2008–09 Olympique de Marseille season

Marseille
2008–09 season
Chairman	Pape Diouf
Manager	Eric Gerets
Stadium	Stade Vélodrome
Ligue 1	2nd
Coupe de France	Round of 32
Coupe de la Ligue	Third round
Champions League	Group stage
UEFA Cup	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Mamadou Niang; (13 goals); All: Mamadou Niang; (20 goals)
	← 2007–08 2009–10 →

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

Season summary

Marseille finished 3 points behind league champions Bordeaux.^[1] Manager Eric Gerets left after his contract expired at the end of the season.^[2] Replacing him was former Marseille player Didier Deschamps.

First-team squad

Squad at end of season^[3]^[1]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	FRA	Rudy Riou
2	DF	ARG	Renato Civelli
3	DF	NGA	Taye Taiwo
4	DF	FRA	Julien Rodriguez
5	DF	BRA	Hilton
6	MF	ALG	Karim Ziani^{[notes 1]}
7	MF	FRA	Benoît Cheyrou
8	DF	ENG	Tyrone Mears^{[notes 2]} (on loan from Derby County)
9	FW	BRA	Brandão
10	MF	NED	Boudewijn Zenden
11	FW	SEN	Mamadou Niang
12	MF	BFA	Charles Kaboré
14	MF	CIV	Bakari Koné


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
15	DF	GLP	Ronald Zubar
16	GK	FRA	Hilaire Muñoz
17	FW	MLI	Mamadou Samassa^{[notes 3]}
19	MF	ALB	Lorik Cana^{[notes 4]}
20	MF	FRA	Hatem Ben Arfa
22	MF	FRA	Sylvain Wiltord
23	MF	CMR	Modeste M'bami
24	DF	FRA	Laurent Bonnart
26	MF	FRA	Mohamed Amine Dennoun
28	MF	FRA	Mathieu Valbuena
30	GK	FRA	Steve Mandanda^{[notes 5]}
31	FW	FRA	Guy Gnabouyou
40	GK	UKR	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.	Pos.	Nation	Player
8	FW	GHA	André Ayew^{[notes 6]} (on loan to Lorient)
9	FW	FRA	Djibril Cissé (on loan to Sunderland)
13	DF	SEN	Leyti N'Diaye (on loan to AC Ajaccio)
17	MF	ALG	Salim Arrache^{[notes 7]} (on loan to Stade de Reims)
18	MF	FRA	Elliot Grandin (on loan to GF38)
21	MF	SRB	Miloš Krstić (on loan to AC Ajaccio)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
22	DF	MAR	Amin Erbati (to Al Wahda)
25	DF	SVN	Boštjan Cesar (to AC Ajaccio)
27	DF	SEN	Pape M'Bow (on loan to Cannes)
29	DF	FRA	Fabrice Begeorgi (on loan to SV Werder Bremen II)
32	DF	FRA	Gaël Givet (on loan to Blackburn Rovers)

Competitions

Ligue 1

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Bordeaux (C)	38	24	8	6	64	34	+30	80	Qualification to Champions League group stage
2	Marseille	38	22	11	5	67	35	+32	77	Qualification to Champions League group stage
3	Lyon	38	20	11	7	52	29	+23	71	Qualification to Champions League play-off round
4	Toulouse	38	16	16	6	45	27	+18	64	Qualification to Europa League play-off round
5	Lille	38	17	13	8	51	39	+12	64	Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round

Source: Ligue 1
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
France's third UEFA Europa League spot went to Ligue 2 side Guingamp, winners of 2008–09 Coupe de France.
(C) Champions

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	22	11	5	67	35	+32	77	10	5	4	35	22	+13	12	6	1	32	13	+19

Source: LFP.fr

Results by round

Round	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	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	W	W	W	D	D	D	W	W	L	D	W	W	L	D	D	W	D	L	W	W	L	W	W	D	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	L	W	W
Position	9	2	1	1	2	2	3	3	2	2	4	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	5	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2

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

Matches

Win Draw Loss

9 August 2008 1	Rennes	4–4	Marseille	Rennes
21:00	Thomert 7', 51' Mandanda 90' (o.g.) Cheyrou 90+3'	Report	Koné 13' Ben Arfa 15' Niang 28' Grandin 90+2'	Stadium: Stade de la Route de Lorient Attendance: 28,879 Referee: Thierry Auriac

17 August 2008 2	Marseille	4–0	Auxerre	Marseille
21:00	Niang 17' Grichting 63' (o.g.) Grandin 76' Zenden 86'	Report		Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 55,776 Referee: Philippe Kalt

23 August 2008 3	Le Havre	0–1	Marseille	Le Havre
19:00		Report	Zenden 56' Zubar 90'	Stadium: Stade Jules Deschaseaux Attendance: 16,378 Referee: Tony Chapron

