2007–08 Olympique de Marseille season

Marseille
2007–08 season
Chairman	Robert Louis-Dreyfus
Manager	Albert Emon ; Eric Gerets
Ligue 1	3rd
Coupe de France	Round of 16
Coupe de la Ligue	Quarter-finals
Champions League	Group stage
UEFA Cup	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Mamadou Niang; (18 goals); All: Mamadou Niang; (23 goals)
	← 2006–07 2008–09 →

Olympique de Marseille extended their titleless run to 15 years – but had a decent season, where they qualified for the UEFA Champions League for the second year running, and won away from home in the 2007–08 tournament at Anfield against 2007 finalists Liverpool, but a 4–0 defeat at Stade Vélodrome in the last round knocked OM out of the tournament. Having sold Franck Ribéry to Bayern Munich for around 30 million euros, the stage was set for Marseille to push the boundaries financially in the coming seasons, with investments in the playing squad long overdue for a club that had been known as a club selling players expensively rather than buying.

Squad[]

As of February 1, 2008.^[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	Cédric Carrasso
2	MF	CIV	Kanga Akalé (on loan from Lens)
3	DF	NGA	Taye Taiwo
4	DF	FRA	Julien Rodríguez
5	DF	FRA	Jacques Faty
6	MF	ALG	Karim Ziani
7	MF	FRA	Benoît Cheyrou
9	FW	FRA	Djibril Cissé
10	MF	NED	Boudewijn Zenden
11	FW	SEN	Mamadou Niang
12	MF	BFA	Charles Kaboré
14	DF	SEN	Leyti N'Diaye
15	DF	FRA	Ronald Zubar
16	GK	FRA	Sébastien Hamel


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	MF	CMR	Modeste M'bami
18	FW	FRA	Elliot Grandin
19	MF	ALB	Lorik Cana (captain)
21	MF	SRB	Miloš Krstić
22	MF	FRA	Samir Nasri
23	DF	ARG	Juan Ángel Krupoviesa (on loan from Boca Juniors)
24	DF	FRA	Laurent Bonnart
26	DF	FRA	Jean-Philippe Sabo
27	DF	SEN	Pape M'Bow
28	MF	FRA	Mathieu Valbuena
29	FW	GHA	André Ayew
30	GK	FRA	Steve Mandanda
32	DF	FRA	Gaël Givet
40	GK	FRA	Sébastien Maté

Transfers[]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
23	DF	ARG	Juan Krupoviesa (on loan from Boca Juniors)
7	MF	FRA	Benoît Cheyrou (from Auxerre)
10	MF	NED	Boudewijn Zenden (from Liverpool)
9	FW	FRA	Djibril Cisse (from Liverpool)
5	DF	FRA	Jacques Faty (from Rennes)
32	DF	FRA	Gaël Givet (from Monaco)

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	FRA	Mickaël Pagis (to Rennes)
—	FW	SEN	Rahmane Barry (to Sedan)
20	DF	CMR	Salomon Olembe (to Wigan Athletic)
7	MF	FRA	Franck Ribéry (to Bayern Munich)
23	DF	SEN	Habib Beye (to Newcastle United)
—	FW	FRA	Fabrice Fiorèse (to Amiens)

Competitions[]

Ligue 1[]

League table[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Lyon (C)	38	24	7	7	74	37	+37	79	Qualification to Champions League group stage
2	Bordeaux	38	22	9	7	65	38	+27	75	Qualification to Champions League group stage
3	Marseille	38	17	11	10	58	45	+13	62	Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
4	Nancy	38	15	15	8	44	30	+14	60	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
5	Saint-Étienne	38	16	10	12	47	34	+13	58	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round

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

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	11	10	58	45	+13	62	11	3	5	34	21	+13	6	8	5	24	24	0

Source: LFP.fr

Results by match[]

