Francais | English | Espanõl

Olympique de Marseille

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Jump to: navigation, search

Marseille

Image:OMLogo.gif

Full name

Olympique de Marseille

Nickname(s)

l'OM, l'Oheme

Founded

1899

Ground

Stade Vélodrome,
Marseille

Capacity

60,031

Chairman

Pape Diouf

Manager

Image:Flag of France.svg Albert Emon

League

Ligue 1

2005-2006

Ligue 1, 5th





Home colours





Away colours

Olympique de Marseille is a football team that plays in Ligue 1, the top level of the French Football League, based in Marseille. Founded in 1899, Marseille is one of the largest and most successful clubs in France. It is the best-supported club in the country, and the only French team to have won the Champions League. However, having suffered from scandalous financial irregularities in 1994 and the resulting relegation, the club has not won a major trophy in over a decade.

Nicknamed l'OM - sometimes spelled phoenetically as l'Oheme - fans of the club can often be heard chanting "Allez l'OM, allez!" ("Go Marseille, go!").

The club's motto is Droit Au But, French for "Straight to the Goal".

Marseille is also well known for its fierce rivalry with Paris Saint-Germain.

1 History
2 Stadium
3 Honours
4 Players
- 4.1 Current Squad
- 4.2 Notable past players
5 External links

[edit] History

Marseille was founded in 1899. The highlight of the club's history is winning the Champions League in new format in 1993. That triumph was the first time that a France-based club has won, and it made Didier Deschamps and Fabien Barthez the youngest captain and goalkeeper, respectively, to capture the title.

This, however, was followed by a decade of decline. In 1994, due to financial irregularities and a match fixing scandal involving then president Bernard Tapie, they suffered forced relegation to the second division.

Upon returning to the top flight in 1996 with backing by Adidas's owner Robert Louis-Dreyfus, l'OM reached the UEFA Cup Final in 1999; the closest Marseille to get another trophy was when they reached the UEFA Cup Final in 2004, impressively beating Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, Inter Milan, Liverpool and Newcastle United along the way. But they were beaten in the final by newly-crowned Spanish champions Valencia and once again fans were forced to continue waiting for the next cup to come along.

Recently, Marseille succeeded in winning the 2005 Intertoto Cup, beating the likes of SS Lazio and Deportivo La Coruna in doing so, and earning another shot at the UEFA Cup.

[edit] Stadium

The team regularly fills their imposing home of the Stade Vélodrome, which seats 60,000. Marseille's vast support continues to show unwavering and impressive loyalty to the club, despite having several average seasons since their return to the top flight. The fans continue to hope that Marseille will regain its former glory.

[edit] Honours

Marseille has won 8 French championships (record is owned by Saint-Etienne, 10 times champions) and a record 10 French Cups. Marseille's latest title arrived in 1993, which had since been stripped off following a match fixing scandal involving then president Bernard Tapie. The club also won the Champions League in the same year, defeating A.C. Milan in the final.

French Division 1
- Winners (8): 1937, 1948, 1971, 1972, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992. 1929 is often added but in those times, the championship was not a professionnal one, which should exclude 1929 from the list.
French Division 2
- Winners (2): 1984, 1995
French Cup
- Winners (10): 1924, 1926, 1927, 1935, 1938, 1943, 1969, 1972, 1976, 1989
UEFA Champions League
- Winners (1): 1993
- Runners-up (1): 1991
UEFA Cup
- Runners-up (2): 1999, 2004
UEFA Intertoto Cup
- Winners (2): 2005, 2006

[edit] Players

[edit] Current Squad

As of August 4, 2006

No.		Position	Player
1	Image:Flag of France.svg	GK	Cédric Carrasso
2	Image:Flag of Argentina.svg	DF	Renato Civelli
3	Image:Flag of Nigeria.svg	DF	Taye Ismaila Taiwo
4	Image:Flag of Brazil.svg	DF	Leo De Matos Cruz
5	Image:Flag of France.svg	DF	Alain Cantareil
6	Image:Flag of France.svg	DF	Garry Bocaly
7	Image:Flag of France.svg	MF	Franck Ribéry
8	Image:Flag of Nigeria.svg	MF	Wilson Oruma
9	Image:Flag of France.svg	FW	Djibril Cissé
10	Image:Flag of France.svg	FW	Mickaël Pagis
11	Image:Flag of Senegal.svg	FW	Mamadou Niang
13	Image:Flag of France.svg	FW	Toifilou Maoulida
15	Image:Flag of France.svg	DF	Ronald Zubar

No.		Position	Player
16	Image:Flag of France.svg	GK	Sébastien Hamel
17	Image:Flag of Cameroon.svg	MF	Modeste M'Bami
19	Image:Flag of Albania.svg	MF	Lorik Cana
20	Image:Flag of France.svg	DF	Hassoun Camara
21	Image:Flag of Slovenia.svg	DF	Boštjan Cesar
22	Image:Flag of France.svg	MF	Samir Nasri
23	Image:Flag of Senegal.svg	DF	Habib Beye
25	Image:Flag of Senegal.svg	MF	Mame N'Diaye
26	Image:Flag of France.svg	FW	Habib Bamogo
27	Image:Flag of Cameroon.svg	DF	Salomon Olembé
28	Image:Flag of France.svg	MF	Mathieu Valbuena
30	Image:Flag of Algeria.svg	GK	Mehdi Sennaoui

2	Image:Flag of Argentina.svg	DF	Renato Civelli (from Banfield)
9	Image:Flag of France.svg	FW	Djibril Cissé (on loan from Liverpool)
15	Image:Flag of France.svg	DF	Ronald Zubar (from Caen)
16	Image:Flag of France.svg	GK	Sébastien Hamel (free agent, from Auxerre)
17	Image:Flag of Cameroon.svg	MF	Modeste M'Bami (from PSG)
20	Image:Flag of France.svg	DF	Hassoun Camara (from Noisy-le-Sec)
28	Image:Flag of France.svg	MF	Mathieu Valbuena (from Libourne-Saint-Seurin)
30	Image:Flag of France.svg	GK	Mehdi Sennaoui (from Strasbourg)

Out

2	Image:Flag of France.svg	DF	André Luís (end of loan from Benfica)
4	Image:Flag of Brazil.svg	DF	Demetrius Ferreira (to ES Troyes AC)
5	Image:Flag of France.svg	DF	Frédéric Déhu (to Levante)
6	Image:Flag of Portugal.svg	MF	José Delfim (free agent, to Young Boys)
12	Image:Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg	DF	Abdoulaye Méïté (to Bolton)
13	Image:Flag of Argentina.svg	FW	Christian Giménez (on loan to Hertha BSC)
16	Image:Flag of France.svg	GK	Fabien Barthez (retired)
18	Image:Flag of France.svg	DF	Jérôme Bonnissel (free agent)
24	Image:Flag of France.svg	FW	Péguy Luyindula (on loan to Levante)
29	Image:Flag of France.svg	FW	Karim Dahou (to Nîmes)
30	Image:Flag of France.svg	GK	Yannick Quesnel (end of loan from Estoril sold to AS Monaco)
31	Image:Flag of France.svg	FW	Fabrice Begeorgi (on loan to Libourne-Saint-Seurin)
32	Image:Flag of France.svg	MF	Thomas Deruda (on loan to Libourne-Saint-Seurin)
38	Image:Flag of Senegal.svg	FW	Rahmane Barry (on loan to Lorient)
39	Image:Flag of Senegal.svg	DF	Leyti N’Diaye (on loan to Strasbourg)
29	Image:Flag of Spain.svg	FW	Sergio Contreras Pardo "Koke" (to Aris)