2003–04 Olympique de Marseille season

Olympique de Marseille
2003-04 season
Chairman	Robert Louis-Dreyfus
Manager	Alain Perrin; José Anigo
Ligue 1	7th
Coupe de France	Last 32
Coupe de la Ligue	Last 16
Champions League	Group stage
UEFA Cup	Final
Top goalscorer	Didier Drogba (19)

Olympique de Marseille returned to the UEFA Champions League for the first time in four years, and in spite of going out in the group stage, the side made headlines in the UEFA Cup, knocking Liverpool, Internazionale and Newcastle United out on the way to the final, where the sending off of goalkeeper Fabien Barthez and the converted penalty kick from Valencia's Vicente saw Valencia eventually edge the game.

In the domestic campaign, Marseille endured a disappointing campaign, where manager Alain Perrin was replaced by José Anigo early on, following the inability to hang onto the top teams. The end result was seventh, missing out even on UEFA Cup qualification, in spite of having the French player of the season in Didier Drogba in the team. The Ivorian striker netted 19 league goals and was instrumental to OM's fortunes in Europe, and following the season he was sold to Chelsea.

Squad

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

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Fabien Barthez (on loan from Manchester United)
3	DF	Philippe Christanval
4	MF	Mathieu Flamini
5	DF	Habib Beye
6	MF	Brahim Hemdani
7	MF	Sylvain N'Diaye
8	MF	Sébastien Pérez
9	FW	Steve Marlet (on loan from Fulham)
10	FW	Mido
11	FW	Didier Drogba
12	DF	Fabio Celestini
14	MF	Štěpán Vachoušek
15	MF	Pascal Johansen
16	GK	Jérémy Gavanon
18	MF	Camel Meriem (on loan from Bordeaux)
19	MF	Rudi Skácel

No.	Position	Player
20	FW	Karim Dahou
21	DF	Abdoulaye Méïté
23	DF	Manuel dos Santos
24	FW	Nicolas Cicut
25	DF	Demetrius Ferreira (on loan from Bastia)
26	MF	Laurent Batlles
27	DF	David Sommeil (on loan from Manchester City)
28	DF	Johnny Ecker
29	DF	Camille Borios
30	GK	Vedran Runje
32	MF	Laurent Merlin
33	FW	Koke
36	FW	Rahmane Barry
	GK	Cédric Carasso
	MF	Delfim

Left club during season

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

No.	Position	Player
4	DF	Daniel Van Buyten (on loan to Manchester City)
7	MF	Piotr Świerczewski (to Lech Poznań)
10	FW	Fernandão (on loan to Toulouse)
13	FW	Lamine Sakho (on loan to Leeds United)

No.	Position	Player
19	FW	Ibrahima Bakayoko (to Osasuna)
20	MF	Salomon Olembe (on loan to Leeds United)
22	FW	Dmitri Sytchev (to Lokomotiv Moscow)
25	DF	Fabien Laurenti (on loan to Ajaccio)

Competitions

Ligue 1

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
5	Sochaux	38	18	9	11	54	42	+12	63	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
6	Nantes	38	17	9	12	47	35	+12	60	Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round
7	Marseille	38	17	6	15	51	45	+6	57
8	Lens	38	15	8	15	34	48	−14	53
9	Rennes	38	14	10	14	56	44	+12	52

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Matches

1	Guingamp	0–1	Marseille	Guingamp, Brittany
			Bakayoko 90+1'

2	Marseille	1–0	Auxerre	Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
	Mido 58'			Stadium: Stade Vélodrome

3	Lens	2–1	Marseille	Lens
	Diop 21' Thomert 90+1'		Drogba 11'

4	Marseille	2–0	Sochaux	Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
	Drogba 34' Hemdani 84' (pen.)			Stadium: Stade Vélodrome

5	Ajaccio	0–1	Marseille
			Meriem 65'

6	Marseille	5–0	Le Mans	Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
	Drogba 14' Marlet 24' Mido 55', 86' Sychev 68'			Stadium: Stade Vélodrome

7	Nantes	1–0	Marseille	Nantes
	Vahirua 3'

8	Marseille	2–1	Nice	Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
	Drogba 59', 90+4' (pen.)		Laslandes 35'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome

9	Marseille	3–1	Bastia	Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
	Drogba 15' Marlet 19' Skácel 67'			Stadium: Stade Vélodrome

10	Strasbourg	4–1	Marseille	Strasbourg
	Martins 21' Niang 37' Ljuboja 45+1' Ehret 90'		Marlet 33'

11	Marseille	2–0	Rennes	Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
	Van Buyten 45' Drogba 76'			Stadium: Stade Vélodrome

12	Bordeaux	1–0	Marseille	Bordeaux
	Darcheville 45'

13	Marseille	1–4	Lyon	Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
	Van Buyten 20'		Élber 19' Luyindula 38', 58' Juninho 90+2'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome

14	Lille	0–2	Marseille	Lille, Nord-Pas de Calais
			Drogba 22' Mido 47'	Stadium: Stade Grimonprez-Jooris

15	Marseille	0–1	Paris Saint-Germain	Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
			Fiorèse 90'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome

