2011–12 Olympique de Marseille season

Marseille
2011–12 season
Chairman Vincent Labrune
Manager Didier Deschamps
Ground Stade Vélodrome
Ligue 1 10th
Coupe de France Round of 16
Coupe de la Ligue Winners
Trophée des Champions Winners
UEFA Champions League Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer League:
Loïc Rémy (12)

All:
Loïc Rémy (20)
Highest home attendance 41,512 (27 November vs PSG, Ligue 1)
Lowest home attendance 12,567 (1 February vs Nice, Coupe de la Ligue)
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours

The 201112 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

Marseille won the 2011 Trophée des champions.
  • 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 N'Koulou 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

Rod Fanni, Jérémy Morel, Loïc Rémy and Morgan Amalfitano playing in the 2011 Trophée des champions.

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.

No. Position Player
1 France GK Gennaro Bracigliano
2 Spain DF César Azpilicueta
3 Cameroon DF Nicolas N'Koulou
4 France MF Alou Diarra
7 France MF Benoît Cheyrou
9 Brazil FW Brandão
10 France FW André-Pierre Gignac
11 France FW Loïc Rémy
12 Burkina Faso MF Charles Kaboré
13 Mali DF Djimi Traoré
15 France DF Jérémy Morel
16 Brazil GK Elinton Andrade
No. Position Player
17 Cameroon DF Stéphane Mbia
18 France MF Morgan Amalfitano
20 Ghana FW André Ayew
21 Senegal DF Souleymane Diawara
23 Ghana FW Jordan Ayew
24 France DF Rod Fanni
25 France FW Billel Omrani
26 France DF Jean-Philippe Sabo
28 France MF Mathieu Valbuena
29 France FW Chris Gadi
30 France GK Steve Mandanda (captain)
33 France DF Gérard Roland
40 Cameroon GK Jules Goda

Squad statistics

Appearances (subbed on), goals (own Goals)
yellow cards (double Yellow cards), red cards
Statistics accurate as of 8 August 2011[2]

No. Pos. Name League Cups Europe Total Discipline
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1GKFrance Gennaro Bracigliano 0020002000
2DFSpain César Azpilicueta 16(1)0304023(1)040
3DFCameroon Nicolas N'Koulou 1702(1)06025(1)040
4MFFrance Alou Diarra 16(3)11(1)06024(4)180
7MFFrance Benoît Cheyrou 13(3)3214(1)020(4)430
8MFArgentina Lucho González 14(5)2404(2)123(7)310
9FWBrazil Brandão 0(2)011001(2)100
10FWFrance André-Pierre Gignac 1(8)0110(3)02(11)130
11FWFrance Loïc Rémy 2094(2)46229(2)1620
12MFBurkina Faso Charles Kaboré 5(6)0202(2)09(9)011
13DFMali Djimi Traoré 3(3)03(1)0309(4)000
15MFFrance Jérémy Morel 190304027160
16GKBrazil Elinton Andrade 0000000000
17MFCameroon Stéphane Mbia 71201(1)011(1)160
18MFFrance Morgan Amalfitano 15(3)1312(3)021(6)270
20FWGhana André Ayew 16(1)6115323(1)1360
21DFSenegal Souleymane Diawara 171106025130
23FWGhana Jordan Ayew 6(13)2232(3)010(17)561
24DFFrance Rod Fanni 10(3)0301(1)015(4)012
25FWFrance Billel Omrani 0(1)00(2)0000(3)000
26DFFrance Jean-Philippe Sabo 0(1)01(2)00(1)01(4)000
28MFFrance Mathieu Valbuena 15(4)43(1)34(1)122(6)860
30GKFrance Steve Mandanda 210206030010

Transfers

In

Squad # Position Player Transferred From Date Fee Source Notes
18 MF France Morgan Amalfitano France Lorient 9 June 2011 Free [3]
15 DF France Jérémy Morel France Lorient 19 June 2011 €2.5 million [4]
3 DF Cameroon Nicolas N'Koulou France Monaco 29 June 2011 €3.5 million [5]
4 MF France Alou Diarra France Bordeaux 4 July 2011 Undisclosed [6]
1 GK France Gennaro Bracigliano France Nancy 5 July 2011 Free [7]

