2002–03 Olympique de Marseille season

Marseille

2002-03 season
Chairman	Robert Louis-Dreyfus
Manager	Alain Perrin
Ligue 1	3rd
Coupe de France	Last 32
League Cup	Semi Finals
Top goalscorer	Ibrahima Bakayoko (9)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Olympique de Marseille almost won the French League for the first time in 11 years, having a remarkable run to third place, having only scored five goals more than it conceded. The most praised player was central defender Daniel Van Buyten, who was able to tighten up the defence, and also helping out with scoring several important goals. Without Marseille's goalscoring woes, it could have sustained a more serious title assault. Therefore it signed late-blooming starlet Didier Drogba from En Avant Guingamp, a move that was set to be among the best financial deals in the clubs' history.

Squad

Goalkeepers

• Vedran Runje
• Cédric Carrasso

Defenders

• Jérôme Perez
• Manuel dos Santos
• Daniel Van Buyten
• Eduardo Tuzzio
• Sébastien Pérez
• Abdoulaye Méïté
• Franck Leboeuf
• Johnny Ecker
• Fabien Laurenti
• Loris Reina

Midfielders

• Fabien Camus
• Brahim Hemdani
• Piotr Świerczewski
• Pascal Johansen
• Delfim
• Djamel Belmadi
• Salomon Olembé
• Mickaël Marsiglia
• Benjamin Gavanon
• Michel Gafour
• Fabio Celestini
• Karim Dahou

Attackers

• Fernandão
• Ibrahima Bakayoko
• Cyril Chapuis
• Lamine Sakho
• Dmitri Sychev
• Laurent Merlin

Ligue 1

Matches

Marseille v Nantes

3 August 2002 1	Marseille	0–2	Nantes	Lyon
			Yepes 62' Berson 90 + 3'	Stadium: Stade Gerland

AS Monaco v Marseille

10 August 2002 2	AS Monaco	0–1	Marseille	Monaco
			Fernandão 54'	Stadium: Stade Louis II

Marseille v Lyon

16 August 2002 3	Marseille	1–1	Lyon	Marseille
	Bakayoko 29'		Govou 14'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome

Rennes v Marseille

24 August 2002 4	Rennes	1–3	Marseille	Rennes
	Piquionne 10'		Chapuis 35, 70' Sakho 90 + 1'	Stadium: Stade de la Route de Lorient

Marseille v Auxerre

1 September 2002 5	Marseille	0–0	Auxerre	Marseille
				Stadium: Stade Vélodrome

Nice v Marseille

11 September 2002 6	Nice	2–0	Marseille	Nice
	Everson 52' Olufade 82'			Stadium: Stade du Ray

Marseille v Bordeaux

14 September 2002 7	Marseille	2–1	Bordeaux	Marseille
	Leboeuf 16' (pen.) Bakayoko 75'		Pauleta 52'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome

Le Havre v Marseille

21 September 2002 8	Le Havre	1–3	Marseille	Le Havre
	Fauconnier 66'		Sakho 45 + 2' Johansen 58' Celestini 90'	Stadium: Stade Jules Deschaseaux

Marseille v Ajaccio

27 September 2002 9	Marseille	3–1	Ajaccio	Marseille
	Van Buyten 41' Chapuis 45' Bakayoko 77' (pen.)		Destruhaut 15'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome

Lille v Marseille

5 October 2002 10	Lille	3–0	Marseille	Lille
	Tapia 15' Brunel 55' Cheyrou 65'			Stadium: Stade Grimonprez-Jooris

Marseille v Strasbourg

20 October 2002 11	Marseille	1–0	Strasbourg	Marseille
20:45	Fernandão 24'			Stadium: Stade Vélodrome

Paris SG v Marseille

26 October 2002 12	Paris SG	3–0	Marseille	Paris
17:15	Ronaldinho 15', 37' (pen.) Cardetti 82'			Stadium: Stade Parc des Princes

Marseille v Montpellier

2 November 2002 13	Marseille	2–0	Montpellier	Marseille
20:00	Bakayoko 32' F. Silvestre 61' (o.g.)			Stadium: Stade Vélodrome

