2007–08 Olympique de Marseille season

Marseille

2007-08 season
Chairman	Robert Louis-Dreyfus
Manager	Albert Emon Eric Gerets
Ligue 1	3rd
Coupe de France	Round of 16
League Cup	Quarter finals
Champions League	Group stage
UEFA Cup	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	Mamadou Niang (18)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Olympique de Marseille extended their titleless run to 15 years - but had a decent season, where they qualified for the UEFA Champions League for the second year running, and won away from home in the 2007-08 tournament at Anfield against 2007 finalists Liverpool, but a 4-0 defeat at Stade Vélodrome in the last round knocked l'OM out of the tournament. Having sold Franck Ribéry to Bayern Munich for around 30 million euros, the stage was set for Marseille to push the boundaries financially in the coming seasons, with investments in the playing squad long overdue for a club that had been known as a club selling players expensively rather than buying.

Squad

Competitions

Ligue 1

Main article: 2007–08 Ligue 1

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Lyon (C)	38	24	7	7	74	37	+37	79	2008–09 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2	Bordeaux	38	22	9	7	65	38	+27	75
3	Marseille	38	17	11	10	58	45	+13	62	2008–09 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
4	Nancy	38	15	15	8	44	30	+14	60	2008–09 UEFA Cup First round
5	Saint-Étienne	38	16	10	12	47	34	+13	58

Source: French Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(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	17	11	10	58	45	+13	62	11	3	5	34	21	+13	6	8	5	24	24	0

Source: LFP.fr

Results by match

Match	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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	D	L	D	W	L	D	L	L	L	W	L	D	W	W	D	W	D	W	L	W	D	W	W	W	D	W	W	D	L	W	W	W	L	W	L	D	W
Position	14	13	15	14	11	15	16	16	17	18	18	19	19	17	15	16	13	14	11	13	10	11	9	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	4	4	3

