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1998–99 Olympique de Marseille season

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)

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.

Players

First-team squad

Squad at end of season[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. 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

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
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

8 August 1998 1 Marseille 2–0 Nantes Marseille
20:00 Ravanelli 49'
Maurice 90'		 Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 56,232
Referee: Bernard Saules
15 August 1998 2 Metz 0–1 Marseille Metz
20:00 Gourvennec 45' Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien
Attendance: 21,544
Referee: Pascal Garibian
22 August 1998 3 Marseille 5–4 Montpellier Marseille
20:00 Maurice 61'
Dugarry 64', 71'
Roy 84'
Blanc 90' (pen.)		 Bakayoko 15', 34'
Robert 19'
Sauzée 23'		 Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 50,070
Referee: Alain Sars
29 August 1998 4 Le Havre 0–0 Marseille Le Havre
20:00 Stadium: Stade Jules Deschaseaux
Attendance: 14,964
Referee: Éric Poulat
11 September 1998 5 Marseille 1–1 Rennes Marseille
20:00 Maurice 78' Dogon 90' Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 46,618
Referee: Serge Leon
20 September 1998 6 Marseille 2–2 Bordeaux Marseille
18:00 Ravanelli 45'
Roy 56'		 Diawara 43', 90' Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 56,293
Referee: Stéphane Bré
24 September 1998 7 Bastia 0–2 Marseille Furiani
20:30 Pires 36'
Camara 67'		 Stadium: Stade Armand-Cesari
Attendance: 8,459
Referee: Pascal Garibian
3 October 1998 8 Marseille 2–0 Toulouse Marseille
20:00 Maurice 43'
Ravanelli 86'		 Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 46,653
Referee: Jean-Claude Puyalt
16 October 1998 9 Strasbourg 0–2 Marseille Strasbourg
20:00 Maurice 41', 53' Stadium: Stade de la Meinau
Attendance: 34,462
Referee: Bruno Ruffray
24 October 1998 10 Marseille 4–0 Sochaux Marseille
20:00 Ravanelli 43', 90'
Camara 55', 90+1'		 Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 49,364
Referee: Gilles Cheron
29 October 1998 11 Lorient 1–3 Marseille Lorient
20:00 Bouafia 25' Ravanelli 55', 66'
Pires 87'		 Stadium: Stade du Moustoir
Attendance: 13,720
Referee: Patrick Lhermite
6 November 1998 12 Marseille 1–0 Monaco Marseille
20:30 Maurice 90' Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 56,300
Referee: Alain Sars
10 November 1998 13 Nancy 2–3 Marseille Tomblaine
20:30 Cascarino 52'
Soufiane-Koné 89'		 Maurice 11', 78'
Gourvennec 22'		 Stadium: Stade Marcel Picot
Attendance: 18,516
Referee: Patrick Anton
14 November 1998 14 Marseille 1–0 Lens Marseille
20:00 Dugarry 31' Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 50,600
Referee: Pascal Garibian
19 November 1998 15 Lyon 2–1 Marseille Lyon
20:30 Linarès 17'
Violeau 55'		 Maurice 76' Stadium: Stade de Gerland
Attendance: 39,871
Referee: Jean-Claude Puyalt
29 November 1998 16 Marseille 0–0 Paris Saint-Germain Marseille
20:30 Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 56,346
Referee: Stéphane Bré
4 December 1998 17 Auxerre 1–1 Marseille Auxerre
20:00 Carnot 85' Blanc 60' Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps
Attendance: 19,566
Referee: Laurent Duhamel
12 December 1998 18 Marseille 3–0 Metz Marseille
20:00 Camara 29'
Maurice 44'
Gourvennec 90'		 Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 46,317
Referee: Philippe Kalt
16 December 1998 19 Montpellier 0–1 Marseille Montpellier