Guingamp v Marseille

9 November 2002 14	Guingamp	0–0	Marseille	Guingamp
20:00				Stadium: Stade du Roudourou

Marseille v Troyes

16 November 2002 15	Marseille	0–0	Troyes	Marseille
20:00				Stadium: Stade Vélodrome

Marseille v Lens

23 November 2002 16	Marseille	1–0	Lens	Marseille
17:15	Olembé 12'			Stadium: Stade Vélodrome

Bastia v Marseille

30 November 2002 17	Bastia	2–0	Marseille	Bastia
	Ben Saada 74, 87'			Stadium: Stade Armand Cesari

Marseille v Sochaux

4 December 2002 18	Marseille	1–0	Sochaux	Marseille
	Fernandão 40'			Stadium: Stade Vélodrome

Sedan v Marseille

14 December 2002 19	Sedan	1–2	Marseille	Sedan
	H. Camara 70'		dos Santos 39' Bakayoko 49'	Stadium: Stade Louis Dugauguez

Marseille v AS Monaco

20 December 2002 20	Marseille	1–1	AS Monaco	Marseille
	Van Buyten 60'		Pršo 40'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome

Lyon v Marseille

10 January 2003 21	Lyon	1–0	Marseille	Lyon
	Luyindula 41'			Stadium: Stade Gerland Referee: Pierluigi Collina

Marseille v Rennes

14 January 2003 22	Marseille	2–0	Rennes	Marseille
	Bakayoko 7' Van Buyten 19'			Stadium: Stade Vélodrome

Auxerre v Marseille

21 January 2003 23	Auxerre	0–0	Marseille	Auxerre
				Stadium: Stade Abbe-Deschamps

Marseille v Nice

28 January 2003 24	Marseille	2–0	Nice	Marseille
	Van Buyten 45 + 3' Sychev 87'			Stadium: Stade Vélodrome

Bordeaux v Marseille

2 February 2003 25	Bordeaux	3–1	Marseille	Bordeaux
	Feindouno 56' Darcheville 63' (pen.) Sávio 90 + 6'		Van Buyten 88'	Stadium: Stade Chaban-Delmas

Marseille v Le Havre

5 February 2003 26	Marseille	2–0	Le Havre	Marseille
	Sychev 16' Van Buyten 52'			Stadium: Stade Vélodrome

Ajaccio v Marseille

8 February 2003 27	Ajaccio	0–2	Marseille	Ajaccio
			Bakayoko 35' Sakho 79' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade François Coty

Marseille v Lille

28	Marseille	2–0	Lille
	Bakayoko 13' Johansen 75'

Strasbourg v Marseille

29

Strasbourg

0–0

Marseille

Marseille v Paris SG

30	Marseille	0–3	Paris SG
			Leroy 28, 83' Ronaldinho 55'

Montpellier v Marseille

Marseille v Guingamp

32	Marseille	0–2	Guingamp
			Bah 12' Drogba 16'

Troyes v Marseille

33

Troyes

0–0

Marseille

Lens v Marseille

34	Lens	0–1	Marseille
			Leboeuf 33' (pen.)

Marseille v Bastia

35	Marseille	2–1	Bastia
	Sychev 45' Van Buyten 87'		Batlles 90 + 3'

Sochaux v Marseille

36	Sochaux	3–0	Marseille
	Santos 28' Frau 65' Isabey 86'

Marseille v Sedan

37	Marseille	4–2	Sedan
	Pérez 10' Chapuis 43' Hemdani 83' Sakho 89'		N'Diefi 57' Pérez 61' (o.g.)

Nantes v Marseille

38	Nantes	1–0	Marseille
	Quint 84'

Top Scorers

• Ibrahima Bakayoko 9 (1)
• Daniel Van Buyten 8
• Cyril Chapuis 4
• Lamine Sakho 4 (1)
• Fernandão 4
• Dmitri Sychev 3

Sources

• RSSSF - France 2002/03