2021–22 Olympique de Marseille season

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Olympique de Marseille
2021–22 season
PresidentPablo Longoria
Head coachJorge Sampaoli
StadiumStade Vélodrome
Ligue 13rd
Coupe de FranceRound of 32
UEFA Europa LeagueGroup stage
UEFA Europa Conference LeagueKnockout round play-offs
Top goalscorerLeague:
Dimitri Payet (6)

All:
Dimitri Payet (7)
Highest home attendance65,121 vs Paris Saint-Germain
Lowest home attendance50,000 vs Bordeaux
Biggest winMarseille 4–1 Lorient
Biggest defeatLille 2–0 Marseille
Galatasaray 4–2 Marseille
2022–23 →
All statistics correct as of 12 December 2021.

The 2021–22 season is the 116th season in the existence of Olympique de Marseille and the club's 26th consecutive season in the top flight of French football. In addition to the domestic league, Marseille are participating in this season's editions of the Coupe de France, the UEFA Europa League and the UEFA Europa Conference League.

Players[]

First-team squad[]

As of 2 September 2021[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 Cameroon CMR Simon Ngapandouetnbu
2 DF France FRA William Saliba (on loan from Arsenal)
3 DF Spain ESP Álvaro González (3rd captain)
4 MF France FRA Boubacar Kamara (4th captain)
5 DF Argentina ARG Leonardo Balerdi
6 MF France FRA Matteo Guendouzi (on loan from Arsenal)
7 MF Morocco MAR Amine Harit (on loan from Schalke 04)
8 MF Brazil BRA Gerson
9 FW Poland POL Arkadiusz Milik
10 FW France FRA Dimitri Payet (vice-captain)
11 FW Brazil BRA Luis Henrique
12 FW Senegal SEN Bamba Dieng
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 DF Brazil BRA Luan Peres
15 DF Croatia CRO Duje Ćaleta-Car
16 GK Spain ESP Pau López (on loan from Roma)
17 MF Turkey TUR Cengiz Ünder (on loan from Roma)
20 FW United States USA Konrad de la Fuente
21 MF France FRA Valentin Rongier
22 MF Senegal SEN Pape Gueye
23 DF France FRA Jordan Amavi
26 MF Morocco MAR Oussama Targhalline
29 DF Spain ESP Pol Lirola
30 GK France FRA Steve Mandanda (captain)
32 FW France FRA Salim Ben Seghir

Out on loan[]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
DF France FRA Lucas Perrin (on loan to Strasbourg)
DF France FRA Richecard Richard (on loan to Créteil)
MF France FRA Nassim Ahmed (on loan to Sète)
MF France FRA Alexandre Phliponeau (on loan to Sète)
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF Netherlands NED Kevin Strootman (on loan to Cagliari)
MF Serbia SRB Nemanja Radonjić (on loan to Benfica)
FW Argentina ARG Darío Benedetto (on loan to Elche)
FW Spain ESP Pedro Ruiz (on loan to NEC)

Transfers[]

In[]

No. Pos Player Transferred from Fee Date Source
32 FW France Salim Ben Seghir France Nice Free 1 July 2021
20 FW United States Konrad de la Fuente Spain Barcelona €3,000,000 1 July 2021 [2]
5 DF Argentina Leonardo Balerdi Germany Borussia Dortmund €11,000,000 3 July 2021 [3]
17 FW Turkey Cengiz Ünder Italy Roma Loan 4 July 2021 [4]
6 MF France Matteo Guendouzi England Arsenal Loan 6 July 2021 [5]
16 GK Spain Pau López Italy Roma Loan 8 July 2021 [6]
8 MF Brazil Gerson Brazil Flamengo €25,000,000 9 July 2021 [7]
14 DF Brazil Luan Peres Brazil Santos €4,500,000 14 July 2021 [8]
2 DF France William Saliba England Arsenal Loan 15 July 2021 [9]
29 DF Spain Pol Lirola Italy Fiorentina €13,000,000 24 August 2021 [10]
7 MF Morocco Amine Harit Germany Schalke 04 Loan 2 September 2021 [11]

Out[]

