Olympique de Marseille just missed out on Champions League qualification, but recorded 60 league points, an improvement on previous seasons. New signing Franck Ribéry got an international breakthrough, being linked to transfers to several European top clubs and being instrumental in France reaching the final of the World Cup. In spite of all rumours, Ribéry would stay at the club for a further season. That did not apply to manager Jean Fernandez, who left for Auxerre at the end of the season.
| 2005–06 season | ||||
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| Chairman | Robert Louis-Dreyfus | |||
| Manager | Jean Fernandez | |||
| Ligue 1 | 5th | |||
| Coupe de France | Runners-up | |||
| Coupe de la Ligue | Second round | |||
| UEFA Cup | Round of 16 | |||
| Intertoto Cup | Winners | |||
| Top goalscorer | League: Mamadou Niang (10 goals) All: Mamadou Niang (13 goals) | |||
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Squad edit
Goalkeepers edit
Defenders edit
André Luís
Taye Taiwo- Demetrius Ferreira
Frédéric Déhu
Abdoulaye Méïté- Jérôme Bonnissel
- Alain Cantareil
Boštjan Cesar
Renato Civelli
Mehdi Benatia
Midfielders edit
Attackers edit
Competitions edit
Ligue 1 edit
League table edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Lille | 38 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 56 | 31 | +25 | 62 | Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round |
| 4 | Lens | 38 | 14 | 18 | 6 | 48 | 34 | +14 | 60 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | Marseille | 38 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 44 | 35 | +9 | 60 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round |
| 6 | Auxerre | 38 | 17 | 8 | 13 | 50 | 39 | +11 | 59 | |
| 7 | Rennes | 38 | 18 | 5 | 15 | 48 | 49 | −1 | 59 |
Source: Ligue 1
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
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 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 44 | 35 | +9 | 60 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 28 | 13 | +15 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 22 | −6 |
Source: LFP.fr
Results by round edit
Matches edit
| 21 September 2005 8 | Toulouse | 1–0 | Marseille | |
Bergougnoux  12' |
| 16 October 2005 11 | Marseille | 1–0 | Paris Saint-Germain | |
| Cana 78' |
| 23 October 2005 12 | Saint-Étienne | 2–1 | Marseille | |
| Feindouno 23' Hellebuyck 84' |
Ribéry 35' |
| 5 November 2005 14 | Le Mans | 3–0 | Marseille | |
| Chiumiento 6' Fanchone 61' Bangoura 77' |
| 17 December 2005 19 | Strasbourg | 0–1 | Marseille | |
| Niang 60' |
| 5 March 2006 29 | Paris Saint-Germain | 0–0 | Marseille |
| 12 March 2006 30 | Marseille | 2–0 | Saint-Étienne | |
| Pagis 16', 19' |
| 6 May 2006 37 | Marseille | 2–2 | Strasbourg | |
| Nasri 47' Ribéry 72' |
Abdessadki 51' Carlier 67' |
Coupe de France edit
| 29 April 2006 Final | Marseille | 1–2 | Paris Saint-Germain | Stade de France, Saint-Denis |
| Maoulida 67' |
Kalou 5' Dhorasoo 49' |
Attendance: 79,061 Referee: Laurent Duhamel |
Coupe de la Ligue edit
Intertoto Cup edit
Third round edit
| 16 July 2005 First leg | Young Boys  | 2–3 |  Marseille | Bern, Switzerland |
| Raimondi 61' Yakin 74' |
Oruma 15' Niang 35'Taiwo 82' |
Stadium: Stade de Suisse Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Craig Thomson (Scotland) |
| 23 July 2005 Second leg | Marseille | 2–1 (5–3 agg.) | Young Boys | Marseille, France |
| Luyindula 70' (pen.) Nasri 83' |
Raimondi 43' |
Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 28,000 Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia) |
Semi–finals edit
| 27 July 2005 First leg | Lazio  | 1–1 | Marseille | Rome, Italy |
| 21:00 | Di Canio 42' |
Report | Méïté 70' |
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 31,000 Referee: Carlos Megía Dávila (Spain) |
| 3 August 2005 Second leg | Marseille | 3–0 (4–1 agg.) | Lazio | Marseille, France |