30 August 2008 4	Marseille	2–1	Sochaux	Marseille
21:00	Ziani 39' Koné 60'	Report	Erdinç 73'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 55,704 Referee: Saïd Ennjimi

13 September 2008 5	Bordeaux	1–1	Marseille	Bordeaux
21:00	Chamakh 25'	Report	Koné 2'	Stadium: Stade Chaban-Delmas Attendance: 32,854 Referee: Bertrand Layec

21 September 2008 6	Marseille	0–0	Monaco	Marseille
21:00		Report		Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 51,342 Referee: Stéphane Lannoy

27 September 2008 7	Le Mans	1–1	Marseille	Le Mans
19:00	Helstad 10'	Report	Ben Arfa 7'	Stadium: Stade Léon-Bollée Attendance: 16,221 Referee: Frédy Fautrel

4 October 2008 8	Marseille	2–1	Caen	Marseille
19:00	Ben Arfa 2' Niang 60' Ziani 70'	Report	Savidan 20'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 51,915 Referee: Antony Gautier

19 October 2008 9	Valenciennes	1–3	Marseille	Valenciennes
21:00	Pujol 81'	Report	Koné 13' Ben Arfa 73' Kaboré 9024'	Stadium: Stade Nungesser Attendance: 16,192 Referee: Lionel Jaffredo

26 October 2008 10	Marseille	2–4	Paris Saint-Germain	Marseille
21:00	Niang 21' Valbuena 45'	Report	Hoarau 10', 82' Luyindula 53' Rothen 76'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 56,426 Referee: Laurent Duhamel

29 October 2008 11	Nantes	1–1	Marseille	Nantes
19:00	Maréval 44'	Report	Koné 78'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 35,993 Referee: Hervé Piccirillo

1 November 2008 12	Marseille	3–1	Saint-Étienne	Marseille
21:00	Cheyrou 20' Ben Arfa 37' (pen.) Taiwo 71'	Report	Gomis 22'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 54,715 Referee: Damien Ledentu

8 November 2008 13	Grenoble	0–3	Marseille	Grenoble
19:00		Report	Ben Arfa 4' Koné 32' Cheyrou 82'	Stadium: Stade des Alpes Attendance: 19,648 Referee: Thierry Auriac

15 November 2008 14	Marseille	2–3	Lorient	Marseille
19:00	Ziani 10' Niang 60' (pen.)	Report	Amalfitano 76' Abriel 84' Gameiro 88'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 48,878 Referee: Tony Chapron

23 November 2008 15	Marseille	2–2	Lille	Marseille
21:00	Samassa 47' Zenden 90+2'	Report	Rami 11' Bastos 37'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 46,145 Referee: Clément Turpin

30 November 2008 16	Toulouse	0–0	Marseille	Toulouse
17:00		Report		Stadium: Stadium de Toulouse Attendance: 33,572 Referee: Bertrand Layec

6 December 2008 17	Marseille	2–1	Nice	Marseille
19:00	Echouafni 14' (o.g.) Niang 45' (pen.)	Report	Bamogo 48'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 50,279 Referee: Stéphane Lannoy

14 December 2008 18	Lyon	0–0	Marseille	Lyon
21:00		Report		Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 39,638^[4] Referee: Stéphane Bré

21 December 2008 19	Marseille	0–3	Nancy	Marseille
17:00		Report	Hadji 34', 39' Dia 56'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 50,628^[5] Referee: Thierry Auriac

10 January 2009 20	Auxerre	0–2	Marseille	Auxerre
21:00		Report	Samassa 31' Valbuena 78'	Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Attendance: 19,269 Referee: Saïd Ennjimi

17 January 2009 21	Marseille	2–0	Le Havre	Marseille
19:00	Valbuena 25' Zubar 60'	Report		Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 45,721 Referee: Philippe Malige

1 February 2009 22	Sochaux	1–0	Marseille	Montbéliard
17:00	Erdinç 24'	Report		Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal Attendance: 19,972 Referee: Lionel Jaffredo

8 February 2009 23	Marseille	1–0	Bordeaux	Marseille
21:00	Chamakh 57' (o.g.)	Report	Diawara 86'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 53,856 Referee: Stéphane Bré

15 February 2009 24	Monaco	0–1	Marseille	Monaco
21:00		Report	Koné 77'	Stadium: Stade Louis II Attendance: 13,475^[6] Referee: Antony Gautier

22 February 2009 25	Marseille	0–0	Le Mans	Marseille
17:00		Report		Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 48,680 Referee: Olivier Thual

1 March 2009 26	Caen	0–1	Marseille	Caen
17:00		Report	Brandão 67'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 20,775 Referee: Thierry Auriac