No. Pos Player Transferred to Fee Date Source
16 GK France Yohann Pelé Free transfer 1 July 2021 [12]
25 DF Japan Yuto Nagatomo [13]
28 FW France Valère Germain [14]
MF France Maxime Lopez Italy Sassuolo €2,000,000 1 July 2021 [15]
2 DF Japan Hiroki Sakai Japan Urawa Red Diamonds €1,500,000 1 July 2021 [16]
MF Netherlands Kevin Strootman Italy Cagliari Loan 3 July 2021 [17]
24 MF Tunisia Saîf-Eddine Khaoui France Clermont Free 14 August 2021 [18]
9 FW Argentina Darío Benedetto Spain Elche Loan 19 August 2021 [19]
7 MF Serbia Nemanja Radonjić Portugal Benfica Loan 22 August 2021 [20]

Pre-season and friendlies[]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

4 July 2021 Friendly Marseille France 3–0 France Martigues Marseille, France
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)
  • Kamara Goal 37'
  • Benedetto Goal 51'
  • Goal 74'
Report Stadium: Robert Louis-Dreyfus Center
Note: Three halves of 30 minutes played.
11 July 2021 Friendly Marseille France 2–1 France Sète Marseille, France
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Robert Louis-Dreyfus Center
Note: Three halves of 30 minutes played.
15 July 2021 Friendly Marseille France 3–1 Switzerland Servette Fos-sur-Mer, France
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
  • Rodelin Goal 77'
Stadium: Stade Parsemain
Attendance: 3,671
21 July 2021 Friendly Braga Portugal 1–1 France Marseille Braga, Portugal
20:00 WEST (UTC+1)
Report
  • Payet Goal 52'
Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga
Attendance: 0
25 July 2021 Friendly Benfica Portugal 1–1 France Marseille Lisbon, Portugal
20:00 WEST (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Estádio da Luz
Attendance: 0
Referee: Luís Godinho
28 July 2021 Friendly Saint-Étienne France 1–2 France Marseille Gueugnon, France
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stade Jean Laville
Attendance: 7,000
31 July 2021 Friendly Marseille France 2–1 Spain Villarreal Marseille, France
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Pierre Gaillouste

Competitions[]

Overall record[]

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Ligue 1 8 August 2021 21 May 2022 Matchday 1 18 9 6 3 26 15 +11 050.00
Coupe de France 19 December 2021 Round of 64 1 1 0 0 4 1 +3 100.00
UEFA Europa League 16 September 2021 9 December 2021 Group stage Group stage 6 1 4 1 6 7 −1 016.67
UEFA Europa Conference League 17 February 2022 Knockout round play-offs 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !
Total 25 11 10 4 36 23 +13 044.00

Last updated: 22 December 2021
Source: Soccerway

Ligue 1[]

League table[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Paris Saint-Germain 19 14 4 1 39 17 +22 46 Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2 Nice 19 10 4 5 29 17 +12 33[a]
3 Marseille 18 9 6 3 26 15 +11 33 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
4 Rennes 19 9 4 6 34 18 +16 31 Qualification for the Europa League group stage
5 Montpellier 19 9 4 6 33 24 +9 31 Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-off round
Updated to match(es) played on 22 December 2021. Source: Ligue 1
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Fairplay ranking.[22]
Notes:
  1. ^ Nice were deducted one point for uncontrolled crowd trouble that caused the abandonment of their match against Marseille. They may be deducted an additional point if this trouble occurs again.[21]

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
18 9 6 3 26 15  +11 33 4 4 2 16 10  +6 5 2 1 10 5  +5

Last updated: 22 December 2021.
Source: Ligue 1

Results by round[]

Round1234567891011121314151617181920
GroundAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA
ResultWDDWWWDLLWDWDPWWLWD
Position3674322353434542323
Updated to match(es) played on 22 December 2021. Source: Ligue 1
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[]

The league fixtures were announced on 25 June 2021.[23][24]

