1989–90 Olympique de Marseille season

The 1989–90 season saw Olympique de Marseille compete in the French Division 1 as reigning champions as well as the 1989–90 Coupe de France and the 1989–90 European Cup.

Olympique de Marseille
1989–90 season
PresidentBernard Tapie
ManagerGérard Gili
StadiumStade Vélodrome
French Division 11st
Coupe de FranceSemi-finals
European CupSemi-finals
Top goalscorerLeague:
Jean-Pierre Papin (30)

All:
Jean-Pierre Papin (38)
Average home league attendance31,727

Overview

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In the summer of 1989, Marseille lost many big name players including prolific German striker Klaus Allofs who went to rivals Bordeaux and Franch defender Yvon Le Roux who transferred to PSG.[1] Owner, Bernard Tapie, brought in reinforcements for the double winners though, signing Enzo Francescoli, Carlos Mozer, Jean Tigana, Alain Roche, Manuel Amoros, and Chris Waddle. Of the transfers, Waddle was the most high-profile and the £4.5m Marseille paid Tottenham for Waddle equalled a British record fee and the sixth highest ever paid at that point.[1][2]

Marseille went into the season as defending French Division 1 champions and successfully defend their crown, winning their seventh French league title overall.[3] Marseille would go deep in both the Coupe de France and the European Cup but lost in the semi-finals in both competitions.[3]

Competitions

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Division 1

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Marseille (C) 38 22 9 7 75 34 +41 53 Qualification to European Cup first round
2 Bordeaux 38 22 7 9 51 25 +26 51 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
3 Monaco 38 15 16 7 38 24 +14 46
4 Sochaux 38 17 9 12 46 39 +7 43
5 Paris Saint-Germain 38 18 6 14 50 48 +2 42
Source: Footballdatabase.eu
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Victory: 2 points, Draw: 1 point, Defeat: 0 points
(C) Champions

Results summary

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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 9 7 75 34  +41 75 15 3 1 46 12  +34 7 6 6 29 22  +7

Source: [citation needed]

Results by round

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Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHH
ResultWWLWDWDWWWWWLDLWWDWDWLWDWWDDWLWDWLWWWL
Position11333232332122332222222222222222121111
Source: [citation needed]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Coupe de France

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Semi-final

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25 May 1990 Marseille 2–3 RC Paris Stade Vélodrome, Marseille
Germain   3'
Sauzée   61'
(Report) Bouderbala   37'
Milojevic   83'
Aïd   88'

European Cup

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First round

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13 September 1989 Marseille 3–0   Brøndby Stade Vélodrome, Marseille
Sauzée   62'
Papin   67'
Vercruysse   81'
Report Attendance: 18,686
Referee: Rosario Lo Bello (Italy)
27 September 1989 Brøndby   1–1 Marseille Brøndby Stadion, Brøndbyvester
Olsen   54' Report Papin   64' Attendance: 10,300
Referee: Rodger Gifford (Wales)

Marseille won 4–1 on aggregate.

Second round

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18 October 1989 Marseille 2–0   AEK Athens Stade Vélodrome, Marseille
22:00 Papin   55'
Manolas   80' (o.g.)
Report Attendance: 24,263
Referee: Georges Sandoz (Switzerland)
1 November 1989 AEK Athens   1–1 Marseille AEK Stadium, Athens
21:00 Savevski   79' (pen.) Report Papin   84' Attendance: 33,260
Referee: Helmut Kohl (Austria)

Marseille won 3–1 on aggregate.

Quarter-final

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7 March 1990 CSKA Sofia   0–1 Marseille Narodna Armia, Sofia
Report Thys   85' Attendance: 26,300
Referee: Aron Schmidhuber (Germany)
21 March 1990 Marseille 3–1   CSKA Sofia Stade Vélodrome, Marseille
Waddle   25'
Papin   28'
Sauzée   72'
Report Urukov   84' Attendance: 34,665
Referee: Lajos Nemeth (Hungary)

Marseille won 4–1 on aggregate.

Semi-final

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4 April 1990 Marseille 2–1   Benfica Stade Vélodrome, Marseille
Sauzée   13'
Papin   44'
Report Lima   10' Attendance: 36,859
Referee: George Courtney (England)
18 April 1990 Benfica   1–0 Marseille Estádio da Luz, Lisbon
Vata   82' Report Attendance: 120,000
Referee: Marcel Van Langenhove (Belgium)

Marseille 2–2 Benfica on aggregate. Benfica won on away goals.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Classic Teams #2: Marseille (1986-93)". Get Football News. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
  2. ^ "Chris Waddle: The easy going showstopper with continental class". thefootballfaithful.com. 7 February 2019. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  3. ^ a b "Olympique de Marseille". Britannica. Retrieved 12 July 2020.