7 March 2009 27	Marseille	0–0	Valenciennes	Marseille
19:00		Report		Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 48,746 Referee: Jean-Charles Cailleux

15 March 2009 28	Paris Saint-Germain	1–3	Marseille	Paris
21:00	Giuly 43' Camara 53'	Report	Zenden 24' Koné 55' Cana 60'	Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 45,774 Referee: Bertrand Layec

21 March 2009 29	Marseille	2–0	Nantes	Marseille
21:00	Civelli 55' Brandão 59'	Report		Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 47,747 Referee: Saïd Ennjimi

5 April 2009 30	Saint-Étienne	0–3	Marseille	Saint-Étienne
21:00		Report	Niang 60' (pen.), 76' Brandão 73'	Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Attendance: 34,734 Referee: Philippe Kalt

12 April 2009 31	Marseille	4–1	Grenoble	Marseille
17:00	Taiwo 52' (pen.), 65' Hilton 56' Brandão 89'	Report	Courtois 90+3'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 56,953 Referee: Philippe Malige

19 April 2009 32	Lorient	1–2	Marseille	Lorient
17:00	Gameiro 8' Le Lan 89'	Report	Civelli 59' Brandão 80' Cana 89'	Stadium: Stade du Moustoir Attendance: 13,093 Referee: Olivier Thual

26 April 2009 33	Lille	1–2	Marseille	Villeneuve d'Ascq
21:00	Hazard 49'	Report	Cheyrou 54' Niang 56'	Stadium: Stadium Lille-Metropole Attendance: 17,076 Referee: Laurent Duhamel

2 May 2009 34	Marseille	2–2	Toulouse	Marseille
21:00	Niang 63' Cetto 73' (o.g.)	Report	Gignac 48', 72'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 55,823 Referee: Antony Gautier

13 May 2009 35	Nice	0–2	Marseille	Nice
19:00		Report	Niang 26' Brandão 60'	Stadium: Stade du Ray Attendance: 16,669 Referee: Stéphane Bré

17 May 2009 36	Marseille	1–3	Lyon	Marseille
21:00	Wiltord 80'	Report	Benzema 31' (pen.), 42' Juninho 90+1'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 56,498 Referee: Stéphane Lannoy

23 May 2009 37	Nancy	1–2	Marseille	Tomblaine
21:00	N'Guémo 88'	Report	Macaluso 32' (o.g.) Brandão 56'	Stadium: Stade Marcel Picot Attendance: 20,017 Referee: Bertrand Layec

30 May 2009 38	Marseille	4–0	Rennes	Marseille
21:00	Koné 53' Niang 57', 72' Douchez 58' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 55,873 Referee: Saïd Ennjimi

Source: ^[7]

Coupe de France

4 January 2009 Round of 64	Besançon	1–1 (4–5 p)	Marseille	Besançon
20:45	Zubar 67' (o.g.)	Report	Taiwo 83' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade Léo Lagrange Attendance: 10,334 Referee: Jean-Charles Cailleux
	Penalties
	Lamy Bourillon Gamondes Hakkar Rangdet		Taiwo Bonnart Ziani Koné Cheyrou

28 January 2009 Round of 32	Lyon	1–0	Marseille	Lyon
20:45	Benzema 2' Keïta 64'	Report		Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 28,304 Referee: Laurent Duhamel

Coupe de la Ligue

24 September 2008 Round of 16	Sochaux	1–0	Marseille	Montbéliard
21:00	Erdinç 75'	Report		Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal Attendance: 12,946 Referee: Olivier Thual

Champions League

Third qualifying round

13 August 2008 First leg	Brann	0–1	Marseille	Bergen, Norway
20:45 CET		Report	Cheyrou 40'	Stadium: Brann Stadion Attendance: 11,197 Referee: Alexandru Tudor (Romania)

27 August 2008 Second leg	Marseille	2–1 (3–1 agg.)	Brann	Marseille, France
20:45 CET	Niang 65', 90'	Report	Sigurðsson 74'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 44,641 Referee: Eric Braamhaar (Netherlands)

Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Liverpool	6	4	2	0	11	5	+6	14	Advance to knockout phase
2	Atlético Madrid	6	3	3	0	9	4	+5	12	Advance to knockout phase
3	Marseille	6	1	1	4	5	7	−2	4	Transfer to UEFA Cup
4	PSV Eindhoven	6	1	0	5	5	14	−9	3

Source: RSSSF

16 September 2008 1	Marseille	1–2	Liverpool	Marseille, France
20:45	Cana 23'	Report	Gerrard 26', 32' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 44,841 Referee: Konrad Plautz (Austria)

