Marseille

2009–10 season
Chairman	Jean-Claude Dassier
Manager	Didier Deschamps
Ligue 1	1st
Coupe de France	Round of 32
Coupe de la Ligue	Winners
UEFA Champions League	Group stage (3rd)
UEFA Europa League	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Mamadou Niang (18) All: Mamadou Niang (22)
Highest home attendance	56,282 (3 November vs Zürich, UEFA Champions League)
Lowest home attendance	19,217 (27 January vs Lille, Coupe de la Ligue)
Average home league attendance	48,892 (Ligue 1)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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The 2009–10 season of Olympique de Marseille (OM) had the club being involved in five competitions: the Ligue 1, the Coupe de France, the Coupe de la Ligue, the UEFA Champions League, and the UEFA Europa League. They won the Ligue 1 for the first time in 18 years. They also won the Coupe de la Ligue. In the UEFA Champions League, they were eliminated in the group stage. They finished third and were given a place in the UEFA Europa League knockout stages. They were eliminated in the round of 16 by Benfica.

Club

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Coach	Didier Deschamps
Assistant coach	Guy Stéphan
Goalkeeping coach	Laurent Spinosi
Fitness coach	Christophe Manouvrier
Club doctor	Christophe Baudot
Chief scout	Jean-Philippe Durand

Kit

This new season Adidas introduced Marseille's new kits, and these new ones are very different from last season, except the home kit, the colours of Marseille still stay white and sky blue. The away kit is an impressive kit with it being sky blue and has shades of black. The third kit was so far used in European competitions only. This kit is a full black kit but still has a little sky blue. In all of Marseille's kits there is one their main colour sky blue one.

Home

Away

Third

RLD

Supplier : Adidas

Sponsor : Direct Energie

Other information

Chairman	Jean-Claude Dassier
Ground (capacity and dimensions)	Stade Vélodrome (60,013 / {{{d}}})

Updated to match played 8 February 2009
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Squad

The professional staff of the 2009–10 season, led by Deschamps and his assistant Guy Stéphan, has eight home-grown players. 13 are international players in the team, including two France team members. The goalkeeping coach is Laurent Spinosi, who has four players under his wing, including Steve Mandanda, one of the current choices of the France national team. Taye Taiwo and Mamadou Niang are the longest tenured OM players, with 193 and 179 games played, respectively, as of 25 June 2009.

First-team squad

Updated 15 May 2010. ^[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 Rudy Riou 3 DF   NGA Taye Taiwo 4 DF   FRA Julien Rodriguez 5 DF   BRA Hilton 6 MF   FRA Édouard Cissé 7 MF   FRA Benoît Cheyrou 8 MF   ARG Lucho González 9 FW   BRA Brandão 10 MF   FRA Hatem Ben Arfa 11 FW   SEN Mamadou Niang ( captain) 12 MF   BFA Charles Kaboré 14 FW   CIV Bakari Koné 15 MF   GHA Jordan Ayew 17 MF   CMR Stéphane Mbia

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 MF   FRA Fabrice Abriel 19 DF   ARG Gabriel Heinze 20 DF   CMR Charley Roussel Fomen 21 DF   SEN Souleymane Diawara 22 DF   FRA Cyril Rool 23 FW   ESP Fernando Morientes 24 DF   FRA Laurent Bonnart 27 DF   SEN Pape M'Bow 28 MF   FRA Mathieu Valbuena 30 GK   FRA Steve Mandanda 31 FW   FRA Guy Gnabouyou 32 FW   GAB Alexander N'Doumbou 34 MF   FRA Kevin Osei 40 GK   BRA Elinton Andrade

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 13 DF   SEN Leyti N'Diaye (at Ajaccio until end of the 2009–10 season) 26 DF   FRA Jean-Philippe Sabo (at Ajaccio until end of the 2009–10 season) – FW   MLI Mamadou Samassa (at Valenciennes until end of the 2009–10 season) – FW   GHA André Ayew (at Arles-Avignon until end of the 2009–10 season) – FW   FRA Mohamed Amine Dennoun (at Amiens until end of the 2009–10 season) – DF   FRA Cédric D'Ulivo (at Cassis Carnoux until end of the 2009–10 season) 2 DF   FRA Garry Bocaly (at Montpellier until end of the 2009–10 season)

Reserve squad

Updated 8 February 2010. ^[2]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK   FRA Johan Crespin — GK   FRA Samir Kouakbi — DF   FRA Sébastien Bregand — DF   FRA Bradley Diallo — DF   FRA Sébastien Fischetti — DF   FRA Raphaël Lopes — DF   TOG Sénah Mango — MF   FRA Samir Abbes — MF   FRA Landing Bodian

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF   FRA Olivier Cano — MF   FRA Alexander N'Doumbou — MF   FRA Ahmed Nouri — MF   FRA Thomas Pechart — MF   FRA Emmanuel Schianchi — FW   FRA Jordan Ayew — FW   FRA Nicolas Crus — FW   FRA Cédric Hachani — FW   CRO Niko Maričić