Out

Squad # Position Player Transferred To Date Fee Source Notes
3 DF Nigeria Taye Taiwo Italy Milan 21 May 2011 Free [8]
5 DF Brazil Hilton France Montpellier 2 August 2011 Free [9]
20 DF Cameroon Charley Fomen France Clermont 4 August 2011 Free [10]
18 MF France Fabrice Abriel France Nice 4 August 2011 Free [11]
19 DF Argentina Gabriel Heinze Italy Roma 21 July 2011 Free [12]

Loan In

Squad # Position Player Loan From Date Source Notes

Loan out

Squad # Position Player Loan To Date Source Notes
MF Togo Senah Mango France Monaco 30 June 2011 [13] Until end of 2011-12 season
14 DF Senegal Leyti N'Diaye France Ajaccio 11 July 2011 [14] Until end of 2011-12 Season
9 FW Brazil Brandão Brazil Cruzeiro 19 March 2011 [15] Until March 2012
23 MF Gabon Alexander N'Doumbou France Orléans 10 August 2011 [16] Until June 2012

Competitions

Pre-season and friendlies

Last updated: 11 August 2011
Source: soccervista

2011 Trophée des Champions

Last updated:11 August 2011
Source:Scoresway

Ligue 1

Matches

Last updated: 15 August 2011
Source: Olympique de Marseille
Note: Ligue 1 fixtures not posted due to copyright

Results summary

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GroundHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAHA
ResultDDDLLLWDDDWWWLWWDWWWWDLDLLLLDLLDLLWDWL

Updated to match(es) played on 20 May 2012. Source: Fixtures and Results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

UEFA Champions League

Group stage

Olympique de Marseille playing against Arsenal.
Group F
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
England Arsenal 632176+111
France Marseille 631274+310
Greece Olympiacos 630386+29
Germany Borussia Dortmund 611461264

Knockout phase

Round of 16
Quarter-finals

Coupe de France

Coupe de la Ligue

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.

No. Position Player
Morocco GK Samir Kouakbi
Slovenia GK Brice Krizman
France DF Fabien Barrillon
Armenia DF Varanth Bezdikian
France DF Sébastien Bregand
Argentina DF Sébastien Fischetti
Cape Verde DF Raphaël Lopes
Togo DF Senah Mango
Guadeloupe DF Thierry Rodríguez
France MF Landing Bodian
France MF Olivier Cano
Argentina MF Gaëtan D'Acunto
Bosnia and Herzegovina MF Mathias Guedj
No. Position Player
Algeria MF Cédric Hachani
Senegal MF Daouda Haidari
Croatia MF Niko Maričić
France MF Anthony Marin
Iran MF Ahmad Nouri
Tunisia MF Driss Sahraoui
Ghana FW Jordan Ayew
France FW Thierry Batret
Cape Verde FW Nicolas Crus
Cape Verde FW Riad Dob
France FW Chris Gadi
France FW Noël Sciortino
Georgia (country) FW Gurami Enukidze

See also

References

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  2. "Football news, match reports and fixtures". London: Guardian.co.uk. Retrieved 8 August 2011.
  3. "Accord de principe entre l'OM et Amalfitano" (in French). Olympique de Marseille. Retrieved 11 August 2011.
  4. "Marseille signs defender Jeremy Morel from Lorient". USA Today. 20 June 2011. Retrieved 11 August 2011.
  5. "N'Koulou moves to Marseille". ESPN. Retrieved 11 August 2011.
  6. "Alou Diarra a signé à l'OM" (in French). Olympique de Marseille. Retrieved 11 August 2011.
  7. "Ligue 1 - Marseille claim Bracigliano deal". Eurosport. Retrieved 11 August 2011.
  8. "Taye Taiwo's AC Milan Transfer Successful". channelstv. Retrieved 11 August 2011.
  9. "Hilton makes Montpellier move". Sky Sports. Retrieved 11 August 2011.
  10. "OM: Charley Fomen retrouve des couleurs à Clermont (officiel)". Top Mercato. Retrieved 11 August 2011.
  11. "Ligue 1 - Abriel joins Nice from Marseille". Yahoo!. Retrieved 11 August 2011.
  12. "Gabriel Heinze agrees to join Roma - reports". goal.com. Retrieved 11 August 2011.
  13. "Mango prêté à Monaco". L'Equipe. Retrieved 11 August 2011.
  14. "Ajaccio: L.N'Diaye prêté" (in French). Mercato365. Retrieved 11 August 2011.
  15. "Official: Cruzeiro Sign Brandao From Olympique De Marseille On Loan". Goal.com. Retrieved 11 August 2011.
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