1992–93 Olympique de Marseille season

During the 1992–93 French football season, Olympique de Marseille competed in French Division 1.

Olympique de Marseille
1992–93 season
PresidentBernard Tapie
ManagerRaymond Goethals
StadiumStade Vélodrome
French Division 11st (title revoked)[notes 1]
Coupe de FranceQuarter-finals
UEFA Champions LeagueWinners
Top goalscorerLeague:
Alen Bokšić
(23 goals)

All:
Alen Bokšić
(29 goals)
Average home league attendance27,010

Season summary edit

Marseille won French Division 1, and also became the first (and, to date, only) French club to win the European Cup defeating A.C. Milan 1–0. However, it was later revealed that midfielder Jean-Jacques Eydelie had (on behalf of the Marseille board) bribed Valenciennes players Jorge Burruchaga, Christophe Robert and Jacques Glassman to lose the last match of the season, which Marseille needed to win the secure the French title, so that Marseille could win the match without much exertion ahead of the Champions League final. The scandal saw Marseille stripped of their title, relegated to Division 2 and banned from defending the Champions League or competing in the European Super and Intercontinental Cups, although they were allowed to remain European champions.

First-team squad edit

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   FRA Fabien Barthez
2 DF   FRA Jocelyn Angloma[notes 2]
3 DF   FRA Éric Di Meco
4 DF   FRA Basile Boli[notes 3]
5 MF   FRA Franck Sauzée
6 DF   FRA Marcel Desailly[notes 4]
7 MF   FRA Jean-Jacques Eydelie
8 FW   CRO Alen Bokšić
9 FW   GER Rudi Völler
10 FW   GHA Abedi Pele
11 MF   FRA Didier Deschamps (captain)
12 MF   FRA Jean-Christophe Thomas
No. Pos. Nation Player
13 DF   FRA Bernard Casoni
14 MF   FRA Jean-Philippe Durand
15 FW   FRA Jean-Marc Ferreri
16 GK   FRA Pascal Olmeta
- MF   FRA Alain Boghossian
- DF   FRA Manuel Amoros
- MF   FRA Jean-Christophe Marquet
- MF   ESP Rafael Martín Vázquez
- MF   RUS Igor Dobrovolski
- MF   YUG Dragan Stojković
- FW   FRA Marc Libbra
- FW   CMR François Omam-Biyik

Competitions edit

Division 1 edit

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Marseille (D) 38 22 10 6 71 36 +35 53[a] Disqualified from the Champions League[b]
2 Paris Saint-Germain (N) 38 20 11 7 61 29 +32 51 Qualification to the Cup Winners' Cup first round[c]
3 Monaco 38 21 9 8 56 29 +27 51 Qualification to the Champions League first round[d]
4 Bordeaux 38 18 12 8 42 25 +17 48 Qualification to the UEFA Cup first round
5 Nantes 38 17 11 10 54 39 +15 45
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
(D) Disqualified; (N) Refused title and entry to the UCL
Notes:
  1. ^ Marseille and Valenciennes were deducted one point for their involvement in the French football bribery scandal.
  2. ^ Marseille were stripped of the title and barred from 1993–94 UEFA Champions League due to their involvement in the bribery scandal. Retained league status.
  3. ^ Paris Saint-Germain qualified for the 1993–94 European Cup Winners' Cup as winners of the 1992–93 Coupe de France.
  4. ^ Monaco qualified for the Champions League as league champions Marseille were disqualified and runners-up Paris Saint-Germain declined to participate.

Results summary edit

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 10 6 71 36  +35 76 15 3 1 44 14  +30 7 7 5 27 22  +5

Source: Division 1

Results by round edit

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHA
ResultWDWDWWDDWLLWDDDWLWWWLWWWWWLDWWWDWWWWWL
Position66453334345545555543544221222111111111
Source: Division 1
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Coupe de France edit

March 1993 First round Marseille 3–1 Martigues
Ferreri   3'   90'
Di Meco   73'
(Report) Castro   17' (pen.)
March 1993 Second round Rouen 0–1 Marseille
(Report) Völler   81' (pen.) Attendance: 16,850
Referee: M. Ramos
May 1993 Third round Caen 1–2 Marseille
Cauet   84' (Report) Völler   17'
Thomas   25'
Attendance: 6,811
Referee: M. Poulain
May 1993 Quarter-finals Saint-Étienne 2–1 (a.e.t.) Marseille
G. Passi   17'
Casoni   105' (o.g.)
(Report) Moreau   61' (o.g.) Attendance: 20,009
Referee: M. Lainé

European Cup edit

First round edit

16 September 1992 First Leg Glentoran   0–5   Marseille The Oval, Belfast
19:30 Report Völler   3'
Martín Vázquez   19', 19'
Sauzée   41'
Ferreri   84'
Referee: Johannes Reijgwart (Netherlands)
30 September 1992 Second Leg Marseille   3–0   Glentoran Stade Vélodrome, Marseille
19:00 Omam-Biyik   6'
Pele   12'
Boli   72'
Report

