1989–90 Olympique de Marseille season

The 1989–90 season saw Olympique de Marseille compete in the French Division 1 as reigning champions as well as the 1989–90 Coupe de France and the 1989–90 European Cup.

Olympique de Marseille
1989–90 season
PresidentBernard Tapie
ManagerGérard Gili
StadiumStade Vélodrome
French Division 11st
Coupe de FranceSemi-finals
European CupSemi-finals
Top goalscorerLeague:
Jean-Pierre Papin (30)
All:
Jean-Pierre Papin (38)

Overview

In the summer of 1989, Marseille lost many big name players including prolific German striker Klaus Allofs who went to rivals Bordeaux and Franch defender Yvon Le Roux who transferred to PSG.[1] Owner, Bernard Tapie, brought in reinforcements for the double winners though, signing Enzo Francescoli, Carlos Mozer, Jean Tigana, Alain Roche, Manuel Amoros, and Chris Waddle. Of the transfers, Waddle was the most high-profile and the £4.5m Marseille paid Tottenham for Waddle equalled a British record fee and the sixth highest ever paid at that point.[1][2]

Marseille went into the season as defending French Division 1 champions and successfully defend their crown, winning their seventh French league title overall.[3] Marseille would go deep in both the Coupe de France and the European Cup but lost in the semi-finals in both competitions.[3]

Competitions

Division 1
Main article: 1989–90 French Division 1

Table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Marseille (C) 38 22 9 7 75 34 +41 53 Qualification to European Cup first round
2 Bordeaux 38 22 7 9 51 25 +26 51 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
3 Monaco 38 15 16 7 38 24 +14 46
4 Sochaux 38 17 9 12 46 39 +7 43
5 Paris Saint-Germain 38 18 6 14 50 48 +2 42
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Victory: 2 points, Draw: 1 point, Defeat: 0 points
(C) Champion.

Coupe de France
Main article: 1989–90 Coupe de France

Semi-final
1990-05-25 Marseille2–3RC ParisStade Vélodrome, Marseille
Germain  3'
Sauzée  61'		 (Report) Bouderbala  37'
Milojevic  83'
Aïd  88'

European Cup
Main article: 1989–90 European Cup

First round
13 September 1989 Marseille3–0 BrøndbyStade Vélodrome, Marseille
Sauzée  62'
Papin  67'
Vercruysse  81'		 Report Attendance: 18,686
Referee: Rosario Lo Bello (Italy)
27 September 1989 Brøndby 1–1MarseilleBrøndby Stadion, Brøndbyvester
Olsen  54' Report Papin  64' Attendance: 10,300
Referee: Rodger Gifford (Wales)

Marseille won 4–1 on aggregate.

Second round
18 October 1989 Marseille2–0 AEKStade Vélodrome, Marseille
Papin  55'
Manolas  80' (o.g.)		 Report Attendance: 24,263
Referee: Georges Sandoz (Switzerland)
1 November 1989 AEK 1–1MarseilleAEK Stadium, Athens
Savevski  79' (pen.) Report Papin  84' Attendance: 33,260
Referee: Helmut Kohl (Austria)

Marseille won 3–1 on aggregate.

Quarter-final
7 March 1990 CSKA Sofia 0–1MarseilleNarodna Armia, Sofia
Report Thys  85' Attendance: 26,300
Referee: Aron Schmidhuber (Germany)
21 March 1990 Marseille3–1 CSKA SofiaStade Vélodrome, Marseille
Waddle  25'
Papin  28'
Sauzée  72'		 Report Urukov  84' Attendance: 34,665
Referee: Lajos Nemeth (Hungary)

Marseille won 4–1 on aggregate.

Semi-final
4 April 1990 Marseille2–1 BenficaStade Vélodrome, Marseille
Sauzée  13'
Papin  44'		 Report Lima  10' Attendance: 36,859
Referee: George Courtney (England)
18 April 1990 Benfica 1–0MarseilleEstádio da Luz, Lisbon
Vata  82' Report Attendance: 120,000
Referee: Marcel Van Langenhove (Belgium)

Marseille 2–2 Benfica on aggregate. Benfica won on away goals.

References
  1. "Classic Teams #2: Marseille (1986-93)". Get Football News. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
  2. "Chris Waddle: The easy going showstopper with continental class". thefootballfaithful.com. 7 February 2019. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  3. "Olympique de Marseille". Britannica. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
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