| 21:00 | Niang 60' Mendoza 61'Ribéry 65' |
Report | Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 53,000 Referee: António Costa (Portugal) |
Final edit
| 9 August 2005 First leg | Deportivo La Coruña  | 2–0 | Marseille | A Coruña, Spain |
| 21:00 | Rubén 68' Iván Carril 87' |
Report | Stadium: Estadio Riazor Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Jaroslav Jara (Czech Republic) |
| 23 August 2005 Second leg | Marseille | 5–1 (5–3 agg.) | Deportivo La Coruña | Marseille, France |
| 21:00 | Ribéry 5' Méïté 65'Niang 74', 88'Oruma 90+3' |
Report | Andrade 9' |
Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Nikolai Ivanov (Russia) |
UEFA Cup edit
First round edit
| 15 September 2005 First leg | Germinal Beerschot  | 0–0 | Marseille | Antwerp, Belgium |
| 20:30 | Report | Stadium: Olympisch Stadion Attendance: 12,150 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain) |
| 29 September 2005 Second leg | Marseille | 0–0 (a.e.t.) (0–0 agg.) (4–1 p) | Germinal Beerschot | Marseille, France |
| 21:00 | Report | Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Michael Weiner (Germany) | ||
| Penalties | ||||
Giménez  André Luís Taiwo Nasri |
 Öztürk Chimedza Agyeman |
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Group stage edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marseille
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4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 |  Levski Sofia
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4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6 | |
| 3 |  Heerenveen
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4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |
| 4 |  CSKA Moscow
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4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 4 | |
| 5 |  Dinamo București
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4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 4 |
Source: [citation needed]
| 20 October 2005 1 | CSKA Moscow | 1–2 | Marseille | Moscow, Russia |
| 17:30 | Vágner Love 80' |
Report | Lamouchi 23' Niang 38' |
Stadium: Dynamo Stadium Attendance: 22,500 Referee: Kristinn Jakobsson (Iceland) |
| 24 November 2005 2 | Marseille | 1–0 | Heerenveen | Marseille, France |
| 20:45 | Taiwo 88' (pen.) |
Report | Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 25,000 Referee: João Ferreira (Portugal) |
| 1 December 2005 3 | Levski Sofia | 1–0 | Marseille | Sofia, Bulgaria |
| 18:30 | Yovov 54' |
Report | Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Stadium Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Nicolai Vollquartz (Denmark) |
| 14 December 2005 4 | Marseille | 2–1 | Dinamo București | Marseille, France |
| 20:45 | Cesar 38' Delfim 45' |
Report | Niculescu 51' |
Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 19,500 Referee: Julián Rodríguez Santiago (Spain) |
Knockout phase edit
Round of 32 edit
| 15 February 2006 First leg | Bolton Wanderers  | 0–0 | Marseille | Bolton, England |
| 20:45 | Report | Stadium: Reebok Stadium Attendance: 19,288 Referee: Olegário Benquerença (Portugal) |
| 23 February 2006 Second leg | Marseille | 2–1 (2–1 agg.) | Bolton Wanderers | Marseille, France |
| 20:45 | Ribéry 45+2' Ben Haim 68' (o.g.) |
Report | Giannakopoulos 25' |
Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 38,351 Referee: Massimo Busacca (Switzerland) |
Round of 16 edit
| 9 March 2006 First leg | Marseille | 0–1 | Zenit Saint Petersburg | Marseille, France |
| 20:45 | Report | Arshavin 51' |
Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Luis Medina Cantalejo (Spain) |
| 16 March 2006 Second leg | Zenit Saint Petersburg | 1–1 (2–1 agg.) | Marseille | Saint Petersburg, Russia |
| 17:00 | Kerzhakov 69' |
Report | Déhu 74' |
Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 21,838 Referee: Herbert Fandel (Germany) |