1998–99 Olympique de Marseille season

Olympique de Marseille had their best season since the bribery affair burst in 1993, reaching the UEFA Cup final and only just being defeated by Bordeaux in the domestic championship. Laurent Blanc, Christophe Dugarry and Fabrizio Ravanelli were among the crucial players in the Marseille resurgence. When those players left, l'OM fell into pieces.

Marseille
1998–99 season
ChairmanRobert Louis-Dreyfus
ManagerRolland Courbis
Division 12nd
Coupe de FranceRound of 32
Coupe de la LigueRound of 32
UEFA CupRunners-up
Top goalscorerFlorian Maurice (14)

Players

First-team squad
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 Germany GER Andreas Köpke
2 DF France FRA Patrick Blondeau
3 DF France FRA Patrick Colleter
4 DF South Africa RSA Pierre Issa
5 DF France FRA Laurent Blanc
6 MF France FRA Eric Roy
7 MF France FRA Robert Pires
8 MF France FRA Frédéric Brando
9 FW France FRA Florian Maurice
10 MF France FRA Jocelyn Gourvennec
11 FW Italy ITA Fabrizio Ravanelli
12 MF Ivory Coast CIV Tchiressoua Guel
13 FW Guinea GUI Titi Camara
15 FW Ghana GHA Arthur Moses
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 GK France FRA Stéphane Porato
17 DF Ivory Coast CIV Cyril Domoraud
19 FW France FRA Cédric Mouret
21 FW France FRA Christophe Dugarry
22 DF France FRA Martial Robin
23 DF France FRA William Gallas
25 MF Comoros COM Hamada Jambay
26 MF France FRA Peter Luccin
27 MF France FRA Daniel Bravo
28 DF Brazil BRA Edson (on loan from Sport Recife)
29 DF France FRA Jacques Abardonado
30 GK France FRA François Lemasson
— DF France FRA Serge Blanc
— MF Togo TOG Chérif Touré Mamam

Competitions

Division 1
Main article: 1998–99 French Division 1

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Bordeaux (C) 34 22 6 6 66 29 +37 72 Qualification to Champions League first group stage
2 Marseille 34 21 8 5 56 28 +28 71
3 Lyon 34 18 9 7 51 31 +20 63 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
4 Monaco 34 18 8 8 52 32 +20 62 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
5 Rennes 34 17 8 9 45 38 +7 59 Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round
Source: Ligue 1
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

Results summary
OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
34 21 8 5 56 28  +28 71 13 4 0 36 9  +27 8 4 5 20 19  +1

Source: LFP.fr

Results by round
Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHA
ResultWWWDDDWWWWWWWWLDDWWWDLWLWDWWWLDLWW
Position2312433222111112221112121222111222
Source: LFP.fr
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches
1 Marseille 2–0 Nantes Marseille
Ravanelli 49'
Maurice 90'
2 Metz 0–1 Marseille
Gourvennec 45'
3 Marseille 5–4 Montpellier Marseille
Maurice 61'
Dugarry 64', 71'
Roy 84'
Blanc 90' (pen.)		 Bakayoko 15', 34'
Robert 19'
Sauzée 23'
4 Le Havre 0–0 Marseille
5 Marseille 1–1 Rennes Marseille
Maurice 78' Dogon 90'
6 Marseille 2–2 Bordeaux Marseille
Ravanelli 45'
Roy 56'		 Diawara 43', 90'
7 Bastia 0–2 Marseille
Pires 36'
Camara 67'
8 Marseille 2–0 Toulouse Marseille
Maurice 43'
Ravanelli 86'
9 Strasbourg 0–2 Marseille Marseille
Maurice 41', 53'
10 Marseille 4–0 Sochaux Marseille
Ravanelli 43', 90'
Camara 55', 90+1'
11 Lorient 1–3 Marseille
Bouafia 25' Ravanelli 55', 66'
Pires 87'
12 Marseille 1–0 AS Monaco Marseille
Maurice 90'
13 Nancy 2–3 Marseille
Cascarino 52'
Soufiane-Koné 89'		 Maurice 11', 78'
Gourvennec 22'
14 Marseille 1–0 Lens Marseille
Dugarry 31'
15 Lyon 2–1 Marseille Lyon
Linarès 17'
Violeau 55'		 Maurice 76'
16 Marseille 0–0 Paris Saint-Germain Marseille
17 Auxerre 1–1 Marseille
Carnot 85' Blanc 60'
18 Marseille 3–0 Metz Marseille
Camara 29'
Maurice 44'
Gourvennec 90'
19 Montpellier 0–1 Marseille
Maurice 41'
20 Marseille 2–0 Le Havre Marseille
Pires 32', 70'
21 Rennes 1–1 Marseille
Arribagé 12' Camara 78'
22 Bordeaux 4–1 Marseille Marseille
Wiltord 14', 32'
Micoud 17'
Laslandes 20'		 Dugarry 59'
23 Marseille 3–1 Bastia Marseille
Bravo 33'
Ravanelli 40, 81'		 Laurent 76'
24 Toulouse 1–0 Marseille
Oceano 75' (pen.)
25 Marseille 1–0 Strasbourg Marseille
Pires 47'
26 Sochaux 0–0 Marseille
27 Marseille 4–1 Lorient Marseille
Ravanelli 17', 72'
Maurice 49'
Gourvennec 77' (pen.)		 Camadini 87'
28 AS Monaco 1–2 Marseille Monaco
Ikpeba 28' Camara 15'
Ravanelli 48'
29 Marseille 4–0 Nancy Marseille
Edson 30'
Gourvennec 58'
Ravanelli 63'
Maurice 80'
30 Lens 4–0 Marseille
Vairelles 43', 70'
Moreira 67', 76'
31 Marseille 0–0 Lyon Marseille
32 Paris Saint-Germain 2–1 Marseille Paris
Simone 84'
Rodriguez 88'		 Maurice 21'
33 Marseille 1–0 Auxerre Marseille
Luccin 13'
34 Nantes 0–1 Marseille
Pires 38'

