2003–04 Olympique de Marseille season

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.

Marseille
2003–04 season
ChairmanRobert Louis-Dreyfus
ManagerAlain Perrin
José Anigo
Ligue 17th
Coupe de FranceRound of 32
Coupe de la LigueRound of 16
Champions LeagueGroup stage
UEFA CupRunners-up
Top goalscorerLeague: Didier Drogba (19)
All: Didier Drogba (32)

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

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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 Carrasso
MF   POR Delfim
FW   FRA Nicolas Cicut

Left club during season

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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

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Ligue 1

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League table

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Pos Team 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

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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

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Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAH
ResultWWLWWWLWWLWLLWLDLWLWLWWDDDLWLDWWLLLDLW
Position42642122222333357766676666666666677777
Source: LFP.fr
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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2 August 2003 1 Guingamp 0–1 Marseille Guingamp
20:00 Bakayoko   90+1' Stadium: Stade de Roudourou
Attendance: 18,002
Referee: Damien Ledentu
8 August 2003 2 Marseille 1–0 Auxerre Marseille
20:45 Mido   58' Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 55,840
Referee: Alain Sars
17 August 2003 3 Lens 2–1 Marseille Lens
20:45 Diop   21'
Thomert   90+1'
Drogba   11' Stadium: Stade Félix-Bollaert
Attendance: 40,445
Referee: Philippe Kalt
23 August 2003 4 Marseille 2–0 Sochaux Marseille
20:00 Drogba   34'
Hemdani   84' (pen.)
Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 55,782
Referee: Gilles Veissière
31 August 2003 5 Ajaccio 0–1 Marseille Ajaccio
20:45 Meriem   65' Stadium: Stade François Coty
Attendance: 8,204
Referee: Pascal Garibian
13 September 2003 6 Marseille 5–0 Le Mans Marseille
20:00 Drogba   14'
Marlet   24'
Mido   55', 86'
Sychev   68'
Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 51,975
Referee: Dominique Fraise
21 September 2003 7 Nantes 1–0 Marseille Nantes
20:45 Vahirua   3' Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire
Attendance: 35,862
Referee: Laurent Duhamel
27 September 2003 8 Marseille 2–1 Nice Marseille
20:00 Drogba   59', 90+4' (pen.) Laslandes   35' Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 50,148
Referee: Pascal Viléo
5 October 2003 9 Marseille 3–1 Bastia Marseille
20:45 Drogba   15'
Marlet   19'
Skácel   67'
Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 50,148
Referee: Bruno Derrien
17 October 2003 10 Strasbourg 4–1 Marseille Strasbourg
21:00 Martins   21'
Niang   37'
Ljuboja   45+1'
Ehret   90'
Marlet   33' Stadium: Stade de la Meinau
Attendance: 26,943
Referee: Alain Sars
25 October 2003 11 Marseille 2–0 Rennes Marseille
20:00 Van Buyten   45'
Drogba   76'
Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 52,112
Referee: Claude Colombo
1 November 2003 12 Bordeaux 1–0 Marseille Bordeaux
20:00 Darcheville   45' Stadium: Stade Chaban-Delmas
Attendance: 32,507
Referee: Laurent Duhamel
9 November 2003 13 Marseille 1–4 Lyon Marseille
21:00 Van Buyten   20' Élber   19'
Luyindula   38', 58'
Juninho   90+2'
Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 56,207
Referee: Bertrand Layec
22 November 2003 14 Lille 0–2 Marseille Lille
20:00 Drogba   22'
Mido   47'
Stadium: Stade Grimonprez-Jooris
Attendance: 20,480
Referee: Pascal Garibian
30 November 2003 15 Marseille 0–1 Paris Saint-Germain Marseille
20:45 Fiorèse   90' Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 55,493
Referee: Alain Sars
5 December 2003 17 Marseille 1–2 Monaco Marseille
21:00 Mido   44' Squillaci   59'
Giuly   67'
Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 52,265
Referee: Éric Poulat
20 December 2003 19 Marseille 1–0 Toulouse Marseille
17:15 Drogba   62' Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 50,838
Referee: Stéphane Lannoy
10 January 2004 20 Auxerre 2–0 Marseille Auxerre
20:00 Tainio   4'
Kalou   16'
Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps
Attendance: 21,112
Referee: Laurent Duhamel
18 January 2004 21 Marseille 3–2 Lens Marseille
20:45 Drogba   10', 48'
Sychev   88'
Moreira   13'
Thomert   62'
Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 48,638
Referee: Pascal Garibian
27 January 2004 16 Metz 1–1 Marseille Metz
