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2008–09 Olympique de Marseille season

During the 2008–09 French football season, Olympique de Marseille competed in Ligue 1.[1]

Marseille
2008–09 season
ChairmanPape Diouf
ManagerEric Gerets
StadiumStade Vélodrome
Ligue 12nd
Coupe de FranceRound of 32
Coupe de la LigueThird round
Champions LeagueGroup stage
UEFA CupQuarter-finals
Top goalscorerLeague: Mamadou Niang
(13 goals)
All: Mamadou Niang
(20 goals)

Season summary edit

Marseille finished 3 points behind league champions Bordeaux.[1] Manager Eric Gerets left after his contract expired at the end of the season.[2] Replacing him was former Marseille player Didier Deschamps.

First-team squad edit

Squad at end of season[3][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   FRA Rudy Riou
2 DF   ARG Renato Civelli
3 DF   NGA Taye Taiwo
4 DF   FRA Julien Rodriguez
5 DF   BRA Hilton
6 MF   ALG Karim Ziani[notes 1]
7 MF   FRA Benoît Cheyrou
8 DF   ENG Tyrone Mears[notes 2] (on loan from Derby County)
9 FW   BRA Brandão
10 MF   NED Boudewijn Zenden
11 FW   SEN Mamadou Niang
12 MF   BFA Charles Kaboré
14 MF   CIV Bakari Koné
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 DF   GLP Ronald Zubar
16 GK   FRA Hilaire Muñoz
17 FW   MLI Mamadou Samassa[notes 3]
19 MF   ALB Lorik Cana[notes 4]
20 MF   FRA Hatem Ben Arfa
22 MF   FRA Sylvain Wiltord
23 MF   CMR Modeste M'bami
24 DF   FRA Laurent Bonnart
26 MF   FRA Mohamed Amine Dennoun
28 MF   FRA Mathieu Valbuena
30 GK   FRA Steve Mandanda[notes 5]
31 FW   FRA Guy Gnabouyou
40 GK   UKR Dmytro Nepohodov

Left club during season edit

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
8 FW   GHA André Ayew[notes 6] (on loan to Lorient)
9 FW   FRA Djibril Cissé (on loan to Sunderland)
13 DF   SEN Leyti N'Diaye (on loan to AC Ajaccio)
17 MF   ALG Salim Arrache[notes 7] (on loan to Stade de Reims)
18 MF   FRA Elliot Grandin (on loan to GF38)
21 MF   SRB Miloš Krstić (on loan to AC Ajaccio)
No. Pos. Nation Player
22 DF   MAR Amin Erbati (to Al Wahda)
25 DF   SVN Boštjan Cesar (to AC Ajaccio)
27 DF   SEN Pape M'Bow (on loan to Cannes)
29 DF   FRA Fabrice Begeorgi (on loan to SV Werder Bremen II)
32 DF   FRA Gaël Givet (on loan to Blackburn Rovers)

Competitions edit

Ligue 1 edit

Main article: 2008–09 Ligue 1

League table edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Bordeaux (C) 38 24 8 6 64 34 +30 80 Qualification to Champions League group stage
2 Marseille 38 22 11 5 67 35 +32 77
3 Lyon 38 20 11 7 52 29 +23 71 Qualification to Champions League play-off round
4 Toulouse 38 16 16 6 45 27 +18 64 Qualification to Europa League play-off round
5 Lille 38 17 13 8 51 39 +12 64 Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round
Source: Ligue 1
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
France's third UEFA Europa League spot went to Ligue 2 side Guingamp, winners of 2008–09 Coupe de France.
(C) Champions

Results summary edit

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
38 22 11 5 67 35  +32 77 10 5 4 35 22  +13 12 6 1 32 13  +19

Source: LFP.fr

Results by round edit

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAH
ResultDWWWDDDWWLDWWLDDWDLWWLWWDWDWWWWWWDWLWW
Position92112233224222332254344333322211111222
Source: LFP.fr
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches edit

