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

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'

First round
15 September 1988 Sigma Olomouc 2–2 Marseille Olomouc
Heinz 35', 41' Report Ravanelli 29'
Roy 83'
29 September 1998 Marseille 4–0 Sigma Olomouc Marseille
Dugarry 19', 76'
Pires 23', 86'		 Report

Marseille won 6–2 on aggregate.

Second round
20 October 1998 Werder Bremen 1–1 Marseille Bremen
Herzog 69' Report Maurice 67'
3 November 1998 Marseille 3–2 Werder Bremen Marseille
Maurice 36'
Issa 52'
Dugarry 77'		 Report Eilts 48'
Herzog 82'

Marseille won 4–3 on aggregate.

Third round
24 November 1998 Monaco 2–2 Marseille Stade Louis II, Monaco
Trezeguet 17' (pen.)
Giuly 56'		 Report Pires 10'
Camara 39'
8 December 1998 Marseille 1–0 Monaco Marseille
Camara 71' Report

Marseille won 3–2 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals
2 March 1999 Marseille 2–1 Celta Vigo Marseille
Maurice 33', 68' Report Mostovoi 64'
16 March 1999 Celta Vigo 0–0 Marseille Vigo
Report

Marseille won 2–1 on aggregate.

Semi-final
6 April 1999 Marseille 0–0 Bologna Marseille
Report
20 April 1999 Bologna 1–1 Marseille Bologna
Paramatti 18' Report Blanc 86' (pen.)

Bologna 1–1 Marseille on aggregate. Marseille won on away goals.

Final
Main article: 1999 UEFA Cup Final
12 May 1999 Parma 3–0 Marseille Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow
Crespo 26'
Vanoli 36'
Chiesa 55'		 Report 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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