2003–04 Olympique de Marseille season

Marseille
2003–04 season
Chairman	Robert Louis-Dreyfus
Manager	Alain Perrin; José Anigo
Ligue 1	7th
Coupe de France	Round of 32
Coupe de la Ligue	Round of 16
Champions League	Group stage
UEFA Cup	Runners-up
Top goalscorer	League: Didier Drogba (19); All: Didier Drogba (32)
	← 2002–03 2004–05 →

Olympique de Marseille returned to the UEFA Champions League for the first time in four years, and in spite of going out in the group stage, the side made headlines in the UEFA Cup, knocking Liverpool, Internazionale and Newcastle United out on the way to the final, where the sending off of goalkeeper Fabien Barthez and the converted penalty kick from Valencia's Vicente saw Valencia eventually edge the game.

In the domestic campaign, Marseille endured a disappointing campaign, where manager Alain Perrin was replaced by José Anigo early on, following the inability to hang onto the top teams. The end result was seventh, missing out even on UEFA Cup qualification, in spite of having the French player of the season in Didier Drogba in the team. The Ivorian striker netted 19 league goals and was instrumental to OM's fortunes in Europe, and following the season he was sold to Chelsea.

Squad[edit]

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	CRO	Vedran Runje
3	DF	FRA	Manuel dos Santos
4	MF	FRA	Mathieu Flamini
5	DF	FRA	Philippe Christanval
6	MF	ALG	Brahim Hemdani
7	MF	SEN	Sylvain N'Diaye
8	MF	FRA	Sébastien Pérez
9	FW	EGY	Mido
10	FW	ESP	Koke
11	FW	CIV	Didier Drogba
12	DF	CIV	Abdoulaye Méïté
14	MF	CZE	Štěpán Vachoušek
15	MF	FRA	Pascal Johansen
16	GK	FRA	Fabien Barthez (on loan from Manchester United)
18	MF	FRA	Camel Meriem (on loan from Bordeaux)
19	MF	CZE	Rudi Skácel


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	FW	FRA	Steve Marlet (on loan from Fulham)
21	DF	FRA	Johnny Ecker
23	DF	SEN	Habib Beye
24	FW	FRA	Karim Dahou
25	DF	BRA	Demetrius Ferreira (on loan from Bastia)
26	MF	FRA	Laurent Batlles
27	DF	FRA	Camille Borios
28	DF	FRA	David Sommeil (on loan from Manchester City)
29	DF	SUI	Fabio Celestini
30	GK	FRA	Jérémy Gavanon
32	MF	FRA	Laurent Merlin
36	FW	SEN	Rahmane Barry
—	GK	FRA	Cédric Carasso
—	MF	POR	Delfim
—	FW	FRA	Nicolas Cicut

Left club during season[edit]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
4	DF	BEL	Daniel Van Buyten (on loan to Manchester City)
7	MF	POL	Piotr Świerczewski (to Lech Poznań)
10	FW	BRA	Fernandão (on loan to Toulouse)
13	FW	SEN	Lamine Sakho (on loan to Leeds United)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	FW	CIV	Ibrahima Bakayoko (to Osasuna)
20	MF	CMR	Salomon Olembe (on loan to Leeds United)
22	FW	RUS	Dmitri Sytchev (to Lokomotiv Moscow)
25	DF	FRA	Fabien Laurenti (on loan to Ajaccio)

Competitions[edit]

Ligue 1[edit]

League table[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
5	Sochaux	38	18	9	11	54	42	+12	63	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
6	Nantes	38	17	9	12	47	35	+12	60	Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round
7	Marseille	38	17	6	15	51	45	+6	57
8	Lens	38	15	8	15	34	48	−14	53
9	Rennes	38	14	10	14	56	44	+12	52

Source: Ligue 1
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	17	6	15	51	45	+6	57	12	3	4	34	18	+16	5	3	11	17	27	−10

Source: LFP.fr

Results by round[edit]

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	L	W	W	W	L	W	W	L	W	L	L	W	L	D	L	W	L	W	L	W	W	D	D	D	L	W	L	D	W	W	L	L	L	D	L	W
Position	4	2	6	4	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	5	7	7	6	6	6	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7

Source: LFP.fr
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[edit]

