool 25' Ederson 90' (pen.)		Pagis 62'

Marseille v Lorient

4 November 2006 12	Marseille	0–1	Lorient
			Gignac 48'

Lille v Marseille

12 November 2006 13	Lille	1–0	Marseille
	Bodmer 45+2'

Marseille v Valenciennes

19 November 2006 14	Marseille	1–0	Valenciennes
	Pagis 60'

Troyes v Marseille

25 November 2006 15	Troyes	1–1	Marseille
	Lachuer 18'		Maoulida 60'

Sochaux v Marseille

3 December 2006 16	Sochaux	1–0	Marseille
	Afolabi 76'

Marseille v Monaco

9 December 2006 17	Marseille	2–1	Monaco
	Pagis 37' Niang 77'		Di Vaio 58'

Nancy v Marseille

16 December 2006 18	Nancy	2–0	Marseille
	Gavanon 43' Kim 71'

Marseille v Saint-Étienne

23 December 2006 19	Marseille	2–1	Saint-Étienne
	Cissé 9' Pagis 63'		Heinz 45+1'

Rennes v Marseille

14 January 2007 20	Rennes	0–2	Marseille
			Cissé 58' Maoulida 90+2'

Marseille v Auxerre

24 January 2007 21	Marseille	3–1	Auxerre
	Ribéry 7, 38' Taiwo 87'		Jeleń 16'

Le Mans v Marseille

28 January 2007 22	Le Mans	2–0	Marseille
	Fanchone 38' Grafite 83' (pen.)

Marseille v Paris Saint-Germain

4 February 2007 23	Marseille	1–1	Paris Saint-Germain
	Cissé 68'		Pauleta 74'

Bordeaux v Marseille

11 February 2007 24	Bordeaux	1–0	Marseille
	Faubert 74'

Marseille v Nantes

18 February 2007 25

Marseille

0–0

Nantes

Toulouse v Marseille

25 February 2007 26	Toulouse	3–0	Marseille
	Elmander 39', 48' Emana 63'

Marseille v Lens

4 March 2007 27	Marseille	0–1	Lens
			Dindane 58' (pen.)

Lyon v Marseille

11 March 2007 28	Lyon	1–1	Marseille
	Baroš 19'		Niang 86'

Marseille v Nice

17 March 2007 29	Marseille	3–0	Nice
	Niang 6', 40' Civelli 13'

Lorient v Marseille

31 March 2007 30	Lorient	2–1	Marseille
	Saïfi 60' Le Pen 74'		Cissé 81' (pen.)

Marseille v Lille

7 April 2007 31	Marseille	4–1	Lille
	Niang 9' (pen.), 90+1' Civelli 38', 63'		Bastos 11' (pen.)

Valenciennes v Marseille

14 April 2007 32

Valenciennes

0–0

Marseille

Marseille v Troyes

21 April 2007 33	Marseille	2–1	Troyes
	Cissé 55' M'Bami 86'		Jaziri 80'

Marseille v Sochaux

29 April 2007 34	Marseille	4–2	Sochaux
	Cana 13' Cissé 68' Nasri 73' Ribéry 85'		Leroy 5' Rodriguez 90+2' (o.g.)

Monaco v Marseille

6 May 2007 35	Monaco	1–2	Marseille
	Ménez 12'		Ribéry 45' Niang 84' (pen.)

Marseille v Nancy

9 May 2007 36	Marseille	2–1	Nancy
	Niang 78' (pen.) Cissé 81'		Puygrenier 80'

Saint-Étienne v Marseille

19 May 2007 37	Saint-Étienne	1–2	Marseille
	Feindouno 69'		Cissé 54' Valbuena 86'

Marseille v Sedan

26 May 2007 38	Marseille	1–0	Sedan
	Nasri 61'

Intertoto Cup

Main article: 2006 UEFA Intertoto Cup

Third round

Marseille v Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk

15 July 2006 First leg	Marseille	0–0	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	Fos-sur-Mer, France
				Stadium: Stade Parsemain Attendance: 6,884 Referee: Bernardino González Vázquez (Spain)

Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk v Marseille

22 July 2006 Second leg	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	2–2 (2–2a agg.)	Marseille	Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine
	Nazarenko 78' Rusol 87'		Niang 71' Oruma 75'	Stadium: Meteor Stadium Attendance: 19,000 Referee: Howard Webb (England)

UEFA Cup

Main article: 2006–07 UEFA Cup

Second qualifying round

Young Boys v Marseille

10 August 2006 First leg	Young Boys	3–3	Marseille	Bern, Switzerland
	Yakin 20' João Paulo 49' Marcos 73'		Zubar 18' Niang 44', 57'	Stadium: Wankdorf Stadium Referee: Bernhard Brugger (Austria)

Marseille v Young Boys

24 August 2006 Second leg	Marseille	0–0 (3a–3 agg.)	Young Boys	Marseille, France
20:45		Report		Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Referee: Emil Božinovski (Macedonia)

First round

Marseille v Mladá Boleslav

14 September 2006 First leg	Marseille	1–0	Mladá Boleslav	Marseille, France
20:45	Bamogo 31'	Report		Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Referee: Espen Berntsen (Norway)

Mladá Boleslav v Marseille

28 September 2006 Second leg	Mladá Boleslav	4–2 (4–3 agg.)	Marseille	Mladá Boleslav, Czech Republic
17:30	Pecka 34' Holub 62' (pen.), 82' Sedláček 90+2'	Report	Maoulida 19' Taiwo 56'	Stadium: Městský stadion Referee: Ruud Bossen (Netherlands)

Sources

• FootballSquads - Marseille 2006/2007
• LFP.fr - Ligue de Football Professionel