1 October 2008 2	Atlético Madrid	2–1	Marseille	Madrid, Spain
20:45	Agüero 4' R. García 22'	Report	Niang 16'	Stadium: Vicente Calderón Stadium Attendance: 39,898 Referee: Tom Henning Øvrebø (Norway)

22 October 2008 3	PSV Eindhoven	2–0	Marseille	Eindhoven, Netherlands
20:45	Koevermans 71', 85'	Report		Stadium: Philips Stadion Attendance: 29,000 Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)

4 November 2008 4	Marseille	3–0	PSV Eindhoven	Marseille, France
20:45	Koné 30' Niang 63', 71'	Report		Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 48,777 Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)

26 November 2008 5	Liverpool	1–0	Marseille	Liverpool, England
20:45	Gerrard 23'	Report		Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 40,024 Referee: Olegário Benquerença (Portugal)

9 December 2008 6	Marseille	0–0	Atlético Madrid	Marseille, France
20:45		Report		Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 49,663 Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)

UEFA Cup

Round of 32

19 February 2009 First leg	Marseille	0–1	Twente	Marseille, France
20:45		Report	Arnautović 22'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 22,616 Referee: Stanislav Sukhina (Russia)

26 February 2009 Second leg	Twente	0–1 (a.e.t.) (1–1 agg.) (6–7 p)	Marseille	Enschede, Netherlands
18:30		Report	Ben Arfa 24'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste 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

Round of 16

12 March 2009 First leg	Marseille	2–1	Ajax	Marseille, France
20:45	Cheyrou 19' Niang 33'	Report	Suárez 36' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 27,829 Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)

18 March 2009 Second leg	Ajax	2–2 (a.e.t.) (3–4 agg.)	Marseille	Amsterdam, Netherlands
20:45	Enoh 33' Sulejmani 74'	Report	Niang 35' Mears 110'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 47,650 Referee: Florian Meyer (Germany)

Quarter-finals

9 April 2009 First leg	Shakhtar Donetsk	2–0	Marseille	Donetsk, Ukraine
18:30	Hübschman 39' Jádson 65'	Report		Stadium: RSK Olimpiyskyi Attendance: 25,500 Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

16 April 2009 Second leg	Marseille	1–2 (1–4 agg.)	Shakhtar Donetsk	Marseille, France
20:45	Ben Arfa 43'	Report	Fernandinho 30' Luiz Adriano 90+3'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 48,268 Referee: Manuel Mejuto González (Spain)

Notes and references

Notes

^ 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.
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ Cana was born in Pristina, Yugoslavia (now Kosovo).
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ 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.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Marseille 2008/2009". Footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
^ "Gerets to stand down at Marseille". Uefa.com. 29 April 2009. Retrieved 29 April 2009.
^ "FootballSquads - Marseille - 2008/09". footballsquads.co.uk. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
^ "OLYMPIQUE LYONNAIS 0 - 0 ( 0 - 0 ) OLYMPIQUE DE MARSEILLE". LFP.fr. Archived from the original on 17 December 2008. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
^ "OLYMPIQUE DE MARSEILLE 0 - 3 ( 0 - 2 ) AS NANCY LORRAINE". LFP.fr. Archived from the original on 14 April 2009. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
^ "AS MONACO FC 0 - 1 ( 0 - 0 ) OLYMPIQUE DE MARSEILLE". LFP.fr. Archived from the original on 17 April 2009. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
^ "Olympique de Marseille 2008/2009 calendar". Ligue1.com. Retrieved 3 February 2021.

[4] 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.

[5] 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.

[6] 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.

[7] Cana was born in Pristina, Yugoslavia (now Kosovo).

[8] 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.

[9] 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.

[10] 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.

[foot09-1] "Marseille 2008/2009". Footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 1 February 2021.

[2] "Gerets to stand down at Marseille". Uefa.com. 29 April 2009. Retrieved 29 April 2009.

[3] "FootballSquads - Marseille - 2008/09". footballsquads.co.uk. Retrieved 30 October 2016.

[11] "OLYMPIQUE LYONNAIS 0 - 0 ( 0 - 0 ) OLYMPIQUE DE MARSEILLE". LFP.fr. Archived from the original on 17 December 2008. Retrieved 1 February 2021.

[12] "OLYMPIQUE DE MARSEILLE 0 - 3 ( 0 - 2 ) AS NANCY LORRAINE". LFP.fr. Archived from the original on 14 April 2009. Retrieved 1 February 2021.

[13] "AS MONACO FC 0 - 1 ( 0 - 0 ) OLYMPIQUE DE MARSEILLE". LFP.fr. Archived from the original on 17 April 2009. Retrieved 1 February 2021.

[09results-14] "Olympique de Marseille 2008/2009 calendar". Ligue1.com. Retrieved 3 February 2021.

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