2014–15 Olympique de Marseille season

The 2014–15 Olympique de Marseille season is the 65th professional season of the club since its creation in 1899 and 19th consecutive season in the top flight.

Olympique de Marseille

2014–15 season
President	Vincent Labrune
Manager	Marcelo Bielsa
Stadium	Stade Vélodrome
Ligue 1	4th
Coupe de France	Round of 64
Coupe de la Ligue	Round of 32
Top goalscorer	League: André-Pierre Gignac (21) All: André-Pierre Gignac (23)
Highest home attendance	65,148 v Paris Saint-Germain - 05 April 2015
Lowest home attendance	39,497 v Nice - 29 August 2014
Average home league attendance	52,917
Home colours Away colours Third colours

This will be the first season in ten years that Marseille will not be participating in the UEFA Champions League or UEFA Europa League, having finished sixth in the 2013–14 Ligue 1 season. The club will be coached by legendary Argentine tactician Marcelo Bielsa, who signed a two-year contract in May 2014.

This will also be the first season in which the side will play at the renovated Stade Vélodrome, with the stadium having completed renovations which took place over the last three years. Capacity will be up to 67,000 - from 48,000 last season, and 42,000 the season before. The stadium is rated five-star by UEFA, and will be used ahead of UEFA Euro 2016.

Players

Main article: List of Olympique de Marseille players

French teams are limited to four players without EU citizenship. Hence, the squad list includes only the principal nationality of each player; several non-European players on the squad have dual citizenship with an EU country. Also, players from the ACP countries—countries in Africa, the Caribbean, and the Pacific that are signatories to the Cotonou Agreement—are not counted against non-EU quotas due to the Kolpak ruling.

Current squad

As of 15 July 2014.[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 2 DF  FRA Baptiste Aloé 3 DF  CMR Nicolas N'Koulou 4 DF  BRA Dória 5 DF  FRA Stéphane Sparagna 6 MF  FRA Momar Bangoura 7 MF  FRA Benoît Cheyrou 8 MF  FRA Mario Lemina 11 MF  FRA Romain Alessandrini 14 MF  FRA Florian Thauvin 15 DF  FRA Jérémy Morel 16 GK  CGO Brice Samba

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 MF  FRA Dimitri Payet 20 MF  TOG Alaixys Romao 22 FW  BEL Michy Batshuayi 23 DF  FRA Benjamin Mendy 24 DF  FRA Rod Fanni 25 MF  FRA Gianelli Imbula 26 DF  CIV Brice Dja Djédjé 27 MF  MAR Abdelaziz Barrada 29 FW  FRA Jérémie Porsan-Clemente 30 GK  FRA Steve Mandanda (captain) 40 GK  FRA Julien Fabri -- DF  BRA Alef -- MF  FRA Maxime Lopez

Coaching Staff

Manager	Marcelo Bielsa
Assistant Coaches	Diego Reyes, Pablo Quiroga, Javier Torrente, Diego Torrente, Ever Demalde
Goalkeeping Coach	Stephane Cassard
Physical coaches	Jan Van Winckel (head of strength and conditioning), Frederic Faure
Head Doctor	Christophe Baudot, Sylvain Blanchard
Physiotherapists	Alain Soultanian, Jérôme Palestri, Jean-Georges Cellier

Source: LFP.fr

Transfers

The club made their first transfer of the season in June when they signed Belgian striker Michy Batshuayi for a rumoured €8 million from Standard Liège. The club then signed Romain Alessandrini, the Marseille-born Rennes winger for €5 million a few days later.

So far, Larry Azouni has been transferred to Nîmes and Florian Raspentino has departed to Caen.

In

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving from	Fee	Notes
23 June 2014	FW	Michy Batshuayi	20	Standard Liège	€8,000,000
25 June 2014	MF	Romain Alessandrini	25	Rennes	€5,000,000

Out

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving to	Fee	Notes
10 July 2014	MF	Larry Azouni	20	Nîmes	Free
11 July 2014	MF	Florian Raspentino	25	Caen	Undisclosed

Competitions

Pre-season and friendlies

Bayer Leverkusen v Marseille

19 July 2014	Bayer Leverkusen	1–4	Marseille	Seekirchen am Wallersee, Austria
19:00 CEST	Yurchenko  79'	Report	Thauvin  34' Batshuayi  57' Amalfitano  78' Payet  80'	Stadium: Stadion Seekirchen

Marseille v Benfica

23 July 2014	Marseille	2–1	Benfica	Clermont-Ferrand, France
19:00 CEST	Gignac  21' Batshuayi  56'	Report	Gaitán  13'	Stadium: Stade Gabriel Montpied

Marseille v Willem II

27 July 2014	Marseille	5–0	Willem II	Albertville, France
19:00 CEST	Thauvin  21' Imbula  25' Batshuayi  54'  90' Cheyrou  81'	Report		Stadium: L'anneau de vitesse Attendance: 3,000

