1998–99 Olympique de Marseille season

Marseille
1998-99 season
Chairman	Robert Louis-Dreyfus
Manager	Rolland Courbis
Division 1	2nd
Coupe de France	Last 32
Coupe de la Ligue	Last 32
UEFA Cup	Runners-up
Top goalscorer	Florian Maurice (14)
	← 1997–98 1999–2000 →

Olympique de Marseille had their best season since the bribery affair burst in 1993, reaching the UEFA Cup final and only just being defeated by Bordeaux in the domestic championship. Laurent Blanc, Christophe Dugarry and Fabrizio Ravanelli were among the crucial players in the Marseille resurgence. When those players left, l'OM fell into pieces.

First-team squad

Players

Squad at end of season^[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	GER	Andreas Köpke
2	DF	FRA	Patrick Blondeau
3	DF	FRA	Patrick Colleter
4	DF	RSA	Pierre Issa
5	DF	FRA	Laurent Blanc
6	MF	FRA	Éric Roy
7	MF	FRA	Robert Pirès
8	MF	FRA	Frédéric Brando
9	FW	FRA	Florian Maurice
10	MF	FRA	Jocelyn Gourvennec
11	FW	ITA	Fabrizio Ravanelli
12	MF	CIV	Tchiressoua Guel
13	FW	GUI	Titi Camara


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
15	FW	GHA	Arthur Moses
16	GK	FRA	Stéphane Porato
17	DF	CIV	Cyril Domoraud
19	FW	FRA	Cédric Mouret
21	FW	FRA	Christophe Dugarry
22	DF	FRA	Martial Robin
23	DF	FRA	William Gallas
25	MF	COM	Hamada Jambay
26	MF	FRA	Peter Luccin
27	MF	FRA	Daniel Bravo
28	DF	BRA	Edson (on loan from Sport Recife)
29	DF	FRA	Jacques Abardonado
30	GK	FRA	François Lemasson
—	DF	FRA	Serge Blanc
—	MF	TOG	Chérif Touré Mamam

Results

Division 1

1	Marseille	2–0	Nantes	Marseille
	Ravanelli 49' Maurice 90'

2	Metz	0–1	Marseille
			Gourvennec 45'

3	Marseille	5–4	Montpellier	Marseille
	Maurice 61' Dugarry 64', 71' Roy 84' Blanc 90' (pen.)		Bakayoko 15', 34' Robert 19' Sauzée 23'

4

Le Havre

0–0

Marseille

5	Marseille	1–1	Rennes	Marseille
	Maurice 78'		Dogon 90'

6	Marseille	2–2	Bordeaux	Marseille
	Ravanelli 45' Roy 56'		Diawara 43', 90'

7	Bastia	0–2	Marseille
			Pirès 36' Camara 67'

8	Marseille	2–0	Toulouse	Marseille
	Maurice 43' Ravanelli 86'

9	Strasbourg	0–2	Marseille	Marseille
			Maurice 41', 53'

10	Marseille	4–0	Sochaux	Marseille
	Ravanelli 43', 90' Camara 55', 90+1'

11	Lorient	1–3	Marseille
	Bouafia 25'		Ravanelli 55', 66' Pirès 87'

12	Marseille	1–0	AS Monaco	Marseille
	Maurice 90'

13	Nancy	2–3	Marseille
	Cascarino 52' Soufiane-Koné 89'		Maurice 11', 78' Gourvennec 22'

14	Marseille	1–0	Lens	Marseille
	Dugarry 31'

15	Lyon	2–1	Marseille	Lyon
	Linarès 17' Violeau 55'		Maurice 76'

16

Marseille

0–0

Paris Saint-Germain

Marseille

17	Auxerre	1–1	Marseille
	Carnot 85'		Blanc 60'

18	Marseille	3–0	Metz	Marseille
	Camara 29' Maurice 44' Gourvennec 90'

19	Montpellier	0–1	Marseille
			Maurice 41'

20	Marseille	2–0	Le Havre	Marseille
	Pirès 32', 70'

21	Rennes	1–1	Marseille
	Arribagé 12'		Camara 78'

22	Bordeaux	4–1	Marseille	Marseille
	Wiltord 14', 32' Micoud 17' Laslandes 20'		Dugarry 59'

23	Marseille	3–1	Bastia	Marseille
	Bravo 33' Ravanelli 40, 81'		Laurent 76'

24	Toulouse	1–0	Marseille
	Oceano 75' (pen.)

25	Marseille	1–0	Strasbourg	Marseille
	Pirès 47'

26

Sochaux

0–0

Marseille

27	Marseille	4–1	Lorient	Marseille
	Ravanelli 17', 72' Maurice 49' Gourvennec 77' (pen.)		Camadini 87'

28	AS Monaco	1–2	Marseille	Monaco
	Ikpeba 28'		Camara 15' Ravanelli 48'

29	Marseille	4–0	Nancy	Marseille
	Edson 30' Gourvennec 58' Ravanelli 63' Maurice 80'

30	Lens	4–0	Marseille
	Vairelles 43', 70' Moreira 67', 76'

31

Marseille

0–0

Lyon

Marseille

32	Paris Saint-Germain	2–1	Marseille	Paris
	Simone 84' Rodriguez 88'		Maurice 21'

33	Marseille	1–0	Auxerre	Marseille
	Luccin 13'

34	Nantes	0–1	Marseille
			Pirès 38'

UEFA Cup

First round

15 September 1988	Sigma Olomouc	2–2	Marseille	Olomouc
	Heinz 35', 41'	Report	Ravanelli 29' Roy 83'

29 September 1998	Marseille	4–0	Sigma Olomouc	Marseille
	Dugarry 19', 76' Pirès 23', 86'	Report

Marseille won 6–2 on aggregate.

Second round

20 October 1998	Werder Bremen	1–1	Marseille	Bremen
	Herzog 69'	Report	Maurice 67'

3 November 1998	Marseille	3–2	Werder Bremen	Marseille
	Maurice 36' Issa 52' Dugarry 77'	Report	Eilts 48' Herzog 82'

Marseille won 4–3 on aggregate.

Third round

24 November 1998	Monaco	2–2	Marseille	Stade Louis II, Monaco
	Trezeguet 17' (pen.) Giuly 56'	Report	Pirès 10' Camara 39'

8 December 1998	Marseille	1–0	Monaco	Marseille
	Camara 71'	Report

Marseille won 3–2 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

2 March 1999	Marseille	2–1	Celta Vigo	Marseille
	Maurice 33', 68'	Report	Mostovoi 64'

16 March 1999	Celta Vigo	0–0	Marseille	Vigo
		Report

Marseille won 2–1 on aggregate.

Semi-final

6 April 1999	Marseille	0–0	Bologna	Marseille
		Report

20 April 1999	Bologna	1–1	Marseille	Bologna
	Paramatti 18'	Report	Blanc 86' (pen.)

Bologna 1–1 Marseille on aggregate. Marseille won on away goals.

Final

12 May 1999	Parma	3–0	Marseille	Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow
	Crespo 26' Vanoli 36' Chiesa 55'	Report		Attendance: 62,000 Referee: Hugh Dallas (Scotland)

Top scorers

Division 1

References

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