1	Guingamp	0–1	Marseille	Guingamp, Brittany
			Bakayoko 90+1'

2	Marseille	1–0	Auxerre	Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
	Mido 58'			Stadium: Stade Vélodrome

3	Lens	2–1	Marseille	Lens
	Diop 21' Thomert 90+1'		Drogba 11'

4	Marseille	2–0	Sochaux	Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
	Drogba 34' Hemdani 84' (pen.)			Stadium: Stade Vélodrome

5	Ajaccio	0–1	Marseille
			Meriem 65'

6	Marseille	5–0	Le Mans	Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
	Drogba 14' Marlet 24' Mido 55', 86' Sychev 68'			Stadium: Stade Vélodrome

7	Nantes	1–0	Marseille	Nantes
	Vahirua 3'

8	Marseille	2–1	Nice	Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
	Drogba 59', 90+4' (pen.)		Laslandes 35'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome

9	Marseille	3–1	Bastia	Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
	Drogba 15' Marlet 19' Skácel 67'			Stadium: Stade Vélodrome

10	Strasbourg	4–1	Marseille	Strasbourg
	Martins 21' Niang 37' Ljuboja 45+1' Ehret 90'		Marlet 33'

11	Marseille	2–0	Rennes	Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
	Van Buyten 45' Drogba 76'			Stadium: Stade Vélodrome

12	Bordeaux	1–0	Marseille	Bordeaux
	Darcheville 45'

13	Marseille	1–4	Lyon	Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
	Van Buyten 20'		Élber 19' Luyindula 38', 58' Juninho 90+2'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome

14	Lille	0–2	Marseille	Lille, Nord-Pas de Calais
			Drogba 22' Mido 47'	Stadium: Stade Grimonprez-Jooris

15	Marseille	0–1	Paris Saint-Germain	Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
			Fiorèse 90'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome

16	Metz	1–1	Marseille	Metz, Lorraine
	Rodriguez 47'		Drogba 77'	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien

17	Marseille	1–2	AS Monaco	Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
	Mido 44'		Squillaci 59' Giuly 67'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome

18	Marseille	1–0	Toulouse	Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
	Drogba 62'			Stadium: Stade Vélodrome

19	Auxerre	2–0	Marseille	Auxerre, Bourgogne
	Tainio 4' Kalou 16'			Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps

20	Marseille	3–2	Lens	Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
	Drogba 10', 48' Sychev 88'		Moreira 13' Thomert 62'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome

21	Sochaux	2–1	Marseille	Montbéliard, Franche-Comté
	Mathieu 31' Frau 74' (pen.)		Gnanhouan 6' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal

22	Montpellier	0–1	Marseille	Montpellier, Languedoc-Roussillon
			Drogba 64'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson

23	Marseille	2–1	Ajaccio	Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
	Mido 11' Marlet 90+1'		Seck 73'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome

24	Le Mans	0–0	Marseille	Le Mans, Pays de la Loire
				Stadium: Stade Léon-Bollée

25	Marseille	1–1	Nantes	Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
	Drogba 29'		Moldovan 41'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome

26	Nice	0–0	Marseille	Nice, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
				Stadium: Stade du Ray

27	Bastia	4–1	Marseille	Bastia, Corsica
	Maurice 22' Diarra 27' Ben Saada 49' Ogbeche 65'		Drogba 79' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade Armand Cesari

28	Marseille	4–0	Strasbourg	Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
	Drogba 22' (pen.) Marlet 37' Ferreira 47', 90+3'			Stadium: Stade Vélodrome

29	Rennes	4–3	Marseille	Rennes, Brittany
	Frei 35', 39', 60', 74'		Batlles 31' Drogba 45' Mido 72'	Stadium: Stade de la Route de Lorient

30	Marseille	1–1	Bordeaux	Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
	Meriem 52'		Francia 9'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome

31	Lyon	1–2	Marseille	Lyon, Rhône-Alpes
	Luyindula 17'		Drogba 4' Meriem 84'	Stadium: Stade de Gerland

32	Marseille	2–1	Lille	Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
	Marlet 45+3' Batlles 81'		Bodmer 12'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome

33	Paris Saint-Germain	2–1	Marseille	Paris, Île-de-France
	Pauleta 12', 62'		Batlles 90+1'	Stadium: Parc des Princes

34	Marseille	0–1	Metz	Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
			Meniri 26'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome

35	AS Monaco	1–0	Marseille	Fontvieille, Monaco
	Giuly 90+3'			Stadium: Stade Louis II

36	Marseille	1–1	Montpellier	Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
	Marlet 30'		Mansaré 66'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome

37	Toulouse	2–1	Marseille	Toulouse, Midi-Pyrénées
	Fernandão 44' (pen.) Eduardo 85'		Dao 3' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stadium Municipal

38	Marseille	2–1	Guingamp	Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
	Marlet 13', 41'		Talhaoui 76'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome

UEFA Champions League[edit]

Third qualifying round[edit]

13 August 2003 First leg	Austria Wien	0–1	Marseille	Vienna, Austria
20:30		Report	Sychev 4'	Stadium: Ernst-Happel-Stadion Attendance: 28,300 Referee: Luis Medina Cantalejo (Spain)

27 August 2003 Second leg	Marseille	0–0 (1–0 agg.)	Austria Wien	Marseille, France
20:50		Report		Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 41,253 Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)

Group stage[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Real Madrid	6	4	2	0	11	5	+6	14	Advance to knockout stage
2	Porto	6	3	2	1	9	8	+1	11	Advance to knockout stage
3	Marseille	6	1	1	4	9	11	−2	4	Transfer to UEFA Cup
4	Partizan	6	0	3	3	3	8	−5	3

Source: RSSSF

16 September 2003 1	Real Madrid	4–2	Marseille	Madrid, Spain
20:45	Roberto Carlos 29' Ronaldo 34', 56' Figo 61' (pen.)		Drogba 25' Van Buyten 83'	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Stadium Attendance: 60,433 Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)

1 October 2003 2	Marseille	3–0	Partizan	Marseille, France
20:45	Drogba 62', 68', 85'			Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 54,362 Referee: Domenico Messina (Italy)

22 October 2003 3	Marseille	2–3	Porto	Marseille, France
20:45	Drogba 24' Marlet 82'		Maniche 31' Derlei 36' Alenichev 80'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 55,209 Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Greece)

4 November 2003 4	Porto	1–0	Marseille	Porto, Portugal
20:45	Alenichev 80'			Stadium: Estádio das Antas Attendance: 33,215 Referee: Graham Poll (England)

26 November 2003 5	Marseille	1–2	Real Madrid	Marseille, France
20:45	Mido 64'		Beckham 35' Ronaldo 73'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 54,745 Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)

9 December 2003 6	Partizan	1–1	Marseille	Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro
20:45	Delibašić 79'		Mido 61'	Stadium: Partizan Stadium Attendance: 28,000 Referee: Manuel Mejuto González (Spain)

UEFA Cup[edit]

Third round[edit]

26 February 2004 First leg	Marseille	1–0	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	Marseille, France
19:00	Drogba 55' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 15,285 Referee: Georgios Kasnaferis (Greece)

3 March 2004 Second leg	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	0–0 (0–1 agg.)	Marseille	Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine
17:00		Report		Stadium: Meteor Stadium Attendance: 22,100 Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark)

Fourth round[edit]

11 March 2004 First leg	Liverpool	1–1	Marseille	Liverpool, England
21:00	Baroš 55'	Report	Drogba 78'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 41,270 Referee: Yuri Baskakov (Russia)

25 March 2004 Second leg	Marseille	2–1 (3–2 agg.)	Liverpool	Marseille, France
21:00	Drogba 38' (pen.) Méïté 65'	Report	Heskey 15'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 55,000 Referee: Arturo Dauden Ibañez (Spain)

Quarter-finals[edit]

8 April 2004 First leg	Marseille	1–0	Internazionale	Marseille, France
21:00	Drogba 46'	Report		Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 58,000 Referee: Lucílio Batista (Portugal)

15 April 2004 Second leg	Internazionale	0–1 (0–2 agg.)	Marseille	Milan, Italy
20:45		Report	Meriem 74'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 36,044 Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)

Semi-finals[edit]

22 April 2004 First leg	Newcastle United	0–0	Marseille	Newcastle upon Tyne, England
20:45		Report		Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 52,004 Referee: Valentin Ivanov (Russia)

6 May 2004 Second leg	Marseille	2–0 (2–0 agg.)	Newcastle United	Marseille, France
21:00	Drogba 18', 82'	Report		Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 58,897 Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)

Final[edit]

19 May 2004 Final	Valencia	2–0	Marseille	Gothenburg, Sweden
20:45	Vicente 45' (pen.) Mista 58'	Report		Stadium: Ullevi Attendance: 39,000 Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy)

References[edit]

- RSSSF France 2003/04