Bari v Marseille

30 July 2014	Bari	1–1	Marseille	Bari, Italy
19:00 CEST	Sabelli  62'	Report	Batshuayi  82'	Stadium: Stadio San Nicola

Marseille v Chievo

2 August 2014	Marseille	3–1	Chievo	Le Pontet, France
20:00 CEST	Thauvin  17' N'Koulou  49' Gignac  73'	Report	Bentivoglio  46'	Stadium: Stade de Fargues

Espanyol v Marseille

14 November 2014	Espanyol	2–1	Marseille	Barcelona, Spain
15:00 CEST	Caicedo  17' (pen.) Sánchez  83'	Report	Aloé  85'	Stadium: Estadi Cornellà-El Prat

Ligue 1

Main article: 2014–15 Ligue 1

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
2	Lyon	38	22	9	7	72	33	+39	75	Qualification to Champions League group stage
3	Monaco	38	20	11	7	51	26	+25	71	Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
4	Marseille	38	21	6	11	76	42	+34	69	Qualification to Europa League group stage
5	Saint-Étienne	38	19	12	7	51	30	+21	69	Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
6	Bordeaux	38	17	12	9	47	44	+3	63

Source: Ligue de Football Professionel
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
Notes:

1. Since winners of the 2014–15 Coupe de la Ligue, Paris Saint-Germain, qualified for European competition based on their league position, the spot awarded to the Coupe de la Ligue winner (Europa League third qualifying round) is passed to the next best team in the table not already qualified for any European competition (in this case, the fifth-placed team).

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	21	6	11	76	42	+34	69	13	2	4	40	22	+18	8	4	7	36	20	+16

Last updated: 5 June 2015.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by match

Match	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	L	W	W	D	W	L	W	L	W	L	W	D	D	D	L	W	D	W	L	L	L	L	W	W	W	W
Position	8	15	10	4	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	5	4	4	4	4

Updated to match(es) played on 18 April 2015. Source: Ligue 1
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

Bastia v Marseille

9 August 2014 1	Bastia	3–3	Marseille	Bastia
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Maboulou  9', 73' Palmieri  19' Tallo  66' (pen.) Brandão  82' Ayité  87'	Report	Gignac  11', 62' Romaric  17' (o.g.) Mendy  64'	Stadium: Stade Armand Cesari Attendance: 15,537 Referee: Lionel Jaffredo

Marseille v Montpellier

17 August 2014 2	Marseille	0–2	Montpellier	Marseille
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Dja Djédjé  58'	Report	Mounier  18' Sanson  68'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 50,774 Referee: Clément Turpin

Guingamp v Marseille

23 August 2014 3	Guingamp	0–1	Marseille	Guingamp
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Sorbon  90+2'	Report	Payet  29' Gignac  46',  70' Batshuayi  71'	Stadium: Stade du Roudourou Attendance: 16,901 Referee: Benoît Millot

Marseille v Nice

29 August 2014 4	Marseille	4–0	Nice	Marseille
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Payet  19', 48' Thauvin  45' Ayew  78' Barrada  88'	Report	Amavi  31' Diawara  45'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 39,497 Referee: Bartolomeu Varela

Evian v Marseille

14 September 2014 5	Evian	1–3	Marseille	Annecy
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Mensah  23' N'Sikulu  90+1'	Report	Gignac  1' Mensah  44' (o.g.) Thauvin  63'	Stadium: Parc des Sports Attendance: 12,967 Referee: Amaury Delerue

Marseille v Rennes

20 September 2014 6	Marseille	3–0	Rennes	Marseille
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Gignac  50', 63' N'Koulou  65' Alessandrini  90+4'	Report	Armand  90+3'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 46,153 Referee: Stéphane Lannoy

Reims v Marseille

23 September 2014 7	Reims	0–5	Marseille	Reims
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Mavinga  7'	Report	Gignac  8', 20' Morel  11' Ayew  52', 59' Imbula  74'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Delaune Attendance: 17,705 Referee: Antony Gautier

Marseille v Saint-Étienne

28 September 2014 8	Marseille	2–1	Saint-Étienne	Marseille
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Imbula  7' Payet  28' N'Koulou  85'	Report	Mollo  51' Brison  53' Diomande  79'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 55,367 Referee: Fredy Fautrel

Caen v Marseille

4 October 2014 9	Caen	1–2	Marseille	Caen
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Musavu-King  84'	Report	Morel  37' Romao  74' Gignac  90+3'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 20,501 Referee: Benoît Millot

Marseille v Toulouse

20 October 2014 10	Marseille	2–0	Toulouse	Marseille
14:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	N'Koulou  20' Gignac  35' Romao  41' Ayew  89'	Report	Aguilar  40' Yago  41' Akpa Akpro  73'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 61,846 Referee: Amaury Delerue

