2009–10 Olympique de Marseille season

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.

Steve Mandanda in l'OM's training outfit.

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Jean-Claude Dassier is the chairman of the club since June 2009.

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

Updated to match played 8 February 2009
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Taye Taiwo is the current Marseille player with the most appearances. Since 2004 he has been appeared in 193 games for l'OM. Updated 25 June 2009.

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. Position Player 1 GK Rudy Riou 3 DF Taye Taiwo 4 DF Julien Rodriguez 5 DF Hilton 6 MF Édouard Cissé 7 MF Benoît Cheyrou 8 MF Lucho González 9 FW Brandão 10 MF Hatem Ben Arfa 11 FW Mamadou Niang (captain) 12 MF Charles Kaboré 14 FW Bakari Koné 15 MF Jordan Ayew 17 MF Stéphane Mbia

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

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

No. Position Player 13 DF Leyti N'Diaye (at Ajaccio until end of the 2009–10 season) 26 DF Jean-Philippe Sabo (at Ajaccio until end of the 2009–10 season) – FW Mamadou Samassa (at Valenciennes until end of the 2009–10 season) – FW André Ayew (at Arles-Avignon until end of the 2009–10 season) – FW Mohamed Amine Dennoun (at Amiens until end of the 2009–10 season) – DF Cédric D'Ulivo (at Cassis Carnoux until end of the 2009–10 season) 2 DF Garry Bocaly (at Montpellier until end of the 2009–10 season)

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. Position Player GK Johan Crespin GK Samir Kouakbi DF Sébastien Bregand DF Bradley Diallo DF Sébastien Fischetti DF Raphaël Lopes DF Sénah Mango MF Samir Abbes MF Landing Bodian

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

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 Nov 2009
Worst result	0–3 (A) v Real Madrid - UEFA Champions League - 30 Sep 2009
Most appearances	Diawara and Mandanda (50 matches)
Top scorer	Niang (22 goals)

The list is sorted by position and total appearances.

Last updated on 15 May 2010.

Marseille's captain Mamadou Niang is the top scorer of Marseille and the Ligue 1.

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		Steve Mandanda	50	0	36	0	10	0	2	0	2	0
40	GK		Elinton Andrade	6	0	2+1	0	0	0	2+1	0	0	0
Defenders
21	DF		Souleymane Diawara	50	5	36	4	9	0	4	1	1	0
24	DF		Laurent Bonnart	44	0	30+1	0	8	0	4	0	1	0
3	DF		Taye Taiwo	38	3	25+3	3	8	0	1	0	1	0
21	DF		Stéphane Mbia	37	2	26+1	2	7	0	2	0	1	0
19	DF		Gabriel Heinze	36	6	26+1	4	6+1	2	1+1	0	0	0
5	DF		Hilton	20	2	9+3	1	3	1	2+1	0	2	0
27	DF		Pape M'Bow	8	0	0+3	0	0+1	0	0+2	0	1+1	0
4	DF		Julien Rodriguez	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
18	MF		Fabrice Abriel	47	2	18+14	1	7+2	1	2+2	0	2	0
7	MF		Benoît Cheyrou	46	8	27+5	5	10	1	2	0	2	2
6	MF		Édouard Cissé	45	1	27+5	1	7+1	0	4	0	1	0
8	MF		Lucho González	44	8	28+4	5	8	2	4	1	0	0
28	MF		Mathieu Valbuena	43	7	19+12	5	2+4	0	2+2	2	1+1	0
12	MF		Charles Kaboré	35	2	17+8	1	2+4	1	3	0	1	0
22	MF		Cyril Rool	2	0	1+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	MF		Alexander N'Doumbou	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+2	0
Forwards
11	FW		Mamadou Niang	46	22	29+3	18	9	3	3+1	1	1	0
9	FW		Brandão	43	13	27+3	8	7+1	1	3	4	1+1	0
10	FW		Hatem Ben Arfa	41	7	17+12	3	1+6	3	3+1	0	1	1
14	FW		Bakari Koné	36	6	11+16	4	3+4	2	0+1	0	1	0
23	FW		Fernando Morientes	19	1	4+8	1	2+3	0	0	0	1+1	0
15	FW		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		Garry Bocaly	6	0	3+1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0

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.