20:00 Maurice 41' Stadium: Stade de la Mosson
Attendance: 23,341
Referee: Bernard Saules
19 December 1998 20 Marseille 2–0 Le Havre Marseille
20:00 Pires 32', 70' Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 46,842
Referee: Stéphane Moulin
16 January 1999 21 Rennes 1–1 Marseille Rennes
20:00 Arribagé 12' Camara 78' Stadium: Stade de la Route de Lorient
Attendance: 19,261
Referee: Gilles Cheron
29 January 1999 22 Bordeaux 4–1 Marseille Bordeaux
20:30 Wiltord 14', 32'
Micoud 17'
Laslandes 20'		 Dugarry 59' Stadium: Stade Chaban-Delmas
Attendance: 33,208
Referee: Bernard Saules
6 February 1999 23 Marseille 3–1 Bastia Marseille
20:00 Bravo 33'
Ravanelli 40, 81'		 Laurent 76' Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 48,269
Referee: Jean-Claude Puyalt
14 February 1999 24 Toulouse 1–0 Marseille Toulouse
20:30 Oceano 75' (pen.) Stadium: Stade de Toulouse
Attendance: 35,830
Referee: Damien Ledentu
25 February 1999 25 Marseille 1–0 Strasbourg Marseille
20:00 Pires 47' Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 46,170
Referee: Bruno Ruffray
9 March 1999 26 Sochaux 0–0 Marseille Montbéliard
18:30 Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal
Attendance: 8,882
Referee: Éric Poulat
20 March 1999 27 Marseille 4–1 Lorient Marseille
20:00 Ravanelli 17', 72'
Maurice 49'
Gourvennec 77' (pen.)		 Camadini 87' Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 47,305
Referee: Franck Glochon
2 April 1999 28 Monaco 1–2 Marseille Monaco
20:30 Ikpeba 28' Camara 15'
Ravanelli 48'		 Stadium: Stade Louis II
Attendance: 14,464
Referee: Rémi Harrel
15 April 1999 29 Marseille 4–0 Nancy Marseille
20:00 Edson 30'
Gourvennec 58'
Ravanelli 63'
Maurice 80'		 Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 23,306
Referee: Patrick Lhermite
24 April 1999 30 Lens 4–0 Marseille Lens
20:00 Vairelles 43', 70'
Moreira 67', 76'		 Stadium: Stade Félix-Bollaert
Attendance: 40,323
Referee: Gilles Cheron
30 April 1999 31 Marseille 0–0 Lyon Marseille
20:00 Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 57,414
Referee: Stéphane Bré
4 May 1999 32 Paris Saint-Germain 2–1 Marseille Paris
20:30 Simone 84'
Rodriguez 88'		 Maurice 21' Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 44,939
Referee: Alain Sars
22 May 1999 33 Marseille 1–0 Auxerre Marseille
20:00 Luccin 13' Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 55,243
Referee: Pascal Garibian
29 May 1999 34 Nantes 0–1 Marseille Nantes
20:00 Pires 38' Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire
Attendance: 35,437
Referee: Stéphane Bré

Coupe de France

Main article: 1998–99 Coupe de France
23 January 1999 Round of 64 Marseille 2–0 Auxerre Marseille
20:45 CET (UTC+1) Maurice 25' (pen.)
Ravanelli 38'		 Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 17,130
Referee: Pascal Garibian
20 February 1999 Round of 32 Lens 3–1 Marseille Lens
17:00 CET (UTC+1) Brunel 38'
Vairelles 45'
Nouma 52'		 Moses 65' Stadium: Stade Félix Bollaert
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Stéphane Bré

Coupe de la Ligue

Main article: 1998–99 Coupe de la Ligue
10 January 1999 Second round Marseille 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(5–6 p)		 Lens Caen
20:35 CET (UTC+1) Dugarry 64' Lachor Yellow card 78'
Nouma 84'
Méride Red card 101'		 Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano
Attendance: 18,500
Referee: Bruno Derrien

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
Quelle: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998%E2%80%9399_Olympique_de_Marseille_season