2007–08 Olympique de Marseille season

Marseille

2007–08 season
Chairman	Robert Louis-Dreyfus
Manager	Albert Emon Eric Gerets
Ligue 1	3rd
Coupe de France	Round of 16
League Cup	Quarter finals
Champions League	Group stage
UEFA Cup	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Mamadou Niang (18 goals) All: Mamadou Niang (23 goals)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Olympique de Marseille extended their titleless run to 15 years – but had a decent season, where they qualified for the UEFA Champions League for the second year running, and won away from home in the 2007–08 tournament at Anfield against 2007 finalists Liverpool, but a 4-0 defeat at Stade Vélodrome in the last round knocked OM out of the tournament. Having sold Franck Ribéry to Bayern Munich for around 30 million euros, the stage was set for Marseille to push the boundaries financially in the coming seasons, with investments in the playing squad long overdue for a club that had been known as a club selling players expensively rather than buying.

Squad

Goalkeepers

• Steve Mandanda
• Cédric Carrasso
• Sébastien Hamel

Defenders

• Kanga Akalé
• Renato Civelli
• Taye Taiwo
• Julien Rodriguez
• Jacques Faty
• Leyti N'Diaye
• Ronald Zubar
• Gaël Givet
• Laurent Bonnart

Midfielders

• Karim Ziani
• Benoît Cheyrou
• Wilson Oruma
• Boudewijn Zenden
• Charles Kaboré
• Modeste M'Bami
• Lorik Cana
• Miloš Krstić
• Samir Nasri
• Juan Krupoviesa
• Mathieu Valbuena

Attackers

• Djibril Cissé
• Elliot Grandin
• Mamadou Niang
• André Ayew

Competitions

Ligue 1

Main article: 2007–08 Ligue 1

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Lyon (C)	38	24	7	7	74	37	+37	79	Qualification to Champions League group stage
2	Bordeaux	38	22	9	7	65	38	+27	75
3	Marseille	38	17	11	10	58	45	+13	62	Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
4	Nancy	38	15	15	8	44	30	+14	60	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
5	Saint-Étienne	38	16	10	12	47	34	+13	58

Source: Ligue 1
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(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	17	11	10	58	45	+13	62	11	3	5	34	21	+13	6	8	5	24	24	0

Source: LFP.fr

Results by match

Match	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	A	H	A	H	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
Result	D	D	L	D	W	L	D	L	L	L	W	L	D	W	W	D	W	D	W	L	W	D	W	W	W	D	W	W	D	L	W	W	W	L	W	L	D	W
Position	14	13	15	14	11	15	16	16	17	18	18	19	19	17	15	16	13	14	11	13	10	11	9	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	4	4	3

