2002–03 Olympique de Marseille season

Olympique de Marseille almost won the French League for the first time in 11 years, having a remarkable run to third place, having only scored five goals more than it conceded. The most praised player was central defender Daniel Van Buyten, who was able to tighten up the defence, and also helping out with scoring several important goals. Without Marseille's goalscoring woes, it could have sustained a more serious title assault. Therefore it signed late-blooming starlet Didier Drogba from En Avant Guingamp, a move that was set to be among the best financial deals in the clubs' history.

Marseille
2002-03 season
ChairmanRobert Louis-Dreyfus
ManagerAlain Perrin
Ligue 13rd
Coupe de FranceRound of 32
League CupSemi-finals
Top goalscorerIbrahima Bakayoko (9)

Squad

Goalkeepers

Defenders

Midfielders

Attackers

Competitions

Ligue 1
Main article: 2002–03 Ligue 1

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Lyon (C) 38 19 11 8 63 41 +22 68 Qualification to Champions League group stage
2 Monaco 38 19 10 9 66 33 +33 67
3 Marseille 38 19 8 11 41 36 +5 65 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
4 Bordeaux 38 18 10 10 57 36 +21 64 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
5 Sochaux 38 17 13 8 46 31 +15 64
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion.

Matches
3 August 2002 1Marseille0–2NantesLyon
Yepes  62'
Berson  90 + 3'		 Stadium: Stade Gerland
10 August 2002 2AS Monaco0–1MarseilleMonaco
Fernandão  54' Stadium: Stade Louis II
16 August 2002 3Marseille1–1LyonMarseille
Bakayoko  29' Govou  14' Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
24 August 2002 4Rennes1–3MarseilleRennes
Piquionne  10' Chapuis  35, 70'
Sakho  90 + 1'		 Stadium: Stade de la Route de Lorient
1 September 2002 5Marseille0–0AuxerreMarseille
Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
11 September 2002 6Nice2–0MarseilleNice
Everson  52'
Olufade  82'		 Stadium: Stade du Ray
14 September 2002 7Marseille2–1BordeauxMarseille
Leboeuf  16' (pen.)
Bakayoko  75'		 Pauleta  52' Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
21 September 2002 8Le Havre1–3MarseilleLe Havre
Fauconnier  66' Sakho  45 + 2'
Johansen  58'
Celestini  90'		 Stadium: Stade Jules Deschaseaux
27 September 2002 9Marseille3–1AjaccioMarseille
Van Buyten  41'
Chapuis  45'
Bakayoko  77' (pen.)		 Destruhaut  15' Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
5 October 2002 10Lille3–0MarseilleLille
Tapia  15'
Brunel  55'
Cheyrou  65'		 Stadium: Stade Grimonprez-Jooris
20 October 2002 11Marseille1–0StrasbourgMarseille
20:45 Fernandão  24' Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
26 October 2002 12Paris SG3–0MarseilleParis
17:15 Ronaldinho  15', 37' (pen.)
Cardetti  82'		 Stadium: Stade Parc des Princes
2 November 2002 13Marseille2–0MontpellierMarseille
20:00 Bakayoko  32'
F. Silvestre  61' (o.g.)		 Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
9 November 2002 14Guingamp0–0MarseilleGuingamp
20:00 Stadium: Stade du Roudourou
16 November 2002 15Marseille0–0TroyesMarseille
20:00 Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
23 November 2002 16Marseille1–0LensMarseille
17:15 Olembé  12' Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
30 November 2002 17Bastia2–0MarseilleBastia
Ben Saada  74, 87' Stadium: Stade Armand Cesari
4 December 2002 18Marseille1–0SochauxMarseille
Fernandão  40' Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
14 December 2002 19Sedan1–2MarseilleSedan
H. Camara  70' dos Santos  39'
Bakayoko  49'		 Stadium: Stade Louis Dugauguez
20 December 2002 20Marseille1–1AS MonacoMarseille
Van Buyten  60' Pršo  40' Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
10 January 2003 21Lyon1–0MarseilleLyon
Luyindula  41' Stadium: Stade Gerland
Referee: Pierluigi Collina
14 January 2003 22Marseille2–0RennesMarseille
Bakayoko  7'
Van Buyten  19'		 Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
21 January 2003 23Auxerre0–0MarseilleAuxerre
Stadium: Stade Abbe-Deschamps
28 January 2003 24Marseille2–0NiceMarseille
Van Buyten  45 + 3'
Sychev  87'		 Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
2 February 2003 25Bordeaux3–1MarseilleBordeaux
Feindouno  56'
Darcheville  63' (pen.)
Sávio  90 + 6'		 Van Buyten  88' Stadium: Stade Chaban-Delmas
5 February 2003 26Marseille2–0Le HavreMarseille
Sychev  16'
Van Buyten  52'		 Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
8 February 2003 27Ajaccio0–2MarseilleAjaccio
Bakayoko  35'
Sakho  79' (pen.)		 Stadium: Stade François Coty
28Marseille2–0Lille
Bakayoko  13'
Johansen  75'
29Strasbourg0–0Marseille
30Marseille0–3Paris SG
Leroy  28, 83'
Ronaldinho  55'
31Montpellier1–2Marseille
Rouvière  71' Sakho  22'
Van Buyten  83'
32Marseille0–2Guingamp
Bah  12'
Drogba  16'
33Troyes0–0Marseille
34Lens0–1Marseille
Leboeuf  33' (pen.)
35Marseille2–1Bastia
Sychev  45'
Van Buyten  87'		 Batlles  90 + 3'
36Sochaux3–0Marseille
Santos  28'
Frau  65'
Isabey  86'
37Marseille4–2Sedan
Pérez  10'
Chapuis  43'
Hemdani  83'
Sakho  89'		 N'Diefi  57'
Pérez  61' (o.g.)
38Nantes1–0Marseille
Quint  84'

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