8 August 2021 1 Montpellier 2–3 Marseille Montpellier
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stade de la Mosson
Attendance: 13,459
Referee: Jérémie Pignard
15 August 2021 2 Marseille 2–2 Bordeaux Marseille
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Ruddy Buquet
28 August 2021 4 Marseille 3–1 Saint-Étienne Marseille
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 55,039
Referee: Benoît Millot
11 September 2021 5 Monaco 0–2 Marseille Monaco
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stade Louis II
Attendance: 8,615
Referee: Stéphanie Frappart
19 September 2021 6 Marseille 2–0 Rennes Marseille
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 54,188
Referee: Willy Delajod
22 September 2021 7 Angers 0–0 Marseille Angers
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stade Raymond Kopa
Attendance: 12,458
Referee: Ruddy Buquet
26 September 2021 8 Marseille 2–3 Lens Marseille
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)
  • Gueye Yellow card 6'
  • Guendouzi Yellow card 7'
  • Payet Goal 33', 45+3' (pen.)
Report
Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 50,001
Referee: Mikael Lesage
3 October 2021 9 Lille 2–0 Marseille Villeneuve-d'Ascq
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy
Attendance: 44,839
Referee: Jérémie Pignard
17 October 2021 10 Marseille 4–1 Lorient Marseille
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 57,349
Referee: Antony Gautier
24 October 2021 11 Marseille 0–0 Paris Saint-Germain Marseille
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
  • Hakimi Red card 57'
  • Pereira Yellow card 85'
  • Marquinhos Yellow card 85'
Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 65,121
Referee: Benoît Bastien
27 October 2021 3 Nice 1–1 Marseille Troyes
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stade de l'Aube
Attendance: 0
Referee: Clément Turpin
Note: The match was originally played on 22 August 2021 at the Allianz Riviera, but was abandoned after 74 minutes, with Nice leading 1–0, due to crowd disturbances caused by Nice fans. Nice were thus deducted one point and a replay was rescheduled for 27 October, to be played at a neutral venue behind closed doors.[25][26]
31 October 2021 12 Clermont 0–1 Marseille Clermont-Ferrand
20:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stade Gabriel Montpied
Attendance: 12,240
Referee: Benoît Millot
7 November 2021 13 Marseille 0–0 Metz Marseille
13:00 CET (UTC+1) Report
Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 61,539
Referee: Jérôme Brisard
28 November 2021 15 Marseille 1–0 Troyes Marseille
20:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Referee: Jérémie Pignard
1 December 2021 16 Nantes 0–1 Marseille Nantes
21:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire
Attendance: 34,018
Referee: Eric Wattellier
4 December 2021 17 Marseille 1–2 Brest Marseille
17:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 54,413
Referee: Antony Gautier
12 December 2021 18 Strasbourg 0–2 Marseille Strasbourg
17:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stade de la Meinau
Attendance: 26,028
Referee: Mikael Lesage
22 December 2021 19 Marseille 1–1 Reims Marseille
21:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 55,908
Referee: François Letexier
9 January 2022 20 Bordeaux v Marseille Bordeaux
--:-- CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Matmut Atlantique
6 February 2022 23 Marseille v Angers Marseille
--:-- CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
13 March 2022 28 Brest v Marseille Brest
--:-- CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stade Francis-Le Blé
17 April 2022 32 Paris Saint-Germain v Marseille Paris
--:-- CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Parc des Princes
1 May 2022 35 Marseille v Lyon Marseille
--:-- CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
TBD 14 Lyon v Marseille TBD
--:-- CET (UTC+1)
Note: The match was originally played on 21 November 2021 at the Groupama Stadium, but was abandoned after five minutes, with the score at 0–0, due to Dimitri Payet being hit by a bottle.[27]

Coupe de France[]

19 December 2021 Round of 64 Marseille 4–1 Cannet-Rocheville Marseille[a]
13:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
  • Core Goal 16'
Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Referee: Johan Hamel
2 January 2022 Round of 32 Chauvigny v Marseille Limoges[29]
21:00 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stade Municipal de Beaublanc

UEFA Europa League[]

Group stage[]

The draw for the group stage was held on 27 August 2021.[30]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification GAL LAZ MAR LOK
1 Turkey Galatasaray 6 3 3 0 7 3 +4 12 Advance to round of 16 1–0 4–2 1–1
2 Italy Lazio 6 2 3 1 7 3 +4 9 Advance to knockout round play-offs 0–0 0–0 2–0
3 France Marseille 6 1 4 1 6 7 −1 7 Transfer to Europa Conference League 0–0 2–2 1–0
4 Russia Lokomotiv Moscow 6 0 2 4 2 9 −7 2 0–1 0–3 1–1
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
16 September 2021 1 Lokomotiv Moscow Russia 1–1 France Marseille Moscow, Russia
20:45 MSK (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: RZD Arena
Attendance: 8,100
Referee: Irfan Peljto (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
30 September 2021 2 Marseille France 0–0 Turkey Galatasaray Marseille, France
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 49,870
Referee: Paweł Raczkowski (Poland)
21 October 2021 3 Lazio Italy 0–0 France Marseille Rome, Italy
18:45 CEST (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 8,329
Referee: Deniz Aytekin (Germany)
4 November 2021 4 Marseille France 2–2 Italy Lazio Marseille, France
21:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
  • Acerbi Yellow card 32'
  • Pedro Yellow card 36'
  • Immobile Yellow card 44', Goal 49'
  • Felipe Anderson Goal 45+7', Yellow card 70'
Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 59,163
Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez (Spain)
25 November 2021 5 Galatasaray Turkey 4–2 France Marseille Istanbul, Turkey
20:45 TRT (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Nef Stadium
Attendance: 39,758
Referee: Tobias Stieler (Germany)
9 December 2021 6 Marseille France 1–0 Russia Lokomotiv Moscow Marseille, France
21:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 42,614
Referee: Willie Collum (Scotland)