10 July 2009

Dinamo București	1 – 2	Marseille
Dănciulescu  44'		14' Ben Arfa  22' Niang

Stade Joseph-Moynat, Thonon-les-Bains

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: Olivier Dumoulin

17 July 2009

Ajaccio	0 – 1	Marseille
		20' Taiwo

Stade de Fargues, Le Pontet

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Didier Falcone

21 July 2009

Bordeaux	2 – 1	Marseille
González  37' (o.g.) Gourcuff  48'		18' Taiwo

Stade Maurice Boyau, Dax

Attendance: 11,000

Referee: Damien Ledentu

25 July 2009

Ajaccio	1 – 1	Marseille
Gignac  73'		7' Koné

Stadium Municipal, Albi

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: Vincent Teulet

29 August 2009

Saint-Étienne	0 – 1	Marseille
		60' Koné

Stade Georges Pompidou, Valence

Attendance: 12,500

Referee: Sébastien Dessiage

1 August 2009

Lens	0 – 2	Marseille
		46' Brandão  74' Mbia

Stade Félix-Bollaert, Lens

Attendance: 36,000

Referee: Ruddy Buquet

Updated to match played 5 Apr
Source: Competitions

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 lots of challengers for the Ligue 1 with only 3 points splitting the top five teams.

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Grenoble v Marseille

8 August 2009	Grenoble	0–2	Marseille	Grenoble
		(Report)	2' Niang  80' Cheyrou	Stadium: Stade des Alpes Attendance: 19,622 Referee: Philippe Kalt

Marseille v Lille

16 August 2009	Marseille	1–0	Lille	Montpellier
	Brandão  11'	(Report)		Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 26,965 Referee: Fredy Fautrel

Rennes v Marseille

22 August 2009	Rennes	1–1	Marseille	Rennes
	Leroy  37' (pen.)	(Report)	52' Niang	Stadium: Stade de la Route de Lorient Attendance: 28,631 Referee: Philippe Malige

Le Mans v Marseille

12 September 2009	Le Mans	1–2	Marseille	Le Mans
	Maïga  61'	(Report)	14' Niang  70' Brandão	Stadium: Stade Léon-Bollée Attendance: 16,301 Referee: Tony Chapron

Marseille v Montpellier

19 September 2009	Marseille	4–2	Montpellier	Marseille
	González  31' Niang  34' Cissé  39' Diawara  50'	(Report)	75' Belhanda  88' (pen.) Camara	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 52,351 Referee: Olivier Thual

Valenciennes v Marseille

26 September 2009	Valenciennes	3–2	Marseille	Valenciennes
	Biševac  21' Ducourtioux  28' Rafael  84'	(Report)	13' Morientes  22' Niang	Stadium: Stade Nungesser Attendance: 16,208 Referee: Fredy Fautrel

Marseille v Monaco

4 October 2009	Marseille	1–2	Monaco	Marseille
21:00	Niang  85'	(Report)	20' Nenê  42' Park	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 48,566 Referee: Stéphane Bre

Nancy v Marseille

17 October 2009	Nancy	0–3	Marseille	Nancy
19:00		(Report)	5' Valbuena  79' Brandão  81' Abriel	Stadium: Stade Marcel Picot Attendance: 20,057 Referee: Philippe Kalt

Marseille v Toulouse

31 October 2009	Marseille	1–1	Toulouse	Marseille
19:00	Brandão  75'	(Report)	27' Sissoko	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 53,340 Referee: Saïd Ennjimi

Lyon v Marseille

8 November 2009	Lyon	5–5	Marseille	Lyon
21:00	Pjanić  5' Govou  14' López  80', 83' (pen.) Bastos  90+1'	(Report)	11' Diawara  44' Cheyrou  47' Koné  79' Brandão  90+2' (o.g.) Toulalan	Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 38,018 Referee: Stéphane Bré

Marseille v Paris Saint-Germain

20 November 2009	Marseille	1–0	Paris Saint-Germain	Marseille
21:00	Heinze  25'	(Report)		Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 55,623 Referee: Laurent Duhamel

Lens v Marseille

28 November 2009	Lens	1–0	Marseille	Lens
21:00	Eduardo  90+4'	(Report)		Stadium: Stade Félix-Bollaert Attendance: 41,052 Referee: Damien Ledentu