  Win   Draw   Loss

9 August 2008 1 Rennes 4–4 Marseille Rennes
21:00 Thomert   7', 51'
Mandanda   90' (o.g.)
Cheyrou   90+3'		 Report Koné   13'
Ben Arfa   15'
Niang   28'
Grandin   90+2'		 Stadium: Stade de la Route de Lorient
Attendance: 28,879
Referee: Thierry Auriac
17 August 2008 2 Marseille 4–0 Auxerre Marseille
21:00 Niang   17'
Grichting   63' (o.g.)
Grandin   76'
Zenden   86'		 Report Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 55,776
Referee: Philippe Kalt
23 August 2008 3 Le Havre 0–1 Marseille Le Havre
19:00 Report Zenden   56'
Zubar   90'		 Stadium: Stade Jules Deschaseaux
Attendance: 16,378
Referee: Tony Chapron
30 August 2008 4 Marseille 2–1 Sochaux Marseille
21:00 Ziani   39'
Koné   60'		 Report Erdinç   73' Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 55,704
Referee: Saïd Ennjimi
13 September 2008 5 Bordeaux 1–1 Marseille Bordeaux
21:00 Chamakh   25' Report Koné   2' Stadium: Stade Chaban-Delmas
Attendance: 32,854
Referee: Bertrand Layec
21 September 2008 6 Marseille 0–0 Monaco Marseille
21:00 Report Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 51,342
Referee: Stéphane Lannoy
27 September 2008 7 Le Mans 1–1 Marseille Le Mans
19:00 Helstad   10' Report Ben Arfa   7' Stadium: Stade Léon-Bollée
Attendance: 16,221
Referee: Frédy Fautrel
4 October 2008 8 Marseille 2–1 Caen Marseille
19:00 Ben Arfa   2'
Niang   60'
Ziani   70'		 Report Savidan   20' Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 51,915
Referee: Antony Gautier
19 October 2008 9 Valenciennes 1–3 Marseille Valenciennes
21:00 Pujol   81' Report Koné   13'
Ben Arfa   73'
Kaboré   9024'		 Stadium: Stade Nungesser
Attendance: 16,192
Referee: Lionel Jaffredo
26 October 2008 10 Marseille 2–4 Paris Saint-Germain Marseille
21:00 Niang   21'
Valbuena   45'		 Report Hoarau   10', 82'
Luyindula   53'
Rothen   76'		 Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 56,426
Referee: Laurent Duhamel
29 October 2008 11 Nantes 1–1 Marseille Nantes
19:00 Maréval   44' Report Koné   78' Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire
Attendance: 35,993
Referee: Hervé Piccirillo
1 November 2008 12 Marseille 3–1 Saint-Étienne Marseille
21:00 Cheyrou   20'
Ben Arfa   37' (pen.)
Taiwo   71'		 Report Gomis   22' Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 54,715
Referee: Damien Ledentu
8 November 2008 13 Grenoble 0–3 Marseille Grenoble
19:00 Report Ben Arfa   4'
Koné   32'
Cheyrou   82'		 Stadium: Stade des Alpes
Attendance: 19,648
Referee: Thierry Auriac
15 November 2008 14 Marseille 2–3 Lorient Marseille
19:00 Ziani   10'
Niang   60' (pen.)		 Report Amalfitano   76'
Abriel   84'
Gameiro   88'		 Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 48,878
Referee: Tony Chapron
23 November 2008 15 Marseille 2–2 Lille Marseille
21:00 Samassa   47'
Zenden   90+2'		 Report Rami   11'
Bastos   37'		 Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 46,145
Referee: Clément Turpin
30 November 2008 16 Toulouse 0–0 Marseille Toulouse
17:00 Report Stadium: Stadium de Toulouse
Attendance: 33,572
Referee: Bertrand Layec
6 December 2008 17 Marseille 2–1 Nice Marseille
19:00 Echouafni   14' (o.g.)
Niang   45' (pen.)		 Report Bamogo   48' Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 50,279
Referee: Stéphane Lannoy
14 December 2008 18 Lyon 0–0 Marseille Lyon
21:00 Report Stadium: Stade de Gerland
Attendance: 39,638[4]
Referee: Stéphane Bré
21 December 2008 19 Marseille 0–3 Nancy Marseille
17:00 Report Hadji   34', 39'
