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.

Olympique de Marseille

2003-04 season
Chairman	Robert Louis-Dreyfus
Manager	Alain Perrin José Anigo
Ligue 1	7th
Coupe de France	Last 32
Coupe de la Ligue	Last 16
Champions League	Group stage
UEFA Cup	Final
Top goalscorer	Didier Drogba (19)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

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

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  FRA Fabien Barthez (on loan from Manchester United) 3 DF  FRA Philippe Christanval 4 MF  FRA Mathieu Flamini 5 DF  SEN Habib Beye 6 MF  ALG Brahim Hemdani 7 MF  SEN Sylvain N'Diaye 8 MF  FRA Sébastien Pérez 9 FW  FRA Steve Marlet (on loan from Fulham) 10 FW  EGY Mido 11 FW  CIV Didier Drogba 12 DF   SUI Fabio Celestini 14 MF  CZE Štěpán Vachoušek 15 MF  FRA Pascal Johansen 16 GK  FRA Jérémy Gavanon 18 MF  FRA Camel Meriem (on loan from Bordeaux) 19 MF  CZE Rudi Skácel

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 FW  FRA Karim Dahou 21 DF  CIV Abdoulaye Méïté 23 DF  FRA Manuel dos Santos 24 FW  FRA Nicolas Cicut 25 DF  BRA Demetrius Ferreira (on loan from Bastia) 26 MF  FRA Laurent Batlles 27 DF  FRA David Sommeil (on loan from Manchester City) 28 DF  FRA Johnny Ecker 29 DF  FRA Camille Borios 30 GK  CRO Vedran Runje 32 MF  FRA Laurent Merlin 33 FW  ESP Koke 36 FW  SEN Rahmane Barry — GK  FRA Cédric Carasso — MF  POR Delfim

Left club during season

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

Ligue 1

Main article: 2003–04 Ligue 1

League table

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

Matches

Guingamp v Marseille

1	Guingamp	0–1	Marseille	Guingamp, Brittany
			Bakayoko  90+1'

Marseille v Auxerre

2	Marseille	1–0	Auxerre	Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
	Mido  58'			Stadium: Stade Vélodrome

Lens v Marseille

3	Lens	2–1	Marseille	Lens
	Diop  21' Thomert  90+1'		Drogba  11'

Marseille v Sochaux

4	Marseille	2–0	Sochaux	Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
	Drogba  34' Hemdani  84' (pen.)			Stadium: Stade Vélodrome

Ajaccio v Marseille

5	Ajaccio	0–1	Marseille
			Meriem  65'

Marseille v Le Mans

6	Marseille	5–0	Le Mans	Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
	Drogba  14' Marlet  24' Mido  55', 86' Sychev  68'			Stadium: Stade Vélodrome

Nantes v Marseille

7	Nantes	1–0	Marseille	Nantes
	Vahirua  3'

Marseille v Nice

8	Marseille	2–1	Nice	Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
	Drogba  59', 90+4' (pen.)		Laslandes  35'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome

Marseille v Bastia

9	Marseille	3–1	Bastia	Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
	Drogba  15' Marlet  19' Skácel  67'			Stadium: Stade Vélodrome

Strasbourg v Marseille

10	Strasbourg	4–1	Marseille	Strasbourg
	Martins  21' Niang  37' Ljuboja  45+1' Ehret  90'		Marlet  33'

Marseille v Rennes

11	Marseille	2–0	Rennes	Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
	Van Buyten  45' Drogba  76'			Stadium: Stade Vélodrome

Bordeaux v Marseille

12	Bordeaux	1–0	Marseille	Bordeaux
	Darcheville  45'

Marseille v Lyon

13	Marseille	1–4	Lyon	Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
	Van Buyten  20'		Élber  19' Luyindula  38', 58' Juninho  90+2'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome

Lille v Marseille

14	Lille	0–2	Marseille	Lille, Nord-Pas de Calais
			Drogba  22' Mido  47'	Stadium: Stade Grimonprez-Jooris

Marseille v Paris Saint-Germain

15	Marseille	0–1	Paris Saint-Germain	Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
			Fiorèse  90'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome

Metz v Marseille

16	Metz	1–1	Marseille	Metz, Lorraine
	Rodriguez  47'		Drogba  77'	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien

Marseille v AS Monaco

17	Marseille	1–2	AS Monaco	Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
	Mido  44'		Squillaci  59' Giuly  67'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome

Marseille v Toulouse

18	Marseille	1–0	Toulouse	Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
	Drogba  62'			Stadium: Stade Vélodrome

Auxerre v Marseille

19	Auxerre	2–0	Marseille	Auxerre, Bourgogne
	Tainio  4' Kalou  16'			Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps

Marseille v Lens

20	Marseille	3–2	Lens	Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
	Drogba  10', 48' Sychev  88'		Moreira  13' Thomert  62'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome

Sochaux v Marseille

21	Sochaux	2–1	Marseille	Montbéliard, Franche-Comté
	Mathieu  31' Frau  74' (pen.)		Gnanhouan  6' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal

Montpellier v Marseille

22	Montpellier	0–1	Marseille	Montpellier, Languedoc-Roussillon
			Drogba  64'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson

Marseille v Ajaccio

23	Marseille	2–1	Ajaccio	Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
	Mido  11' Marlet  90+1'		Seck  73'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome

Le Mans v Marseille

24	Le Mans	0–0	Marseille	Le Mans, Pays de la Loire
				Stadium: Stade Léon-Bollée

Marseille v Nantes

25	Marseille	1–1	Nantes	Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
	Drogba  29'		Moldovan  41'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome

Nice v Marseille

26	Nice	0–0	Marseille	Nice, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
				Stadium: Stade du Ray

Bastia v Marseille

27	Bastia	4–1	Marseille	Bastia, Corsica
	Maurice  22' Diarra  27' Ben Saada  49' Ogbeche  65'		Drogba  79' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade Armand Cesari

Marseille v Strasbourg

28	Marseille	4–0	Strasbourg	Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
	Drogba  22' (pen.) Marlet  37' Ferreira  47', 90+3'			Stadium: Stade Vélodrome

Rennes v Marseille

29	Rennes	4–3	Marseille	Rennes, Brittany
	Frei  35', 39', 60', 74'		Batlles  31' Drogba  45' Mido  72'	Stadium: Stade de la Route de Lorient

Marseille v Bordeaux

30	Marseille	1–1	Bordeaux	Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
	Meriem  52'		Francia  9'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome

Lyon v Marseille

31	Lyon	1–2	Marseille	Lyon, Rhône-Alpes
	Luyindula  17'		Drogba  4' Meriem  84'	Stadium: Stade de Gerland

Marseille v Lille

32	Marseille	2–1	Lille	Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
	Marlet  45+3' Batlles  81'		Bodmer  12'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome

Paris Saint-Germain v Marseille

33	Paris Saint-Germain	2–1	Marseille	Paris, Île-de-France
	Pauleta  12', 62'		Batlles  90+1'	Stadium: Parc des Princes

Marseille v Metz

34	Marseille	0–1	Metz	Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
			Meniri  26'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome

AS Monaco v Marseille

35	AS Monaco	1–0	Marseille	Fontvieille, Monaco
	Giuly  90+3'			Stadium: Stade Louis II

Marseille v Montpellier

36	Marseille	1–1	Montpellier	Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
	Marlet  30'		Mansaré  66'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome

Toulouse v Marseille

37	Toulouse	2–1	Marseille	Toulouse, Midi-Pyrénées
	Fernandão  44' (pen.) Eduardo  85'		Dao  3' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stadium Municipal

Marseille v Guingamp

38	Marseille	2–1	Guingamp	Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
	Marlet  13', 41'		Talhaoui  76'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome

Champions League

Qualifying

Austria Wien v Marseille

1	Austria Wien	0–1	Marseille	Vienna, Austria
			Sychev  4'

Marseille v Austria Wien

2	Marseille	0–0	Austria Wien	Marseille, France
				Stadium: Stade Vélodrome

Group stage

Real Madrid v Marseille

1	Real Madrid	4–2	Marseille	Madrid, Spain
	Roberto Carlos  29' Ronaldo  34', 56' Figo  61' (pen.)		Drogba  25' Van Buyten  83'

Marseille v Partizan

2	Marseille	3–0	Partizan	Marseille, France
	Drogba  62', 68', 85'			Stadium: Stade Vélodrome

Marseille v Porto

3	Marseille	2–3	Porto	Marseille, France
	Drogba  24' Marlet  82'		Maniche  31' Derlei  36' Alenichev  80'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome

Porto v Marseille

4	Porto	1–0	Marseille	Porto, Portugal
	Alenichev  80'

Marseille v Real Madrid

5	Marseille	1–2	Real Madrid	Marseille, France
	Mido  64'		Beckham  35' Ronaldo  73'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome

Partizan v Marseille

6	Partizan	1–1	Marseille	Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro
	Delibašić  79'		Mido  61'

UEFA Cup

Last 32

Marseille v Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk

1	Marseille	1–0	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	Marseille, France
	Drogba  55' (pen.)			Stadium: Stade Vélodrome

Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk v Marseille

2

Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk

0–0

Marseille

Ukraine

Last 16

Liverpool v Marseille

1	Liverpool	1–1	Marseille	Liverpool, England
	Baroš  55'		Drogba  78'	Stadium: Anfield

Marseille v Liverpool

2	Marseille	2–1	Liverpool	Marseille, France
	Drogba  38' (pen.) Méïté  65'		Heskey  15'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome

Quarter-final

Marseille v Inter

1	Marseille	1–0	Inter	Marseille, France
	Drogba  46'			Stadium: Stade Vélodrome

Inter v Marseille

2	Inter	0–1	Marseille	Milan, Italy
			Meriem  74'	Stadium: San Siro

Semi-final

Newcastle United v Marseille

1	Newcastle United	0–0	Marseille	Newcastle upon Tyne, England
				Stadium: St James' Park

Marseille v Newcastle United

2	Marseille	2–0	Newcastle United	Marseille, France
	Drogba  18', 82'			Stadium: Stade Vélodrome

Final

Valencia v Marseille

19 May 2004 1	Valencia	2–0	Marseille	Gothenburg, Sweden
20:45	Vicente  45' (pen.) Mista  58'			Stadium: Ullevi Attendance: 39,000 Referee: Pierluigi Collina

References

- RSSSF France 2003/04