Statistics

Overall

Last updated on 15 May 2010

Games played	54 (38 Ligue 1, 6 UEFA Champions League, 4 UEFA Europa League, 4 Coupe de la Ligue, 2 Coupe de France)
Games won	32 (23 Ligue 1, 2 UEFA Champions League, 2 UEFA Europa League, 4 Coupe de la Ligue, 1 Coupe de France)
Games drawn	11 (9 Ligue 1, 1 UEFA Champions League, 1 UEFA Europa League)
Games lost	11 (6 Ligue 1, 3 UEFA Champions League, 1 UEFA Europa League, 1 Coupe de France)
Goals scored	100 (69 Ligue 1, 10 UEFA Champions League, 8 UEFA Europa League, 10 Coupe de la Ligue, 3 Coupe de France)
Goals conceded	59 (36 Ligue 1, 10 UEFA Champions League, 5 UEFA Europa League, 5 Coupe de la Ligue, 3 Coupe de France)
Yellow cards	92 (64 Ligue 1, 12 UEFA Champions League, 8 UEFA Europa League, 7 Coupe de la Ligue, 1 Coupe de France)
Red cards	5 (2 Ligue 1, 2 UEFA Champions League, 1 UEFA Europa League)
Best result	6–1 (H) v FC Zürich - UEFA Champions League - 3 November 2009
Worst result	0–3 (A) v Real Madrid - UEFA Champions League - 30 September 2009
Most appearances	Diawara and Mandanda (50 matches)
Top scorer	Niang (22 goals)

Squad stats

The list is sorted by position and total appearances.

Last updated on 15 May 2010.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Ligue 1		Champions League & Europa League		Coupe de la Ligue		Coupe de France
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
30	GK	FRA	Steve Mandanda	50	0	36	0	10	0	2	0	2	0
40	GK	BRA	Elinton Andrade	6	0	2+1	0	0	0	2+1	0	0	0
Defenders
21	DF	SEN	Souleymane Diawara	50	5	36	4	9	0	4	1	1	0
24	DF	FRA	Laurent Bonnart	44	0	30+1	0	8	0	4	0	1	0
3	DF	NGA	Taye Taiwo	38	3	25+3	3	8	0	1	0	1	0
21	DF	CMR	Stéphane Mbia	37	2	26+1	2	7	0	2	0	1	0
19	DF	ARG	Gabriel Heinze	36	6	26+1	4	6+1	2	1+1	0	0	0
5	DF	BRA	Hilton	20	2	9+3	1	3	1	2+1	0	2	0
27	DF	SEN	Pape M'Bow	8	0	0+3	0	0+1	0	0+2	0	1+1	0
4	DF	FRA	Julien Rodriguez	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
18	MF	FRA	Fabrice Abriel	47	2	18+14	1	7+2	1	2+2	0	2	0
7	MF	FRA	Benoît Cheyrou	46	8	27+5	5	10	1	2	0	2	2
6	MF	FRA	Édouard Cissé	45	1	27+5	1	7+1	0	4	0	1	0
8	MF	ARG	Lucho González	44	8	28+4	5	8	2	4	1	0	0
28	MF	FRA	Mathieu Valbuena	43	7	19+12	5	2+4	0	2+2	2	1+1	0
12	MF	BFA	Charles Kaboré	35	2	17+8	1	2+4	1	3	0	1	0
22	MF	BRA	Cyril Rool	2	0	1+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	MF	GAB	Alexander N'Doumbou	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+2	0
Forwards
11	FW	SEN	Mamadou Niang	46	22	29+3	18	9	3	3+1	1	1	0
9	FW	BRA	Brandão	43	13	27+3	8	7+1	1	3	4	1+1	0
10	FW	FRA	Hatem Ben Arfa	41	7	17+12	3	1+6	3	3+1	0	1	1
14	FW	CIV	Bakari Koné	36	6	11+16	4	3+4	2	0+1	0	1	0
23	FW	ESP	Fernando Morientes	19	1	4+8	1	2+3	0	0	0	1+1	0
15	FW	GHA	Jordan Ayew	4	1	0+4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Player(s) who left the club after the start of the season:
2	DF	FRA	Garry Bocaly	6	0	3+1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0

Friendlies

Pre-season friendlies

Marseille started their season with six pre-season friendlies; they won four, drew one, and lost one. During these friendlies, they scored eight goals and only conceded four. Mamadou Niang, Brandão, Hatem Ben Arfa, and Stéphane Mbia each scored a goal while Bakari Koné and Taye Taiwo scored two goals each.