Nice v Marseille

5 December 2009	Nice	1–3	Marseille	Nice
19:00	Couibaly  33'	(Report)	19' Niang  77' González  86' Koné	Stadium: Stade Municipal du Ray Attendance: 15,047 Referee: Lionel Jaffredo

Marseille v Boulogne

12 December 2009	Marseille	2–0	Boulogne	Marseille
19:00	Heinze  48' Taiwo  54' (pen.)	(Report)		Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 47,575 Referee: Alexandre Castro

Lorient v Marseille

16 December 2009	Lorient	1–2	Marseille	Lorient
19:00	Vihirau  53' (pen.)	(Report)	68' J. Ayew  90+2' Diawara	Stadium: Stade du Moustoir Attendance: 11,634 Referee: Clément Turpin

Marseille v Auxerre

16 December 2009	Marseille	0–2	Auxerre	Marseille
19:00		(Report)	40', 79' Oliech	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 49,966 Referee: Philippe Malige

Bordeaux v Marseille

18 January 2010	Bordeaux	1–1	Marseille	Bordeaux
21:00	Mandanda  45+1' (o.g.)	(Report)	81' Cheyrou	Stadium: Stade Chaban Delmas Attendance: 32,771 Referee: Laurent Duhamel

Marseille v Le Mans

20 January 2010	Marseille	2–1	Le Mans	Marseille
19:00	Niang  30', 56' (pen.)	(Report)	16' Le Tallec	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 44,907 Referee: Damien Ledentu

Montpellier HSC v Marseille

30 January 2010	Montpellier HSC	2–0	Marseille	Montpellier
21:00	Aït-Fana  49' Cheyrou  76' (o.g.)	(Report)		Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 29,051 Referee: Fredy Fautrel

Marseille v Valenciennes

7 February 2010	Marseille	5–1	Valenciennes	Marseille
21:00	González  33' Brandão  43' Cheyrou  53' Valbuena  77' Niang  90+1'	(Report)	66' Sánchez	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 46,306 Referee: Wilfried Bien

Monaco v Marseille

13 February 2010	Monaco	1–2	Marseille	Monaco
19:00	Maazou  40'	(Report)	37' (pen.) Niang  89' (o.g.) N'Koulou	Stadium: Stade Louis II Attendance: 13,063 Referee: Saïd Ennjimi

Marseille v Nancy

21 February 2010	Marseille	3–1	Nancy	Marseille
17:00	Niang  10', 34', 67'	(Report)	13' André Luiz	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 47,975 Referee: Clément Turpin

Paris Saint-Germain v Marseille

28 February 2010	Paris Saint-Germain	0–3	Marseille	Paris
21:00		(Report)	15' Ben Arfa  54' González  71' Cheyrou	Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 43,813 Referee: Antony Gautier

Marseille v Lorient

7 March 2010	Marseille	1–1	Lorient	Marseille
17:00	Niang  42'	(Report)	64' Koscielny	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 48,290 Referee: Philippe Kalt

Toulouse v Marseille

13 March 2010	Toulouse	1–1	Marseille	Toulouse
21:00	Machado  39'	(Report)	30' Brandão	Stadium: Stadium Municipal Attendance: 27,249 Referee: Saïd Ennjimi

Marseille v Lyon

21 March 2010	Marseille	2–1	Lyon	Marseille
21:00	Kaboré  68' Taiwo  81'	(Report)	80' Gomis	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 52,557 Referee: Fredy Fautrel

Marseille v Lens

4 April 2010	Marseille	1–0	Lens	Marseille
17:00	Brandão  22'	(Report)		Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 54,839 Referee: Philippe Malige

Marseille v Sochaux

7 April 2010	Marseille	3–0	Sochaux	Marseille
19:00	Heinze  9' Ben Arfa  27' (pen.) Koné  90+1'	(Report)		Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 48,198 Referee: Stéphane Bré

Marseille v Nice

11 April 2010	Marseille	4–1	Nice	Marseille
21:00	Koné  42' Mbia  52' Valbuena  70' Diawara  74'	(Report)	Faé  90+2'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 51,229 Referee: Lionel Jaffredo