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

Matches

Strasbourg v Marseille

4 August 2007 1	Strasbourg	0–0	Marseille

Marseille v Rennes

11 August 2007 2	Marseille	0–0	Rennes

Valenciennes v Marseille

15 August 2007 3	Valenciennes	2–1	Marseille
	Savidan  62, 87'		Ziani  57'

Marseille v Nancy

19 August 2007 4	Marseille	2–2	Nancy
	Niang  22' Cissé  50'		Gavanon  64' (pen.) Hadji  80'

Caen v Marseille

25 August 2007 5	Caen	1–2	Marseille
	Samson  90 + 2'		Rodriguez  43' Niang  54'

Marseille v Nice

29 August 2007 6	Marseille	0–2	Nice
			Hognon  51' Hellebuyck  87'

Paris SG v Marseille

2 September 2007 7	Paris SG	1–1	Marseille
	Luyindula  20'		Cissé  11'

Marseille v Toulouse

15 September 2007 8	Marseille	1–2	Toulouse
	Zubar  90'		Emana  11' Elmander  37'

Auxerre v Marseille

22 September 2007 9	Auxerre	2–0	Marseille
	Niculae  19, 23'

Saint-Étienne v Marseille

6 October 2007 10	Saint-Étienne	1–0	Marseille
	Dernis  90'

Marseille v Lens

21 October 2007 11	Marseille	1–0	Lens
	Zenden  74'

Sochaux v Marseille

27 October 2007 12	Sochaux	2–1	Marseille
	Zubar  31' (o.g.) Bonnart  52' (o.g.)		Niang  9'

Marseille v Lorient

3 November 2007 13	Marseille	0–0	Lorient

Lyon v Marseille

11 November 2007 14	Lyon	1–2	Marseille
	Juninho  7'		Niang  10' (pen.), 45'

Marseille v Metz

24 November 2007 15	Marseille	3–1	Metz
	Zenden  20' Niang  36, 70'		Gueye  88'

Lille v Marseille

1 December 2007 16	Lille	1–1	Marseille
	Kluivert  27'		Niang  32'

Marseille v AS Monaco

8 December 2007 17	Marseille	2–0	AS Monaco
	Rodriguez  52' Cana  69'

Bordeaux v Marseille

16 December 2007 18	Bordeaux	2–2	Marseille
	Chamakh  32' Jussiê  69'		Niang  2' Cheyrou  26'

Marseille v Le Mans

22 December 2007 19	Marseille	1–0	Le Mans
	Niang  14'

Rennes v Marseille

13 January 2008 20	Rennes	3–1	Marseille
	Pagis  39' Wiltord  82, 88'		Cissé  16'

Marseille v Valenciennes

19 January 2008 21	Marseille	3–1	Valenciennes
	Cissé  27, 73' Rodriguez  51'		Audel  81'

Nancy v Marseille

23 January 2008 22	Nancy	1–1	Marseille
	Brison  48'		Nasri  87'

Marseille v Caen

26 January 2008 23	Marseille	6–1	Caen
	Cissé  28, 55, 57' Valbuena  41, 44' Nasri  81'		Toudic  2'

Nice v Marseille

10 February 2008 24	Nice	0–2	Marseille
			Niang  25' Cissé  76'

Marseille v Paris SG

17 February 2008 25	Marseille	2–1	Paris SG
	Taiwo  37' Niang  45'		Rothen  29'

Toulouse v Marseille

24 February 2008 26	Toulouse	0–0	Marseille

Marseille v Auxerre

1 March 2008 27	Marseille	2–1	Auxerre
	Cana  8' Cissé  22'		Pedretti  89'

Marseille v Saint-Étienne

9 March 2008 28	Marseille	2–0	Saint-Étienne
	Valbuena  59' Taiwo  66'

Lens v Marseille

16 March 2008 29	Lens	3–3	Marseille
	Maoulida  56' Mangane  65' Rémy  73'		Nasri  24' Cheyrou  29' Cissé  89'

Marseille v Sochaux

22 March 2008 30	Marseille	0–1	Sochaux
			N'Daw  3'

Lorient v Marseille

30 March 2008 31	Lorient	1–2	Marseille
	Saïfi  43' (pen.)		Akalé  53' Niang  80'

Marseille v Lyon

6 April 2008 32	Marseille	3–1	Lyon
	Cissé  26' Niang  28, 54'		Cana  43' (o.g.)

Metz v Marseille

12 April 2008 33	Metz	1–2	Marseille
	Barbosa  3'		Cissé  14' Nasri  57'

Marseille v Lille

20 April 2008 34	Marseille	1–3	Lille
	Niang  13'		Mirallas  37, 40' Makoun  67'

AS Monaco v Marseille

27 April 2008 35	AS Monaco	2–3	Marseille
	González  56' Leko  64'		Nasri  28' Taiwo  61' Cissé  82'

Marseille v Bordeaux

4 May 2008 36	Marseille	1–2	Bordeaux
	Niang  45'		Wendel  80' Ducasse  90'

Le Mans v Marseille

10 May 2008 37	Le Mans	0–0	Marseille

Marseille v Strasbourg

17 May 2008 38	Marseille	4–3	Strasbourg
	Niang  7' Cissé  45 + 2, 78' Nasri  45 + 5'		Fanchone  11' Gameiro  18' Zenke  72'

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 2007–08 UEFA Champions League

Group stage

Main article: 2007–08 UEFA Champions League group stage § Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Porto	6	3	2	1	8	7	+1	11
Liverpool	6	3	1	2	18	5	+13	10
Marseille	6	2	1	3	6	9	−3	7
Beşiktaş	6	2	0	4	4	15	−11	6

Marseille v Beşiktaş

18 September 2007 1	Marseille	2–0	Beşiktaş
	Rodriguez  76' Cissé  90 + 1'

Liverpool v Marseille

3 October 2007 2	Liverpool	0–1	Marseille
			Valbuena  77'

Marseille v Porto

24 October 2007 3	Marseille	1–1	Porto
	Niang  70'		Lucho  79' (pen.)

Porto v Marseille

6 November 2007 4	Porto	2–1	Marseille
	Sektioui  27' Lisandro  78'		Niang  47'

Beşiktaş v Marseille

28 November 2007 5	Beşiktaş	2–1	Marseille
	Tello  27' Bobô  88'		Taiwo  65'

Marseille v Liverpool

11 December 2007 6	Marseille	0–4	Liverpool
			Gerrard  4' Torres  11' Kuyt  48' Babel  90 + 1'

UEFA Cup

Main article: 2007–08 UEFA Cup

Knockout phase

Main article: 2007–08 UEFA Cup knockout stage

Round of 32

Marseille v Spartak Moskva

13 February 2008 1	Marseille	3–0	Spartak Moskva
	Cheyrou  62' Taiwo  68' Niang  79'

Spartak Moskva v Marseille

21 February 2008 2	Spartak Moskva	2–0 (2–3 agg.)	Marseille
	Pavlenko  39' Pavlyuchenko  85'

Round of 16

Marseille v Zenit

6 March 2008 1	Marseille	3–1	Zenit
	Cissé  37, 55' Niang  48'		Arshavin  82'

Zenit v Marseille

12 March 2008 2	Zenit	2–0 (3a–3 agg.)	Marseille
	Pogrebnyak  39, 78'

Sources

• - Footballsquads - Marseille 2007/2008 7
• - LFP.fr - Ligue de Football Profesionel