UEFA Europa Conference League[]

Knockout phase[]

Knockout round play-offs[]

The draw for the knockout round play-offs was held on 13 December 2021.[31]

17 February 2022 First leg Marseille France v Azerbaijan Qarabağ Marseille, France
21:00 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
24 February 2022 Second leg Qarabağ Azerbaijan v France Marseille Baku, Azerbaijan
18:45 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Baku Olympic Stadium

Statistics[]

Appearances and goals[]

No. Pos Nat Player Total Ligue 1 Coupe de France UEFA Europa League
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 GK Cameroon CMR Simon Ngapandouetnbu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 GK Spain ESP Pau López 19 0 14 0 0 0 5 0
30 GK France FRA Steve Mandanda 6 0 4 0 1 0 1 0
Defenders
2 DF France FRA William Saliba 23 0 17 0 0 0 6 0
3 DF Spain ESP Álvaro 9 0 5+1 0 1 0 2 0
5 DF Argentina ARG Leonardo Balerdi 14 0 8+3 0 1 0 1+1 0
14 DF Brazil BRA Luan Peres 24 0 16+2 0 0 0 6 0
15 DF Croatia CRO Duje Ćaleta-Car 11 1 8 1 0 0 3 0
23 DF France FRA Jordan Amavi 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 0
29 DF Spain ESP Pol Lirola 22 1 10+5 1 1 0 4+2 0
Midfielders
4 MF France FRA Boubacar Kamara 20 1 12+3 1 0 0 4+1 0
6 MF France FRA Matteo Guendouzi 25 2 16+2 2 1 0 6 0
7 MF Morocco MAR Amine Harit 12 1 4+4 1 1 0 2+1 0
8 MF Brazil BRA Gerson 22 3 12+5 3 0+1 0 3+1 0
17 MF Turkey TUR Cengiz Ünder 19 5 11+3 4 0 0 5 1
21 MF France FRA Valentin Rongier 19 0 12+2 0 0+1 0 4 0
22 MF Senegal SEN Pape Gueye 22 0 7+8 0 1 0 3+3 0
34 MF France FRA Paolo Sciortino 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Forwards
9 FW Poland POL Arkadiusz Milik 16 8 6+4 1 1 3 4+1 4
10 FW France FRA Dimitri Payet 20 8 14+1 7 1 0 3+1 1
11 FW Brazil BRA Luis Henrique 15 1 4+8 0 0+1 1 0+2 0
12 FW Senegal SEN Bamba Dieng 20 4 7+7 4 0+1 0 3+2 0
20 FW United States USA Konrad de la Fuente 20 0 9+6 0 1 0 1+3 0
32 FW France FRA Salim Ben Seghir 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Players transferred out during the season
7 FW Serbia SRB Nemanja Radonjić 4 0 0+1 0 0 0 2+1 0
9 FW Argentina ARG Darío Benedetto 2 0 0+2 0 0 0 0 0

Last updated: 22 December 2021
Source: Competitions

Goalscorers[]

As of 11 September 2021
Rank No. Pos. Nat. Name Ligue 1 Coupe de France Europa League Total
1 10 FW France Dimitri Payet 3 0 0 3
17 FW Turkey Cengiz Ünder 3 0 0 3
3 12 FW Senegal Bamba Dieng 2 0 0 2
4 6 MF France Matteo Guendouzi 1 0 0 1
8 MF Brazil Gerson 1 0 0 1
Totals 10 0 0 10

Notes[]

  1. ^ Tie reversed after ES Cannet Rocheville were unable to provide a stadium. Requests to play in Cannes were rejected due to security concerns.[28]

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