20:45 Rodriguez   47' Drogba   77' Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien
Attendance: 28,511
Referee: Philippe Kalt
31 January 2004 22 Sochaux 2–1 Marseille Montbéliard
20:00 Mathieu   31'
Frau   74' (pen.)
Gnanhouan   6' (o.g.) Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal
Attendance: 19,754
Referee: Stéphane Bré
4 February 2004 18 Montpellier 0–1 Marseille Montpellier
19:00 Drogba   64' Stadium: Stade de la Mosson
Attendance: 21,085
Referee: Claude Colombo
7 February 2004 23 Marseille 2–1 Ajaccio Marseille
17:16 Mido   11'
Marlet   90+1'
Seck   73' Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 48,698
Referee: Stéphane Moulin
14 February 2004 24 Le Mans 0–0 Marseille Le Mans
20:00 Stadium: Stade Léon-Bollée
Attendance: 16,312
Referee: Gilles Veissière
22 February 2004 25 Marseille 1–1 Nantes Marseille
20:45 Drogba   29' Moldovan   41' Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 49,637
Referee: Pascal Viléo
29 February 2004 26 Nice 0–0 Marseille Nice
18:00 Stadium: Stade du Ray
Attendance: 15,686
Referee: Damien Ledentu
7 March 2004 27 Bastia 4–1 Marseille Furiani
20:45 Maurice   22'
Diarra   27'
Ben Saada   49'
Ogbeche   65'
Drogba   79' (pen.) Stadium: Stade Armand Cesari
Attendance: 6,803
Referee: Bertrand Layec
14 March 2004 28 Marseille 4–0 Strasbourg Marseille
18:00 Drogba   22' (pen.)
Marlet   37'
Ferreira   47', 90+3'
Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 47,893
Referee: Stéphane Lannoy
21 March 2004 29 Rennes 4–3 Marseille Rennes
20:45 Frei   35', 39', 60', 74' Batlles   31'
Drogba   45'
Mido   72'
Stadium: Stade de la Route de Lorient
Attendance: 18,244
Referee: Hervé Piccirillo
28 March 2004 30 Marseille 1–1 Bordeaux Marseille
18:30 Meriem   52' Francia   9' Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 51,573
Referee: Philippe Kalt
3 April 2004 31 Lyon 1–2 Marseille Lyon
17:15 Luyindula   17' Drogba   4'
Meriem   84'
Stadium: Stade de Gerland
Attendance: 38,602
Referee: Laurent Duhamel
18 April 2004 32 Marseille 2–1 Lille Marseille
18:00 Marlet   45+3'
Batlles   81'
Bodmer   12' Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 50,832
Referee: Gilles Veissière
25 April 2004 33 Paris Saint-Germain 2–1 Marseille Paris
18:15 Pauleta   12', 62' Batlles   90+1' Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 41,978
Referee: Stéphane Bré
1 May 2004 34 Marseille 0–1 Metz Marseille
17:15 Meniri   26' Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 52,128
Referee: Olivier Thual
9 May 2004 35 Monaco 1–0 Marseille Monaco
20:45 Giuly   90+3' Stadium: Stade Louis II
Attendance: 16,560
Referee: Laurent Duhamel
12 May 2004 36 Marseille 1–1 Montpellier Marseille
20:30 Marlet   30' Mansaré   66' Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 48,709
Referee: Bertrand Layec
15 May 2004 37 Toulouse 2–1 Marseille Toulouse
20:00 Fernandão   44' (pen.)
Eduardo   85'
Dao   3' (o.g.) Stadium: Stadium de Toulouse
Attendance: 35,005
Referee: Damien Ledentu
23 May 2004 38 Marseille 2–1 Guingamp Marseille
20:00 Marlet   13', 41' Talhaoui   76' Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 50,968
Referee: Éric Poulat

Coupe de France

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3 January 2004 Round of 64 Marseille 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(4–3 p)
Strasbourg Marseille
17:00 Ecker   37' Niang   83' Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Damien Ledentu
Penalties
Mido  
Hemdani  
Skacel  
Barthez  
  Kobylík
  Deroff
  Arrache
24 January 2004 Round of 32 Marseille 1–2 (a.e.t.) Paris Saint-Germain Marseille
17:00 Drogba   35' Pauleta   10'
Sorín   103'
Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 53,000
Referee: Éric Poulat

Coupe de la Ligue

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29 October 2003 Second round Marseille 2–0 Monaco Marseille
21:00 Fernandão   29'
Drogba   33'
Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 33,974
Referee: Stéphane Bre
17 December 2003 Round of 16 Sochaux 1–0 Marseille Montbéliard
21:00 Mathieu   43' Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal
Attendance: 19,510
Referee: Bertrand Layec

UEFA Champions League

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Third qualifying round

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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

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Pos Team 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
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

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Third round

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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- RSSSF France 2003/04