2000–01 Olympique de Marseille season

Olympique de Marseille was once again forced to fight for its top-flight survival following a dire season, in which the club almost went bankrupt, despite the expensive sale of Robert Pires to Arsenal. Former Spain national team coach Javier Clemente was sacked following the poor run of results, and his replacement Tomislav Ivić just saved Marseille from relegation.

Marseille

2000–01 season
Chairman	Robert Louis-Dreyfus
Manager	Javier Clemente Tomislav Ivić
Division 1	15th
Coupe de France	Round of 32
Coupe de la Ligue	Round of 32
Top goalscorer	Djamel Belmadi (8)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Squad

Goalkeepers

• Cédric Carrasso
• Stéphane Trévisan
• Damien Grégorini

Defenders

• Patrick Blondeau
• Jérôme Pérez
• Jacques Abardonado
• Pierre Issa
• Zoumana Camara
• Manuel dos Santos
• Lilian Martin
• Abdoulaye Méïté
• Bruno Ngotty
• William Gallas
• Jean-Christophe Marquet

Midfielders

• Jérôme Leroy
• Sébastien Pérez
• Frédéric Brando
• Djamel Belmadi
• Brahim Hemdani
• Lucas Bernardi
• Jovan Stanković
• Mickaël Marsiglia
• Karim Dahou
• Klas Ingesson
• Daniel Montenegro
• Adriano
• Pablo Calandria

Attackers

• Ibrahima Bakayoko
• George Weah
• Florian Maurice
• Marcelinho Paraíba
• Fernandão
• Dramane Coulibaly
• Cyrille Pouget
• Cédric Mouret
• Alen Škoro

Competitions

Division 1

Main article: 2000–01 French Division 1

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
13	Auxerre	34	11	8	15	31	41	−10	41
14	Lens	34	9	13	12	37	39	−2	40
15	Marseille	34	11	7	16	31	40	−9	40
16	Toulouse (R)	34	9	10	15	34	49	−15	37	Administratively relegated to Championnat National
17	Saint-Étienne (R)	34	8	10	16	42	56	−14	34	Relegation to French Division 2

Source: Ligue 1
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated
Notes:

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	11	7	16	31	40	−9	40	9	4	4	23	13	+10	2	3	12	8	27	−19

Source: LFP.fr

Results by round

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
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	L	D	L	W	W	L	L	W	D	L	L	D	L	L	W	L	W	L	W	L	W	D	L	L	D	W	L	D	L	W	L	W	D
Position	1	9	10	13	9	5	10	12	9	8	14	14	14	16	16	16	16	15	15	14	15	13	14	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	14	15

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

Matches

Marseille v Troyes

28 July 2000 1	Marseille	3–1	Troyes	Marseille
18:45	Maurice 9' (pen.) Gallas 45' Adriano 90'		Boutal 20'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 54,039 Referee: Bruno Ruffray

Saint-Étienne v Marseille

4 August 2000 2	Saint-Étienne	3–0	Marseille	Saint-Etienne
20:45	Sarr 28' Dias 70', 72'			Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Attendance: 29,275 Referee: Stéphane Bré

Marseille v Lens

13 August 2000 3	Marseille	0–0	Lens	Marseille
20:45				Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 56,806 Referee: Bertrand Layec

Nantes v Marseille

19 August 2000 4	Nantes	3–2	Marseille	Nantes
20:00	Olembé 30' Fabbri 78' Moldovan 90'		Leroy 23' Paraíba 63'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 35,419 Referee: Damien Ledentu

Marseille v Guingamp

26 August 2000 5	Marseille	3–1	Guingamp	Marseille
20:00	Gallas 23' Paraíba 60' Belmadi 85'		Rodriguez 90' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 51,893 Referee: Hervé Piccirillo

Monaco v Marseille

5 September 2000 6	Monaco	0–2	Marseille	Monaco
20:45			Abardonado 76' Belmadi 88'	Stadium: Stade Louis II Attendance: 14,538 Referee: Laurent Duhamel

Toulouse v Marseille

10 September 2000 7	Toulouse	2–0	Marseille	Toulouse
20:30	Petrović 31' (pen.), 35'			Stadium: Stadium de Toulouse Attendance: 32,103 Referee: Pascal Garibian

Marseille v Bordeaux

16 September 2000 8	Marseille	0–1	Bordeaux	Marseille
20:00			Batlles 62'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 51,694 Referee: Alain Sars

Auxerre v Marseille

23 September 2000 9	Auxerre	0–1	Marseille	Auxerre
17:15			Belmadi 63'	Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Attendance: 17,172 Referee: Stéphane Moulin

Marseille v Lyon

1 October 2000 10	Marseille	1–1	Lyon	Marseille
20:45	Belmadi 7'		Anderson 52' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 48,729 Referee: Philippe Kalt

Paris Saint-Germain v Marseille

13 October 2000 11	Paris Saint-Germain	2–0	Marseille	Paris
20:45	Robert 62' Christian 90'			Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 44,084 Referee: Éric Poulat

Marseille v Lille

22 October 2000 12	Marseille	0–1	Lille	Marseille
20:45			Beck 70'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 47,868 Referee: Patrick Lhermite

Strasbourg v Marseille

28 October 2000 13	Strasbourg	1–1	Marseille	Strasbourg
20:45	Luyindula 9'		Weah 54'	Stadium: Stade de la Meinau Attendance: 22,523 Referee: Bruno Derrien

Marseille v Rennes

4 November 2000 14	Marseille	0–1	Rennes	Marseille
20:00			Delaye 35'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 49,161 Referee: Pascal Garibian

