Marseille 2011–12 football season
The 2011–12 season of Olympique de Marseille (OM) was the club's 62nd season in the Ligue 1 . They participated in five competitions Ligue 1 , UEFA Champions League , Coupe de France , Coupe de la Ligue and the Trophée des Champions , winning the last two.
Key Events [ ]
21 May 2011: After months of speculation, Taye Taiwo joined Milan on a free transfer .
19 June 2011: Left-back Jérémy Morel joined OM from Lorient for a fee of €2.5 million.
29 June 2011: after the loss of Taye Taiwo , OM picked up Nicolas Nkoulou from Monaco for a reported €3.5 million.
4 July 2011: Defensive midfielder Alou Diarra joined for an undisclosed fee from Bordeaux . Diarra put pen to paper on a three-year deal.
21 July 2011: Argentine International left-back Gabriel Heinze left for Serie A club Roma . Roma picked up Heinze on a free transfer and signed him to a what is believed to be a one-year contract.
27 July 2011: In what turned out to be a nine-goal thriller, Marseille beat out competition Lille to win the 2011 Trophée des Champions 5–4. The game ended with two very late penalties converted by André Ayew . This is now the second year in a row that Marseille have won the Trophy.
Players [ ]
First team squad [ ]
As of 30 January 2012. [1]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Squad statistics [ ]
Appearances (subbed on), goals (own Goals)
yellow cards (double Yellow cards), red cards
Statistics accurate as of 8 August 2011[2]
Transfers [ ]
In [ ]
Squad #
Position
Player
Transferred From
Date
Fee
Source
Notes
18
MF
Morgan Amalfitano
Lorient
9 June 2011
Free
[3]
15
DF
Jérémy Morel
Lorient
19 June 2011
€2.5 million
[4]
3
DF
Nicolas Nkoulou
Monaco
29 June 2011
€3.5 million
[5]
4
MF
Alou Diarra
Bordeaux
4 July 2011
Undisclosed
[6]
1
GK
Gennaro Bracigliano
Nancy
5 July 2011
Free
[7]
Out [ ]
Squad #
Position
Player
Transferred To
Date
Fee
Source
Notes
3
DF
Taye Taiwo
Milan
21 May 2011
Free
[8]
5
DF
Hilton
Montpellier
2 August 2011
Free
[9]
20
DF
Charley Fomen
Clermont
4 August 2011
Free
[10]
18
MF
Fabrice Abriel
Nice
4 August 2011
Free
[11]
19
DF
Gabriel Heinze
Roma
21 July 2011
Free
[12]
Loan In [ ]
Squad #
Position
Player
Loan From
Date
Source
Notes
Loan out [ ]
Competitions [ ]
Pre-season and friendlies [ ]
Last updated: 11 August 2011
Source: soccervista
Marseille v Real Betis
Marseille v Udinese
Manchester United XI v Marseille
Trophée des Champions [ ]
Last updated:11 August 2011
Source:Scoresway
Ligue 1 [ ]
League table [ ]
Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
8
Toulouse
38
15
11
12
37
34
+3
56
9
Evian
38
13
11
14
54
55
−1
50
10
Marseille
38
12
12
14
45
41
+4
48
Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round [a]
11
Nancy
38
11
12
15
38
48
−10
45
12
Valenciennes
38
12
7
19
40
50
−10
43
Source:
Ligue 1 Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
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
12
12
14
45
41
+4
48
8
7
4
26
15
+11
4
5
10
19
26
−7
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 H A H A H A H A H A H A H A H A H A H A H A H A H A H A H A H H A A H A H A Result D D D L L L W D D D W W W L W W D W W W W D L D L L L L D L L D L L W D W L Position 8 9 12 16 17 20 15 13 13 15 12 9 8 10 9 7 8 8 6 6 5 5 7 5 8 8 8 9 9 9 9 10 10 11 10 10 10 10
Matches [ ]
Last updated: 15 August 2011 Source: Olympique de Marseille Note: Ligue 1 fixtures not posted due to copyright
Marseille v Stade Rennais
Marseille v Paris Saint-Germain
Rennes v Marseille
29 January 2012 21 Rennes 1–2 Marseille show Rennes 21:00
Doumbia 15' , 59' Montaño 51' Apam 84'
Summary
Apam 45' (o.g. ) Diarra 68' Cheyrou 77'
Stadium: Stade de la Route de Lorient Attendance: 28,802 Referee: Alexandre Castro
Evian v Marseille
6 March 2012 23 Evian 2–0 Marseille show Annecy 18:30
Leroy 15' , 16' Wass 75'
Summary
Nkoulou 50'
Stadium: Parc des Sports Attendance: 14,920 Referee: Philippe Kalt
Paris Saint-Germain v Marseille
8 April 2012 30 Paris Saint-Germain 2–1 Marseille show Paris20:00
Ménez 6' Sissoko 11' 85' Alex 61' Biševac 84'
Report
Valbuena 12' A. Ayew 60' Brandão 84'
Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 46,252 Referee: Antony Gautier
Coupe de France [ ]
Coupe de la Ligue [ ]
Lyon v Marseille
14 April 2012 Final Lyon 0–1 (a.e.t. ) Marseille show Paris20:00
Briand 25' Lovren 55' 119' Gomis 92' Lacazette 120+1'
Report
Diarra 16' Mbia 51' Rémy 93' Brandão 105' Nkoulou 119'
Stadium: Stade de France Attendance: 78,877 Referee: Stephane Lannoy
UEFA Champions League [ ]
Group stage [ ]
Olympique de Marseille playing against
Arsenal .
Group F
Team
Arsenal
6
3
2
1
7
6
+1
11
Marseille
6
3
1
2
7
4
+3
10
Olympiacos
6
3
0
3
8
6
+2
9
Borussia Dortmund
6
1
1
4
6
12
−6
4
Marseille v Borussia Dortmund
Marseille v Arsenal
Arsenal v Marseille
1 November 2011 4 Arsenal 0–0 Marseille show London, England20:45 GMT
Rosický 85'
Report
Diarra 40'
Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 59,961 Referee: Paolo Tagliavento (Italy )
Borussia Dortmund v Marseille
6 December 2011 6 Borussia Dortmund 2–3 Marseille show Dortmund , Germany20:45 GMT
Błaszczykowski 23' Hummels 32' (pen. ) Santana 68'
Report
Mbia 29' Amalfitano 44' Rémy 45+4' A. Ayew 73' , 85' Diarra 75' Valbuena 82' , 87'
Stadium: Signal Iduna Park Attendance: 65,000 Referee: Howard Webb (England )
Knockout phase [ ]
Round of 16 [ ]
Marseille v Internazionale
Internazionale v Marseille
Quarter-finals [ ]
Marseille v Bayern Munich
Bayern Munich v Marseille
Olympique de Marseille Reserves [ ]
Reserve squad [ ]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
See also [ ]
References [ ]
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