UEFA Cup
Main article: 1998–99 UEFA Cup

First round
15 September 1988 First leg Sigma Olomouc Czech Republic 2–2 France Marseille Olomouc, Czech Republic
19:00 Heinz 35', 41' Report Ravanelli 29'
Roy 83'		 Stadium: Andrův stadion
Attendance: 6,558
Referee: Fiorenzo Treossi (Italy)
29 September 1998 Second leg Marseille France 4–0
(6–2 agg.)		 Czech Republic Sigma Olomouc Marseille, France
19:00 Dugarry 19', 76'
Pires 23', 86'		 Report Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 17,868
Referee: Hartmut Strampe (Germany)

Second round
20 October 1998 First leg Werder Bremen Germany 1–1 France Marseille Bremen, Germany
20:45 Herzog 69' Report Maurice 67' Stadium: Weser-Stadion
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Miroslav Radoman (Yugoslavia)
3 November 1998 Second leg Marseille France 3–2
(4–3 agg.)		 Germany Werder Bremen Marseille, France
21:00 Maurice 36'
Issa 52'
Dugarry 77'		 Report Eilts 48'
Herzog 82'		 Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Paul Durkin (England)

Third round
24 November 1998 First leg Monaco France 2–2 France Marseille Monaco
20:30 Trezeguet 17' (pen.)
Giuly 56'		 Report Pires 10'
Camara 39'		 Stadium: Stade Louis II
Attendance: 15,500
Referee: Armand Ancion (Belgium)
8 December 1998 Second leg Marseille France 1–0
(3–2 agg.)		 France Monaco Marseille, France
21:00 Camara 71' Report Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Piero Ceccarini (Italy)

Quarter-finals
2 March 1999 First leg Marseille France 2–1 Spain Celta Vigo Marseille, France
21:15 Maurice 33', 68' Report Mostovoi 64' Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 54,137
Referee: Dick Jol (Netherlands)
16 March 1999 Second leg Celta Vigo Spain 0–0
(1–2 agg.)		 France Marseille Vigo, Spain
21:45 Report Stadium: Balaídos
Attendance: 32,000
Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy)

Semi-finals
6 April 1999 First leg Marseille France 0–0 Italy Bologna Marseille, France
20:45 Report Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 57,300
Referee: Ryszard Wójcik (Poland)
20 April 1999 Second leg Bologna Italy 1–1
(1–1a agg.)		 France Marseille Bologna, Italy
19:30 Paramatti 18' Report Blanc 86' (pen.) Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara
Attendance: 38,000
Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)

Final
Main article: 1999 UEFA Cup final
12 May 1999 Final Parma Italy 3–0 France Marseille Moscow, Russia
20:00 Crespo 26'
Vanoli 36'
Chiesa 55'		 Report Stadium: Luzhniki Stadium
Attendance: 62,000
Referee: Hugh Dallas (Scotland)

Top scorers

Division 1

References
  1. </http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/france/1998-1999/div1/marseille.htm
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