Sedan v Marseille

11 November 2000 15	Sedan	2–0	Marseille	Sedan
20:00	Quint 57' (pen.) Mionnet 70'			Stadium: Stade Louis Dugauguez Attendance: 16,173 Referee: Alain Sars

Marseille v Metz

17 November 2000 16	Marseille	4–1	Metz	Marseille
20:30	Belmadi 15' Leroy 45', 63' Adriano 73'		Meyrieu 20'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 45,154 Referee: Thierry Auriac

Bastia v Marseille

25 November 2000 17	Bastia	3–0	Marseille	Furiani
17:15	Trévisan 43' (o.g.) Née 53' André 77'			Stadium: Stade Armand-Cesari Attendance: 9,217 Referee: Bertrand Layec

Marseille v Saint-Étienne

29 November 2000 18	Marseille	2–1	Saint-Étienne	Marseille
20:00	Weah 81' Adriano 88'		Huard 87'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 48,798 Referee: Laurent Duhamel

Lens v Marseille

3 December 2000 19	Lens	1–0	Marseille	Lens
20:45	Sibierski 86'			Stadium: Stade Félix-Bollaert Attendance: 40,152 Referee: Éric Poulat

Marseille v Nantes

10 December 2000 20	Marseille	2–0	Nantes	Marseille
17:00	Belmadi 1' Paraíba 19'			Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 48,605 Referee: Pascal Viléo

Guingamp v Marseille

16 December 2000 21	Guingamp	1–0	Marseille	Guingamp
17:15	Carnot 37'			Stadium: Stade de Roudourou Attendance: 16,760 Referee: Pascal Garibian

Marseille v Monaco

20 December 2000 22	Marseille	2–1	Monaco	Marseille
20:45	Weah 32', 58'		Simone 15'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 50,552 Referee: Stéphane Bré

Marseille v Toulouse

13 January 2001 23	Marseille	1–1	Toulouse	Marseille
20:00	Belmadi 76'		Dieuze 61'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 46,212 Referee: Hervé Piccirillo

Bordeaux v Marseille

26 January 2001 24	Bordeaux	3–0	Marseille	Bordeaux
20:45	Dugarry 24' Batlles 45', 61'			Stadium: Stade Chaban-Delmas Attendance: 32,497 Referee: Éric Poulat

Marseille v Auxerre

3 February 2001 25	Marseille	0–1	Auxerre	Marseille
20:00			Deblock 24'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 46,986 Referee: Dominique Fraise

Lyon v Marseille

6 February 2001 26	Lyon	1–1	Marseille	Lyon
20:45	Anderson 52' (pen.)		Leroy 76'	Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 37,093 Referee: Damien Ledentu

Marseille v Paris Saint-Germain

17 February 2001 27	Marseille	1–0	Paris Saint-Germain	Marseille
17:15	Bakayoko 74'			Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 56,315 Referee: Stéphane Bré

Lille v Marseille

3 March 2001 28	Lille	1–0	Marseille	Lille
20:00	Cheyrou 23'			Stadium: Stade Grimonprez-Jooris Attendance: 19,400 Referee: Bertrand Layec

Marseille v Strasbourg

17 March 2001 29	Marseille	0–0	Strasbourg	Marseille
20:00				Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 49,608 Referee: Stéphane Moulin

Rennes v Marseille

7 April 2001 30	Rennes	2–0	Marseille	Rennes
20:00	Le Roux 49', 53'			Stadium: Stade de la Route de Lorient Attendance: 22,971 Referee: Alain Sars

Marseille v Sedan

14 April 2001 31	Marseille	2–1	Sedan	Marseille
20:00	Belmadi 11' Weah 28'		Quint 6'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 54,976 Referee: Damien Ledentu

Metz v Marseille

28 April 2001 32	Metz	1–0	Marseille	Metz
17:15	Espartero 65'			Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 26,320 Referee: Philippe Kalt

Marseille v Bastia

12 May 2001 33	Marseille	2–1	Bastia	Marseille
20:00	Bakayoko 35', 74'		Née 51'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 55,442 Referee: Bruno Derrien

Troyes v Marseille

19 May 2001 34	Troyes	1–1	Marseille	Troyes
20:00	Gousse 33'		Camara 43'	Stadium: Stade de l'Aube Attendance: 17,756 Referee: Hervé Piccirillo

Topscorers

• Djamel Belmadi 8
• George Weah 5
• Jérôme Leroy 4
• Ibrahima Bakayoko 3
• Adriano 3

Coupe de France

Main article: 2000–01 Coupe de France

Thaon v Marseille

20 January 2001 Round of 64	Thaon	0–4	Marseille	Épinal
19:00			Coulibaly 32', 49' Maurice 67' Belmadi 87'	Stadium: Stade de la Colombière Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Bruno Ruffray

Châteauroux v Marseille

10 February 2001 Round of 32	Châteauroux	1–0	Marseille	Châteauroux
20:00	Dufresne 86'			Stadium: Stade Gaston-Petit Attendance: 15,227 Referee: Laurent Duhamel

Coupe de la Ligue

Main article: 2000–01 Coupe de la Ligue

Le Havre v Marseille

6 January 2001 Second round	Le Havre	4–1	Marseille	Le Havre
15:15	Caveglia 10', 81' (pen.) Deniaud 54' Mazure 76'		dos Santos 58'	Stadium: Stade Jules Deschaseaux Attendance: 16,372 Referee: Franck Glochon

Sources

• RSSSF - France 2000/01