Lyon v Marseille

26 October 2014 11	Lyon	1–0	Marseille	Lyon
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Biševac  48' Gourcuff  65'	Report	Morel  8' Romao  21' Ayew  74'	Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 38,712 Referee: Lionel Jaffredo

Marseille v Lens

2 November 2014 12	Marseille	2–1	Lens	Marseille
16:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	N'Koulou  11' Romao  23'  76' Thauvin  60' Mendy  72' Imbula  81'	Report	Guillaume  31' Valdivia  79'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 52,803 Referee: Bartolomeu Varela

Paris Saint-Germain v Marseille

9 November 2014 13	Paris Saint-Germain	2–0	Marseille	Paris
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Lucas  38' Cavani  85' Cabaye  90'	Report	Imbula  78'	Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 45,961 Referee: Clément Turpin

Marseille v Bordeaux

23 November 2014 14	Marseille	3–1	Bordeaux	Marseille
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Lemina  60' Gignac  85' Batshuayi  90'	Report	Touré  55' Yamberé  58'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 54,323 Referee: Antony Gautier

Marseille v Nantes

28 November 2014 15	Marseille	2–0	Nantes	Marseille
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Thauvin  24',  31' Fanni  39'	Report	Djilobodji  38' Gomis  45'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 54,103 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

Lorient v Marseille

2 December 2014 16	Lorient	1–1	Marseille	Lorient
19:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Ayew  37' (pen.)	Report	Payet  32' Mandanda  36'	Stadium: Stade du Moustoir Attendance: 16,011 Referee: Benoît Millot

Marseille v Metz

7 December 2014 17	Marseille	3–1	Metz	Marseille
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Gignac  43' Ayew  59' Payet  90+2'	Report	Malouda  46' N'Daw  87'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 45,537 Referee: Wilfried Bien

Monaco v Marseille

14 December 2014 18	Monaco	1–0	Marseille	Fontvieille, Monaco
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Moutinho  44' Silva  67' Raggi  86' Ocampos  90+4'	Report	Lemina  45+1' Mendy  74'	Stadium: Stade Louis II Attendance: 12,648 Referee: Tony Chapron

Marseille v Lille

21 December 2014 19	Marseille	2–1	Lille	Marseille
14:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Roux  32' (o.g.) Batshuayi  69' Romao  76'	Report	Gueye  61' Frey  63'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 62,408 Referee: Alexandre Castro

Montpellier v Marseille

9 January 2015 20	Montpellier	2–1	Marseille	Montpellier
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Bérigaud  36' Lasne  62'	Report	Mendy  18' Omrani  68'  71' Thauvin  78'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 20,840 Referee: Benoît Bastien

Marseille v Guingamp

18 January 2015 21	Marseille	2–1	Guingamp	Marseille
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Dja Djédjé  22' Morel  72' Lemina  85' Gignac  89' Fanni  90'	Report	Angoua  17' Beauvue  90+1' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 42,601 Referee: Wilfried Bien

Nice v Marseille

24 January 2015 22	Nice	2–1	Marseille	Nice
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Genevois  47' Gomis  51'  53' Pléa  53' Hult  73' Mendy  87' Bauthéac  89'	Report	Aloé  36' Imbula  59' Dja Djédjé  64' Thauvin  77'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 25,407 Referee: Antony Gautier

Marseille v Evian

31 January 2015 23	Marseille	1–0	Evian	Marseille
16:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Gignac  49'	Report	Koné  28' Fall  90+2'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 46,579 Referee: Frank Schneider

Rennes v Marseille

7 February 2015 24	Rennes	1–1	Marseille	Rennes
16:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Toivonen  27',  83' Pedro Henrique  39'	Report	Imbula  35' Ocampos  60' Morel  75' Payet  83' Lemina  83'	Stadium: Stade de la Route de Lorient Attendance: 25,322 Referee: Amaury Delerue

Marseille v Reims

13 February 2015 25	Marseille	2–2	Reims	Marseille
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Thauvin  31' Payet  58' Ayew  69'	Report	De Préville  6' Devaux  43' Mandi  69' N'Gog  90'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 43,653 Referee: Philippe Kalt

Saint-Étienne v Marseille

22 February 2015 26	Saint-Étienne	2–2	Marseille	Saint-Étienne
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Gradel  54' (pen.) Erdinç  90+1' Mollo  90+2'	Report	Dja Djédjé  51' Ocampos  59' Batshuayi  64', 67' Aloé  65' Fanni  81'	Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Attendance: 35,651 Referee: Clément Turpin

Marseille v Caen

28 February 2015 27	Marseille	2–3	Caen	Marseille
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Dja Djédjé  22' Ayew  45+3' Gignac  63'	Report	Yahia  2' Seube  67' Sala  70' Benezet  87'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 44,614 Referee: Sébastien Desiage

