2008–09 Olympique de Marseille season

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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)

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

Season summary[]

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[]

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

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

Competitions[]

Ligue 1[]

Main article: 2008–09 Ligue 1

League table[]

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) 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 22 11 5 67 35  +32 77 10 5 4 35 22  +13 12 6 1 32 13  +19

Source: LFP.fr

Results by match[]

Match1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAH
ResultDWWWDDDWWLDWWLDDWDLWWLWWDWDWWWWWWDWLWW
Position92112233224222332254344333322211111222
Source: LFP.fr
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[]

  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:
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:
23 August 2008 3 Le Havre 0–1 Marseille Le Havre
19:00 Report Zenden 56'
Zubar Red card 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:
4 October 2008 8 Marseille 2–1 Caen Marseille
19:00 Ben Arfa 2'
Niang 60'
Ziani Red card 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:
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:
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:
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:
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 Red card 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:
1 March 2009 26 Caen 0–1 Marseille Caen
17:00 Report Brandão 67' Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano
Attendance: 20,775
Referee:
7 March 2009 27 Marseille 0–0 Valenciennes Marseille
19:00 Report Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 48,746
Referee:
15 March 2009 28 Paris Saint-Germain 1–3 Marseille Paris
21:00 Giuly 43'
Camara Red card 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:
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:
19 April 2009 32 Lorient 1–2 Marseille Lorient
17:00 Gameiro 8'
Le Lan Red card 89'		 Report Civelli 59'
Brandão 80'
Cana Red card 89'		 Stadium: Stade du Moustoir
Attendance: 13,093
Referee:
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[]

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:
Penalties
Lamy soccer ball with check mark
Bourillon soccer ball with check mark
soccer ball with check mark
soccer ball with red X
Rangdet soccer ball with red X		 soccer ball with check mark Taiwo
soccer ball with check mark Bonnart
soccer ball with check mark Ziani
soccer ball with check mark Koné
soccer ball with check mark Cheyrou
28 January 2009 Round of 32 Lyon 1–0 Marseille Lyon
20:45 Benzema 2'
Keïta Red card 64'		 Report Stadium: Stade de Gerland
Attendance: 28,304
Referee: Laurent Duhamel

Coupe de la Ligue[]

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:

Champions League[]

See also: 2008–09 UEFA Champions League

Third qualifying round[]

13 August 2008 First leg Brann Norway 0–1 France 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 France 2–1
(3–1 agg.)		 Norway Brann Marseille, France
20:45 CET Niang 65', 90' Report Sigurðsson 74' Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 44,641
Referee: Eric Braamhaar (Netherlands)

Group C[]

Main article: 2008–09 UEFA Champions League group stage § Group D
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 England Liverpool 6 4 2 0 11 5 +6 14 Advance to knockout phase
2 Spain Atlético Madrid 6 3 3 0 9 4 +5 12
3 France Marseille 6 1 1 4 5 7 −2 4 Transfer to UEFA Cup
4 Netherlands PSV 6 1 0 5 5 14 −9 3
Source: RSSSF
16 September 2008 1 Marseille France 1–2 England 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 Spain 2–1 France 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 Netherlands 2–0 France Marseille Eindhoven, Netherlands
20:45 Koevermans 71', 85' Report Stadium: Philips Stadion
Attendance: 29,000
Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)
4 November 2008 4 Marseille France 3–0 Netherlands 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 England 1–0 France Marseille Liverpool, England
20:45 Gerrard 23' Report Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 40,024
Referee: Olegário Benquerença (Portugal)
9 December 2008 6 Marseille France 0–0 Spain Atlético Madrid Marseille, France
20:45 Report Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 49,663
Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)

UEFA Cup[]

See also: 2008–09 UEFA Cup

Round of 32[]

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

Round of 16[]

12 March 2009 First leg Marseille France 2–1 Netherlands 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 Netherlands 2–2 (a.e.t.)
(3–4 agg.)		 France 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[]

9 April 2009 First leg Shakhtar Donetsk Ukraine 2–0 France 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 France 1–2
(1–4 agg.)		 Ukraine 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[]

Notes[]

  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[]

  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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