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.
| 2007–08 season | ||||
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| Chairman | Robert Louis-Dreyfus | |||
| Manager | Albert Emon Eric Gerets | |||
| Ligue 1 | 3rd | |||
| Coupe de France | Round of 16 | |||
| Coupe de la Ligue | Quarter-finals | |||
| Champions League | Group stage | |||
| UEFA Cup | Round of 16 | |||
| Top goalscorer | League: Mamadou Niang (18 goals) All: Mamadou Niang (23 goals) | |||
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Squad edit
- As of February 1, 2008.[1]
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Transfers edit
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Competitions edit
Ligue 1 edit
League table edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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| 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
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Results summary edit
| Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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| 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 round edit
Matches edit
| 4 August 2007 1 | Strasbourg | 0–0 | Marseille |
| 15 August 2007 3 | Valenciennes | 2–1 | Marseille | |
Savidan  62', 87' |
Ziani 57' |
| 29 August 2007 6 | Marseille | 0–2 | Nice | |
| Hognon 51' Hellebuyck 87' |
| 6 October 2007 10 | Saint-Étienne | 1–0 | Marseille | |
| Dernis 90' |
| 19 January 2008 21 | Marseille | 3–1 | Valenciennes | |
| Cissé 27', 73' Rodriguez 51' |
Audel 81' |
| 9 March 2008 28 | Marseille | 2–0 | Saint-Étienne | |
| Valbuena 59' Taiwo 66' |
| 16 March 2008 29 | Lens | 3–3 | Marseille | |
| Maoulida 56' Mangane 65' Rémy 73' |
Nasri 24' Cheyrou 29' Cissé 89' |
| 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 edit
Group stage edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 |  Porto
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6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 11 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 |  Liverpool
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6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 5 | +13 | 10 | |
| 3 |  Marseille
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6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 7 | Transfer to UEFA Cup |
| 4 |  Beşiktaş
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6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 15 | −11 | 6 |
Source: RSSSF
| 18 September 2007 1 | Marseille  | 2–0 | Beşiktaş | Marseille, France |
| 20:45 | Rodriguez 76' Cissé 90+1' |
Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 35,676 Referee: Matteo Trefoloni (Italy) |
| 3 October 2007 2 | Liverpool | 0–1 | Marseille | Liverpool, England |
| 20:45 | Valbuena 77' |
Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 41,355 Referee: Konrad Plautz (Austria) |
| 24 October 2007 3 | Marseille | 1–1 | Porto | Marseille, France |
| 20:45 | Niang 70' |
Lucho 79' (pen.) |
Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 46,458 Referee: Manuel Mejuto González (Spain) |
| 6 November 2007 4 | Porto | 2–1 | Marseille | Porto, Portugal |
| 20:45 | Sektioui 27' Lisandro 78' |
Niang 47' |
Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Attendance: 42,217 Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany) |
| 28 November 2007 5 | Beşiktaş | 2–1 | Marseille | Istanbul, Turkey |
| 20:45 | Tello 27' Bobô 88' |
Taiwo 65' |
Stadium: BJK İnönü Stadium Attendance: 19,448 Referee: Luis Medina Cantalejo (Spain) |
| 11 December 2007 6 | Marseille | 0–4 | Liverpool | Marseille, France |
| 20:45 | Gerrard 4' Torres 11' Kuyt 48' Babel 90+1' |
Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 53,097 Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway) |
UEFA Cup edit
Knockout phase edit
Round of 32 edit
| 13 February 2008 First leg | Marseille | 3–0 |  Spartak Moscow | Marseille, France |
| 20:45 | Cheyrou 62' Taiwo 68' Niang 79' |
Report | Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 31,790 Referee: Pedro Proença (Portugal) |
| 21 February 2008 Second leg | Spartak Moscow | 2–0 (2–3 agg.) | Marseille | Moscow, Russia |
| 17:30 | Pavlenko 39' Pavlyuchenko 85' |
Report | Stadium: Luzhniki Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Thomas Einwaller (Austria) |
Round of 16 edit
| 6 March 2008 First leg | Marseille | 3–1 | Zenit Saint Petersburg | Marseille, France |
| 20:45 | Cissé 37', 55' Niang 48' |
Report | Arshavin 82' |
Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 24,327 Referee: Knut Kircher (Germany) |
| 12 March 2008 Second leg | Zenit Saint Petersburg | 2–0 (3a–3 agg.) | Marseille | Saint Petersburg, Russia |
| 17:30 | Pogrebnyak 39', 78' |
Report | Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 21,500 Referee: Mike Riley (England) |
References edit
- ^ "Effectif pro". OM.net. Archived from the original on May 13, 2008. Retrieved January 29, 2021.