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 FranceLast 32
Coupe de la LigueLast 32
UEFA CupRunners-up
Top goalscorerFlorian Maurice (14)

First-team squad

Players
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:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion.

Matches
1Marseille2–0NantesMarseille
Ravanelli  49'
Maurice  90'
2Metz0–1Marseille
Gourvennec  45'
3Marseille5–4MontpellierMarseille
Maurice  61'
Dugarry  64', 71'
Roy  84'
Blanc  90' (pen.)		 Bakayoko  15', 34'
Robert  19'
Sauzée  23'
4Le Havre0–0Marseille
5Marseille1–1RennesMarseille
Maurice  78' Dogon  90'
6Marseille2–2BordeauxMarseille
Ravanelli  45'
Roy  56'		 Diawara  43', 90'
7Bastia0–2Marseille
Pires  36'
Camara  67'
8Marseille2–0ToulouseMarseille
Maurice  43'
Ravanelli  86'
9Strasbourg0–2MarseilleMarseille
Maurice  41', 53'
10Marseille4–0SochauxMarseille
Ravanelli  43', 90'
Camara  55', 90+1'
11Lorient1–3Marseille
Bouafia  25' Ravanelli  55', 66'
Pires  87'
12Marseille1–0AS MonacoMarseille
Maurice  90'
13Nancy2–3Marseille
Cascarino  52'
Soufiane-Koné  89'		 Maurice  11', 78'
Gourvennec  22'
14Marseille1–0LensMarseille
Dugarry  31'
15Lyon2–1MarseilleLyon
Linarès  17'
Violeau  55'		 Maurice  76'
16Marseille0–0Paris Saint-GermainMarseille
17Auxerre1–1Marseille
Carnot  85' Blanc  60'
18Marseille3–0MetzMarseille
Camara  29'
Maurice  44'
Gourvennec  90'
19Montpellier0–1Marseille
Maurice  41'
20Marseille2–0Le HavreMarseille
Pires  32', 70'
21Rennes1–1Marseille
Arribagé  12' Camara  78'
22Bordeaux4–1MarseilleMarseille
Wiltord  14', 32'
Micoud  17'
Laslandes  20'		 Dugarry  59'
23Marseille3–1BastiaMarseille
Bravo  33'
Ravanelli  40, 81'		 Laurent  76'
24Toulouse1–0Marseille
Oceano  75' (pen.)
25Marseille1–0StrasbourgMarseille
Pires  47'
26Sochaux0–0Marseille
27Marseille4–1LorientMarseille
Ravanelli  17', 72'
Maurice  49'
Gourvennec  77' (pen.)		 Camadini  87'
28AS Monaco1–2MarseilleMonaco
Ikpeba  28' Camara  15'
Ravanelli  48'
29Marseille4–0NancyMarseille
Edson  30'
Gourvennec  58'
Ravanelli  63'
Maurice  80'
30Lens4–0Marseille
Vairelles  43', 70'
Moreira  67', 76'
31Marseille0–0LyonMarseille
32Paris Saint-Germain2–1MarseilleParis
Simone  84'
Rodriguez  88'		 Maurice  21'
33Marseille1–0AuxerreMarseille
Luccin  13'
34Nantes0–1Marseille
Pires  38'

UEFA Cup

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

Marseille won 6–2 on aggregate.

Second round
20 October 1998 Werder Bremen 1–1 MarseilleBremen
Herzog  69' Report Maurice  67'
3 November 1998 Marseille 3–2 Werder BremenMarseille
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 MarseilleStade Louis II, Monaco
Trezeguet  17' (pen.)
Giuly  56'		 Report Pires  10'
Camara  39'
8 December 1998 Marseille 1–0 MonacoMarseille
Camara  71' Report

Marseille won 3–2 on aggregate.

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

Marseille won 2–1 on aggregate.

Semi-final
6 April 1999 Marseille 0–0 BolognaMarseille
Report
20 April 1999 Bologna 1–1 MarseilleBologna
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 MarseilleLuzhniki Stadium, Moscow
Crespo  26'
Vanoli  36'
Chiesa  55'		 Report Attendance: 62,000
Referee: Hugh Dallas (Scotland)

Top scorers

Division 1
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References
  1. </http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/france/1998-1999/div1/marseille.htm
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