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

Matches

Strasbourg v Marseille

4 August 2007 1

Strasbourg

0–0

Marseille

Marseille v Rennes

11 August 2007 2

Marseille

0–0

Rennes

Valenciennes v Marseille

15 August 2007 3	Valenciennes	2–1	Marseille
	Savidan 62, 87'		Ziani 57'

Marseille v Nancy

19 August 2007 4	Marseille	2–2	Nancy
	Niang 22' Cissé 50'		Gavanon 64' (pen.) Hadji 80'

Caen v Marseille

25 August 2007 5	Caen	1–2	Marseille
	Samson 90 + 2'		Rodriguez 43' Niang 54'

Marseille v Nice

29 August 2007 6	Marseille	0–2	Nice
			Hognon 51' Hellebuyck 87'

Paris SG v Marseille

2 September 2007 7	Paris SG	1–1	Marseille
	Luyindula 20'		Cissé 11'

Marseille v Toulouse

15 September 2007 8	Marseille	1–2	Toulouse
	Zubar 90'		Emana 11' Elmander 37'

Auxerre v Marseille

22 September 2007 9	Auxerre	2–0	Marseille
	Niculae 19, 23'

Saint-Étienne v Marseille

6 October 2007 10	Saint-Étienne	1–0	Marseille
	Dernis 90'

Marseille v Lens

21 October 2007 11	Marseille	1–0	Lens
	Zenden 74'

Sochaux v Marseille

27 October 2007 12	Sochaux	2–1	Marseille
	Zubar 31' (o.g.) Bonnart 52' (o.g.)		Niang 9'

Marseille v Lorient

3 November 2007 13

Marseille

0–0

Lorient

Lyon v Marseille

11 November 2007 14	Lyon	1–2	Marseille
	Juninho 7'		Niang 10' (pen.), 45'

Marseille v Metz

24 November 2007 15	Marseille	3–1	Metz
	Zenden 20' Niang 36, 70'		Gueye 88'

Lille v Marseille

1 December 2007 16	Lille	1–1	Marseille
	Kluivert 27'		Niang 32'

Marseille v AS Monaco

8 December 2007 17	Marseille	2–0	AS Monaco
	Rodriguez 52' Cana 69'

Bordeaux v Marseille

16 December 2007 18	Bordeaux	2–2	Marseille
	Chamakh 32' Jussiê 69'		Niang 2' Cheyrou 26'

Marseille v Le Mans

22 December 2007 19	Marseille	1–0	Le Mans
	Niang 14'

Rennes v Marseille

13 January 2008 20	Rennes	3–1	Marseille
	Pagis 39' Wiltord 82, 88'		Cissé 16'

Marseille v Valenciennes

19 January 2008 21	Marseille	3–1	Valenciennes
	Cissé 27, 73' Rodriguez 51'		Audel 81'

Nancy v Marseille

23 January 2008 22	Nancy	1–1	Marseille
	Brison 48'		Nasri 87'

Marseille v Caen

26 January 2008 23	Marseille	6–1	Caen
	Cissé 28, 55, 57' Valbuena 41, 44' Nasri 81'		Toudic 2'

Nice v Marseille

10 February 2008 24	Nice	0–2	Marseille
			Niang 25' Cissé 76'

Marseille v Paris SG

17 February 2008 25	Marseille	2–1	Paris SG
	Taiwo 37' Niang 45'		Rothen 29'

Toulouse v Marseille

24 February 2008 26

Toulouse

0–0

Marseille

Marseille v Auxerre

1 March 2008 27	Marseille	2–1	Auxerre
	Cana 8' Cissé 22'		Pedretti 89'

Marseille v Saint-Étienne

9 March 2008 28	Marseille	2–0	Saint-Étienne
	Valbuena 59' Taiwo 66'

Lens v Marseille

16 March 2008 29	Lens	3–3	Marseille
	Maoulida 56' Mangane 65' Rémy 73'		Nasri 24' Cheyrou 29' Cissé 89'

Marseille v Sochaux

22 March 2008 30	Marseille	0–1	Sochaux
			N'Daw 3'

Lorient v Marseille

30 March 2008 31	Lorient	1–2	Marseille
	Saïfi 43' (pen.)		Akalé 53' Niang 80'

Marseille v Lyon

6 April 2008 32	Marseille	3–1	Lyon
	Cissé 26' Niang 28, 54'		Cana 43' (o.g.)

Metz v Marseille

12 April 2008 33	Metz	1–2	Marseille
	Barbosa 3'		Cissé 14' Nasri 57'

Marseille v Lille

20 April 2008 34	Marseille	1–3	Lille
	Niang 13'		Mirallas 37, 40' Makoun 67'

AS Monaco v Marseille

27 April 2008 35	AS Monaco	2–3	Marseille
	González 56' Leko 64'		Nasri 28' Taiwo 61' Cissé 82'

Marseille v Bordeaux

4 May 2008 36	Marseille	1–2	Bordeaux
	Niang 45'		Wendel 80' Ducasse 90'

Le Mans v Marseille

10 May 2008 37

Le Mans

0–0

Marseille

Marseille v Strasbourg

17 May 2008 38	Marseille	4–3	Strasbourg
	Niang 7' Cissé 45 + 2, 78' Nasri 45 + 5'		Fanchone 11' Gameiro 18' Zenke 72'

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 2007–08 UEFA Champions League

Group stage

Main article: 2007–08 UEFA Champions League group stage § Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Porto	6	3	2	1	8	7	+1	11	Advance to knockout stage
2	Liverpool	6	3	1	2	18	5	+13	10
3	Marseille	6	2	1	3	6	9	−3	7	Transfer to UEFA Cup
4	Beşiktaş	6	2	0	4	4	15	−11	6

Source: RSSSF

Marseille v Beşiktaş

18 September 2007 1	Marseille	2–0	Beşiktaş
	Rodriguez 76' Cissé 90 + 1'

Liverpool v Marseille

3 October 2007 2	Liverpool	0–1	Marseille
			Valbuena 77'

Marseille v Porto

24 October 2007 3	Marseille	1–1	Porto
	Niang 70'		Lucho 79' (pen.)

Porto v Marseille

6 November 2007 4	Porto	2–1	Marseille
	Sektioui 27' Lisandro 78'		Niang 47'

Beşiktaş v Marseille

28 November 2007 5	Beşiktaş	2–1	Marseille
	Tello 27' Bobô 88'		Taiwo 65'

Marseille v Liverpool

11 December 2007 6	Marseille	0–4	Liverpool
			Gerrard 4' Torres 11' Kuyt 48' Babel 90 + 1'

UEFA Cup

Main article: 2007–08 UEFA Cup

Knockout phase

Main article: 2007–08 UEFA Cup knockout stage

Round of 32

Marseille v Spartak Moskva

13 February 2008 1	Marseille	3–0	Spartak Moskva
	Cheyrou 62' Taiwo 68' Niang 79'

Spartak Moskva v Marseille

21 February 2008 2	Spartak Moskva	2–0 (2–3 agg.)	Marseille
	Pavlenko 39' Pavlyuchenko 85'

Round of 16

Marseille v Zenit

6 March 2008 1	Marseille	3–1	Zenit
	Cissé 37, 55' Niang 48'		Arshavin 82'

Zenit v Marseille

12 March 2008 2	Zenit	2–0 (3a–3 agg.)	Marseille
	Pogrebnyak 39, 78'

Sources

• - Footballsquads - Marseille 2007/2008 7
• - LFP.fr - Ligue de Football Profesionel