Other friendlies

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Ligue 1	4th	—	1st	8 August 2009	15 May 2010
Coupe de France	Round of 64	—	Round of 32	10 January 2010	10 February 2010
Coupe de la Ligue	Round of 16	—	Winner	13 January 2010	27 March 2010
UEFA Champions League	Group stage	—	Group stage	15 September 2009	8 December 2009
UEFA Europa League	Round of 32	—	Round of 16	18 February 2010	18 March 2010

Updated to match played 5 Apr
Source: Competitions

Ligue 1

Marseille started their Ligue 1 campaign with an impressive 2–0 victory and continued through a very fine form usually never being below 6th so they did have some very hard times, dropping points and losing or drawing important games but soon after they were flying high and now after 30 games, l'OM tops the Ligue 1 with a game in hand. Now that it has reached the firing line in the league, Marseille are in the lead but there are many challengers for the Ligue 1 with only 3 points splitting the top five teams.

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Marseille (C)	38	23	9	6	69	36	+33	78	Qualification to Champions League group stage
2	Lyon	38	20	12	6	64	38	+26	72
3	Auxerre	38	20	11	7	42	29	+13	71	Qualification to Champions League play-off round
4	Lille	38	21	7	10	72	40	+32	70	Qualification to Europa League play-off round [a]
5	Montpellier	38	20	9	9	50	40	+10	69	Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round [b]

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	23	9	6	69	36	+33	78	14	3	2	37	14	+23	9	6	4	32	22	+10

Results by round

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

Coupe de France

Marseille entered the Coupe de France in the round of 64 some other Ligue 1 sides. They won their first game against Trélissac thanks to Ben Arfa and Cheyrou. Marseille's next game in the Coupe de France is against Lens a team that they lost to in 2009–10 Ligue 1. l'OM lost the round of 32 clash being knockout at the same round last season when they lost to Lyon but this time it was against Lens.

Coupe de la Ligue

Marseille started their Coupe de la Ligue campaign in the round of 16 where they came up against a team that they drew with in Ligue 1 but instead they were focused this time and determined to stay in this competition so they beat Saint-Étienne at the very last moment with a Niang goal in the 90+4-minute. In the quarter-finals Marseille beat Lille then Toulouse FC after extra time in the semi-finals. For the final, l'OM will play against the winner of the match FC Lorient– Girondins de Bordeaux.

UEFA Champions League

Marseille were put into pot three in group C with two big football giants Real Madrid and Milan. Marseille started off poorly, losing their opening game at home to Milan. In their next game, Marseille also lost by a large margin, 3–0 to Real Madrid. Marseille had to win games if they are to stay in the Champions league and they did just that, winning against Swiss champions Zürich in both of their away and home matches. Marseille still continued their fine form but failed to get three points away at Italy. They could only earn one point, meaning that they must win their next clash against Real Madrid or else they are in the Europa League and also hope that Milan lose to Zürich, but it was not to be; Marseille lost 3–1 to Madrid, meaning that they will go into the Europa League as a seeded team.

Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Real Madrid	6	4	1	1	15	7	+8	13	Advance to knockout phase
2	Milan	6	2	3	1	8	7	+1	9
3	Marseille	6	2	1	3	10	10	0	7	Transfer to Europa League
4	Zürich	6	1	1	4	5	14	−9	4

UEFA Europa League

Because of Marseille's third-place finish at the 2009–10 UEFA Champions League, they were relegated to the Europa League along with other third-place finishers. The draw for the Europa League was made on 18 December 2009, and Marseille went up against Danish champions Copenhagen. Marseille easily went past the Danish champions in the Europa league, but then they had a very hard task ahead of them coming up against the 2008–09 Primeira Liga third-place finishers Benfica. After their double 3–1 wins, Marseille were favourites to progress to the quarter-finals.

Round of 32

Round of 16

National selection

The table shows the players selected to participate in National football matches for their countries. There were many International football competitions this season such as the 2010 FIFA World cup qualifications and other things such as the 2010 African Cup of Nations as well as international friendlies. Marseille have players who are often chosen to represent their countries in international football competitions and there are many who were chosen to represent their country in those competitions above.

	Number	Nation	Name	Nationality	Selections	Goals
	11		Mamadou Niang	Senegal	2	2
	3		Taye Taiwo	Nigeria	3	0

Honours

Team

Ligue 1

• Winners

Coupe de la Ligue

• Winners

Individuals

Name	Number	Country	Award
Benoît Cheyrou	7	France	2009–10 Ligue 1 Team of the Year
Lucho González	8	Argentina	2009–10 Ligue 1 top passer
			UNFP Player of the Month (February 2010)
Mamadou Niang	9	Senegal	2009–10 Ligue 1 top goalscorer
			2009 Senegalese Player of the Year
			2009–10 Ligue 1 Team of the Year
			2009–10 Ligue 1 Goal of the Year
Hatem Ben Arfa	10	France	UNFP Player of the Month (February 2010)
Fabrice Abriel	18	France	UNFP Player of the Month (November 2009)
Souleymane Diawara	21	Senegal	2009–10 Ligue 1 Team of the Year

References