Second round edit

21 October 1992 First Leg Dinamo București   0–0   Marseille Stadionul Național, Bucharest
18:00 Report Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Peter Mikkelsen (Denmark)
4 November 1992 Second Leg Marseille   2–0   Dinamo București Stade Vélodrome, Marseille
19:00 Bokšić   32', 68' Report Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Arcangelo Pezzella (Italy)

Group stage edit

Group A standings
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Marseille 6 3 3 0 14 4 +10 9
  Rangers 6 2 4 0 7 5 +2 8
  Club Brugge 6 2 1 3 5 8 −3 5
  CSKA Moscow 6 0 2 4 2 11 −9 2
25 November 1992 Round 1 Rangers   2–2   Marseille Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
19:30 McSwegan   76'
Hateley   82'
Report Bokšić   31'
Völler   55'
Attendance: 41,624
Referee: Sándor Puhl (Hungary)
9 December 1992 Round 2 Marseille   3–0   Club Brugge Stade Vélodrome, Marseille
20:30 Sauzée   4' (pen.)
Bokšić   10', 26'
Report Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Aron Schmidhuber (Germany)
3 March 1993 Round 3 CSKA Moscow   1–1   Marseille Olympiastadion, Berlin
20:30 Faizulin   55' Report Pele   27' Attendance: 12,500
Referee: Fabio Baldas (Italy)
17 March 1993 Round 4 Marseille   6–0   CSKA Moscow Stade Vélodrome, Marseille
20:30 Sauzée   4' (pen.), 34', 48'
Pele   42'
Ferreri   70'
Desailly   78'
Report Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Serge Muhmenthaler (Switzerland)
7 April 1993 Round 5 Marseille   1–1   Rangers Stade Vélodrome, Marseille
20:30 Sauzée   18' Report Durrant   52' Attendance: 46,000
Referee: Mario van der Ende (Netherlands)
21 April 1993 Round 6 Club Brugge   0–1   Marseille Olympiastadion, Bruges
20:30 Report Bokšić   2' Attendance: 17,000
Referee: Ion Crăciunescu (Romania)

Final edit

26 May 1993 Marseille   1–0   Milan Olympiastadion, Munich
20:15 Boli   43' Report Attendance: 64,400
Referee: Kurt Röthlisberger (Switzerland)

Statistics edit

Appearances and goals edit

As of 1 June 1993[2]
No. Pos Nat Player Total Ligue 1 Coupe de France Champions League
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 GK   FRA Fabien Barthez 40 0 30 0 0 0 10 0
16 GK   FRA Pascal Olmeta 13 0 8 0 4 0 1 0
Defenders
2 DF   FRA Jocelyn Angloma 42 1 28+3 1 1+1 0 9 0
3 DF   FRA Éric Di Meco 43 1 28+3 0 3 1 8+1 0
4 DF   FRA Basile Boli 42 6 32 4 1 0 9 2
6 DF   FRA Marcel Desailly 44 2 30+1 1 3 0 10 1
13 DF   FRA Bernard Casoni 34 0 23+1 0 4 0 6 0
-- DF   FRA Manuel Amoros 18 0 6+6 0 3 0 3 0
Midfielders
5 MF   FRA Franck Sauzée 47 18 33+2 12 1+1 0 9+1 6
7 MF   FRA Jean-Jacques Eydelie 40 0 24+3 0 2 0 6+5 0
11 MF   FRA Didier Deschamps 50 1 36 1 2+1 0 11 0
12 MF   FRA Jean-Christophe Thomas 26 1 9+8 0 4 1 4+1 0
14 MF   FRA Jean-Philippe Durand 42 0 19+10 0 4 0 3+6 0
-- MF   RUS Igor Dobrovolski 12 1 5+3 1 2+1 0 1 0
-- MF   FRA Jean-Christophe Marquet 2 0 0 0 0+1 0 0+1 0
Forwards
8 FW   CRO Alen Bokšić 46 29 34+3 23 0+1 0 8 6
9 FW   GER Rudi Völler 44 22 32+1 18 3 2 8 2
10 FW   GHA Abedi Pele 49 9 33+2 6 3 0 11 3
15 FW   FRA Jean-Marc Ferreri 27 6 3+16 2 4 2 1+3 2
Players loaned or transferred out during the season
-- MF   ESP Rafael Martín Vázquez 9 3 4+3 1 0 0 2 2
-- FW   CMR François Omam-Biyik 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 1

Notes and references edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ Marseille were stripped of the Division 1 title following the bribery scandal.
  2. ^ Angloma was born in Abymes, Guadeloupe, but also qualifies to represent France internationally; he made his international debut for France in 1990 and Guadeloupe in 2006.
  3. ^ Boli was born in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, but was raised in France and made his international debut for France in 1986.
  4. ^ Desailly was born in Accra, Ghana, but also qualified to represent France internationally and made his international debut for France in 1993.

References edit

  1. ^ "Olympique Marseille - Squad 1992/1993".
  2. ^ "World Football". Retrieved 15 October 2023.