Dia   56'		 Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 50,628[5]
Referee: Thierry Auriac
10 January 2009 20 Auxerre 0–2 Marseille Auxerre
21:00 Report Samassa   31'
Valbuena   78'		 Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps
Attendance: 19,269
Referee: Saïd Ennjimi
17 January 2009 21 Marseille 2–0 Le Havre Marseille
19:00 Valbuena   25'
Zubar   60'		 Report Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 45,721
Referee: Philippe Malige
1 February 2009 22 Sochaux 1–0 Marseille Montbéliard
17:00 Erdinç   24' Report Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal
Attendance: 19,972
Referee: Lionel Jaffredo
8 February 2009 23 Marseille 1–0 Bordeaux Marseille
21:00 Chamakh   57' (o.g.) Report Diawara   86' Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 53,856
Referee: Stéphane Bré
15 February 2009 24 Monaco 0–1 Marseille Monaco
21:00 Report Koné   77' Stadium: Stade Louis II
Attendance: 13,475[6]
Referee: Antony Gautier
22 February 2009 25 Marseille 0–0 Le Mans Marseille
17:00 Report Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 48,680
Referee: Olivier Thual
1 March 2009 26 Caen 0–1 Marseille Caen
17:00 Report Brandão   67' Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano
Attendance: 20,775
Referee: Thierry Auriac
7 March 2009 27 Marseille 0–0 Valenciennes Marseille
19:00 Report Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 48,746
Referee: Jean-Charles Cailleux
15 March 2009 28 Paris Saint-Germain 1–3 Marseille Paris
21:00 Giuly   43'
Camara   53'		 Report Zenden   24'
Koné   55'
Cana   60'		 Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 45,774
Referee: Bertrand Layec
21 March 2009 29 Marseille 2–0 Nantes Marseille
21:00 Civelli   55'
Brandão   59'		 Report Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 47,747
Referee: Saïd Ennjimi
5 April 2009 30 Saint-Étienne 0–3 Marseille Saint-Étienne
21:00 Report Niang   60' (pen.), 76'
Brandão   73'		 Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard
Attendance: 34,734
Referee: Philippe Kalt
12 April 2009 31 Marseille 4–1 Grenoble Marseille
17:00 Taiwo   52' (pen.), 65'
Hilton   56'
Brandão   89'		 Report Courtois   90+3' Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 56,953
Referee: Philippe Malige
19 April 2009 32 Lorient 1–2 Marseille Lorient
17:00 Gameiro   8'
Le Lan   89'		 Report Civelli   59'
Brandão   80'
Cana   89'		 Stadium: Stade du Moustoir
Attendance: 13,093
Referee: Olivier Thual
26 April 2009 33 Lille 1–2 Marseille Villeneuve d'Ascq
21:00 Hazard   49' Report Cheyrou   54'
Niang   56'		 Stadium: Stadium Lille-Metropole
Attendance: 17,076
Referee: Laurent Duhamel
2 May 2009 34 Marseille 2–2 Toulouse Marseille
21:00 Niang   63'
Cetto   73' (o.g.)		 Report Gignac   48', 72' Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 55,823
Referee: Antony Gautier
13 May 2009 35 Nice 0–2 Marseille Nice
19:00 Report Niang   26'
Brandão   60'		 Stadium: Stade du Ray
Attendance: 16,669
Referee: Stéphane Bré
17 May 2009 36 Marseille 1–3 Lyon Marseille
21:00 Wiltord   80' Report Benzema   31' (pen.), 42'
Juninho   90+1'		 Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 56,498
Referee: Stéphane Lannoy
23 May 2009 37 Nancy 1–2 Marseille Tomblaine
21:00 N'Guémo   88' Report Macaluso   32' (o.g.)
Brandão   56'		 Stadium: Stade Marcel Picot
Attendance: 20,017
Referee: Bertrand Layec
30 May 2009 38 Marseille 4–0 Rennes Marseille
21:00 Koné   53'
Niang   57', 72'
Douchez   58' (o.g.)		 Report Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 55,873
Referee: Saïd Ennjimi