Match	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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	D	L	D	W	L	D	L	L	L	W	L	D	W	W	D	W	D	W	L	W	D	W	W	W	D	W	W	D	L	W	W	W	L	W	L	D	W
Position	14	13	15	14	11	15	16	16	17	18	18	19	19	17	15	16	13	14	11	13	10	11	9	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	4	4	3

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

Matches[]

August 4, 2007 1

Strasbourg

0–0

Marseille

August 11, 2007 2

Marseille

0–0

Rennes

August 15, 2007 3	Valenciennes	2–1	Marseille
	Savidan 62, 87'		Ziani 57'

August 19, 2007 4	Marseille	2–2	Nancy
	Niang 22' Cissé 50'		Gavanon 64' (pen.) Hadji 80'

August 25, 2007 5	Caen	1–2	Marseille
	Samson 90 + 2'		Rodriguez 43' Niang 54'

August 29, 2007 6	Marseille	0–2	Nice
			Hognon 51' Hellebuyck 87'

September 2, 2007 7	Paris SG	1–1	Marseille
	Luyindula 20'		Cissé 11'

September 15, 2007 8	Marseille	1–2	Toulouse
	Zubar 90'		Emana 11' Elmander 37'

September 22, 2007 9	Auxerre	2–0	Marseille
	Niculae 19, 23'

October 6, 2007 10	Saint-Étienne	1–0	Marseille
	Dernis 90'

October 21, 2007 11	Marseille	1–0	Lens
	Zenden 74'

October 27, 2007 12	Sochaux	2–1	Marseille
	Zubar 31' (o.g.) Bonnart 52' (o.g.)		Niang 9'

November 3, 2007 13

Marseille

0–0

Lorient

November 11, 2007 14	Lyon	1–2	Marseille
	Juninho 7'		Niang 10' (pen.), 45'

November 24, 2007 15	Marseille	3–1	Metz
	Zenden 20' Niang 36, 70'		Gueye 88'

December 1, 2007 16	Lille	1–1	Marseille
	Kluivert 27'		Niang 32'

December 8, 2007 17	Marseille	2–0	AS Monaco
	Rodriguez 52' Cana 69'

December 16, 2007 18	Bordeaux	2–2	Marseille
	Chamakh 32' Jussiê 69'		Niang 2' Cheyrou 26'

December 22, 2007 19	Marseille	1–0	Le Mans
	Niang 14'

January 13, 2008 20	Rennes	3–1	Marseille
	Pagis 39' Wiltord 82, 88'		Cissé 16'

January 19, 2008 21	Marseille	3–1	Valenciennes
	Cissé 27, 73' Rodriguez 51'		Audel 81'

January 23, 2008 22	Nancy	1–1	Marseille
	Brison 48'		Nasri 87'

January 26, 2008 23	Marseille	6–1	Caen
	Cissé 28, 55, 57' Valbuena 41, 44' Nasri 81'		Toudic 2'

February 10, 2008 24	Nice	0–2	Marseille
			Niang 25' Cissé 76'

February 17, 2008 25	Marseille	2–1	Paris SG
	Taiwo 37' Niang 45'		Rothen 29'

February 24, 2008 26

Toulouse

0–0

Marseille

March 1, 2008 27	Marseille	2–1	Auxerre
	Cana 8' Cissé 22'		Pedretti 89'

March 9, 2008 28	Marseille	2–0	Saint-Étienne
	Valbuena 59' Taiwo 66'

March 16, 2008 29	Lens	3–3	Marseille
	Maoulida 56' Mangane 65' Rémy 73'		Nasri 24' Cheyrou 29' Cissé 89'

March 22, 2008 30	Marseille	0–1	Sochaux
			N'Daw 3'

March 30, 2008 31	Lorient	1–2	Marseille
	Saïfi 43' (pen.)		Akalé 53' Niang 80'

April 6, 2008 32	Marseille	3–1	Lyon
	Cissé 26' Niang 28, 54'		Cana 43' (o.g.)