Sochaux v Marseille

14 April 2010	Sochaux	0–1	Marseille	Montbéliard
		(Report)	Mbia  88'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal Attendance: 19,992 Referee: Wilfried Bien

Boulogne v Marseille

17 April 2010	Boulogne	1–2	Marseille	Boulogne-sur-Mer
19:00	Blayac  82'	(Report)	Valbuena  44' Taiwo  90' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade de la Libération Attendance: 15,249 Referee: Pascal Vileo

Marseille v Saint-Étienne

25 April 2010	Marseille	1–0	Saint-Étienne	Marseille
	Valbuena  6'	(Report)		Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 55,056 Referee: Clemente Turpin

Marseille v Rennais

5 May 2010	Marseille	3–1	Rennais	Marseille
	Heinze  5' Niang  76' González  77'	(Report)	38' Briand	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 55,377 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

Lille v Marseille

8 May 2010	Lille	3–2	Marseille	Lille
	Cabaye  28' (pen.) De Melo  81'	(Report)	6' Niang  44' Hilton	Stadium: Stadium Lille-Metropole Attendance: 17,688 Referee: Fred Frautel

Marseille v Grenoble

15 May 2010	Marseille	2–0	Grenoble	Marseille
	Niang  41' (pen.) Ben Arfa  90'	(Report)		Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 55,808 Referee: Philippe Kalt

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.

Pos	Team	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

Green = advance to the round of 16.

Purple = Relegated to the Europa League round of 32.

Red = Eliminated from all European competitions

15 September 2009

20:45

Marseille	1 – 2	Milan
Heinze  49'	Report	28', 74' Inzaghi

Stade Vélodrome, Marseille

Attendance: 55,434

Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark)

30 September 2009

20:45

Real Madrid	3 – 0	Marseille
Ronaldo  58', 64' Kaká  61' (pen.)	Report

Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid

Attendance: 67,244

Referee: Martin Hansson (Sweden)

21 October 2009

20:45

Zürich	0 – 1	Marseille
	Report	69' Heinze

Letzigrund, Zürich

Attendance: 22,300

Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)

3 November 2009

20:45

Marseille	6 – 1	Zürich
Aegerter  3' (o.g.) Abriel  11' Niang  51' Hilton  80' Cheyrou  87' Brandão  90'	Report	31' Alphonse

Stade Vélodrome, Marseille

Attendance: 56,282

Referee: Craig Thomson (Scotland)

25 November 2009

20:45

Milan	1 – 1	Marseille
Borriello  10'	Report	16' González

San Siro, Milan

Attendance: 49,063

Referee: Howard Webb (England)

8 December 2009

20:45

Marseille	1 – 3	Real Madrid
González  11'	Report	5', 80' Ronaldo  60' Albiol

Stade Vélodrome, Marseille

Attendance: 55,722

Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)

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.

First leg

18 February 2010

21:05

Copenhagen	1 – 3	Marseille
Grønkjær  79' (pen.)	Report	Niang  72' Ben Arfa  84' Kaboré  90'

Parken Stadium, Copenhagen

Attendance: 26,000

Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo (Spain)

Second leg

25 February 2010

19:00

Marseille	3 – 1	Copenhagen
Ben Arfa  43' Koné  62', 78'	Report	Aílton  87'

Stade Vélodrome, Marseille

Attendance: 27,195

Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)

Marseille won 6–2 on aggregate.

First leg

11 March 2010

21:05

Benfica	1 – 1	Marseille
M. Pereira  76'	Report	90' Ben Arfa

Estádio da Luz, Lisbon

Attendance: 46,635

Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

Second Leg

18 March 2010

19:00

Marseille	1 – 2	Benfica
Niang  70'	Report	75' M. Pereira  90+1' Alan Kardec

Stade Vélodrome, Marseille

Attendance: 38,386

Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)

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.

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.

Round of 64

10 January 2010

Trélissac	0 – 2	Marseille
		16' Ben Arfa  74' Cheyrou

Stade Francis Rongerias, Périgueux

Round of 32

23 January 2010

Lens	3 - 1	Marseille
Jemâa  20', 45' Maoulida  57'		62' Cheyrou

Stade Félix-Bollaert, Lens

Attendance: 27,044

Referee: Pascal Viléo

Ligue 1

• Winners

Coupe de la Ligue

• Winners