Source: [7]

Coupe de France edit

See also: 2008–09 Coupe de France
4 January 2009 Round of 64 Besançon 1–1
(4–5 p)		 Marseille Besançon
20:45 Zubar   67' (o.g.) Report Taiwo   83' (pen.) Stadium: Stade Léo Lagrange
Attendance: 10,334
Referee: Jean-Charles Cailleux
Penalties
Lamy  
Bourillon  
Gamondes  
Hakkar  
Rangdet  		   Taiwo
  Bonnart
  Ziani
  Koné
  Cheyrou
28 January 2009 Round of 32 Lyon 1–0 Marseille Lyon
20:45 Benzema   2'
Keïta   64'		 Report Stadium: Stade de Gerland
Attendance: 28,304
Referee: Laurent Duhamel

Coupe de la Ligue edit

See also: 2008–09 Coupe de la Ligue
24 September 2008 Round of 16 Sochaux 1–0 Marseille Montbéliard
21:00 Erdinç   75' Report Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal
Attendance: 12,946
Referee: Olivier Thual

Champions League edit

See also: 2008–09 UEFA Champions League

Third qualifying round edit

13 August 2008 First leg Brann   0–1   Marseille Bergen, Norway
20:45 CET Report Cheyrou   40' Stadium: Brann Stadion
Attendance: 11,197
Referee: Alexandru Tudor (Romania)
27 August 2008 Second leg Marseille   2–1
(3–1 agg.)		   Brann Marseille, France
20:45 CET Niang   65', 90' Report Sigurðsson   74' Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 44,641
Referee: Eric Braamhaar (Netherlands)

Group C edit

Main article: 2008–09 UEFA Champions League group stage § Group D

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Liverpool 6 4 2 0 11 5 +6 14 Advance to knockout phase
2   Atlético Madrid 6 3 3 0 9 4 +5 12
3   Marseille 6 1 1 4 5 7 −2 4 Transfer to UEFA Cup
4   PSV 6 1 0 5 5 14 −9 3
Source: RSSSF
16 September 2008 1 Marseille   1–2   Liverpool Marseille, France
20:45 Cana   23' Report Gerrard   26', 32' (pen.) Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 44,841
Referee: Konrad Plautz (Austria)
1 October 2008 2 Atlético Madrid   2–1   Marseille Madrid, Spain
20:45 Agüero   4'
R. García   22'		 Report Niang   16' Stadium: Vicente Calderón Stadium
Attendance: 39,898
Referee: Tom Henning Øvrebø (Norway)
22 October 2008 3 PSV Eindhoven   2–0   Marseille Eindhoven, Netherlands
20:45 Koevermans   71', 85' Report Stadium: Philips Stadion
Attendance: 29,000
Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)
4 November 2008 4 Marseille   3–0   PSV Eindhoven Marseille, France
20:45 Koné   30'
Niang   63', 71'		 Report Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 48,777
Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)
26 November 2008 5 Liverpool   1–0   Marseille Liverpool, England
20:45 Gerrard   23' Report Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 40,024
Referee: Olegário Benquerença (Portugal)
9 December 2008 6 Marseille   0–0   Atlético Madrid Marseille, France
20:45 Report Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 49,663
Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)