April 12, 2008 33	Metz	1–2	Marseille
	Barbosa 3'		Cissé 14' Nasri 57'

April 20, 2008 34	Marseille	1–3	Lille
	Niang 13'		37, 40' Makoun 67'

April 27, 2008 35	AS Monaco	2–3	Marseille
	González 56' Leko 64'		Nasri 28' Taiwo 61' Cissé 82'

May 4, 2008 36	Marseille	1–2	Bordeaux
	Niang 45'		Wendel 80' Ducasse 90'

May 10, 2008 37

Le Mans

0–0

Marseille

May 17, 2008 38	Marseille	4–3	Strasbourg
	Niang 7' Cissé 45 + 2, 78' Nasri 45 + 5'		Fanchone 11' Gameiro 18' Zenke 72'

UEFA Champions League[]

Group stage[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Porto	6	3	2	1	8	7	+1	11	Advance to knockout stage
2	Liverpool	6	3	1	2	18	5	+13	10	Advance to knockout stage
3	Marseille	6	2	1	3	6	9	−3	7	Transfer to UEFA Cup
4	Beşiktaş	6	2	0	4	4	15	−11	6

Source: RSSSF

September 18, 2007 1	Marseille	2–0	Beşiktaş	Marseille, France
20:45	Rodriguez 76' Cissé 90+1'			Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 35,676 Referee: Matteo Trefoloni (Italy)

October 3, 2007 2	Liverpool	0–1	Marseille	Liverpool, England
20:45			Valbuena 77'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 41,355 Referee: Konrad Plautz (Austria)

October 24, 2007 3	Marseille	1–1	Porto	Marseille, France
20:45	Niang 70'		Lucho 79' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 46,458 Referee: Manuel Mejuto González (Spain)

November 6, 2007 4	Porto	2–1	Marseille	Porto, Portugal
20:45	Sektioui 27' Lisandro 78'		Niang 47'	Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Attendance: 42,217 Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)

November 28, 2007 5	Beşiktaş	2–1	Marseille	Istanbul, Turkey
20:45	Tello 27' Bobô 88'		Taiwo 65'	Stadium: BJK İnönü Stadium Attendance: 19,448 Referee: Luis Medina Cantalejo (Spain)

December 11, 2007 6	Marseille	0–4	Liverpool	Marseille, France
20:45			Gerrard 4' Torres 11' Kuyt 48' Babel 90+1'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 53,097 Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)

UEFA Cup[]

Knockout phase[]

Round of 32[]

February 13, 2008 First leg	Marseille	3–0	Spartak Moscow	Marseille, France
20:45	Cheyrou 62' Taiwo 68' Niang 79'	Report		Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 31,790 Referee: Pedro Proença (Portugal)

February 21, 2008 Second leg	Spartak Moscow	2–0 (2–3 agg.)	Marseille	Moscow, Russia
17:30	Pavlenko 39' Pavlyuchenko 85'	Report		Stadium: Luzhniki Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Thomas Einwaller (Austria)

Round of 16[]

March 6, 2008 First leg	Marseille	3–1	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Marseille, France
20:45	Cissé 37', 55' Niang 48'	Report	Arshavin 82'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 24,327 Referee: Knut Kircher (Germany)

March 12, 2008 Second leg	Zenit Saint Petersburg	2–0 (3a–3 agg.)	Marseille	Saint Petersburg, Russia
17:30	Pogrebnyak 39', 78'	Report		Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 21,500 Referee: Mike Riley (England)

References[]

^ "Effectif pro". OM.net. Archived from the original on May 13, 2008. Retrieved January 29, 2021.

Sources[]

[1] "Effectif pro". OM.net. Archived from the original on May 13, 2008. Retrieved January 29, 2021.

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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	11	10	58	45	+13	62	11	3	5	34	21	+13	6	8	5	24	24	0

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	11	10	58	45	+13	62	11	3	5	34	21	+13	6	8	5	24	24	0

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	11	10	58	45	+13	62	11	3	5	34	21	+13	6	8	5	24	24	0