Toulouse v Marseille

6 March 2015 28	Toulouse	1–6	Marseille	Toulouse
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Ben Yedder  77' Akpa Akpro  90+1'	Report	Batshuayi  2', 44' Aloé  6' Moubandje  20' (o.g.) Mandanda  35' Ayew  62',  78' Gignac  89'	Stadium: Stadium Municipal Attendance: 19,000 Referee: Tony Chapron

Marseille v Lyon

15 March 2015 29	Marseille	0–0	Lyon	Marseille
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Gignac  37' Mendy  64' Payet  84' Morel  86' Imbula  88'	Report	Ferri  25' Rose  88' Malbranque  90'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 62,832 Referee: Benoît Bastien

Lens v Marseille

22 March 2015 30	Lens	0–4	Marseille	Saint-Denis
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Valdivia  11' Gbamin  35' Lemoigne  66'	Report	Dja Djédjé  22' Batshuayi  46', 67', 90+3' Ayew  72' Imbula  90'	Stadium: Stade de France Attendance: 70,122 Referee: Fredy Fautrel

Marseille v Paris Saint-Germain

5 April 2015 31	Marseille	2–3	Paris Saint-Germain	Marseille
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Romao  9' Fanni  23' Gignac  30', 43' Ayew  54'  90+6'	Report	Matuidi  35' Pastore  45' Marquinhos  49' Morel  51' (o.g.) Verratti  65'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 65,148 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

Bordeaux v Marseille

12 April 2015 32	Bordeaux	1–0	Marseille	Bordeaux
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Khazri  55' Plašil  56' Yamberé  61'	Report	Mendy  36'	Stadium: Stade Chaban-Delmas Attendance: 32,408 Referee: Bartolomeu Varela

Nantes v Marseille

18 April 2015 33	Nantes	1–0	Marseille	Nantes
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Gakpé  20' Gomis  41'	Report	Morel  71' N'Koulou  73' Ayew  89'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 36,022 Referee: Stéphane Lannoy

Marseille v Lorient

25 April 2015 34	Marseille	3–5	Lorient	Marseille
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Romao  41' A. Ayew  59' Morel  67' Batshuayi  76'	Report	J. Ayew  9', 84',  87' Bellugou  14' N'Dong  51' Mostefa  62' Philippoteaux  68' Abdullah  75' Gassama  90+3'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 55,180 Referee: Saïd Ennjimi

Metz v Marseille

1 May 2015 35	Metz	0–2	Marseille	Metz
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Malouda  40'	Report	Gignac  38', 62',  56' Lemina  52' Ayew  57'	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 23,190 Referee: Benoît Millot

Marseille v Monaco

10 May 2015 36	Marseille	2–1	Monaco	Marseille
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	N'Koulou  28' Romao  74' Ayew  79' Mendy  74' Alessandrini  87'	Report	Moutinho  1' Carvalho  70' Raggi  72'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 62,471 Referee: Clément Turpin

Lille v Marseille

16 May 2015 37	Lille	0–4	Marseille	Villeneuve d'Ascq
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Balmont  28' Corchia  39'	Report	Gignac  2' Fanni  26' Imbula  37' Alessandrini  68'  70' Ayew  76' Mendy  81'	Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Attendance: 44,286 Referee: Tony Chapron

Marseille v Bastia

23 May 2015 38	Marseille	3–0	Bastia	Marseille
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Payet  14' Djiku  39' (o.g.) N'Koulou  76' Ocampos  89'	Report	Diakité  34'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 59,533 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

Coupe de la Ligue

Main article: 2014–15 Coupe de la Ligue

Rennes v Marseille

28 October 2014 Round of 32	Rennes	2–1	Marseille	Rennes
20:55 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Konradsen  60' N'Koulou  43' Barrada  48' Ntep  63' Habibou  72' Hosiner  90+3'	Report	Batshuayi  19' Dja Djédjé  63'	Stadium: Stade de la Route de Lorient Attendance: 26,660 Referee: Saïd Ennjimi

Coupe de France

Main article: 2014–15 Coupe de France

Grenoble v Marseille

4 January 2015 Round of 64	Grenoble	3–3 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)	Marseille	Grenoble
20:45 CET ((+01:00))	Nasrallah  10' Hachi  48' Bengriba  120'	Report	Gignac  6', 33' Ayew  98'	Stadium: Stade des Alpes
	Penalties
	Giraudon Joufreau Akrour Tchenkoua Nasrallah		Ayew Batshuayi Payet Imbula Thauvin

References

1. "Effectif et staff – saison 2014/2015". OM.net. 19 July 2014. Archived from the original on 21 August 2006. Retrieved 19 July 2014.