UEFA Cup edit

See also: 2008–09 UEFA Cup

Round of 32 edit

19 February 2009 First leg Marseille   0–1   Twente Marseille, France
20:45 Report Arnautović   22' Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 22,616
Referee: Stanislav Sukhina (Russia)
26 February 2009 Second leg Twente   0–1 (a.e.t.)
(1–1 agg.)
(6–7 p)		   Marseille Enschede, Netherlands
18:30 Report Ben Arfa   24' Stadium: De Grolsch Veste
Attendance: 24,000
Referee: Alon Yefet (Israel)
Penalties
N'Kufo  
Perez  
Janssen  
Hersi  
Arnautović  
Braafheid  
Douglas  
Rajković  		   Taiwo
  Niang
  Ben Arfa
  Koné
  Ziani
  Cheyrou
  Bonnart
  M'bami

Round of 16 edit

12 March 2009 First leg Marseille   2–1   Ajax Marseille, France
20:45 Cheyrou   19'
Niang   33'		 Report Suárez   36' (pen.) Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 27,829
Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)
18 March 2009 Second leg Ajax   2–2 (a.e.t.)
(3–4 agg.)		   Marseille Amsterdam, Netherlands
20:45 Enoh   33'
Sulejmani   74'		 Report Niang   35'
Mears   110'		 Stadium: Amsterdam Arena
Attendance: 47,650
Referee: Florian Meyer (Germany)

Quarter-finals edit

9 April 2009 First leg Shakhtar Donetsk   2–0   Marseille Donetsk, Ukraine
18:30 Hübschman   39'
Jádson   65'		 Report Stadium: RSK Olimpiyskyi
Attendance: 25,500
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)
16 April 2009 Second leg Marseille   1–2
(1–4 agg.)		   Shakhtar Donetsk Marseille, France
20:45 Ben Arfa   43' Report Fernandinho   30'
Luiz Adriano   90+3'		 Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 48,268
Referee: Manuel Mejuto González (Spain)

Notes and references edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ Ziani was born in Sèvres, France, but also qualifies to represent Algeria internationally through his father, and made his international debut for Algeria in 2003.
  2. ^ Mears was born in Stockport, England, but also believed he was eligible to represent Jamaica internationally through his father and would make his international debut for Jamaica in February 2009. It was later discovered that Mears' father was from Sierra Leone and was thus ineligible to represent Jamaica.
  3. ^ Samassa was born in Montfermeil, France, and represented them at U-21 level, but also qualifies to represent Mali internationally through his parents, declared for Mali internationally during the season, and would make his international debut for Mali in 2009.
  4. ^ Cana was born in Pristina, Yugoslavia (now Kosovo).
  5. ^ Mandanda was born in Kinshasa, Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo), but also qualifies to represent France internationally and made his international debut for France in May 2008.
  6. ^ Ayew was born in Seclin, France, but also qualifies to represent Ghana internationally through his father and made his international debut for Ghana in August 2007.
  7. ^ Arrache was born in Marseille, France, but also qualifies to represent Algeria internationally through his parents, and made his international debut for Algeria in April 2004.

References edit

  1. ^ a b c "Marseille 2008/2009". Footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  2. ^ "Gerets to stand down at Marseille". Uefa.com. 29 April 2009. Retrieved 29 April 2009.
  3. ^ "FootballSquads - Marseille - 2008/09". footballsquads.co.uk. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
  4. ^ "OLYMPIQUE LYONNAIS 0 - 0 ( 0 - 0 ) OLYMPIQUE DE MARSEILLE". LFP.fr. Archived from the original on 17 December 2008. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  5. ^ "OLYMPIQUE DE MARSEILLE 0 - 3 ( 0 - 2 ) AS NANCY LORRAINE". LFP.fr. Archived from the original on 14 April 2009. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  6. ^ "AS MONACO FC 0 - 1 ( 0 - 0 ) OLYMPIQUE DE MARSEILLE". LFP.fr. Archived from the original on 17 April 2009. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  7. ^ "Olympique de Marseille 2008/2009 calendar". Ligue1.com. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
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