2008–09 Olympique de Marseille season

During the 2008–09 French football season, Olympique de Marseille competed in Ligue 1.

Olympique de Marseille
2008–09 season
Manager Eric Gerets
StadiumStade Vélodrome
Ligue 12nd
Coupe de FranceRound of 32
Coupe de la LigueThird round
UEFA Champions LeagueGroup stage
UEFA CupQuarter-finals
Top goalscorerLeague: Mamadou Niang
(13 goals)
All: Mamadou Niang
(20 goals)

Season summary

Marseille finished 3 points behind league champions Bordeaux. Manager Eric Gerets left after his contract expired at the end of the season.[1] Replacing him was former Marseille player Didier Deschamps.

First-team squad
Squad at end of season[2]

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 Rudy Riou
2 DF Renato Civelli
3 DF Taye Taiwo
4 DF Julien Rodriguez
5 DF Hilton
6 MF Karim Ziani[notes 1]
7 MF Benoît Cheyrou
8 DF Tyrone Mears[notes 2] (on loan from Derby County)
9 FW Brandão
10 MF Boudewijn Zenden
11 FW Mamadou Niang
12 MF Charles Kaboré
14 MF Bakari Koné
No. Position Player
15 DF Ronald Zubar
16 GK Hilaire Muñoz
17 FW Mamadou Samassa[notes 3]
19 MF Lorik Cana[notes 4]
20 MF Hatem Ben Arfa
22 MF Sylvain Wiltord
23 MF Modeste M'bami
24 DF Laurent Bonnart
26 MF Mohamed Amine Dennoun
28 MF Mathieu Valbuena
30 GK Steve Mandanda[notes 5]
31 FW Guy Gnabouyou
40 GK Dmytro Nepohodov

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
8 FW André Ayew[notes 6] (on loan to Lorient)
9 FW Djibril Cissé (on loan to Sunderland)
13 DF Leyti N'Diaye (on loan to AC Ajaccio)
17 MF Salim Arrache[notes 7] (on loan to Stade de Reims)
18 MF Elliot Grandin (on loan to GF38)
21 MF Miloš Krstić (on loan to AC Ajaccio)
No. Position Player
22 DF Amin Erbati (to Al Wahda)
25 DF Boštjan Cesar (to AC Ajaccio)
27 DF Pape M'Bow (on loan to Cannes)
29 DF Fabrice Begeorgi (on loan to SV Werder Bremen II)
32 DF Gaël Givet (on loan to Blackburn Rovers)

Results

Champions League

Third qualifying round
13 August 2008 Brann 0–1 MarseilleBrann Stadion, Bergen
20:45 CET Report Cheyrou  40' Attendance: 11,197
Referee: Alexandru Tudor (Romania)
27 August 2008 Marseille 2–1 BrannStade Vélodrome, Marseille
20:45 CET Niang  65', 90' Report Sigurðsson  74' Attendance: 44,641
Referee: Eric Braamhaar (Netherlands)

Group stage
16 September 2008 Marseille 1–2 LiverpoolStade Vélodrome, Marseille
20:45 Cana  23' Report Gerrard  26', 32' (pen.) Attendance: 44,841
Referee: Konrad Plautz (Austria)
1 October 2008 Atlético Madrid 2–1 MarseilleVicente Calderón Stadium, Madrid
20:45 Agüero  4'
R. García  22'		 Report Niang  16' Attendance: 39,898
Referee: Tom Henning Øvrebø (Norway)
22 October 2008 PSV Eindhoven 2–0 MarseillePhilips Stadion, Eindhoven
20:45 Koevermans  71', 85' Report Attendance: 29,000
Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)
4 November 2008 Marseille 3–0 PSV EindhovenStade Vélodrome, Marseille
20:45 Koné  30'
Niang  63', 71'		 Report Attendance: 48,777
Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)
26 November 2008 Liverpool 1–0 MarseilleAnfield, Liverpool
20:45 Gerrard  23' Report Attendance: 40,024
Referee: Olegário Benquerença (Portugal)
9 December 2008 Marseille 0–0 Atlético MadridStade Vélodrome, Marseille
20:45 Report Attendance: 49,663
Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)

UEFA Cup

Round of 32
19 February 2009 Marseille 0–1 TwenteStade Vélodrome, Marseille
20:45 Report Arnautović  22' Attendance: 22,616
Referee: Stanislav Sukhina (Russia)
26 February 2009 Twente 0–1 (a.e.t.)
(6–7 p)		 MarseilleDe Grolsch Veste, Enschede
18:30 Report Ben Arfa  24' Attendance: 24,000
Referee: Alon Yefet (Israel)
Penalties
N'Kufo
Perez
Janssen
Hersi
Arnautović
Braafheid
Douglas
Rajković 		Taiwo
Niang
Ben Arfa
Koné
Ziani
Cheyrou
Bonnart
M'bami

Marseille 1–1 Twente on aggregate. Marseille won 7–6 on penalties.

Round of 16
12 March 2009 Marseille 2–1 AjaxStade Vélodrome, Marseille
20:45 Cheyrou  19'
Niang  33'		 Report Suárez  36' (pen.) Attendance: 27,829
Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)
18 March 2009 Ajax 2–2 (a.e.t.) MarseilleAmsterdam Arena, Amsterdam
20:45 Enoh  33'
Sulejmani  74'		 Report Niang  35'
Mears  110'		 Attendance: 47,650
Referee: Florian Meyer (Germany)

Marseille won 4–3 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals
9 April 2009 Shakhtar Donetsk 2–0 MarseilleRSK Olimpiyskyi, Donetsk
18:30 Hübschman  39'
Jádson  65'		 Report Attendance: 25,500
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)
16 April 2009 Marseille 1–2 Shakhtar DonetskStade Vélodrome, Marseille
20:45 Ben Arfa  43' Report Fernandinho  30'
Luiz Adriano  90+3'		 Attendance: 48,268
Referee: Manuel Mejuto González (Spain)

Shaktar Donetsk won 4–1 on aggregate.

References
  1. "Gerets to stand down at Marseille". Uefa.com. 29 April 2009. Retrieved 29 April 2009.
  2. "FootballSquads - Marseille - 2008/09". footballsquads.co.uk. Retrieved 30 October 2016.

Notes
  1. Ziani was born in Sèvres, France, but also qualifies to represent Algeria internationally through his father, and made his international debut for Algeria in 2003.
  2. Mears was born in Stockport, England, but also believed he was eligible to represent Jamaica internationally through his father and would make his international debut for Jamaica in February 2009. It was later discovered that Mears' father was from Sierra Leone and was thus ineligible to represent Jamaica.
  3. Samassa was born in Montfermeil, France, and represented them at U-21 level, but also qualifies to represent Mali internationally through his parents, declared for Mali internationally during the season, and would make his international debut for Mali in 2009.
  4. Cana was born in Pristina, Yugoslavia (now Kosovo).
  5. Mandanda was born in Kinshasa, Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo), but also qualifies to represent France internationally and made his international debut for France in May 2008.
  6. Ayew was born in Seclin, France, but also qualifies to represent Ghana internationally through his father and made his international debut for Ghana in August 2007.
  7. Arrache was born in Marseille, France, but also qualifies to represent Algeria internationally through his parents, and made his international debut for Algeria in April 2004.
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