The 2010–11 season of Olympique de Marseille (OM) has the club being involved in four competitions: the Ligue 1, the Coupe de France, the League Cup, and the UEFA Champions League. l'OM will be trying to defend their Ligue 1 title after previously placing first in the 2009–10 Ligue 1.
28 July 2010: Marseille win the Trophée des Champions in a penalty shootout against Paris Saint Germain;
7 August 2010: Ligue 1 title holders Marseille suffer an opening day loss to the newly promoted Caen;
4 November 2010: Marseille go into the history books by beating Žilina 7–0 at the Štadión pod DubňominSlovakia, thus achieving the biggest away win in the Champions League.
Club[]
Coaching staff[]
This is Didier Deschamps' second season with Marseille as a coach.
For the 2010–11 season, Adidas introduced Marseille's new kits, much different to last season, save for the home kit. The colours of Marseille remain white and sky blue. The away kit is sky blue and has shades of black. The third kit is for use in European competitions only; it is a black kit which has a sky blue collar outline. All of Marseille's kits embody sky blue, one of their main colours.
Updated to match played 8 February 2009 Source:[citation needed]
Squad[]
First Team[]
As of 5 February 2011.[1]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Marseille starts its 2010–2011 season with a five-game preparation program, spread over July and August, before the start of official competitions. The scheduled match on 24 July against Porto was canceled and replaced by an encounter with Valencia, as well as Catania. On 1 August, there was a tribute to Robert Louis-Dreyfus in a game at the Stade Vélodrome against Valencia. It is also proposed to extend this type of game all year. On 3 September, Marseille have planned to face Ajaccio in the challenge Michael Moretti, won by the Ajaccio at the beginning of the 2008–09 season.
Source: Ligue 1 Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. (C) Champion Notes:
^As 2010–11 Coupe de France winners Lille are qualified for the UEFA Champions League and cup runners-up Paris St. Germain are already ensured of a UEFA Europa League spot via league placement, the play-off round berth reserved for the cup winners was awarded to Sochaux, the fifth-placed team.