16	Metz	1–1	Marseille	Metz, Lorraine
	Rodriguez 47'		Drogba 77'	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien

17	Marseille	1–2	AS Monaco	Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
	Mido 44'		Squillaci 59' Giuly 67'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome

18	Marseille	1–0	Toulouse	Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
	Drogba 62'			Stadium: Stade Vélodrome

19	Auxerre	2–0	Marseille	Auxerre, Bourgogne
	Tainio 4' Kalou 16'			Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps

20	Marseille	3–2	Lens	Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
	Drogba 10', 48' Sychev 88'		Moreira 13' Thomert 62'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome

21	Sochaux	2–1	Marseille	Montbéliard, Franche-Comté
	Mathieu 31' Frau 74' (pen.)		Gnanhouan 6' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal

22	Montpellier	0–1	Marseille	Montpellier, Languedoc-Roussillon
			Drogba 64'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson

23	Marseille	2–1	Ajaccio	Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
	Mido 11' Marlet 90+1'		Seck 73'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome

24	Le Mans	0–0	Marseille	Le Mans, Pays de la Loire
				Stadium: Stade Léon-Bollée

25	Marseille	1–1	Nantes	Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
	Drogba 29'		Moldovan 41'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome

26	Nice	0–0	Marseille	Nice, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
				Stadium: Stade du Ray

27	Bastia	4–1	Marseille	Bastia, Corsica
	Maurice 22' Diarra 27' Ben Saada 49' Ogbeche 65'		Drogba 79' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade Armand Cesari

28	Marseille	4–0	Strasbourg	Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
	Drogba 22' (pen.) Marlet 37' Ferreira 47', 90+3'			Stadium: Stade Vélodrome

29	Rennes	4–3	Marseille	Rennes, Brittany
	Frei 35', 39', 60', 74'		Batlles 31' Drogba 45' Mido 72'	Stadium: Stade de la Route de Lorient

30	Marseille	1–1	Bordeaux	Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
	Meriem 52'		Francia 9'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome

31	Lyon	1–2	Marseille	Lyon, Rhône-Alpes
	Luyindula 17'		Drogba 4' Meriem 84'	Stadium: Stade de Gerland

32	Marseille	2–1	Lille	Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
	Marlet 45+3' Batlles 81'		Bodmer 12'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome

33	Paris Saint-Germain	2–1	Marseille	Paris, Île-de-France
	Pauleta 12', 62'		Batlles 90+1'	Stadium: Parc des Princes

34	Marseille	0–1	Metz	Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
			Meniri 26'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome

35	AS Monaco	1–0	Marseille	Fontvieille, Monaco
	Giuly 90+3'			Stadium: Stade Louis II

36	Marseille	1–1	Montpellier	Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
	Marlet 30'		Mansaré 66'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome

37	Toulouse	2–1	Marseille	Toulouse, Midi-Pyrénées
	Fernandão 44' (pen.) Eduardo 85'		Dao 3' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stadium Municipal

38	Marseille	2–1	Guingamp	Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
	Marlet 13', 41'		Talhaoui 76'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome

Champions League

Qualifying

1	Austria Wien	0–1	Marseille	Vienna, Austria
			Sychev 4'

2	Marseille	0–0	Austria Wien	Marseille, France
				Stadium: Stade Vélodrome

Group stage

1	Real Madrid	4–2	Marseille	Madrid, Spain
	Roberto Carlos 29' Ronaldo 34', 56' Figo 61' (pen.)		Drogba 25' Van Buyten 83'

2	Marseille	3–0	Partizan	Marseille, France
	Drogba 62', 68', 85'			Stadium: Stade Vélodrome

3	Marseille	2–3	Porto	Marseille, France
	Drogba 24' Marlet 82'		Maniche 31' Derlei 36' Alenichev 80'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome

4	Porto	1–0	Marseille	Porto, Portugal
	Alenichev 80'

5	Marseille	1–2	Real Madrid	Marseille, France
	Mido 64'		Beckham 35' Ronaldo 73'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome

6	Partizan	1–1	Marseille	Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro
	Delibašić 79'		Mido 61'

UEFA Cup

Last 32

1	Marseille	1–0	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	Marseille, France
	Drogba 55' (pen.)			Stadium: Stade Vélodrome

2

Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk

0–0

Marseille

Ukraine

Last 16

1	Liverpool	1–1	Marseille	Liverpool, England
	Baroš 55'		Drogba 78'	Stadium: Anfield

2	Marseille	2–1	Liverpool	Marseille, France
	Drogba 38' (pen.) Méïté 65'		Heskey 15'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome

Quarter-final

1	Marseille	1–0	Inter	Marseille, France
	Drogba 46'			Stadium: Stade Vélodrome

2	Inter	0–1	Marseille	Milan, Italy
			Meriem 74'	Stadium: San Siro

Semi-final

1	Newcastle United	0–0	Marseille	Newcastle upon Tyne, England
				Stadium: St James' Park

2	Marseille	2–0	Newcastle United	Marseille, France
	Drogba 18', 82'			Stadium: Stade Vélodrome

Final

19 May 2004 1	Valencia	2–0	Marseille	Gothenburg, Sweden
20:45	Vicente 45' (pen.) Mista 58'			Stadium: Ullevi Attendance: 39,000 Referee: Pierluigi Collina

References

- RSSSF France 2003/04

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.